Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Simulation of the Role of Emphasis on Scheduling in the Optimal Incentive Scheme for Employee’s Routine Job and Information Security Compliance

In the organizational context, employee individual often prefers to concentrate herself to the day-to-day routine job, but to shirk the responsibilities of the Information Security Policies (ISPs) compliance, after she has been delegated by the employer to perform the two different tasks in the same time period. This would lead to negative influences on the security of information systems and the employee’s routine job performance. In view of the task structures of employee’s routine job and ISPs compliance, the variables of emphasis on scheduling are incorporated into a multi-task principal-agent model to explore the optimal incentive scheme to motivate and control the employees to select appropriate effort levels for conducting the two highly structured tasks. The role of emphasis on scheduling on the incentive intensities for the two tasks have been clarified through the system modeling and simulation, and the corresponding incentive tactics are suggested. The two-task incentive scheme is expected to provide useful insight for understanding and controlling employee’s routine job and ISPs compliance behaviors.
Toward circular economy in production planning: Challenges and Opportunities

In the actual era of the international trade, global warming and depletion of Earth natural resources, the willingness to generate sustainable and competitive benefits determines us to stop thinking linearly (produce, consume and dispose) and to shift toward a circular approach by closing material loops. This last way of thinking falls within the concept of circular economy that, in turn, derives from reverse logistics. This paper proposes a comprehensive state-of-the-art around the topic of circular economy and reverse logistics with a particular focus on mid-term production planning. The broad spectrum of reviewed publications is categorized and discussed with respect to the main recovery operations, namely: (i) disassembly for recycling, (ii) from product to raw material recycling, and (iii) by-products and co-production. For each of aforementioned recovery options, this paper elucidates the related definitions, reviews the mathematical formulations jointly with a structured overview of the solution methods, and discusses their industrial implications. Given the legislative pressure to mitigate environmental impacts caused by production processes, a special attention is paid to the greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. Finally, gaps in the literature are identified and future research opportunities are suggested.
Automatic text summarization of Swedish news articles Niko Lehto

With an increasing amount of textual information available there is also an increased need to make this information more accessible. Our paper describes a modified TextRank model and investigates the different methods available to use automatic text summarization as a means for summary creation of swedish news articles. To evaluate our model we focused on ​intrinsic evaluation methods, in part through ​content evaluation in the form of of measuring ​referential clarity and ​non-redundancy​, and in part by ​text quality evaluation measures, in the form of keyword retention ​ and ​ROUGE evaluation​. The results acquired indicate that stemming and improved stop word capabilities can have a positive effect on the ROUGE scores. The addition of redundancy checks also seems to have a positive effect on avoiding repetition of information. Keyword retention decreased somewhat, however. Lastly all methods had some trouble with dangling anaphora, showing a need for further work within anaphora resolution. Author
Lyapunov Space of Coupled FM Oscillators

Consider two coupled oscillators, each modulating the other’s frequency. This system is governed by four parameters: the base frequency and modulation index for each oscillator. For some parameter values the system becomes unstable. The Lyapunov exponent is used to measure the instability. Images of the parameter space are generated, with the number crunching implemented on graphics hardware using OpenGL. The mouse position over the displayed image is linked to realtime audio output, creating an audio-visual browser for the 4D parameter space.
Development of the Neurorobotic Mouse

In this paper we describe the NeuroRobotic Mouse (NeRmo) a low-cost, modular bio mimetic robot, mimicking the actuation and walking behaviour of a common mouse (Mus musculus). This latest version has 13 Degrees of Freedom with 21 tendon driven joints and can be controlled in both open and closed loop. It is capable of different gaits as well as keeping the body upright when in a sitting position. The robot includes joint position sensors, pressure sensors on the soles of the feet as well as two cameras in the head. As the design of this robotic platform was inspired by detailed observations of the biomechanics of mice and rats, it can be used in motion research using animal data as am element of comparison, or even as actuation input.
qu an tph ] 2 6 Se p 20 19 Is the Reality Criterion Analytic ?

Tim Maudlin has claimed that EPR’s Reality Criterion is analytically true. We argue that it is not. Moreover, one may be a subjectivist about quantum probabilities without giving up on objective physical reality. Thus, would-be detractors must reject QBism and other epistemic approaches to quantum theory on other grounds.
Brands as Friends : An Investigation into Consumers’ Motivations to form Relationships with Brands in Online Social Networks

Online social networks (OSNs) have become an important channel that influences business sales; thus, many brands try to attract attention in OSNs. However, doing so requires an understanding of why consumers form relationships with brands in OSNs. We explore this topic theoretically and empirically with three survey studies that focus on the motivations of consumers to connect virtually with brands on the world’s largest OSN, Facebook. Survey 1 concerns the conceptualization of motivational factors. Survey 2 helps to refine the conceptualization and develops an initial measurement model. Survey 3 validates the measurement scales and the relevance of the motivational factors in explaining consumers’ propensity to form relationships with brands in OSNs. Overall, we identify nine motivational factors in three categories: consumers who seek brand-to-consumer communication, consumer-to-brand communication, and inter-consumer communication. We find substantial and significant effects with some brand-to-consumer and inter-consumer communication motivations but no effects with consumer-to-brand communication motivations regarding the propensity to relate to brands in OSNs. Practitioners can use the resulting structural and measurement models to understand their social media fan base more effectively and to plan and monitor their social media marketing activities. Researchers can build upon the results to theorize further on consumer behavior in OSNs.
QUALITY OF WORK LIFE AMONG IT SECTOR EMPLOYEES Dr . ( Mrs )

Introduction Robbins (1989) defines quality of work life as a process by which an organization responds to employee needs by developing mechanisms to allow them to share fully in making the decisions that design their lives at work”. In a nutshell QWL may be defined as the favourable conditions of a workplace that support and promote employees satisfaction by providing them rewards, job security, and growth opportunities (Udal Pareek and T.Venkateshwara Rao, 1985). The core of this concept is the value of treating the workers as human being and emphasizing their development and involvement in work decisions.
Retrieval algorithms for remote spectroscopic mapping of Earth ’ s mineral dust sources

In order to better characterize the mineralogical composition of atmospheric dust, NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission is currently developing a spectrometer for deployment on the International Space Station. Professor Natalie Mahowald, of the Cornell Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is a member of the mission’s science team. Since the fall of 2017 I have been working under Professor Mahowald on dust-related projects. This summer, I will travel to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California to work with Dr. David Thompson, another member of the science team, on error propagation in EMIT data. Specifically, we will investigate algorithms for atmospheric correction and mineral identification with particular emphasis on the errors they incur. We will be interested in ensuring that algorithms are robust and numerically sound. In addition, we will study the propagation of measurement and numerical errors through future modeling applications of the data retrieved, and characterize how these errors will effect downstream computations of dust radiative forcings performed based on these data.
Discovering syntactic phenomena with and within precision grammars

Precision grammars are hand-crafted computational models of human languages that are capable of parsing text to yield syntactic and semantic analyses. They are valuable for applications requiring the accurate extraction of semantic relationships and they also enable hypothesis testing of holistic grammatical theories over quantities of text impossible to analyse manually. Their capacity to generate linguistically accurate analyses over corpus data also supports another application: augmenting linguistic descriptions with query facilities for retrieving examples of syntactic phenomena. In order to construct such queries, it is first necessary to identify the signature of target syntactic phenomena within the analyses produced by the precision grammar in use. This is often a difficult process, however, as analyses within the descriptive grammar can diverge from those in the precision grammar due to differing theoretical assumptions made by the two resources, the use of different sets of data to inform their respective analyses, and the exigencies of implementing a large-scale formalised analyses.
A New Captcha Protocol For Avoiding Machine Learning Attacks

Many Different techniques are used to against AI problems. We introduced a new concept for providing more security in online through the CARP Captcha as a graphical password). We have proposed to combine the Captcha and graphical password to provide more security. CARP is preventing the various bots such as e-mail attacks, online guessing attacks, relay attacks, shoulder surfing attack, dual view technology using Hash techniques. A Novel Approach is provided by CARP to detect the well-known image hotspot problem in most graphical password systems such as PassPoints. Recall based scheme is used by the Image Recognizer to generate the CAPTCHA. CARP is motivating new inventions such as machine learning attacks. If the password is in the search set, a CARP password can detect only probabilistically by routine online guessing attacks. Through TLS (Transport Layer Security) the CARP schemes are used with additional protection such as a secure channel between the clients and the authentication server. Index Terms — CARP, E-mail attacks, Online guessing attacks, Relay attacks, Shoulder surfing attack. ——————————  ——————————
Precursors Explained : The approximate singular value decomposition for transmission through absorbing media Part 2 : Numerics

In Part 1 we derived an asymptotic singular value decomposition (SVD) for signal transmission through absorbing media under rather broad assumptions. We showed that under basic assumptions the singular vectors asymptotically approach the Legendre polynomials. We also showed that the dominant singular vector behaves very much like a Brillouin precursor, in that its decay would be at the rate O(z) if the absorption behaves like O(ω) as ω → 0. This is in direct contrast to the expected exponential absorption of signals in an absorbing media, O(e). We were also able to derive the decay rates of the subdominant singular vectors or values, which were once again not exponential. Thus it followed that no causal signals decay exponentially in this broad class of media. These asymptotic results do not answer the question of how fast the convergence, or the decay rates agree with the predictions. We will address this now. In this paper we will use discrete approximations to the continuous operators introduced in Part 1, following in the spirit of Slepian and Pollack. These discrete approximations support the conclusions of Part 1 very closely. We utilize two different models for the dielectric material and show that in each case the results of previous Theorems are shown to come true. We show that the singular values decay in a precursor like manner, as predicted in Part 1. We also show that the singular vectors converge to the Legendre polynomials, as predicted in Part 1.
Novel Enhancements for the Evaluation of Eye-tracking Device Performance : Case Study using SMI ’ s Eye-tracking HTC Vive

We evaluate the data quality of SMI’s tethered eye-tracking head-mounted display based on the HTC Vive (ET-HMD) during a random saccade task. We measure spatial accuracy, spatial precision, temporal precision, linearity, and crosstalk. We propose the use of a non-parametric spatial precision measure based on the median absolute deviation. Our linearity analysis considers both the slope and adjusted R-squared of a best-fitting line. We are the first to test for a quadratic component to crosstalk. We prepended a calibration task to the random saccade task and evaluated 2 methods to employ this user-supplied calibration. For this, we used a unique binning approach to choose samples to be included in the recalibration analyses. We compare our quality measures between the ET-HMD and our EyeLink 1000 (SR-Resesarch, Ottawa, Ontario, CA). We find that the ET-HMD has significantly better spatial accuracy and linearity fit than our EyeLink, but both devices have similar spatial precision and linearity slope. We also find that, while the EyeLink has no significant crosstalk, the ET-HMD generally exhibits quadratic crosstalk.
Citizen Web Empowerment in a network of European Municipalities : “ value for citizens ” in web 2 . 0 projects

Internet contributes to the growth of new demand for citizen empowerment. These areas may be summarised as follows: (a) the request of access to authoritative, customized and immediately usable information; (b) the hope that a direct and informal relationship may be established with politicians and civil servants; (c) the desire of the citizens to be “active players” within the network. In the presence of a challenge such as this, we nevertheless note that the adequacy and characteristics of the web strategies of public administrations have, up to the present, not been subjected to thoroughgoing critical analysis. The aim of this article is three fold: (a) to provide some key-elements in order to define the content of an efficient web strategy, with regard to the issue of citizens empowerment, (b) to benchmark the degree of citizen empowerment of public administrations’ websites across a network of European Municipalities, (c) to highlight the value elements of web 2.0 projects in European Local Governments, through an in-depth analysis of Venice case study.
Proximate and Amino Acid Analyses of the Rhizome of Nymphaea lotus (Water Lily)

The proximate composition and the amino acid profile analyses of the rhizome of Nymphaea lotus (water lily) were carried out based on standard methods reported by the association of official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). The results of the proximate analysis showed that Nymphaea lotus rhizome had moisture content of 48.83±3.22; crude protein 4.23±0.06; crude fibre 5.00±1.50; ash content 4.67±0.17; high available carbohydrate 35.44 ± 0.01 and energy value 742.10 kJ/100 g. The crude lipid content was low 1.83±0.60. The study detected seventeen different amino acids. The amino acid content in g/100 g protein content was: lysine = 3.11, histidine= 1.82, arginine= 4.25, aspartic acid = 7.60, threonine= 2.19, serine= 3.02, glutamic acid= 9.68, proline= 2.34, glycine= 3.06, alanine= 3.40, cycteine= 0.73, valine= 3.37, methionine= 1.09, isoleucine= 2.35, leucine= 8.24, tyrosine= 2.25 and phenylalnine= 3.72. The studied revealed that glutamic acid, aromatic acids, leucine and aspartic acid were the predominant amino acids. All essential amino acids were found to be higher than WHO/FAO/UNU requirement pattern for adults while leucine was found to be higher than the requirement pattern for preschool children. Lysine however was found to be the most limiting amino acid for preschool children. The presence of these compounds of nutritive value, as well as high energy value suggests that Nymphaea lotus rhizome could serve as a food supplement for livestock and humans.
A Systematic Approach to 60 GHZ Cmos Low Noise Amplifier Design for Low Power Transmission

Recent interest in the 60GHz band for high-density and short range wireless links has led to significant progress in the development of integrated circuits for low-cost millimetre wave radio systems. The low noise amplifier (LNA) serves as the first component in the radio frequency (RF) transceiver system. The performance of LNA determines the sensitivity and selectivity of the system. In order to maximize performance gain, noise figure(NF) and input matching of LNA need to be optimized. We have designed a LNA for 60GHz in this paper. The main topology used in our design is cascode with a middle inductor. The design is laid out on 130nm standard CMOS technology designed using classical noise matching techniques. Simulated results show that the reflection coefficient for the designed LNA is -10dB with the gain of 31.5dB and noise figure of 1.9dB.
European systems of vocational education and training ( VET )-convergence or divergence ? : The cases of England , France , the Netherlands and Germany

Political and economic developments of recent decades have sparked a continued debate concerning the convergence, harmonisation or equivalence of Europe’s diverse vocational education and training (VET) systems, given the common socio-economic challenges facing European states, increasing mobility of labour and global pressures for innovative product development and new forms of skills and knowledge (Boreham 2002). European Union (EU) policy has also sought to encourage the convergence of national VET systems, initially in relation to specific occupations and professions (Heyes and Rainbird 2009). More recently, the European Qualifications Framework (EQF) has emerged as one of the key outcomes of the Copenhagen Process, initiated following the Copenhagen Declaration of November 2002 on the promotion of enhanced cooperation in VET on specific instruments aimed at facilitating mobility in Europe to help create a common European labour market. The Copenhagen Process aims to promote harmonisation of VET systems by adopting a common framework for vocational qualifications. While VET itself remains a subsidiarity or no-competence issue with respect to EU legislation, it does fall under the mechanisms of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC), created as part of employment policy under the Lisbon Strategy (2002) and resting on ‘soft law’ mechanisms, such as guidelines and the sharing of best practice, with no official sanctions. The OMC is instead based on jointly identifying and defining objectives to be achieved, establishing measuring instruments and benchmarking (EC 2009).
Data Access For Cloud Users Using Strong Token Authentication

Cloud computing is the latest trend in computing by which various services, applications and other computing things can be delivered as a service. Cloud computing is a new flexible approach for providing higher computational power in shared medium. It provides the distributed model based on self evaluating techniques to improve the processing capabilities of the system with lesser managerial concerns. It is made up of client, application, platform, servers and infrastructures. This computing model delivers computation capabilities as a calculated service from above components to end users. Though a wide variety of devices and their integration are concerned, priority of handling security will go down. As the users of cloud is increasing day by day, one need to handle the data, system and confidentiality issues carefully. With this work[17], the aim is to make the application level of security provided by any of the servers or provide more effectively and according to the users need. For achieving the confidentiality attribute based encryption is used. Digital signature and multi factor authentication like single sign on one (SSO) are some of their examples. They should be delivered as a service so that multiple small scale companies might also integrate them to serve their users in a better way. Multiple authentication mechanisms, like digital signatures, certificates or 2-factor security and several identity validators can coexist and can be combined to suite the most complex needs. So a new security model must be added along with existing system to provide authenticated access of authorized data in a cloud environment. Also the type of users & their accessing medium is an outside world and due to that the unauthorized changes in the system may occur. We have proposed an new security approach in [17] to increase the level of security in cloud storage system. In this paper we trying to evaluate the proposed approach[17] on various parameters of evaluation and its effect on the resource consumption of cloud infrastructure.
Feature dimensionality vs. Distribution of sample types: a preliminary study on gene-expression microarrays

In gene-expression microarray data sets each sample is defined by hundreds or thousands of measurements. Highdimensionality data spaces have been reported as a significant obstacle to apply machine learning algorithms, owing to the associated phenomenon called ‘curse of dimensionality’. The analysis and interpretation of these data sets have been defined as a very challenging problem. The hypothesis proposed in this paper is that there may exist some correlation between dimensionality and the types of samples (safe, borderline, rare and outlier). To examine our hypothesis, we have carried out a series of experiments over four gene-expression microarray databases because these data correspond to a typical example of the so-called ‘curse of dimensionality’ phenomenon. The results show that there indeed exist meaningful relationships between dimensionality and the proportion of each type of samples, demonstrating that the amount of safe samples increases and the total number of borderline samples decreases as dimensionality of the feature space decreases.
Building Extraction in 2 D Imagery Using Hough Transform by Rucong

The purpose of this paper is to find out whether Hough transform if it is helpful to building extraction or not. This paper is written with the intention to come up with a building extraction algorithm that captures building areas in images as accurately as possible and eliminates background interference information, allowing the extracted contour area to be slightly larger than the building area itself. The core algorithm in this paper is based on the linear feature of the building edge and it removes interference information from the background. Through the test with ZuBuD database in Matlab, we can detect images successfully. So according to this study, the Hough transform works for extracting building in 2D images.