Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PROBLEMS OF EXCESS: SAFETY NET FILTER FUNCTIONS

Agro-ecosystem sustainability depends on the ability of farmers to maintain soil productivity, avoid angry neighbours, keep customers happy and deal with the regulatory bureaucrats that try to control their activity. As plant nutrition issues are redefined by society, new applications emerge for a basic understanding of nutrient use efficiency in soil-plant processes to avoid excess on rich soils as commonly found in the temperate zone and make the best of it under access-limited conditions common in the tropics. The main challenge of plant nutrition may be to increase the width of the domain between the access and excess frontiers, rather than to define a single ‘economic optimum’ point. Two approaches are discussed to widen this domain: the technical paradigm of precision farming and the ecological analogue approach based on filter functions and comple mentarity of components in mixed plant systems. Current understanding of plant nutrition, largely focused on monocultural situations, needs to be augmented by the interactions that occur in more complex systems, including agroforestry and intercropping as these may form part of the answer in both the excess and shortage type of situation. Simulations with the WaNuLCAS model to explore the
International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research

This article chooses quarterly data of national coal products and commodity retail price index, domestic loans of the coal industry and coal output. The data range is 2004 to 2014. By establishing cointegration regression model, we explore and explain the interactive relationship between them in the long term. And by establishing VAR model, we explain the interactive relationship in the short term. The empirical analysis shows that there is a long-term equilibrium relationship between coal price fluctuations, bank credit and coal output. But in the short term, the relationship between them is not significant. So if we want to adjust coal prices through the supply of bank credit, the effects may not be so obvious. Finally, the paper puts forward a series of reasonable suggestions on the adjustments of relations between coal prices and the supply of bank credit.
The Center for Food Safety (CFS) submits the following comments on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)’s environmental assessment and preliminary decision to allow SemBioSys Genetics, Inc., to plant genetically engineered proinsulin-p

CFS is a non-profit public interest and environmental advocacy membership organization established in 1997 by its sister organization, International Center for Technology Assessment, for the purpose of challenging harmful food production technologies and promoting sustainable alternatives. CFS combines multiple tools and strategies in pursuing its goals, including litigation and legal petitions for rulemaking, legal support for various sustainable agriculture and food safety constituencies, as well as public education, grassroots organizing and media outreach.
On 8-manifolds with SU(3)-actions

In this article, we study about compact manifolds which have SU(3)-actions with codimension one orbits. We get more precise classification than the paper of Gambioli [G]. 1. Why do we consider 8 dimensional manifolds? The purpose of this paper gives the outline to classify compact manifolds which have SU(3)-actions with codimension one orbits in some case. Obviously codimension one orbits are principal orbits in this case, where principal orbits mean orbits which have the largest dimension. We also remark dim SU(3) = 8. So the dimension of the manifold M which have SU(3)-actions with codimension one orbits must be less than or equal to 9, that is, dim M ≤ 9. In this section we mention why 8 dimensional manifolds. Through all of this paper, we will use the classical Lie theory, the transformation group theory and the Lie group representation theory. The referenaces of the classical Lie theory (in particular the classification result of compact Lie groups) are [MT91], of the transformation group theory is [B72] and [Ka91] and of the Lie group representation theory is [Y73]. Sometimes we will use the classification result about transitive actions on sphere in [HH65]. 1.1. The cases whose dimension is less than or equal to 4. First we consider the cases dim M ≤ 4. From the following proposition, there is no nontrivial SU(3)-action on such M . Proposition 1.1. If a compact manifold M such that 0 ≤ dim M ≤ 4, then there is no SU(3)-actions on M with codimension one principal orbits. Proof. If dimM = 0, the SU(3)-action is trivial action. Hence the case dim M = 0 does not occur. If dim M = 1, M is a 1-dimensional circle S because M is compact. Since SU(3) can not act on S non-trivially (by [HH65]), the SU(3)-action is also trivial. Hence the case dim M = 1 does not occur. The author was supported in part by Osaka City university Advanced Mathematical Institute (OCAMI) and the Fujyukai foundation.
An Implementation of Sawzall on Hadoop

—Sawzall is a script language designed for batch processing of large amount of data, based on MapReduce parallel execution model, which is introduced by Google in 2006. Sawzall allows programmers only to program mappers to ease the burden for them. Sawzall provides a set of built-in aggregators that provides reducing function, from which programmers could pick and use. We have implemented a Sawzall compiler and runtime, called SawzallClone, which allows Sawzall scripts to run in parallel on Hadoop. We employed Scala language to leverage Scala’s parser combinator libraries for Sawzall syntax parsing. It enabled easy implementation of parser and potential future extension of the language. This paper provides detailed implementation of the system. We performed evaluation on the system comparing with the Java programs that use native Hadoop API and szl, a Sawzall open source implementation from Google. We conﬁrmed that overhead imposed by SawzallClone is small enough, and the execution speed is comparable with szl.
The impact of mentoring and life skills training on secondary school progression and child labor among girls: A randomized controlled trial in Rajasthan

Objectives To measure the impact of a mentoring and life skills training on secondary school progression and child labor among adolescent girls Design Clustered randomized controlled trial Setting 119 schools located in the Ajmer District of Rajasthan, India Participants 2,459 adolescent girls enrolled in grade five in 2016 Intervention An in-school mentoring and life skills curriculum Main outcome measures Child labor, school progression, life skills Results Life skills training and mentoring provided in school to adolescent girls by a social mobilizer can improve the expression of life skills by those girls and reduce school dropout rates. Parental assessment of children, child marriage, child labor, and cognitive performance do not change meaningfully. Conclusions Life skills can be taught in school to adolescent girls, even in areas where girls are relatively disadvantaged. The intervention improves the girls’ mutual support as well as helps the girls understand and define goals. These improved life skills help girls stay in school. Trial registration AEA RCT Registry ID AEARCTR-0001046 Funding Program administered and funded by Room to Read, an education-focused nongovernmental organization headquartered in San Francisco with India programs operating out of Delhi. Evaluation funded by a cooperative agreement between American University and the U.S. Department of Labor, IL-26700-14-75-K-25 as well as a grant to Williams College from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab Post-Primary Education initiative.
Evaluation of forest products trade economic contribution by entropy-TOPSIS: Case study of Turkey

The forest products industry is one of the most powerful industry branches of Turkey, and as in other developing countries, Turkey has a persistent trade deficit. The present paper aims to evaluate the forest industry products of Turkey regarding their economic contribution by Entropy-TOPSIS, which is a hybrid multicriteria decision making method. The evaluation was done to specify the products which will be able to create currency inflow most for reducing the trade deficit and help economic development. According to computations, the most contributing products are medium-density fiberboard (MDF), high-density fiberboard (HDF), industrial roundwood, and particle board. In addition, household and sanitary papers, as well as other paper and paper board products were found to have great economic potential.
International Journal of Social Science and Economic Research

Wealth transmission effect in economics states that as households’ wealth increase, consumption will also rise but at a less proportionate increase than the increase in wealth. Thus, Central Bankers have long assumed that asset prices and consumer price inflation share a positive relationship. However, the paper disputes this hypothesis. This paper seeks to examine the relationship between asset prices and inflation so as to recommend the appropriate monetary policy response for an inflation targeting Central Bank during an asset price boom considering its risk to inflation. Secondary data was obtained from World Bank World Development Indicators 2016 and CBN Statistical Bulletin 2016. The study employs the Hodrick-Prescott filter, Granger causality test and the Impulse Response Function for data analysis. The study found that the cross-correlation between the All Share Index and Consumer Price Inflation is countercyclical. The study also found that the All Share Index Granger causes inflation after two lags at 5 percent level of statistical significance. This implies that as the stock market price increases, inflation tends to fall. This study recommends that asset prices should be integrated into the core monetary policy framework since they are useful predictors of near future inflation rate.
Wage Growth and Inflation in Europe: A Puzzle?

Wages have been rising faster than productivity in many European countries for the past few years, yet signs of underlying consumer price pressures remain limited. To shed light on this puzzle, this paper examines the historical link between wage growth and inflation in Europe and factors that influence the strength of the passthrough from labor costs to prices. Historically, wage growth has led to higher inflation, but the impact has weakened since 2009. Empirical analysis suggests that the passthrough from wage growth to inflation is significantly lower in periods of subdued inflation and inflation expectations, greater competitive pressures, and robust corporate profitability. Thus the recent pickup in wage growth is likely to have a more muted impact on inflation than in the past.
A Feature Selection Based Hybrid Classification Using Naive Bayes And Decision Table For Sentiment Analysis In Map Reduce Environment

-Data is created from a couple of resources and it is ever-growing. Content development inside the Internet these days has made a massive extent of facts on hand. This data is exhibited in numerous codecs, for instance, posts, information articles, remarks, and surveys. Particularly within the car, hardware and movie segments, clients have composed audits approximately objects or their functions. By amassing and examining these surveys, new clients find out others' opinion approximately various highlights of the item. In this research feature selection with mutual information and then optimized features is fed to hybrid category set of rules comprising of Naïve bayes primarily based on possibility and Decision Table primarily based on decision rules is applied. Experimental effects demonstrate that the proposed technique outperforms the prevailing technique by numerous parameters.
Altered Brain Cholesterol Metabolism is Related to Disease Severity, Neurodegeneration and Atrophy in AD

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that occurs primarily in the aging population [1]. Histopathological characteristics include extracellular deposits of amyloid‐β (Aβ) senile plaques, Aβ deposits in cerebral blood vessels, intracellular neurofibrillary tangles that consist of hyperphosphorylated tau proteins along with neuronal loss in the neocortex and hippocampus [1,2]. AD typically affects memory initially, but atypical presentations can occur, particularly in younger patients [3]. Based on Alzheimer’s Disease International Federation (ADI), at least 46.8 million people are affected by dementia worldwide, that anticipated to be 74.7 million by 2030 and 131.5 million by 2050 [4]. Researchers believe pathogenesis of AD is complex which includes mechanisms like microgliosis, immunoreactivity, oxidative stress and dysregulation of protein homeostasis [5], apart from traditional amyloid cascade hypothesis [6], ultimately leading to neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration.
Implementation of Computer Based National Exam (Multi-sites Study in SMA Negeri 2 Banjarmasin and SMA Negeri 1 Mandastana Barito Kuala)

: This study purpose to describe implementation of computer-based national exam in SMAN 2 Banjarmasin and SMAN 1 Mandastana Barito Kuala on aspects of communication, resources, disposition, bureaucratic structure and its obstacles. The study method is descriptive qualitatif. The data collection techniques are observation, documentation and interview with some informant, so it can explain the research focus about the implementation of the computer-based national exam on aspects of communication, resources, disposition, bureaucratic structure and its obstacles. The study results on aspects of communication, resources, disposition and bureaucratic structure has been run based on SOP (Standar Operational Prosedure) of national exam the academic year 2017/2018 number 0044/P/BSNP/XI/2017 issued by BSNP referring to Ministerial Regulation No. 4 of 2018, however, the available resources are still considered inadequate. Especially means for the implementation of the computer-based national exam. Researcher suggests that the government should improve the facilities of the computered based national exam and its supporting, both at the central and in the region country, so the case of central server was down, power outages, and internet network problem is not happened again in the upcoming computer based national exam.
Electromagnetic Response of Human Being behind a Wall Barrier

Abstract—Detection of the respiration rate and/or heartbeat rate are very important for both radar based lie-detection and life-detection. In the existing literature, it is observed that detection of heartbeat signals is done by using some microwave setup and experimental results about respiration and heartbeat rate have been obtained. Also the microwave heart signal has been mathematically modeled from a signal processing point of view or simulated in a general sense without considering electromagnetic properties of body tissues like bone, flesh, skeleton etc. surrounding the heart. In this paper, electromagnetic modeling of human body is presented and some theoretically estimated results for heart reflection coefficient, sensitivity and dynamic range of radar system using the microwave radiation from an ultra-wideband frequency-modulated continuous-wave (UWB FMCW) radar with frequency sweep from 1-11 GHz located at a distance of one meter away from the subject are presented. This estimation shall be useful in the design of a radar system for heartbeat detection related applications like lie detection, life detection of human being buried under the debris of earthquake rubble and see-through-the-wall (STTW) search operations.
The Wright State Model for Engineering Mathematics Education: A Longitudinal Study of Program Impacts

This paper summarizes an NSF-funded initiative at Wright State University to address the nationwide problem of math-related attrition in engineering. The approach involves the development of EGR 101 a first-year engineering course replacing traditional math prerequisites for core sophomore engineering courses along with a more just-in-time structuring of the required calculus sequence. Since its inception in Fall of 2004, the impact of the Wright State model on student retention, motivation and success has been widely reported. This paper includes previously unpublished results of a longitudinal study of program impacts at Wright State University, from student performance in math and engineering to ultimate graduation rates. Results show that the program has substantially mitigated the effect of incoming math preparation on student success in engineering across the entire range of incoming ACT math scores, which has more than doubled the average graduation rate of enrolled students. Moreover, it has done so without watering down the caliber of graduates, who have actually enjoyed a slight (but statistically significant) increase in graduation GPA. Finally, the approach has been shown to have the greatest impact on members of underrepresented groups, for many of whom the traditional engineering curriculum is simply not accessible. Index Terms – Engineering math, First-year courses, Curriculum reform, Student retention and success, Graduation rates
Modeling of Rotating Reference Frame Control of Transformerless Single Phase Grid Tie Inverter

Inverter plays major role in supplying harvested power from renewable energy sources to grid. The inverter should supply power to grid with high efficiency and power quality. In this system rotating reference frame control is used to supply real power to grid which having theoretically zero steady state error. Modified Unipolar Sinusoidal Pulse Width Modulation (MUSPWM) is used to increase the efficiency of the system.
Irinotecan and bevacizumab in progressive primary brain tumors: The Cleveland Clinic experience

2077 Background: High-grade gliomas are generally resistant to modern chemotherapy. In the case of glioblastoma multiforme, median overall survival has been less than 12 months and progression free survival of less than 4 months. For patients with recurrent GBMs, the 6 month progression free survival is 15–20%. The combination of irinotecan and bevacizumab is an active regimen in the treatment of this disease. Herein we report the experiences with this regimen at our institution with the objective of identifying a therapy with a better outcome than historical results. Methods: Single institutional, retrospective review of 27 patients with recurrent or progressive high grade gliomas treated at the Cleveland Clinic Brain Tumor Institute from 7/2005 through 10/2006. Patients had progressed on at least one prior chemotherapy. Patients with prior irinotecan or bevacizumab were excluded. Patients were analyzed on an intention-to-treat basis, and outcomes estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. Results: The median.
Enhancement of bending strength properties of two wood species reinforced with two types of carbon fibre fabrics and two layouts

This work examined the enhancement of bending strength properties of two wood species, namely fir and pine, reinforced with two carbon fibre fabrics (CFF) of different areal weight, in two different layouts. CFF applied in the bottom surfaces of the specimens (‘F’-type) and in the second wrapped in the bottom surfaces and up to the half of the lateral surfaces (‘U’-type). The results indicated that samples which are reinforced with CCF show higher MOR and MOE values than the controls and this improvement was found to be significantly different. The reinforcement layout affected the bending properties of both pine and fir wood, since the corresponding values are higher in U-shaped reinforcement than in F-type reinforcement, at identical CFF areal weights. In the case of fir wood, the CFF areal weight did not significantly affect the bending properties.
ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY SYSTEM MECHANICS IN ADULTS: EFFECT OF WEIGHT LOSS, POSTURE, BRONCHODILATION AND ARTEFACTS ON RESPIRATORY IMPEDANCE AND ITS REPEATABILITY

Obesity is associated with respiratory symptoms that often improve with weight loss. However, traditional methods of testing pulmonary function such as spirometry and plethysmography show little or no changes with weight loss. Oscillometry which measures respiratory system mechanics could potentially fill this knowledge gap, but it has never been used to measure weight-induced changes in respiratory system mechanics in the supine position, even though such assessment would be more relevant to the mechanics of breathing during sleep. We evaluated 19 severely obese female subjects using spirometry, plethysmography, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and hand-held oscillometry to obtain respiratory system resistance (Rrs) and reactance from 6-19Hz before, and at five weeks and six months after weight loss surgery. These assessments were performed in both upright and supine positions, and preand post-bronchodilation with 200μg of salbutamol. An average weight loss of 11.9±2.7kg at 5 weeks was not associated with changes in upright respiratory mechanics, but Rrs at 19Hz (Rrs,19) was reduced by 13.1±3.8% in the supine position and this correlated with improvements in sleep quality. Weight loss also increased bronchodilator responsiveness, perhaps indicating improvements in airwayparenchymal tethering. At six months, greater mean weight-loss of 21.4±7.1kg caused significant changes in respiratory mechanics in both upright and supine positions. However, weight-loss induced a greater reduction in supine Rrs,19. Together with the early changes at 5 weeks, these results demonstrate the importance of breathing mechanics to sleep quality. By comparison, no significant changes were detected with spirometry. We also characterized the biasing effects of inappropriate positioning of head-and-neck during oscillometry and compared these to the established effects of the upper airway shunt artefact. Impedance values were not significantly affected by 20° neck flexion, and although significant, changes in Rrs during 10° neck extension were small. Oscillometry outcomes were highly repeatable since within-test coefficient of variation (COV) was < 8%, and day-to-day COV was < 6% in all subjects. Furthermore, the test-retest reliability of oscillometry was also very high with Pearson’s correlation coefficient of 0.99. Taken together, hand-held oscillometry was very repeatable, reliable and more sensitive than spirometry at detecting changes in lung mechanics with weight-loss.
Programmation d'Applications Réactives Probabilistes

Les langages synchrones ont ete introduits pour concevoir des systemes embarques temps-reel. Ces langages dedies permettent d'ecrire une specification precise du systeme, de la simuler, la valider par du test ou de la verification formelle puis de la compiler vers du code executable. Cependant, ils offrent un support limite pour modeliser les comportements non-deterministes qui sont omnipresents dans les systemes embarques. Dans cet article, nous presentons ProbZelus, une extension probabiliste d'un langage synchrone descendant de Lustre. ProbZelus permet de decrire des modeles probabilistes reactifs en interaction avec un environnement observable. Lors de l'execution, un ensemble de techniques d'inference peut etre utilise pour apprendre les distributions de parametres du modele a partir de donnees observees. Nous illustrons l'expressivite de ProbZelus avec des exemples comme un detecteur de trajectoire a partir d'observations bruitees, ou un controleur de robot capable d'inferer a la fois sa position et une carte de son environnement.