Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evolutionary design and manufacture : selected papers from ACDM '00

1. Engineering Design Applications. - 1.1 Optimisation of Power Plant Design: Stochastic and Adaptive Solution Concepts. - 1.2 Intelligent Searcher for the Configuration of Power Transmission Shafts in Gearboxes. - 1.3 Post-Processing of the Two-dimensional Evolutionary Structural Optimisation Topologies. - 1.4 Optimisation of a Stator Blade Used in a Transonic Compressor Cascade with Evolution Strategies. - 1.5 Mixed-integer Evolution Strategy for Chemical Plant Optimization with Simulators. - 1.6 Advantages in Using a Stock Spring Selection Tool that Manages the Uncertainty of the Designer Requirements. - 2. General Design Applications. - 2.1 Designing Food with Bayesian Belief Networks. - 2.2 Flexible Ligand Docking Using a Robust Evolutionary Algorithm. - 2.3 Network Design Techniques Using Adapted Genetic Algorithms. - 3. Design Representation Issues. - 3.1 Adaptive Techniques for Evolutionary Topological Optimum Design. - 3.2 Representation in Architectural Design Tools. - 3.3 Fitting of Constrained Feature Models to Poor 3D Data. - 3.4 Exploring Component-based Representations - The Secret of Creativity by Evolution? - 4. Manufacturing Applications. - 4.1 Evolutionary Design of Facilities Considering Production Uncertainty. - 4.2 A Fuzzy Clustering Evolution Strategy and its Application to Optimisation of Robot Manipulator Movement. - 4.3 An Industry-based Development of the Learning Classifier System Technique. - 4.4 A Genetic Programming-based Hierarchical Clustering Procedure for the Solution of the Cell-formation Problem. - 5. Multi-objective Satisfaction. - 5.1 Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization: Past, Present and Future. - 5.2 City Planning with a Multiobjective Genetic Algorithm and a Pareto Set Scanner. - 5.3 Designer's Preferences and Multi-objective Preliminary Design Processes. - 6. Algorithm Comparison and Development. - 6.1 Improving the Robustness of COGA: The Dynamic Adaptive Filter. - 6.2 Efficient Evolutionary Algorithms for Searching Robust Solutions. - 6.3 A Comparison of Semi-deterministic and Stochastic Search Techniques. - 6.4 A Multi-population Approach to Dynamic Optimization Problems. - 6.5 Short Term Memory in Genetic Programming. - 7. Neural Nets and Hybrid Systems. - 7.1 Application of Bayesian Neural Networks to Non-linear Function Modelling for Powder Metals. - 7.2 Development of an Iterative Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm Procedure for Shipyard Scheduling. - 7.3 Adaptive Radial Basis Function Emulators for Robust Design. - 7.4 An Evolutionary Neural Network Controller for Intelligent Active Force Control. - 7.5 Quality Inspection of Veneer Using Soft-computing Methods. - Author Index.
TR-PIV Analysis of Turbulent Wake of Hydrofoil with Beveled Trailing Edge

The turbulent wakes behind trailing edge are analyzed for understanding of the flow mechanisms responsible for the generation of trailing edge noise. The TILS (turbulence integral length scale) of the turbulent wake of hydrofoil with blunt trailing edge is calculated from TR-PIV (time-resolved particle image velocimetry) data. The temporal auto-correlation method based on Taylor hypothesis and spatial correlation method are used to get the TILS information of the turbulent wake of hydrofoil, respectively. The comparison of results by two methods indicates that the spatial correlation method is independent on Taylor hypothesis and suitable to strong turbulence and non-isotropic turbulence.
A Study of Wi-Fi RFID Tags in Citywide Wireless Networks: How well do Wi-Fi RFID tags work in outdoor Wi-Fi networks and is it possible to build commercial services based on Wi-Fi RFID tags in citywide wireless networks?

Active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that comply with IEEE 802.11 standards are currently used within indoor Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) in several niche markets. With the rapid deployment of citywide wireless networks, outdoor Location-Based Services (LBS) have become an important research area. Such services are believed to have a considerable business potential in citywide wireless networks. Wi-Fi RFID tags can be used to take advantage of such a potential. However, very limited testing has been carried out in order to examine the performance of the Wi-Fi RFID technology in outdoor environments. Wireless Trondheim is one of the first citywide wireless networks in Europe. In this Master's thesis, the possibilities for building commercial services based on Wi-Fi RFID tags in Wireless Trondheim are examined. Three potential services, which can utilize such tags are also proposed. In order to verify the reality of a possible implementation of these services, five test scenarios are carried out with Wi-Fi RFID tags within Wireless Trondheim. The location-based solution in Wireless Trondheim has explicitly no support for determining location in outdoor environments. Nevertheless, testing is important to identify how well the Wi-Fi RFID technology perform in such environments. The results presented in this report point out several limitations with this technology in the citywide wireless network. Considerable variations in the location accuracy and precision are revealed. Problems with delayed location updates when traveling between adjacent coverage zones are also discovered. These limitations constrain the commercial services that can be based on Wi-Fi RFID tags in Wireless Trondheim. Currently, on-demand services with limited requirements to the accuracy of the computed location are supported to some extent. However, real-time services, which require a high degree of location accuracy are not supported with the location-based solution in this citywide wireless network. The described limitations should be improved in order to achieve an acceptable performance for LBS. Such improvements are also essential in order to determine the business potential of LBS in in a citywide wireless network like Wireless Trondheim.
Mesh-Relay with MRC in 802.16j Networks

Multi-hop relay networks are a recent trend in WiMAX 802.16j networks. Many studies on the viability of relay stations have been done. It shows that RS are good cost-effective solution to the increasing demands on wireless broadband services. One problem that faces the 802.16j standard is its topology. It is a tree based multi-hop relay network, which is very vulnerable to single point breakage. This thesis proposes a new robust pairing technique in 802.16j network; combining a mesh topology with maximal ratio combining at the access link. Maximal ratio combining takes advantage of the broadcast nature of relay stations to obtain diversity gain. Mesh topology is a more robust topology without increasing delay or decreasing throughput. Maximal ratio combining provides higher throughput per burst, together a total throughput is increase 5% per frame is achieved.
Exploring Students’ Self-Identity in the Context of Cultural Diversity at AlAin University, United Arab Emirates

Societies are becoming more culturally diverse under the external influence of new communication technologies, easier long-distance travel, labour migration, refugee flows and new transnational religious and aesthetic movements. Several recent reports have highlighted the importance of educating students for a diverse democracy. It has been found that interactions inside and outside the classroom affect students’ learning and the incorporation of knowledge about diverse groups in society. Nevertheless, there has been little research into cultural diversity among university students, a gap which this paper aims to fill by examining the influence of multicultural education on students attending Al Ain University in United Arab Emirates. It addresses two questions: How do students react to members of groupstheyperceive as different? How does the mixture of cultures affect their social identity and academic performance? Ten students participated in the study (two Palestinians, two Egyptians, two Sudaneseand twoJordanians) from various colleges at Al Ain University.Focus group discussions were used to collect information from participants. Theresultsshow that students belonging to different cultures react differently and that cultural diversity has both positive and negative impacts on academic outcomes.
Situational Awareness in Driving

This chapter focuses on three questions. First, what are the attentional component processes that drivers use to maintain situation awareness (SA)? Second, how can drivers’ ability to maintain SA, especially using driving simulators be measured? Third, what is the empirical evidence, especially using simulators, that the particular component processes described here are key parts of maintaining SA and that these components affect driving performance? SA is defined here as the updated, meaningful knowledge of a changing, multifaceted situation that drivers use to guide choice and action. Regarding the first question, it is proposed in this chapter that SA involves component processes of focal vision (including attention allocation within tasks, event comprehension, and task management across concurrent tasks) as well as ambient vision processes (including attention capture by sudden peripheral events). SA is a complex process that requires assessment by a variety of online (during driving) and offline (post-driving) measures. Driving simulators are used in many SA measures. Research using these measures shows that most of the above components of SA can be trained, improve with driving experience, and correlate positively with safe driving.
Survey Based Study on Stress Level and Sleep Quality among Hostelers

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the stress level and quality of sleep among hostelers using PSS & PSQI scales. Method: The current study is observational study. A sample of 272 subjects of both the genders between 18-28 years were recruited for the study. All the subjects has been explained the procedure and were asked to give their demographic data and to fill the stress and sleep questionnaire forms for the interpretation of the result. Result: The google analyser was used to analyse the data and result shows that In this study after analysis of data we got that 50% of students are upset sometimes, 13.7 % are not upset at all, 15.2% are fairly upset and 8.5 % are very often.45. 9% students are in stress sometime in the month, 16.7% are fairly in stress, 12.2% are very stressed in last month. 44.4% students are sometimes irritated in the last month and 13.3 are very irritated in last month. 84.4% of students have not taken any medicine for sleeping at night but rest had taken medicine to sleep at night once, twice, or thrice a week. 71.1% students don’t have any issue while awake at night due to driving/eating or social activity rest 29.1% have an issue while awaking at night. 50.4% students say their sleep quality is fairly good in last month, 19.3% says fairly bad, 4.7 says very bad and 25.6% don’t have any issue in sleeping. Conclusion: It was concluded that there is less stress present in the students of hostel and also only some students were found with the bad quality of sleep
The architecture of open source applications : elegance, evolution, and a few fearless hacks

Architects look at thousands of buildings during their training, and study critiques of those buildings written by masters. In contrast, most software developers only ever get to know a handful of large programs well - usually programs they wrote themselves - and never study the great programs of history. As a result, they repeat one another's mistakes rather than building on one another's successes. This book's goal is to change that. In it, the authors of twenty-five open source applications explain how their software is structured, and why. What are each program's major components? How do they interact? And what did their builders learn during their development? In answering these questions, the contributors to this book provide unique insights into how they think.
Protective Effects of DAla2-GIP-GLU-PAL against Cognitive Deficits and Amyloid Deposition in APP/PS1 AD Mice Associated with Reduction of Neuroinflammation

Abstract Background Alzhermer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive decline in cognitive function and high-density deposition of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques in the brain. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an important risk factor for AD. Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide (GIP) has been identified to be effective in T2DM treatment and neuroprotection. The present study further investigated the neuroprotective effects of a novel long lasting GIP analogue DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL in 9-month-old APP swe /PS1 dE9 (APP/PS1) AD mice. Methods Multiple behavioral tests including new object recognition, Y maze and Morris water maze were performed to examine the cognitive function of mice. In vivo hippocampal late-phase long-term potentiation (L-LTP) was recorded to reflect synaptic plasticity. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence were used to examine the Aβ plaques and neuroinflammation in the brain. The expression levels of cAMP, S99 p-PKA, S133 p-CREB, S468 NF-κBp65 and IL-1β were detected by western blotting or ELISA. Results DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL effectively improved cognitive behaviors and synaptic plasticity of APP/PS1 mice, with increased new object recognition, spontaneous alternation and target quadrant swimming time, as well as enhanced in vivo hippocampal L-LTP. DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL significantly reduced Aβ deposition and inhibited astrocyte proliferation, IL-1β secretion and NF-κB activation. Besides, . DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL also up-regulated cAMP/PKA/CREB signal transduction in the hippocampus of APP/PS1 mice. Conclusion DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL improves cognitive behaviors, long-term synaptic plasticity and pathological damages in APP/PS1 mice, which are associated with the reduction of neuroinflammation and the up-regulation of cAMP/PKA/CREB signaling in the hippocampus. This study suggests a potential benefit of DAla2GIP-Glu-PAL in the treatment of AD.
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTELLIGENT CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM

An intelligent cruise control system has been developed. The system consists of cruise control and headway distance warning functions. This paper describes the sensing system, the control algorithm, and the system effectiveness evaluated by various vehicle tests. The system consists of vehicle sensors, a laser radar and video camera that recognizes preceding vehicles, a controller, a throttle actuator, and automatic transmission, etc. The scanning type laser radar detects the distance and direction to the target object by measuring the elapsed time between emission of pulse beam and reception of reflected beam. The video camera is used to recognize the current traveling lane. The forward view road image obtained with the camera is processed and the lane boundaries are extracted with the edge extraction technique. When the vehicle is running on cruise control mode, the system adjusts engine output or transmission shift so as to maintain the headway distance, and issues a warning when approaching too close to a preceding vehicle. The operation switches for intelligent cruise control are the same as those for the conventional cruise control system. The center message display provides system operation status, such as set speed, headway distance, control status, and warning. The effectiveness of the intelligent cruise control in providing safe and comfortable driving was verified by various field tests.
All the Right Moves: A Guide to Crafting Breakthrough Strategy

Preface 1. Put Innovation Back Into Strategy Part I--How to Create a Unique Strategic Position 2. Decide What Your Business Is 3. Decide Who Your Customers Are and What to Offer Them 4. Decide How You Will Play the Game 5. Identify and Secure Strategic Assets and Capabilities 6. Create the Right Organizational Environment 7. Develop a Superior Strategic Position Part II-How to Prepare for Strategic Innovation 8. Understand How New Strategic Positions Develop 9. Evaluate and Respond to Strategic Innovation 10. Take a Dynamic View of Strategy Notes Index About the Author
MIMO radar waveform design

In this chapter, we review various probing waveform transmission schemes for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar with co-located antennas. An orthogonal probing waveform set is required to separate the transmitted waveforms at the receiver side to achieve a large virtual array size afforded by the MIMO radar. This increased virtual aperture size provides MIMO radar systems with many advantages, including better spatial resolution, improved parameter identifiability and enhanced performance for ground moving target indication (GMTI) and radar imaging. We discuss several MIMO radar transmission schemes herein, including fast-time code division multiple access (FT-CDMA), frequency-division multiple access (FDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), randomized TDMA (R-TDMA), Doppler division multiple access (DDMA) and slow-time CDMA (ST-CDMA). The merits and limitations of these transmission schemes will be discussed, and brief examples will be presented for illustration purposes.
A transformational model to understand the impact of enterprise systems for business benefits : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand

III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. V TABLE OF CONTENTS. VII LIST OF TABLES . XI LIST OF FIGURES . XII LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.XIII CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 AIM AND PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY . 4 1.2 RESEARCH QUESTIONS . 5 1.3 CONTRIBUTION OF THE STUDY . 7 1.4 THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY . 8 1.5 OUTLINE OF THE THESIS . 10 CHAPTER 2: ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS AND BUSINESS BENEFITS. 13 2.1 ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS. 13 2.2 ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE . 16 2.3 ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION . 18 2.4 ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATIONS IN SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ORGANIZATIONS . 20 2.5 SECOND WAVE IMPLEMENTATIONS . 20 2.6 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FRAMEWORK FOR ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS . 23 2.7 ENTERPRISE SYSTEM BENEFITS . 27 2.8 SUCCESS OF ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS. 30 2.9 DATA, INFORMATION, AND KNOWLEDGE. 32 2.10 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT . 35 2.11 BALANCED SCORECARD . 37 2.12 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE . 40 2.13 A MODEL FOR TURNING ES DATA INTO KNOWLEDGE AND RESULTS . 41 2.14 EXTENDED MODEL FOR ES DATA TRANSFORMATION INTO KNOWLEDGE AND RESULTS . 44 2.15 SUMMARY. 45 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY. 47 3.
When Day Is Done and Shadows Fall, We Miss the Airport Most of All

Both the effectiveness of pilot training and the safety of flight can be influenced by the distribution of texture in the visual scene, the distance to which the eyes accommodate, and the associated shifts in the apparent size and distance of objects in central and peripheral vision. Studies reviewed and original results presented indicate that these factors are involved in various misjudgments and illusions experienced by pilots: (1) when searching for other airborne traffic or targets, (2) when making approaches to airports over water at night, (3) when breaking out of low clouds on a final approach to a landing by reference to head-up or head-down displays, and (4) when practicing simulated approaches and landings or air-to-surface weapon deliveries by reference to synthetically generated visual systems.
Ganzkörper-CT nach Verkehrsunfall

Bei Verkehrsunfällen werden routinemäßig Ganzkörper-CT-Untersuchungen durchgeführt. In Frankreich basiert die Indikationsstellung auf den Vittel-Kriterien, d. h. physiologischen, kinetischen und anatomischen Variablen sowie den prästationären medizinischen Maßnahmen. Doch ohne Verdacht auf Verletzungen ist der Nutzen dieser Ganzkörper-CT, im Hinblick auf die Strahlenexposition, die Risiken der Kontrastmittelgabe und die Kosten, fraglich.
EFFECTS OF ELEVATED HEAVY-RAIL TRANSIT STATIONS ON HOUSE PRICES WITH RESPECT TO NEIGHBORHOOD INCOME

There is debate surrounding the effect on the value of single-family homes of elevated heavy-rail transit stations in residential neighborhoods. Some contend that effects are adverse because transit stations impose noise, traffic, and other nuisances on neighborhoods, which reduces house values closer to these stations. Others contend that stations improve accessibility of neighborhood residents to commercial activity centers, which results in increased house values closer to elevated transit stations. Both positive and negative influences can be present. One hypothesis is that transit stations will have a positive effect on the values of homes in lower-income neighborhoods because the benefits of transit station accessibility more than offset any nuisances. On the other hand, transit stations may have a negative effect on values of homes in high-income neighborhoods because the nuisances of transit stations more than offset the benefits. Based on a study in Atlanta, Georgia, it is shown that elevated transit stations have positive price effects on homes in lower income neighborhoods and negative price effects on homes in higher income neighborhoods. Qualifications and policy implications are offered.
VERTICAL PLANE MOTIONS OF SWATH SHIPS IN REGULAR WAVES

This report is in microfiche form. Vertical plane motions of SWATH ships are modelled theoretically. Strip theory is used to evaluate hydrodynamic forces. Contributions to body lift, cross flow drag, and fin lift dominate the damping coefficients, so that their accurate modelling is vital to the accuracy of motion prediction. Semi-empirical methods developed for evaluating these components are described. Data for oscillating two-dimensional cylinders, flat plates, and pairs of fins, as well as semi-empirical expressions for submarine hydrodynamic coefficients have been utilised. Good correlation has been achieved between predicted and experimental values of hydrodynamic coefficients, exciting forces and moments, and responses to regular waves.
Creation of printed dynamic images

In today's competitive marketplace, the advertisers require an increased visual impact to attract more attention. Creating unique packaging and novel advertisment concepts by adding updateable graphic images to the paper surface might be one way to draw more attention to the printed product, and at the same time include more information in the same printed area. This thesis investigates the possibility of creating printed dynamic images that can reveal more than one image in different optical states in the same print. The images consist of conventional process ink layers combined with dynamic ink layers that can be brought to different optical states where they display a cenain colour or tum colourless and reveal the underlying process ink. The dynamic images will be reproduced with more printing primaries than the normal four process colour printing (CMYK), so called multi-colour printing, and the additional requirement to be able to shift between images places completely new demands on the entire colour separation process. The chesis addresses the challenges associated with dynamic image reproduction and focuses on finding solutions for che colour separation process when dynamic images are produced using thermochromic inks as dynamic inks in screen printing. Although more work remains to be done before a complete dynamic image production model can be presented, this thesis describes work that takes new steps towards that goal.