Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Prediction-error lter estimation on irregular traces

The invention provides a method and a communication device for cancelling echoes in the communication device, comprising:receiving path means and sending path means for receiving and sending respective signals, andecho compensating means for generating an echo control signal which is representative of a perceived echo, which echo compensating means are coupled between the sending and the receiving path means, and comprise an echo digital control signal generating means, and a digital-to-analog convertor coupled to the digital control signal generating means and to the receiving path means. Hardware and software implementation are easy and the dynamic range of an analog-to-digital convertor present in the receiving path is limited.
Parallel communication

Advances in communication rates exceed the ability of a single source to fully utilize a gigabit WAN channel with existing deterministic protocols. A method called parallel communication, which reduces latency by managing indeterminism and increasing channel utilization, given a surplus bandwidth-delay product, is presented. It involves a nondeterministic state mechanism with a modified protocol interface. <<ETX>>
DESIGN AND DEPLOYMENT OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT TO EMULATE A SCADA NETWORK WITHIN CYBER RANGES

Le minacce dello spazio cibernetico stanno proliferando. Le piu diffuse politiche di sicurezza stanno enfatizzando l’importanza di avere a disposizione degli emulatori in grado di introdurre un maggiore realismo nell’addestramento e nell’analisi in termini di sicurezza informatica. I Cyber Range, o poligoni virtuali, sono la risposta al bisogno di avere ambienti protetti e circoscritti dove condurre esercitazioni e ricostruire scenari ipotetici o reali, da valutare, studiare e convalidare. Questa Tesi presenta i requisiti per costruire i nodi principali all’interno di un Cyber Range e l’architettura del primo Cyber Range accademico nazionale. Il nostro obiettivo e la creazione di una rete di centri interconnessi diffusa sul territorio italiano e connessi alle Universita principali, in cui ogni centro rappresenta una piattaforma completa e consistente per la ricerca, la validazione e la formazione in termini di sicurezza informatica. Il primo nodo della rete e stato gia costruito a Torino, dove un primo prototipo di sistema SCADA fornisce un’esperienza realistica di un acquedotto e permette agli utenti di interagire per scoprire e correggere le vulnerabilita informatiche. Questa Tesi analizza il tema da due punti di vista, il primo riguarda in generale come connettere i singoli nodi all’interno della Rete Accademica Italiana (GARR), il secondo riguarda l’architettura piu in dettaglio del singolo nodo. Sono state utilizzate delle tecniche di virtualizzazione per emulare una rete SCADA realistica, seguendo i principi di sicurezza per costruire un’infrastruttura critica. Oggi le infrastrutture critiche sono controllate da diverse installazioni di reti interconnesse. Questo e dovuto alle crescenti richieste dell'industria per una maggiore connettivita tra la zona industriale e le principali zone di gestione: cio che prima era una rete di controllo semplice e isolata, spesso privata, e ora diventata una rete complessa e connessa all’Internet pubblica. In particolare lo SCADA e i sistemi di controllo industriale sono caratterizzati dall’uso di protocolli non orientati alla sicurezza, di fatto il sistema SCADA e passato da essere logicamente e fisicamente separato dalle altre reti a essere interconnesso, appoggiandosi su protocolli standard come il TCP/IP, e questo ha causato un incremento nella superficie di attacco e il rischio di nuove vulnerabilita. Le architetture e le politiche presentate in questo elaborato possono avere importanti benefici nella messa in sicurezza delle reti SCADA, migliorando la flessibilita dell’intero sistema, come anche le procedure per l’isolamento del traffico e il ripristino d’emergenza per le singole macchine virtuali.
MOVEMENT DETECTION FOR SAFER BACKWARD MANEUVER

IMRA has been working on a static obstacles detection system for a few years now. It is proposed to complement this with a real-time moving obstacles detection and localization system. This system is based on camera movement compensation using IPM (Inverse Perspective Mapping) and probabilistic reasoning for movement detection. Using shape filtering this approach can even detect only specific types of moving objects (pedestrians, cars etc). The algorithms developed, the evaluation protocol used, and some results of the system are described. For the covering abstract see E134653.
Effect of 17α-Ethinylestradiol on the Time Needed for Males and Females of Gammarus tigrinus Sexton, 1939 to Re-couple

: The aim of presented study was to determine the behavioural response of precopulatory pairs of Gammarus tigrinus exposed to the 17 α -ethinylestradiol (EE2). It was hypothesized that 17 α -ethinylestradiol would increase the time needed for a male to re-capture a female. Hypothesis was tested in a laboratory with 20 precopula pairs exposed to different treatment conditions. Paired animals were exposed to two different compound concentrations of 50 ng·L -1 and 500 ng·L -1 . The control and solvent control was artificial sea water and artificial sea water with ethanol (the diluent for EE2). The couples were tested several times under different experimental treatments. The obtained results indicate that EE2 affects the precopulatory mate guarding behaviour of Gammarus tigrinus . EE2 in concentration of 50 ng·L -1 and 500 ng·L -1 prolonged the time needed for re-pairing. However, relative to the controls only EE2 in concentration of 500 ng·L -1 significantly prolonged the time needed for male-female re-coupling. In summary, EE2 affects the reproductive behaviour of Gammarus tigrinus .
Improving sparse representation algorithms for maritime video processing

We present several improvements to published algorithms for sparse image modeling with the goal of improving processing of imagery of small watercraft in littoral environments. The first improvement is to the K-SVD algorithm for training over-complete dictionaries, which are used in sparse representations. It is shown that the training converges significantly faster by incorporating multiple dictionary (i.e., codebook) update stages in each training iteration. The paper also provides several useful and practical lessons learned from our experience with sparse representations. Results of three applications of sparse representation are presented and compared to the state-of-the-art methods; image compression, image denoising, and super-resolution.
Essay on the True Art of Playing Keyboard Instruments

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The Efficacy of Weight Loss Supplements

Copyright: © 2012 Onakpoya I. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The increased prevalence of obesity and overweight over the last few decades has resulted in popularity with the use of dietary supplements as weight loss aids [1]. Though hundreds of these supplements are readily available as Over-The-Counter (OTC) pills, the efficacy of most is unproven. Physicians are also uncertain about the therapeutic benefit of such supplements.
L'aprenentatge dels estudiants universitaris en el marc del Procés de Bolonya

L'objectiu de la tesis es entreveure les variables que influeixen en les aproximacions a l'aprenentatge de los estudiants universitaris. El model d'analisis, basat en la teoria del comportament planificat, sustenta que influeixen les motivacions a l'estudi, les creences sobre el proces d'ensenyament- aprenentatge, la norma interioritzada (moral i social) i la percepcio del conjunt d'oportunitats. Per a completar tots els elements del model s'han recollit les aportacions de la tradicio psicopedagogica (tracta aspectes de motivacio, creences i el conjunt d'oportunitats, sobretot en relacio a l'ensenyament del professor) i la sociologica (aspectes com la relacio entre iguals, el grup de referencia, la interioritzacio de las normes, la integracio de l'estudiant a la universitat i la creacio de la seva identitat). Els canvis en les metodologies docents a partir de la introduccio del Proces de Bolonya son un element fonamental dins la percepcio del conjunt d'oportunitats.La tesis es fonamenta en un estudi de casos sobre la UAB, concretament en tres titulacions pilot de la mateixa universitat, Ciencies Politiques, Educacio Infantil i Enginyeria Informatica. Combina tecniques quantitatives (enquesta a estudiantes) i qualitatives (analisis documental i entrevistes en profunditat a coordinadors de titulacio i a estudiants). Els resultats mostren com els estudiants combinen motivacions expressives i instrumentals quan han d'escollir els estudis, la seva motivacio es fonamental per a entendre les accions d'aprenentatge que duen a terme els estudiantes. El perfil majoritari de motivacio d'eleccio dels estudis en cada una de les titulacions tambe ajuda a comprendre les dinamiques positives o negatives que es produeixen.Es conclou que la percepcio del control de les oportunitats i per tant, els canvis que esta introduint el Proces de Bolonya, influeixen clarament en com els estudiants s'aproximen a l'aprenentatge. Els canvis de metodologia docent estan implicant canvis en l'avaluacio continuada, treballs en grup, reduccio de les classes magistrals i augment de les practiques.Les valoracions dels estudiants en relacio a la introduccio dels canvis metodologics del Proces de Bolonya son tant positives como negatives. Els estudiants veuen amb bons ulls aquests canvis metodologics perque poden significar millores en el seu aprenentatge, pero consideren que tal i como s'esta duent a terme a aquesta universitat, rapid, sense recursos i amb poca reflexio previa, comporta finalment efectes negatius en el seu aprenentatge.Davant la alta carrega de treball que han comportat aquests canvis els estudiants es converteixen en actors estrategics, duent a terme accions superficials o profundes segons les tasques que els hi demanen els professors. L'aportacio sociologica es fonamental per a entendre el proces de construccio de la identitat com a estudiants i la interioritzacio de las normes, tant del grup de referencia com dels pares, aspectes basics per a entendre l'aprenentatge dels estudiants universitaris.
Urinary and Fecal Incontinence, Nursing Management

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Agarwood: the life of a wounded tree

Agarwood is the infected wood of the Aquilaria tree. Called ‘the wood of the Gods’, its uses range from incense for religious ceremonies, perfume for the Arabic world, medicinal wine in Korea and ornamental functions in China. As a healthy tree the Aquilaria is worth next to nothing, but wounded its defence mechanisms produce agarwood and the tree becomes a valuable commodity. Gerard Persoon goes in search of the natural and social life of a wounded tree.
Efficient Location-Aware Data Placement for Data-Intensive Applications in Geo-distributed Scientific Data Centers

Recent developments in cloud computing and big data have spurred the emergence of data-intensive applications for which massive scientific datasets are stored in globally distributed scientific data centers that have a high frequency of data access by scientists worldwide. Multiple associated data items distributed in different scientific data centers may be requested for one data processing task, and data placement decisions must respect the storage capacity limits of the scientific data centers. Therefore, the optimization of data access cost in the placement of data items in globally distributed scientific data centers has become an increasingly important goal. Existing data placement approaches for geo-distributed data items are insufficient because they either cannot cope with the cost incurred by the associated data access, or they overlook storage capacity limitations, which are a very practical constraint of scientific data centers. In this paper, inspired by applications in the field of high energy physics, we propose an integer-programming-based data placement model that addresses the above challenges as a Non-deterministic Polynomial-time (NP)-hard problem. In addition we use a Lagrangian relaxation based heuristics algorithm to obtain ideal data placement solutions. Our simulation results demonstrate that our algorithm is effective and significantly reduces overall data access cost.
The Effect of Sociodemographic Factors on the Patient Satisfaction with Health Care System

Abstract The goal of this paper is to determine the level of patient satisfaction with health care among adults in the Republic of Serbia and to analyze the correlation between the satisfaction and socio-demographic characteristics of the interviewees. The paper is based on the data provided by the National health survey of the Republic of Serbia. For the purposes of this paper, we used data on age and household of the people aged 19 and more. By eliminating the interviewees who were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied with the health care services, we obtained the sample containing 18.206 interviewees. Demographic characteristics and well-being index represented independent variables in the research. Dependent variable of the patient satisfaction was transformed into a binary variable by categorizing satisfied and very satisfied interviewees into one group and by placing dissatisfied and very dissatisfied interviewees into group of dissatisfied patients. The connection between satisfaction and predictors was examined using Chi-Square test and logistic regression. The percentage of the satisfied patients with health care was 72.9%. The satisfaction level was directly connected to age, gender, marital status, employment, region the interviewee comes from and well-being index. Patients who were more satisfied included older people, women, as well as married people, the unemployed and those living in the cities. The analysis of the financial situation shows that the poorest interviewees were the most satisfied with health care.
A user study of interpretability of engineering design representations

In order to save time and money, designers need to understand the utility of different engineering representations. To this end, designers often rely on past experience to decide which model to construct; yet students without this experience have no help. Interestingly there are noticeable gaps in the research literature with respect to how and when to select representations for engineering design. This paper examines the differences between three types of engineering representations, specifically sketches, drawing packages, and physical prototypes. The amount of information designers can extract, in addition to the correctness and confidence, from these representations is studied. Design reviews of concepts with respect to requirements verification serves as the design task of this investigation. The data from this user study are analysed, using descriptive and non-parametric statistics. The results reveal that designers are more confident and correct in making conclusions about whether a design meets requirements when using high-fidelity representations and physical representations, specifically high-fidelity prototypes. Low-fidelity representations appear to be useful for determining if a design meets functional requirements, but not geometric or manufacturing requirements. The relationship between drawing packages and low-fidelity prototypes is still unclear and thus is an area for further research.
CLINICAL EVALUATION OF MADHUPRAMEHARI VATI IN THE MANAGEMENT OF APATHYANIMITTAJA PRAMEHA W.S.R. TO DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE II

Type-2 Diabetes Mellitus is a persistent health problem that requires innovative strategies to improve health and needs a multifactorial approach for the treatment. Madhupramehari Vati an Ayurvedic medicine consists of maximum number of Rasayana and Yogvahi drug i.e. Shilajatu (Black Bitumen), Swarnamakshika (Copper Pyrites), Amalaki ( Emblica officinalis ), Haridra ( Curcuma longa ) etc. which act as a Naimittika Rasayana . The total number of Patients 33 were divided into two groups named as group A (16 patients of prediabetes or impaired fasting glucose {IFG} and impaired glucose tolerance {IGT} clinically diagnosed) was given Madhupramehari Vati 500 mg in tablet form twice a day before taking meal for 60 days and group B (17 patients of diabetics clinically diagnosed) was given Madhupramehari Vati 500 mg with Triphala Kwath of 50 ml twice a day before taking meal for 60 days. The patients were provided a proper diet chart planned according to the classics and to maintain a routine of 30 minutes walk in the morning and in the evening hours, Pranayama daily for 30 min in morning hours. Glycosylated hemoglobin (serum HbA1c) was evaluated in eight patients which showed statistically highly significant results. There were also statistically significant results in the fasting blood sugar (FBS) and post prandial blood sugar (PPBS) parameters, both groups.
LETEC (Learning and Teaching Corpus) Simuligne

Learning and Teaching Corpus of the online educational experiment Simuligne (2001). Its scenario is based on a global simulation for the learning of French as a foreign language. It also includes an intercultural activity, "Interculture", based on the Cultura project. The corpus includes the pedagogical scenario, described in several formats, the research protocol, participant's online interactions and productions (structured in XML), list of participants, licences of use. The LETEC corpus associated (mce.simu.all.all-CP.zip) is organized as an IMS-CP archive. We define a Learning & Teaching Corpus as a structured entity containing all the elements resulting from a communicative on-line learning situation, whose context is described by an educational scenario and a research protocol. The core data collection includes all the interaction data, the productions of the course participants, and the tracks, resulting from the participants’ actions in the learning environment and stored according to the research protocol. In order to be able to be shared, and to respect participant privacy, these data should be anonymised and a license for its use be provided in the corpus. A derived analysis can be linked to a given set of data under consideration, used or computerized for this analysis. An analysis consisting in data annotation/transcription/transformation, accurately connected to its original data, can be merged with the corpus itself, in order for other researchers to compare their own results on a concurrent analysis or to build their complementary analysis upon these results. The definition of a Learning & Teaching Corpus as a whole entity comes from the need of explicit links, between interaction data, context and analyses. This explicit context is crucial for an external researcher to interpret the data and to perform its own analyses. This definition seeks to capture the context of the data stemming from the course in order to allow a researcher to look for, understand and connect this information whether or not he/she was involved in the original course. More details about a LETEC corpus an ist structure at : http://mulce.univ-fcomte.fr/metadata/LETECorpus-en.pdf
Questions of ethics: participatory information systems research in community settings

It is generally considered the ethical option to consult with the end users and other stakeholders when developing business Information Systems or conducting research in the IS discipline, whether with the express intention of empowering them or simply to include multiple points of view. This is also the 'smart' option as it is a way to improve the probability that the system will be useful, usable, and hence used. There are significant similarities between participants who are employees in an organisation for whom the system is being developed or researched and the case where the system is intended to benefit the public and hence the participants are members of civil society. However, there are ethical concerns regarding participatory research in IS that are more pronounced or have somewhat different aspects in community-based IS than in business IS. Conventional social science research ethics include codes which are largely based on four principles: informed consent; absence of deception; privacy and confidentiality, and; accuracy. However, as most of the literature on participatory research is westernised and based on traditional business IS, there is little discussion on ethical participation in community settings. Numerous different issues arise in such settings and are discussed in the paper. These include the need: to clearly define the roles and functions of the participants; to understand the nature of power sharing between participants; to take cognisance of the cost versus gains from participation; to be aware of domination in decision making; to understand local meaning; to develop the capacity to participate, and; to consider divergent expectations of participants. The previous experience of both authors support these arguments and discussion in this paper, but the objective of the paper is to present a conceptual research methodology discussion rather than an empirical research paper