Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THERMOMECHANICAL NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF IMPACTS ON ELASTIC-PLASTIC SOLIDS WITH THE FINITE VOLUME METHOD

We present in this work two implementation schemes of the finite volume method for the numerical simulation of impacts on thermo-elastic-plastic solids within the small strain framework for one dimension (bar) solid media, based on the Lax-Wendroff and high (second) order TVD methods. A strong thermomechanical coupling and adiabatic conditions are assumed. Comparison is performed with results obtained with the classical finite element method and an analytical solution on a test case involving a discontinuous solution. The finite volume methods (mainly the high order TVD one) improve both the track of the shock wave path, even after many reflexions of waves, and the computation of plastic strains and temperature.
Video Inpainting Using Seam Carving Method

Video became something important of our daily lives and in many areas such as surveillance cameras and mobile cameras therefore it has attracted considerable attention in multimedia and computer vision researches in recent years. One such research is video inpainting.Videoinpainting aims to restore missing or tainted regions or remove objects present in a video sequence from neighboring scenes. The proposed method in video inpainting is object removal technique based on seam carving algorithm, where the static AVI video type and object dynamic are used and working video for different number of frames per-second with resolution (320 pixel by 240 pixel) and (640 pixel by 480 pixel) . The implementation in the proposed seam carving algorithm for object removal is obvious that discrete Laplacian edge detection filter gives the highest matching with four videos, which proves that its work is the best in detecting the energy of a video, and the best accuracy for whole system is (86.57516).
An assessment of South Africa's role in conflict management, peace and stability in the kingdom of Lesotho (1993-2014)

iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS. iV-Vi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . Background of the study . 1-14 1.2. Statement of the problem. 15 1.3. Aim of the study.15 1.4. Research questions. 16 1.5. Objective of the study. 16 1.6. Significance of the study. 16-17 1.7. Research methodology. 17-19 1.8. Methods of data collection1.19 1.9. 1. Primary source of data collection.19 1.9. 2. Secondary source of data collection.19-20
Creating believable characters using a synthetic psychology approach

The aim of this project is to make simulated characters in interactive real-time software scenarios more believable by increasing the personality of their behaviour. This will be achieved by implementing biologically inspired Artificial Life (Alife) architectures into their control mechanisms. The method to achieve this is inspired by the constructionist “Synthetic Psychology” approach adopted by neurologist Valentino Braitenberg (Braitenberg 1984). The architecture described in this thought experiment is comprised of a network of functional components and is an abstraction of the neural-architecture of human and mammal brains. The objective of this project is to implement a memoryprediction mechanism (Hawkins and Blakeslee 2004) that will enable virtual characters to behave in unpredictable, unique and interesting ways and allow them to become more sensitive to their environment and events, thus further suspending disbelief. In addition to proposing a process for creating simulated characters we also aim to evaluate a method of automatically detecting emergent behaviours exhibited by characters using Kohonen self-organizing maps (SOM). SOMs have proven useful in finding emergent properties in systems from other fields such as usability analysis, marketing and medicine. We believe this capability can assist during the process, which would otherwise require long-term observation for evaluation. Implemented using Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008, this project will produce a series of prototype virtual “Vehicles” based on the designs found in Braitenberg's work, but in some cases amended with more recent findings about the neural architecture of the brain as described by Hawkins (Hawkins and Blakeslee 2004), Bonhoeffer (Engert and Bonhoeffer 1999) and Braitenberg himself.
The Raw Nature of Televised Professional Wrestling: Is the Violence a Cause for Concern?

This study examined physical violence portrayed in a sample of televised professional wrestling. Trained research assistants coded the frequency of violent interactions, perpetrator characteristics, and contextual features (extent of violence, use of weapons, consequence of violence, reasons for violence, and reward for violence). Wrestling was compared with a sample of prime-time television from the National Television Violence Study (Smith, Nathanson, & Wilson, 2002). Findings show that the extent of violence in wrestling is significantly greater than other prime-time genres and that wrestling more often portrays violence as justified, likely to go unpunished, and unlikely to produce extreme harm. Overall, wrestling presented violence in amounts and contexts linked with increased risk of harm to viewers.
Use of Enzymes to Supplement Diets Containing Date Waste Meal for Lohmann White Layers

The current research objective was to determine the effect of enriched layers diets containing date waste meal (DWM) with a commercially prepared enzymes mixture on White Lohmann laying hens performance. Lohmann LSL-Classic White layers of (24-weeks old; n = 192) were randomly assigned to 8 groups of 24 birds each. Four formulated diets of 18% crude protein which contained 0, 5, 10 and/ or 15% DWM as a replacement for yellow corn, each diet was supplemented with of kemzyme (EZ) at 1 gm/kg diet until 44 weeks of age. Results showed that body weights and body weight changes due to 15% DWM inclusion and EZ supplementation were improved. Egg production, egg weight and feed conversion ratio were improved by EZ supplementation to diets containing 15% DWM. Enzyme and DWM supplementation to experimental diets had a positive effect on salmonella and E. Coli as well as fungi counts in the gastrointestinal tract. Also, EZ supplementation had improved nutrients digestibility coefficient of diets that contained higher DWM levels. Plasma total lipids were significantly (P 0.05) in this respect. Inclusion of 15% DWM significantly (P < 0.05) improved shell thickness and Haugh units with higher DWM levels. No significant differences were recorded for yolk color or index due to either of the dietary treatments. It is concluded that DWM can be included in laying diets as an alternative dietary ingredient up to 10% with no adverse effects on production, and showed an improvement on performance when compared to that of the control diet supplemented with enzymes mixture.
The Study of Relationship among Ethical Leadership and Organizational Performance in Corporate Governance in the Public and Private Sectors of Islamabad/Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Gradually and progressively corporate governance is diverting world’s attention towards itself, not solely because nowadays we live are living in societies that need to be governed properly but more by virtue of this world been converted into a global village, so this research is conducted to find out the relationship of ethical leadership with corporate governance practices. The instrument used for collecting the required information was questionnaire developed by Wu (2006). Descriptive statistics, regression and correlation were used for the purpose of data analysis. Results obtained showed positive relationship between ethical leadership, corporate governance practices and organizational performance. Keywords: Corporate governance practices, ethical leadership, organizational performance.
Durability Performance of Palm Oil Fuel Ash Cement Based Aerated Concrete in Marine Environment

The ever popular issue on environmental preservation and sustainability all over the world has lead towards the innovation of new materials from either industrial or agricultural waste. Malaysia being one of the leading producers of palm oil has been conducting numerous researches to discover the various potentials of by-products generated by palm oil mills. The current findings revealed that palm oil fuel ash (POFA) produced in the mills can be used for producing a new alternative lightweight construction material known as POFA cement based aerated concrete having enhanced strength than specimen produced using 100% ordinary Portland cement. Since, the performance this material in marine environment is unknown, this paper presents and discusses the result on the strength performance of this lightweight concrete upon exposure to sea water for one year. The concrete cubes were prepared and subjected to water curing for 28 days before immersed in sea water. The compressive and flexural strengths of the specimens were tested at 3, 6 and 12 month following the procedures stated in BS 1881: Part 116 and ASTM C293-79 respectively. The study found that integration of POFA as partial cement replacement in aerated concrete enhances the performance of concrete in sea water environment.
Ovarian carcinoma: An overview of current status

Ovarian carcinoma is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality associated with carcinomas affecting women. It comprises a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that represents the seventh most lethal malignancy in women worldwide, and is a major cause of death from gynecological carcinoma. Specific to different geographical locations all over the globe, there are variations in the magnitude and trends of ovarian carcinoma, and the scenario of the disease keeps changing. As such, it is necessary to update and review the existing study on ovarian carcinoma. Reviews on ovarian cancer from 2000 to 2015 were extracted from PubMed and Google Scholar, and a few selected landmark studies that incorporated old data were also included. The focus of the present study is to consolidate an updated global view on epithelial ovarian carcinoma, the most prevalent type of ovarian carcinoma. This article covers the epidemiology, types, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of epithelial ovarian carcinoma.
Early adopters of integrated reporting: The case of the mining industry in South Africa

This study aims to investigate the structure and the content of Integrated Reporting, a new corporate reporting model that seeks to link financial and non-financial information disclosed by companies. This paper assesses the nature and extent of non-financial disclosures in corporate reports of the mining companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The methodological approach is Content Analysis with the aim of carrying out an automated lexical/textual analysis on the content of non-financial information using software for collecting a Corpus of data from the analysed corporate reports. The results do not highlight good practices of non-financial disclosure: the overall analysis does not detect homogeneous behaviour among companies. Nevertheless, the higher incidence of issues on Key Performance Indicators (KPI) targets and governance structures could be due to their relationship to certain listing requirements. The analysed period is restricted to one year, and it could be interesting to perform a longitudinal analysis. There is also a lack of a comparative analysis by means of the assessment of other industries in South Africa. Integrated Reporting is still in its early stages; consequently, findings from the first adopters may provide an insightful overview about its threats and weaknesses and practical suggestions for its preparers and users. The research may contribute to studies on the mining industry in the first country that has required the adoption of Integrated Reporting. The present study focuses on the first adoption of a new reporting tool that may be able to improve corporate communication to a wide range of stakeholders. Key words: Integrated reporting, textual analysis, disclosure index, non-financial information, mining industry, South Africa.
Implications of fault current limitation for electrical distribution networks

This paper explores the potential future need for fault current limitation in the UK's power system, and some of the technical implications of this change. It is estimated that approximately 300-400 distribution substations will require fault current limitation, based on the statistical analysis of the projected fault level "headroom" (or violation). The analysis uses a UK electrical system scenario that satisfies the Government's target for an 80% cut in CO2 emissions by 2050. A case study involving the connection of distributed generation (DG) via a superconducting fault current limiter (SFCL) is used to illustrate the potential protection and control issues. In particular, DG fault ride-through, autoreclosure schemes, and transformer inrush current can be problematic for SFCLs that require a recovery period. The potential solutions to these issues are discussed, such as the use of islanding or automation to reduce the fault level.
A Query Refinement to Concept-based Information Retrieval

This paper presents an approach to semantic Information Retrieval, based on the use of a fuzzy conceptual structure, called Object-Fuzzy Concept Network (O-FCN). It consists of a set of objects ODB stored in a database and of a Fuzzy Concept Network (FCN), which is a complete weighted graph, with edges among concept nodes, we called correlations. It was already introduced and described an Information Retrieval Algorithm involving an OFCN. The algorithm is validated in a classical, crisp, case versus a fuzzy case. The users had the possibility to assign weights of importance to concepts modifiers in queries in order for the system to produce more relevant documents. For a better evaluation it has been finally introduced a new fuzzy accuracy measure that allowed to improve the results.
Fusion Phage as a Bioselective Nanomaterial : Evolution of the Concept

Multibillion-clone landscape phage display libraries were prepared by the fusion of the phage major coat protein pVIII with foreign random peptides. Phage particles and their proteins specific for cancer and bacterial cells were selected from the landscape libraries and exploited as molecular recognition interfaces in detection, gene- and drug-delivery systems. The biorecognition interfaces were obtained by incorporation of the cell-specific phage fusion proteins into liposomes using intrinsic structural duplicity of the proteins. As a paradigm, we incorporated targeted pVIII proteins into commercially available therapeutic liposomes "Doxil", which acquired a new emergent property-ability to bind target receptors. Targeting of the drug was evidenced by fluorescence-activated cell sorting, microarray, optical and electron microscopy. In contrast to a poorly controllable conjugation targeting, the new landscape phage-based approach relies on very powerful and extremely precise mechanisms of selection, biosynthesis and self assembly, in which phages themselves serve as a source of the final product.
does not compensate for negative effects on yield caused by igher temperature and [ O 3 ] in Brassica napus L

The projected changes of atmospheric composition and associated climatic parameters will challenge the agricultural production in ways, which existing crop populations have not previously experienced. Therefore, understanding the responsiveness to changes of multiple environmental parameters in existing genotypes is vital. In this study, the responses in yield and biomass production of four different cultivars of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) were tested under five different combinations of increased [CO2] (700 ppm), temperature (+5 ◦C) and [O3] (+40 ppb). Especially the multifactor treatments are relevant for predictions of the future production, as they mimic the multidimensional environmental changes that are expected within this century. All treatments were given the same amount of water, which mimicked future limited water availability e.g. in treatments with elevated temperature. The biomass and yield parameters were found to be significantly cultivar dependent. However, in all cultivars elevated temperature caused a significant reduction in yield parameters, while biomass was not affected significantly. Elevated [CO2] increased the vegetative biomass significantly, but seed yield was only significantly enhanced in one of the four cultivars studied. Increased [O3] did not have significant effects on any of the cultivars. In general, the negative effects of a 5 ◦C temperature elevation on yield could not be compensated by elevated [CO2], when simultaneously applied in multifactor treatments. The evaluation of cultivar differences in productivity under elevated [CO2] in combination with increased temperatures and [O3] is necessary to derive at a realistic prediction for the future food and biomass production and for the selection of cultivars providing an adaptation potential to environmental change. Our results suggest that future breeding of B. napus should be based on old cultivars, since more modern varieties seem to have lower potentials to respond to CO2 and thus counteract the detrimental effects of yield reducing environmental factors such as temperature and O3.
Koszul Algebras and Koszul Duality

In this thesis, we present a detailed exposition of Koszul algebras and Koszul duality. We begin with an overview of the required concepts of graded algebras and homological algebra. We then give a precise treatment of Koszul and quadratic algebras, together with their dualities. We fill in some arguments that are omitted in the literature and work out a number of examples in full detail to illustrate the abstract concepts.
Negative Group Delay Circuit with Improved Signal Attenuation and Multiple Pole Characteristics

This paper presents a design of a transmission line negative group delay (NGD) circuit with multiple pole characteristics. By inserting an additional transmission line into a conventional NGD circuit, the proposed circuit provides further design parameters to obtain wideband group delay (GD) and to help reduce signal attenuation. As a result, the number of gain compensating amplifiers can be reduced, which can contribute to stable operation when integrated into RF systems. The multiple pole characteristics can provide wider NGD bandwidth and can be obtained by connecting resonators with slightly different center frequencies separated by quarter-wavelength transmission lines. For experimental validation, an NGD circuit with two poles GD characteristic is designed, simulated, and measured.
Teaching Mathematics Bilingually for Kindergarten Students with Teaching Aids Based on Local Wisdom

Language and Mathematics are both skills and knowledge that need to master well so that it can be the provision for students’ future life when mingling with the community or society. Because of that the integration of teaching both language and Mathematics in bilingual Math learning will give many benefits to the students. They will learn not only how to interact with others by improving their communication skills but also how to develop their Math concepts and skills. Moreover students will also get lots of advantages by learning Mathematics bilingually. This study aimed to find out the development of the students’ English for Math ability in numbers and number sense in which the process of teaching learning is equipped with teaching aids based on local wisdom. The participants were 30 kindergarten students. The study used descriptive qualitative method and the results revealed that the teaching learning activities with teaching aids designed based on local wisdom have a significant effect on the development of both kindergarten students’ performance in English for Math activities and their love toward the local products found in their surrounding environment.
Configurable Feature Models

Feature models represent all the products that can be built under a variability-intensive system such as a software product line, but they are not fully configurable. There exist no explicit effort in defining configuration models that enable making decisions on attributes and cardinalities in feature models that use these artefacts. In this paper we present configurable feature models as an evolution from feature models that integrate configuration models within, improving the configurability of variability-intensive systems.
Bioinformatics in Environmental Bioremediation - A Review

Bioremediation is a technology that uses metabolic processes to degrade or transform contaminants, so that they remain no longer in harmful form. Microbial mediated bioremediation has a great potential to effectively restore contaminated environment, but the lack of information about factor regulating the growth and metabolism of various microbial communities in polluted environment often limits its implementation. Newly seeded technology such as Bioinformatics offer remarkable promise as tools to address longstanding questions regarding the molecular mechanisms involved in the control of mineralization pathways. Bioinformatics requires the study of microbial genomics, proteomics, interactomics, computational biology, phylogeny and application of bioinformatics tools for determining the structure and development of databases which would be further utilized for better upliftment. The bioinformatics web-servers plays key role in the application of bioremediation. This paper highlights the significance of bioinformatics concepts utilized over the bioremediation fields.
Granulosa Cell Gene Expression is Altered in Follicles from Cows with Differing Reproductive Longevity

Heifers and cows that were culled from the herd due to failure to become pregnant were categorized into groups with low ( 2 and < 6 year) or high (≥ 6 year) fertility. Antral follicle counts were numerically lower in the low group and increased in the moderateand high-fertility group. Granulosa cells from dominant follicles in moderateand high-fertility cows had a greater ratio of Vascular Endo thelial Growth Factor 164 (VEGF164) to VEGF164B compared to the low-fertility cows. Furthermore, there was more CARTPT in granulosa cells from subordinate follicles in moderateand highfertility cows than low. Gene expression is altered in granulosa cells from cows differing in fertility, suggesting these are candidate genes that may be used as markers to assist in determining reproductive longevity in beef cows.
On the Value of Pedagogical Assets 1

University education is facing new strategical changes that will lead to deep structural changes. Course organization is evolving and the organizational decisions have an economical impact. We propose a method to measure the present value of a pedagogical asset under a return rate. We apply the method to three courses in the Computer Science curricula taught at the Facultat d’Informatica de Barcelona of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Tech. A large, compulsory, first year course (PRO1), a medium size undergraduate course (ALG) and a small specialized master course (AGT). Our results highlight that the present value gets higher values as a function of the size of the course and it goes in a negative relationship with respect to the level of computer support involved in their teaching.