Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Rail Catchment Analysis in the Greater Dublin Area

This paper sets out to study the relevance of techniques used in Irish planning to determine walking catchments of rail corridors and identify the implications of this for the planning system. Within Irish Planning the Euclidean method (a circle on a map) tends to be the most accepted means of determining a rail station’s walking catchment and assumes a walkable distance of 1km to all stations as set out in Department of Environment Heritage and Local Government (DoEHLG) guidelines, 2009. Research shows that there is limited literature available concerning the relevance of the method and the measurements used in Ireland. The study consists of a user survey being undertaken at 8 rail stations in Dublin, with stations on both a heavy rail and a light rail system, the Dart and Luas respectively . The bulk of the research consists of questionnaire and observational surveys being carried out at each station. Detailed analysis of results provided the following findings and conclusions:  Different travel patterns appeared between people accessing heavy rail transit (HRT) and those accessing light rail transit (LRT);  Walking catchments are significantly affected by the provision of other competing transit networks and the distance of a station relative to the urban centre;  1km is not an overriding walking distance that can be applied to every rail network;  The ArcGIS Network approach of mapping real walking catchments is a much more effective method than the more commonly used Euclidean method.
An upper bound to the frequency dependence of the cryogenic vacuum-gap capacitor

In attempting to develop a capacitance standard based on the charge of the electron, one question which has been open for many years is the frequency dependence of the vacuum-gap cryogenic capacitor; the crucial difficulty has been: How do we measure frequency dependence down to 0.01 Hz? In this paper, we succeed in putting an upper bound on the frequency dependence, from 0.01 Hz to 1 kHz, of about 2 × 10−7. We do this by considering a model for the dispersion in the surface insulating films on the surface of the Cu electrodes; the crucial prediction of this model is that the dispersion falls to very low values at low temperatures. By measuring the frequency dependence over a restricted range of frequencies, we have verified this prediction, and thus provide adequate support to conclude that the model is correct. We also point out that, independent of the capacitance standard, this cryogenic capacitor provides a frequency-independent standard for measurements in fields such as the low-temperature dynamics of amorphous materials.
Evocative Anatomization through Cosaliency Technique

Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Agni College of Technology, India . ABSTRACT Saliency detection approaches a computer vision system for selecting the subset of interesting regions in each input image is processed and analyzed. To detect co-salient images objects professionally, first we use the pre-attentive scheme and then measure the similarity between multiple salient regions to locate the co-salient regions among the group of images. Cosaliency Detection is slightly different technique for simultaneously extracting common salient objects in multiple related images. Conversely, the co-occurring objects detected in image sequences which are visually salient in nature. The Schema of an image processing designed to make the different formats from a copy of the image and to retrieve detailed description about the contents involved. From an existing photograph images, the standard solution will be detecting the noticeable object. Complete experiments of the proposed method over varied publicly available benchmark data sets reveal consistent performance gains over the state-of-the art cosaliency detection methods. The focus of interest detected such as co-occurring objects can benefit the tedious manual labeling process in image frames routinely. In addition, sparse coding is worn for dictionary learning and to update that pre-attentive patch set in co-salient objects.
Alternatif Pengukuran Luas Lubang Jalan Berbasis Data Video Menerapkan Threshold-based Marking dan GLCM

One obstacle that causes the slow progress of road repairment is the measurement of the pothole area. In this process, calculation of area in each pothole is done. Measurement process nowadays is manually performed by using a conventional tool (such as roll meter) with the help of human entirely. This research objective is to develop the system for detecting and measuring pothole area, by implementing the threshold-base marking and GLCM method in asphalt surface video. The system consists of two stages starting with candidate pothole detection using threshold-based marking then continued by classification process based on feature vector obtained through the GLCM. The results show that the accuracy rate of 91.67% system with a time of 0.08 seconds to process each frame. keywords: Pothole, Image detection, GLCM Salah satu kendala yang menyebabkan lambatnya perbaikan jalan yaitu pada proses pengukuran kerusakan jalan. Pada proses ini, dilakukan penghitungan luas tiap-tiap kerusakan. Proses pengukuran saat ini dilakukan secara manual menggunakan alat ukur sederhana (roll meter) dengan bantuan tenaga manusia sepenuhnya. Pada penelitian ini dikembangkan suatu sistem deteksi dan pengukuran kerusakan jalan khususnya lubang, berbasis data video, dengan menerapkan threshold-based marking dan GLCM. Sistem terdiri atas 2 tahapan, dimulai dengan mendeteksi kemungkinan area lubang menggunakan threshold-based marking dilanjutkan dengan klasifikasi berdasarkan vektor ciri yang diperoleh melalui GLCM. Hasil pengujian menunjukkan bahwa tingkat akurasi sistem sebesar 91.67% dengan waktu proses 0,08 detik untuk setiap frame. kata kunci: Lubang jalan, Deteksi citra, GLCM
Are the Asymmetric Risks Upstream in Islamic Banks an Obstacle to the Principle of Money as a Relay to Capital

Banks in developing countries are too much liquidity, result of the poor sectoral allocation of resources, caused by their inefficiency in the production of information and in the management of risk. The economies of developing countries are, also, in a context of financial repression where the rates are capped at low levels paying evil savings and do not favor the formation of capital. The great importance of liquidity at the strict sense M1 in the monetary mass (80% according to Goldsmith, 1969) in the economies of developing countries and the lack of substitutability between physical capital and financial capital established by McKinnon (1973) brings him to advocate for these economies the principle of money as a relay to capital. The alternative posed by Islamic banks, effective in the production of information (Alim B., 2011) and in the risk management (Khan M., 1986; Alim B., 2011) favorable to a better sectoral policy, faced to a peculiar asymmetric risk upstream of the financing operation. The purpose of the study is to show that this risk, mainly financial, has such effect to reduce or even eliminate the utility of depositors and may constitute a barrier to the principle of money as a relay to capital. If Islamic banking is recommendable because adapted to the financing of emerging economies, it should be defined for this system the management mechanisms of this type of risk with evident impact.
An Interactive System for Light-Art-Like Representation of Human Silhouettes

Light art represents various objects by a light stroke drawn in the air. It takes about 10 to 30 seconds to create a light art picture, binding these pictures we could create a light art movie. It is a time-consuming task because we need large number of frames to create a movie. This paper presents a light-art-like interactive system. This system extracts the edges of human body by using depth information, and then displays them as light art in real time. As an on-going work, we are improving the reality of light art generated by this system, by implementing continuous line generation and hand-drawing-mimicking deformation algorithms.
Kaitan antara iklim etis dengan intention to stay dijelaskan

One important issue in the social interaction in organizations is a matter of nepotism because workers’ perceptions of nepotism affect job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to stay. The purpose of this study was to test and develop theoretical models of nepotism in relation to intention to stay within the framework of Equity Theory and Organizational Justice. Simple random sampling was using to choose respondent and data was analysis using Partial Least Square (PLS). Empirical data proving that nepotism should be measured by indicators from the perspective of reflexive ethical and not just by looking at family relationships/kinship. Hotel Melati managers are advised to use a Familiar management style and recruit workers from the local environment to increase endurance (survival) of hotels in the neighborhood. The model needs to be examined on organizations with different characteristics and are advised to include other variables as a mediating or moderator variable.
Are matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors reliable diagnosis biomarkers and attractive therapeutic targets in endometriosis

: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) are expressed in the human endometrium during the menstrual cycle, in particular to induce substantial extracellular matrix breakdown underlying menstruation. Endometriosis (EM) is characterized by the presence of endometrial tissue at ectopic locations. Because EM is thought to often develop from retrograde menstruation followed by implantation of menstrual tissue fragments at ectopic sites, endometrial MMPs and TIMPs were rapidly suspected as contributors to EM development and progression, generating hope for their use as biomarkers to facilitate EM diagnosis and as potential targets for developing new therapies against EM. Here, we not only summarize a substantial literature supporting the presence of MMPs and TIMPs in eutopic and ectopic endometrium of EM patients but also highlight frequent controversies on expression changes and the difficulty in identifying systematic MMP/TIMP differential regulation associated with the disease. Moreover, by reanalyzing publicly available data from a whole genome transcriptomic study, we show that occasional and unexplained endometrial overexpression of selective MMPs regardless of the disease and phase of the menstrual cycle rather discourages the use of eutopic MMPs and TIMPs as diagnosis biomarkers. However, we also review multiple studies using rodent models that collectively provide strong support to the contribution of MMPs in EM development and progression, and therefore to further investigations aiming at targeting MMP activity, especially in light of recent advances in new MMP inhibitors.
Spatial Regulation of Defense-Related Genes Revealed by Expression Analysis usingDissected Tissues of Rice Leaves Inoculated with Magnaporthe oryzae

Spatial Regulation of Defense- Related Genes Revealed by Expression Analysis using Dissected Tissues of Rice Leaves Inoculated with Magnaporthe oryzae Gene expression profiles in response to inoculation with Magnaporthe oryzae at infected and adjacent cells obtained by microarray coupled with laser microdissection (LMD) were compared with results of microarray expression profiling using RNAs from pathogen infected whole leaves (WL). Genes whose expression was up-regulated following inoculation with the fungus were classified into two categories: group A indicates those whose increased expression was detected both in LMD- and WLmicroarrays, while group B indicates genes of which the expression was detected at significantly higher levels in WL-microarray than LMD-microarray. Interestingly, genes encoding enzymes for the biosynthesis of diterpenoid phytoalexins were exclusively found in group A, while pathogenesis-related (PR) genes were found in both groups A and B.
Ecohydrology of a seasonal cloud forest in Dhofar: 1. Field experiment

We describe the ecohydrology of a unique semiarid broadleaf deciduous forest in Dhofar (Oman). The forest is surrounded by desert and is confined to a coastal area, where the summer wet season is characterized by a persistent dense cloud immersion. Using field observations, we show how clouds render the ecosystem particularly water conserving and therefore create a niche for a moist forest biome in a semiarid area in three ways. First, horizontal precipitation (collection of cloud droplets on tree canopies) added valuable water, such that about two times as much water was received below the canopy (net precipitation) compared to above (rainfall). Second, high stemflow, of about 30% to net precipitation, led to concentrated water input around the stems. Third, transpiration was suppressed during the cloudy summer season, which allowed for storage of the received water. It was only used after the end of the wet season and lasted for the following 3 months, which roughly doubled the length of the growing season. Our results demonstrate that cloud immersion may shape ecosystem hydrology in significant ways, particularly in semiarid environments.
DEFINITION AND ANALYSIS OF A LEAN COMMUNICATION THEORY

Today, many companies offer a wide choice of IT tools to support collaboration of local and remote teams. However, studies show an impediment introducing these new tools into existing business processes, and reveal a preference for established and sometimes even analogue working methods. Since new IT tools very often are used for the wrong task, their benefit appears questionable, which results in user objections. However, this is not due to technical problems, but because of a missing behavioural when using communication tools. In this paper, we address the question whether users are aware of using communication tools correctly, and how the existing communication behaviour could optimized. To face these questions, we analyze the current behavioral communication code, present an easy-to-use lean communication theory with a manual to support each user’s learning process, and analyze its benefits within a user study. The user manual addresses specific situation-related communication challenges, and offers a toolindependent decision process. The goal is to focus on the user’s needs, and to reduce the ramp-up time for launching supportive IT tools.
Development of antibody-based microarray assay for quantitative detection of aflatoxin B1

BACKGROUND: Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) is a toxic metaboliteproduced by Aspergillus species that contaminates a wide range ofagricultural products. OBJECTIVES: This study was designed todevelop a rapid and highly sensitive immunoassay method inmicroarray format for quantitative detection of AFB1 to evaluatethe potential of microarray platform for high-throughput screening,which can be beneficial in food and feed industry. METHODS:Following successful optimization, using an indirect competitiveimmunoassay in dot blot format, AFB1-bovine serum albumin(AFB1-BSA) conjugate was contact-printed onto 16 isolated subarrayson multi-pad nitrocellulose coated slides; subsequently usedin competitive binding assays. RESULTS: Using the aforementionedassay, AFB1 was determined from 15 pg/g to 3.04 ng/g workingrange with detection limit (LOD) of 1 pg/g. To evaluate assayperformance in real food matrices, the authors spiked wheatsamples with different concentration of AFB1. After extraction,working ranges of 0.11-4.15 ng/g with detection limit of 30pg/g wasdetermined. Good recoveries (94±9%) were obtained, demonstratingaccurate detection of AFB1 concentrations in wheat samples.Assay procedure completed in 3 hours. CONCLUSIONS: The resultsindicated that the proposed developed assay in microarray formatcould be used for rapid and sensitive detection of AFB1in wheatsamples.
SEMIWORDS AND AFFIXOIDS: THE TERRITORY BETWEEN WORD AND AFFIX *

This paper is concerned with the status of bound forms in compounds and other lexical items, but it ultimately aims at setting up a hierarchy of lexical items of various degrees of “freedom”, making use of clear-cut criteria applicable in at least one (fairly large) group of languages. In spite of the difficulties of the various (phonological, morphological, lexical, and semantic) definitions of ‘word’, Bloomfield’s characterization of minimum free forms is applied to designate items at the top of the hierarchy, which are called ‘autonomous words’. Bound forms that allow autonomous words to occur between them and the lexical item they are bound to are ‘dependent words’. The novelty of this paper lies in dividing the rest of the lexical items “below”, i.e., ‘nonwords’, into three groups: semiwords, affixoids, and affixes, based on a new application of a familiar operation, coordination reduction, which is shown to work both backward and forward for some items, but only backward reduction is possible for ot.
Distribution of Barley Stripe Mosaic Virus Protein in Infected Wheat Root and Shoot Tips

Summary Post-sectioning immunogold—silver staining (IGSS) specifically detected barley stripe mosaic virus (BSMV) protein in Lowicryl- or Araldite-embedded plant tissues at the light microscope level. Electron microscopy of adjacent sections showed that BSMV particles were present where the IGSS reaction was positive. BSMV protein was localized in or near the apical meristems of root and shoot tips of systemically infected wheat. Infected cells were distributed in a mosaic pattern.
Solving Multi-Objective Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows Using Hybrid Ants Optimization and Tabu Search Based on Performance Metrics

In this research, we are studying the possibility of contribution in solving the multi-objective vehicle Routing problem with time windows, that is one of the optimization problems of the NP-hard type, This problem has attracted a lot of attention now because of its real life applications. Moreover, We will also introduce an algorithm called Hybrid Algorithm (HA) which depends on integrates between Multiple Objective Ant Colony Optimisation (MOACO) and Tabu Search (TS) algorithm based on the Pareto optimization, and compare the presented approach is the developer with standard tests to demonstrate the applicability and efficiency.
ANALYSIS ON INDUCED LIGHTNING OF AN EXISTING DISTRIBUTION LINE AND A DISTRIBUTION LINE INCLUDING A NEUTRAL WIRE USING A DOWN SCALED SIMULATION LINE MODEL

This paper presents the most efficient induced lightning shielding method by changing ground resistances and grounding places in various ways in order to analyze the effect of ground resistance according to grounding places suitable for multi-grounding, as well as the effect of ground resistance according its connection. This study proposed a distribution line including an overhead wire commonly used as a neutral wire and examined the induced lightning shielding effect by proposing a line consisting of an overhead ground wire and a neutral wire in a 22.9kV transmission line structure. To do so, this study made a simulation line by down scaling the structure of an existing multi-grounding type 22.9kV distribution line to 50:1 and performed tests on this simulation line. As a result, it is thought that even though an existing line is replaced with a line that includes a neutral wire, system stability can be secured. It can be seen that for every distribution line it is more efficient for the improvement of system stability to ground all poles even though ground resistance is a little higher, rather than to install a ground wire with low ground resistance.
Decolorization of post-industrial lignin by mutants of Bjerkandera adusta CCBAS 930 with enhanced ligninolytic activity

The paper describes the mutagenesis of the anamorphic fungus Bjerkandera adusta CCBAS 930 capable of decolorization and biodegradation of post-production lignin with participation of extracellular peroxidase. Seven mutants were isolated, out which 6 were characterized by shortened time of decolorization of model solutions of post-industrial lignin, from 21 to 7 or 14 days. The effect was caused by faster decomposition of the lignin polymer, as measured by decrease in the content of total phenols and of metoxyphenols. The process of biodegradation of lignin was catalyzed by an extracellular peroxidase that was not fully characterized. Two of the mutants studied, R59-2 and R59-5, were characterized by increased biosynthesis of that enzyme, coupled with accelerated transition of the fungus from the trophophase (primary metabolism) to the idiophase (secondary metabolism). This was accompanied by a drop in pH of the substrate that was more pronounced compared with the parental strain and to the other mutants.
Streaming Computations in Feldspar

We present a library for expressing digital signal processing algorithms using a deeply embedded language in Haskell. It is an extension Feldspar's stream library, which provides a data type for infinite sequences of values. Until now, streams have been confined to a set of explicit functions for expressing recurrence equations, delays and sampling. The extension we present removes the need for such functions, reducing the gap between streaming algorithms and their mathematical description; efficiency is maintained by optimising the network structures. We demonstrate the usefulness of our library by giving example implementations of common filters and control structures found in digital signal processing. Our library is built on top of Feldspar, a domain specific language for programming digital signal processing algorithms, and, like our extensions, is implemented as a deeply embedded language in Haskell. The Feldspar language itself offers high-level and functional style for describing digital signal processing algorithms, where the final aim of a Feldspar program is to generate high-performance low level code. Feldspar is based around a low-level functional core language, which is semantically similar to machineoriented languages, such as C, and operates at around the same level of abstraction. A number of libraries built on top of the core language are offered, enabling programming in a higher-order manner, one of which is Feldspar's stream library. Feldspar stream library contains a modified version of co-iterative streams, a central concept for reasoning about and optimising stream systems. In the co-iterative approach, each stream consists of a transition function and an initial state, where the transition function takes a state and produces a new state and an output value. The interesting property of co-iterative streams is that they allow one to handle infinite streams in a strict and efficient manner, instead of having to deal with them lazily. As the co-iterative approach provides a good foundation for reasoning about streams, the contributions of this project are based around such streams with added support various temporal operations.
Discovery of unusual large group delay in microwave millisecond oscillating events

Two events demonstrating periodic narrowband millisecond pulsations of radio emission both in in- tensity and polarization degree are analyzed. Large time delays between L -a ndR-polarization components are found. The radio emission is shown to be generated as unpolarized by a plasma mechanism at the second harmonic of the upper-hybrid frequency. Observed oscillations of the radiation polarization degree arise due to group delay between extraordinary and ordinary modes along the line of sight. The theoretically predicted dependence of the group delay on frequency (f 3 ) agrees excellently with the observed delay frequency dependence. Physical parameters of the emission source and \delay site" are determined within the proposed model.