Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Articulation of geminate obstruents in the Ikema dialect of Miyako Ryukyuan: A real-time MRI analysis

The Ikema dialect of Miyako Island in Okinawa, Japan, has typologically rare word-initial and voiced geminate obstruents (e.g. /vva/ ‘you’, /ffa/ ‘child’, /tta/ ‘tongue’, /badda/ ‘side’). These sounds are marked in two ways: Voicing through geminate obstruents is hard to produce and initial voiceless plosives seem to be difficult to perceive. This study investigated real-time magnetic resonance imaging (rt-MRI) to examine the articulatory settings underlying contrasts between singleton and geminate obstruents. Our analyses of two male speakers’ utterances showed the following five characteristics: (i) geminate obstruents in Ikema have longer duration of articulatory constrictions regardless of position and consonant types; (ii) the voiced alveolar plosive geminate /dd/ is articulated with a larger linguopalatal contact than its singleton counterpart but such difference depends on the speaker for the voiceless plosive pair /tt/–/t/ and the fricative pairs /ss/–/s/ and /zz/–/z/; (iii) alveolar voiceless plosives /t/ and /tt/ have a greater degree of linguopalatal contact than their voiced counterparts /d/ and /dd/, respectively, but fricatives show inter-speaker variation; (iv) fricatives do not show any systematic difference in degree of (midsagittal) linguopalatal contact between geminates and singletons, or between voiceless and voiced consonants; and (v) voiced geminate obstruents are accompanied by pharyngeal expansion for both speakers and by lowering the larynx for one speaker, and never by lowering of the velum. We also observed that voiced fricatives tend to realize as affricates, which we interpret as part of the articulatory adjustments for (full) voicing of phonologically voiced geminate fricatives.
Global Biogeochemical Cycles Supporting Information for Stable Carbon Isotopes Suggest Large Terrestrial Carbon Inputs to the Global Ocean

our results through the effects of CO solubility and isotope fractionations. To this end, we perform three experiments where we use different SST fields for the temperature-dependent equilibrium fractionation during air-sea CO 2 exchange ( α DIC ¬ g the solubility seawater. In the experiment, we use the model for equilibrium fractionation the In the experiment, we mean and surface temperature when fractionation we use for CO the in the anthropogenic increases in and alkalinity the ecosystem to the perturbations. the model-observation the ocean air-sea CO 2 of terrestrial carbon inputs the
VividQ: Indistinguishable from Reality: Overcoming Key Challenges in Highly Realistic Holographic Display for AR and Beyond

The end goal of any digital display technology is to achieve the level of immersion and quality to make the content "indistinguishable from reality". Since its creation, VividQ has made multiple advancements in the area of computer-generated holography (CGH), with the aim to deploy highly realistic holographic displays in consumer AR devices. Traditionally, CGH has had several challenges to overcome to become a mainstream display technology. Amongst others, these include field of view/eye-box trade-off, optical engine volume and most importantly, the computational complexity of hologram generation. In this talk, VividQ will describe recent innovations in the field that overcome those barriers thanks to newly generated IP and collaboration within the partner ecosystem, to bring CGH displays to the market.
Relative intensity noise of temperature-stable, energy-efficient 980 nm VCSELs

The relative intensity noise (RIN) of temperature-stable, energy-efficient oxide confined vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been investigated. Low energy consumption data transmission is achieved by using small oxide-aperture diameter VCSELs biased at small currents. We demonstrate that energy efficiency is not in conflict with our VCSELs’ RIN characteristics. The experimental results indicate that small oxide-aperture diameter VCSELs, which are most suitable for energy-efficient, temperature-stable operation, exhibit lower laser RIN due to less mode competition inside the smaller optical cavity volume. Our energy-efficient VCSELs fulfill the RIN requirements of the 32G Fibre Channel standard.
Over de diagnostische eigenschappen van Audit Quality Indicators

In dit artikel wordt een raamwerk ontwikkeld voor de beoordeling van Audit Quality Indicators (AQI’s) op opdrachtniveau. Dit raamwerk beschrijft de diagnostische eigenschappen van AQI’s bestaande uit vier kenmerken van AQI-kwaliteit in combinatie met vier kwaliteitskenmerken van informatie. Als we dit raamwerk op bruikbaarheid toetsen door het toe te passen op enkele in de praktijk bekende AQI’s blijkt de informatiewaarde van sommige AQI-kwaliteitskenmerken te beperkt te zijn om een goed beeld te geven van controlekwaliteit. De mate van vertrouwen van de beoogde gebruikers in de controlekwaliteit wordt hierdoor niet extra versterkt en mogelijk zelfs geschaad.
Grumpy Old Men: reconsidering Rational Choice & Political Power

ABSTRACT A new, expanded edition of Keith Dowding’s Rational Choice & Political Power (PC&PP) provides an opportunity to examine the uses of game theoretic models in political inquiry. Specifically, it raises questions about the apparent discontinuities between the way bargaining models are used in RC&PP and the way he defends formal models in more recent work. I prefer what I take to be his earlier view.
Evaluation of effect of frailty on warfarin compliance among older patients

Aim: Warfarin has a narrow therapeutic index. We aimed to evaluate the effect of frailty on compliance to warfarin pharmacotherapy and the attainment of international normalized ratio (INR) goals in patients aged over 65 years receiving warfarin. Material and Method: We recruited 473 elderly subjects aged 65 years and over. Indications for the administration of warfarin and INR values were recorded. All patients were assessed according to the Clinical Frailty Scale of the Canadian Health and Aging Study. Whether or not the target of INR values and the degree of frailty were compared. Results: Of the 473 patients, 401 patients were assigned to the non-frail group and 72 patients were assigned to the frail group. When patients were compared according to the attainment of target INR values, a negative correlation between frailty and numerical INR values was observed. Conclusion: It can be said that the presence of frailty negatively affects reaching the target INR values in patients over 65 years of age using warfarin. If patients in this population are indicated for warfarin use, it is necessary to be sure that INR monitoring will be done well.
Israeli Principals’ Considerations Regarding the Actions They Take to Prevent Student Absenteeism

ABSTRACT Despite the high prevalenceof student absenteeism and its wide range of negative consequences, the existing research on the role of school principals in combating student absenteeism is scant. The current study sought to understand the considerations of principals regarding the actions they take to prevent student absenteeism. Study participants were 22 Israeli school principals. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Data analysis revealed thatIsraeli principals rarely took actions whose direct aim was to combat student absenteeism. They viewed their impact on student absenteeism as indirect and focused on combating severe student absenteeism. Implications and further research are discussed.
Research on Multi-Objective Optimization Model for Hybrid Energy System Considering Combination of Wind Power and Energy Storage

With the development of renewable energy, the grid connection is faced with great pressure, for its generation uncertainty and fluctuation requires larger reserve capacity, and higher operation costs. Energy storage system, as a flexible unit in the energy system, can effectively share the reserve pressure of the system by charging and discharging behaviors. In order to further improve the renewable energy utilization, the combination of wind power and energy storage for hybrid energy system is proposed. On considering the power generation characteristics, the objective functions are maximizing the system revenue and minimizing the system energy loss. Combined with the robust optimization theory, the model is transformed and solved. The results show that the application of the energy storage will effectively promote the renewable energy consumption, and the combination of the wind power and energy storage will achieve more effective utilization of the night-time wind power and cut down the total system cost.
Inclusive Growth in Maharashtra: A Dual Narrative

This study seeks to show how disaggregate profiles of welfare dimension of ‘inclusive growth’ could provide useful public policy insights in formulating development strategies. The disaggregate profile is defined with respect to regions and social groups. The study proposes concepts and illustrates with empirical estimates of measures of inclusion/exclusion and mainstreaming/marginalization for the six National Sample Survey (NSS) regions, and four social groups in rural and urban Maharashtra. The information base is the NSS estimates of household per capita consumer expenditure distribution for the two periods 2004–2005 and 2011–2012, respectively. The findings on outcomes show that the development experience of Maharashtra does not hold much promise on the inclusive growth front.
Stable Abiotic Production of Ammonia from Nitrate in Komatiite-Hosted Hydrothermal Systems in the Hadean and Archean Oceans

Abiotic fixation of atmospheric dinitrogen to ammonia is important in prebiotic chemistry and biological evolution in the Hadean and Archean oceans. Though it is widely accepted that nitrate (NO3−) was generated in the early atmospheres, the stable pathways of ammonia production from nitrate deposited in the early oceans remain unknown. This paper reports results of the first experiments simulating high-temperature, high-pressure reactions between nitrate and komatiite to find probable chemical pathways to deliver ammonia to the vent–ocean interface of komatiite-hosted hydrothermal systems and the global ocean on geological timescales. The fluid chemistry and mineralogy of the komatiite–H2O–NO3− system show iron-mediated production of ammonia from nitrate with yields of 10% at 250 °C and 350 °C, 500 bars. The komatiite–H2O–NO3– system also generated H2-rich and alkaline fluids, well-known prerequisites for prebiotic and primordial metabolisms, at lower temperatures than the komatiite–H2O–CO2 system. We estimate the ammonia flux from the komatiite-hosted systems to be 105–1010 mol/y in the early oceans. If the nitrate concentration in the early oceans was greater than 10 μmol/kg, the long-term production of ammonia through thermochemical nitrate reduction for the first billion years might have allowed the subsequent development of an early biosphere in the global surface ocean. Our results imply that komatiite-hosted systems might have impacted not only H2-based chemosynthetic ecosystems at the vent-ocean interface but also photosynthetic ecosystems on the early Earth.
A Long‐Lived Planetesimal Dynamo Powered by Core Crystallization

The existence of numerous iron meteorite groups indicates that some planetesimals underwent melting that led to metal‐silicate segregation, sometimes producing metallic cores. Meteorite paleomagnetic records suggest that crystallization of these cores generated dynamo magnetic fields. Here we describe the magnetic history of the partially differentiated IIE iron meteorite parent body. This is the first planetesimal for which we have a time‐resolved paleomagnetic record constrained by 40Ar/39Ar chronometry spanning several tens of million years (Ma). We find that the core of the IIE parent body generated a dynamo, likely powered by core crystallization, starting before 78 ± 13 Ma after solar system formation and lasting at least 80 Ma. Such extended core crystallization suggests that the core composed a substantial fraction of the body ( ≳ 13%–19% core‐to‐body radius ratio depending on the body’s radius), indicating efficient core formation within some partially differentiated planetesimals.
High Leverage Practices in Special Education Synthesis Coding Protocol

The purpose of document is to provide readers with the coding protocol that authors used to code 76 meta-analyses focused on students with or at-risk of disabilities. All of the included meta-analyses provided a summary statistic related to at least one of the High Leverage Practices (HLPs; McLeskey et al., 2017). ). The purpose of the systematic review of meta-analyses was to provide an initial investigation of the evidence supporting the effectiveness of the HLPs for students with, or at-risk for, a disability. This code book contains variable names, code options, and code definitions related to basic study information (i.e., authors, year of publication, journal), the details of each study, participant demographics, HLPs included in each study, and summary statistics. The mean interrater reliability across all codes using this protocol was 88% (range across categories = 84%–97%)
Bilgi ve Teknoloji Becerileri ile Sistem Kullanılabilirliklerinin, İşletmelerin Yeni Teknolojiyi Kabul Düzeyi Üzerinden Verimliliklerine Etkisi (The Effect of Information and Technology Skills and System Availability on the Efficiency of Enterprises Over the Level of Acceptance of New Technology)

Makale Kategorisi: Araştırma Makalesi Amaç – Bu çalışmanın amacı, temelde işletmelerin nihai amaçlarına ulaşabilmeleri kapsamında, sahip oldukları ve verimliliklerine etki eden bilgi, medya ve teknoloji becerileri, teknolojik sistemlerinin kullanılabilirliği ve teknolojilerinin kabul durumlarının etki ağını, yolunu ve derecelerini somutlaştırabilmek adına açığa çıkartmaktır. Bununla birlikte, teknoloji yönelimli verimliliğe doğrudan etkilerinin olabileceği varsayılan teknoloji becerileri yetkinlikleri ile teknolojik sistem kullanılabilirliğinin üzerinde düşünüldüğünde esasında her iki değişkenin birlikte ve organizasyonun teknolojiyi kabul düzeyleri üzerinden verimliliği etkilemesi gerektiği düşüncesi hakim olmaktadır. Dolaysıyla cevabı da somutlaştırmaya çalışılan araştırma sorusu “Çalışanların bilgi, medya ve teknoloji becerileri ve teknolojik sistemleri kullanılabilirliklerinin, işletmelerin yeni teknolojiyi kabul düzeyleri üzerinden verimliliklerini etkiler mi? ” olarak açığa çıkmaktadır. Bu metafor, araştırma sorunsalını da meydana getirmektedir. İki düşünce arasındaki fark, aynı zamanda araştırmanın diğer bir hareket noktasını da belirlemiş olmaktadır.
New Observational Constraints on Warm Rain Processes and Their Climate Implications

Low stratiform clouds have profound impacts on the hydrological cycle and the Earth’s radiation budget. However, realistic simulation of low clouds in climate models presents a major challenge. Here we employ the newly retrieved cloud and drizzle microphysical properties to improve the autoconversion and accretion parameterizations in a microphysical scheme. We find that the new autoconversion (accretion) rate contributes 14% lower (greater) to total drizzle water content than the original scheme near the cloud top. Compared to satellite results, the simulated cloud liquid water path (LWP) and shortwave cloud radiative effect using the original scheme in a climate model agree well on global average but with large regional differences. Simulations using the updated scheme show a 7.3% decrease in the light rain frequency, and a 10% increase in LWP. The updated microphysics scheme alleviates the long‐lasting problem in most climate models, that is “too frequent and too light precipitation. ”
Idea plagiarism detection with recurrent neural networks and vector space model

PurposeNatural languages have a fundamental quality of suppleness that makes it possible to present a single idea in plenty of different ways. This feature is often exploited in the academic world, leading to the theft of work referred to as plagiarism. Many approaches have been put forward to detect such cases based on various text features and grammatical structures of languages. However, there is a huge scope of improvement for detecting intelligent plagiarism.Design/methodology/approachTo realize this, the paper introduces a hybrid model to detect intelligent plagiarism by breaking the entire process into three stages: (1) clustering, (2) vector formulation in each cluster based on semantic roles, normalization and similarity index calculation and (3) Summary generation using encoder-decoder. An effective weighing scheme has been introduced to select terms used to build vectors based on K-means, which is calculated on the synonym set for the said term. If the value calculated in the last stage lies above a predefined threshold, only then the next semantic argument is analyzed. When the similarity score for two documents is beyond the threshold, a short summary for plagiarized documents is created.FindingsExperimental results show that this method is able to detect connotation and concealment used in idea plagiarism besides detecting literal plagiarism.Originality/valueThe proposed model can help academics stay updated by providing summaries of relevant articles. It would eliminate the practice of plagiarism infesting the academic community at an unprecedented pace. The model will also accelerate the process of reviewing academic documents, aiding in the speedy publishing of research articles.
Kinetics of bubble interaction with low rank coal surface in the presence of adsorbed dodecane-oleic acid collector mixture

ABSTRACT Bubble–particle interactions are crucial in the flotation process, and the influence of adsorbed chemicals on bubble-surface collisions/attachment is important to fully understand the role of mixed collector in low-rank coal (LRC) flotation. In this paper, the process of rising bubble attachment to LRC surface in the presence of adsorbed dodecane (D)-oleic acid (OA) collector mixture was studied using high-speed video camera and molecular-kinetic (MK) model. The results showed that collector adsorbed on LRC surface reduced the collision times, the time for stopping collision and reaching standstill. Mixed collector showed more obvious advantages than single collectors in accelerating bubble-surface collisions/attachment and increasing contact line length. Only when OA and OA-D were adsorbed, the wetting film between bubble and LRC surface broke and a stable three-phase contact was formed. The molecular displacement length of D-OA was smaller than that of single collectors, indicating the adsorption sites of bubbles on LRC surface treated with D-OA were more dense, and the higher displacement frequency of D-OA meant that the molecular displacement rate and TPCL expansion velocity was faster. D-OA enhanced the hydrophobicity of LRC surface through the synergistic effect between OA and D, which promoted the kinetics of bubble interaction with LRC surface.
Appropriate Use Criteria for Paediatric Echocardiography – Applicability in a Resource Poor Setting in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria

Aims: To make comparative analysis of the indications and outcome of paediatric echocardiography in tertiary centers in Rivers State, Nigeria using the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) guidelines [11]. Methodology: A retrospective analysis of 645 echocardiography requests done between July 2019 to June 2020. Patients’ biodata and indications for echocardiography and echocardiography diagnosis were retrieved. Using the AUC guidelines, each indication was scored from 1 to 9, after which they were categorized into Appropriate, May be appropriate and Rarely appropriate to determine the respective percentages accordingly. Cochran-Armitage test for trend was done to assess degree of yield of cardiac anomaly for each level of AUC classification while bivariate associations were assessed using persons chi squared tests. Original Research Article Tabansi and Onubogu; IJTDH, 42(2): 47-57, 2021; Article no.IJTDH. 66144 48 Results: There were 645 echocardiography requests within the study period. The median age was 5months, with interquartile range of 2months to 24months. There were 355(55%) males and 290(45%) females. The clinical indication for echocardiography was appropriate in 490(76.0%), May be appropriate in 32(5.0%) and Rarely appropriate in 104(16.1%). Nineteen (2.9%) clinical indications were “Unclassified” under the AUC. Echocardiography showed abnormality in 544(84.3%) reports, among which children with “Appropriate indications” had the highest yield 457(93.3%), while “unclassified indications” had the lowest yield 8(42.1%). The yield for cardiac anomalies significantly decreased with decreasing appropriateness (p=0.00001). Conclusion: Most indications for paediatric echocardiography in our centers were appropriate according to the AUC guidelines. The AUC guidelines are applicable in resource poor settings.
Economic analysis of tilapia cage culture in Lake Victoria using different cage volumes

ABSTRACT The economic viability of tilapia cage culture in Lake Victoria was assessed using a profitability analysis model as the main decision support tool. One and five cages of 8 m3 (A), 62.5 m3 (B), and 471 m3 (C) were assessed. The break-even price (US$4.6 kg−1) for one cage of A appeared higher than the tilapia farm gate price in Kenya (US$3.5 kg−1), suggesting unprofitability of the venture. The decreased break-even price relative to increase in cage numbers showed economies of scale throughout the cage volume ranges. The longest payback period (PBP) for A (8 years) implied a risky venture. This was reaffirmed by an internal rate of return (IRR) of < 50% and negative Net present value (NPV) in the first two years of operations. The study affirmed the economic viability of operating large cage volumes (B or C) for Nile tilapia and for broader applicability to other Great Lakes.
Sentinel-2 Images and Machine Learning as Tool for Monitoring of the Common Agricultural Policy: Calasparra Rice as a Case Study

The European Commission introduces the Control by Monitoring through new technologies to manage Common Agricultural Policy funds through the Regulation 2018/746. The advances in remote sensing have been considered one of these new technologies, mainly since the European Space Agency designed the Copernicus Programme. The Sentinel-1 (radar range) and Sentinel-2 (optical range) satellites have been designed for monitoring agricultural problems based on the characteristics they provide. The data provided by the Sentinel 2 missions, together with the emergence of different scientific disciplines in artificial intelligence —especially machine learning— offer the perfect basis for identifying and classifying any crop and its phenological state. Our research is based on developing and evaluating a pixel-based supervised classification scheme to produce accurate rice crop mapping in a smallholder agricultural zone in Calasparra, Murcia, Spain. Several models are considered to obtain the most suitable model for each element of the time series used; pixel-based classification is performed and finished with a statistical treatment. The highly accurate results obtained, especially across the most significant vegetative development dates, indicate the benefits of using Sentinel-2 data combined with Machine Learning techniques to identify rice crops. It should be noted that it was possible to locate rice crop areas with an overall accuracy of 94% and standard deviation of 1%, which could be increased to 96% (±1%) if we focus on the months of the crop’s highest development state. Thanks to the proposed methodology, the on-site inspections carried out, 5% of the files, have been replaced by remote sensing evaluations of 100% of the analyzed season files. Besides, by adjusting the model input data, it is possible to detect unproductive or abandoned plots.