Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Applications of fuzzy set theory to handwriting recognition

A survey of applications of fuzzy set theory to handwriting recognition is given. Three specific applications are described: 1) the fuzzy k-nearest neighbor algorithm for handwritten word recognition; 2) the fuzzy logic for handwritten street number location; and 3) the fuzzy integral for handwritten character recognition. New research utilizing fuzzy integrals in dynamic programming based handwritten word recognition is also described. <<ETX>>
Switching harmonics in the DC link current in a PWM AC-DC-AC converter

A novel method for determining the DC link current drawn by a PWM inverter is described. The equations derived are simple to apply and yield considerable analytical insight into the DC link current waveform. The method enables the RMS current flowing in the DC link capacitor in a back-to-back power converter to be calculated, allowing the capacitor to be specified correctly. Simulated and experimental results verify the analysis.
A numerical cell cycle progression model for the effects of dynamic compression on chondrocytes

2 Introduction 3 Methods 6 First objective: General cell cycle & cell cycle progression 6 Second objective: Basis of cell cycle progression model & adaptation to chondrocytes in cell cycle 8 Third objective: Relation dynamic compression and chondrocyte cell cycle progression 11 Numerical implementation 12 Results 14 Discussion 19 Conclusion 19 Parameter discussion for the second objective 20 Parameter discussion for the third objective 21 Parameter discussion for numerical implementation 23 Future research 24 Acknowledgements 25 References 26 Appendix A 27 Appendix B 28 cycle.m 28 cycle_results. m 33 diffem.m 33 elemconvdif1d.m 34
Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics: Student Research Workshop

On behalf of the Programme Committee, we are pleased to present the proceedings of the Student Research Workshop held at the 12th Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics. Following the tradition of providing a forum for student researchers and the success of the previous workshops held in Bergen (1999), Toulouse (2001), Budapest (2003) and Trento (2006), a panel of senior researchers will take part in the presentation of the papers, providing detailed comments on the work of the authors. The Student Workshop will run as four parallel sessions, during which 11 papers will be presented. These high standard papers were carefully chosen from a total of 38 submissions coming from 18 countries.
Particle verbs in NLP lexicons

This paper discusses the problems that arise in NLP lexicons if German particle verbs are analyzed as words. I suggest analyzing them as phrasal constructions consisting of an adverb, an adjective, or a preposition and a verb. It is then not necessary to have separate lexicon entries for compositional particle verbs. Non-compositional particle verbs also do not need separate lexicon entries for tagging and parsing. They need multi-word lexicon entries for all those applications that operate on semantic representations.
A New Measure of Code Complexity during Software Evolution: 'A Case Study'

This paper first computes the Complexity increment by taking four complexity metrics WMC (CK), CMC (Li), CC (BS) and CCC (S&B). The maintainability index of the successive version has been computed at the system level. The tracking of the number of classes added and deleted has also been obtained for the archaeology of successive versions. The understandability and the maintainability of software are then mapped with the trends of complexity increment, change in number of classes added and deleted and the Maintainability index. The complexity increments between successive versions give an indication towards the maturity level of software. These metrics are empirically evaluated with 38 versions of JFree Chart and nine versions of three live project data at the system level.
MODELING OF DIESEL-COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS BUBBLY FLOW UNDER INFLUENCING OF A MAGNETIC FIELD

Numerical simulation of a single compressed natural gas bubble in diesel flow with effecting magnetic flux is presented in this paper. The three dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations have been used to solve the Diesel and compressed natural gas laminar two phase flow in horizontal pipe. The simulation was carried out using COMSOL Multiphysic software version 4.4, Level-Set method. The interface between the gaseous and liquid phases was described as the zero level set of a smooth function. The results showed that compressed natural gas bubble under magnetic field grow up vertically to have bigger elliptical shape in the Diesel phase, doubling in diameter before it breaks away in two parts of 0.2 and 0.8 tesla. Also, it has been noted that the compressed natural gas bubble velocity is decreasing as the magnetic field is strengthening. The numerical procedure has been validated by comparing the computational results with experimental results reported in the literature where a good agreement was achieved.
Position-aware thread-level speculative parallelization for large-scale chip-multiprocessor

Thread-Level Speculation (TLS) is an effective mechanism for exploiting automatic parallelization of the sequential programs, especially for the large scale chip multiprocessor (CMP) which is rich of idle computation resources on chip. TLS could use the idle computation resources to improve the performance of sequential program. However, the inter-thread correlation between the speculative threads requests more careful core assignment and thread scheduling for the TLS execution, rather than the conventional threads. Analysis shows that there is a high correlation between TLS execution performance and the on-chip "position" of the cores assigned for the TLS execution. Accordingly, we propose a "position-aware" task scheduling strategy for the thread-level speculative parallelization. We introduce a model to evaluate the "Centre of Data Gravity (CDG)" of the TLS program, and propose a new core assignment and thread scheduling mechanism based on CDG for the TLS execution. Tests show that, these strategies have achieved significant performance improvement: compared with the original TLS that does not consider the factor, the range of performance improvement is from 4.6% to 39%.
The Meaning of “ Counsellor ” : Lexicographical analysis

In 2007, the Health Professions Council (HPC) initiated proposals for state regulation of the professional titles “counsellor” and “psychotherapist”, with the ostensible goal of protecting vulnerable members of the public from inadequately-trained practitioners. In 2008 a Professional Liaison Group (PLG) was created to determine proficiency standards and consult with relevant professional organisations. Under current plans the titles “counsellor” and “psychotherapist” (and modified variants thereof) will be protected by law from 2012, and any practitioners who wish to continue to use them must register with the HPC or risk a fine of up to £5000. Existing practitioners who meet the new standards of training and proficiency may qualify via the ‘grandparenting’ route, on payment of a scrutiny fee of £420, and a registration fee of £76. Entry to the profession will require the successful completion of a relevant course specially approved by the HPC. It is as yet unclear whether this legislation will prohibit the use of the professional title “philosophical counsellor” in the UK. The title is in use by practitioners throughout the world and represented by national and international professional associations—most notably in the UK, USA, Germany, Netherlands, and Israel (see, for example, Lahav & Tillmans, ed., 1995, passim). The PLG has not reflected on the semantic foundations of the term they seek to regulate, and are set to impose a psychologised conception with universal application without considering the limitations of its scope. The proposals have already proved highly controversial, with many professional counselling and psychotherapy organisations lodging official objections and pledging non-compliance.1 Yet the HPC has already stipulated that the title “counsellor” must be protected. The PLG committee is therefore facing a serious, seemingly intractable, problem. To be consistent with their own recommendations, they could choose to discuss the predicament with an expert in psychological assessment and therapy, which may help to attenuate their feelings of discontent (and perhaps assuage their guilt). However, closer examination reveals that the problem is rooted in a basic conceptual confusion, and it would therefore be more constructive to examine the meaning of their concepts, the veracity of their founding assumptions and the validity of their logic. To invoke a pertinent metaphor, the PLG might benefit from a little ‘philosophical therapy’.
Employee involvement and trade union presence : evidence from Foreign Owned MNEs in Australia

This paper draws on evidence from a large scale survey of employment practices of Foreign Owned Multinational Enterprises (FOMNEs) in Australia. It explores first, the incidence of and their approach to employee involvement strategies and second, factors that influence the use of these strategies. The findings are that FOMNEs in Australia are wide users of a range of employee involvement practices. These include direct participatory practices such as employee management meetings and communication strategies such as newsletters use of email and the intranet. To a lesser extent they also utilise indirect channels such as joint consultation committees. Employee involvement strategy is influenced by trade union presence, company strategic human resource management (SHRM) orientation and country of origin. In particular UK MNEs are actively utilising a range of direct and indirect approaches.
Comparison of the effects of Shenfu injection and Shenmai injection on doxorubicin-induced chronic heart failure in rats

Shenfu injection (SFI) and Shenmai injection (SMI) are classical Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for chronic heart failure (CHF). SFI is used for Yang Deficiency syndrome, while SMI is used for Yin Deficiency. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of SFI and SMI on doxorubicin (DOX) induced chronic heart failure (CHF) in a rat model. A total of 33 CHF rats were successfully established and received 15 days of SFI and SMI treatment, followed by dividing into the DOX group, SMI group, and SFI group. Another 11 rats were chosen as the control group. Echocardiograms and carotid artery intubations were performed. Blood samples were collected for assessment of cardiac function markers and heart tissue homogenate were used for reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidant enzyme detection. Myocardial tissue was used for histological examinations and apoptosis index analysis. Present results demonstrated that SFI, instead of SMI, improved survival rates of DOX-induced CHF rats. Both SFI and SMI administration improved left ventricle systolic and diastolic function and decreased DOX-induced elevated cardiac function markers. Moreover, SFI showed superior properties in attenuating DOX-induced ROS and inhibition of antioxidant enzyme activities, thus inhibiting DOX-induced cardiac apoptosis. SFI mitigates DOX-induced oxidative stress via activated Keap1/Nrf2/ARE pathways. In conclusion, this study identified that DOX associated CHF may belong to Yang Deficiency in TCM and SFI effectively protects against DOX-induced CHF through activation of Keap1/ Nrf2/ARE pathways.
Problem solving and cognitive skill acquisition

Abstract : There has been a great deal of work in human problem solving since the landmark publication of Newell and Simon's Human Problem Solving in 1972. After reviewing the 1972 theory and the subsequent additions to it that model practice effects and expert-level problem solving, this tutorial presents 19 basic findings that seem to capture much of the recent experimental work in the field. (sdw)
Error Analysis Of Oral Production Made By English Department Students In Microteaching Class at Muhammadiyah University Of Surakarta.

The objectives of this research are to describe the types of error, to analyze the frequency of error and to describe the source of error. The type of this study is descriptive qualitative research. The data of this research are utterances containing errors taken from Microteaching video. The data collection technique of this research is documentary study. There are 289 utterances containing error. The writer uses descriptive qualitative technique to analyze the data. The writer uses theories from Clark and Clark, James, Dulay, Burt and Krashen and also Selinker to analyze the error. In the result of this study, the writer divided types of error into three classifications. They are speech error, morphological error, syntactical error. Speech error (80,28%), in speech error divided into seven types, they are: filled pause (39,5%), repeats (18,34%), silent pause (10,73%), stutters (6,57%), interjection (2,08%), correction (1,73%), slip of tongue (1,38%). Morphological (13,84%) in morphological error divided into three types, they are: Omission of Bound morpheme {-s} as plural marker (2,77%), pronunciations (8,30%), vocabulary (2,77%). Syntactical error (5,88%), syntactical error divided into four types, they are: omission of modal {will} (1,38%), omission of preposition (1,38%), question construction (1,38%), wrong in word selection (1,73%). The sources of error are cognitive reason, psychological reason and social reason.
GFI 1 B in Stem Cell Biology and Cancer

GFI1B was identified by sequence homology with the oncogene GFI1 (Growth Factor Independence 1). Both GFI1 and GFI1B transcription factors have six C-terminal C2H2 zinc-fingers and an N-terminal SNAG (SNAIL/GFI1) transcriptional repression domain. While GFI1 is essential for neutrophil differentiation and is also necessary for B and T lymphopoiesis, GFI1B is required for development of erythroid and megakaryocytic lineages. However, mounting evidences indicate that GFI1B has also a prominent role in hematopoietic stem cell quiescence and, according to its function in cell differentiation and stem cell maintenance, in cancer. Here we will briefly review the last findings on these aspects.
Revisiting preference stability : a first step to testing the incentive compatibility arguments in transport research

The literature on incentive compatibility has explored whether stated preference survey designs encourage respondents to answer truthfully. The work of Carson and Groves (2007) has received a lot of attention from environmental economists, but is also raises issues of concern for transport analysts because it suggests that respondents act strategically after the first choice task. In this paper, we make use of choice task specific models to uncover the relations between the first choice task and the subsequent ones and we provide a series of tests to analyse trends within and across data from 8 surveys in transport and environment. Final version: 16 January 2018
Statistical Development on Determining the Minimum Clinically Important Difference

In medical research, the concept of minimum clinically important difference (MCID) has gained its popularity among clinical practitioners and health policy markers. Over the past 20 years, intensive research has been conducted to explore how clinical significance could be interpreted from the patient reported outcomes (PROs) by using MCID. This article aims to provide a review on the statistical development on the determination of MCID.
The C-SAR Instrument Design & Performance for the GMES Sentinel-1 Mission

The paper describes the C-SAR instrument for the GMES Sentinel-1 mission. After a brief introduction of the Sentinel-1 instrument requirements a design description of the overall C-SAR instrument as well as of its major subsystems (i.e. the SAR Antenna Subsystem (SAS) and the SES Electronic Subsystem (SES)), is given. The paper concludes with an overview on the predicted instrument performance.
In Vitro Screening of Chilli ( Capsicum Annuum L . ) Cultivars for Drought Tolerance

Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.), the green or the dried ripe fruits of pungent forms of Capsicum species, is one of the important members of the family Solanaceae. “This cultivated species has its unique place in the diet as a vegetable cum spice crop [1]”. “Chilli is the largest spice item exported from India it occupies first position in terms of value. During 2015-16, chilli exported 24.21 per cent by value of the total exports of spices from India [2]”. In global market, India has the highest share of 25%, followed by China with 24%. Though India has the substantial share in the world hectarage under chilli crop, the productivity (1.74 t/ha) is low when compared to the other hot pepper growing countries like Korea and Indonesia where it ranges from 2-3 t/ha. In India production of dried chillies is 1605000 MT from 760000 ha area and green chillies 678000 MT from 43000 ha area (NHB 2014-15). The main reason for low productivity is the majority of chilli cultivating area (~ 50%) is under rainfed conditions [3]. Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses which results in significant reduction in morphological traits such as plant height, plant spread and dry matter accumulation [3-6] affecting the physiological process, thereby causing considerable economic yield loss in peppers [7-12]. Genetic variability within a species is a valuable tool for screening and breeding for drought tolerance. “Field experiments related to water stress have been difficult to handle due to significant environmental or drought interactions with other abiotic stresses [13]”. “An alternative approach is to induce water stress through polyethylene glycol (PEG) solutions for the screening of the germplasm [14-17]”. “Polyethylene glycol with the molecular mass of 6000 and above is non-ionic, water soluble polymer which is not expected to penetrate intact plant tissues. This solution interferes with the roots to absorb water due to the reduction of osmotic potential [18] and [19]”. This synthetically created water-stress environment is used to provide the opportunity in selecting superior genotypes. On the basis of these facts, the present attempt was made to categorize chilli germplasm against drought stress to select suitable cultivars for drought tolerance.
hytochemical study of Harrisia adscendens eorge

Harrisia adscendens (Gürke) Britton & Rose is a species of the family Cactaceae found in the northeastern semi-arid and popularly known as foxtail. In folk medicine, the roots of this species are used for the treatment of toothache and heartburn. The objective of this study was to perform the isolation and identification of the secondary metabolites obtained from the vegetal drug by chromatographic and spectroscopic techniques and to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of the extract. The qualitative phytochemical analysis of the extract showed suggestive results for the presence of alkaloids. Two compounds were isolated and identified: 2-methyl-9H-carboline-2-ion, a -carboline alkaloid obtained for the first actus -Carboline alkaloid cetophenone time as a natural product and 2′,6′-dihydroxy-4′-methoxyacetophenone-2′-O-glucoside. In the antimicrobial tests, it was possible to observe activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The results obtained by spectroscopic techniques allowed to characterize the phytochemical properties of the vegetal drug and may be useful in future studies for production of herbal medicines. © 2018 Sociedade Brasileira de Farmacognosia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. This is an open he CC access article under t
Interactive Perception for Cluttered Environments

Robotics research tends to focus upon either non-contact sensing or machine manipulation, but not both. This paper explores the benefits of combining the two by addressing the problem of extracting and classifying unknown objects within a cluttered environment, such as found in recycling and service robot applications. In the proposed approach, a pile of objects lies on a flat background, and the goal of the robot is to sift through the pile and classify each object so that it can be studied further. One object should be removed at a time with minimal disturbance to the other objects. We propose an algorithm, based upon graph-based segmentation and stereo matching, that automatically computes a desired grasp point that enables the objects to be removed one at a time. The algorithm then isolates each object to be classified by color, shape and flexibility. Experiments on a number of different objects demonstrate the ability of classifying each item through interaction and labeling them for further use and study.
Cortical bone destruction-the major factor causing bone cement leakage after kyphoplasty in multiple myeloma

Purpose: To compare the bone cement leakage (BCL) rates after percutaneous kyphoplasty (PKP) treatment of vertebral compression fractures (VCFs) caused by multiple myeloma (MM) and osteoporosis (OP) and to analyze their risk factors. Methods: Data from 58 vertebraes of 33 VCF patients caused by MM and 53 vertebraes of 48 VCF patients caused by OP were retrospectively analyzed. All patients underwent PKP in our hospital between Sept. 2011 and Sept. 2016. The extent of the preoperative damage in the vertebral cortical bone and the postoperative BCL rate in the two groups of patients were evaluated by 3-D CT reconstruction. Results: The operation success rate was 100% in both groups. The average intraoperative balloon dilatation pressure in the MM and OP groups was 170.77 PSI and 168.49 PSI, respectively (P>0.05). The average amount of bone cement injected in the MM and OP groups was 3.538 mL and 3.528 mL, respectively (P>0.05). The BCL rate of the MM group was 37.9%, and that of the OP group was 11.3% (P<0.05). The average cortical bone destruction ratesin the MM and OP groups were 2.9% and 0.8%, respectively (P<0.05). Conclusions: Compared with OP, PKP treatment of VCFs caused by MM is more prone to lead to BCL; the main reasons for this may be the more severe damage to cortical bone and the decreased integrity of the peripheral edge of the vertebrae in MM.
Raga Identification Techniques of Indian Classical Music : An Overview

Raga plays an important role in Indian classical music. Raga consists of different characteristics which make each raga unique in it. Raga is sequential collection of swaras and it is divided into two systems Hindustani (North Indian) music, Carnatic (South Indian) music. In this paper, we discussed basic introduction about raga identification. We surveyed the different raga identification techniques such as scale matching, arohana avarohana pattern, statistical approach and Pakad matching, Pitch class distribution (PCD) and pitch class dyad distribution (PCDD), An unsupervised statistical approach: LDA model, swara intonation. We reviewed these techniques with their system structure and results obtained by them. We have identified the challenges associated with raga identification and related future work.