Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Multiple 3D sensor views object models correspondence

The paper presents the results of an investigation of the correspondence problem of scene object models obtained from multiple 3D sensors depth images. The recently developed 3D TOF (time of flight) sensor characteristics are analyzed relative to content of depth images produced. A model of the scene space for a pair of sensors is given in an adjusted epipolar geometry setting. The scene decomposition into objects according to a 3D specific recent segmentation is proposed. The determination of scene content and joint correlation of models by object correspondence is outlined. Visual hull method usefulness for object volume determination from occluded space is analysed. For a concrete experimental case the scene correspondence results of two 3D sensors is presented. Further work is also outlined.
The Net Generation Goes to University

This paper describes an attempt to take a snapshot of the latest generation of students entering tertiary education. The higher education sector is one of the largest consumers of information technology in Australia. Universities invest massive amounts of money on technology based on what they believe students need, want, and already have. Coupled with a perception that emerging technology is the domain of the next generation, it becomes attractive to assume (or hope) that each intake of undergraduate students is more self-sufficient than its predecessors when it comes to digital media. In 2005, Charles Sturt University surveyed its 1st year cohort of undergraduate Communication students in their first week on campus. The primary aim was to test perceptions that the new generation of students can be categorised as Digital Natives, Marc Prensky's term (2002) to describe what has variously been called the Games Generation, the Net Generation or the Millennial Generation.
Multivariate data analysis for bioremediation of contaminated soil through Interactions between heavy metals, microbes and plants.

Plant-assisted bioremediation (phytoremediation) is a promising technique for in-situ remediation of contaminated soils. Enhancement of phytoremediation processes requires a sound understanding of the complex interactions in the rhizosphere. This work presents a Pot experiment was conducted under green house conditions to test the effect of fungal inoculation on remediating heavy metal (HM) contaminated soil treated with sewage effluent for several years. Canola crop was used as accumulator plants. Results demonstrated that the dry matter yield of tested crops were significantly higher in soil irrigated for 50 years with sewage effluent than that in 20 years sewage effluent irrigated soil. Metal uptake and accumulation in different plant parts (shoot and root) was enhanced after inoculation with Aspergillus parasiticus (F1) and Fusarium oxysporum (F2). The reate of HM accumulation as higher in in soil treated irrigated sewage effluent for 50 years than that in 20 years sewage irrigated soil.
Conceptualizing and Proposing Qualitative Research

Chapter 1 Finding a Point of Entry PART I POSITIONING YOURSELF FOR INQUIRY Chapter 2 Engaging Problem and Purpose Chapter 3 Establishing Your Perspective Chapter 4 Constructing a Conceptual Argument Chapter 5 Forming Research Questions Chapter 6 Choosing a Research Approach PART II ANTICIPATING YOUR INQUIRY IN ACTION Chapter 7 Strategic Considerations for Fieldwork Chapter 8 Establishing Your Inquiry's Integrity Chapter 9 Writing Your Proposal FINAL THOUGHTS AND ADVICE REFERENCES INDEX
An Analysis of Rigid Image Alignment Computer Vision Algorithms

Computer vision is a field of computer science that includes methods for acquiring, processing, and analyzing images. Image re istration is one of the methods used in the computer vision field to transform diff erent sets of data into one coordinate system to align images. Registration is important i n order to be able to compare or integrate the data obtained from multiple measureme nts. Rigid image alignment is a type of image registration technique used to align two t -dimensional images into a common coordinate system based on two transformation param eters, translation and rotation. Before any comparative studies can be performed on tw images acquired at different times, it is crucial to align the two images for co rect processing later on. In our research study, we are analyzing the accurac y of registering images using two rigid image alignment algorithms, namely the Pr incipal Axes algorithm and the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) based phase correlation alg orithm. The software for registering images using these two methods is written in MATLAB R2011a. We also compared our results with alignments achieved for the same image s using an existing Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM8) package for registration.
Heart of darkness: the significance of the zeptobarn scale for neutralino direct detection

The direct detection of dark matter through its elastic scattering off nucleons is among the most promising methods for establishing the particle identity of dark matter. The current bound on the spin-independent scattering cross section is σSI < 10 zb for dark matter masses mΧ ∼ 100 GeV, with improved sensitivities expected soon. We examine the implications of this progress for neutralino dark matter. We work in a supersymmetric framework well-suited to dark matter studies that is simple and transparent, with models defined in terms of four weak-scale parameters. We first show that robust constraints on electric dipole moments motivate large sfermion masses m̃ ⩾ 1 TeV, effectively decoupling squarks and sleptons from neutralino dark matter phenomenology. In this case, we find characteristic cross sections in the narrow range 1 zb ⩽ σSI ⩽ 40 zb for mΧ ⩾ 70 GeV. As sfermion masses are lowered to near their experimental limit m̃ ∼ 400 GeV, the upper and lower limits of this range are extended, but only by factors of around two, and the lower limit is not significantly altered by relaxing many particle physics assumptions, varying the strange quark content of the nucleon, including the effects of galactic small-scale structure, or assuming other components of dark matter. Experiments are therefore rapidly entering the heart of dark matter-favored supersymmetry parameter space. If no signal is seen, supersymmetric models must contain some level of fine-tuning, and we identify and analyze several possibilities. Barring large cancellations, however, in a large and generic class of models, if thermal relic neutralinos are a significant component of dark matter, experiments will discover them as they probe down to the zeptobarn scale.
Une alternative au dualisme État-Marché : l’économie collaborative, questions pratiques et épistémologiques

L’economie collaborative par ses valeurs (ouverture, collaboration, egalite, empowerment, reciprocite) serait a meme de proposer une alternative d’autant plus credible au capitalisme (selon les tenants de ce mouvement) qu’elle aborde le changement de facon pragmatique en tenant compte d’un contexte bien reel de crise economique, de crise ecologique et de revolution technologique reduisant immensement les couts marginaux et facilitant les echanges et la structuration de communautes. Plusieurs auteurs ont entrepris de dresser les contours de l’economie collaborative. L’entreprise est delicate mais necessaire tant le sujet prete a confusion. Nous nous essaierons a notre tour a cet exercice pour souligner deux dimensions majeures, a nos yeux, de cette forme d’economie (fonctionnement reciprocitaire et mode de gestion de biens communs). Ce travail de categorisation realise, nous tenterons de l’approfondir en soulignant l’originalite de l’approche epistemologique inherente a une certaine economie collaborative qui induit un questionnement profond de nos modeles (economiques) de rationalite.
Providing a Context for First Year Engineering Students: A Report on Attempts at Course Inversion

Observations of how engineering students approach learning activities in the earlier years of their degree, report that they do not recognise real-life context that links to the theory they are required to apply in learning tasks. This impacts on their motivation and contributes to a lack of transfer of basic knowledge in the latter years of their degree. A new subject for first year engineering students was introduced at the University of Wollongong in 2005 focusing on real-life engineering problems requiring analysis for effective solution. Students are encouraged to explore the use of basic principles and available analysis techniques relevant to projects they have to complete. Students' experiences of learning were measured by survey. The results together with a review of learning theory led to adjustments for the subsequent offering. Experience with the implementation of this subject underlines the fact that curriculum innovation does not necessarily lead to immediate success. Time, experience, evaluation and development of theoretical understanding were all important for us in implementing a new approach to teaching.
The languages and linguistics of Europe : a comprehensive guide

The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guideis part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The book supplies profiles of the language families of Europe, including the sign languages. It also discusses the the areal typology, paying attention to the Standard Average European, Balkan, Baltic and Mediterranean convergence areas. Separate chapters deal with the old and new minority languages and with non-standard varieties. A major focus is language politics and policies, including discussions of the special status of English, the relation between language and the church, language and the school, and standardization. The history of European linguistics is another focus as is the history of multilingual European 'empires' and their dissolution. The volume is especially geared towards a graduate and advanced undergraduatereadership. It has been designed such that it can be used, as a whole or in parts, as a textbook, the first of its kind, for graduate programmes with a focus on the linguistic (and linguistics) landscape of Europe.
The Chemistry Classroom: Formulas for Successful Teaching

Introduction: the people - my most memorable students, the many faces of failure, gender bias, an invitation to participate a framework for discussion - what constitutes understanding? , variables that affect learning, summary eternal verities - principles of learning, closing remarks, your own list of aphorisms. Part 1 Some useful theory: intelligence - models for intelligence, measuring intelligence, summary how we learn - schemas schema construction, summary implications for teaching - expository teaching, co-operative learning, constructivist models for teaching, the teacher's role, summary. Part 2 How to teach chemistry: problem-solving - what is a problem? completing exercises and solving problems, types of problems, general processes in problem-solving, where students go wrong, working memory and M-demand, summary, solutions to problems teaching problem-solving - teaching students to understand problems, teaching students to represent problems, teaching the solution process, teaching verification strategies, advice to problem-solvers, general suggestions, summary concept learning - formal concepts, naturally learned concepts, return to schemas, the importance of instruction, summary, exam on concept analyzing concepts to clarify their meaning - concept analysis, concept analysis of concept, practice exercises, what concept analysis can reveal, classes of science concepts, summary difficulties in teaching concepts - instructional decisions in concept learning, pedagogical content knowledge, special problems with abstract concepts detecting understanding, important properties of test items, analyzing test results, implications of learning theory, summary and discussion relationships among concepts - propositions, principles and rules - concept maps, mapping tools, principles and rules, summary the role of language in teaching chemistry - how we understand language, language problems in chemistry, other impediments to comprehension, learning chemical language, general language development, summary generalized intellectual skills - scientific reasoning, current understanding of intellectual development, research on misconceptions in chemistry, educational response to Piagetian research, summary scientific reasoning - formal operations, issues concerning the teaching of reasoning, summary teaching generalized intellectual skills - general considerations, example I - proportional reasoning disembedding logic from its context, example II - an interview with Fae, example III - using the laboratory, summary. Part 3 Things in the affective domain. (Part contents)
Education in Values and Moral Education in Vocational Colleges.

SUMMARY On the assumption that education in values and moral education are necessary, moral competence (to make judgments) and the structure and development of the faculty of moral judgment should not be disregarded, even in the vocational education system. The main features of Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory of moral development are described as a basis for this before empirical results enable the author to make statements on the status of the moral competence to make judgments among business trainees. When fostering the moral competence to make judgments, attention should be paid in particular to certain development conditions: skilful appraisal, perceived conflicts, opportunities for communication, experience of cooperation, responsibility and opportunities to act. Information on a beneficial structuring of conditions in vocational colleges can be derived from the available empirical results on moral atmosphere in private and professional fields of action; this information is beneficial to the development of value orientation and the ability to reflect on moral matters.
Teaching Language: From Grammar to Grammaring

1. Defining Language and Understanding the Problem 2. Challenging Conceptions of Grammar 3. The Dynamics of Language (Grammaring) 4. The Three Dimensions 5. Rules and Reasons 6. The Grammar of Choice 7. The Grammar of Discourse 8. Learning Grammar: Insights for SLA Research and Consciousness-Raising 9. Output Practice and Production 10. Feedback 11. Teaching Grammar
Literacia dos média no distrito de Castelo Branco

No seculo XXI ser literato implica estar formado para ser consumidor critico e produtor reflexivo de mensagens media. Todos os que nao desenvolverem estas competencias podem tornar-se info-excluidos e/ou socio-excluidos. A Educacao para os Media e por isso uma parte fundamental da Educacao para a Cidadania. Esta comunicacao apresenta um projecto aprovado pela Fundacao Portuguesa para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, de Portugal, sobre a Educacao para os Media na regiao de Castelo Branco, regiao fronteirica, interior e desfavorecida de Portugal. O seu objectivo e contribuir para o desenvolvimento de competencias a nivel da recepcao e da producao de mensagens media, pelos jovens do 2o e 3o Ciclos, tendo como base jornais escolares em formato papel e online.
Programming in Fortran 90: A First Course for Engineers and Scientists

From the Publisher: Fortran 90 is the most radical revision of this popular language, bringing it up to date with current thinking in programming language development. This excellent guide targets problem solving for engineers and scientists using the new features with emphasis on array handling and subroutine structures. Lists the differences between Fortran 90 and 77. Includes scores of exercises and substantial case histories with model solutions. The programs are available on the Internet by anonymous ftp.
Visual Eye Tracking Data as Medium in User Dialogue - Service Design’s Perspective

Eye tracking has been broadly used in cognitive sciences and the data is usually analyzed with quantitative methods. This paper gives insights into eye tracking in general, in its methodology and the specifics within it. The aim is to discuss the qualitative use of eye tracking in user research. This article describes how eye tracking data could play an important role in the user research when aiming at understanding the users and the user experience. Broader study is needed on utilizing eye tracking data in catalytic or reflective ways in interaction between the users, developers and researchers in productand service development.
Compression after impact strength of a buckling resistant tow steered panel

A novel form of fiber steering (Continuous Tow Shearing (CTS)) which eliminates manufacturing defects found in other steered fiber techniques, e.g. tow-overlaps, tow gaps and tow wrinkling, has recently been developed. By using CTS to steer fibers in-plane, structures with improved buckling capacity can be achieved leading to lower mass designs. Such optimal designs for minimum mass CTS laminates have been produced using the infinite strip program VICONOPT. The resulting distribution of fiber orientation and mass across the width of these optimized laminates results in regions of high stress near supports. These regions, which are vital to the integrity of the CTS laminate, are at risk of reduction in compressive strength caused by Barely Visible Impact Damage (BVID). Hence, using experimental tests combined with a unique analytical approach, the paper explores the effect of near support impact damage on the compressive strength of CTS panels. Results indicate a failure strain that matches industrial straight fiber alternatives but that is below the design failure strain. Hence there is scope for further optimization of CTS laminates for improved damage tolerance.
„Code as code can“. Warum die Online-Gesellschaft einer digitalen Staatsbürgerkunde bedarf

Das Handeln und Verhalten von Menschen wird heute neben Markten, Gesetzen und sozialen Normen auch von Software-Code gesteuert. Im Zeichen der Digitalisierung sind mehr und mehr Bestandteile unseres Alltagslebens in netz- und code-basierte Software ausgelagert. Code ist allgegenwartig und wirkmachtig, zugleich aber auch nicht unmittelbar sichtbar: Er ist undurchschaubar, unantastbar und unterliegt Produktionslogiken, die sich der Kenntnis- und Einflussnahme der Nutzer und moglichen Rechenschaftspflichten entzieht. Damit unterscheidet sich Code als Steuerungsfaktor menschlichen Verhaltens grundsatzlich von rechtlichen und sozialen Normen. Vor diesem Hintergrund diskutiert der Beitrag aus medienethischer Perspektive zum einen die Verantwortung der vergleichsweise autark handelnden Anbieter codebasierter Dienste mit Blick auf Fragen der Transparenz, Legitimation und Kontrolle derartiger Angebote. Zum anderen wird die Notwendigkeit einer digitalen Staatsburgerkunde herausgestellt, die den Anwendern nicht nur Kenntnisse um die Funktionslogiken von Code im Sinne einer Code Literacy vermittelt, sondern (potenziell) auch zu einer informierten, kritischen sowie aktiv-gestaltenden Teilhabe an der digitalen Gesellschaft befahigt. English “Code as code can” or: Why online society needs a digital “civic education” Human behaviour and conduct are not only influenced by markets, law or social norms today, but also increasingly by software-code, programs and/or algorithms. In the light of increasing digitalization, ever more elements of our everyday life are being “outsourced”, integrated or im plemented in network and code-based software. Computer code is ubiquitous and powerful albeit not directly perceivable: it is opaque, intangible and it follows a certain production based logic, which is beyond the users’ knowledge and influence, thus avoiding accountability obligations. Accordingly, the structuring effect of source code on human behaviour fundamentally differs from those of legal or social norms. In this context, the article discusses, on the one hand, the responsibilities of code providers – who work more or less autarchically – in relation to questions of transparency, legitimization, and control over such provided services and/or programs from a media ethical perspective. And, on the other hand, it stresses the necessity of a “digitale Staats burgerkunde“ (a digital “civic education”), that not only conveys the functional logic of code – in the literal sense of source code literacy – but also potentially enables an informed “digital citizen ship” to assume a participatory role in critically and actively shaping a digital society.
Sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, in the Netherlands in 2011

Consulten en bezoekers soa-centra: In 2011 hebben in totaal 113.180 mensen zich bij een van de centra in Nederland laten testen op een seksueel overdraagbare aandoening (soa), 8 procent meer dan in 2010. De soa-centra bieden hoogrisicogroepen een laagdrempelige aanvullende curatieve zorg. Er waren in 2011 vooral meer consulten van mannen die seks hebben met mannen (MSM), een stijging van 11 procent ten opzichte van 2010. In 14 procent van de consulten werd een of meerdere soa gevonden (bij 20 procent van de MSM en 13 procent van de heteroseksuele bezoekers), dit is vergelijkbaar met voorgaande jaren. Er zijn 3005 mannen en 11282 vrouwen voor een Sense-consultatie gekomen. Chlamydia: Het aantal infecties is opnieuw toegenomen in 2011, evenals het percentage positieve chlamydiatesten (n=12.913 respectievelijk 11,5 procent). Meer dan de helft van de infecties werd gevonden bij jongeren tot 25 jaar. 12 procent van de heteroseksuele bezoekers van soa-centra had een chlamydia-infectie, onder heteroseksuelen jonger dan 25 jaar was dit 15 procent. Gonorroe: Zowel het aantal infecties (n=3.575) als het percentage positieve gonorroetesten (3,2 procent) is toegenomen in 2011. In Nederland is nog geen gonorroestam gevonden die (klinisch) resistent is tegen derde generatie cefalosporines. Wel zijn meer stammen gevonden die hiervoor minder gevoelig zijn. Monitoring van resistentie blijft daarom van belang om - indien nodig - tijdig behandeladviezen bij te kunnen stellen. Syfilis: In 2011 nam het aantal nieuwe syfilisdiagnoses en het percentage positieve testen (n=476 respectievelijk 0,4 procent) verder af. Syfilis werd vooral gediagnosticeerd bij MSM (90 procent van alle syfilisdiagnoses). Hiv: Het aantal nieuwe hiv-diagnoses bij de Nederlandse hiv-behandelcentra schommelt de laatste jaren rond de 1100 (in 2010: 1090). In 2011 werden 812 nieuwe hiv-diagnoses gesteld (onvolledig door rapportagevertraging). In 2010 werden in dezelfde periode 825 nieuwe hiv-diagnoses gesteld. Het aantal hivinfecties gediagnosticeerd in de soa-centra is in 2011 gestegen tot 415, een stijging van 11 procent ten opzichte van 2010, hoewel het percentage positieve hiv-testen bij de soa-centra gelijk bleef (0,4 procent). Sinds 2010 worden alle bezoekers van soa-centra op hiv getest, tenzij dit expliciet geweigerd wordt (opting-out); dit jaar weigerde 2 procent van alle bezoekers die niet wisten of ze hiv hadden. In 2011 werd bij 30 procent van de bekend hiv-positieve MSM een of meerdere andere soa's gevonden.