Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Obtenció de descriptors i desenvolupament de la metodologia pel perfil olfacto-gustatiu de mongetes seques

Twenty first century societies, for which basic needs are guaranteed, have turned their attention to the organoleptic qualities of food, thus gradually becoming more demanding customers. Even though common dry beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) seem to have decreased in production and consumption, they are a high nutrition vegetable source, apart from their high gastronomic appreciation in diverse parts of the mainland. It is precisely their organoleptic value which calls for a classification and detailed characterization of the different varieties. Sensorial analysis has been used in the process. The aim of this study is the creation of a methodology with which to get a qualitative description of the sensorial features (smell, taste and flavor) of Spanish common beans using different descriptors to define the sum of perceptions which account for their diversity. To carry out this aim the first step consisted in the creation of a panel formed by 10 people, all of them having undergone previous training so as to evaluate common beans' texture. The second step integrated three different phases: the generation of descriptors and preliminary reduction (Phase I), a first reduction (Phase II), and data analysis and a second reduction (Phase III). The analysis in this last phase was carried out using the FactoMineR package from R 3.1. 0. The third step was the choice of reference products for each of the descriptors included and listed. The fourth step consisted in the training and validation of the panel. With the resulting data the fifth step was implemented: the creation of olfactory-gustatory profiles for varieties Perona, Fava Asturiana, Careta and Santa Pau. In this project 9 olfactory descriptors and 11 gustatory descriptors have been obtained and referenced; taste cards have been created as assessment tools for olfactory-gustatory profiles; and 7 tasters have been specifically trained so as to evaluate these attributes. However, some of these tasters should improve their perception scale so as to match the rest of the panel. Keywords: Sensorial analysis, dry beans, descriptor, olfactory-gustatory profile
DCUIP Poisoning Attack in Intel x86 Processors

SUMMARY Cache prefetching technique brings huge beneﬁts to performance improvement, but it comes at the cost of microarchitectural security in processors. In this letter, we deep dive into internal workings of a DCUIP prefetcher, which is one of prefetchers equipped in Intel processors. We discover that a DCUIP table is shared among di ﬀ erent execution contexts in hyperthreading-enabled processors, which leads to another microarchitectural vulnerability. By exploiting the vulnerability, we propose a DCUIP poisoning attack. We demonstrate an AES encryption key can be extracted from an AES-NI implementation by mounting the proposed attack.
Assessment of Toxicity and Safety Profiles of Nanoparticles

The world of medicine explored the use of nanoparticles in therapeutics in the last two decades. Owing to the advantages nanoparticles offer, they are proving beneficial to overcome many drawbacks faced by small drug molecules. Since the nature, architecture, shape, size, and mechanism of action of nanomedicines totally different from regularly used drugs, it is important to work on the possible toxicity these nanoparticles are causing so that its safety can be ensured. In today’s scenario, a lot of industries and institutes are synthesizing nano drugs, so it is important to check its toxicity and safety evaluation under in vivo and in vitro conditions, as it has come to fore that number of metal and carbon-based nanoparticles, although proving useful further display increased toxicity. Taken into consideration nanoparticle toxicity and safety, the present review discusses the exact working of nanoparticles at the molecular, cellular, and physiological levels and the toxicity associated with it. The present strategies for safety assessment have also been reviewed. The research involving nanomaterials in therapeutics demand strict regulation in nanoparticle synthesis, its usage, properly regulated clinical trials ensuring safety assessment.
Applicability of weight-shift microlight aircraft for measuring the turbulent exchange above complex terrain

This study investigates whether the 3-D wind vector can be measured reliably from a highly transportable and low-cost weight-shift microlight aircraft. We draw up a transferable procedure to accommodate flow distortion originating from the aircraft body and -wing. This procedure consists of the analysis of aircraft dynamics and seven successive calibration steps. For our aircraft the horizontal wind components receive their greatest single amendment (14 %, relative to the initial uncertainty) from the correction of flow distortion magnitude in the dynamic pressure computation. Conversely the vertical wind component is most of all improved (31 %) by subsequent steps considering the 3-D flow distortion distribution in the flow angle computations. Therein the influences of the aircraft’s trim (53 %), as well as changes in the aircraft lift (16 %) are considered by using the measured lift coefficient as explanatory variable. Three independent lines of analysis are used to evaluate the quality of the wind measurement: (a) A wind tunnel study in combination with the propagation of sensor uncertainties defines the systems input uncertainty to ≈0.6 m s−1 at the extremes of a 95 % confidence interval. (b) During severe vertical flight manoeuvres the deviation range of the vertical wind component does not exceed 0.3 m s−1. (c) The comparison with ground based wind measurements yields an overall operational uncertainty Correspondence to: W. Junkermann (wolfgang.junkermann@kit.edu) (root mean square error) of≈0.4 m s−1 for the horizontal and ≈0.3 m s−1 for the vertical wind components. No conclusive dependence of the uncertainty on the wind magnitude (<8 m s−1) or true airspeed (ranging from 23–30 m s−1) is found. Hence our analysis provides the necessary basis to study the wind measurement precision and spectral quality, which is prerequisite for reliable Eddy-Covariance flux measurements.
Exploring Impact of Smart Phones Usage on Interpersonal Relationship of Students in Meerut, (UP)

Introduction : As Smart phones seep into public and private contexts, additional opportunities for conflict emerge. Young people use the smart mobile phone in positive ways to organize and maintain their social networks. However, there are also negative impacts on young peoples’ peer relationships. Aim and Objectives: 1. This study was done to assess the impact of smart mobile phone usage on interpersonal relationship of medical and dental students. 2. To Increase awareness about negative effects of smart mobile phone. Material & Method : A cross sectional study conducted in Subharti Medical College and Subharti Dental College. Result : According to our survey, usage of mobile phone is affecting the relations and bonding between the students and their family members, as they are more connected with the virtual world through their mobile phones rather than the real world.
THE MASSACHUSETTS SAVING LIVES PROGRAM: SIX CITIES WIDENING THE FOCUS FROM DRUNK DRIVING TO SPEEDING, RECKLESS DRIVING, AND FAILURE TO WEAR SAFETY BELTS

Six Massachusetts communities have initiated comprehensive traffic safety programs in their communities to reverse the trend of increases in fatal and injury crashes. The programs include: education about traffic safety issues in the school, public education targeting all age groups, increased police enforcement, and a business for safety program to reduce drunk driving and increase safety belt use. A coordinator in the Mayor's office and a set of community task forces with public officials and private citizens oversee the programs. An evaluation program is assessing traffic safety problems in each at the outset of the program, and community progress in reducing those problems. An initial evaluation indicated that speeding and related risky driving behaviors at intersections, such as accelerating at yellow lights and running red lights were much more common behaviors than drunk driving, and that these behaviors were increasing in program cities and were disproportionately found in drivers who rarely wear safety belts. The program has expanded its initiatives beyond drunk driving reduction to include these other behaviors as well.
Wireless Energy Transmission System Based on LLC Resonant Converter

This paper presents a wireless transcutaneous energy transmission system based on LLC topology. Because the coupling coefficient of the transformer is not good as normal transformer, a resonant converter is required for the transcutaneous energy transmission system. This paper proposed a transcutaneous energy transmission system based on the LLC type resonant converter rather than traditional SS or SP resonant converter. Finally, an experimental prototype is set up to validate advantages of LLC type transcutaneous energy transmission system. Streszczenie. W artykule zaprezentowano metode bezprzewodowej transmisji energii bazującej na obwodzie LLC. Dla poprawienia sprzezenia zastosowano obwod rezonansowy. Przedstawiono badania eksperymentalne systemu. (Bezprzewodowa transmisja energii bazująca na rezonansowym obwodzie LLC)
Job training in multinational companies : The case of Carl Zeiss in China

ABSTRACTTitle:Job training in multinational companies --The case of Carl Zeiss in ChinaLevel:Final assignment for Master Degree in Business AdministrationAuthor:Jiawen Zhou, Meiyuan LiuSupervisor:Ehsanul Huda ChowdhuryExaminer:Maria. Fregidou-MalamaDate:05/2014Aim:Job training has been treated as the most popular approach to help with improving employees’ performance as well as company’s performance. However, some studies argue that there is some ineffectiveness in job training. This study aims to investigate employees’ needs for job training, the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of job training.Method:This study used both qualitative method and quantitative method through questionnaire and interviews. The findings were reported by analysis of mean method and standard deviation method.Result & Conclusions:This study shows that the more job training employees receivethe better performance they have. Another result of this study is that technology department employees have higher turnover intentionthan other departments after they receivejob training.Suggestions for future research:The limitation of this study is that it did not show much about the financial benefit of job training. Future research coulddone focusingmoreon this aspect. In addition, the transfer from training to application is also needed to be investigated later.Contribution of the thesis:For human resource managers, this study can givethem some suggestions toplantheirjobtraining program, in order to be more effective For other researchers, it can provide a vividunderstanding on the effects of job trainingin multinational companies.Key words:Job training, effectiveness, risk, evaluation, retention
Ethics of Smart Cities: Towards Value-Sensitive Design and Co-Evolving City Life

The digital revolution has brought about many societal changes such as the creation of “smart cities”. The smart city concept has changed the urban ecosystem by embedding digital technologies in the city fabric to enhance the quality of life of its inhabitants. However, it has also led to some pressing issues and challenges related to data, privacy, ethics inclusion, and fairness. While the initial concept of smart cities was largely technology- and data-driven, focused on the automation of traffic, logistics and processes, this concept is currently being replaced by technology-enabled, human-centred solutions. However, this is not the end of the development, as there is now a big trend towards “design for values”. In this paper, we point out how a value-sensitive design approach could promote a more sustainable pathway of cities that better serves people and nature. Such “value-sensitive design” will have to take ethics, law and culture on board. We discuss how organising the digital world in a participatory way, as well as leveraging the concepts of self-organisation, self-regulation, and self-control, would foster synergy effects and thereby help to leverage a sustainable technological revolution on a global scale. Furthermore, a “democracy by design” approach could also promote resilience.
Nondestructive testing to identify concrete bridge deck deterioration

This work was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. It was conducted in the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies. The project was managed by Monica Starnes, Senior Program Officer for SHRP 2 Renewal. The research reported herein was performed by the Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation (CAIT) at Rutgers University (RU); the Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS) at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP); the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Germany; and Radar Systems International, Inc. (RSI). Rutgers University was the coordinator and contractor for this project. Dr. Nenad Gucunski, professor and chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of CAIT’s Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program at RU, was the principal investigator. The other authors of this report are Dr. Soheil Nazarian, professor of Civil Engineering and director of CTIS at UTEP; Dr. Deren Yuan, research associate at CTIS at UTEP; Dr. Herbert Wiggenhauser, head of Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) in Civil Engineering at BAM; Dr. Alexander Taffe, leader of Combination and Automation of NDT of Buildings at BAM; Dr. Parisa Shokouhi, Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, hosted by BAM; and Doria Kutrubes, president of RSI. Arezoo Imani and Touraj Tayebi, graduate research assistants at RU, helped conduct the validation testing, data analysis, and web manual content preparation. Hoda Azari, a graduate research assistant, and Dr. Manuel Celaya, a research engineer at UTEP, assisted in the validation study as well. Hooman Parvardeh, research assistant at RU, helped build the reference database and develop the framework for the web manual, while Erica Erlanger, a research staff member at RU, edited the manuscript. Their contributions are gratefully acknowledged. The research team also gratefully acknowledges contributions of the participants from industry and academia in the validation testing. The participants include NDT Corporation; Germann Instruments; Olson Engineering; Dr. Ralf Arndt, National Research Council associate at FHWA Turner–Fairbank Highway Research Center; Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. (IDS), Italy; 3D-RADAR, Norway; Dr. John Popovics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Dr. Jinying Zhu, The University of Texas at Austin; Rutgers University—Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation; and The University of Texas at El Paso—Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems. The contributions of these participants were critical for the evaluation and grading of the performance of NDT technologies.
Project Finance, BOT Projects and Risk

Project and other structured finance models have become a method of choice for financing infrastructure projects in many different sectors across the globe. They allow greater flexibility for governments and project sponsors wishing to develop infrastructure without the concomitant burden on their balance sheets, and their ability to fund other needs and priorities. However, the fall of Enron, WorldCom, and so many other organisations who pushed the structured finance model one step too far has raised alarm bells. Has project and structured finance seen the end of its useful life? Are the risks surrounding such projects so extreme as to bring into question their usefulness? The viability of structured infrastructure projects relies on a comprehensive, yet sensible assessment of risk and allocation of that risk in an efficient manner. Yet, our understanding of efficient risk allocation often runs contrary to the actual risk allocation models that we apply to such projects. Risk analysis for complex projects requires a level of sophistication and objectivity of which few individuals are capable. Jeff Delmon's book addresses the many issues around risk and structured infrastructure projects. It is not a dry legal treatise, but an eminently readable and practical explanation of efficient risk allocation and the contractual framework which forms the bedrock of BOT and other project finance transactions. Based on Jeff's practical experience in the sector, this book provides practical guidance and insight into many of the pitfalls often encountered in such projects. This book is ideal for those relatively new to the issues surrounding project finance and risk, as well as those with significant experience as an aide-memoire and a challenge to the approaches to risk allocation that are so often applied to such transactions.
科学管理原理=The principles of scientific management

This brief essay by the founder of scientific management has served for nearly a century as a primer for administrators and for students of managerial techniques. Although scientific management was developed primarily as a system for increasing productivity in industry, its principles have been applied to all kinds of large-scale enterprises, including operations with departments and agencies of the federal government. It is in this volume that Frederick Winslow Taylor gave the theory of scientific management its clearest airing. Born in 1856, Taylor began work at age eighteen as an apprentice to a pattern-maker and as a machinist. A few years later he joined the Midvale Steel Company as a laborer, and in eight years rose to chief engineer. During this time he developed and tested what he called the "task system," which became known as the Taylor System and eventually as scientific management. He made careful experiments to determine the best way of performing each operation and the amount of time it required, analyzing the materials, tools, and work sequence, and establishing a clear division of labor between management and workers. His experiments laid the groundwork for the principles that are expounded in this essay, which was first published in 1911.
A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF NATURALISTIC LANE-CHANGES

This research effort provided valuable insight into the nature and severity of lane changes in a naturalistic driving environment. Sixteen commuters who normally drove more than 25 miles (40 km) in each direction participated. The two research vehicles were a sedan and a sport utility vehicle; each participant drove each vehicle for ten days. Data gathering was automatic, and no experimenter was present in the vehicle. There were 8,667 lane changes observed over 23,949 miles of driving, making this the largest known data collection effort for the study of lane changes. Analysis of the full data set resulted in many interesting findings regarding the frequency, duration, urgency, and severity of lane changes in regard to maneuver type, direction, and other classification variables. A subset of the full data set (500 lane changes) was then analyzed in greater depth using the sensor data collected by the instrumented vehicle. The sampled lane changes were generally of the more severe and urgent types since these are the cases in which a lane change collision avoidance system (CAS) is likely to be of greatest help. Variables analyzed for the sampled lane changes included turn signal use, braking behavior, steering behavior, eye glance patterns, and forward and rearward area analysis. The concept of a safety envelope for lane changes was then developed using the forward and rearward area analyses. Finally, the data were used to provide recommendations for designers of a lane change CAS in terms of display location and activation criteria. Overall, the research described in this report provides insight into the behaviors and parameters associated with lane changes, while the naturalistic data archive has the potential to address other questions related to driving behavior.
Mastering the Chaos of Mergers and Acquisitions: How to Plan, Negotiate, and Implement Alliances and Partnerships in a Complex World

Preface. Introduction. Section I: Preparation. Front-end loading for success. The refining of the business intent. Section II: Negotiation. Contours in negotiation. Grounding negotiation in reality. The negotiation process for strategic relations. Managing disputes. Closing the deal. Section III: Making It Happen. Implementation. The grand strategies for change. index to insets, templates, diagrams, tables, war stories, and case illustrations. Bibliography. Index.
Water Treatment Unit Processes

Part 1 General concepts: introduction and early history treatment processes. Part 2 Primary treatments: the behaviour of particles equipment hydraulics chemical reaction engineering - continuous flow systems pretreatments non-flocculating settlement units single pass flocculating settlement tanks recirculating clarifiers floc blanket (fluidised bed) clarifiers pulsed and unpulsed lamellar clarifiers disolved air flotation other treatment processes precipitation softening sludge treatment and disposal. Part 3 Granular media filtration: the structure and hydraulics of granular filtration beds process mechanisms process design conditioning of the feed suspension back ashing filter floors top slide design operation and control of multifilter installations filter design upflow filtration continuous filters biological applications miscellaneous applications commissioning and problems filter media.