Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ultimatum Game Model Based on Facial Trait Inference

The existence of a beauty premium in the labor market suggests that appearance can exert effect in the real world. We explored facial trait inference-especially focused on facial attractiveness and facial trustworthiness-in an Ultimatum Game experiment, which is commonly used to examine economic decision making [1]. Based on the traditional FS model, which clearly described the function of ultimatum game, we modified and made improvements of it and constructed a model that was appropriate for our research. These findings point to important effects of facial trait inferences on decision and provide initial insight into the psychological processes regarding to the decision behavior.
Scrum Maturity Model: Validation for IT organizations’ roadmap to develop software centered on the client role

Within the agile development methodologies context, the topic of client relationship management is strongly focused, mainly due to the importance of collaboration between the development team and its clients. Most clients avoid or are unable to develop a close cooperation with vendor organizations, since it requires a motivation and close participation among key stakeholders in the development processes within and correct usage of the adopted software development methodology. Hence, software development projects fail and become unsuccessful because of this lack of communication. In order to increase the rate of successful projects, this paper will present the journey of the validation process for this roadmap to lead and aid software vendor organizations improve their development processes, concentrating mainly on the client’s role throughout the process. This concept is called Scrum Maturity Model; therefore, our main goal is to validate this concept with organizations that use Scrum agile methodology as their main development process, which turns out to be an viable approach to reduce the rate failed development projects. Keywords-development methodologies; agile methodologies; scrum development methodology; maturity model; action research
Nursing care time and quality indicators at a pediatric and neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Conflicts of interest: no conflicts of interest to declare. Abstract Objective: To analyze the correlation between the mean time of nursing care and care quality indicators in Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units (PNICU). Methods: Quantitative, documentary, correlational research with retrospective data collection, developed at the UTIPN of the University Hospital at the Universidade de São Paulo. The relation between the mean care time spent and the care indicators for the period from January 2008 till July 2013 was verified by means of Spearman’s and Pearson’s Correlation tests. Results: The mean time of nursing care spent on the patients corresponded to the recommendation by Cofen (17.9 hours), but with a lower percentage of nurses than indicated. The correlation between the time of nursing care and the indicator unplanned removal of oral/nasogastric/enteral tube indicates that the availability of time influences the reporting or underreporting of these events. Conclusion: The results evidenced no change in the quality indicators in function of the mean care time, but suggest possible relations with professional experience, nursing team training and educational actions for the ongoing improvement of care processes.
Nuove forme di insegnamento: i videogiochi e l’edutainment

Dopo una panoramica in cui vengono illustrate le origini dell’edutainment e il passaggio del suo utilizzo dalla strumentazione audiovisiva a quella informatica, nel saggio viene fornita una breve introduzione al videogioco come campo d’indagine “serio”, non soltanto semplice strumento di divertimento ma emblema della cultura della simulazione. Vengono presentati esempi di applicazione in contesti scolastici, soffermandosi sulle caratteristiche mediologiche che potrebbero essere sfruttate positivamente in ottica pedagogica. L’ultima parte mette invece in evidenza le criticita e i rischi di un uso non critico del medium videoludico, soprattuto in relazione alle problematiche che la scuola odierna si trova a dover affrontare.
A review of the environmental safety of the Cry1Ab protein.

This document provides a comprehensive review of information and data relevant to the environmental risk assessment of Cry1Ab and presents a summary statement about the environmental safety of this protein. All sources of information reviewed herein are publically available and include: dossiers presented to regulatory authorities; decision summaries prepared by regulatory authorities; peer reviewed literature; and product summaries prepared by product developers.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor, The paper by Wilson, Mage, and Grant entitled “Estimating Separately Personal Exposure to Ambient and Nonambient Particulate Matter for Epidemiology and Risk Assessment: Why and How,” (J. Air & Waste Manage. Assoc. 2000, 50, 1167-1183) has led to a great deal of energetic discussion among environmental health and exposure scientists throughout the country. We feel that it is important that the thrust of these discussions be shared with Journal readers. Our comments relate to the conceptual flaw in the thinking of the authors. For a detailed discussion of the technical aspects of this problematic paper, we refer you to the accompanying letters by Dr. Wayne Ott and Dr. Paul Switzer. The central focus of the paper, the concept of community mean exposure, appears to be directly at odds with the basic tenets of public health: the importance of identification and protection of that part of the population at high risk of preventable disease. The authors of this paper appear to have become so preoccupied with the confusing concept of community mean exposure that they have lost sight of the purpose of conducting environmental research and making public health policy, in other words, the protection of the environment and health of the population. The community mean exposure concept, by definition, erroneously diminishes the importance of identifying the causes of exposure to the high-risk tail of the pollutant exposure distribution, and of identifying and protecting the individuals within our communities that are at risk of developing disease, or of death, due to air pollution. Due to its misleading simplicity, this contrivance may seem attractive; however, in the end, we fear it will lead to the development of poor public health policy.
Paddy Soils in Tropical Asia Part 1. Description of Fertility Characteristics

Tropical Asia is noted as the region where more than 1/4 of the world's population today is concentrated on only 1/16 of the world's land surface. This extraordinarily high population density has been and is being supported by rice cultivation. Paddy soils are found mainly on alluvial lands such as deltas and flood plains of big rivers, coastal plains, fans and lower terraces. Their distribution among different countries in tropical Asia is shown in Table 1. 1 ) Annually a total of some 82 million ha of paddy land is cultivated to rice in this region of the world. As the double cropped rice area, if any, is very small, the above figure can be regarded as the total extent of paddy soils in tropical Asia. These paddy soils are mostly alluvial soils and low humic gley soils (or Entisols and Inceptisols). Grumusols (or Vertisols), reddish-brown earths (or Alfisols), red-yellow podzolic soils (or Ultisols) and latosols (or Oxisols) are also utilized, but to a limited extent. The fertility status of these different soils is naturally different. Even within one group of soils, in particular within alluvia! soils, it differs markedly depending on the nature and the degree of weathering of the parent sediments. Naturally, these differences in fertility result in the differences in productivity of rice. This is particularly true for the extensive agriculture as practised in tropical Asia today. In view of the importance of soil factor in the rice production in tropical Asia, a com­ parative study of paddy soils of the countries in the region has been carried out since 1963. The countries so far covered are India (eastern part), Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, part of Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia (West), Indonesia (Java), and the Philippines. Although a greater part of Burma, Laos, Viet-Nam, East Malaysia, and outer territories of Indonesia are yet to be covered, the results obtained in the past 10 years appear to be quite substantial to draw some generalizations about paddy soils in tropical Asia, especially with respect to their material feature and fertility status. In this series of papers, chemical, mechanical as well as mineralogical data obtained for sample soils will be described and analyzed. In the first paper of the series the data routinely analyzed for characterization of soil fertility will be described.
Mechanick exercises, or the doctrine of handyworks applied to the art of printing

"Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handyworks Applied to the Art of Printing", Joseph Moxon (1683), ed. Theodore Low de Vinne (1896), 464pp. "Typographia - an Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing", Thomas Carson Hansard (1825), 2 vols. , 430/561pp. "John Baskerville - Type Founder and Printer, 1706-1775", Josiah Henry Benton (1914) 78pp, bound with "Two Centuries of Typefounding Annals of the Letter Foundry Established by William Caslon in 1720" (1920), John Findlay McRae, 110pp "The Printer's Grammar. ", (1755), John Smith, 320pp. "A History of the Old English Letter Foundries. " (1887), Talbot Baines Reed, 394pp. , bound with "A Dissertation of English Typographical Founders and Founderies" (1798), Edward Rowe Mores, 91pp. "A Dictionary of the Art of Printing" (1841), William Savage, 824pp. "Printers' Marks - A Chapter in the History of Typography" (1893), William Roberts, 280pp.
Some helminth parasites of Epinephelus morio ( Pisces : Serranidae ) fromthepeninsulaof Yucatan , Mexico by

Moravec, F. , V.M. Vidal-Martinez & M.L. Aguirre-M acedo, 1995. Some helminth parasites ofEpinephelus morio (Pisces: Serranidae) from the Peninsula ofYucatan, Mexico. Studies Nat. Hist. Caribbean Region 72: 55-68. One nematode species, Hysterothylacium eurycheilum, the acanthocephalan Gorgorhynchus clavatus and three larval nematodes, Anisakis typica, Hysterothylacium sp. and Capillariidae gen. sp. parasitizing the red grouper Epinephelus morio, from the Peninsula of Yucatán, South Mexico are described for the first time. New localities, a new host, and the parameters of infection for the five species of helminths are recorded in this paper.
Comparative Study between UMTS , HSDPA and HSUPA 1

The purpose of this research is to effectively analyze the application of 3G especially in relation to the implementation of UMTS technology. An extensive examination of the UMTS architecture will be explained. The prime need of conducting an extensive research on this topic is to get an insight into the principle areas that enhance the speed and data rates of the organizational operations. The study will also incorporate a brief discussion of the HSDPA and HSUPA in the latter part of the paper for better demonstration of the efficacy offered by the 3G technology.
Antimicrobial properties of biosynthesized metallic nanoparticles

Bakalařska prace se věnuje studiu antimikrobialnich vlastnosti bionanokompozitu tvořeneho zlatými a střibrnými nanocasticemi, biosyntetizovanými na křemicitých schrankach rozsivek. Teoreticka cast se zabýva průběhem biosyntezy nanocastic zlata a střibra a antimikrobialnimi vlastnostmi těchto castic vůci sirokemu spektru bakterii ci hub. Cilem experimentalni casti bylo provedeni biosyntezy zlatých a střibrných nanocastic s druhem Diadesmis gallica a nasledne testovani antibakterialnich ucinků bionanokompozitu proti třem vybraným bakterialnim druhům. Připravený kompozit byl rovněž charakterizovan na zakladě transmisni elektronove mikroskopie (zahrnuta je rovněž velikostni distribuce castic), atomove absorpcni spektrometrie a praskove rentgenove difraktometrie. V zavěru jsou diskutovany možne aplikace biosyntetizovaneho kompozitu s antimikrobialnimi vlastnostmi.
D ec 2 01 7 Topology , edge states , and zero-energy states of ultracold atoms in 1 D optical superlattices with alternating onsite potentials or hopping coefficients

One-dimensional superlattices with periodic spatial modulations of onsite potentials or tunneling coefficients can exhibit a variety of properties associated with topology or symmetry. Recent developments of ring-shaped optical lattices allow a systematic study of those properties in superlattices with or without boundaries. While superlattices with additional modulating parameters are shown to have quantized topological invariants in the augmented parameter space, we also found localized or zero-energy states associated with symmetries of the Hamiltonians. Probing those states in ultracold-atoms is possible by utilizing recently proposed methods analyzing particle depletion or the local density of states. Moreover, we summarize feasible realizations of configurable optical superlattices using currently available techniques.
Oviducal anatomy and sperm storage structures in lizards

Gross and histological examination of lizard oviducts was made in 11 species of the family Iguanidae, and in one species of each of the families Gekkonidae and Eublepharidae. Lizard oviducts are bound dorsally by a mesentery which is continuous with the peritoneum, and ventrally by a smooth muscle band which extends from the posterior segment of the vagina to the base of the infundibular ostium. The musculature of the vagina consists of an inner circular smooth muscle layer which is thickened posteriorly, and an outer longitudinal layer which is arranged into longitudinal folds at about the utero‐vaginal transition. In iguanid lizards the vaginal mucosa is arranged into longitudinal folds that extend the entire length of the vagina. Posteriorly, the folds are high and reduced in number. Anteriorly, they decrease gradually in height and become more numerous. In Phyllodactylus homolepidurus fold height and number remain essentially constant through the vagina. Seminal receptacles in the iguanids occur principally in the anterior segment of the vagina. Receptacles in P. homolepidurus (Gekkonidae) and Coleonyx variegatus (Eublepharidae) appear to be confined to the tube between the uterus and the infundibulum. Most receptacles are located adjacent to the oviducal mesentery and to the smooth muscle band.
Batch fabrication of cluster assembled microarrays for chemical sensing

Deposition of clusters from the gas phase is becoming an enabling technology for the production of nanostructured devices. Supersonic clusters beam deposition (SCBD) has been shown as a viable route for the production of nanostructured thin films. By using SCBD and by exploiting aerodynamical effects typical of supersonic beams it is possible to obtain very high deposition rates with a control on neutral cluster mass distribution, allowing the deposition of thin films with tailored nanostructure. Due to high deposition rates, high lateral resolution, low temperature processing, SCBD can be used for the integration of cluster-assembled films on micro- and nanofabricated platforms with limited or no post-growth processing. Here we present the industrial opportunities for batch fabrication of gas sensor microarrays based on transition metal oxide nanoparticles deposited on microfabricated substrates.
Un marco de trabajo de una fábrica de software para el reuso del diseño arquitectónico y de componentes de software

A diferencia de otras áreas de ingeniería, el nivel de reuso en la ingeniería de software es muy bajo. Los sistemas orientados a objetos fallaron en su promesa para crear un mercado de librería de clases. La tecnología de componentes de software está emergiendo como una aproximación que promete alcanzar el nivel de reuso que los sistemas orientados a objetos no pudieron alcanzar. Las plataformas actuales de componentes EJB, COM, . NET y CCM han sido exitosas para lograr ensamblar componentes de software. Sin embargo, en la práctica actual el ensamble de componentes de software es una tarea compleja. Más aún, un diseño realizado para un modelo de componentes, por ejemplo EJB, no puede ser reusado para los otros estándares. El paradigma llamado fábricas de software surge como una alternativa para solucionar esta problemática. Una fábrica de software básicamente involucra el reuso sistemático de recursos como son los requerimientos, diseño arquitectónico, software, y la experiencia de la gente entre otros. Aquí se presenta un marco de trabajo de una fábrica de software, mismo que se enfoca en incrementar el nivel de reuso en dos dimensiones: diseño arquitectónico y componentes de software. Se ilustra la propuesta a través de un caso de estudio para los modelos de componentes de EJB y COM.
Evaluation Study of the Tourism Activity in Jordan in Light of Codes and Conventions of the Global Ethics for Tourism

This article describes ethical issues within the tourism industry in Jordan and to evaluate the current status of Jordanian tourism according to the global code of ethics. The article examined the principle of code of ethics for travel agents business as practiced in Jordan and found that there are several context-specific advantages and disadvantages. The effects on hosts are discussed and it is proposed that interaction problems between tourists and hosts need corrective attention. Tourism code of ethics plays an important role in the prosperity of tourism and serves as a frame of reference for the various stakeholders in the tourism sector. The general finding is that the global code of ethics principles are implemented by the travel agencies in Jordan.
Roflumilast Roflumilast N-oxide Pyridyl N-oxidationCYP 3 A 4 CYP 1 A 2 Urinary excretion

Correspondence: Stephen K Field Health Science Centre, Room 1437 University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr Nw, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1 Tel +1 403 220 8722 Fax +1 403 283 6151 Email sfield@ucalgary.ca Abstract: In April 2010, the European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use recommended approval of roflumilast, a selective phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor, for the “maintenance treatment of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, FEV 1 postbronchodilator less than 50% predicted) associated with chronic bronchitis in adult patients with a history of frequent exacerbations as add-on to bronchodilator treatment”. This decision was based, in part, on the results of several large, international, multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trials of either six or 12 months’ duration that had been undertaken in COPD patients. Roflumilast 500 μg daily improved lung function and reduced exacerbations in patients with more severe COPD, especially those with chronic bronchitis, frequent exacerbations, or who required frequent rescue inhaler therapy in the placebo-controlled trials. It also improved lung function and reduced exacerbations in patients with moderately severe COPD treated with salmeterol or tiotropium. Advantages of roflumilast over inhaler therapy are that it is an oral tablet and only needs to be taken once daily. While taking roflumilast, the most common adverse effects patients experienced were gastrointestinal upset and headache. Weight loss, averaging 2.2 kg, occurred in patients treated with roflumilast. Patients taking roflumilast were more likely to drop out of the trials than patients in the control groups. Patients who discontinued therapy usually did so during the first few weeks and were more likely to have experienced gastrointestinal side effects. Roflumilast is the first selective phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor and will offer physicians another treatment option for patients with more severe COPD.
A Discrete‐Amplitude Pulse Width Modulation for a High‐Efficiency Linear Power Amplifier

A new discrete‐amplitude pulse width modulation (DAPWM) scheme for a high‐efficiency linear power amplifier is proposed. A radio frequency (RF) input signal is divided into an envelope and a phase modulated carrier. The low‐frequency envelope is modulated so that it can be represented by a pulse whose area is proportional to its amplitude. The modulated pulse has at least two different pulse amplitude levels in order that the duty ratios of the pulse are kept large for small input. Then, an RF pulse train is generated by mixing the modulated envelope with the phase modulated carrier. The RF pulse train is amplified by a switching‐mode power amplifier, and the original RF input signal is restored by a band pass filter. Because duty ratios of the RF pulse train are kept large in spite of a small input envelope, the DAPWM technique can reduce loss from harmonic components. Furthermore, it reduces filtering efforts required to suppress harmonic components. Simulations show that the overall efficiency of the pulsed power amplifier with DAPWM is about 60.3% for a mobile WiMax signal. This is approximately a 73% increase compared to a pulsed power amplifier with PWM.
Natural language search of structured documents

This thesis focuses on techniques with which natural language can be used to search for specific elements in a structured document, such as an XML file. The goal is to create a system capable of being trained to identify features, of written English sentence describing (in natural language) part of an XML document, that help identify the sections of said document which were discussed. In particular, this thesis will revolve around the problem of searching through XML documents, each of which describes the play-by-play events of a baseball game. These events are collected from Major League Baseball games between 2004 and 2008, containing information detailing the outcome of every pitch thrown. My techniques are trained and tested on written (newspaper) summaries of these games, which often refer to specific game events and statistics. The choice of these training data makes the task much more complex in two ways. First, these summaries come from multiple authors. Each of these authors has a distinct writing style, which uses language in a unique and often complex way. Secondly, large portions of these summaries discuss facts outside of the context of the play-by-play events of the XML documents. Training the system with these portions of the summary can create a problem due to sparse data, which has the potential to reduce the effectiveness of the system. The end result is the creation of a system capable of building classifiers for natural language search of these XML documents. This system is able to overcome the two aforementioned problems, as well as several more subtle challenges. In addition, several limitations of alternative, strictly feature-based, classifiers are also illustrated, and applications of this research to related problems (outside of baseball and sports) are discussed. Thesis Supervisor: Deb K. Roy Title: Professor, MIT Media Laboratory