Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Inter-Rater Reliability of EyeSpy Mobile for Pediatric Visual Acuity Assessments by Parent Volunteers

Purpose To assess the inter-rater test reliability of the EyeSpy Mobile visual acuity smartphone algorithm when administered to children by eye professionals and parent volunteers. Patients and Methods Visual acuity test-retest results were analyzed for 106 children assigned to one of three different screenings: (1) An eye technician and pediatric ophthalmologist using their typical visual acuity testing method on a M&S computer; (2) An eye technician and pediatric ophthalmologist using EyeSpy Mobile; (3) An eye technician and parent volunteer using EyeSpy Mobile. Results All three phases demonstrated a strong agreement between the two testers, with mean test-retest equivalency results within 0.05 logMAR (2.5 letters, 90% CI). Whether testing using their typical technique on an M&S computer or using EyeSpy Mobile, eye professionals obtained statistically closer mean test-retest results than parent volunteers by 1 letter, with equivalency results within 0.03 logMAR (1.5 letters, 90% CI). Conversely, the number of retests within 2 vision lines was statistically greater when EyeSpy mobile was used by parents as compared to eye professional’s customary technique on the M&S computer. Conclusion EyeSpy Mobile provides clinically useful visual acuity test-retest results even when used by first-time parent volunteers. Adaptive visual acuity algorithms have the potential to improve reliability, lessen training requirements, and expand the number of vision screening volunteers in community settings.
Microvariation at the Interfaces: The Subject of Predication of Broad Focus VS Constructions in Turinese and Milanese

Presentational constructions, i.e., structures which introduce an event into the universe of discourse, raise the question of what it means for a predication to be entirely new in information structural terms. While there is growing consensus that these constructions are not topicless, there is no agreement on how to analyse their topic. The Romance languages of Northern Italy have figured prominently in this debate because the presentational constructions of many such languages exhibit VS order and an etymologically locative clitic in subject clitic position. This clitic has been claimed to be a subject of predication in a syntactic subject position. Adducing primary comparative evidence from Milanese and Turinese, we discuss patterns of microvariation which suggest that the etymologically locative clitic need not be a syntactic subject and can mark an aboutness topic provided by the discourse situation alone. We propose a parallel-architecture, Role and Reference Grammar account whereby the microvariation under scrutiny is captured in terms of the interfaces that are involved in the parsing of utterances. This account considers discourse to be an independent module of grammar, which, alongside the semantic and syntactic modules, is directly involved in linguistic variation and change.
Pests and pest management, impact of climate change : a report for the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation

Climate change is uncertain and there is concern that long-term changes in climate and changes in the seasonal variability of climates may have severe socio-economic impacts. Climate change is expected to result in a warming across the Australian continent, with a larger increase in inland areas than on the coast. Generic approaches to estimating the impacts of climate change on pests, diseases and weeds are tested in this study using two case studies. The first study examines likely impacts of the Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera (Dacus) tryoni, one of the most important insect pests of horticulture in Australia. The fly causes extensive damage to fruit in the endemic area of eastern Australia and major efforts are taken to protect the area-freedom status of southern growing areas that export to the USA and Asia in particular. The second case study is on an important temperate insect pest of horticulture, the light brown apple moth, Epiphyas postvittana. The IPCC concept of vulnerability is used to estimate the likely impacts of these species on horticultural industries in Australia. Regional estimates of pest density are fed into a high-resolution economic model of the major fruit crops to estimate changes in pest damage. The changes in costs associated with the different amounts of expected damage are included in the total costs of impacts. Sensitivity analyses were used to estimate potential future costs under climate change using the CLIMEX model and recalculating regional changes in damage and related costs of control, given increases in temperature of 0.5oC, 1.0oC and 2.0oC. The costs of day-to-day adaptation measures are therefore included in the estimated costs of impacts.
A comparative study of the pragmatic marker like in Irish English and in south-eastern varieties of British English

This study compares the use of like in Irish English (IrE) to its use in southeasternBritish English (SE-BrE). There are significant differences between theuse of like in IrE and SE-BrE in terms of overall frequency, social meaning andpositioning. This paper argues that the differences in the use of like require afunctional explanation on two levels, namely on a language-external social leveland on a language-internal discourse-pragmatic level. On the extra-linguisticlevel, the differences in like’s social profile indicate distinct social meaningswhile, on a language-internal level, differences in positioning suggest thateither like is used to perform distinct pragmatic functions or that uses of like inclause-medial and clause-final positions compete to perform similar functions,e.g. focusing elements. The substantial differences revealed by the analysis areaccounted for by historical and identity-related factors.
Event-Based Weak Oil Impurity Detection

Machine vision-based methods are usually applied to detect impurities in transparent liquids like water or alcohols. Oils have higher viscosity and lower light transmittance, so traditional vision detection methods do not work well. A weak oil impurity detection algorithm was proposed using event stream data. In this method, the binary image of the oil was firstly captured using an event camera. To reduce the noise interference from the event camera, image filtering and morphological operations were applied. Then, image algebra operations were used to remove the oil container’s bottom pattern. Finally, impurity detection was performed through the YOLOv5 network. Three common edible oils serve as the experimental samples. Small flying insects, raw material fragments, metal fragments, hair strands, and tin beads of various sizes are selected as the weak impurities. Experiments were performed on a dataset containing 3000 sample images. To the best of our knowledge, existing algorithms can detect impurities with the minimum size of 0.4mm, and most of the experimental samples are transparent liquids. The proposed method can be applied to detect impurities in water and oils, and the detectable impurity size limit is 0.2mm.
Political Campaigns and Political Advertising

Examining political campaigns and political advertising through the analytical lens of media literacy, this well-illustrated and timely handbook guides readers through the maze of blandishments and spin that is the hallmark of the modern political campaign. It dissects the persuasive strategies embedded in the political messages we encounter every day in the media and demonstrates the importance of critical thinking in evaluating media stories. Key concepts of media literacy are applied to political advertising in traditional media (newspapers, television, radio) and on the Internet, the new frontier of the political advertising wars. Dealing with blogs, social networking, user-generated Web sites, and other electronic formats familiar to young voters, this lively introduction to the new world of political messaging appeals to readers' affinity for visual learning as well as their ability to discern messages in text. Unique in applying media literacy concepts to the political context while directly addressing students and general readers, this book not only explains but graphically demonstrates both established techniques of political framing and the new avenues of persuasion being pioneered in digital media. It will also interest viewers who like their political news in traditional media but unconventional formats.
High‐resolution CSR GRACE RL05 mascons

The determination of the gravity model for the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) is susceptible to modeling errors, measurement noise, and observability issues. The ill‐posed GRACE estimation problem causes the unconstrained GRACE RL05 solutions to have north‐south stripes. We discuss the development of global equal area mascon solutions to improve the GRACE gravity information for the study of Earth surface processes. These regularized mascon solutions are developed with a 1° resolution using Tikhonov regularization in a geodesic grid domain. These solutions are derived from GRACE information only, and no external model or data is used to inform the constraints. The regularization matrix is time variable and will not bias or attenuate future regional signals to some past statistics from GRACE or other models. The resulting Center for Space Research (CSR) mascon solutions have no stripe errors and capture all the signals observed by GRACE within the measurement noise level. The solutions are not tailored for specific applications and are global in nature. This study discusses the solution approach and compares the resulting solutions with postprocessed results from the RL05 spherical harmonic solutions and other global mascon solutions for studies of Arctic ice sheet processes, ocean bottom pressure variation, and land surface total water storage change. This suite of comparisons leads to the conclusion that the mascon solutions presented here are an enhanced representation of the RL05 GRACE solutions and provide accurate surface‐based gridded information that can be used without further processing.
Pemberdayaan dan Pendidikan Melalui Sosialisasi Sibongsor Pada Masyarakat Dalam Upaya Pencegahan Stunting di Desa Cipurut Kecamatan Cireunghas

Empowerment and Education of Sibongsor socialization to the community to prevent stunting is one solution to the problems faced by Cipurut Village, Cireunghas District, Sukabumi Regency, namely the low understanding of stunting in the community. The purpose of this activity is community empowerment regarding the understanding of stunting through sibongsor. The method of implementing this activity is community empowerment carried out by academics and students of Muhammadiyah Sukabumi University. The partner in this empowerment activity is Cipurut Village, Cireunghas District, Sukabumi Regency. The result of this empowerment is increased community knowledge in stunting prevention. The evaluation is carried out by looking at the target achievement of the empowerment program, where the community better understands the treatment of children affected by stunting.
Public policy for the management of groundwater in the coastal plain of North Carolina

A Capaci ty Use Area was e s t a b l i s h e d i n t h e C o a s t a l P l a i n of Nor th C a r o l i n a f o r t h e purpose o f management o f groundwater r e s o u r c e s . However, no e f f e c t i v e wa te r management measures have y e t been a t t empted . The need f o r management i s emphasized by t h e f a c t t h a t i n some p a r t s of t h e r e g i o n , t h e a q u i f e r sys t em i s r e a c h i n g i t s p r o d u c t i o n p o t e n t i a l t o p e r m i t open-pi t mining f o r phosphate o r e . The a r e a s of l a r g e c o n c e n t r a t e d wi thd rawa l s and e x t e n s i v e lower ing of t h e potent i o m e t r i c s u r f a c e have c r e a t e d c o n d i t i o n s f o r p o s s i b l e w a t e r q u a l i t y d e t e r i o r a t i o n . The p r o j e c t i o n s of w a t e r needs f o r m u n i c i p a l , i n d u s t r i a l , and a g r i c u l t u r a l u ses t o t h e y e a r 2000 a r e developed. As phosphate mining c o n s t i t u t e s t h e l a r g e s t u s e , a d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s of a l t e r n a t i v e ar rangements of dewater ing w e l l s i s conducted. Supplementa l i r r i g a t i o n r equ i r emen t s a r e c o n s i d e r e d i n some d e t a i l . The p o s s i b l e means of augmenting t h e a v a i l a b l e s u p p l i e s from t h e a q u i f e r sys tem a r e o u t l i n e d . Groundwater q u a l i t y i s of major impor tance i n t h e o p t i mal management o f t h e a q u i f e r sys tem on a r e g i o n a l b a s i s . The most i m p o r t a n t problems t h a t a r e l i k e l y t o r e s u l t a r e (1) upconing of b r a c k i s h w a t e r , ( 2 ) l a t e r a l f low from l e n s e s of poor q u a l i t y wa te r w i t h i n t h e a q u i f e r , and (3) downward movement of e s t u a r i n e wa te r . These a r e examined. The r o l e o f a r t i f i c i a l r e c h a r g e i n a q u i f e r management i s exp lo red . The v a l u e of w a t e r i n a l t e r n a t e u s e s i s e s t i m a t e d . The in t e rdependence of wa te r u s e r s and e x t e r n a l c o s t s imposed on o t h e r s i s cons ide red . The need f o r t h e c r e a t i o n of a wa te r d i s t r i c t f o r t h e management o f t h e a q u i f e r sys tem on a r e g i o n a l b a s i s and t h e r o l e of p e r m i t s and u s e r c h a r g e s a r e o u t l i n e d .
Automated Colorization of Grayscale Images

A novel example-based process for automated colorization of grayscale images using texture descriptors (ACTD) without any human intervention is proposed. By analyzing a set of sample color images, coherent regions of homogeneous textures are extracted. A multi-channel filtering technique is used for texture-based image segmentation. For each area of interest, state of the art texture descriptors are then computed and stored, along with corresponding color information. These texture descriptors and the color information are used for colorization of a grayscale image with similar textures. Given a grayscale image to be colorized, the segmentation and feature extraction processes are repeated. The texture descriptors are used to perform Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR). The colorization process is performed by chroma replacement. This research finds numerous applications, ranging from classic film restoration and enhancement, to adding valuable information into medical and satellite imaging, and to enhance the detection of objects from x-ray images at the airports.
Source Separation of Piano Concertos Using Musically Motivated Augmentation Techniques

In this work, we address the novel and rarely considered source separation task of decomposing piano concerto recordings into separate piano and orchestral tracks. Being a genre written for a pianist typically accompanied by an ensemble or orchestra, piano concertos often involve an intricate interplay of the piano and the entire orchestra, leading to high spectro–temporal correlations between the constituent instruments. Moreover, in the case of piano concertos, the lack of multi-track data for training constitutes another challenge in view of data-driven source separation approaches. As a basis for our work, we adapt existing deep learning (DL) techniques, mainly used for the separation of popular music recordings. In particular, we investigate spectrogram- and waveform-based approaches as well as hybrid models operating in both spectrogram and waveform domains. As a main contribution, we introduce a musically motivated data augmentation approach for training based on artificially generated samples. Furthermore, we systematically investigate the effects of various augmentation techniques for DL-based models. For our experiments, we use a recently published, open-source dataset of multi-track piano concerto recordings. Our main findings demonstrate that the best source separation performance is achieved by a hybrid model when combining all augmentation techniques.
Developing Women Leaders in Corporate America

This book provides research-based evidence within the Competing Values Framework to examine women's leadership styles, demonstrate their suitability for senior management positions, and show how employers must embrace women in leadership roles in order for their companies to be diversified and globalized. There is abundant proof that women in senior positions can make boardrooms "smarter" and companies more successful. And with a mastery of transformational and transactional roles, women possess a far larger behavioral repertoire to deal with stress than men—an advantage in any crisis situation. Even so, the glass ceiling still exists. Developing Women Leaders in Corporate America: Balancing Competing Demands, Transcending Traditional Boundaries focuses on the research-based Competing Values Framework (CVF), an organizing schema that enables leaders to assess empirically personal strengths and weaknesses, and analyze and manage organizational situations. Each chapter showcases concrete evidence of women's ability to succeed at the top levels of management and their skills that add value to employers, and then utilizes CVF to pinpoint specific challenges for women leaders and identify practical strategies for success. This book will enable women leaders and managers, employers, company executives, leadership development consultants, business educators, HR directors, and trainers to reduce stereotyping associated with women in male-populated careers. The author also explains why women, more than men, possess characteristics that help ensure success in international assignments.
Positive Parenting Untuk Menurunkan Kenakalan Pada Remaja

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana peranan positive parenting dalam penurunan kenakalan remaja di SMA Muhammadiyah PK Al-Kautsar yang bertempat di Kecamatan Kartasura Kabupaten Sukoharjo , Jawa Tengah. Penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi kasus dengan pengamatan kasus tentang kenakalan remaja. jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kepustakaan. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan cara wawancara terhadap guru BK sekaligus tenaga pendidik di SMA Muhammadiyah PK Al-Kautsar. Analisis data disajikan dengan sistem analisis interaksi Miles dan Huberman, meliputi reduksi data, penyajian data, dan penarikan penalaran. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa SMA Muhammadiyah PK Al-Kautsar memiliki beberapa program sebagai wadah untuk memaksimalkan peran parenting (pola asuh) orang tua kepada anaknya. Hasil wawancara dengan informan juga menyebutka bahwa program monitoring dari sekolah ini berjalan optimal, dibuktikan dengan rasio kenakalan pada murid yang sedikit. Ditambah dengan sekolah ini memiliki program unggulan berbasis agama seperti pembiasaan sholat dhuha dan mengaji di setiap pagi. Studi ini disimpulkan bahwa peranan positive parenting yang baik dari orang tua akan berdampak besar pada ketergantungan kenakalan pada remaja terkhusus anaknya.Sekolah juga merasakan benefitnya karena proses pembelajaran berjalan baik dan efisien. SMA Muhammadiyah PK Al-Kautsar akan terus mengupayakan agar program monitoring kepada siswanya berjalan dengan baik, tentu ini diperlukan awareness ( kesadaran) yang baik antara orang tua dan tenaga pendidik dalam mengurangi rasio kenakalan pada remaja.
Integrins in Health and Disease—Suitable Targets for Treatment?

Integrin receptors are heterodimeric surface receptors that play multiple roles regarding cell–cell communication, signaling, and migration. The four members of the β2 integrin subfamily are composed of an alternative α (CD11a–d) subunit, which determines the specific receptor properties, and a constant β (CD18) subunit. This review aims to present insight into the multiple immunological roles of integrin receptors, with a focus on β2 integrins that are specifically expressed by leukocytes. The pathophysiological role of β2 integrins is confirmed by the drastic phenotype of patients suffering from leukocyte adhesion deficiencies, most often resulting in severe recurrent infections and, at the same time, a predisposition for autoimmune diseases. So far, studies on the role of β2 integrins in vivo employed mice with a constitutive knockout of all β2 integrins or either family member, respectively, which complicated the differentiation between the direct and indirect effects of β2 integrin deficiency for distinct cell types. The recent generation and characterization of transgenic mice with a cell-type-specific knockdown of β2 integrins by our group has enabled the dissection of cell-specific roles of β2 integrins. Further, integrin receptors have been recognized as target receptors for the treatment of inflammatory diseases as well as tumor therapy. However, whereas both agonistic and antagonistic agents yielded beneficial effects in animal models, the success of clinical trials was limited in most cases and was associated with unwanted side effects. This unfavorable outcome is most probably related to the systemic effects of the used compounds on all leukocytes, thereby emphasizing the need to develop formulations that target distinct types of leukocytes to modulate β2 integrin activity for therapeutic applications.
Pain-Relieving Effects of Shockwave Therapy for Ledderhose Disease: An Ultrasound-Based Study of an Unusual Bilateral Case

Ledderhose disease (LD, or plantar fibromatosis) is a rare, nodular, hyperproliferative condition affecting the plantar aponeurosis of the foot. At present, several conservative, non-surgical treatments have been documented, although with various degrees of success, with little evidence in the literature supporting their efficacy. In this scenario, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) has emerged as a safe, effective, and less invasive approach for the successful treatment of several refractory musculoskeletal conditions and soft tissue injuries. Again, recent experimental evidence has shown that ESWT can exert beneficial effects on different fibroproliferative diseases, including Dupuytren’s and Peyronie’s disease. In contrast, the literature regarding the use of ESWT for LD is extremely limited, and no optimal application parameters have been defined to ensure its effectiveness for this disease. Therefore, in the present paper, we report a case of a 48-year-old male patient who developed bilateral foot LD, which was successfully treated with a novel ESWT protocol of treatment consisting of three sessions at 1-week intervals, with 2000 impulses at 5 Hz with an energy flux density of 0.20 mJ/mm2. Our data show that this ESWT treatment protocol was effective in completely relieving pain, restoring full functional activity, and thus, greatly improving the patient’s quality of life.
Simplification of real-estate contracts with the Land Administration System: a case study of Poland

This article examines the practicalities of Notaries Public using the Land Administration System for e-service transfer of property ownership. Herein, we use the example of the Polish Integrated Real Estate Information System (IREIS) in the activities of a Notary Public. Good governance and its genesis and IREIS developmental stages are initially assessed with emphasis on the functionality of the system and integration of the databases containing the information needed to prepare for notarial duties. The most important legal provisions applied to the conducting of professional duties by notaries are then discussed. These notably include the provisions of Notary Law and the Civil Code. Notarial tasks were then examined with regard to the possibility and admissibility of using the IREIS to accelerate their activities, decrease delays in essential formalities and minimize associated costs. Conclusions are drawn, and these include the forecast of future innovative solutions by e-service communication.