Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Internet Success: A Study of Open-Source Software Commons

The use of open-source software (OSS)--readable software source code that can be copied, modified, and distributed freely--has expanded dramatically in recent years. The number of OSS projects hosted on SourceForge.net (the largest hosting Web site for OSS), for example, grew from just over 100,000 in 2006 to more than 250,000 at the beginning of 2011. But why are some projects successful--that is, able to produce usable software and sustain ongoing development over time--while others are abandoned? In this book, the product of the first large-scale empirical study to look at social, technical, and institutional aspects of OSS, Charles Schweik and Robert English examine factors that lead to success in OSS projects and work toward a better understanding of Internet-based collaboration. Drawing on literature from many disciplines and using a theoretical framework developed for the study of environmental commons, Schweik and English examine stages of OSS development, presenting multivariate statistical models of success and abandonment. Schweik and English argue that analyzing the conditions of OSS successes may also inform Internet collaborations in fields beyond software engineering, particularly those that aim to solve complex technical, social, and political problems.
Human limb vibration and neuromuscular control

Mechanical loading can modulate tissue plasticity and has potential applications in rehabilitation science and regenerative medicine. To safely and effectively introduce mechanical loads to human cells, tissues, and the entire body, we need to understand the optimal loading environment to promote growth and health. The purpose of this research was 1) to validate a limb vibration and compression system; 2) to determine the effect of limb vibration on neural excitability measured by sub-threshold TMS-conditioned Hreflexes and supra-threshold TMS; 3) to determine changes in center of pressure, ankle muscle activity, and kinematics during a postural task following limb vibration; and 4) to determine the effect of limb vibration and whole body vibration on movement accuracy of a weight bearing visuomotor task and muscle responses to an unexpected pertubation. The major findings of this research are 1) the mechanical system presented in the manuscript can deliver limb vibration and compression reliably, accurate, and safely to human tissue. 2) Sub-threshold cortical stimulation reduces the vibration-induced presynaptic inhibition of the H-reflex. This reduction cannot be attributed to an increase in cortical excitability during limb vibration because the MEP remains unchanged with limb vibration. 3) Limb vibration altered the soleus and tibialis EMG activity during a postural control task. The vibration-induced increase in muscle activity was associated with unchanged center of pressure variability but reduced center of pressure complexity. 4) Simulated fallers were able to accommodate extraneous afferent information due to the vibration interventions to maintain similar levels of accuracy but muscle responses to an unexpected pertubation were altered. Taken together, vibration has immediate applications to improve various human tissues.
El acompañamientos a docentes principiantes. Análisis y resultados de un programa de inducción

La inducción de los profesores principiantes a la enseñanza ha sido una temática presente en la investigación educativa desde hace décadas. Para ayudar a los docentes principiantes a enfrentar estos problemas y a aprender el lenguaje de la práctica, los sistemas educativos han establecido lo que se han denominado programas de inducción a la enseñanza. Los sistemas educativos en América Latina han incorporado la inducción a la docencia más tarde que el resto de los países más desarrollados. En este artículo presentamos el desarrollo y resultados de un programa de inducción a docentes principiantes desarrollado en República Dominicana. El artículo presenta los niveles de satisfacción de docentes, acompañantes y directores escolares y se analizan, utilizando una variedad de instrumentos, algunos resultados de aprendizaje de los docentes principiantes. Hemos observado una alta satisfacción de los participantes con el programa y una significativa mejora de los docentes principiantes al finalizar el programa. Se destacan también algunos aspectos de mejora necesarios de implementar para su sostenibilidad.
MANAGING LABOUR TURNOVER: A CASE STUDY OF A SRI LANKAN APPAREL MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATION

This study was conducted in a leading export oriented organisation situated in Kandy district, Sri Lanka. The organisation was a leading apparel manufacturer to US market. Overall objective of the study was to examine the impact of Labour Turnover on Productivity. Specific objectives of the study were to identify the major contributory factors for labour turnover, to examine the factors contributing to labour turnover, and to analyse the impact of current practices and measures taken by the organization in addressing labour turnover. Study was focused on the labour turnover, specifically the sewing machine operators (Team members). Study has examined the models and sources of labour turnover, paying attention to models of job satisfaction, and employee commitment. Conceptual framework of the study was based on the Causal Model of Turnover (Denver studies) developed by Price (1977), and studies done by Hom and Griffeth (1995) on same. Hundred and twenty sewing machine operators were selected for the study based on systematic random sampling. A questionnaire was employed to conduct the survey. In addition, 10 Job Trainers were interviewed on their experiences and views of employee turnover. Study analysed, and verified a range of factors that were consistently linked to employee turnover. Authors found 24 out of 42 subscales tested for establishing of the relationship between variables affecting employees to have ‘an intention to leave’, displayed positive relationships, and the overall model could be considered as significant. Factors that lead Team members to leave the organization were linked to its processes, practice and methods. organization needs to consider exact requirements of employees for benefits to be perceived positively by them. Results of this study would facilitate organization’s decision makers to understand the general nature of employee turnover and its’ likely causes, and contexts as well. For full paper: fmscresearch@sjp.ac. lk
USING SMART SENSORS AND A CAMERA PHONE TO DETECT AND VERIFY THE FALL OF ELDERLY PERSONS

In this paper we present a fall detection system for elderly people. The core of the system is an intelligent sensor consisting of three accelerometers and a processor capable of analysing incoming data in real time and classifying motions events such as falls or other normal and abnormal events. The sensor is able to communicate these findings to nearby camera phones or PCs through Bluetooth for further processing. We have used the system to collect data of falls and nonfalls which we have used to evaluate different algorithms.
Study on application of image process in ear traits for DUS testing in maize.

【Objective】 The objective of this study is to assess the suitability of image process techniques for measuring and quantifying ear traits in maize DUS tests. 【Method】 The 7 ear traits,namely ear length and width,kernel top and ear axis color,ear shape,ear row number,kernel arrangement,as ruled in The National Guidelines for Maize,were measured by image processes from 50 ears each of four cultivars or 93 up to 107 ear axes each of eight cultivars.Measurements obtained were subjected to different statistical procedures in order to determine adequate data analysis requirements,in the context that the variety evaluation of distinctness. 【Result】 Relative measurement errors were 6.2%,1.6% and 0.66% respectively for ear length,ear width and ear row number by image process.Individual ear edge angles,as a trait depicting ear shape,ranged from 0 to 2.22 degrees,and mean kernel row angles,as a trait depicting kernel arrangement,varied from 89.4-90.7 degrees among cultivars.Colors and shapes of ears,which,as usual,are quality traits or pseudo-quality traits,were quantified as quantitative traits so that information gain increased.Variations in kernel top color among both ears and sides within ears were tiny,and variations in other traits among sides within ears were smaller than or comparative to among ears.The increased number of traits based on same bulk samples may lead to higher risk of false between-varieties distinctness.Nevertheless,the risk of this kind can substantially be reduced by the mean separation for individual traits with multiple traits adjustment. 【Conclusion】 Image process is a useful tool for gathering and quantifying maize ear DUS and other more traits with advantages of objectivity,efficiency and low cost,when integrated with adequate statistical analysis tools such as the mean separation for individual traits with multiple traits adjustment,and will play more and more important roles in the new maize variety DUS testing in the whole country.
Autonomous Car

: Autonomous car is a rapidly evolving technology, and today many auto makers and other technical companies are experimenting with autonomous cars. An autonomous car’s overall functional cycle falls into the following abstract categories: situational awareness, planning, control, and actuation. Car following and decision making are critical to complete driving mission for autonomous vehicles under complex and dynamic urban environment. The recognition unit includes the lane detection, obstacle or pedestrian avoidance and traffic sign recognition. Decision making unit is responsible for carrying out global and local path planning. The actuation unit consists of steering wheel, brake system and accelerator system are. This paper describes the important parameters in the design of the autonomous car driving system.
Determinants of Consumer’s Online Purchase Behavior in Zimbabwe

This study investigated online consumer behaviour among Zimbabweans living in Harare. The results show that Attitude has a positive effect on Purchase Intention and Attitude has a positive effect on behaviour. The results also show that Purchase Intention positively affects the relationship between Attitude and Behaviour. Meanwhile Facilitating Conditions positively moderated the relationship between Purchase Intention and Behaviour. Based on the research findings and conclusions, a number of recommendations and areas of future research are suggested.
Designing a Multifunctional Catalyst for the Direct Production of Gasoline-Range Isoparaffins from CO2

The production of carbon-neutral fuels from CO2 presents an avenue for causing an appreciable effect in terms of volume toward the mitigation of global carbon emissions. To that end, the production of isoparaffin-rich fuels is highly desirable. Here, we demonstrate the potential of a multifunctional catalyst combination, consisting of a methanol producer (InCo) and a Zn-modified zeolite beta, which produces a mostly isoparaffinic hydrocarbon mixture from CO2 (up to ∼85% isoparaffin selectivity among hydrocarbons) at a CO2 conversion of >15%. The catalyst combination was thoroughly characterized via an extensive complement of techniques. Specifically, operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) reveals that Zn (which plays a crucial role of providing a hydrogenating function, improving the stability of the overall catalyst combination and isomerization performance) is likely present in the form of Zn6O6 clusters within the zeolite component, in contrast to previously reported estimations.
System Development Charges for Water, Wastewater, and Stormwater Facilities

The Need for System Development Charges Legal Considerations of System Development Charges Applying Rational Nexus Criteria to the Calculation of System Development Charges Administrative Considerations of System Development Charges Implications of System Development Charge Policy Alternative Methods of Calculating System Development Charges Calculating System Development Charges for Water and Wastewater Facilities Based on Total Cost Attribution Calculating System Development Charges for Stormwater Facilities Appendix 1: Engineering News and Record Construction Costs Index and Current Value Factors to 1993 Appendix 2: Calculation of System Development Charge Credits Attributable to Past and Future General Obligation Bond Debt Service Appendix 3: Adjustments to Meter Size Ratios to Account for Peak Demand References and Selected Bibliography Index
Congress Should Enact Tele-behavioral Health Policies that Provide Equitable Access for All

Coverage of tele-behavioral health services furnished by audio-only transmissions must not cease once the pandemic ends. Audio-only services are a lifeline for many individuals, especially older adults, individuals with disabilities, people in rural and frontier areas, lower-income families, racial and ethnic minority communities, and other underserved populations who often lack sufficient broadband, do not have access to computers or smartphones, or are unable to utilize audio and video enabled communication devices due to disability or difficulties with digital literacy.
Web profiling and navigation path analysis

The rich information in the World Wide Web has created an information overloading problem for web users. The technology of Web personalization targets to solve such a problem and thus recommendation systems were studied. Nowadays, Web Usage Mining technique is overtaking the position of traditional collaborative filtering technology, moving traditional ranking style into web log and navigation path analysis approach. The Markov model is one of the well performed prediction model that is suitable for a recommendation system. However, it suffers from state complexity problem and needs to be improved. Association Rule mining is another technique for data mining and pattern discovery. There is also room to improve for the performance of Association Rule. This project focuses on the studies of different optimization schemes for Markov model and Association Rule. It takes experiments on different kinds of improvement studies. It also shows the result of different kinds of model optimization scheme. A profiling modeler and an online recommendation engine are also implemented for testing and simulation.
Energy Simulation in Building Design

Since the appearance of the first edition of 'Energy Simulation in Building Design', the use of computer-based appraisal tools to solve energy design problems within buildings has grown rapidly. A leading figure in this field, Professor Joseph Clarke has updated his book throughout to reflect these latest developments. The book now includes material on combined thermal/lighting and CFD simulation, advanced glazings, indoor air quality and photovoltaic components. This thorough revision means that the book remains the key text on simulation for architects, building engineering consultants and students of building engineering and environmental design of buildings. The book's purpose is to help architects, mechanical & environmental engineers and energy & facility managers to understand and apply the emerging computer methods for options appraisal at the individual building, estate, city, region and national levels. This is achieved by interspersing theoretical derivations relating to simulation within an evolving description of the built environment as a complex system. The premise is that the effective application of any simulation tool requires a thorough understanding of the domain it addresses.
Code of Practice for Fish and Fishery Products

In the context of recognizing controls at individual processing steps, this Section provides examples of potential hazards and defects and describes technical guidance that can be used to develop control measures and corrective actions. At any particular step, only the hazards and defects that are likely to be introduced or controlled at that step are listed. It should be recognized that in preparing a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) and/or defect action point (DAP) plan it is essential to consult Section 5, which provides guidance for the application of the principles of HACCP and DAP analysis. However, within the scope of this Section, it is not possible to give details of critical limits, monitoring, record-keeping and verification for each of the steps as these are specific to particular hazards and defects, and to the process used.
EVALUATION OF PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES: BEYOND THE LEVEL-OF-SERVICE CONCEPT

For designing and evaluating pedestrian facilities, the 1985 Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) provides guidelines similar to those for vehicular flow, using the concept of level of service. It also recommends that additional environmental factors that contribute to the walking experience and therefore to the perceived level of service, such as comfort, convenience, safety, security, and attractiveness, also be considered. However, no guidelines are given on how to measure or use these environmental factors for designing and assessing pedestrian facilities. There is no question that environmental factors are of paramount importance for designing and assessing such facilities, because pedestrians, unlike motor vehicles, have practically no control over most of these factors. A practical method of assessing pedestrian facilities is described that takes into account several environmental factors observed by independent groups who are familiar with the situation being assessed. Assessment of the environmental factors is accomplished through suitable performance measures, and these in turn provide the operating characteristics and the qualitative level of service of the facility being assessed as perceived by its users. This qualitative level of service can then supplement the quantitative level of service of the facility on the basis of flow, speed, and density units, as described in the HCM. The methodology described can be most useful in monitoring and comparing the performance of such facilities as well as in allocating the budget for changes and improvements. A practical application of the methodology is described using seven performance measures: attractiveness, comfort, convenience, safety, security, system coherence, and system continuity. The methodology is quick, easy, and inexpensive to use.
A Survey on Current Malicious JavaScript Behavior of infected Web Content in Detection of Malicious Web pages

In recent years, the advance growth of cybercrime has become an urgent issue to the security authorities. With the improvement of web technologies enable attackers to launch the web-based attacks and other malicious code easily without having prior expert knowledge. Recently, JavaScript has become the most common attack construction language as it is the primary browser scripting language which allow developer to develop sophisticated client-side interfaces for web application. This lead to the growth of malicious websites and as main platform for distributing malware or malicious script to the user’s computer when the user access to these webpages. Initial act and detection on such threats early in a timely manner is vital in order to reduce the damages which have caused billions of dollars lost every year. A number of approaches have been proposed to detect malicious web pages. However, the efficient detection of malicious web pages previously has generated many false alarm by the use of sophisticated obfuscation techniques in benign JavaScript code in web pages. Therefore, in this paper, a thoroughly survey and detailed understanding of malicious JavaScript code features will be provided, which have been collected from the web content. We conduct a thorough analysis and studies on the usage of different JavaScript features and JavaScript detection technique systematically and present the most important features of malicious threats in web pages. Then the analysis will be presented along with different dimensions (features representation, detection techniques analysis, and sample of malicious script).
New biomaterials derived from poly(lactic acids) : novel approaches to combine biodegradation, x-ray contrast and controlled local drug release

• Yujing Wang and Leo H. Koole. A non-toxic additive to introduce X-ray contrast into poly(lactic acid). Implications for transient medical implants such as bioresorbable coronary vascular scaffolds. Annual meeting of Society For Biomaterials, Apr 2013, Boston, USA. • Leo H. Koole, Daniel G. Molin and Yujing Wang. A Non-Toxic Additive to Introduce X-Ray Contrast into Poly(lactic acid)s. Annual Conference of European Society for Biomaterials, Aug 2014, Liverpood, UK. • Yujing Wang, Daniel G. Molin, Nynke M.S. van den Akker and Leo H. Koole. Synergetic effect observed during development of drug-eluting biodegradable microspheres for transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) of solid tumors. 3rd Symposium on Innovative Polymers for Controlled Delivery (SIPCD), Sep 2014, Suzhou, China.
EU Collaborative study VI (2002) on bacteriologicaldetection of Salmonella spp.

Het Communautair Referentie Laboratorium voor Salmonella (CRL-Salmonella, Bilthoven, Nederland) organiseerde in 2002 een zesde bacteriologisch ringonderzoek. Zeventien Nationale Referentie Laboratoria voor Salmonella (NRLs-Salmonella) namen deel aan deze studie. Referentie materialen in combinatie met of zonder de aanwezigheid van kippenfeces, zowel als natuurlijk besmette feces monsters (bevattende Salmonella Infantis) werden getest door alle laboratoria. De referentie materialen bestonden uit gelatine capsules met verschillende besmettingsniveaus Salmonella Typhimurium (STM), Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) of Salmonella Panama (SPan). Bovendien werd naast de uitvoering van de testen van de laboratoria een vergelijking gemaakt tussen de media zoals beschreven in de nieuwe ISO 6579:2002 [Rappaport Vassiliadis Soya Broth (RVS), Mueller Kauffmann Tetrathionate-novobiocin broth (MKTTn) and Xylose Lysine Deoxycholate agar (XLD)] en de alternatieve media Modified Semi-solid Rappaport Vassiliadis (MSRV) en Briljant Groen Agar (BGA). Significant meer positieve isolaties werden gevonden met capsules welke STM bevatten dan met capsules welke SE bevatten, onafhankelijk van het besmettingsniveau of methode. De totale resultaten van alle verschillende capsules zowel als de resultaten van de natuurlijk besmette monsters lieten betere resultaten zien voor MSRV (met BGA en XLD als uitplaat-medium) in vergelijking met de ISO 6579:2002 methode.
3-D optical waveguide arrays for in-vivo optogenetics : development and application

Development and Application by Anthony N. Zorzos S.M. , Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009 Sc.B. , Applied Physics, Brown University, 2007 Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture and Planning, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Media Arts and Sciences at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY June 2013 MASSACHUSTT INS E OF TECHNOOGY
PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS FOR VISION-BASED AUTOMATIC DRIVING

The purpose of this paper is to review some of the progress in the field of vision-based driving and assess the prospects for the future. There has been, and continues to be, a great deal of research in this field. Much of the funding in this country has been provided by the DARPA Image Understanding (IU) program, the Autonomous Land Vehicle (ALV) project, and the current Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) program. Funding for the UGV program also has come from the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Army Laboratory Command.