Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Improving Cross-Modal Constraints: Text Attribute Person Search With Graph Attention Networks

Nowadays, video surveillance systems are widely deployed in public areas. However, in the unreachable corner of surveillance cameras, it still seems impossible to find the suspects only depending on eyewitness memory. Therefore, the technology that can detect particular pedestrians only by text-based attributes, or text-attribute person search, attracts lots of attention from academia. Most existing text-attribute person search methods focus on learning better feature representations by designing better network structures or using local information but lack direct constraints between modalities. This paper proposes a feature embedding motivated and graph attention network-based model, optimizing the feature extraction process by its attention mechanism. Meanwhile, this paper studies the effectiveness of the attention mechanism in feature alignment, and thus redesigns the cross-attention module, simplifying the complexity of the model and constraining the inter-modality gap in maximum by the self-attention mechanism of the graph attention network. In this way, the method simultaneously offsets the influence of modal-specific features and optimizes the number of parameters. Thus, the method improves performance and reduces time costs. Meanwhile, according to the inherent feature of attributes, this article introduces a novel embedding space, which effectively enhances the discrimination ability of the model. Extensive experiments illustrate the superiority of our model in two widely used text-attribute person search benchmarks among the state-of-the-art methods.
O público LGBTQ+ e a compra de produtos locais

O objetivo desse estudo consistiu em identificar os fatores que influenciam no comportamento de compra de marcas locais pelo consumidor homoafetivo. Essa pesquisa tem caráter quantitativo descritivo e utilizou uma amostragem do tipo não-probabilística. A coleta de dados realizou-se por meio de um survey online. Os dados foram analisados por meio de um software estatístico viabilizando análises descritivas e a relação entre as variáveis. Os resultados apontam que, embora os consumidores homoafetivos tenham um comportamento de consumo voltado para marcas globais, há a intenção de consumir uma marca local devido a uma postura de consumo socialmente responsável, por meio do qual aspectos sociais se tornam mais relevantes e decisivos, no momento da compra.
A Contrastive Cognitive Semantic Analysis of “Mountain”&“Shan”

Based on the related corpus of "mountain" and "shan," this study uses the principled polysemy analysis method to conduct a contrastive analysis of the cognitive meanings of the two words. It is found that the archetypal meaning of "mountain" is the same in English and Chinese, but the extended meaning derived from the metaphor is similar and different, which reflects the coexistence of universality and difference in the perception of the concept of the mountain by English and Chinese users. Therefore, foreign language vocabulary teaching should pay attention to the network structure of word meaning and grasp the archetypal meaning and the extended meaning of words.
What is a straight line? Does this matter in mechanical analysis?

It is an assumption that engineers make every day: we draw a straight line to define our product geometry, and then we analyze the product performance - but do we ever challenge the reality of the geometry and how that would influence the performance? Small and smooth variations to a product geometry are generally anticipated in the design drawing tolerance definitions, and for a simple product or component these can be taken into account in analysis by assuming the maximum or minimum dimensions. For a more complex component, containing multiple load paths, it is not necessarily the case that choosing to analyze the maximum or minimum dimension cases would identify the strongest or weakest component within the tolerance range. This becomes further complicated when considering non-smooth geometry. How is lack of smoothness defined and recognized, and what kinds of influence does it have on the performance of the component? For example, component inspection might identify a small geometrical defect triggering a concession analysis of the stress raiser feature. On a more systematic level, should we not have a more systematic approach? Non-smooth geometry can be represented in mathematics by fractals and wavelets. In this paper I will explore non-smooth surface effects on the surface of an axi-symmetric uni-axial test specimen, considering how the size of the non- smooth surface features disturb the nominal stress state, and the development of localized plasticity. The analysis will also include fatigue cycling.
Molecular Insights into Royal Jelly Anti-Inflammatory Properties and Related Diseases

Royal jelly (RJ), a highly nutritious natural product, has gained recognition for its remarkable health-promoting properties, leading to its widespread use in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries. Extensive investigations have revealed that RJ possesses a broad spectrum of therapeutic effects, including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antitumor, anti-aging, and antibacterial activities. Distinctive among bee products, RJ exhibits a significantly higher water and relatively lower sugar content. It is characterized by its substantial protein content, making it a valuable source of this essential macronutrient. Moreover, RJ contains a diverse array of bioactive substances, such as lipids, phenolic compounds, flavonoids, organic acids, minerals, vitamins, enzymes, and hormones. This review aims to provide an overview of current research on the bioactive components present in RJ and their associated health-promoting qualities. According to existing literature, these bioactive substances hold great potential as alternative approaches to enhancing human health. Notably, this review emphasizes the anti-inflammatory properties of RJ, particularly in relation to inflammatory diseases, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Furthermore, we delve into the antitumor and antioxidant activities of RJ, aiming to deepen our understanding of its biological functions. By shedding light on the multifaceted benefits of RJ, this review seeks to encourage its utilization and inspire further investigation in this field.
CMOS design of a capacitively isolated AC switch driver for auto-turning frequency

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Benefiting from technological advances, new approaches for treatment are being proposed, studied and tested. High intensity focused ultrasounds (HIFU) is one of them. To further improve the performance of such a system, using integrated driver to ultrasound transducers is one step forward. To reach this goal, several design challenges must be overcome: the driver design must be compatible with complementry metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) technology; it also must be compatible with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment used for treatment monitoring; and it should be immune to the floating ground necessary for AC-switch implementation for some specific implementation. In this article, a new AC-switch driver used within a HIFU system for a resonant circuit autotuning is proposed. A capacitive isolation is chosen so that the designed driver is compatible with both CMOS technology and MRI. It is designed in a CMOS HV 0.35 μm. The simulation results have shown that with just a 10 ns delay, or 1% of the control signal cycle, this system may run with a floating ground that can reach 180 Vpp with respect to the main ground, leading to a relative inaccuracy of 0.065% of the resonance frequency of the tank circuit. The design is well balanced so that it minimizes the carrier frequency, power consumption, and created signal latency. By using the proposed active biasing circuit, the system’s power usage is further cut in half while still maintaining a floating ground voltage of 160 Vpp, which is sufficient for our needs.
4 - Des gaussiennes pour la modélisation des signatures et la segmentation de tracés manuscrits

This paper presents the use of a handwriting generation mode! for signature reconstruction and word segmentation . This mode! is based on two velocity generators : a curvilinear velocity generator and an angular velocity generator . In the curvilinear and the angular domains, the mode! estimates velocity profiles with a series of gaussian curves . In the first part of this paper, the theoretic mode! and the underlying concepts are described. Then the validity of the mode! is tested on various kind of signatures (european, chinese, north-american) . At the end of this paper the mode! is used for cursive word segmentation and the results are discussed.
Design of Coupler-Switch Network and Interference Cancellation Scheme for Highly Scalable Self-Calibration Beamforming Systems

Facing the demand for self-calibration capability in rapidly emerging scalable beamforming systems, a coupler-switch network (CSN) and an interference cancellation scheme are proposed in this article. Distinct from most self-calibration techniques limited to calibrating the elements within a single chip or printed circuit board (PCB), a cross-PCB calibration with high scalability is realized in this work. The CSN is a 2-D scalable circuit to transport calibration signals from element transmitters (TXs) to receivers (RXs) selectively in a planar array. The interference cancellation scheme enables the cancellation of intrinsic internal interferences therein. Resorting to them, phase and amplitude deviations of all the elements in the whole system with an adjustable number of PCBs can be obtained, not merely a chip or a PCB. Besides, additional signal processing circuits and the symmetries of the CSN or array are not required, saving a large space and cost, and significantly widening the technique applicability. A quantitative analysis based on the equivalent circuit and signal flow graph theory is explicated. The proposed technique has been implemented and validated on a 16-element scalable beamforming system in simulations and measurements. The root mean square (rms) errors of the measured deviations are 6.5° and 0.76 dB for RXs, 5.9° and 0.67 dB for TXs with respect to the far-field over-the-air (OTA) calibration.
Case Study of Nursing Care in Children of Typoid Fever with Ineffective Intervention of Termoregulation in Child Care Room Rsia Sitti Khadijah

Good fulfillment of children's basic needs will ensure that children's health is maintained and their development will not be disturbed. The most dangerous threat in reducing children's health status is infectious disease. One of them is typhoid fever. The main complaint found in children is fever. Fever in children requires separate treatment and handling that is different compared to adults. To overcome this problem, a typhoid action plan is carried out, namely monitoring the temperature at least every 2 hours, giving warm water compresses, giving parental fluids, and collaborating with doctors about administering antipyretic drugs. This research is a quantitative study using a quasi-experimental design that provides treatment or intervention to research subjects and then the effect of the treatment is measured and analyzed. The research design used is a case study design approach. This design is used to see changes after being given warm compresses to patients with impaired thermoregulation. The sample in this study were 3 respondents, the data collection technique was using observation sheets. The results of this study have shown an optimal scale because children's thermoregulation is effective.
Microfluidic Preparation of Multicompartment Microcapsules for Isolated Co-encapsulation and Controlled Release of Diverse Components

Abstract Thermo-responsive multicompartment microcapsules for co-encapsulation and controlled release of different lipophilic components are developed from multicomponent-double-emulsion templates by microfluidics. Each of the microcapsule comprises a thermo-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) shell and different oil cores. The different oil cores can be used as separate compartments for co-encapsulation of distinct lipophilic components. The precise manipulation of different oil cores afforded by our microfluidic device enables the fabrication of microcapsules with select number of each core, for optimizing the encapsulation of different lipophilic components. Because of the shell shrinking during heating process due to the thermo-responsive PNIPAM network, different lipophilic components co-encapsulated in the microcapsule can be simultaneously released via an external thermal trigger. The thermo-responsive multicompartment microcapsule provides an efficient system for co-encapsulation and controlled release of multiple lipophilic components. The microfluidic preparation approach presented here shows exciting potential in the design and fabrication of functional multicompartment microcapsules for co-encapsulation techniques.
A generalisation of the exponential distribution and its applications on modelling skewed data

ABSTRACT In this paper, a generalisation of the exponential distribution, namely, Weibull exponentiated-exponential (WEE) distribution, is proposed. The shapes of the density function possess great flexibility. It can accommodate various hazard shapes such as reversed-J, increasing, decreasing, constant and upside-down bathtub. Various properties of the WEE distribution are studied including shape properties, quantile function, expressions for the moments and incomplete moments, probability weighted moments and Shannon entropy. We obtain the asymptotic distributions for the sample minimum and maximum. The model parameters are estimated by maximum likelihood. The usefulness of the new model is illustrated by means of two real lifetime data sets.
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Protocol in Geriatric Hip Fractures: An Observational Study

Introduction: Geriatric hip fractures are the new global pandemic. It is predicted to reach 7.3-21.3 million cases worldwide by 2050. Even with optimal care, geriatric patients suffer a higher morbidity and mortality rate when compared with the general population and often demand expensive hospital aftercare. This study aims to assess the implications of the successful adoption of the enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocol in the management of geriatric hip fractures in an Indian facility. Methods: This is a retrospective study conducted in a tertiary care hospital in India and reported following REporting of studies Conducted using the Observational Routinely collected health Data (RECORD) guidelines. We included all geriatric patients over 60 years of age who were admitted with hip fractures for surgical management between January 2021 and January 2023. The individual perioperative components of the ERAS protocol focus on key areas such as preoperative nutritional support, effective multimodal analgesia with optimal pain control, fluid management, and early postoperative mobilization. Results: Thirty-eight geriatric patients with a mean age of 77.5 (± 9.6) years were included for analysis. Twenty-three patients sustained intertrochanteric fractures and underwent fixation with proximal femur nailing and the remaining had 15 sustained neck or femur fractures of which 11 underwent hemiarthroplasty surgery and the remaining four underwent a total hip replacement. The mean time to surgery was 2 (± 0.2) days. Eighty-two percent (n=31) of the patients were mobilized with a walking frame within a day after surgery and were followed up after discharge with home physiotherapy. The mean time to ambulation was 2 (± 0.62) days. The mean length of stay was 4 (± 1.6) days. We had a 30-day readmission rate of 5.2% (n=2) and a 30-day mortality rate of 5.2% (n=2). The one-year mortality rate was 13% (n=5). Conclusion: Management of geriatric hip fractures requires exceptional interdisciplinary coordination and carefully planned strategies to optimize patient care. With the implementation of the ERAS protocol, we could perceive clinical benefits in terms of early recovery and short length of hospital stay in patients with hip fractures. Further comparative studies are required, which can determine the relative importance of individual measures in the ERAS protocol and understand their longer-term outcomes in hip fracture surgeries.
FACTOR-FACTOR THAT INFLUENCING INDEPENDENCE OF PUBLIC-SECTOR AUDITOR: A LITERATURE REVIEW

The study of public sector audit is a relatively large, complex, unexplored and under-recognized field. Therefore, researchers call for more studies on public sector audit, especially in the context of developing countries. This article gives review of academic study pertaining to public-sector auditors’ independence and factors affecting public-sector auditors’ independence. This literature review is implemented based on published papers in 20th century in prestigious journals related to public sector audit. Firstly, we review and explain definition of independence clearly. Secondly, we organize our review around three main threats to public-sector auditors’ independence, namely, (a) political manifestos, (b) auditor tenure, and (c) relationship with auditee. For each of the threats, this study discusses the effects of each threat on the public-sector auditors’ independence. Additionally, we conclude that proofs together with recent changes, provides for future study on public-sector auditor’s independence.
Green-Synthesized Silver Nanoparticles: Antifungal and Cytotoxic Potential for Further Dental Applications

Fungal infections caused by Candida albicans (C. albicans) are one of the most prevalent types of oral disorders in the elderly. It has been reported that drug resistance to fungal pathogens poses a severe risk to global healthcare systems and public health. Therefore, the goal of this work is to investigate the cytotoxic and antifungal properties of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) produced using three different natural extracts: Berzelia lanuginose, Helichrysum cymosum, and Searsia crenata. According to the UV-Vis results, the synthesized AgNPs via B. lanuginose, H. cymosum, and S. crenata show surface plasmonic resonance (SPR) peaks at 430, 440, and 428 nm, respectively. HR-TEM revealed different shapes for the nanoparticles within the size ranges of 16–20, 31–60, and 57–72 nm for B. lanuginose, H. cymosum, and S. crenata, respectively. Using a human oral fibroblast cell line, the cytotoxicity of both AgNPs and plant extracts was tested at concentrations of 0.007, 0.012, 0.025, and 0.062 mg/mL (buccal mucosa fibroblasts). The antifungal activity showed growth inhibition zones of approximately 18 mm, 18.67 mm, and 18.33 mm for the AgNPs conjugated with B. lanuginose, H. cymosum, and S. crenata, respectively. For the studied samples, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC50) was less than 0.015 mg/mL. The AgNPs exhibited antifungal activity that was concentration- and size-dependent. The results of this study offer new insights into the cytotoxicity and antifungal activity of the green-synthesized AgNPs.
Singular value decomposition‐based dynamic response analysis of VSC‐MTDC/AC systems for renewable energy integration

The dynamic performance of voltage source converter-based multi-terminal high-voltage direct current (VSC-MTDC) grid for large-scale renewable energy integration is becoming a concern. This study proposes a system-level dynamic response model of wind farm (WF)-MTDC-main AC systems, and then analyses the dynamic performance based on the singular value decomposition (SVD) technique. In the modelling, an improved virtual synchronous machine control is developed, and the interaction between AC frequency and DC voltage can be readily described. Using the SVD technique, parameters of the controllers are tuned, thereby making the AC frequency and DC voltage deviations within the limitations. Some oscillation modes of the system are observed and virtual power system stabiliser is proposed to suppress the oscillations. Additionally, the oscillation can be mitigated by emulating capacitance-based inertia response. The efficiency of the proposed model and analysis is verified through the frequency-domain and time-domain results.
The holographic correspondence : Probing bulk gravitational physics with Wilson lines and geodesic Witten diagrams

This thesis focuses on aspects of the holographic correspondence which are directly relevant to problems in quantum and classical gravity. Specifically, we use geodesic Witten diagrams, and gravitational Wilson lines in AdS/CFT to explore bulk gravitational physics. In Chapter 1, we start with a pedagogical review of the holographic correspondence, while in the rest of the chapters give a more technical exposition of the main results. In Chapter 2, we find a systematic way to evaluate geodesic Witten diagrams for external fields of arbitrary spin, and we decomposed the original Witten diagrams conformal blocks. In Chapter 3 and 4, we focus on gravity in three dimensions and exploit gravitational Wilson lines in AdS3/ CFT2. We use them to give a prescription to construct local bulk fields in global AdS3, and BTZ black hole geometries. Moreover, we use them to explicitly provide a notion of causality in higher spin gravity, which allows us to associate a Penrose diagram to higher spin black holes.
Educator understanding of self-regulation and implications for classroom facilitation: A mixed methods study

There is growing concern about the mental health and resilience of today’s children and difficulties with self-regulation are implicated in educational outcomes, cognitive problems, internalizing problems such as depression and anxiety, externalizing problems such as aggression, and physical health problems. Self-regulation is a growing topic of interest in a variety of disciplines and there are 447 different interpretations of what self-regulation means in the literature, which makes it difficult for educators to interpret and apply it in their classrooms. Due to advances in neuroscience, the Ontario Ministry of Education shifted toward a neurophysiological framework for the Self-Regulation and Well-Being Frame of the Kindergarten Program. The current study examined which frameworks Ontario kindergarten educators were using by analyzing the ways they described and facilitated self-regulation in the classroom through surveys, interviews, report cards, and classroom observations. Findings revealed that educators: have little experience and training with resources aligned with the Kindergarten Program’s approach to self-regulation, describe self-regulation as self-control, and facilitate self-regulation using a learning strategies approach. Educators were observed using fewer than a third of ministry self-regulation recommendations in the classroom. Implications and recommendations for aligning educator practices with the Kindergarten Program’s framework are discussed.