Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
AN INVESTIGATION OF SUMMARY BASED CLASSIFIERS

The work presents a comparative investigation of the performance of some of the well-known machine learning classifiers in the task of summarization. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the capability of classification algorithms in predicting summary sentences and compare its prediction performance against ten well-known machine learning models in the context of the DUC 2002 dataset. Classical classification algorithms based on Trees, Rules, Functions, Bayes and Lazy learners are used in the study. We have used 350 text documents from DUC2002 (Document Understanding Conference 2002) for prediction. This paper evaluates the capability of classification algorithms in predicting candidate sentences for summary generation. The results indicate that the prediction performance of machine learning classifiers in the task of text summarization is better than the baseline performance.
On extended derivation relations for multiple zeta values

Recently, Masanobu Kaneko introduced a conjecture on an extension of the derivation relations for multiple zeta values. The aim of this paper is to give a proof of the conjecture by reducing it to a class of relations for multiple zeta values studied by Kawashima. Also we will give some algebraic aspects of the extended derivation operator ∂ (c) n on Q〈x, y〉, which was defined by modeling a Hopf algebra developed by Connes and Moscovici.
Scholarly Project Award Cover Page Project Title: Examining the Efficacy of Online Video Gaming to Produce Gains in Older Adults' Cognitive and Everyday Functioning _______________________________ __11-2-2007____ Faculty Signature Date Novel Social Technologies: Applications for Cognitive Improvemen

List all external proposals planned and awards pending or received related to this project: List all CHASS and University awards received in the past five years to support your scholarship: 2005-CHASS Faculty Research and Development Grant (This award funded a data collection that was used in a Master's Thesis and as pilot data for a subsequent RO-3 funded by the NIA).
Um Estudo sobre a Contribuição de Ontologias para a Educação suportada por Tecnologias da Informação no Domínio da Saúde

A educacao suportada por tecnologias da informacao vem ganhando espaco e estabelecendo um novo paradigma nesta importante area da atividade humana. Neste contexto, a Informatica em Saude tem se dedicado a aplicacao e desenvolvimento de diferentes softwares, abordagens e metodos computacionais com propositos educacionais, dos quais muitos utilizam ontologias, que sao tecnicas de Representacao do Conhecimento, para a modelagem e descricao semântica de conceitos de um determinado dominio da area da saude. O principal objetivo deste estudo e identificar o estado da arte sobre como ontologias podem contribuir para a educacao suportada por tecnologias da informacao no dominio da saude.
To Be or Not to Be in the Ruble Zone: Lessons from the Baltic States

This paper discusses the experiences of the Baltic states in using the ruble before and after the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991 and their subsequent decisions to leave the ruble zone and introduce national currencies. Estonia was the first country to introduce its own currency in 1992, with Latvia and Lithuania following shortly afterwards. The decisions of the Baltic states to leave the ruble zone were partly the result of political considerations, but the uncertainty and instability of the ruble after the Soviet break-up also made it practically infeasible for the Baltic states to continue using the ruble.
Studies on Avifauna of Attappady and Anaikatty, Western Ghats, Southern India

Bird population studies were done using fixed width line transect method. A total of 13 transects were laid for the study, where five were in AHADS plantation sites, five in AHADS biomass sites and three sites are located in Anaikatty A total of 108 species of birds belonging to 36 orders were recorded from the study sites in Attappady and Anaikatty. Of these 47 species were insectivores (42%), 17 species were omnivores (15%), 14 species were frugivores (13%).
MoDa-A Data Warehouse for Multi-"Omics" Data

Abbreviations: MoDa: Molecular Data warehouse; MolPAGE: Molecular Phenotyping to Accelerate Genomic Epidemiology, an EU project; SIMBioMS: System for Information Management in BioMedical Studies, software system; SIMS: Sample Information Management System, part of SIMBioMS; AIMS: Assay Information Management System, part of SIMBioMS; MAGE-TAB: MicroArray Gene Expression (format)-TABular; RDBMS: Relational DataBase Management System; NetCDF: Network Common Data Format, a binary file format; LIMS: Laboratory Information Management System Abstract The range of various "omics" technologies for measuring properties of biomolecular entities (e.g. transcripts, proteins, metabolites) in biological samples in a high throughput manner is continuing to increase. Information systems enabling integrative exploration of results of such experiments are needed. We have developed a system, MoDa (Molecular Data warehouse), that provides a unified framework for finding and visualizing results of various experimental techniques of molecular biology. The warehouse architecture is optimized for various types of filtering and querying annotations of samples, experimental results and properties of genes and other molecular entities. The implementation is based on the BioMart technology, with enhanced means for manipulating multidimensional data. The user interface is a web-based application. An important consideration for every data warehousing project is data acquisition and cleaning. To ensure that the data uploaded into the warehouse is consistent and sufficiently well-annotated for further statistical analyses, we implemented a repository for sample and research subject data, experimental metadata, and experimental results. A gene re-annotation pipeline was used to provide a uniform reference system for the collected data along the bioentity ("gene") dimension. We expect that the developed data warehousing infrastructure can be useful for collaborative projects employing
A SURVEY OF TECHNIQUES IN SOFTWARE REPOSITORY MINING

Digital records of software-engineering work are left by software developers during the development process. Source code is usually kept in a software repository, and software developers use issue-tracking repositories and online project-tracking software, as well as informal documentation to support their activities. The research discipline of mining software repositories (MSR) uses these extant, digital repositories to gain understanding of the system. MSR has not been applied to model-driven development or model-driven engineering (MDE). In particular, model management deserve particular attention. Model management covers challenges associated with “maintaining traceability links among model elements to support model evolution and roundtrip engineering”, “tracking versions”, and “using models during runtime”. These problems can be addressed by investigating the models themselves and their relationship to other artifacts using MSR. The objective of this report is to survey state-of-the-art research in MSR and to discuss how these MSR techniques are applicable to the problems faced in MDE. Extracting information about what factors affect model quality, how people interact with models in the repository, and traceability to other artifacts advance our understanding of software engineering when MDE is used.
Optimal combined divided and proportional reinsurance policy

This paper focuses on a classic optimization problem for an insurance firm in the presence of friction. In particular, we investigate the combined regular-singular control problem in the context of jump diffusions. Of interest to us is the situation in which the company desires to balance its dividend policy and risk exposure. We describe this situation and apply our result to a specific example.
Antecedents of Service Quality Gaps in Private Hospitals of Ahmednagar:A Critical Inquiry into the Hospital Attributes

The enhancement in "Service Quality" as a competitive advantage for enhanced customer satisfaction is the truth that has been realized by service providers and health care industry shall be no exception to it. This realization along with the shift in government policies from welfare state to regulator and putting the onus on private players through globalization, liberalization and privatization have contributed to the enhanced focus on service delivery, customer satisfaction and inquiry and addressing of gaps in the "Service Quality". The burgeoning middle class with disposable income and information at hand is ready to shell out but at the same time is more demanding for value creation. Various types of hospitals including those governed by trust which either has specified for profit and not for profit as their motive or hospitals affiliated to medical colleges are rendering their services to patients in rural areas where premium government hospitals such as All India institute of Medical sciences are not available. The present study is an attempt to understand the patient expectations, their opinion and perception of "Service Quality" and identify and understand the gaps in the "Service Quality". The study has presented a unique dimension by taking into consideration the relative importance or weightage of each parameter of "Service Quality" and further investigating the gaps in "Service Quality" on each dimension between the types of hospitals and departments of hospitals. The study revealed that amongst all of the criteria 'reliability', was ranked the top most followed by 'responsiveness'', 'assurance' and 'empathy'. The 'tangibility', of services was perceived to be least important amongst the entire service dimension. Further it was observed that the patient expectations exceeded their perceptions for all service dimensions. Moreover such a gap was observed highest amongst the 'reliability', dimension followed by 'assurance', 'empathy' and 'responsiveness''. The type of hospital was not a significant differentiator on this count but the department and duration of patient stay in hospital significantly influenced the gaps in the "Service Quality".
Del efecto anticonceptivo a los efectos adicionales en terapias ginecoendocrinológicas, con la innovación en anticoncepción

La prevención del embarazo en adolescentes sigue siendo un desafío. Especialmente es complejo en aquellas que previenen el primer embarazo, pues se caracterizan por ser adolescentes menores entre 14 y 16 años y que tendrán un período de 14 a 16 años antes de iniciar su maternidad. Esta afirmación se basa en la edad promedio del matrimonio de la mujer en Chile que casi alcanza un promedio de 30 años. Clásicamente se pide una serie de requisitos para un anticonceptivo sea un fármaco aceptable, como su Eficacia en la prevención del embarazo con riesgos mínimos de un fracaso con embarazo no esperado, Seguridad en el uso al no provocar complicaciones o efectos colaterales inaceptables y muy especialmente en el largo uso, considerando como tal al uso por 5 años o más. Se pide además que tenga una tasa de continuidad adecuada, para lo cual debe tener una buena Aceptabilidad con mínimas molestias secundarias y costos posibles de asumir en el largo plazo. Eficacia, Seguridad y Aceptabilidad son los tres pilares que hemos manejado en la indicación y control de la anticoncepción en adultas. Sin embargo, con la mayor prevalencia de la anticoncepción en las menores de 18 años y las mayores de 35 años se ha introducido un nuevo requisito para el uso que es el Efecto adicional que se espera de un anticonceptivo. Es decir no sólo la prevención del embarazo o los efectos protectores de impacto no anticonceptivo sino que, beneficios adicionales a la salud de la mujer durante el uso como a futuro, en el caso de las adolescentes. Desde este punto de vista las vías de uso de un anticonceptivo, no tiene tanta importancia como es el contenido del fármaco o su acción al cambiar de vía de administración. Si se analiza lo que tenemos como innovación en anticoncepción adolescente tenemos lo siguiente:
“The Impact of Real Options in Agency Problem”

Managers participate in identifying and selecting projects and retain a strong direct control over important decisions of the project: active management may allow a project defer, expand, contract, abandon, or otherwise alter a project at different stages during its operating life, whereas venture capitalists only have the information provided by firms, but they do not know the intimate details of project. In projects under a well-defined line of decisions (projects without real options), agency problem is a concern derived from the information asymmetry, the bounded rationality, and the different utility functions of agent and principal. However, managers may alter a project at different stages during its operating life. Hence, the information asymmetry, bounded rationality and differences in utility functions may result in a more noticeable issue in projects facing real options. The objective of this paper is to theoretically demonstrate how flexibilities and uncertainties (real options) faced by projects affect the agency problem. Ours model differs from other similar models in a number of ways. To begin with, our model is theoretical instead of empirical, because option pricing is based on theoretical models. Second, our model is very simple but useful to understand how real options impact the agency problem, incorporating moral hazard in the different alternatives that managers have to invest. We conclude that the optimal percentage that manager must obtain from project is similar to the percentage own in a project without real options embedded. However, the manager in charge of a project facing real options obtains a higher percentage, because of the marginal value of project by the real options embedded on it. The augmented model gives predictions on 1) the determinants of ownership (r) in the presence of real options (θ), 2) a positive relation between real options and r, and 3) a positive effect on performance from managerial effort.
Local formula for the 
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 invariant of topological insulators

We proposed a new formula for the $Z_2$ invariant for topological insulators, which remains valid without translational invariance. Our formula is a local expression, in the sense that the contributions mainly come from quantities near a point. Using almost commute matrices, we proposed a method to approximate this invariant with local information. The validity of the formula and the approximation method is proved.
Correcting Color Changes in Underwater Images Using Napc Algorithm

In this paper, I propose a No black pixel constraints algorithm. This algorithm to remove the haze and light scattering from underwater images. Light scattering is caused by light incident of object reflected and deflected multiple times by particles present in water before reaching the camera. This the reason for turn lower visibility and color deviation of the image captured by camera. Color change caused by light travelling in the water for different wavelength. This paper propose a novel systematic approach to enhance the underwater images by NBPC algorithm.NBPC algorithm to calculate PSNR and MSE.NBPC algorithm output more efficient compare to (WCID)Wavelength compensation and image dehazing approach.
Young People and Sexually Harmful Behaviour in Scotland

Data continues to be gathered through the monitoring form and will progressively provide a much larger sample from which descriptive information can be summarised about Scottish children and young people involved in sexually harmful behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to provide practitioners, policy makers, academics and students, interested in such children and young people in Scotland, with the first detailed description of their backgrounds. The paper looks at gender, age and legal status (for example, whether under compulsory supervision). It also explores backgrounds in terms of trauma and emotional disruption, the sexually harmful behaviour itself and relationship to victims.
The National Security Agency's Review of Emerging Technologies an Overview of Cloud Computing Letter from the Editor

The Next Wave is published to disseminate significant technical advancements and research activities in telecommunications and information technologies. Mentions of company names or commercial products do not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Articles present views of the authors and not necessarily those of NSA or TNW staff. This issue of TNW includes a tribute to Richard (Rick) Proto, former chief of the Research and Technology Group. In 1997, Rick was responsible for moving Tech Trend Notes, TNW's predecessor publication, to our current home, the Research Directorate. As he foresaw, TTN grew into a publication that delivers emerging technology and scientific developments to a broad audience inside and outside NSA. Written by Dr. Jim Schatz, current Director of Research, this tribute covers many aspects of Rick's career at NSA and expresses how greatly he will be missed. Although cloud computing has been on the technology horizon for many years, several major tech companies—Google, IBM, Amazon, Microsoft—have recently begun or expanded their efforts in cloud computing. Research firms are predicting radical growth for cloud computing and virtualization despite the state of the economy. To help our readership make sense of the technology at this early stage of its commercial development, the TNW staff devoted this issue to cloud computing. What is cloud computing? And what does virtual mean? For each product or service labeled cloud or virtual, new definitions seem to emerge. This issue of TNW provides an overview of cloud computing and a reflection on the word virtual applied to technology. Although forecasts differ about where cloud computing may take us, one thing is sure—the clouds are here.
Vehicular Cloud Computing: Trends and Challenges

Recently vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANET) has attracted the attention of research communities, leading car manufactures and governments due to its potential applications and specific characteristics. Their research outcome was started with awareness between vehicles for collision avoidance to internet access and then expanded to vehicular multimedia communications. Moreover, vehicle’s high computation, communication and storage resources are set a ground for vehicular networks to deploy these applications in the near future. Nevertheless, on- board resources in vehicles are mostly underutilized. Vehicular Cloud Computing (VCC) is developed to utilize the VANET resources efficiently and hence provide subscribers safe and infotainment services. In this article, we perform a survey of state-of-the-art vehicular cloud computing as well as the existing techniques that utilizes cloud computing for performance improvement in VANET. We then classified the VCC based on the applications, services types and vehicular cloud organization. We present the detail for each VCC application and formation. Lastly, we discussed the open issues and research directions related to VANET cloud computing.
Automated Arabic Antonym Extraction Using a Corpus Analysis Tool

The automatic extraction of semantic relations between words from textual corpora is an extremely challenging task. The increasing need for language resources supporting Natural language processing (NLP) applications has encouraged the development of automated methods for the extraction of semantic relations between words. The use of corpus statistical and similarity distribution methods can help in the task of semantic relation extraction between pairs of words. In this paper, we present a pattern-based bootstrapping approach using Arabic language corpora and a corpus analysis tool (Sketch Engine) to extract the semantic relations (antonyms) between word pairs. The algorithm uses LogDice and pattern cooccurrence to classify the extracted pairs into antonyms. Results of evaluation show that our approach is able to extract the antonym relations with a precision of 76%.
INVESTIGATING BIOGEOGRAPHY-BASED OPTIMISATION FOR PATIENT ADMISSION SCHEDULING PROBLEMS 1

This paper derives its work from an interest in the development of an automated approach to tackle highly constrained patient admission scheduling problems (PASP). It is concerned with an assignment of patients to bed in an appropriate department in such a way it can maximise medical treatment effectiveness and patients’ comfort. In this paper too, we have investigate a newly created meta-heuristic optimisation algorithm, called Biogeography Based Optimization (BBO) based on the idea of migration of species between different habitats. To evaluate the performance of the proposed method, six instances of PASP data sets were used. The performance of the BBO algorithm was compared with other approaches that in the literature. Experimental results show that, the BBO needs more investigation for improving the obtained results.
Chern numbers for singular varieties and elliptic homology

A fundamental goal of algebraic geometry is to do for singular varieties whatever we can do for smooth ones. Intersection homology, for example, directly produces groups associated to any variety which have almost all the properties of the usual homology groups of a smooth variety. Minimal model theory suggests the possibility of working more indirectly by relating any singular variety to a variety which is smooth or nearly so. Here we use ideas from minimal model theory to define some characteristic numbers for singular varieties, generalizing the Chern numbers of a smooth variety. This was suggested by Goresky and MacPherson as a next natural problem after the definition of intersection homology [11]. We find that only a subspace of the Chern numbers can be defined for singular varieties. A convenient way to describe this subspace is to say that a smooth variety has a fundamental class in complex bordism, whereas a singular variety can at most have a fundamental class in a weaker homology theory, elliptic homology. We use this idea to give an algebro-geometric definition of elliptic homology: “complex bordism modulo flops equals elliptic homology. ” This paper was inspired by some questions asked by Jack Morava. The descriptions of elliptic homology given by Gerald Hohn [13] were also an important influence. Thanks to Dave Bayer, Mike Stillman, John Stembridge, Sheldon Katz, and Stein Stromme for their computer algebra programs Macaulay, SF, and Schubert, which helped in guessing the right answer.
Log canonical singularities and complete moduli of stable pairs

1) Assuming log Minimal Model Conjecture, we give a construction of a complete moduli space of stable log pairs of arbitrary dimension generalizing directly the space M_{g,n} of pointed stable curves. Each stable pair has semi log canonical singularities. 2) We prove that a stable quasiabelian pair, defined by author and I.Nakamura as the limit of abelian varieties with theta divisors, has semi log canonical singularities.
Standard on Automated Valuation Models ( AVMs )

The assessment standards set forth herein represent a consensus in the assessing profession and have been adopted by the Executive Board of the International Association of Assessing Officers. The objective of these standards is to provide a systematic means by which concerned assessing officers can improve and standardize the operation of their offices. The standards presented here are advisory in nature and the use of, or compliance with, such standards is purely voluntary. If any portion of these standards is found to be in conflict with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) or state laws, USPAP and state laws shall govern. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, in an electronic retrieval system or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. However, assessors wishing to use this standard for educating legislators and policymakers may photocopy it for limited distribution.