Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Computer Tool for Automatically Generated 3D Illustration in Real Time from Archaeological Scanned Pieces

The graphical documentation process of archaeological pieces requires the active involvement of a professional artist to recreate beautiful illustrations using a wide variety of expressive techniques. Frequently, the artist’s work is limited by the inconvenience of working only with the photographs of the pieces he is going to illustrate. This paper presents a software tool that allows the easy generation of illustrations in real time from 3D scanned models. The developed interface allows the user to simulate very elaborate artistic styles through the creation of diagrams by using the available virtual lights. The software processes the diagrams to render an illustration from any given angle or position. Among the available virtual lights, there are well known techniques as silhouettes enhancement, hatching or toon shading.
CARGA FÍSICA Y ADAPTACIÓN ORGÁNICA

La relacion, inicialmente planteada entre la carga de esfuerzo basico y la adaptacion del organismo por efecto de los estimulos de movimiento, posibilita el analisis de la carga desde dos puntos de vista: las caracteristicas cuantitativas y cualitativas externas de los ejercicios de entrenamiento (carga externa) y las reacciones que estos provocan en el organismo (carga interna}. Ademas, se hace un estudio de los dos elementos mas importantes que componen la carga de entrenamiento (el volumen y la intensidad) y sus principales criterios de medicion, dado que en la planificacion del entrenamiento deportivo permiten determinar y dosificar las cargas de esfuerzo fisico de una manera racional.
The effect of path diversity (RAKE) on link reliability in CDMA cellular systems-a realistic assessment of system capacity

The reliability of a CDMA cellular system reverse link is formulated as the probability that the link SNR is above the required threshold, accounting for multiple users, multipath receptions, signal and multipath fading, and Rake multipath diversity processing. Calculations of reliability show the gains obtained through RAKE processing, and the necessity of this processing when multipaths exist. It is shown that when multipath interference and link reliability requirements are accounted for, the number of CDMA users can be much smaller than that predicted using median SNR values.
Hypertension awareness among Nigeria hypertensives in a Nigerian tertiary health institution

Compliance with antihypertensive therapy requires adequate knowledge of the basic aspects of hypertension. We assessed this knowledge using a designed hypertension awareness scale among 170 adult hypertensives with a mean duration of diagnosis of 2.98 _:! ). 40 years. Literacy rate was 38%. 0The mean hypertension awareness score was 45.07 _:! :_ 18.08%. It was significant y . higher among literate and those with family history of hypertension than the illiterates and those without a /mown famiy history. It was also significantly higher among the old than newly diagnosed hypertensives. and physical . stress were misconstrued as leading risk factors for hyper(ension (90%). A1ajority of hypertensives believe that hypertension is symptomatic, the leading. symptoms being headache (79.4%) and insomnia (77.1%). About 66.3% of hypertensives were aware the major complications of hypertension. 99. 7% a_[ hypertensives believe in the efficacy of orthodox drug treatment, there was also strong faith in ''alternative·· treatment including prayers (R5.9%), "sobo" drinks 53.6%) and garlics (24.1%). The commonest reason for stopping antihypertensive medication is absence of "symptoms of hypertension (35.2%):
Hamstrings muscle anatomy and function, and implications for strain injury

The main aim of this thesis was to examine hamstrings anatomy and its influence on knee flexor muscle function in healthy young men. A secondary aim was to better understand the implications of hamstrings anatomy and function, and their variability, in relation to the risk of strain injury. The functional and conventional H:Q ratios (examined up to high angular velocities) as well as the knee joint angle-specific isometric H:Q ratio exhibited good test-retest reliability at joint positions that closely replicated the conditions of high injury risk. Football players did not exhibit any differences in angle-specific or peak torque H:Q ratios compared to recreationally active controls. Knee extensor and flexor strength, relative to body mass, of footballers and controls was similar for all velocities, except concentric knee flexor strength at 400° s-1 (footballers +40%; P < 0.01). Muscle volume explained 30-71% and 38-58% of the differences between individuals in knee extensors and flexors torque respectively across a range of velocities. A moderate correlation was also found between the volume of these antagonistic muscle groups (R2= 0.41). The relative volume of the knee extensors and flexors explained ~20% of the variance in the isometric H:Q ratio and ~31% in the high velocity functional H:Q ratio. Biceps femoris long head exhibited a balanced myosin heavy chain isoform distribution (47.1% type I and 52.9 % total type II) in young healthy men, while BFlh muscle composition was not related to any measure of knee flexor maximal or explosive strength. Biceps femoris long head proximal aponeurosis area varied considerably between participants (>4-fold) and was not related to biceps femoris long head maximal anatomical cross-sectional area (r= 0.04, P= 0.83). Consequently, the aponeurosis:muscle area ratio exhibited 6-fold variability (range, 0.53 to 3.09; CV= 32.5%). Aponeurosis size was not related to isometric or eccentric knee flexion strength. The findings of this thesis suggest that the main anatomical factor that contributes to knee flexors function in vivo is hamstrings muscle size, while muscle composition and aponeurosis size do not seem to have a significant influence. The high inter-individual variability of the biceps femoris long head proximal aponeurosis size suggests that a disproportionately small aponeurosis may be a risk factor for strain injury. In contrast, biceps femoris long head muscle composition does not seem to explain the high incidence of strain injuries in this muscle. Quadriceps and hamstrings muscle size imbalances contribute to functional imbalances that may predispose to strain injury and correction of any size imbalance may be a useful injury prevention tool. Finally, regular exposure to football training and match-play does not seem to influence the balance of muscle strength around the knee joint.
A low complexity closed-loop BLAST architecture

Original form of BLAST can provide very high data rate but is susceptible to fading correlations between transmit antennas. In this paper, we propose an improved form of BLAST architecture that employs a low rate feedback channel to adjust the transmission mode at the transmitter adaptively. An optimal criterion to select transmit antennas and modulation modes is derived based on zero-forcing technique. Simulation results in different scenarios show that the proposed closed-loop BLAST (or C-BLAST) outperforms the open-loop V-BLAST significantly, especially when the channel is ill-conditioned, since it judiciously selects a set of antennas to avoid disastrous fading correlations. Even in rich scattering environments, it still achieves some performance gain due to more efficient power allocations.
Towards the absolute quantification of DNA by PCR.

Amplification techniques such as the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) are held to be largely qualitative procedures and are widely used as such. Since the efficiency of amplification is less than perfect, small changes in efficiency can yield dramatic differences in the final amount of product generated. Despite this unpredictability the exquisite sensitivity of PCR makes the demanding goal of absolute quantification highly desirable. Consequently, the use of this technique for the quantification of nucleic acids has increased at an exponential rate. However, the ability of PCR to accurately quantify absolute levels of DNA is still not universally accepted. The overall aim of this investigation was to determine the critical factors affecting the quantification of DNA using PCR and to use these findings to develop an assay for the absolute quantification of DNA in a model system. The novel work presented here illustrates the need for careful examination of sequences for GC-rich domains which could give rise to stable secondary structures and reduce the efficiency of amplification by serving as termination sites. To determine the accuracy of competitive PCR, CE and IP-RP-HPLC were employed to quantify PCR- products. These two techniques provided valuable information on the identification and elimination of sources of error which led to improvements in speed, accuracy and precision, as well as ease of quantification by PCR. They also yielded information on the process of heteroduplex formation whilst simultaneously revealing assay limitations. Consequently, the on-line fluorescence monitoring of PCR was used as an alternative method for the quantification of Legionella pneumophila. This technique was highly reproducible however, mispriming and the subsequent amplification of non-specific PCR products limited the level of detection. The Y-end labelling of degraded DNA with DIG prevented short DNA fragments from mispriming (and consequently extending) allowing the amplification of DNA targets. Therefore, to reduce mispriming and hence improve assay sensitivity, this approach was adapted for the first time to produce 5'-degenerate, 3'- DIG-terminated competitive primer analogues. These analogues, coupled with the use of the LightcyclerTM, allowed the detection and absolute quantification of a single cell of Legionella pneumophila. This is the first time that this level of sensitivity has been achieved using this type of assay. This technique should provide a very rapid and sensitive alternative for quantification compared to the other, more expensive technologies available at present.
Parametric software project estimating: An analysis of current practice

As society and the world economy moves into the second millennium. the . 1·ervice industries involvin11 knowledxe workers will continue to increase. Software is the enablinx technoloxy that is driving the knowledxe industry. A1· the development of sofnmre is mostly a desixn process, where new artefacts are conceived and built, the prediction of outcomes in the process is fraught with difficulties. Software project estimating is one of the essential Sofnvare Engineering techniques that will enable the rationalisation of decision-making regarding software development. Estimates that are more accurate will increase the probability of success and lower the risk. This thesis analyses the current software project estimating techniques available to practitioners and examines current practice in the estimating of sofnvare projects within the Western Australian industry. The principal techniques examined are Function Point Analysis and COCOMO and these are shown to be flawed in their construction. 1he practices adopted by expert and experienced practitioners are analysed and it is shown that the formal algorithmic models are not widely used. It is also shown that estimates are required in a project's lifecycle before the full requirements are known. The Western Australian practices are also compared to similar analyses conducted in other countries.
Isaac Newton: ciencia y religión en la unidad de su pensamiento

Una de las principales razones para el éxito de la filosofía natural de Newton fue el papel que ésta tuvo al desarrollar una teología natural valiosa. Además, Newton mismo publicó las implicaciones teológicas de su propia filosofía natural. Aunque en la primera edición de los Principia no hay ninguna señal de Dios, para la segunda edición (1713) Newton introdujo un "Escolio General" en el que explícitamente discutía la relación entre Dios y su Creación. La obsesión de Newton por la interpretación de las Escrituras durante algún tiempo fue desestimada como embarazosa. Sin embargo, su importancia para una comprensión adecuada de Newton ahora se reconoce y estimula mucha actividad nueva entre los especialistas. El significado de este trabajo permite ver en la actualidad el núcleo de la pregunta de Richard H. Popkin: “¿por qué uno de los más grandes teólogos anti-Trinitarios se dedicó a escribir obras de filosofía natural, como los Principia Mathematica?
Reading, looking and learning

The survey of aspects of reading research discusses reading styles, 'readability', and the influence of presentation on reading and comprehension. Consideration of these leads to the fundamental problems of how the mind and eye interact in visual processing of text. Some research on the psychology or reading is reviewed, and certain psycholinguistic models of the reading process are discussed. Text structure and content appears to influence comprehension and learning, and rele vant research on this, and the interaction of the reader with the text, is outlined. Reading strategies are discussed, and the possibilities of altering reading behaviour by increasing read ing speed or improving learning patterns are reviewed. Possible implications for information science of reading research are mentioned.
English for Specific Purposes: English for Specific Purposes

1965, evidence that there should eventually be found. Two scientists named Arno penzias and Robert Wilson discovered these waves by accident. And they get a Nober prize for this discovery. This radiation is called the cosmic Background Radiation. Radiation is invisibre to radiate from a particular source, but covers the entire space. Garmov was immediately realized that this radiation is an echo of the big bang that is still echoing from the explosion. ln 1989, NASA launched the COBE satellite (Cosmic Background Explorer) into space to do research on cosmic background radiation. This satellite is the first satellite launched to measure radiation. And just in time 8 minutes, the satellites can discover and prove the existence of radiation research penzias and Wilson. This finding is expressed as the greatest astronomical discoveries of all time. This evidence caused the Big Bang theory can be accepted in society. Big Bang Theory as a theory of creation of the universe is the last point achieved knowledge about the origin of the universe. ln essence, an explosion will cause material jump in random. But not in the Big Bang case. Those materials *ur" "r"n arranged neatly. ln fact, those materials form the planets, stars and galaxies that arrangement look so amazing. Fred Hoyle, a challenger to the Big Bang theory expressed surprise about this order: "big bong theory stotes the universe begon with o single explosion. However, os shown in the fo owing section, an explosion will only moke the moteriol ejected ot rondom, but the big bong mysteriously give results controry to the moterial collected in the form of goloxies,, This shows that everything which happens in the universe is the will of Allah. Allah revealed in the quran. Al-Furqan verse 2:
Trespassing the defensive lines cardiovascular infection

Sepsis is one of the major causes of mortality in critically ill patients worldwide. The bloodstream is a normally sterile environment but upon infection a dysregulated and deleterious inflammatory response can be induced. The damage from the inflammatory response leads to organ failure and ultimately death. Routinely sepsis is associated with the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. While the pathophysiology of severe sepsis is not well defined it is accepted that sepsis-associated mortality is related to the host response which involves a multitude of cell types, inflammatory mediators and coagulation factors. The endothelium is a major target of sepsis-induced events as it is among the first cells in the body to come into contact with circulating bacteria. This aim of this thesis was to investigate the role partaken by endothelium in mediating the sepsis phenotype and focus on the potential value of the endothelium as a target for sepsis therapy. Previous studies have identified several mechanisms that S. aureus uses to bind to endothelial cells using a range of different models. Cognisant of ensuring that we are using as close to a physiological model of infection as possible, we developed a model using conditions that closely mimic conditions experienced in the vasculature. Using this model we identified a previously undescribed interaction between S. aureus and human endothelial cells. We identified that S. aureus clumping factor A binds plasma fibrinogen and crosslinks to Human Endothelial cell integrin αVβ3. This interaction results in the generation of an intracellular signal that leads to apoptosis, loss of cell numbers and increased vascular permeability, all clinical signs of the sepsis phenotype in humans. Using a strain deficient in expression of clumping factor A or blocking the endothelial cell integrin αVβ3 using a c(RGDfV) peptide significantly reduced the binding interaction and the associated dysfunctional effects apoptosis, loss of cell recovery and increased vascular permeability. Our results suggest that using the c(RGDfV) (currently developed as EMD121974) may be useful in the early treatment of sepsis.
OVA-based multi-class classification for data stream anomaly detection

Mobile cyber-physical systems (MCPSs), such as the International Space Station, are equipped with sensors which produce sensor data streams. Continuous changes like wear and tear influence the system states of a MCPS continually during runtime. Hence, monitoring is necessary to provide reliability and to avoid critical damage. Although, the monitoring process is limited by resource restrictions. Therefore, the focal point of the present paper is on time-efficient multi-class data stream anomaly detection. Our contribution is bifid. First, we use a one-versusall classification model to combine a set of heterogeneous one-class classifiers consecutively. Such a chain of one-class classifiers provides a very flexible structure while the administrative overhead is reasonably low. Second, based on the classifier chain, we introduce classifier pre-selection.
Fault diagnosis of steam turbine-generator using CMAC neural network approach

In this paper, a CMAC (cerebellar model articulation controller) neural network diagnosis system of turbine-generator is proposed. This novel fault diagnosis system contains an input layer, quantization layer, binary coding layer, and fired up memory addresses coding unit. Firstly, we construct the configuration of diagnosis system depending on the fault patterns. Secondly, the known fault patterns were used to train the neural network. Finally, the diagnosis system can be used to diagnose the fault types of turbine-generator system. By using the characteristic of self-learning association and generalization, like the cerebellum of human being, the proposed CMAC neural network fault diagnosis system enables a powerful, straighforward, and efficient fault diagnosis. Furthermore, the following merits are obtained: (1) high learning and diagnosis speed; (2) high noise rejection ability; (3) alleviates the dependency for additional expert expertise; (4) eliminates the weight interference between different fault type patterns; (5) memory size is reduced by new excited address coding technique; and (6) suitable for multiple fault diagnosis.
50-V LCD driver integrated in standard 5-V CMOS process

A multi-purpose row/column driver for panel Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD) has integrated in a standard unmodified low-voltage 2 /spl mu/m CMOS process. Driving capability of 50 V @ 200 kHz data-in clock rate and internal bias high-voltage generation are the main features of the driver. The circuit architecture is such as to allow parallel as well as multiplexed LCD driver applications. <<ETX>>
Tüketici paneli verisine dayalı bir marka tercih modeli: Türkiye gazlı meşrubatlar sektöründe bir uygulama

Tuketici panelleri gunumuzde gerek pazarlama yoneticileri gerekse marka tercih modelleri uzerinde calisan akademisyenler tarafindan yaygin olarak basvurulan bir veri kaynagi haline gelmistir. Gelismis ulkelerde genellikle tarayici teknolojilerine dayali olarak toplanan tuketim paneli verisi gelismekte olan ulkelerde gunluk tutma yontemiyle elde edilmektedir. Bu yontemle toplanan hane paneli verilerinin kapsam ve guvenilirliginin tarayici teknolojisiyle elde edilen verilere gore daha sinirli oldugu kabul edilmektedir. Bu calismanin amaci, alisveris gunlugune dayali tuketici paneli verisiyle Turkiye’de, hizli tuketim mallari sektorunde, basarili bir marka tercih modeli kurabilmenin mumkun olup olmadigini arastirmaktir. Bu amacla, oncelikle, gunluk tutma yontemine dayali panellerde dogrudan ulasmanin mumkun olmadigi rakip markalara ait fiyat bilgilerini uretmeye yonelik dort asamali bir yontem onerilmistir. Daha sonra, Turkiye’de 2004 yilinda 1632 hane tarafindan yapilmis 26031 kolali icecek alisverisinden yararlanilarak cesitli coklu probit ve lojit modelleri kurulmus; modellerden elde edilen bulgular rassal olarak belirlenen 408 hanelik test orneklemine ait 6686 alisveris gozlemi uzerinde sinanmistir. Sonuclar goreli fiyatlar, hane buyuklugu, toplam harcama, bir onceki tercih ve sosyo-ekonomik statu aciklayici degiskenlerinin yuksek guven duzeylerinde anlamli oldugunu ve kurulan modellerin gerek test gerekse model orneklemlerindeki hanelerin marka tercihlerini basariyla tahmin ettigini gostermektedir. Yapilan marjinal etki analizlerine secilen modellerin verdigi tepkiler de teorik beklentilerle hassas bir uyum icindedir. Bu calisma, Turkiye’de hane paneli verisi ile tuketicilerin bir sektordeki marka tercihlerini modellemeyi hedefleyen oncu calismalardan biri olmasi bakimindan onem tasimaktadir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Tuketim paneli, marka tercih modeli, coklu probit, Hizli Tuketim Mallari, alisveris gunlugu.
GMPLS-based exchange points: architecture and functionality

We address the architecture model and the functionality of the GMPLS-enabled exchange point (GMPLS-XP), which is the equivalent of the Internet exchange point (IXP). Considering the importance of the role that the IXPs today have in supporting the global Internet operation, we believe that GMPLS-XP is a necessary building block for future multi-provider heterogeneous transport networks. We model the GMPLS-XP as a sub-network with multi-layer switching capability, which topological representation is used by the interconnected domains to make flexible on-line interconnection decisions. In addition, we propose, embedded in the GMPLS-XP, routing and SLA mediation functionality operating over multi-provider interconnection architecture and supporting policy-based routing.
Image Denoising Technique Using Trimmed Based Median Bilateral Filtering Method

: Most of the image processing techniques such as edge detection, segmentation, object tracking, pattern recognition etc. do not perform well in the occurrence of noise. Thus, image restoration as a preprocessing step is performed before applying the image to any of the beyond mentioned techniques. This dissertation work presents an Decision based unsymmetric trimmed median filter algorithms for the removal of impulse noise has been proposed with color images rather than gray scale images by separation red- green-blue plane of color image. This proposed algorithm shows better results than the Standard Median Filter (MF), Decision Based Algorithm (DBA),Adaptive Median Filter(AMF) , Hybrid Filter Based Algorithm (HMF), and Trimmed Median Filter (TMF). The show of the system is analyzed in terms of Mean square error (MSE), Peak signal to noise ratio (PSNR) image enhancement factor (IEF) and time required for executing the algorithms for different noise densities. Simulation results shows that proposed algorithm outperforms the existing algorithms even at high noise densities for color images. Many experiments are conducted to validate efficiency of the proposed algorithm.