Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Mobile Solution for Location-Based Crowdsourcing

This thesis introduces a location-aware application, which can be used as a task distribution platform in a variety of mobile crowdsourcing research scenarios. First, the thesis presents the most closely related research on crowdsourcing and, in particular, mobile crowdsourcing. Second, the thesis presents the relevant architectural and functional features of the developed application using higher-level graphs and application screenshots. The key contribution of the thesis is a fully functional, partially dynamic platform that is already being used in a research case study by the Center for Ubiquitous Computing at the University of Oulu
Analysis of Phosphatase Activity from Aquatic Heterotrophic Bacteria at the Single Cell Level by Flow Cytometry: Example of a Development Achieved in the Regional Flow Cytometry Platform for Microbiology (Precym) Hosted by the Oceanology Center of Marseille

Marine microbes play a very important role in biogeochemical cycles. Because of their biodiversity, the diversity of their metabolisms, and their physiological heterogeneity (live/dead, active/inactive cells), it is nec-essary to study them at the single cell level. Flow cytometry has become a technique of choice to reach this goal, providing a fast, reliable, and multiparametric analysis of individual cells. However, the cost of such a technique makes flow cytometry out of reach for small institutes or laboratory units. It also requires a qualified and well-trained operator. To make this technique available to all the microbiolo-gists of the “Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur” Region, a Regional Flow Cytometry Platform (PRECYM), hosted by the Oceanology Centre of Marseille, was created by a consortium of six laboratories. Its goal is to provide researchers with the possibility to consider new approaches and to guarantee optimal technical, eco-nomic, and scientific exploitations of these instruments. An example of such a technical development is described in this chapter. The ELF97 phosphatase substrate has been shown to be a performing tool to assess the phosphorus status of phytoplankton populations. which ELF-labeling by In this study, we describe a new for ELF-labeling of heterotrophic bacteria that allow detection by flow cytometry. ELF-labeled samples were stored in liquid for up to 4 months before analysis without any significant loss of total or ELF-labeled cell abundance and of relative ELF fluorescence intensity. studying ectoenzymatic alkaline activity of heterotrophic bacteria at the single cell level in environments even with low cell abundance. It
Caecal Microbial Population of Growing Grass Cutters (Thyronoyms Swinderianus) Fed Phyllantus Amarus and Pilogstigma Thonngii Leaf Meal Mixture as Partial Replacement for Soya Bean Meal

One of the important cardinals of management is feeding and it accounts for 50-70% cost of production [1] but there has recently been an increase in competition among the ingredients used in the manufacture of animal feed. There is consequently a great need for alternatives that can supply in the high demand for such ingredients, in particular for soya bean meal [2]. The use of plants (leaf meals) that are not directly used by humans as food have been suggested as one of the method to reduce feed cost and make protein available to human being [3]. Among the potential plants that are loaded with proteins, minerals vitamins and various phytochemicals are Pilostigma thonngingii and Phyllantus amarus.
EFEITO DA SOMATOTROPINA NA HIPERTROFIA DAS FIBRAS MUSCULARES 1853

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) on performance, reproductive precocity and hyperthrophy in muscle fibers in Nelore heifers. In the present study, 58 heifers seven months of age weighing 193 kg were used. The experimental design was completely randomized and divided in two phases. In the first phase of 150 days, the levels of rbSt were 0 mg and 500 mg at 28 day intervals. In the phase II, each group of phase I was divided in two new groups and the levels of rbST were 0 mg and 500 mg for the control group, and 500 mg and 1,000 mg for 500 mg group of phase I, at 28 day intervals. Diet was exclusively pasture by 180 days. Biopsy of semitendinosus muscle was done for analysis of fibers at the beginning and at the end of phase I. The animals were weighed monthly (28 days). Results showed no significative differences (p>0.05) among treatments for gain of weight and for sexual precocity. For SO (slow oxidative), FOG (fast oxidative glycolitic) and FG (fast glycolitic) muscle fiber diameter a significative difference (p<0.01) with higher values for rbST treated heifers was observed.
IPO COSTS ON THE POLISH CAPITAL MARKET Annotation

Annotation. The effectiveness of IPO processes is a frequent research subject for finance scholars. This article examines the cost of such processes on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2008–2017 based on a sample of 136 companies. Research results indicate that IPO costs for transactions worth up to PLN 50m are significantly higher than for the remaining transactions and decline as the value of the IPO increases. At the same time, poor state of the WSE related to the absence of new capital and the loss of trust among investors due to events related to failure to comply with corporate governance mean that it may be difficult to see the return of a larger number of IPOs and the amount of equity raised in the upcoming years.
DESIGNING OF BIOSENSORS BASED ON PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS A Thesis Submitted in Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree of Master of Engineering

Photonic crystal fibres are drawing attention these days due to their various improved features than the conventional optical fibres. Photonic crystal fibres are having various applications among which one is Sensing. They are used for sensing of chemicals, Gases, temperature, pressure and biological analytes also. There is an increasing demand of photonic crystal based Biosensors for the detection of various biological analytes like DNA, Blood cells like RBC, WBC, Haemoglobin, Cell components like nucleus, mitochondria and various such analytes. In this dissertation, three types of Biosensors are designed. In the first design, the S-shaped Waveguide is generated by introducing line defects in the sensor. The design comprises of silicon rods in air background. This biosensor is used for the detection of various cell components like nucleus, ctyosol and mitochondria. Then the design is modified by adding Silicon reflectors The design is further optimized with reflectors of different materials. It is observed that maximum sensitivity is obtained with the Silicon reflectors. In the second design, a two dimensional photonic crystal biosensor is designed which consists of two C-shaped Cavities and a nano-ring resonator with a fixed horizontal distance between two cavities. A coupling occurs in the ring resonator. Then the design is optimized by reducing the horizontal distance between two cavities and then results are compared. In the third biosensor design, hexagonal cavity is generated for the detection of different blood cells. Infiltration of the silicon rods which lie along the hexagonal cavity is done with Gallium Arsenide rods. This sensor also provides very high sensitivity.
Feature selection in an industrial data set Development of a genetic algorithm for selecting categorical features

Feature selection is a technique for reducing the dimensionality of data sets which can provide benefits in terms of computational time, performance and interpretability. This thesis presents the development of a genetic algorithm for feature selection in an industrial data set on investigations, where a large proportion of the features are categorical. The genetic algorithm is designed to always select one-hot encoded categorical features as a group. The quality of a proposed feature selection subset was assessed using Naive Bayes classifiers, decision trees, artificial neural networks, support vector machines and logistic regression classifiers. The classification performance of the subsets obtained from the genetic algorithm were further compared to stepwise forward selection, Relief, LASSO and random forests. The results showed that the dimensionality of the data set could be reduced drastically while maintaining a good classification accuracy. Most significant results were obtained for the Naive Bayes classifier, where the genetic algorithm and stepwise forward selection managed to produce subsets with prediction performances that significantly exceeded both the full data set and the subsets from the other feature selection algorithms. For the other classifiers, the differences were smaller. Given the extensive time required to run the genetic algorithm and stepwise forward selection, the other feature selection algorithms are a better choice for these classifiers.
Carbon isotope variation within trunks of Japanese from Yakushima Island , southern Japan cedars

Three-dimensional maps of stable carbon isotope ratio (813C) are presented for wood trunks of Japa nese cedars (Cryptomeria japonica) from Yakushima Island, southern Japan. The variations in 813C within the wood trunks of both young cedars and a giant Japanese cedar with 1846 annual rings are very small (±0.1%0 on average), suggesting that fossil wood and small wood fragments collected from archeological sites and drill-cores of sediments could be applied to the studies of paleo-environment.
Causal, Contextual, and Intervening Factors Affecting the Crisis in Iranian Stadiums

INTRODUCTION: Nowadays, government officials seek ways to monitor, control, and manage events and crises due to the concerns of the general public and social media as informative tools. Regarding this, the present study aims to identify and analyze the factors affecting the crisis incidence in Iranian stadiums. METHODS: The present interpretive qualitative research was performed based on a grounded theory method and latent content analysis technique. The data were collected by the implementation of in-depth interviews with 19 people consisting of the Ministry of Sports and Youth experts and executives, sports management professors, and crisis management specialists. The participants were selected using non-probability and snowball sampling techniques. The interviews were continued until reaching theoretical saturation regarding the research questions and objectives. The gathered data, in form of audio recording and text, were analyzed by MAXQDA software (version 18). FINDINGS: The interview data were analyzed based on open and process coding. Afterward, the researcher categorized the identified factors into causal, contextual, and intervening conditions. In this regard, the causal factors consisted of the following items: 1) nature of crisis, 2) technical and specialized factors, 3) infrastructure and equipment, and 4) environmental and equipment hazards. With respect to the contextual factors, they included: 1) human resources, 2) nature of sporting events, 3) security factors, 4) vandalism, 5) welfare facilities, and 5) management factors. Finally, the intervening factors were found to entail: 1) stadium atmosphere, 2) political and social crises, and 3) information and communications technology. CONCLUSION: According to the obtained results, the officials are recommended to consider the paradigmatic model of factors leading to crisis management in stadiums in the crisis management programs adopted for sports venues, especially large stadiums. The consideration of the factors constituting the given model can lead to the improvement of crisis management in the country's sports venues.
D ONKEY P LURALITIES : P LURAL I NFORMATION S TATES VS . N ON -A TOMIC I NDIVIDUALS

1 The paper argues that two distinct and independent notions of plurality are involved in natural language anaphora and quantification: plural reference (the usual non-atomic individuals) and plural discourse reference , i.e. reference to a quantificational dependency between sets of objects (e.g. atomic / non-atomic individuals) that is established and subsequently elaborated upon in discourse. Following van den Berg (1996), plural discourse reference is modeled as plural information states (i.e. as sets of variable assignments) in a new dynamic system couched in classical type logic that extends Compositional DRT (Muskens 1996). Given the underlying type logic, compositionality at sub-clausal level follows automatically and standard techniques from Montague semantics (e.g. type shifting) become available. The idea that plural info states are semantically necessary (over and above non-atomic individuals) is motivated by relative-clause donkey sentences with multiple instances of singular donkey anaphora. At the same time, allowing for non-atomic individuals over and above plural info states enables us to capture the intuitive parallels between singular and plural (donkey) anaphora, while deriving the incompatibility between singular donkey anaphora and collective predicates.
Disturbance estimator based dynamic compensator design for fractional order fuzzy control systems

The robust stabilization problem for singular fractional order time delay T-S fuzzy systems with nonlinearities and unknown external disturbances is addressed in this paper. An equivalent-input-disturbance (EID) estimator is used to estimate the impact of external disturbances and nonlinearities on the system output. Based on this EID approach, a dynamic compensator is designed to solve the stabilization problem of the considered system. Moreover, by considering a relevant Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional candidate and by using Lyapunov technique, the stability conditions in terms of LMIs are acquired for the considered closed-loop system. At last, to validate the effectiveness of the proposed result, two numerical examples are provided.
Processing of Biobased Resources 7

Food science and technology is the science that deals with the physical, biological, and chemical processes relevant for the processing of food and food ingredients. The goal is to research, develop, and optimize technical procedures based on natural and engineering sciences as well as socioeconomic factors in order to provide high-quality and safe food for human consumption. Food processing refers to the conversion/transformation of raw materials to a safe food product. This chapter introduces the physical, chemical, and biological unit operations typically used in food processing to ensure food safety and quality. The influence of intrinsic as well as extrinsic parameters on microbial growth behavior is highlighted and examples of important factors that need to be considered during food processing are introduced (water activity, enzyme activity, lipid oxidation). At the end of the chapter, strategies for new product developments are also presented.
Social learning and social transmission of foraging information in Norway rats ( <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rattus norvegicus </Emphasis>)

Adult male Norway rats were tested in a first experiment to see whether foraging efficiency could be improved by social learning. Observers were placed in one of four conditions in which they were paired with demonstrators that either had or had not been previously trained to dig for buried carrot pieces, and in which the demonstrators either did or did not have carrot buried in the experimental enclosure. Observers in the group with trained demonstrators that did have carrot pieces buried in the experimental area during the observation period subsequently unearthed more buried carrot, did so more rapidly, and were generally more active than were the observers in the other three groups. In a second experiment, chains of transmission were established by allowing each observer to act as a demonstrator for the next naive observer. Enhanced levels of digging behavior were maintained across eight transmission episodes in three transmission groups relative to a no-transmission control group, the performance levels becoming stable after five transmission episodes at a level significantly above that of the control group. The study demonstrates that social learning and transmission mechanisms exist which might result in the diffusion of certain patterns of behavior through populations of Norway rats.
DARK WEB AND BITCOIN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF DIGITAL ANONYMATE AND CRYPTOCURRENCIES IN THE PRACTICE OF MONEY LAUNDERING CRIME

: This article analyzes some of the existing digital anonymity technologies, as well as their impact on the process and facilitation of the money laundering process. It presents the concept of superficial Internet and clarifies the difference between the Deep Web and the Dark Web, exposing how it works one of its most important operating structures, the TOR protocol. It also details the operation of Bitcoin, one of the most important cryptocurrencies today
Complications of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Can We Prevent Steam Pops?*

T he field of catheter ablation has evolved significantly over the last 2 decades. Technological advances directed at increasing efficacy such as irrigation and contact force have also affected the safety of ablation procedures. A clear understanding of the potential untoward outcomes of such catheter-based therapies is critical; this is true for all procedures but particularly important when the goal of the procedure is to restore quality of life. Steam pop (SP) refers to the audible sound produced by intramyocardial explosion when tissue temperature reaches 100 C, leading to the production of gas. Coagulation necrosis starts above 50 C, but as higher tissue temperatures are achieved, steam formation within the myocardium ensues. SP results from the intratissue gas formation that cannot diffuse smoothly through cardiac tissue away from the heated zone: if gas formation happens too fast leading to sufficient pressure buildup, SP is likely to occur (1,2). SPs are relatively infrequent (0.1% to 1.5%) but represent a potentially severe complication of radiofrequency ablation (RFA), as it has been associated with embolic stroke, cardiac perforation, and ventricular septal defect. In this context, technology
Assessment of Speech Perception Abilities in Cochlear Implant Children

Introduction: The ability to perceive speech is a key sign of language development and normal speech. The current study was designed to measure the speech perception abilities in children with cochlear implant both in subjective and objective manners Materials and Methods: The research has been reviewed and approved by Medical ethical Committee and Thai Clinical Trials registry Committee. Sixty children age range from five to eight years with a pre-lingual bilateral profound sensori-neural hearing loss, fitted with a cochlear implant for two years or more were included. They were divided into two equal groups {thirty children in each group}; group I with good progress in auditory training and language acquisition and group II with poor progress in auditory training and language acquisition. Speech perception abilities were evaluated subjectively via Speech perception tests and objectively by measuring cortical evoked potentials. The results of speech perception tests and cortical evoked potential were analyzed and correlated. Results: There was a statically significant difference in the mean & SD of speech perception test results and the aided P1 latency, amplitude of cortical evoked potential between the two groups. There was negative correlation between P1 latency and speech perception tests and a positive correlation between P1 amplitude and speech perception tests in both groups. Conclusions: The cortical evoked potential is correlated with the speech perception ability which can help in objective prediction of speech perception abilities in CI children.
Clinical Efficacy, Healing Efficacy, and Safety Analysis of Skin Orbicularis Oculi Muscle Combined with Tissue Flap for Eyelid Trauma

This study investigates the efficacy, healing efficiency, and safety of skin orbicularis oculi muscle combined with tissue flap repair for eyelid trauma patients. According to the different methods of surgical intervention, this study chooses 78 cases of eyelid injury patients. This study sets up the joint intervention group and the routine repair group, including the joint intervention group adopting the orbicularis oculi muscle skin of composite tissue flap to repair surgery. The routine repair group is treated by conventional repair skin flap transfer operation. Spearman correlation coefficient is used to analyze the correlation between postoperative healing of eyelid trauma patients and quality of life (SF-36) and self-image satisfaction (BIS) scale scores. The surgical intervention of skin orbicularis oculi muscle combined with tissue flap for patients with eyelid trauma has a better plastic repair effect in clinical practice. It can also effectively reduce the risk of postoperative complications, which is conducive to improve the postoperative quality of life and self-image satisfaction of patients.
Quadrature demodulation based circuit implementation of pulse stream for ultrasonic signal FRI sparse sampling

Converting ultrasonic signal to ultrasonic pulse stream is the key step of finite rate of innovation (FRI) sparse sampling. At present, ultrasonic pulse-stream-forming techniques are mainly based on digital algorithms. No hardware circuit that can achieve it has been reported. This paper proposes a new quadrature demodulation (QD) based circuit implementation method for forming an ultrasonic pulse stream. Elaborating on FRI sparse sampling theory, the process of ultrasonic signal is explained, followed by a discussion and analysis of ultrasonic pulse-stream-forming methods. In contrast to ultrasonic signal envelope extracting techniques, a quadrature demodulation method (QDM) is proposed. Simulation experiments were performed to determine its performance at various signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs). The circuit was then designed, with mixing module, oscillator, low pass filter (LPF), and root of square sum module. Finally, application experiments were carried out on pipeline sample ultrasonic flaw testing. The experimental results indicate that the QDM can accurately convert ultrasonic signal to ultrasonic pulse stream, and reverse the original signal information, such as pulse width, amplitude, and time of arrival. This technique lays the foundation for ultrasonic signal FRI sparse sampling directly with hardware circuitry.