Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of the Emotional Sequence in the Communication of the Territorial Cheeses: A Neuromarketing Approach

Over the past few years, many studies have shown how territoriality can be considered a driver for purchasing agri-food products. Products with certification of origin are perceived as more sustainable, safer and of better quality. At the same time, producers of traditional products often belong to small entities that struggle to compete with large multinational food corporations, having less budget to allocate to product promotion. In this study, we propose a neuromarketing approach, showing how the use of these techniques can help in choosing the most effective commercial in terms of likeability and ability to activate mnemonic processes. Two commercials were filmed for the purpose of this study. They differed from each other in terms of emotional sequence. The first aimed primarily at eliciting positive emotions derived from the product description. The second aimed to generate negative emotions during the early stages, highlighting the negative consequences of humans’ loss of contact with nature and tradition and then eliciting positive emotions by presenting cheese production using traditional techniques as a solution to the problem. Based on the literature on the emotional sequences in social advertising, we hypothesised that the second commercial would generate an overall better emotional reaction and activate mnemonic processes to a greater extent. Our results partially support the research hypotheses, providing useful insights both to marketers and for future research on the topic.
SMIT: Uma Arquitetura Tolerante a Intrusões Baseada em Virtualização

Soluções práticas para o desenvolvimento de aplicações distribuídas tolerantes a faltas bizantinas tem sido alvo de pesquisas nos últimos anos. Tais soluções visam oferecer resistência aos sistemas contra ataques de todos os tipos, inclusive maliciosos, tornando-os assim tolerantes a intrusões. Recentemente, o uso de virtualização para construção de um ambiente confiável tem sido considerado por alguns desses trabalhos. Este artigo apresenta SMIT, uma arquitetura tolerante a intrusões que toma proveito de uma área de memória compartilhada entre máquinas virtuais residentes em uma máquina singular para simplificar o protocolo de consenso. O artigo também apresenta uma abordagem distribuída para SMIT, que utiliza um modelo híbrido de falhas.
Accelerated Universe and Gravity Modified at Largest Observable Distances(Chapter 2. Gravity and Cosmology-Four-Dimensional Phenomenology-, Part I: Invited Talks, The Next Chapter in Einstein's Legacy)

We discuss an idea that the cosmic acceleration of the Universe may be caused by modification of gravity at very large distances, and not by a dark energy source. Such a modification could, in particular, be triggered by extra space dimensions, to which gravity spreads over cosmic distances. This idea is testable by distant supernovae and other cosmological surveys. Also modified gravity predicts testable deviations in planetary motions. For the Moon this effect would show up in anomalous perihelion precessions of its orbit, and can be detected by lunar ranging experiments.
Nuclear Spin-wave Quantum Register for a Rare-earth Ion Qubit

We implement a nuclear spin-wave quantum register for optically-addressable <sup>171</sup>Yb<sup>3+</sup> qubits in YVO<inf>4</inf> using a local ensemble of <sup>51</sup>V<sup>5+</sup> lattice ions. This quantum memory is a critical demonstration for future rare-earth ion-based quantum repeater networks.
Environmentally friendly viscosity-modifying agent for self-compacting mortar: Cladophora sp. cellulose nanofibres

Abstract Admixtures such as viscosity modifying agents and mineral admixtures could be used to regulate the rheological behaviour of the self-compacting concrete mixture. Herein, cellulose nanofibres obtained from Cladophora sp. , a bio-waste that pollutes water bodies and threatens the ecosystem, were used to provide appropriate plastic viscosity in self-compacting mortars instead of a traditional viscosity modifying agent known as Welan gum (WG). Within the scope of the study, mini-slump, mini-V funnel, viscosity tests, compressive-flexural strength tests and FE-SEM analyses were performed on the mortar and cement paste specimens prepared. According to the rheological results, increases of up to 93% in plastic viscosity and increases of up to 10 times in yield stress were observed in the CCF-used specimens. On the other hand, increases in yield stress up to seven times and in plastic viscosity up to 37% were determined in the specimens with WG added. Moreover, as a result of mechanical tests, increases of up to 15% in compressive strength and up to 7% increases in flexural strength were observed in the WG-added specimens. While the decreases of up to 4% in compressive strength were observed, increases of up to 12% in flexural strength were detected in the CCF-added specimens.
Integrating Traditional Bone-Setting and Orthopaedic Medicine Practices in the Management of Fractures in Nigeria: Community-Based Rehabilitation Model in Perspective

Despite the documented advancements in orthodox medicine, traditional bonesetters (TBS) continue to be well patronised for the management of musculoskeletal injuries in low-and middle-income countries such as Nigeria. However, the practice of traditional bone-setting is often marred by the lack of trust and belief among orthodox healthcare practitioners on the one hand, and the serious post-fracture complications associated with this practice, on the other. The identified downsides have resulted in the stakeholders’ call for the integration of TBS into the national orthodox healthcare services in Nigeria. Despite efforts toward the integration, implementation and realisation remain unfulfilled. One identified potential missing link is the lack of a community-oriented pathway such as the community-based rehabilitation (CBR) model in the previous efforts. This brief review aims to elucidate the concept of CBR in relation to the proposed integration process. It highlights the need for integration, the notions of the CBR model as well as the conceptual framework for CBR. CBR has been showcased as a globally accepted model which encompasses pragmatic strategies or policies for community managers and stakeholders in a wide range of areas for people in need of essential services. It can be a suitable model for integrative management of fracture cases.
Visual Object Tracking Using PCA Correlation Filters

Accurate translation and robust scale estimation are two challenging problems for visual object tracking. Many existing trackers use some feature extraction methods and the exhaustive scale methods to solve above two problems, respectively. This paper continues to discuss above problems in the tracking-by-detection framework. It proposes an efficient tracker that applies Principal-Component-Analysis (PCA) features to learn the PCA correlation filters, which predicts the location of the target more accurately. Furthermore, our proposed tracker keeps the good performance for the scale variation by using an accurate scale estimation method. Experimental results show that our proposed tracker has a better accuracy for predicting the location of the target and a higher percent in the average overlap precision than some other methods on the 30 benchmark sequences with scale variation. Keywords—visual tracking; correlation filter; principal component analysis filter
Single stage boost inverter with low switching modulation technique

In Conventional full bridge inverters, the output voltage is lower than that of the input DC voltage. Front end step up converters are generally required in applications where the input DC voltage is very low, which leads to two stage conversion process. Single Stage Boost Inverter (SSBI) has many advantages like less number of power devices, simple structure and capable of operating in buck as well as boost modes. The conventional modulation strategy employed in SSBI has many drawbacks such as all the devices operate at higher frequency; the devices should withstand higher voltage and current stress which leads to large conduction and switching losses there by reducing their efficiency. This paper proposes a new modulation strategy, namely, low switching modulation (LSM) where all the devices are made to operate at high frequency only in one half cycles which reduces the conduction and switching losses drastically and thereby increasing the efficiency of SSBI. Moreover to reduce the current circulation losses in SSBI, an improved SSBI is proposed, which can bypass the inductor current with low switching stress. Comparison between the conventional SSBI and LSM modulated SSBI are detailed with analysis is discussed in this paper. The proposed SSBI and its modulation techniques are simulated in the MATLAB/SIMULINK software and the results are also presented. RÉSUMÉ. Pour les onduleurs conventionnels à pont complet, la tension de sortie est inférieure à celle de la tension CC d'entrée. Les convertisseurs élévateurs frontaux sont généralement exigés dans les applications où la tension à CC est très faible, ce qui conduit à un processus de conversion en deux étapes. L’Onduleur de Poussée Mono-étage (SSBI) présente de nombreux avantages, comme un nombre réduit de dispositifs de puissance, une structure simple et la possibilité de fonctionner en mode buck-boost. La stratégie de modulation conventionnelle utilisée dans le SSBI présente beaucoup d’inconvénients: tous les dispositifs fonctionnent à une fréquence plus élevée; les dispositifs doivent résister aux tensions présentes plus élevées, ce qui entraîne de grandes pertes de conduction et de commutation en là réduisant leur efficacité. Cet article propose une nouvelle stratégie de modulation, intitulé “la modulation de commutation 414 EJEE. Volume 20 – n° 4/2018 basse” (LSM) où tous les dispositifs sont faits pour fonctionner à haute fréquence mais seulement dans un demi-cycle qui réduit les pertes de conduction et de commutation drastiquement et augmentent ainsi la efficacité de SSBI. De plus, pour réduire les pertes de circulation actuelles dans SSBI, un SSBI en version plus avancée est proposé, ce dernier peut contourner le courant d'inductance avec une faible contrainte de commutation. La comparaison entre le SSBI conventionnel et SSBI modulé par LSM est discutée et analysée avec détail dans cet article. Le SSBI proposé et ses techniques de modulation sont simulés dans le logiciel MATLAB / SIMULINK et ces résultats sont également présentés.
Biosensor for urea detection based on sol-gel technology

The sol-gel technology allows for the preparation of porous glass-like materials, which can be promising hosts for various organic molecules. In this paper the entrapment of urease in a sol-gel matrix is described. Since urease is an enzyme catalyzing the reaction of urea, it can be used for urea detection. The sol-gel bulk with immobilized urease serves as an optode of the urea fiber optics sensing system. It has been proved that urease encapsulated in the sol-gel matrix does not change its chemical activity The decomposition of urea causes an increase in pH. The changes in pH are measured by monitoring the changes in absorption of a pH indicator. In this study, the bromothymol blue was used. The results of measurements with the enzymatic sol-gel optode are presented.
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of traumatic brain injury patients admitted to tertiary level surgical intensive care unit of Kashmir, India

Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of mortality, morbidity, disability, and socioeconomic losses in the Indian subcontinent. For policy making, there is a lack of reliable and larger data regarding traumatic brain injuries in our setting. Aim: In our study an attempt was made to analyze and assess the clinical characteristics of patients with traumatic brain injuries admitted in Surgical Intensive Care Unit of SMHS hospital Srinagar. Materials and Methods: In this observational study, 89 patients of TBI admitted in SICU during study period were enrolled, after obtaining ethical clearance from institutional ethical clearancecommittee. All the study patients were followed up in SICU on daily basis. All thedata required for study was recorded from the patient’s clinical notes as per studyprotocol. Outcome of patients was assessed in terms of survival at discharge from SICU. Results: Majority of the TBI patients requiring ICU admission had Severe TBI (64%). Allthe patients required CT Brain on arrival to hospital and brain contusions (65.2%) were the most common findings on CT brain. Check CT brain was required in53.9% of patients. There was need for neurosurgical intervention in 49.4% ofpatients and 21.3% required blood transfusions.
Outage Probability of Millimeter Wave Cellular Uplink with Truncated Power Control

In this paper, using the stochastic geometry, we develop a tractable uplink modeling framework for the outage probability of both the single and multi-tier millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular networks. Each tier's mmWave base stations (BSs) are randomly located and they have particular spatial density, antenna gain, receiver sensitivity, blockage parameter and pathloss exponents. Our model takes account of the maximum power limitation and the per-user power control. More specifically, each user, which could be in line-of-sight (LOS) or non-LOS to its serving mmWave BS, controls its transmit power such that the received signal power at its serving BS is equal to a predefined threshold. Hence, a truncated channel inversion power control scheme is implemented for the uplink of mmWave cellular networks. We derive closed-form expressions for the signal-to-interference-and-noise-ratio (SINR) outage probability for the uplink of both the single and multi-tier mmWave cellular networks. Furthermore, we analyze the case with a dense network by utilizing the simplified model, where the LOS region is approximated as a fixed LOS disc. The results show that imposing a maximum power constraint on the user significantly affects the SINR outage probability in the uplink of mmWave cellular networks.
Análise Comportamental de Código Malicioso Através da Monitoração de Chamadas de Sistema e Tráfego de Rede

Código malicioso (malware) disseminado através da Internet—vírus, worms, trojans—é a maior ameaça atual à segurança da informação e um negócio lucrativo para criminosos. Há abordagens para analisar malware que monitoram suas ações durante a execução em ambiente controlado, permitindo identificar comportamentos maliciosos. Neste artigo, propõe-se uma ferramenta de análise comportamental de malware não intrusiva, a qual amplia a análise a exemplares que contornam as abordagens atuais e corrige alguns problemas presentes nestas, preenchendo assim uma lacuna na área.
Demonstrating the Scope of a Switched Supercapacitor Circuit for Energy Harvesting Powered Wireless Sensor Loads

This paper describes the design of a high-efficiency energy management system for low-power, low-voltage energy harvesting powered wireless sensor systems. With typical voltages of less than 1 V and power levels lower than 1 mW, there are significant challenges when applying energy harvesting sources to supply pulsed power levels of up to 120 mW at voltage levels of 1.8–4 V as required by wireless sensor loads. The proposed approach integrates energy storage elements within a voltage step-up circuit to produce a new high-efficiency energy management circuit that converts the energy produced by a low-power, low-voltage source into a series of high power pulses. An optimized switched supercapacitor energy buffer circuit including a self-powered control circuit is proposed. Efficiencies of up to 91% are shown for an indoor solar cell source with a power level of 0.5 mW, supplying an equivalent wireless sensor with pulsed power levels of 10–120 mW. This is significantly higher than 83% achieved for the dc–dc stage of the existing best solution under the same source conditions, but requires an additional conversion step to provide high power pulses.
Effect of enzymes by substitution of corn with wheat on growth performance and digestibility of broilers

Substitution of corn with wheat associated with its variable energy content and detrimental effect on broiler performance. In a case of high-cost yellow corn, several feed producers are choosing to replace yellow corn with other ingredients like wheat, barley or sorghum. The predominant Non Starch Polysaccharides (NSP) in wheat are the pentosans (arabinixylans). Nonstarch polysaccharides create a viscous environment in the gastrointestinal tract of broiler chickens thereby interfering with the digestion and absorption of nutrients. Broilers lack endogenous enzymes to degrade arbino-xylans of wheat. Supplementation of exogenous feed grade enzymes to the cereal based diets improve the performance of broilers. Enzyme supplementation of chicken cereals based diets has resulted in improved starch and nitrogen digestibility as well as improved absorption of starch, amino acids and lipids. Supplemental enzymes such as β-glucanase, xylanase, protease and amylase break the polymeric chains of NSP into smaller pieces, thereby improving their nutritional value. The study concluded that the supplementation of NSP-degrading enzymes in wheat-based diet improve growth performance, ileal viscosity and gastric passage rate in broiler chickens.
Investigation of E-Commerce Security and Data Platform Based on the Era of Big Data of the Internet of Things

The Internet of Things (IoT) can combine a wide range of information space with physical space and use related technologies to provide effective information interaction between objects. Nowadays, a large amount of Internet data transmitted by E-commerce communication data is vulnerable to interference, intrusion, and other attacks, posing a major threat and challenge to data security. Based on the IoT data analysis platform Hadoop, starting from the data, the problems faced by the E-commerce information security are analyzed and the E-commerce security is improved. Through the comparison of Delphi method, fuzzy comprehensive evaluation method, weighted linear evaluation method, grey cluster analysis method, analytic hierarchy process, and using the complex fuzzy evaluation method of the vague set theory, the security weights of the first and second levels are calculated according to the vague entropy value of each index attribute. It provides a useful reference for E-commerce informatization security evaluation methods. The first-level and second-level comprehensive evaluations of the vague set are used to detect and analyze E-commerce network security, transaction security, data security, and physical security. The weight of each indicator occupies a total of 100% and the final risk status is close to 0. Therefore, it can be concluded that the risk status of the E-commerce information security is “safe”.
Camera Calibration and Reconstruction of Geometry from Images

Thisthesisaddresses theissuesof combiningcameracalibrationconstraintsfromvarioussources andreconstructingscenegeometryfrom singleandmultiple views. A geometricapproachis taken, associatingbothstructurerecovery andcalibrationwith geometricentities. Threesourcesof calibrationconstraintsareconsidered:sceneconstraints,suchas the parallelism andorthogonalityof lines, constraintsfrom partial knowledgeof cameraparameters, and constraintsderivedfrom themotionbetweenviews. First, methodsof rectifying theprojective distortionin an imagedplaneareexamined.Metric rectificationconstraintsaredevelopedby constrainingtheimagedplanecircularpoints. Theinternalcameraparametersareassociatedwith theabsoluteconic. It is shown how imaged planecircular pointsconstrainthe imageof the absoluteconic, andareconstrainedby a known absoluteconic in return. A methodof usingplaneswith known metric structureasa calibration objectis developed. Next, calibrationandreconstructionfrom singleviewsis addressed. A well known configuration of the vanishingpointsof threeorthogonaldirectionsandknowledgethat the camerahassquare pixels is expressedgeometricallyandsubjectedto degenerac y anderroranalysis.Thesquarepixel constraintis shown to be geometricallyequivalent to treatingthe imageplaneas a metric scene plane. Useof thevanishingpointconfigurationis extendedto two views,wherethreevanishingpoints and known epipolargeometrydefinea threedimensionalaffine reconstruction.Calibrationand metricreconstructionfollows similarly to thesingleview case,with theadditionof auto-calibration constraintsfrom themotionbetweenviews. Theauto-calibrationconstraintsarederived from the geometricrepresentationof the squarepixel constraints,by transferringthe imageplanecircular points betweenviews. Degeneratecasesfor constraintsfrom squarepixels and camerashaving identicalinternalparametersaredescribed. Finally, a constrainton the metric rectificationof an affine reconstructionfrom the relative lengthsof a pair of 3D line segmentsis developed. The constraintis appliedto humanmotion capturefrom apairof affine cameras. Dedication For my father , FrederickLiebowitz. Acknowledgements My yearsin Oxfordhavebeenanapprenticeshipunderamasterof thecraft,Andrew Zisserman.His insightandguidancehave shapedthis thesis,andI remaindeeplygratefulfor all thathehastaught me. Andrew Fitzgibbonhasbeena greatsourceof help in all softwaremattersandalsopatiently explaineda greatdealof vision to me. Most of all I would like to thankhim for his boundlessand infectiousenthusiasm. Mostof thelastyearwasspentasaguestattheRoyal Instituteof Technology in Stockholm. I would like to thankStefan Carlssonfor makingthis a thoroughlyrewardingand enjoyableexperience. I learneda greatdealfrom my colleagues, andfriends,in theVisualGeometryGroup.FredSchaffalitzky, Phil Pritchett,AntonioCriminisi, David Capel,Geof CrossandNic Pillow createda lively environmentfor researchthatI continueto miss.I would alsolike to thankEric Hayman,Matthew BryantandSebastienRougeauxfor proofreadingpartsof this thesis.
Diverticular disease in a pediatric patient with Crohn’s disease mimicking a perforated post-appendectomy appendiceal stump

Abstract We present the finding of a diverticulum in the colonic wall of the cecum, arising in the context of ileocecal stricture in a child with Crohn disease mimicking a post-appendectomy perforated appendiceal stump. To our knowledge, a non-Meckel diverticulum in a pediatric patient with Crohn disease has not yet been reported and we examine the mechanics behind it. According to the Laplace Law, the pressure inside a container with curved walls is inversely proportional to its radius. A diverticulum forms at the point of maximum stricture and at the locus of least resistance (weakness) in the bowel wall due to the inflammatory bowel disease. The long-time interval between diagnosis of ileocecal stricture and surgery (9 months) is important to allow the formation of this diverticulum. Continued follow-up in adulthood is warranted due to an increased risk of intestinal diverticular disease and neoplasms in patients with Crohn disease.