Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Monopole correlations in holographically flavored liquids

Many-body systems with a conserved U(1) current in (2+1) dimensions may be probed by weakly gauging this current and studying correlation functions of magnetic monopole operators in the resulting dynamical gauge theory. We study such monopole correlations in holographic liquids with fundamental flavor, where the monopole operator is dual to a magnetically charged particle in the bulk. In charge-gapped phases, the monopole operator is expected to condense. We show that this condensation is holographically dual to the capping off of the bulk flavor brane and compute the monopole condensate. We argue that from the lower-dimensional point of view, this may be understood as a simple example of confinement of a gauge field in the bulk. In a compressible finite-density phase, we present a novel calculation of the monopole correlation in space and time: the correlation is power law in time but Gaussian in space due to interaction with the background charge density.
Speaker Specific Features in Vowels

Speech communication is one of the fields of interest of Artificial Intelligence. Part of this process is the ability of the listener to recognize the speaker, a goal automatic speaker recognition (ASR) also tries to achieve. ASR can then be used in, for example, speaker verification systems for security purposes. To accomplish the goal of speaker recognition, information that is characteristic for a particular speaker needs to be recovered from the speech sound. However, speech sounds can differ in several ways: the content of the utterance, the situation in which it is said, and the speaker who expresses it. The last source of variation, the speaker, is the only one of interest to ASR. We were interested in the features in speech sounds that are speaker specific and can therefore be used to automatically discriminate between speakers. Formants are speaker specific and we developed a method to resolve formants from a the cochleogram of a speech sound. For three vowels we investigated whether particular characteristics of their formants are speaker specific and we found this is true for most of the characteristics.
An Integrative Approach To Teaching And Learning At The Professional Level For Graduate Engineers In Industry

While traditional engineering education and graduate outreach programs are primarily based on the didactic approach to teaching and learning, namely the transmission and acquisition of knowledge, it is now apparent that an educational transformation and a different approach to teaching and learning is needed at the advanced professional level for graduate engineers in industry. At present, graduate education in engineering is primarily a byproduct of research, based on a science-driven model of technology, largely set in place in 1945 by the Bush report, “Science: The Endless Frontier. ” 1
Facebook Self-(Re)Presentation and the Employers' Practice of Using It as a Recruitment Tool

The online social networks allow individuals to continuously create and model their self-presentations and representations. Facebook stands for a relevant example as people are given the uncensored opportunity to unfold their online selves according to their interests, preferences, goals and expectations. The current research aims at investigating the way students (re)present themselves on Facebook social networks and their readiness to consider the implications of Facebook usage as a recruitment tool by the current employers. As more and more people use figurative photos to present themselves on Facebook, it becomes important to understand whether the users are aware of the consequences derived from uninspired choices when it comes to future employment. Neither the virtual, nor the physical self can ever truly be liberated from the other and the association between them may become an advantage and a disadvantage at the same time. The investigation is concentrated on the personâ€™s perception, taking into consideration the reasons for profile pictures and album photos selection, for the generated content and its effects on the online identity. The analysis relies on a sociological survey based on self-administered questionnaires â€“ 89 undergraduate students from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest participated to the research we conducted during two weeks in April 2013. The data analysis validates the main hypothesis is that studentsâ€™ self-presentation through their Facebook profiles follows the offline personal data and is not influenced by potential employersâ€™ assessments. The main objective of this paper is to present a manner of using Facebook for faculties in order to better communicate with students. Thus our research is based upon previous examples from academic literature and upon a pilot study conducted online, using a self-administrated questionnaire applied on students from the College of Communication and Public Relations at the National School of Political Science and Public Administration in Bucharest. Based on their answers, this article proposes some recommendations for using Facebook for university staff and professors.
A Novel Approach to Reduce Area and Powerfor FFT Implementation

The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is a critical block widely used in digital signal processing algorithm. With the advent of semiconductor processing technology in VLSI system, different approaches had been tried in order to optimize the algorithm for a wide variety of parameters such as area, power and speed. In this paper, we propose to design a FFT block which is capable of computing N point FFT based on Radix-2 Decimation-In-Time (DIT) architecture with carry select adder (CSLA) and a gate level modification to CSLA. Here our goal is to implement Radix-2 N-point FFT in hardware using hardware language (VHDL). Simulation of design units is done in ModelSim- Altera Starter Edition and synthesized using Xilinx ISE 8.1. The overall area and power are reduced
AN ORGANIZATION-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY TURNOVER

Although there are many individual-level models of turnover, little research has examined the effects of human resource management practices on quit rates and discharge rates at the organizational level. This study used organization-level data from 227 organizations in the trucking industry to explore this issue. Results show that human resource management practices predict quit rates and discharge rates hut that the determinants of each are quite different. Implications are derived and directions for future research suggested.
Population Structure of Fusarium graminearum from Maize and Rice in 2009 in Korea

We performed diagnostic PCR assays and a phylogenetic analysis using partial sequences of TEF1 (translation elongation factor-1) to determine the trichothecene chemotypes and genetic diversity of F. graminearum isolates from maize and rice samples collected in 2009 in Korea. PCR using a species-specific primer set revealed a total of 324 isolates belonging to the putative F. graminearum species complex. PCR with trichothecene chemotypespecific primers revealed that the nivalenol (NIV) chemotype was predominant among the fungal isolates from rice (95%) in all provinces examined. In contrast, the predominant chemotype among the corn isolates varied according to region. The deoxynivalenol (DON) chemotype was found more frequently (66%) than the NIV chemotype in Gangwon Province, whereas the NIV chemotype (70%) was predominant in Chungbuk Province. Phylogenetic analysis showed that all DON isolates examined were clustered into lineage 7, while the NIV isolates resided within lineage 6 (F. asiaticum). Compared with previous studies, the lineage 6 isolates in rice have been predominantly maintained in southern provinces, while the dominance of lineage 7 in maize has been evident in Gangwon at a slightly reduced level.
Short-Term Benthic Recolonization after Dredging in the Harbour of Ceuta, North Africa

The benthic recovery after dredging (area: 2625 m 2 ) was studied in a polluted and enclosed area of the harbour of Ceuta, in which the recolonization through the water column (larvae and adult bedload transport) could be limited by the lack of renewal. The benthos was sampled at two sites (control and dredged) using a van Veen grab and adopting a BACI (Before, After, Control, Impacted) approach. Five samplings were conducted after dredging (3, 15, 30, 90, 180 days). The proportion of gravel in the sediment of the dredged site increased after dredging, while the organic matter decreased. The impact on the community was estimated at species level, using both univariate and multivariate analyses. The maximum negative effect on benthic macrofauna was a reduction by 65% for species richness (15 days after dredging) and by 75% for abundance (3 days after dredging). Between 15 and 30 days after dredging, the abundance of some species such as the molluscs Parvicardium exiguum and Retusa obtusa and the polychaete Pseudomalacoceros tridentata increased considerably in the dredged site, while typicalopportunistic� species such as Capitella capitata were disfavoured by the disturbance. For this small-scale dredging, about 6 months are required for the disturbed area to re- establish a sediment structure and a macrobenthic community similar to the undisturbed area. Small-patch dredging operations are proposed in harbour manage- ment whenever possible, since they allow a quick re-adjustment of the initial sediment structure and benthic communities.
Empirical Evaluation for the Conceptual Interoperability Analysis Approach: A Controlled Experiment Design

Building interoperation among separately developed software units requires checking their conceptual assumptions and constraints. However, eliciting such assumptions and constraints is time consuming and is a challenging task as it requires analyzing each of the interoperating software units. To address this issue we proposed a new conceptual interoperability analysis approach which aims at decreasing the analysis cost and the conceptual mismatches between the interoperating software units. In this report we present the design of a planned controlled experiment for evaluating the effectiveness, efficiency, and acceptance of our proposed conceptual interoperability analysis approach. The design includes the study objectives, research questions, statistical hypotheses, and experimental design. It also provides the materials that will be used in the execution phase of the planned experiment.
Effects of fertilisation on rhizospheric and heterotrophic soil CO2 efflux in boreal Norway spruce stands

There are strong indications that the global mean temperature is rising. The increase in temperature is mainly attributed to the increase in the atmospheric CO2 concentration, [CO2], the result of anthropogenic emissions from burning fossil fuels and changes in land-use, mainly deforestation. The total emissions of CO2 cannot be accounted for by the measured increase in [CO2], nor by the amounts estimated to be taken up by oceans and terrestrial ecosystems, hence there is a missing sink for CO2, where the boreal forest may play an important role. The tree growth in boreal forests is limited by climate and nutrients, hence could a warmer climate, and more available nutrients, increase production. Increased temperature may, however, also accelerate decomposition of soil organic matter. Since production and decomposition is affected by the availability of nutrients, increased N-deposition or forest fertilisation may mitigate the effects of global warming. The main objective of the present study was to determine the effects of nutrient supply on soil respiratory components in a boreal Norway spruce forest, especially the effects on heterotrophic and rhizospheric activity. To partition soil respiration into these components, tree-girdling, which terminates the carbohydrate supply from photosynthesis to the rhizospheric component, was used. The study was conducted in 40-year-old Norway spruce stands in Northern Sweden, which were growing at growth-limiting and optimised availability of soil nutrients, respectively. During the period of annual maxima of soil respiration, fertilisation decreased rhizospheric soil CO2 efflux by approximately 50%. Also heterotrophic soilCO2 efflux was approximately 40% lower in fertilised plots, than in non-fertilised plots, despite a three-fold higher above-groundproduction in thefertilised plots. In conclusion forest fertilisation contributes to C sequestration by increasing biomass production as well as retarding decomposition of soil organic matter.
COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF RUNOFF AND ITS COMPONENTS IN TWO CATCHMENTS OF UPPER INDUS BASIN BY USING A SEMI DISTRIBUTED GLACIO-HYDROLOGICAL MODEL

Abstract. The hydrology of Upper Indus basin is not recognized well due to the intricacies in the climate and geography, and the scarcity of data above 5000 m a.s. l where most of the precipitation falls in the form of snow. The main objective of this study is to measure the contributions of different components of runoff in Upper Indus basin. To achieve this goal, the Modified positive degree day model (MPDDM) was used to simulate the runoff and investigate its components in two catchments of Upper Indus basin, Hunza and Gilgit River basins. These two catchments were selected because of their different glacier coverage, contrasting area distribution at high altitudes and significant impact on the Upper Indus River flow. The components of runoff like snow-ice melt and rainfall-base flow were identified by the model. The simulation results show that the MPDDM shows a good agreement between observed and modeled runoff of these two catchments and the effects of snow and ice are mainly reliant on the catchment characteristics and the glaciated area. For Gilgit River basin, the largest contributor to runoff is rain-base flow, whereas large contribution of snow-ice melt observed in Hunza River basin due to its large fraction of glaciated area. This research will not only contribute to the better understanding of the impacts of climate change on the hydrological response in the Upper Indus, but will also provide guidance for the development of hydropower potential and water resources assessment in these catchments.
Vocabulary and Reading Performances of Redesignated Fluent English Proficient Students.

In this article, the researchers examined general vocabulary, academic vocabulary, and reading comprehension growth trajectories of adolescent redesignated fluent English proficient (RFEP) students using individual growth modeling analysis. The sample included 1,226 sixth- to eighth-grade RFEP students from six middle schools in an urban school district in California. Students completed up to four waves of reading-related measures during a 2-year time period. Findings indicate that (a) students’ scores on vocabulary and reading assessments were positively correlated with their years since redesignation and (b) students on average showed growth over time on all outcomes and the rate of growth did not differ by their years since redesignation. The results suggest that recently redesignated students may need sustained support to ensure continued progress in their English language development.
The Two Sides of Euroscepticism

This article aims to make a three-fold contribution to the study of Euroscepticism in the wider Europe. First, it presents a two-dimensional conceptualization of party positions on European integration in general, and of Euroscepticism in particular, distinguishing between diffuse and specific support for European integration (i.e. `support for the ideas of European integration' and `support for the EU'). Second, it analyses the location, type, and electoral strength of party-based Euroscepticism in the four candidate countries of East Central Europe - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Third, it contributes to the ideology vs. strategy debate, showing that ideology is the dominant explanation for both types of support, although strategy at times plays a role in explaining specific support.
Measurement of Family Economic Status

The concept of family economic has become important around the world. It has been realized that communities based family economic can play a fundamental role in poverty alleviation. Measuring of family economic status is an important step in developing family economic strategies to achieve poverty reduction. This paper used qualitative approaches to illustrated family economic status. The purpose of this study is to explore the concept and indictors of family economic. The literature derived from my study in family economic management.
The mtlD Gene-overexpressed Transgenic Wheat Tolerates Salt Stress Through Accumulation of Mannitol and Sugars

The mtlD gene-contained transgenic wheat has established the role of mannitol and sugars accumulation in alleviating the abiotic stresses, including salinity. This study was conducted to determine whether the 85 mM NaCl-salinity could be tolerated by wheat (genotype 235/3) plants of which seeds were transformed with mtlD gene (from Escherichia coli ). The effects of mtlD gene transformation into wheat seeds on growth traits, physio-biochemical attributes, and yield and its quality of transgenic wheat genotype were investigated compared to non-transgenic wheat genotype under 85 mM NaCl-salinity. Results showed that mtlD gene-contained transgenic plants had improved salt tolerance over non-transgenics, showing by better growth traits (i.e., number of leaves and leaf area per plant, root system size and plant dry weights), physio-biochemical attributes (i.e., levels of leaf chlorophylls, shoot free proline, total soluble sugars, soluble sugar fractions and mannitol, activities of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants, and contents of nutrient elements), yield (i.e., number of spikes and grain weight per plant, and 1000-grain weight) and yield quality (i.e., grain contents of starch, protein and soluble sugars). The mtlD gene transformation into wheat seeds appears to a better strategy to increase salt tolerance of plants through increased performance of mannitol and sugar accumulation, showing more of their salt stress-protecting role. The best performing mtlD transgenics could be incorporated in a breeding program to accumulate transgenes for stress tolerance in elite wheat genotypes in a step to commercialize these transgenics with the proper level of salt tolerance.
Marine Environment Corrosion on Coastal Structures

The impact of the marine environment on the coastal structures was reported since the middle of the XIX century. In order to test the aggressiveness potential of the Black Sea water on the coastal constructions, between the years 2009-2010, a seawater sampling program was carried out in the Navodari Vama Veche sector of the Romanian coastline. Therefore, seawater samples were collected from 15 locations situated along the Black Sea coastline in order to determine their action on coastal constructions. For all the samples the pH, electrical conductivity, salinity were determined in-situ and presented normal values. The aggressiveness of the seawater samples was determined in laboratory, through a parallel analysis of the SO4 and Mg ions concentrations in seawater compositions. The results showed the presence of MgSO4 in the analyzed samples, which affected the mortars used in determinations even after 3 months of storage. It was also observed that the only materials resistant to the water aggressiveness were the mortars with 20% dolomitic limestone. Additionally, the investigation determined that the seawater aggressiveness affects not only the concrete structure but also has a great impact on the metallic parts found in these structures by highly corroding them, as seen for the Mamaia Bridge, build in 1935, the hydrotechnics nodes and other coastal structures.
Significance of Source Information for Text Dependent Speaker Verification

This work focuses on text dependent speaker verification system where a source feature specifically residual Mel frequency cepstral coefficients (RMFCC), has been extracted in addition to a vocal tract system feature namely Mel frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCC). The RMFCC features are derived from the LP residuals whereas MFCC features are derived from the cepstral analysis of the speech signal. Thus, these two features have different information about the speaker. A four cohort speaker’s set has been prepared using these two features and dynamic time warping (DTW) is used as the classifier. Performance comparison of the text dependent speaker verification model using MFCC and RMFCC features are enumerated. Experimental results shows that, using RMFCC feature alone do not give satisfactory results in comparison to MFCC. Also, the system’s performance obtained using the MFCC features, is not optimum. So, to improve the performance of the system, these two features are combined together using different combination algorithms. The proposed lowest ranking method yields good performance with an equal error rate (EER) of 7.50%. To further improve the efficiency of the system, the proposed method is combined along with the strength voting and weighted ranking method in the hierarchical combination method to obtain an EER of 3.75%.
Influence of organizational capabilities and environmental factors on internationalization strategy of SMEs

The study discusses organizational capabilities in relation to entrepreneurial experience, innovation, networking and external environmental factors consisting of industry and market, international network relationship, international innovativeness and international market skill to explain internationalization of SMEs. The paper draws on theoretical push and pull framework to explain the constructs and present the intermediating factor between push and pull forces and internationalization of SMEs. The review of literature shows that international entrepreneurial orientation and export promotion program as intermediating variables in the model can increase or lessen the interactive forces of pull and push factors. The study discussed evidence of relationship between the research constructs and how the interactive forces influence the internationalization of SMEs.
Vesicle and Cell Networks: Interconnecting Cells by Synthetic Polymers

Water-soluble polymers carrying a small fraction of hydrophobic groups are able to insert these groups into the hydrophobic interior of lipid bilayers or membranes. Under certain conditions such polymers can interconnect different vesicles or biological cells. With increasing polymer concentration this leads to the formation of a three-dimensional network. In this paper we report about the preparation and a first characterization of the structure and the mechanical properties of these new vesicle−polymer and polymer−cell gels composed of α,ω-cholesterol-modified poly(oxyethylene) and dimethyldioctadecylammonium chloride vesicles or living cells.
The Study of Intelligence Profiles Between Islands: A Preliminary Study Towards Norm Development

The aim of this study was to compare the intelligence of Indonesians residing in different islands using the Indonesian WAIS-IV (WAIS-IV-ID), which could be further considered in standardized norm development. Statistical analyses using ANOVAs were performed on the 15 subtests, four indices, and the Full-Scale Intelligence Quotient (FSIQ) of the WAIS-IV-ID. This study involved 506 healthy participants, the majority were females, in productive age-groups ranging from 16 to 59 years old, and from middle educational background. Results showed that three indices and 13 subtest scores had significant results and the sample from Java Island had significantly higher scores than the sample from Sumatra, Borneo, and Sulawesi Islands. Based on the conducted analysis, the normative data of the WAIS-IV-ID need to be classified differently between islands or between Java Island and Non-Java Island for more accurate score interpretation. The interpretations and implications of the findings are discussed.