Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Acquisition de l'environnement pour le ré-éclairage et le positionnement d'objets virtuels dans une scène réelle

L'objectif de la realite augmentee est d'inserer des objets virtuels dans une scene reelle. Afin d'obtenir une integration realiste et coherente, il est necessaire de re-eclairer ces objets en fonction de leur position et des conditions d'eclairage reelles, et de tenir compte des occultations provoquees par des objets reels plus proches que les objets virtuels. Dans cet article, nous adaptons les methodes de reconstructions d'images HDR et d'estimations de la profondeur pour un contexte temps reel. Nous presentons leurs limitations ainsi que les parametres qui influencent les temps de calcul et la qualite des images de maniere significative. Nous montrons comment modifier ces parametres pour accelerer les calculs et evaluer les impacts sur la qualite du resultat. Enfin, pour notre approche de la realite augmentee, nous proposons une extraction temps reel de ces informations d'un flux video, en un seul traitement.
Probabilistic Transmission System Planning

The book is composed of 12 chapters and three appendices, and can be divided into four parts. The first part includes Chapters 2 to 7, which discuss the concepts, models, methods and data in probabilistic transmission planning. The second part, Chapters 8 to 11, addresses four essential issues in probabilistic transmission planning applications using actual utility systems as examples. Chapter 12, as the third part, focuses on a special issue, i.e. how to deal with uncertainty of data in probabilistic transmission planning. The fourth part consists of three appendices, which provide the basic knowledge in mathematics for probabilistic planning.
An integrated lightpath provisioning approach in mesh optical networks

Summary form only given. Transmission of client traffic, e.g., Internet protocol (IP) traffic, over an optical network can be achieved through a logical topology in the form of lightpaths. The client traffic can be circuit-based or packet-based of which a major source is the classic IP traffic. Recently, multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) brings the virtual circuit technology to the classic IP through the concept of label switched path (LSP). In this paper, we focus on the transport of circuit-based traffic (named calls generically) over the logical topology in mesh optical networks. We have proposed an integrated traffic grooming approach (INT) to aggregating the client calls over a dynamic logical topology. The performance of the integrated approach has been compared with the on-line single hop (SIN) and multi-hop approach (MUL). INT consistently performs better than MUL and SIN in both blocking probability and throughput.
Distributed Web Service Architecture towards Robotic Speech Communication: A Vietnamese Case Study

Robotics is emerging as one of the most prominent research areas in the world and is recently attracting the Vietnamese research community. For the purpose of determining an entrance for a Vietnamese human interacting robotics system, this paper is aimed at proposing a service-oriented architecture for location assistance robotic systems made out of loosely-coupled and distributed web services. The proposed platform consists of two major components: a Speech Processing System (SPS) and a Service Manipulating System (SMS). This architecture allows our robot to meet three critical human interaction robotic systems requirements: flexibility, scalability and reliability.
ESTIMATING THE INCIDENCE OF NEONATAL HEARING LOSS IN HIGH RISK NEONATES

Regardless of severity, earlier intervention to correct hearing loss in children improves speech development and conversational abilities. A cross-sectional study was performed on 230 neonates who were at risk of hearing loss in Tehran University of Medical Sciences hospitals between September 2000 and February 2002. Hearing was examined before the 3rd month by auditory brainstem responses (ABR). Eighteen neonates (8%) had sensorineural hearing loss. There was no significant relationship between hearing loss and sex. We found significant statistical relationships between hearing loss and craniofacial anomalies (P value < 0.000001), the neonate’s age during hospitalization (P value < 0.005),hyperbilirubinemia (P value < 0.01), using artificial ventilation (P value < 0.05) and use of ototoxic drugs (P value < 0.05). It seems that it is much better to screen all neonates for early detection of hearing loss. If this goal is not achievable, all neonates with risk factors must be checked. Severe hyperbilirubinemia is a main risk factor of hearing loss.
Neural Networks and Gradient-Based Learning in OCR

A large proportion of today's commercial Optical Character Recognition systems (OCR) and Handwriting Recognition Systems (HWR) use neural networks at the core of the recognition engine. Comparisons on standard databases show that Neural Networks, particularly multi-layer networks, offer a good combination of speed, generality, simplicity, and flexibility. They are also particularly well-suited for the large input dimension required for shape recognition tasks such as character recognition.
VERILOG DESIGN AND FPGA PROTOTYPE OF A NANOCONTROLLER SYSTEM

OF THESIS VERILOG DESIGN AND FPGA PROTOTYPE OF A NANOCONTROLLER SYSTEM Many new fabrication technologies, from nanotechnology and MEMS to printed organic semiconductors, center on constructing arrays of large numbers of sensors, actuators, or other devices on a single substrate. The utility of such an array could be greatly enhanced if each device could be managed by a programmable controller and all of these controllers could coordinate their actions as a massively-parallel computer. Kentucky Architecture nanocontroller array with very low per controller circuit complexity can provide efficient control of nanotechnology devices. This thesis provides a detailed description of the control hierarchy of a digital system needed to build "nanocontrollers" suitable for controlling millions of devices on a single chip. A Verilog design and FPGA prototype of a nanocontroller system is provided to meet the constraints associated with a massively-parallel programmable controller system.
On an Apparent Truism in Aesthetics

It has often been claimed that adequate aesthetic judgements must be grounded in the appreciator's first-hand experience of the item judged. Yet this apparent truism is misleading if adequate aesthetic judgements can instead be based on descriptions of the item or on acquaintance with some surrogate for it. In a survey of responses to such challenges to the apparent truism, 1 identify several contentions presented in its favour, including stipulative definitions of 'aesthetic judgement', assertions about conceptual gaps between determinate aesthetic properties and even the most perfect descriptions, and claims about the holistic and sensibility-relative character of aesthetic qualities and values. With reference to considerations advanced by Frank Sibley, Alan H. Goldman, and particularists and anti-particularists in meta-ethics, I contend that strong versions of the apparent truism lack sufficient warrant. Two successors are proposed, however. One reframes the thesis in terms of our contingently limited descriptive and theoretical capacities with regard to a subset of the aesthetic qualities of extraordinary works; the second involves a shift front epistemic to axiological matters: what even the most perfect descriptions cannot provide. and in some cases spoil, is our gauging of an item's inherent, experiential value.
Performance Comparison of various levels of fusion of Multi-focus image using Wavelet

- The objective of this paper is to provide novel hybrid architecture (algorithm) for wavelet Based image fusion combining the principles of frequency and region based rules to utilize the capabilities of image fusion at end user level. Frequency based rules operate on individual pixels in the image, but does not take into account some important details like edges, boundaries and salient features larger than a single pixel. Region based fusion may reduce the contrast in some images and does not always succeed in effectively removing ringing artifacts and noise in source images. The inadequacies of these two types of fusion rules point to the importance of developing a hybrid algorithm based architecture combining the advantages of both. A standalone executable has been developed for the targeted image fusion application using Matlab Compiler Runtime library.
Geometric modeling for computer vision.

Abstract : The main contribution of this thesis is the development of a three dimensional geometric modeling system for application to computer vision. In computer vision geometric models provide a goal for descriptive image analysis, an origin for verification image synthesis, and a context for spatial problem solving. Some of the design ideas presented have been implemented in two programs named GEOMED and CRE; the programs are demonstrated in situations involving camera motion relative to a static world.
Optimisation du produit matrice-vecteur creux sur architecture GPU pour un simulateur de réservoir

Pour l'entreprise Total, la simulation de reservoir est une etape importante dans le processus d'optimisation de la production. Actuellement ces simulations s'executent entierement sur CPU. Nous avons donc essaye d'accelerer les produits matrice-vecteur creux contenus dans le simulateur en utilisant des GPUs. Les bibliotheques GPU d'algebre lineaire creux utilisent des formats generiques de stockage de matrices creuses qui sont plus ou moins performant sur GPU mais qui ne permettent pas d'exploiter la structure particuliere des matrices utilisees dans le simulateur de reservoir. Pour exploiter cette structure, nous avons adapte pour nos matrices un format de stockage qui nous permet d'accelerer jusqu'a un facteur 20 le produit matrice-vecteur creux sur 3 GPUs par rapport a 8 coeurs CPU et d'un facteur 1,5 sur GPU par rapport aux formats generiques utilisee par NVIDIA dans cuSPARSE.
Laser Doppler Flowmetry for Human Blood Microcirculation Assessment

The prevention and treatment of various microcirculation disorders are one of the most important problems of medical practice. The difficulties of studying the microcirculation are related to the blood vessels small size and extensive branching within organ tissues. At present, various methods of microcirculation assessment using the laser Doppler flowmetry are applied in active clinical practice in our country. The review covers the main methods of laser Doppler flowmetry used for the diagnosis of various microcirculation disorders. The method is based on the determination of tissue blood perfusion by measuring the Doppler frequency shift while tissue is illuminated by a laser beam, followed by the registration of the reflected radiation from moving and stationary tissue components. Microcirculatory oscillation rhythm plays an important role, especially in early diagnosis of many diseases. The loss of certain types of oscillations at laser Doppler flowmetry is interpreted as «spectral narrowing» and serves as a diagnostic criterion for microcirculation deregulation, which is directly related to decreased blood perfusion and tissue hypotrophy. The use of amplitude-frequency analysis of blood flow oscillations can non-invasively evaluate the impact of the various components of microvascular tone, allowing to calculate an index of neurogenic and myogenic tone and bypass index. The amplitude-frequency analysis of the laser Doppler flowmetry spectrum uses normalized parameters determining the maximum amplitude of the blood flow oscillation in different bands, as well as their ratio - microcirculation effectiveness index. Hyperemic, spastic, spastic-atonic, structural and degenerative, congestive and stasic forms of various microcirculation disorders are marked out. Each of these microcirculatory disorders is characterized by a certain ratio of structural and functional changes and changes in blood velocity, as well as impaired barrier function. The main principles of the microcirculatory disorders are described.
Evaluation of linkage-based web discovery systems

In recent years, the widespread use of the WWW has brought information retrieval systems into the homes o f many millions people. Today, we have access to many billions o f documents (web pages) and have (free-of-charge) access to powerful, fast and highly efficient search facilities over these documents provided by search engines such as Google. The "first generation" of web search engines addressed the engineering problems o f web spidering and efficient searching for large numbers o f both users and documents, but they did not innovate much in the approaches taken to searching. Recently, however, linkage analysis has been incorporated into search engine ranking strategies. Anecdotally, linkage analysis appears to have improved retrieval effectiveness o f web search, yet there is little scientific evidence in support o f the claims for better quality retrieval, which is surprising. Participants in the three most recent TREC conferences (1999, 2000 and 2001) have been invited to perform benchmarking o f information retrieval systems on web data and have had the option o f using linkage information as part of their retrieval strategies. The general consensus from the experiments of these participants is that linkage information has not yet been successfully incorporated into conventional retrieval strategies. In this thesis, we present our research into the field o f linkage-based retrieval of web documents. We illustrate that (moderate) improvements in retrieval performance is possible if the undedying test collection contains a higher link density than the test collections used in the three most recent TREC conferences. We examine the linkage structure o f live data from the WWW and coupled with our findings from crawling sections o f the WWW we present a list o f five requirements for a test collection which is to faithfully support experiments into linkage-based retrieval o f documents from the WWW. We also present some o f our own, new, vanants on linkage-based web retrieval and evaluate their performance in comparison to the approaches o f others.
Alteraciones morfológicas de la placenta

Isolated cases of placental morphological abnormalities are often reported; but lately there is an incidence of 9 % noteworthy. The placenta may have different abnormalities or alter complicating pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. A case of a patient with velamentous cord insertion and bilobed placenta during a vaginal delivery at Ramon Gonzalez Coro Gynecobstetric Teaching Hospital is presented here. Perinatal outcomes, despite all the complications were favorable and the newborn presented a proper Apgar count at birth. Despite the few reported
The diagnosis of transient ischemic attacks

textabstractThe diagnosis of transient ischemic attack (TIA) is fraught with difficulty, since the diagnosis rests entirely upon the history of the patient's symptoms and the neurologist's skill in questioning the patient. The aim of this thesis is to investigate various measures to improve the reliability in making this diagnosis
The Success of Open Source

Preface 1. Property and the Problem of Software 2. The Early History of Open Source 3. What Is Open Source and How Does It Work? 4. A Maturing Model of Production 5. Explaining Open Source: Microfoundations 6. Explaining Open Source: Macro-Organization 7. Business Models and the Law 8. The Code That Changed the World? Notes Index
Students' Approaches to Case-Based Instruction: The Role of Perceived Value, Learning Focus, and Reflective Self-Regulation.

This exploratory study examined how students responded to, and approached learning from, case-based instruction. Students' responses were defined in terms of their perceived interest, relevance, and confidence for learning from this method. Students' approaches were defined by goals, self-regulation strategies, and the evaluation criteria they used to focus their learning efforts. Fifty-eight first-year veterinary students in a case-based biochemistry laboratory course were classified according to their precourse performances on two self-regulated learning inventories. Nine students, representing high and low levels of self-regulation, were interviewed three times during the semester to explore initial and changing responses and approaches to case-based instruction. Using a constant comparative analysis method, three general categories were identified that reflected common themes in students' responses and approaches. These themes revolved around: (1) the value that students assigned to the case method of teaching; (2) the types of goals and evaluation criteria they used to focus their learning efforts; and (3) the manner in which they used reflective strategies to approach case-based instruction. (Contains 1 table and 17 references.) (Author) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** U S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) /1"'his document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. ID Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL
Plasma leptin levels and Body Mass Index in North Indian Subjects:Correlation with Insulin resistance -

Obesity is a highly prevalent disorder that is associated with increased morbidity from a variety of diseases including hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and cardiovascular diseases. While it has long been apparent that obesity is a major risk factor for type 2 diabetes ,it has recently been appreciated that adipose tissue in addition to its role as an energy reservoir, modulates energy metabolism via secretion of circulating adipocytokines. Leptin is one such adipocytokine that acts on hypothalamus to limit food intake and increased energy expenditure. Dysregulations of leptin action result in obesity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. Most of the Studies in the past have shown the relationship between insulin and leptin but controversy still remains regarding leptin and its association with insulin resistance. Hence present study was undertaken to compare the level of leptin in lean and obese subjects and to evaluate the relationship between leptin and insulin resistance in north Indian subjects. Methods: We examined plasma levels of leptin and insulin in 41 lean subjects with a mean body mass index of 27. Insulin resistance was assessed using the homeostasis model assessment (HOM A-R) formula derived from fasting insulin and glucose levels. Results: Leptin levels were significantly higher in obese group than lean controls,(26.02+1.62 vs 6.35+0.40) and was significantly correlated with Body Mass Index(p<0.0001). Gender difference was observed in our study with women showing higher leptin level than men. A significant positive correlation of leptin with insulin resistance independent of adiposity was observed in our study(p<0.0001). Interpretation and conclusion: In our study we demonstrated that leptin levels were significantly higher in obese subjects and a significant positive correlation was observed between leptin levels and insulin resistance.
A review on deep learning based image steganalysis

Deep learning is applied to image steganalysis and makes great progress. This paper presents a review on image steganalysis based on deep learning. According to the steganography scheme, these steganalysis methods are mainly classified as spatial domain steganalysis and jpeg domain steganalysis. The former approaches try to improve the steganalysis performance through network model design, fusion and learning strategy, while the latter methods attempt to perform better by designing appropriate network model or incorporating prior knowledge into the Convolutional Neural Network architecture. However, there are still several issues that need to be solved, on basis of which the future research direction is discussed.
Endoscopic Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders

Normal Anatomy and Physiology of the Nose, the Pharynx, and the Larynx Normal Swallowing: The Endoscopic Perspective Endoscopic Mechanics, Technique, and Procedures Scoring a FEES Examination Use of FEES in the Treatment and Management of Dysphagia Use of FEES to Assess and Manage Patients with Head and Neck Cancer The Use of FEES to Assess and Manage Pediatric Patients The Safety of Endoscopic Swallowing Evaluations Clinical Practice Guidelines and Treatment Outcomes in Dysphagia
Mob Programming and the Transition to XP

Extreme Programming (XP) development practices emphasize the importance of developer communication. Our team is currently in a transition toward using many of XP’s suggested lightweight practices. As part of and in order to facilitate this transition, we have been developing a collaborative method we call mob programming. The term “mob programming” is whimsically derived from the term “pair programming,” and indicates the practice of refactoring code in groups larger than two developers. The purpose we identify for this refactoring focuses less on writing code that we will use later and more on encouraging healthy discussion. In this paper we describe our process and its precursors as they have evolved over time. We report the successes realized and failures suffered in the context of the values of XP.
Analysis on the invulnerability of network based on scale-free network

In order to investigate scale-free network invulnerability, the entire network by two indicators effectiveness $\mathrm{E}(G)$ and the average path length $\mathrm{L}(G)$, reconnection policy of the network system was studied. Based on the previous research that the maximum nodes in the network are attacked and the nodes of the neighboring nodes are disconnected, the strategy of reconnection with only the remaining nodes or according to Euclidean distance is proposed. Based on the shortest path and node degree that there are four reconnection strategies. Firstly, BA model of complex network is established based on scale-free network theory. Secondly, on this basis, Random, Degree, SLP, SLP-Degree and Degree-SLP strategies are comparatively analyzed. Lastly, the experimental results show that Degree-SLP strategy can effectively destroy the information transmission and network connectivity of scale-free feature networks, and the best survivability for scale-free networks[1], [2].
Design of High Precision Capacitance Displacement Sensor

This paper designs a capacitive displacement sensor with small size, high accuracy and good stability. Firstly, the single pole variable distance capacitance displacement measurement method used in the sensor is theoretically analyzed; then, the sensor's probe structure is designed in detail, and the related capacitance value detection and processing circuit of the sensor is completed, and the data is processed through the upper computer program. Finally, the capacitive displacement sensor was calibrated. The experimental results show that the measuring range of the sensor is $10\sim 100\mu \mathrm{m}$, the linearity is better than 0.2%, the resolution of the sensor is $\mathbf{0.21}\mu \mathbf{m}$, and the repeatability of the sensor is about $\mathbf{0.15}\mu \mathbf{m}$.