Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Enhanced GANs for satellite behavior discovery

Space superiority includes space protection and space situational awareness (SSA), which require rapid and accurate space object behavioral motion and operational intent discovery. The presence of clutter in addition to real-time and hidden information constraints greatly complicates the space awareness decision-making to control both ground-based and spacebased surveillance assets. To increase SSA, generative adversarial networks (GANs) are realizable for rapid discovery of evasive satellite behaviors. Although GANs have shown good results in synthesizing real-world images, GANs “remain remarkably difficult to train” and “approaches to attacking this problem still rely on heuristics that are extremely sensitive to modifications”. This paper describes a modification to a game-theoretic approach to incorporate GANs and train the networks using a general sum game theory. The enhanced GAN model for satellite behavior discovery is called Space unveiled Behavior GAN (SuB-GAN) in this paper. The structure includes training the GANs as a repeated game using a Fictious play concept framework, within which the discriminator (resp. generator) is updated according to the best response to the mixture outputs from a sequence of previously trained. In particular, the discriminator outputs converge to the optimum discriminator function and the mixed output from the sequence of trained generators converges to the data distribution. The simulated training datasets are used to demonstrate the enhanced GANs in the SSA domain. The performance the SuB-GAN is compared with the convolutional neural network (CNN) models showing promising results.
Herding Behavior in the Moroccan Stock Exchange

ABSTRACT This paper aims to examine the existence of herding behavior in the Moroccan Stock Exchange for the period 2007–2017. Thus, we analyze the existence of herding behavior in the overall market and in each one of the four portfolios created according to firms’ capitalizations. We also estimate the impact of liquidity, volatility and asymmetric market states on herding behavior. Results obtained show the existence of herding behavior in the overall market and in all size-based portfolios. Also, results show a positive impact of liquidity and volatility on investors’ herding behavior for the four portfolios and for the overall market.
Spectral degrees of cross-polarization of stochastic anisotropic electromagnetic beams in modified non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence

Based on the extended Huygens–Fresnel principle, variations in generalized Stokes parameters of stochastic anisotropic electromagnetic beams propagating through modified non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence have been analyzed. The changes in generalized Stokes parameters with different turbulence parameters and source parameters were analyzed first. After that, the distributions of the spectral degrees of cross-polarization (SDCP) of isotropic beams and anisotropic beams were simulated. The results show that the profiles of distribution of SDCP of these two kinds of beams are very different in the near field, and will fluctuate through the propagation in atmospheric turbulence, but at last, when the propagation distance is long enough, the difference in the source makes a slight difference in the final profiles of SDCP in the output plane. They mainly depended on the turbulence perturbation, and in the weak turbulence, the profiles of final distribution show more flatter features.
The complete coenzyme B 12 biosynthesis gene cluster of Lactobacillus reuteri CRL 1098

Correspondence Jeroen Hugenholtz jeroen.hugenholtz@nizo.nl Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, TI Food and Nutrition, and NIZO Food Research, Kernhemseweg 2, PO Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, The Netherlands Centro de Referencia para Lactobacilos (CERELA-CONICET), Chacabuco 145 (4000), San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
A Sensitivity Analysis with COSMO-LM at 1 km Resolution over South Italy

The results of a sensitivity analysis based on COSMO-LM (COnsortium for Small-Scale MOdeling—Lokal Model) simulations driven by ECMWF-IFS (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts—Integrated Forecasting System). global data over a domain located in southern Italy are presented. Simulations have been performed at very high resolution (about 1 km). The main aim of this study is to individuate the most sensitive physical and numerical parameters of the model configuration, comparing a set of 18 simulations in terms of temperature and precipitation against ground observations. The parameters that result in having more influence for a proper representation of temperature and precipitation fields are the heat resistance length of laminar layer (which accounts for the high complexity of the interaction of the atmosphere with the underlying surface) and the minimal diffusion coefficient for heat. Temperature values are strongly influenced also by the vertical variation of critical relative humidity. An optimized tuning of these parameters allows COSMO-LM to improve the representation of simulated main features of this area, with significant bias reductions.
1 . 1 Tiles associated to expanding integral matrices

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On the Feature Extraction Method for Restoration Images of Buildings along the Chinese Eastern Railway

Targeted at a locomotive depot, a typical historic building along the Chinese Eastern Railway, this paper extracts and studies the features of typical restoration images of the building on the basis of wavelet packet transformation (WPT), image edge detection, and morphological reconstruction. The results show that, the proposed joint image processing method produces clear results than those of the traditional method, and displays every detail of the images. In reference to the filling results of this paper, the actual restoration achieves good results. Compared with other operators, the proposed edge detection operator, with a better effect than traditional detection operators, is more suitable for building edge extraction. The author identifies the gray level of the depot building in accordance with the histograms, and recommends repairers to adopt the relatively dark red-brown masonry structure to repair the depot walls because the depot building has a high grayscale. The histogram analysis of the second image shows that the original color of the brick wall can be maintained in building restoration, which both preserves the original style of the historic building and makes it more beautiful.
Clinical features of malignant lymphoma in children : a retrospective study of 45 cases

To investigate the clinical, pathological features and prognosis of lymphoma in children. The data of 45 children with malignant lymphoma who were hospitalized during the period from January 2013 to March 2018. The clinical data of 45 children were analyzed. 32 were male and 13 were female. The median age of onset was 10 years. The 27 cases (60%) was in the lymph nodes and 18 cases (40%) was outside the lymph nodes. The extranodal side was common in the abdominal cavity. There was a statistically significant difference between the onset of Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) and Non-hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) (p<0.05). Pathological type HL was mainly classical Hodgkin's lymphoma (CHL), and 11 cases of Burkitt lymphoma (BL) in NHL Next, 8 cases of ALK negative large B-cell lymphoma and 6 cases of T-lymphoblastic lymphoma (TLBL). 41 cases (91.1%) were stage III and IV. Hodgkin's lymphoma was positive for Epstein-Barr virus expression, and had different degrees of infection during or after chemotherapy. 5 cases were negative for EB virus expression. Only 1 of the children had infection during chemotherapy. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma was negative for Epstein-Barr virus expression. Children with malignant lymphoma are mainly NHL, which is more common in male children. The most common pathological types are Burkitt's lymphoma, ALK-internal large B-cell lymphoma and T-lymphoblastic lymphoma. The main site of onset of malignant lymphoma in children is lymph nodes. Hodgkin's lymphoma is associated with EB virus infection.
Consciousness and Perception in Higher-Dimensional Quantum Space-time

A higher-dimensional space-time model is proposed, accounting for nonlocal quantum phenomena while embracing Special Relativity as a limiting case. The Aspect and Megidish experiments are explained within this space-time framework. Time is understood as spatial motion relative to higher dimensions, offering the degrees of freedom demanded by nonlocal effects along with a consistent milieu for Kaluza’s 5-dimensional Einstein-Maxwell theory. Special Relativity and quantum mechanics converge in the higher dimensions to yield the origins of mass while providing a geometrical mechanism relating mass and space-time curvature (gravity). A consciousness model is introduced within the higher-dimensional space-time framework, integrating elements of physics, psychology, philosophy and metaphysics. Evidence from dreams is shown to correspond to both the physical model and the consciousness model. A theory of perception is presented on the foregoing basis.
Acetyleugenol from Acacia nilotica (L.) exhibits a strong antibacterial activity and its phenyl and indole analogs show a promising anti-TB potential

Acetyleugenol is a phytochemical compound with broad effect against infectious diseases and tumors. Here, we extracted, characterized and elucidated the structure of acetyeugenol, for the first time, from the leaves of Acacia nilotica (L.)―a well-known medicinal plant. The broad antibacterial potential of acetyleugenol was first confirmed against seven bacterial pathogenic isolates with best activity against Proteus sp. , Salmonella typhi, Staphylococcu aureus, and Streptococcus pneumonia, which showed similar or better zone of inhibition to that of the control amoxicillin. To further investigate its effect against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, acetyleugenol and its indole and phenyl analogs were subjected to molecular docking experiments against two potential tuberculosis drug targets―MtPknE and MtPknB Ser/Thr protein kinases. The results reveal that all of the analogs have improved docking scores comparing to the acetyleugenol. The indole analogs EUG-1 and EUG-3 were more effective with better docking scores for MtPknE with –11.08 and –10.05 kcal/mol, respectively. Similar results were obtained for the MtPknB. In contrast, only the EUG-2 phenyl analog has given rise to similar docking scores for both targets. This opens the door for further comprehensive studies on these acetyleugenol analogs with in vitro and in vivo experiments to validate and get more insights into their mechanisms of action.
What a corpus-based dictionary

This paper investigates the treatment of antonymy in Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary (2003) in order to find out what kinds of headwords are provided with antonyms as part of their definitions and also discusses the principles for antonym inclusion in the entries. CCALED includes canonical antonyms such as good/bad and dead/alive, as well as more contextually restricted pairings such as hot/mild and flat/fizzy. The vast majority of the antonymic pairings in the dictionary are adjectives. Most of the antonyms are morphologically different from the headwords they define and typically do not involve antonymic affixes such as non-, unor -less. Only just over one-third of the total number of pairs are given in both directions. The principles for when antonyms are included in CCALED are not transparent to us. What a corpus-based dictionary tells us about antonymy
Detection of a magnetic field on HD 108: clues to extreme magnetic braking and the Of?p phenomenon★

We report the detection of a magnetic field on the Of? p star HD 108. Spectropolarimetric observations conducted in 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively, with NARVAL@ Telescope Bernard Lyot (TBL) and Echelle SpectroPolarimetric Device for the Observation of Stars at Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (ESPaDOnS@CFHT) reveal a clear Zeeman signature in the average Stokes V profile, stable on time-scales of days to months and slowly increasing in amplitude on time-scales of years. We speculate that this time-scale is the same as that on which Ha emission is varying and is equal to the rotation period of the star. The corresponding longitudinal magnetic field, measured during each of the three seasons, increases slowly from 100 to 150 G, implying that the polar strength of the putatively dipolar large-scale magnetic field of HD 108 is at least 0.5 kG and most likely of the order of 1-2 kG. The stellar and wind properties are derived through a quantitative spectroscopic analysis with the code CMFGEN. The effective temperature is difficult to constrain because of the unusually strong He lambda lambda 4471, 5876 lines. Values in the range of 33 000-37 000K are preferred. A mass-loss rate of about 10(-7) M(circle dot) yr(-1) (with a clumping factor f = 0.01) and a wind terminal velocity of 2000 km s(-1) are derived. The wind confinement parameter. eta(star) is larger than 100, implying that the wind of HD 108 is magnetically confined. Stochastic short-term variability is observed in the wind-sensitive lines but not in the photospheric lines, excluding the presence of pulsations. Material infall in the confined wind is the most likely origin for lines formed in the inner wind. Wind clumping also probably causes part of the Ha variability. The projected rotational velocity of HD 108 is lower than 50 km s-1, consistent with the spectroscopic and photometric variation time-scales of a few decades. Overall, HD 108 is very similar to the magnetic O star HD 191612 except for an even slower rotation.
Good Robot Design or Machiavellian? An In-the-Wild Robot Leveraging Minimal Knowledge of Passersby's Culture

Social robots are being designed to use human-like communication techniques, including body language, social signals, and empathy, to work effectively with people. Just as between people, some robots learn about people and adapt to them. In this paper we present one such robot design: we developed Sam, a robot that learns minimal information about a person's background, and adapts to this background. Our in-the-wild study found that people helped Sam for significantly longer when it adapted to match their background. While initially we saw this as a success, in re-considering our study we started seeing a different angle. Our robot effectively deceived people (changed its story and text), based on some knowledge of their background, to get more work from them. There was little direct benefit to the person from this adaptation, yet the robot stood to gain free labor. We would like to pose the question to the community: is this simply good robot design, or, is our robot being manipulative? Where does the ethical line lay between a robot leveraging social techniques to improve interaction, and the more negative framing of a robot or algorithm taking advantage of people? How can we decide what is good here, and what is less desirable?
Canonical approach to finite density QCD with multiple precision computation

We calculate the baryon chemical potential ($\mu_B$) dependence of thermodynamic observables, i.e., pressure, baryon number density and susceptibility by lattice QCD using the canonical approach. We compare the results with those by the multi parameter reweighting (MPR) method; Both methods give very consistent values in the regions where errors of the MPR are under control. The canonical method gives reliable results over $\mu_ B/T=3$,with $T$ being temperature. Multiple precision operations play an important roll in the evaluation of canonical partition functions.
M G ] 2 1 A ug 2 01 2 COLLAPSING TOPOLOGY OF ISOLATED SINGULARITIES

We proof here the existence of a topological thick and thin decomposition of any closed definable thick isolated singularity germ in the spirit of the recently discovered metric thick and thin decomposition of complex normal surface singularities of [10]. Our thin zone catches exactly the homology of the family of the links collapsing faster than linearly. Simultaneously we introduce a class of rigid homeomorphisms more general than bi-Lipschitz ones, which map the topological thin zone onto the topological thin zone of its image. As a consequence of this point of view for the class of singularities we consider we exhibit an equivalent description of the notion of separating sets in terms of this fast contracting homology.
Distributed Consensus of Layered Multi-Agent Systems Subject to Attacks on Edges

This paper addresses the consensus problem for two-layered MASs (multi-agent systems) subject to attacks on communication edges. Unlike most existing two-layered MAS models, the considered MASs are allowed to have heterogeneous inner communication topologies between the different layers. By using the linear transformation technique, some sufficient criteria are first given to achieve consensus among the leaders within the leader layer where the condition that the interaction topology has directed spanning trees with a fixed root required in most existing works has been removed. Furthermore, based on the relative outputs, observer-based controllers are designed to achieve node-to-node consensus among the two layers. By developing a new kind of multiple Lyapunov function (MLF) based on a bisection search method, some criteria are established under which the node-to-node consensus error will converge into a bounded set asymptotically. It is interestingly found that a less conservative average dwell time (ADT) constraint is obtained for achieving node-to-node consensus by utilizing the proposed MLF compared with that yielded by the traditional MLF constructed from nonsingular $M$ matrix theory. Moreover, we show that consensus can be achieved asymptotically in the layered MASs with the same inner topology subject to synchronous attacks under some suitable conditions. Finally, the effectiveness of the criteria is verified by simulation on networking linear oscillators.
Architectural Implications of Graph Neural Networks

Graph neural networks (GNN) represent an emerging line of deep learning models that operate on graph structures. It is becoming more and more popular due to its high accuracy achieved in many graph-related tasks. However, GNN is not as well understood in the system and architecture community as its counterparts such as multi-layer perceptrons and convolutional neural networks. This letter tries to introduce the GNN to our community. In contrast to prior work that only presents characterizations of GCNs, our work covers a large portion of the varieties for GNN workloads based on a general GNN description framework. By constructing the models on top of two widely-used libraries, we characterize the GNN computation at inference stage concerning general-purpose and application-specific architectures and hope our work can foster more system and architecture research for GNNs.
Brownian Covariance and Central Limit Theorem for Stationary Sequences

In this paper, using a Brownian motion we define a new type of covariance for random vectors with a finite second moment. The advantage of Brownian covariance is in the fact that it is equal to zero if and only if the random vectors are independent. We can apply Brownian covariance to random vectors, generally speaking, of different sizes if it is invariant with respect to rotations of axes where the data are given. If, in the definition of Brownian covariance, we replace Brownian motion by an identical function, then we obtain a modulus of the classical Pearson covariance coefficient, and therefore, Brownian covariance generalizes the classical. Brownian covariance is applied to the proof of necessary and sufficient conditions for the validity of the central limit theorem for random sequences which are stationary in a narrow sense.
THE VALUE OF SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM BSMI VDR GENE IN PATIENTS WITH ATOPIC DERMATITIS

your fear. If it is more than six, you need to work on your condition, because it is already capable of harming your health. Conclusion. The proposed technique is simple to implement and quite effective. In addition, there are several quite effective psycho-hygienic methods of dealing with excessive anxiety. But it’s necessary keep in mind that any psychological technique is not a magic pill of instant action. All these exercises will be effective only if to repeat them regularly.
Title Familiar face + novel face = familiar face ? Representationalbias in the perception of morphed faces in chimpanzees

Highly social animals possess a well-developed ability to distinguish the faces of familiar from novel conspecifics to induce distinct behaviors for maintaining society. However, the behaviors of animals when they encounter ambiguous faces of familiar yet novel conspecifics, e.g., strangers with faces resembling known individuals, have not been well characterised. Using a morphing technique and preferential-looking paradigm, we address this question via the chimpanzee’s facial–recognition abilities. We presented eight subjects with three types of stimuli: (1) familiar faces, (2) novel faces and (3) intermediatemorphed faces that were 50% familiar and 50%novel faces of conspecifics. We found that chimpanzees spent more time looking at novel faces and scanned novel faces more extensively than familiar or intermediate faces. Interestingly, chimpanzees looked at intermediate faces in a manner similar to familiar faces with regards to the fixation duration, fixation count, and saccade length for facial scanning, even though the participant was encountering the intermediate faces for the first time. We excluded the possibility that subjects merely detected and avoided traces of morphing in the intermediate faces. These findings suggest a bias for a feeling-of-familiarity that chimpanzees perceive familiarity with an intermediate face by detecting traces of a known individual, as 50% alternation is sufficient to perceive familiarity. Subjects Animal Behavior, Evolutionary Studies
Adult Education Theories: Informing Cooperative Extension's Transformation

As the largest adult education institution in America, Cooperative Extension should ground organizational operations in adult education theory. This connection with theory is especially important as Extension systems work towards organizational transformation to create more participatory and democratic learning. Adult education theories of transformative learning and critical reflection from a critical theory perspective are especially pertinent to inform this type of transformation. This requires that Extension create opportunities for learners to experience disorienting dilemmas, critically reflect on their assumptions, and facilitate how to learn not just what to learn.
Adrenal Adiponectin and Insulin Sensitivity in Primary Aldosteronism

D ow naded rom http/academ ic.p.com /ajh/artibstract/20/8/ Background: A high prevalence of metabolic syndrome has been reported in primary aldosteronism. Low levels of adiponectin, an adipokine with insulin-sensitizing properties, are considered a hallmark of the metabolic syndrome. We evaluated the relationship between adiponectin and insulin sensitivity in primary aldosteronism, with and without metabolic syndrome, compared with essential hypertension.