Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Algorithm for Economical Characteristics Identification a Machining System

In the last years, the market evolution is characterized more and more by many changes such as increasing of the new products frequency that are often personalized, large fluctuations of the structure and the commands volume and few fundamental changes in technology. The economical characteristics refer to the relationship between manufacturing and the economical indicators level of the manufacturing system. Technical-economical characteristics identification of a manufacturing system requests developing of an identification algorithm, using knowledge techniques (Knowledge Discovery from Databases and Artificial Neural Network) that should take into account all the current changes of the market. The paper proposes an algorithm for identification of the economical characteristics of a drilling machining system based on the Knowledge Discovery from Databases.
Factor analysis for creating and developing the competency evaluation model

The research aims to study and apply a proper statistical method for creating and developing the evaluation model of pre-service teachers’ competency in the 21st century. Data collection process includes an interview, focus group, questionnaire and evaluation. Descriptive statistics, Exploratory Factor Analysis and First and Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis are the techniques used for data analysis. The samples of 1284 instructors and teachers in training unit are collected for the Factor analysis. The study presents 10 factors of the pre-service teacher competency in the 21st Century: (1) the proficiency of professional teachers’ basic subjects, (2) the proficiency to promote learning efficiency, (3) the proficiency of the social context, (4) the learning management skills, (5) the media technology skills, (6) the communication skills, (7) the social skills, (8) the conscious and awareness, (9) the self-practice, and (10) the moral and ethics. The result shows that KMO =0.979 and the Bartlett’s Test shows all indicators are correlated at α= 0.05. The total variance of the components is 79.782%. The fit indexes indicate the consistency of the structure evaluation model with empirical data includes Chi square/df. =1.96, RMSEA = 0.027, CFI =1.00 and GFI=0.93. The validity is measured by t>|1.96| at α=0.05 and the reliability of indicator using R2 are between 0.62 to 0.83 for all 60 indicators. The construct reliability of this model are between 0.91 0.96 indicating a good reliability and the construct validity is consistent with standard criterion. The model includes 5 evaluation factors: focus group, scope, procedure, judgment, and report.
Aalborg Universitet Five-Level Active-Neutral-Point-Clamped DC / DC Converter

Multi-level converters are getting more and more attentions because of their obvious merits such as lower voltage stress and harmonic, smaller size of output filters, and so on. In this paper, a five-level active-neutral-point-clamped (5L-ANPC) dc/dc converter is proposed for power transfer in the applications of the medium voltage dc (MVDC) grids. A modulation strategy is also proposed to achieve five-level voltages generating, which can effectively reduce the high voltage change rate dv/dt and voltage stress on the transformer, thus decrease the electromagnetic interference (EMI) and increase reliability. Furthermore, a capacitor voltage control strategy by alternating two operation modes of the proposed modulation strategy is proposed to balance the voltage of the flying capacitor, which ensures multi-level voltages producing. Finally, the performance of the proposed converter and control strategy is verified by both simulation results and experimental results from a down-scaled prototype. Keywords—dc/dc converter; five-level active-neutral-pointclamped; medium voltage.
Relative Deprivation and Mortality

Background: Relative deprivation has previously been discussed as a possible mechanism underlying the income-health relation. The idea is that income matters to the individual’s health, over and above the increased command over resources, as the basis of social comparisons between a person and his or her reference group. The following study aimed to analyze the role of individual-level relative deprivation for all-cause mortality in the Swedish population. The Swedish context, characterized by relatively small income inequalities and promoting values as egalitarianism and equality, together with a large data material provide unique possibilities for analyzing the hypothesized mechanism. Methods: The data used are prospective longitudinal data from the Swedish population and based on a linkage of registers. Restricting selection to individuals 25–64 years, alive January 1st 1990, gave 4.7 million individuals, for whom a mortality follow-up was done over a 16-year period. The individual level relative deprivation was measured using the Yitzhaki index, calculating the accumulated shortfall between the individual’s income and the income of all other’s in the person’s reference group. All-cause mortality was used as the outcome measure. Results: Relative deprivation, generated through social comparisons, is one possible mechanism within the income and health relation. The present study analyzed different types of objectively defined reference groups, all based on the idea that people compare themselves to similar others. Results show relative deprivation, when measured by the Yitzhaki index, to be significantly associated with mortality. Also, we found a stronger effect among men than among women. Analyzing the association within different income strata, the effect was shown to be weak among the poorest. Revealing the importance of relative deprivation for premature mortality, over and above the effect of absolute income, these results resemble previous findings. Conclusion: Relative deprivation, based on social comparisons of income, is significantly associated with premature mortality in Sweden, over and above the effect of absolute income. Also, it was found to be more important among men, but weak among the poorest.
University of Birmingham Black holes in the low-mass gap: Implications for gravitational-wave observations

Binary neutron-star mergers will predominantly produce black-hole remnants of mass ∼ 3–4 M (cid:12) , thus populating the putative low mass gap between neutron stars and stellar-mass black holes. If these low-mass black holes are in dense astrophysical environments, mass segregation could lead to “second-generation” compact binaries merging within a Hubble time. In this paper, we investigate possible signatures of such low-mass compact binary mergers in gravitational-wave observations. We show that this unique population of objects, if present, will be uncovered by the third-generation gravitational-wave detectors, such as Cosmic Explorer and Einstein Telescope. Future joint measurements of chirp mass M and e ﬀ ective spin χ e ﬀ could clarify the formation scenario of compact objects in the low mass gap. As a case study, we show that the recent detection of GW190425 (along with GW170817) favors a double Gaussian mass model for neutron stars, under the assumption that the primary in GW190425 is a black hole formed from a previous binary neutron star merger.
Analysis of Ship Accidents in the Istanbul Strait Using Neuro-Fuzzy and Genetically Optimised Fuzzy Classifiers

Marine accident analysis is important for ships passing through narrow, shallow and busy waterways. This study analyses the accidents which have occurred in the Istanbul Strait and proposes both quantitative and qualitative assessments of marine accidents. Marine accidents occurring in the Istanbul Strait are analysed by using a method based on neuro-fuzzy and genetically optimised fuzzy classifiers. It can be concluded that accident severity increases when poor weather conditions prevail in the Strait regardless of ship size. Therefore, solutions to reduce unwanted events should be prioritised by accounting for weather conditions and the capacity of the vessels. This analysis indicates that the safety level would be significantly improved if all the vessels follow the passage guidelines.
and A ∑ † ådhyåy ¥ : their shared presuppositions

1. The aim of this article is to contribute to an understanding of the A∑†ådhyåy¥ on the basis of certain presuppositions which it may share with the Nirukta. In order to find out what presuppositions underlie the Nirukta, the aims and methods of that book have to be discovered. This in its turn requires the prior refutation of a misconception which has been connected with the Nirukta for more than a century, the misconception namely that the Nirukta, wholly or partly, deals with the history of words. As a result, most of this article will be concerned with the Nirukta. Apart from some short remarks in Section 2, the A∑†ådhyåy¥ will not come into the picture until Section 4, below.
Bone morphogenetic protein-4 interacts with activin and GnRH to modulate gonadotrophin secretion in LbetaT2 gonadotrophs

We have shown previously that, in sheep primary pituitary cells, bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP)-4 inhibits FSH b mRNA expression and FSH release. In contrast, in mouse L b T2 gonadotrophs, others have shown a stimulatory effect of BMPs on basal or activin-stimulated FSH b promoter-driven transcription. As a species comparison with our previous results, we used L b T2 cells to investigate the effects of BMP-4 on gonadotrophin mRNA and secretion modulated by activin and GnRH. BMP-4 alone had no effect on FSH production, but enhanced the activin C GnRH-induced stimulation of FSH b mRNA and FSH secretion, without any effect on follistatin mRNA. BMP-4 reduced LH b mRNA up-regulation in response to GnRH ( G activin) and decreased GnRH receptor expression, which would favour FSH, rather than LH, synthesis and secretion. In contrast to sheep pituitary gonadotrophs, which express only BMP receptor types IA (BMPRIA) and II (BMPRII), L b T2 cells also express BMPRIB. Smad1/5 phosphorylation induced by BMP-4, indicating activation of BMP signalling, was the same whether BMP-4 was used alone or combined with activin G GnRH. We hypothesized that activin and/or GnRH pathways may be modulated by BMP-4, but neither the activin-stimulated phosphorylation of Smad2/3 nor the GnRH-induced ERK1/2 or cAMP response element-binding phosphorylation were modiﬁed. However, the GnRH-induced activation of p38 MAPK was decreased by BMP-4. This was associated with increased FSH b mRNA levels and FSH secretion, but decreased LH b mRNA levels. These results conﬁrm 1. BMPs as important modulators of activin and/or GnRH-stimulated gonadotrophin synthesis and release and 2. important species differences in these effects, which could relate to differences in BMP receptor expression in gonadotrophs. M . from one representative experiment. Experiments were carried out at least three times. Analyses of interactions between BMP-4 and other treatment groups were carried out using two-way ANOVA and the Bonferroni method. Comparisons between treat-ments on FSH, LH concentrations, FSH b and LH b mRNA levels and phosphorylated protein intensities were analysed by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s multiple comparison test. The value of P ! 0 . 05 was considered signiﬁcant. BMP-4
CONVERGENCE TO HARMONIC MAPS FOR THE LANDAU-LIFSHITZ FLOWS BETWEEN TWO DIMENSIONAL HYPERBOLIC SPACES

In this paper, we prove that the solution of the Landau-Lifshitz flow u(t, x) from H2 to H2 converges to some harmonic map as t → ∞. The main idea is to construct Tao’s caloric gauge in the case where nontrivial harmonic maps exist and use it to prove the convergence to harmonic maps. On one side, since in our case the stationary solutions are asymptotically stable under the heat flow, the caloric gauge of Tao provides a natural geometric linearization. On the other side, although there exist infinite numbers of harmonic maps from H2 to H2, the heat flow initiated from u(t, x) for any given t > 0 converges to the same harmonic map as the heat flow initiated from u(0, x). The two observations enable us to construct Tao’s caloric gauge to reduce the convergence to harmonic maps for the Landau-Lifshitz flow to the decay of the corresponding heat tension field. This idea also works for dispersive geometric flows, see our succeeding works on wave maps for instance.
Employees Organizational Commitment of “AA” Resort in Bacolod City

Many organizational behavior studies have shown that highly committed employees are less willing to leave their job, have a tendency to perform better in their career and display high organizational citizenship behavior (Jacobsen, 2000; Kim & Brymer, 2011; Meyer & Allen, 1991; Joung, et al., 2015). The study anchored on the Three Components Model of Commitment (TCM) developed by Meyer, & Allen (1997) identifies three forms of commitment associated with working experiences: affective, continuance and normative. Investigation of loyalty to an employer using the TCM model is extensive; the model has been used to measure the relationship between commitment and motivation (Meyer et al., 2004) and social identity (Meyer et al., 2006). A person‟s loyalty to their employer has been linked to desirable outcomes such as attendance, performance and trust citizenship behavior (Meyer et al., 2002; Wasti 2005; Gilbert, Holdsworth & Kyle, 2017). This Study discusses the research design, research locale, respondents of the study, data gathering procedure, validity and reliability of the research instruments, data gathering procedure and statistical tools in analyzing the data generated during the research. The profile of the respondents work in an “AA” Resort in Bacolod City reveals that the majority of the respondents are younger individuals. Regarding Significant difference sex and age has significant Difference. Therefore, the status of the hypothesis was rejected, In the other hand length of service, there is no significant difference. Therefore, the status of the hypothesis was accepted. The organization should also give priority to the overall package of certain employees since they carry the name of the establishment plus, they are the reason why clients are coming in. Regarding the Age and Length of stay, it‟s very alarming that most of the employees are young individuals and don‟t stay in the company that long. Therefore, they should create training that suits the job description of each department that focuses on personality development. Customer‟s engagements and proper way of delivering negative factor turn to positive impact. The Employees organizational Commitment in “AA” Resort in Bacolod City differs on how the management run the entire operations. The study presented the Normative, Effective and Continuance Commitment of employee‟s organizational commitment that works in a resort of Bacolod City when they are grouped according to age, sex, Length of service. The current study determined employee‟s organizational commitment of resort using researchers modify questionnaire which were given to employees who are still in the organization. Findings revealed that there is no significant level in employees organizational commitment when grouped according to sex and length of service however there is a significant difference when grouped accrording to age.
The CirculatingVE-catherin as Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Patients with Ischemic Chronic Heart Failure

Aim: To evaluate the predictive value of circulating VE-catherin for cumulative cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF). Methods: A total of 388 patients with CHF were enrolled in the study on discharge from the hospital. Observation period was up to 3 years. Blood samples for biomarkers measurements were collected. ELISA method for measurements of circulating level of CD144 (VE-catherin) was used. Concentrations of VE-catherin for cumulative cardiovascular outcomes were tested. Results: Median follow-up was of 2.32 years (IQR=1.8-3.0). During follow- up, 110 cardiovascular events (including 43 fatal cases) were determined. Thirty five patients were died due to advance of CHF, and eight cases of death were related with suddenly death, fatal myocardial infarction, and systemic thromboembolism. Therefore, 74 subjects were readmitted in the hospital due to worsening CHF and 16 subjects were readmitted due to other cardiovascular reasons. Medians of circulating levels of VE-catherin in both patient cohorts (without and with experienced clinical outcomes) were 0.63 ng/mL (iterquartile range [IQR] = 0.55-0.64 ng/mL) and 1.03 ng/ml (IQR = 0.97-1.07 ng/mL) (P<0.001). Receive Operation Curve analysis has shown that the best balanced the cut-off of VE-catherin concentration for combined cardiovascular events was 0.755ng/ml. A significantly divergence of Kaplan-Meier curves in high VE-catherin patients (>0.755ng/ml) and low VE-catherin (<0.755 ng/ml) was reported. Multivariate age-adjusted Cox regression shown that NYHA class, VE-catherin, NT-pro-BNP and LVEF remained independent predictors for combined cardiovascular events, whereasT2DM and hs-CRP did not. Conclusion: We found that increased circulating VE-catherin associated with increased three-year combined cardiovascular events among patients with CHF. Adding VE-catherin level to NT-pro BNP and NYHA class sufficient improve the prediction of standard model of CHF.
Development of gluten free cereal bar utilising quinoa

A study was carried out to develop cereal bar for gluten intolerant population utilising quinoa, brown rice, flaxseed and dry fruits like almonds, dried figs and raisins. Honey was added as a sweetener and binding agent. The raw material were analysed for physico-chemical properties like moisture, ash, protein and fat content and the functional parameters like antioxidant activity, total phenols and β-carotene. Dry heat treatment (80-100 o C for 8-12 min) was given to grains prior to use in preparation of cereal bar. Significant variation (p≤0.05) was found after treatment of grains among all the physicochemical and functional parameters of grains except ash content which showed a non-significant variation (p≤0.05). Four formulations were developed using different combination of grains at different honey levels (40%, 50% & 60%). On the basis of sensory evaluation, formulation4 at 50 per cent honey level was selected. Selected cereal bar was assessed for physico-chemical and functional parameters. Cereal bar were stored at ambient conditions for 120 days in HDPE and aluminum laminates. The significantly (p≤0.05) increase in moisture content, free fatty acid and peroxide value was found during storage. There was decrease in ash, protein, fat, total phenols, antioxidant activity, β-carotene, cohesiveness and springiness during storage and interaction between packaging material and storage was found to be non-significant (p≤0.05). The significant (p≤0.05) decrease was found in hardness and chewiness during storage. The cereal bar were found to be acceptable in both packaging materials after storage period of 120 days.
Modified and secure adaptive clustering approach for autonomic wireless sensor network with minimum radio energy

Wireless sensor networks are a trend of the past few years, and they involve deploying a large number of small nodes. The rapid advancement of wireless technology has enabled the development of small, powerful and expensive sensor nodes, which are capable of sensing, computation and wireless communication. The sensor networks can be used in environmental changes and report, health, military etc. Sensor nodes are limited in power, computational capacities and memory. For these reasons, researchers are currently focusing on the design of power-aware protocols and algorithms for sensor networks. Clustering based schemes are believed to be the most energy efficient routing protocols for wireless sensor networks. Clustering is grouping of similar objects or the process of finding a natural association among some specific objects or data. Clustering leverages the advantages of small transmit distances for most of nodes, requiring only a few nodes to transmit far distances to the sink/base station. The main objective is to develop an energy efficient routing protocol based on clustering along with the reduction in energy consumption so that it improves network lifetime. In the first phase of this work, a number of energy efficient protocols have been studied. In this phase an energy efficient clustering scheme is developed modifying an existing clustering technique namely Low-Energy Adaptive Clustering Hierarchy (LEACH). Finally the performance of the present scheme is measured and compared with the LEACH and another existing scheme via MATLAB Simulation Tools. And the results clearly show that it’s performed 17%-21 % better than existing protocols
The Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Different Age Patients with Lung Cancer

Objective Cancer is closely related to age, and the incidence of cancer increases with age. However, there are few studies on the relationship between age and clinical characteristics of lung cancer. Patients and Methods We collected all the consecutive lung cancer cases from 2012 to 2017 in our hospital and divided them into 6 groups according to their ages: ≤40 y/o, 41~50 y/o, 51~60 y/o, 61~70 y/o, 71~80 y/o and >80 y/o. The clinical characteristics and prognosis of these patients were evaluated. Results There were 1143 cases diagnosed in our hospital from 2012 to 2017. There were more non-smokers (p<0.01), stage IV (p<0.01) and anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) fusion (p<0.01) patients but less stage I patients in ≤40 y/o group compared with other age groups. It seemed that older patients were more likely had co-exist driver gene mutations (p=0.04). There was no significant difference in overall survival (OS) among these 6 age groups. However, the age may be an independent prognostic factor compared with the patients in ≤40 y/o group, the patients in >80 y/o group were associated with a higher mortality risk, while the patients in other groups had the similar mortality risk. Conclusion There are some differences in clinical characteristics and prognosis among different age groups. The reasons behind the phenomenon are largely unclear. The age should be taken into account when we develop clinical trials.
A Tonic Identification Approach for Indian Art Music

In this thesis we address a fundamental aspect of the computational analysis of Indian art music, the automatic identification of the tonic of the lead performer. We propose two approaches for tonic identification in Indian art music, which take advantage of the characteristic feature of this music tradition by performing a multi-pitch analysis. We provide a short introduction to Indian art music, explaining the concept of tonic in the context of this music tradition. We review the main audio features, techniques and works relevant to the computational analysis of the tonal aspect of music and present a critique of previous approaches to tonic identification in Indian art music. A detailed description and the implementation steps for both the proposed methods are presented. The audio signal is transformed using a multi-pitch representation, which is then used to construct the pitch histograms. The tonic is identified using the prominent peaks of a pitch histogram. Following a classification based approach the system automatically learns the best set of rules to select the peak of the histogram that represents the tonic. In addition to the multi-pitch representation, the second method also analyzes the predominant melody pitches to estimate the tonic octave. Further, we also present a proposal for a complete iterative system for tonic identification which aims to use both audio and metadata. The methods are evaluated on a sizable diverse database of Indian art music, compiled as a part of the CompMusic1 project. The obtained results are good and demonstrate the advantage of using a multi-pitch approach. A detailed error analysis is performed and the plausible reasons for errors are discussed. The thesis is concluded with a summary of the work, highlighting the main conclusions and and the contributions