Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Network Neutrality Violation Detection for Streaming Media Traffic in Wired and Wireless Networks

Network Neutrality principle states that all the network users are entitled to access all the content on the Internet, without any kind of unfair blocking or degradation of access to the contents of a particular application provider by the Internet Service Providers (ISP). The Network Neutrality conflict has been in the limelight for several years due to political, economic, and technical implications. While the proponents, including the end users and the content providers, argue that enforcing Network Neutrality by law is essential to preserve the openness of the Internet and promote innovation, the opponents, including the ISPs, counter this argument by asserting that such rules provide disincentives for them to invest in their network. We focus on the technical aspects of Network Neutrality and detect whether or not an ISP is Network Neutral. In this paper, we propose a method for monitoring ISPs to ensure that the network neutrality is not violated. We monitor the packet loss statistics for users of each content provider, and determine if the rate adaptation in case of streaming media is being influenced by the throttling of the service at the ISP, and prove the novelty of the proposed method through simulations.
Zinc Treatment in Combination with Auxin Enhances Rooting of Cuttings in Taiwan Native Strain of Mango ( Mangfera iindica L . )

To obtain a sustainable supply of rootstocks, Taiwan native strain of mango (Mangifera indica L.) was propagated by cuttings, using discarded shoots from young seedlings as rootstocks for grafting. Short cuttings (60 cm) were superior in rooting and root length to long cuttings (90 cm). The use of cuttings with a non-lignified base resulted in a higher rooting percentage and length value, compared to that of cuttings with a lignified base. Auxin exerted a beneficial effect on rooting and on the number of roots, while it significantly decreased the number of shoots that sprouted. When the cuttings were treated with zinc (ZnSO4 solution) in combination with auxin, rooting was enhanced and a positive interaction was found in the number of roots generated. A combination of NAA 1000 mgL-1 and ZnSO4.7H2O 1000 mgL-1 resulted in optimum rooting (87.5%), while the application of NAA 1000 mgL-1 and ZnSO4•E7H2O 2000 mgL-1 induced the largest number of roots (13.0). This is the first report on the effectiveness of zinc treatment for cutting propagation of mango.
NiCE Teacher Workshop: Engaging K-12 Teachers in the Development of Curricular Materials That Utilize Complex Networks Concepts

Our educational systems must prepare students for an increasingly complex and interconnected future, but teachers facing this task are not equipped to prepare students to succeed. Network science–the study of how biological, social, physical and technological systems interconnect, how the structure of those connections evolve over time, and how those structures and behaviors inform our understanding of them–is a pathway to deepening engagement with the kinds of complex problems these students will have to deal with as adults in the workforce. We recently held the Networks in Classroom Education (NiCE) workshop for a group of 21 K-12 teachers with various disciplinary backgrounds. The explicit aim of the workshop was to introduce them to concepts in network science, show them how these concepts can be utilized in the classroom, and empower them to develop resources using these concepts, in the form of lesson plans, for themselves and for the wider community. Here we detail the nature of the workshop and present its outcomes, including a set of publicly available innovative lesson plans. We also discuss the future development of the successful integration of network science in K-12 education and its importance in inspiring and enabling our teachers.
A Novel Approach for Authentication of RFID Devices

RFID is a wireless technology for automatic identification and data capture and it’s the core technology to implement the internet of things. Because of that, the security issue of RFID is becoming more important. In past , simple mathematical and logical method, hash based schemas and simple PKI schemas are introduce RFID authentication . In this paper we illustrate about the possible security attack on RFID and introduce a novel approach using pre computing function and also discuss security analysis
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF AEROELASTIC RESPONSE FOR TRANSONIC FLOW WITH NONLINEAR STRUCTURAL MODEL

The present paper is concerned with dynamic analysis of time marching aeroelastic responses of typical sections in transonic flow with nonlinear strucutral models. An aeroelastic model is proposed in which the concentrated nonlinearities can be described by continuous functions, namely using hyperbolic tangent and polynomial functions. Typical free-play described by continuous functions is also adopted. Major interest is in verifying how the degree of the structural nonlinearity affects the transonic aeroelastic behavior. An Euler CFD code based on the finite volume discretization for unstructured grids is used for the unsteady aerodynamic loading assessment. The results shown in the paper are particularly concerned with the investigation of nonlinear effects for transonic flow over a NACA 0012 airfoil-based typical section. The investigation considers both time histories of the aeroelastic response as well as phase plane analyses.
Effects of Social Networking Sites ( SNS ) Addiction on Online Self-Disclosure Behavior : Impact of Psychological Factors

Shamsa Kanwal, Ren Chong, Abdul Hameed Pitafi Haque Nawaz School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, China School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, China Department of Computer Science, Sindh Madressatul Islam University, Karachi Corresponding Author: Ren Chong, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei, China
RESPONSE OF in vitro CULTIVATED EGGPLANT ( Solanum melongena L . ) TO SALT AND DROUGHT STRESS

Salinity and drought are some of the major abiotic stresses that adversely affect eggplant productivity and quality. The response of in vitro cultivated plants of three eggplant cultivars Lagra Negra (LN), China-A2 (CH) and Black Beauty (BB) to sodium chloride (NaCl) and polyethylene glycol (PEG8000) induced stress was studied. The Murashige and Skoog, 1962 nutrient medium (MS + 1% sucrose and 0.8% agar) supplemented with NaCl (0; 50; 100; 150 and 200 mM) or PEG (0; 3; 8 and 10%) was used. The survival rate, percentage of rooted plants, plant height and root length were recorded after three weeks of cultivation. The addition of 50 mM NaCl to the MS culture medium influenced positively the plants growth, development and rooting. The survival percentage significantly decreased while increasing salt concentration in the culture medium, especialy at 100 mM NaCl. Concentration of 150 mM NaCl was toxic for the plants of all studied cultivars. The in vitro response of eggplant to drought stress was tested as well. The percentage of surviving plants also decreased while increasing PEG concentration in the culture medium. The appropriate concentrations of the abiotic agent (100 mM NaCl for salinity and 8% PEG for drought) for in vitro selection of tolerant eggplant plants were established. Salinity and drought due to NaCl and PEG respectively resulted in higher and more pronounced levels of proline in the cultivar LN plants, probably due to their better adaptation to abiotic
Effect of processing on the qualities of noodles produced from corn grit and cassava flour

The effect of supplementing ‘noodles’ with cassava flour and corn grit on physicochemical properties of the products was studied. Cassava flour and corn grit were supplemented at 33% level and mixed with 67% wheat flour. Consumer acceptability of supplemented ‘noodles’ with corn grit was high compared to cassava supplemented noodles. Fibre content increased to 1.50% for cassava supplemented noodles and 3.8% for corn grit noodles. Colour and texture of supplemented noodles were more attractive compare to that from cassava. Noodles supplemented with cassava flour showed a high swelling power with a higher degree of gelatinization than corn grit supplemented noodles; this might quite not be unconnected with the low level of amylase and high amylopectin content. It can also be concluded that noodles supplemented with corn grit or a mixture of these flours may be attractive as health food or as an economical high protein source food.
AN EFFICIENT CONTENT BASED IMAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM AND THE SELECTING OPTIMAL ORIENTIATIONS OF GABOR WAVELET FOR CBIR SYSTEM

In the past few decades, with the growth of the World Wide Web, extensive information in the form of images and videos are available for anyone, easy access to information has resulted, the need to have a system in which images and videos are retrieved based on their content. Features are extracted to specify the content in a unique way. In this work we proposed a system which is based on Gabor Wavelet, Color Correlogram and HSV histogram features, in this paper we show that, the precision rate can be increased by selecting most discriminating Gabor orientations and number of scales of GWT. In order to assess the performance of different number of orientations along with the other features we apply the proposed system on Wang image data base and for similarity measure between images we use Manhattan distance measure. With the proposed system we achieve good results and simple nature of features make the system computationally efficient.
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN CONE PENETRATION RESISTANCE , BULK DENSITY , AND MOISTURE CONTENT IN UNCULTIVATED , REPACKED , AND CULTIVATED HARDSETTING AND NON-HARDSETTING SOILS FROM THE COASTAL LOWLANDS OF SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND

Relationships between cone penetration resistance (PR), soil moisture (SM), and bulk density (BD) were derived for: (i) cultivated (ripped) and uncultivated, hardsetting and non-hardsetting, field soils; and (ii) repacked cores of the uncultivated soils. Each of the soils supports commercial Pinus plantations in the coastal lowlands of south-east Queensland, Australia. Penetration resistance was positively correlated with bulk density and negatively correlated with soil moisture for all soils. In the uncultivated soils, penetration resistance was less sensitive to bulk density than typically reported in the literature, or than observed in the cultivated soils where a wider range of bulk density values was studied. In both the cultivated and the repacked soils, penetration resistance was more sensitive to soil moisture at higher bulk density, and more sensitive to bulk density at lower soil moisture. It was not possible to fit the same models to uncultivated, repacked, and cultivated soils, and therefore not possible to compare relationships for each statistically. Relationships between penetration resistance, bulk density, and soil moisture were best described by additive models in the uncultivated soils and multiplicative models in the cultivated soils. For the repacked soils, models had to be developed relating penetration resistance to bulk density for each soil moisture class separately. The study demonstrated that: (i) relationships between penetration resistance, bulk density, and soil moisture were insufficiently sensitive to predict responses in the penetration resistance of field soils to changes in soil moisture, as might occur temporally, or bulk density, as might occur with compaction or reconsolidation after cultivation; and (ii) repacked soils could not be used to simulate the relationships between penetration resistance, bulk density, and soil moisture for cultivated field soils. Therefore, penetration resistances measured at different times in studies in which either bulk density or soil moisture are expected to change cannot be easily compared. In these situations, which include compaction and consolidation studies, both penetration resistance and bulk density, or bulk density alone, should be used to monitor change. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 26(3): 395-412 (1996) 396 New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science 26(3) Relationships between penetration resistance, soil moisture, and bulk density, together with moisture characteristic drying curves for individual soils, were used to define relationships between penetration resistance and matric suction. These relationships define a soil characteristic that may be useful for: (i) explaining varying responses of different soils to drying; (ii) explaining various Pinus seedling growth responses to cultivation and compaction; and (iii) delineating soils which are functionally hardsetting upon drying.
Example-based Rendering of Hand-drawn Content

In this dissertation, we focus on the capabilities of example-based synthesis with a particular interest in hand-drawn appearance. We propose several approaches for creating new digital imagery from examples without making any domain-specific assumptions and being media-agnostic. New methods for content-creation and non-photorealistic stylization are presented together with examples of their practical usage in contemporary digital production pipelines.
Current Reference Pierce Oscillator Circuit Topology for Low Phase Noise MEMS SAW Oscillator

This paper presents the design and simulation of a current reference Pierce oscillator circuit topology for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based oscillator. The designed amplifier achieves a gain of 33 dB at VDD of 1.2V. The amplifier core was tested with surface-acousticwave (SAW) resonators range from 800MHz to 2.4 GHz to form an oscillator and it shows a phase noise level range of -146 dBc/Hz to -151 dBc/Hz at 100 kHz offset frequency. This satisfies the maximum requirements phase noise of local oscillator (LO) of ultra-high frequency (UHF) for Bluetooth technology and Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). The device produced a better figure-of-merit (FoM) when compared with other oscillators that were based on CMOS on-chip inductor and capacitor (CMOS LC), film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) and lateral-field-excited (LFE) Aluminium Nitride (AIN) contour mode resonators technologies. The oscillator circuit has been simulated using a 0. 13μm CL130G CMOS technology process from Silterra (Malaysia) with the oscillator core consuming only 1.07mW DC power.
E-Government in Finland : An Assessment

This Policy Brief presents an assessment of e-government policies, implementation and impact in central government in Finland as part of a first comprehensive analysis of e-government implementation within the Finnish central administration. It summarises the main findings of the OECD Report E-Government in Finland, a study of egovernment in the Finnish central administration carried out by the OECD E-Government Task Force with backing from the Ministry of Finance. This study takes an in-depth look at e-government structures and processes and examines the i r s t rengths and weaknesses. ■
of Near-Death Studie

In Western culture, approaches to the afterlife have mutated throughout history, from shamanism and mythology to philosophy, spiritu alism, and psychical research. For conceptual reasons, however, survival re search seems to many to be languishing, despite some remarkable recent advances. I urge a return to a more experience-based approach, modeled after features of the near-death experience, for its practical benefits; I intend that approach to complement other forms of research, not displace them. Finally, I underscore the unique status of survival research as a scientific pursuit.
Design of Microstrip Antenna with Greater Bandwidth at Frequencies of GHz and THz

This paper presents a microstrip antenna with circular patch that operates at a frequency of 1 THz, with a circular opening in the ground plane, resulting in an increase in bandwidth. At GHz frequencies, the circular opening in the ground plane is performed to obtain a wide pass band. Its prototype is built and measurements are compared with simulated data. Results of loss by insertion and radiation patterns in plans E and H are presented. Key-Words: Circular patch, THz, Bandwidth.
Procedures for Real-time Earthquake Risk Reduction of Industrial Plants and Infrastructures

REAKT (Strategies and Tools for Real Time Earthquake Risk Reduction) is a 36 month FP7 EC project that started on September 1, 2011. REAKT addresses real-time earthquake risk mitigation from end-to-end, with efforts in operational earthquake forecasting, earthquake early warning, real-time vulnerability systems, and optimized end-user decision-making with uncertain information. Among the main outcomes expected from the project are feasibility studies considering the application of the developed methodologies towards the protection of industrial targets. These industrial targets include power plants, lifelines, railways, an industrial complex, bridges, a port complex, and a hospital. A work package is dedicated to applications of REAKT methodologies at twelve test sites, ten of which are industrial facilities. Each test site/application involves a scientific partner and an industrial end-user, who jointly determine the real-time risk reduction measures appropriate for the site.
Seismic Performance of Large Brick Masonry Bearing Wall Strengthened by Post-Tension

Seismic performance and stability of a large brick masonry bearing wall strengthened with unbonded post-tensioning cables was examined through testing. The specimen was constructed referring to an existing building with 900 mm-thick walls in which holes were bored vertically from the top to the foundation to receive prestressing cables. The specimen was subjected to compression stress of 1.0 MPa and then a lateral loading was applied statically at its top. Loading was, first, applied in the out-of-plane direction inducing some damage to the element and then applied in the in-plane direction. Prestressing was effective where the damaged wall-specimen proved to be stable even at large lateral drifts. The predicted failure mode and assessed shear strengths of masonry using a simple approach were relatively close to test results. The assumed shear strength along mortar joint was found to be conservative when compared to the test results of nine small specimens that were subjected to different compression stresses ranging from 0.5 to 1.5 MPa.
Similarities in characteristics of regional earthquakes and inferred long-period long-duration ( LPLD ) events

Long-period long-duration (LPLD) events have been recently recognized as a new phenomenon of tremor-like signals that may occur during monitoring of hydraulic-fracture treatment programs in gas reservoirs. The current model of LPLD waveforms reflects slow deformation processes on fractures or faults that are mis-aligned for re-activation with respect to the present-day stress field. However, waveforms of small regional earthquakes could easily be mistaken for LPLD events, since both are characterized by similar frequency content (< 100 Hz) and time duration (~ 1 minute). Using data from a 10.5-month continuous downhole deployment of 15 Hz geophone array in a tight-sand gas field in western Canada, recordings of small earthquakes are compared with published LPLD events. In this study, we demonstrate that regional earthquakes show similar waveform characteristics to LPLD events, underlining the importance of distinguishing regional earthquake signals from LPLD events to ensure robust interpretation of reservoir deformation processes.
Effects of Thermal Pretreatment and Trace Metals on High-rate Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge

This study attempted high-rate thermophilic anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge at 10 days HRT, by applying thermal pretreatment of waste activated sludge (170 o C and 1hr) and trace metal addition (0.49 mg-Ni/L and 0.54 mg-Co/L). The thermal pretreatment not only increased VS and VSS destruction by 6% and 9%, respectively, but also improved dewaterability of digested sludge drastically. The trace metal addition showed negligible effect on the overall performance, except for the reduced VFA concentrations in the digested sludge. DGT analyses suggested that 70-88% of soluble Ni and only 5-10% of soluble Co be present in a bioavailable form. Microbial analyses based on PCR-DGGE detected the archaea, Methanosarcina sp. and Methanosarcina thermophila, in the digested sludge.
A New Feature Selection Method for Internet Traffic Classification Using ML

If 248 statistical features are used to characterize network traffic flows, the computation cost of classifier will be overlarge. The feature selection methods referenced here improve the accuracy of majority classes and meanwhile decrease the accuracy in minority classes as the cost. As a result, it brings about the multi-class imbalance problem. In this paper, main contributions include two aspects below. 1) An evaluation criterion based on information theory was proposed to assess how much do one feature bias towards one class. 2) A new feature selection method named BFS was proposed to reduce features and alleviate multi-class imbalance. BFS was compared with fast correlationbased filter (FCBF) and full feature set using Naïve Bayes and ten skewed datasets. The results show that 1) BFS is more advantage to maintain the balance of multi-class classification results than FCBF, such as the reduction of gmean is just about 8% using BFS, 2) classification accuracy of Naïve Bayes using BFS can achieve to 90%. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of [name organizer]
Effects of the Clearing the Lung and Dissipating Phlegm Method in the Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease : A Systematic Review and Meta ‐ Analysis

IntroductIon The 2018 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (COLD) has re-defined the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as a common, preventable, and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities usually caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gases. [1] According to the estimations by the Burden of Obstructive Lung Diseases and other large scale epidemiological studies, there were a total of 384 million patients with COPD in 2010, with a prevalence of Effects of the Clearing the Lung and Dissipating Phlegm Method in the Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
Foundations and Trends ® in Machine Learning > Vol 7 > Issue 4-5 Ordering Info About Us Alerts Contact Help Log in Adaptation , Learning , and Optimization over Networks

Subjects Adaptive control and signal processing, Behavioral, cognitive and neural learning, Data mining, Graphical models, Online learning, Optimization, Statistical learning theory, Computational Learning, Distributed computing, Detection and estimation, Pattern recognition and learning, Signal processing for communications, Control/Graph-theoretic models, Dynamics and Asymptotic Behavior of Networks, Adaptive signal processing, Distributed and network signal processing, Statistical/machine learning, Statistical signal processing: Estimation and regression, Stochastic Networks, Stochastic Optimization, Control of Multi-agent Systems