Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
DEVELOPMENT OF CLASS LIBRARY IN DOMAIN OF SCROLLING SHOOTER GAME

The purpose of this research is to develop a Class Library in the domain of Scrolling Shooter games. The built of this Class Library will be used to develop Scrolling Shooter games as the result of this research. In software engineering, there is a reuse concept that is used to reuse functional systems. One application of this concept is the class library. With the class library, programmers can directly call the functions they need without building them from scratch. This study also used the class library concept for the domain of the shooter scrolling game case. The development of a Class Library is done through seven phases, Domain Analysis, Frozenspot Analysis, Hotspot Analysis, Modelling Class Library, Implementation Class Library, Unit Testing, and Integration Testing, and those will be the main discussion of this research. Furthermore, this research's conclusion is expected to help game programmers develop Scrolling Shooter games without making the whole system functional from scratch. This research also contributes to software engineering concepts, namely: reusable code, abstraction, and class design.
Does institutional quality foster economic complexity ? *

It is well established in the long-term development literature that deeply rooted institutions are the fundamental drivers of comparative prosperity across the world. This study contributes to this line of inquiry by investigating the extent to which the quality of institutions helps shape international differences in economic complexity – a novel measure of productive capabilities. More specifically, economic complexity corresponds to an enhanced capacity to produce and export a diverse range of sophisticated (high-productivity) products, which is highly predictive of future patterns of growth and development. The central hypothesis is that institutions are linked to higher degrees of economic complexity via strengthening incentives for innovative entrepreneurship, fostering human capital accumulation, and directing human resources towards productive activities. Employing data for up to 115 countries, I consistently obtain precise estimates of the positive effects of institutional quality, measured by the Economic Freedom of the World Index, on economic complexity. The findings highlight the important role of establishing well-functioning institutions in driving structural transformation towards productive activities, which contributes to alleviating the persistence of underdevelopment.
Market Integration and Price Transmission in the Common Beans Market of Mozambique

Received: 10 September 2021 Revised: 15 September 2021 Accepted: 23 September 2021 As the staple food of Mozambique, common beans are one of the most produced, consumed, and commercialized agricultural commodities. Most of the agricultural products suffer from price instability, especially in developing countries such as Mozambique, where the distance between farming areas and consumer centers is large and the transportation infrastructure is poor, affecting the food safety of the lower income households. It thus becomes important to assess the market integration and price transmission between the farm, wholesale, and retail markets to provide insights into government market interventions and policy directions. In our study, we investigated market integration and price transmission in the common beans market of Mozambique, using the autoregressive distributive lag model. The bounds co-integration results showed that the farm, wholesale, and retail prices co-integrate in the long run. The Granger causality test showed that there is a causal relationship between the price series, and the error correction model showed asymmetry in price transmission, suggesting the need for policy intervention to correct the market inefficiencies. Investing on the improvement of roads and exploiting the cheaper means of transportation, such as rail and sea transport, should be considered to enable cheaper movement of people and goods.
Music Mood Classiﬁcation using Convolutional Neural Networks

This paper presents a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) for the use of emotion classiﬁcation of music. Trained with the MediaEval 1000 songs Dataset, the network is based on a regression and outputs values for valence and arousal of each song sample. Mel-spectrograms, based on 15.0 audio-ﬁles excerpts, were used as input data. While the initial model of the network is based on the best results of prior research, this paper investigates how tweaking certain parameters and changing parts of the model’s architecture impacts the overall performance. Adapting the initial model with the respective best performing parameters, the ﬁnal model and it’s performance are conclusively presented.
Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate as Reinforcement Additive of Asphalt Mixture for Pavement Application

This study explores the effect of incorporating recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) into asphalt pavement mixtures. The performance characteristics were observed to determine if the mechanical properties of the resulting mixture had significantly improved. The PET-asphalt mixtures were prepared using the dry method and were then evaluated based on the Marshall flow and stability tests, as well as its volumetric properties – such as air voids, voids filled with asphalt (VFA), voids in mineral aggregates (VMA), bulk specific gravity (BSG), and maximum specific gravity (MSG). Results show that the optimum PET content in the mixture is 15% by weight of asphalt binder at 5% binder composition of the overall asphalt pavement mixture. The stability was observed to increase by 14.2% compared with the conventional mix and each sample passed the standards set by the Asphalt Institute. Based on the results, it can be concluded that at certain amounts, the addition of PET improves the Marshall properties of the pavement.
An Integrated and Cross-Cultural Study of Diffusion Theory

Motivated by the comprehensive review in Gatignon and Robertson (1985), this paper simultaneously tests various prevailing consumer theories of new product adoption. It puts special emphasis on the impact of culture on adoption, a topic that bas been largely neglccted in previous research. We study ten home-office and high-end consumer electronics innovations using a sample of some 900 individuals from over 30 countries. In addition to uncovering new aspects of consumer innovativeness, this paper represents a first attempt to gauge the relative importance of all relevant forces driving individual adoption timing for new products, as hypothesized in the extant literature. An Integrated and Cross-Cultural Study of Diffusion Thcory
A Comparison of Gesture and Controller-based User Interfaces for 3D Design Reviews in Virtual Reality

We present a custom virtual reality (VR) hand-tracking user interface developed in Unity, and compare it with a similar industry level application (CTRL Elements) utilising controllers. Both applications afford spawning, relocating, reorienting, and rescaling 3D models within a virtual environment in addition to horizontal, vertical, and rotational user movement options. The interfaces are tested with Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, which is also responsible for the hand-tracking. Our main motivation is to gain an insight into whether hand-tracking UIs could provide added value to industrial design review solutions. We also pinpoint the major advantages and ﬂaws in the controllerless approach and report which of our gesture-based controls are the most intuitive and usable.
First Principles Study on Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of PMMA Doped InSb–Mn Alloy Polymer Matrix Composite

InSb the group III-V semiconductor with narrow band gap is combined with Mn in various concentrations and that InSb–Mn alloy is doped with poly methyl methacrylate (PMMA). The optical properties and electronic structure of ternary InSb–Mn alloy with PMMA are investigated by first principles calculations using the DFT method. Varying Mn concentrations play an important role in the improvement of the absorption coefficient and optical conductivity. It is observed that the band gap of InSb–Mn: PMMA decreases monotonously with the increase in Mn concentration. Optical properties of InSb–Mn: PMMA, such as the optical absorption coefficient and optical conductivity, are greater than those of pure InSb. InSb–Mn: PMMA alloy is doped with PMMA polymer in order to make a thin film as PMMA is a transparent thermoplastic polymer. These results suggest a promising application of InSb–Mn: PMMA thin film in optoelectronics when the InSb doping is 24% with improved conductivity when compared with other doping ratios. This states the optimum doping ratio and the major finding in the carried out research based on modelling and simulation.
Alternative Control by Natural Compounds to Powdery Mildew Disease on Sugar Beet With Supporting Investigation by Scanning Electron Microscopy and X- Ray

Natural compounds such as sodium carbonate and bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, eugenol oil, micronized and elemental sulfurs were applied against sugar beet powdery mildew under field conditions during 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons. The results showed real role of this substances in suppressed powdery mildew disease on sugar beet plants and exhibited non-phytotoxic, wherever sodium carbonate , micronized and elemental sulfur were the most effective ones in this respect , which caused reduction in disease severity and the highest enhancement of yield, total soluble solids (TSS) and sucrose contents followed by sodium bicarbonate and eugenol oil, while potassium bicarbonate was the lowest one compared to control treatment . Moreover, Topase fungicide was the superior treatment in reducing the disease severity and recorded the best yield, TSS and sucrose contents . Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) examination showed deformation of spores and mycelium of Erysiphe betae fungus resulting to natural compounds application of sugar beet leaves, SEM combined with Energy – Dispersive Xray (EDX) analysis showed increasing of different elements ,ie. S, Ca, Mg, Si percentage than control, and all counter may be had chemical changes, that inhibit E. betae fungus infection . Consequently, application of natural compounds led to positive change of oxidative enzymes activity, wherever sodium carbonate and micronized S recorded the highest peroxidase and polyphenoloxidase enzymes values followed by sodium and potassium bicarbonates, while the reverse was true with elemental S. At all, most of tested substances led to enhancement of chlorophylls content and Topase was the best one.
Development of a Range of Modified Multifunctional Residual Current Systems and Their Industrial Implementation

The developments of the AltSTU have been reviewed in the area of creating a new technology for preventing technogenic hazards based on the residual current devices. The residual current devices are intended for protecting people from electric shock in case of contact with conductive parts of the electric appliances and shall facilitate reduction of fire risks caused by a prolonged flow of leakage currents and fault currents resulting from them. The results of creating different modifications of protective trip circuits and their industrial use are provided.
Pro-women Laws in Pakistan: Challenges towards Implementation

Women status in Pakistan is a complicated phenomenon due to multi-cultural ethnicities. The situation of women in Pakistan is lamentable because of nonimplementation of pro-women legislation. The focus of my study is to unveil the lacunas and the barricades in the enforcement of laws. These barricades provide a vacant ground to the violence, injustice, gender inequality and cruelty against women which has become an integral value and staunch belief of a society. My findings from qualitative and quantitative data analysis clearly depicts that numerous multifarious dimensions and immense obstructions are prominent in the way of women protection laws. Such as intrinsic challenges including; dominating and misogynistic behavior of men against women, confession of the fact of women command in the possession of men and privilege and dignity acquired by men and contrary to this social ignorance and neglecting attitude towards women. Simultaneously extrinsic challenges such as; cultural benchmarks on women‘s status, impotence of mass media, patriarchy in social milieu, patriarchal bigotry in law dispensing agencies, ascendancy of sociocultural standards, illiteracy, legal illiteracy, fear of notoriety among females, incapacity of justice system, evasion of justice, renunciation of legal reforms, cynical role of police and sterility of NGOs are stern impediments.
Design, Implementation, Interfacing and Control of Internet of Robot Things for Assisting Robot

Robotic arm plays a great role in assisting the human hand in current life. This project involves the design and implementation of two degrees of freedom (DOF’s) assistant arm robot for aiding humans in the medical recovery for the upper left limb motion. The contribution in this work involves three parts: the first one, design special interfacing circuits based on (Arduino card) for controlling the designed arm motion, where the motion execution and record is done by designed reading and writing circuits, these circuits controlled by a designed MATLAB fuzzy proportional derivative (PD) controller, this control structure implemented by assisting of special Arduino Simulink library In MATLAB Simulink, where it will be used for control the signals transition, a new Simulink design proposed and investigated to interfacing the controller with the arm motors and encoders via the circuits. The second contribution is adding an assisting spring system to the arm first motor joint, where this addition rises the motion stability through the control phase by increasing the required torque in the arm first joint, especially after the human hand load is attached to the robot links, where its tested effectively without needing for replacing the motor with increased torque. The results illustrate the power of these circuits design and the error reduction occurred after supporting the system’s spring. The Third contribution, An Internet of robotic thing (IoRT) model is designed, and then the robot arm is connected using our designed internet –based control system using IoT protocols for communication.
Comparison of Bone Morphogenic Proteins’ and Platelet Rich Fibrins’ Effectiveness in Socket Preservation

The dentist faces a difficult challenge in preserving the quantity and quality of gum and bone tissues. Furthermore, the processes adopted should meet these objectives while posing no substantial future issues. In current dental and maxillofacial surgery, a variety of materials as Systematic Review Article Alshami et al.; JPRI, 33(59B): 719-727, 2021; Article no.JPRI. 80925 720 Morphogenic Protein of Bone (BMP) and Platelet Rich Fibrins (PRF) are employed to repair and reconstruct bone tissue. The purpose of this review was to compare the efficiency of both BMP’s and PRF’s in Socket preservation. Reviewing the literature was conducted by using the following search strategies: Bone Morphogenic Proteins, Platelet Rich Fibrins, socket preservation approach, comparison of BMPs and PRFs, Bone Morphogenic Proteins and effectiveness in socket preservation and Platelet Rich Fibrins’ effectiveness in socket preservation. In conclusion, BMPs have been studied more completely than PRFs, and they have higher impacts on hard tissue regeneration and repair, according to the research. The fact that PRFs increase soft tissue healing shows how promising they are. Especially when we consider that soft tissue healing is more important than socket care in implant dentistry.
Tetrahedral and Surface Meshing Strategies for Signed Distance Functions

In this project the principles of solid modeling, surface meshing, and tetrahedral meshing using signed distance functions are discussed. Three libraries were published as open source projects in the Julia programming to facilitate each of these three aspects. The libraries are: Descartes.jl for signed distance function generation and composition, Meshing.jl for surface meshing, and DistMesh.jl for tetrahedral mesh generation. Both Descartes.jl and Meshing.jl were developed prior to the start of this project, however, several improvements and modiﬁ-cations were developed to facilitate performance and support for the DistMesh.jl library. The primary contribution is the extension and evaluation of the DistMesh algorithm ﬁrst published by Per-Olof Persson, with a port to the Julia programming language. Throughout the study, methods were evaluated to improve the performance of the algorithm during runtime and improve the ﬁnal output mesh quality. The Julia version supports additional features along with performance improvements that enable the algorithm to be applied to a broader set of problems. Similarly, the coupling of DistMesh.jl with Descartes.jl and Meshing.jl is the start of a comprehensive design and Finite Element pre-processing toolset for the Julia programming language.
Cooperative Task and Motion Planning for Multi-Arm Assembly Systems

Multi-robot assembly systems are becoming increasingly appealing in manufacturing due to their ability to automatically, flexibly, and quickly construct desired structural designs. However, effectively planning for these systems in a manner that ensures each robot is simultaneously productive, and not idle, is challenging due to (1) the close proximity that the robots must operate in to manipulate the structure and (2) the inherent structural partial orderings on when each part can be installed. In this paper, we present a task and motion planning framework that jointly plans safe, low-makespan plans for a team of robots to assemble complex spatial structures. Our framework takes a hierarchical approach that, at the high level, uses Mixed-integer Linear Programs to compute an abstract plan comprised of an allocation of robots to tasks subject to precedence constraints and, at the low level, builds on a state-of-the-art algorithm for Multi-Agent Path Finding to plan collision-free robot motions that realize this abstract plan. Critical to our approach is the inclusion of certain collision constraints and movement durations during high-level planning, which better informs the search for abstract plans that are likely to be both feasible and low-makespan while keeping the search tractable. We demonstrate our planning system on several challenging assembly domains with several (sometimes heterogeneous) robots with grippers or suction plates for assembling structures with up to 23 objects involving Lego bricks, bars, plates, or irregularly shaped blocks.
ANALYTICAL STUDY AND OPTIMIZATION OF LOWER POWER DIGITAL VLSI USING HIGH SPEED SRAM

The general performance of the method is actually dominated the majority of the time, by the SRAM which makes up a big portion of a system-on-chip region. Furthermore, the fast growth as well as the acceptance of mobile, hand held equipment along with other emerging programs, like WSNs (wireless body sensing networks) implanted medical instruments, necessitates the necessity of low power SRAMs. Hence, there exist necessities of a strong low power SRAM circuit style and is now crucial. Nevertheless, a look of robust low power SRAM faces many progressions as well as performance connected obstacles.
GLOBALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY OF NIGERIA

The paper attempts to examine the impact of globalization on economic development of developing countries, using Nigeria as a case study. The paper noted that globalization involves openness to international trade, removal of obstacles to international capital flows, international market integration and worldwide diffusion of knowledge and technology. Those countries that have applied appropriate economic policy measures and developed good capital will benefit from globalization, while those that have not will be marginalised. The challenges of globalization to Nigeria's economic development cannot be underestimated. Nigeria will only benefit from globalization if she is able to take advantage of the opportunities that increased integration offers. This means being able to compete in the face of international competition. The paper therefore, suggests that priority should be given to industrialization; training programmes that would enhance skills and technological capability; innovation, and, research and development (R&D); development of reliable national communications network and infrastructure.
Strategic Thinking and Innovation Performance; The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capabilities

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the relationship between strategic thinking and its dimensions on innovation performance. It also investigates whether improved innovative performance is attributable to strategic thinking competency and absorptive capabilities among IT firms in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – cross-sectional data were obtained using a survey administered to 182 senior-level and mid-level managers of information technology firms in Nigeria. This paper applied the PLS-SEM to test the hypothesized relationships. Findings – This study results show that strategic thinking components: systematic thinking, divergent thought, and reflection positively impact innovation performance while absorptive capability insignificantly mediates their relationship. Originality/value – The study fills unattended gaps proposed in extant literature by delving into the relevance of strategic thinking as an orchestration, contributing to innovation performance among the organization's top hierarchy by providing evidence from a dynamic industry in Nigeria. The research supports prior literature investigating the relationship between innovation performance and strategic thinking. It offers new insights into similar organizational capabilities that can aid innovativeness and similar organizational outcomes, especially in a dynamic environment.
A Performance Measure for Manual Control Systems *

A new performance measure is introduced for multivariable closed loop experiments with a human operator. The essential feature of the phase margin performance measure (PMPM) is that the performance of each control loop can be determined independently, with prescribed disturbance and error levels. A variable filter parameter is used as the PMPM within the loop and it assures a high workload at the same time. There is a straightforward relationship between the PMPM and the inner loop feedback augmentation that can be utilized in trade-off studies. An adjustment scheme that seeks the PMPM automatically is described as employed in a single loop control task. This task applies directly to the experimental study of displays for helicopters and VTOL aircraft.