Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis of Individual Player Performances and Their Effect on Analysis of Individual Player Performances and Their Effect on Winning in College Soccer Winning in College Soccer Analysis of Individual Player Performances and Their Effect on Winning in College Soccer

– This study describes the process of modernizing the approach of the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Men's Soccer coaching staff through the use of location and tracking data from their matches in the 2019 season. This study utilizes a variety of modeling and analysis techniques to explore and categorize the data and use it to evaluate the types of plays that are most often correlated with victories. This study's contribution to college soccer analytics includes the implementation of a model to determine individual players' performance, the production of team-level metrics, and visualizations to increase the efficiency of the coaching staff's efforts. This research can serve as a blueprint for college soccer programs to utilize data science in their coaching.
Stealthy Poisoning Attack on Certiﬁed Robustness

Certiﬁably robust classiﬁers have a constant prediction around a neighborhood of a point, which makes them resilient to test-time attacks with a guarantee. In this work, we present a previously unrecognized threat to robust machine learning models. Speciﬁcally, we propose a data poisoning attack to degrade the robustness guarantees of certiﬁably robust classiﬁers. Unlike other data poisoning attacks that reduce the accuracy of the poisoned models on a set of target points, our attack can reduce the average certiﬁed radius of an entire target class in the dataset while ensuring high accuracy of the classiﬁers on clean data. Clean label poisoning points with imperceptible distortion and high accuracy of the poisoned models make our attack hard to detect. Moreover, the attack is effective even when the victim trains the models from scratch and uses Gaussian data augmentation. By poisoning MNIST and CIFAR10 datasets and training deep neural networks on them, we show the effectiveness of our attack in degrading the certiﬁed robustness guarantees obtained using randomized smoothing. Our results highlight the importance of data quality in achieving high certiﬁed robustness guarantees.
India’s demographic dividend or disaster? Mismanaged factors of production—Land, labor, infrastructure, cities

India entered its so-called demographic dividend around 2005—expected to last until 2055. India has already utilized almost a third of the period of its demographic dividend—it saw a period of explosive growth from 2003–2012—but has not been able to sustain that growth. And since 2012, growth has generated less and less employment, as it has turned inward, and so it is not helping the working-age population get usefully employed. The labor force participation rate for women has been low and is now falling. What can be done to use India’s underlying factors of production better to generate greater, more inclusive, and sustained prosperity for its citizens? These second-generation reforms are not easy, as they need cooperative federalism and much broader consensus, but without them India’s demographic dividend may become a disaster.
Registered Cooperatives and Local Government Unit in the Province of Nueva Ecija Philippines: Status, Participation and the Way Forward

This study described the status of registered cooperatives in Nueva Ecija using descriptive–correlational research and a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods. This study found out that majority of the respondent cooperatives are operating for more than 25 years; with more than Million authorized capital; have annual net surplus of P1.2 Million or more; are multi–purpose; and with more than 100 members. The Local Government Units(LGU) are active in teaching the members of the cooperatives to abide rules and guidelines and in supporting the role of cooperatives in the province. However, they should provide aid to cooperatives to efficiently deal with their problems. Additionally, the LGU is informing the cooperatives about their rights and responsibilities. They are not suppressing cooperative members’ opinions and they accept queries coming from the cooperative members. Decision–making responsibilities regarding cooperative matters with the aid of the government were shared by the officers of Cooperatives and LGU. The LGU trust the cooperatives by giving full degree of power of all the benefits that are provided to them by the government. Likewise, cooperatives have no systematic source of authority and influence over the LGU. Despite of the difference in responses of the respondents in non–participation and citizens power, they are similar in tokenism as level of participation. Cooperatives that are new in existence, with low capitalization and with less number of members needed high degree of participation with their members and high degree of partnership and support with the Local Government Units (LGUs). The respondents recognized the help of the LGU in their promotion and in providing trainings but intensified aid and empowerment of the cooperatives are requested by the members and officers to the LGUs. Lastly, the respondent- cooperatives requested that establishment of cooperative office, strengthened tie-up with the LGU, information dissemination on cooperativism, increase aid and funding and partnership with other entities are means to heightened cooperatives participation in development.
ESG Versus Corporate Financial Performance: Evidence from East Asian Firms in the Industrials Sector

Given the unsettled ESG-CFP (Environmental, Social, Governance-Corporate Financial Performance) relationship and the scarcity of research covering emerging markets firms and the impact of each of the ESG pillars on CFP while considering the industry sector categories, this paper is pioneer in investigating this relationship for 108 East Asian listed firms operating in the Industrials sector for the period extending from 2011 to 2017. The overall ESG scores together with their components are used to study their impact on CFP while considering accounting (Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE)), and market measures (Stock Return (RET) and Price-to-Book ratio (PB)). We used panel corrected standard errors to address contemporaneous cross-correlations related to the panel cross-sections. Our findings showed that the ESG-CFP relationship depends on the ESG pillars, the type of CFP measures, and the industry nature. No relationship was detected between ESG and CFP when proxied by accounting measures while a concave relationship with Stock Return and a convex relationship with Price-to-Book ratio were revealed. When ESG pillars were considered separately, a convex relationship was obtained between Environmental and accounting performances and between Governance and Price-to-Book ratio while a concave relationship was depicted between Social and accounting performances. At the industry level, ESG negatively impacted the market performance in the Transportation industry compared to no impact in the Capital Goods industry. Consequently, ESG investment decisions in East Asian firms must be well calibrated and planned out to avoid undesired financial outcomes, while a shift in the mindset of managers toward a better ESG development is necessary to attain short-term gains and sustainable fiscal and social advantages.
Glottalization and linking in the L2 speech of Czech learners of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese

The use of linking or glottalization contributes to the characteristic sound pattern of a language, and the use of one in place of the other may affect a speaker’s comprehensibility and fluency in certain contexts. In this study, native speakers of Czech, a language that is associated with a frequent use of glottalization in vowel-initial word onsets, are examined in the second language (L2) context of three Romance languages that predominantly employ linking between words (Spanish, Italian and Portuguese). In total, 29 native speakers and 51 non-native learners were asked to read a short text in the respective language. The learners were divided into two groups based on their experience with the target language. A number of other factors were examined in a mixed-effects logistic regression model (segmental context, lexical stress, prosodic breaks, and the semantic status of the words). The main results show that, regardless of the target language, the more experienced (ME) learners displayed significantly lower rates of glottalization than the less experienced (LE) learners, but significantly higher rates than native speakers. The pedagogical implications of the results are discussed.
Evaluation of Soil Physicochemical Properties, Soil Seed Bank and Species Density of Five Plant Communities in Awka Anambra State

The research study investigated the physicochemical properties of the soil in five different locations around Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka campus for their above ground and seed bank status with regards to their germination rate and species density. The study areas were located at Cattle grazed field at gariki Amansea, abandoned farmland near Chisco Transportation and Engineering workshop, frequently mowed lawn at Unizik e-library, a Savanna woodland behind the banking plaza Unizik and tropical lowland forest at Botanical garden Unizik. The seed bank investigation was conducted from September 2016 to March, 2017. Analysis of variance was used to test significant differences between seed bank densities among experimental plots at different soil horizons. The soil physiochemical parameters among the experimental plots were also analyzed by one-way analysis of variance. Significant differences were tested at P= 0.05 at 95% confidence intervals. Results revealed the highest value for above ground species was found in tropical lowland forest (53.67±6.11) while the lowest was in cattle grazed field (8.00±0.82). Meanwhile the highest value for seed bank was in the frequently mowed lawn Unizik e-library (93.00±18.00) and the lowest was in the forest (6.50±4.95). The comparison of the two groups using T-test revealed that there was a significant difference between the above ground and seed bank values of the tropical lowland forest P=0.003 and also between the above ground and seed bank values of the frequently moved lawn, Unzik e-library P=0.001. More so, the Savanna above ground values and seed bank species value were not significant at P=0.006, as well as cattle grazed field (8.00 ± 0.82) and (50.00± 19.31) at P=0.006. Also, the Savanna plot comparison of above ground (44.50±3.54) and the seed bank (14.00±5.20) revealed significant differences between the two groups at P=0.006. Electrical conductivity was highest in the cattle grazed field (40.00+1.08) and the highest pH value was found in the Unizik e-library (6.19+0.22). Sorensen’s coefficient index revealed the highest similarity between above ground and seed bank species occurred in the cattle-grazed field followed by the frequently mowed lawn Unizik e-library (0.196), then the abandoned farmland (0.074), the Savanna (0.060) and the forest (0.025) respectively. Since the similarity is measured between 0 and 1, it means therefore that there is a weak similarity (0.276) between above ground vegetation and the seed bank in the cattle grazed field while the frequently mowed lawn (0.196) above ground similarity with seed bank was very weak. There is no similarity (0.025) between the above ground vegetation and the seed bank in the tropical forest. This seed bank investigation showed that the number of plant species in the seed bank does not reflect the total number of species in the above ground and the soil properties have an impact on the species density of the areas.
Review of the subprovinces and districts of the Páramo biogeographic province, northern South America

Some recent contributions to the biogeographic regionalization of the Paramo province are reviewed and compared. As a result, a consensus regionalization is proposed, recognizing 6 subprovinces and 11 districts: Paramos del Norte subprovince (Sierra Nevada district), Cordillera de Merida Paramo subprovince (Venezuelan Paramo district), Paramos de la Cordillera Oriental subprovince (Paramos de Boyaca and Los Picachos districts), Cordillera Central-Occidental subprovince (Paramillo del Sinu, Santa Ines-Sonson, Main Central Cordillera and Paramo de los Farallones de Cali districts), Northern Ecuador subprovince (Northern Ecuadorian Paramo district), and Central-Southern Ecuador subprovince (Central Ecuadorian Paramo and Southern Ecuadorian Paramo districts).
Two New Large Corpora for Vietnamese Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis at Sentence Level

Aspect-based sentiment analysis has been studied in both research and industrial communities over recent years. For the low-resource languages, the standard benchmark corpora play an important role in the development of methods. In this article, we introduce two benchmark corpora with the largest sizes at sentence-level for two tasks: Aspect Category Detection and Aspect Polarity Classification in Vietnamese. Our corpora are annotated with high inter-annotator agreements for the restaurant and hotel domains. The release of our corpora would push forward the low-resource language processing community. In addition, we deploy and compare the effectiveness of supervised learning methods with a single and multi-task approach based on deep learning architectures. Experimental results on our corpora show that the multi-task approach based on BERT architecture outperforms the neural network architectures and the single approach. Our corpora and source code are published on this footnoted site.1
Digital image improvement by adding noise: an example by a professional photographer

To overcome shortcomings of digital image, or to reproduce grain of traditional silver halide photographs, some photographers add noise (grain) to digital image. In an effort to find a factor of preferable noise, we analyzed how a professional photographer introduces noise into B&W digital images and found two noticeable characteristics: 1) there is more noise in mid-tones, gradually decreasing in highlights and shadows toward the ends of tonal range, and 2) histograms in highlights are skewed toward shadows and vice versa, while almost symmetrical in mid-tones. Next, we examined whether the professional's noise could be reproduced. The symmetrical histograms were approximated by Gaussian distribution and skewed ones by chi-square distribution. The images on which the noise was reproduced were judged by the professional himself to be satisfactory enough. As the professional said he added the noise so that "it looked like the grain of B&W gelatin silver photographs," we compared the two kinds of noise and found they have in common: 1) more noise in mid-tones but almost none in brightest highlights and deepest shadows, and 2) asymmetrical histograms in highlights and shadows. We think these common characteristics might be one condition for "good" noise.
Optimization of enzymatic ring-opening copolymerizations involving δ-gluconolactone as monomer by experimental design

Abstract Enzymatic incorporation of carbohydrate-derived monomer units into hydrophobic polyester backbones represents a promising alternative to obtain new biodegradable oligomers and polymers. Immobilized lipases are efficient biocatalysts for copolymerization of β-butyrolactone and δ-gluconolactone, but only a systematic optimization study was able to highlight the influence of the main reaction parameters on the polymerization degree and on the relative copolymer content of the product. Therefore, experimental design was employed for determination of the optimal ring-opening copolymerization conditions in solventless reaction systems, at temperatures up to 80 °C. The obtained products, cyclic and linear polyesters, have been characterized by FT-IR, MALDI-TOF MS, NMR, and TG analysis, demonstrating the incorporation of gluconolactone unit(s) into the hydrophobic backbone of the polyester and the formation of new bio-based products.
The Effect of Corporate Social Performance (CFP) on Corporate Financial Performance (CFP) in SOE and Non-SOE Companies in Indonesia

This study analyzes the relationship between Corporate Social Performance and Corporate Financial Performance in State-Owned Enterprise (SOE) and non-SOE companies in Indonesia. The issue of CSR in developing countries is still left behind compared to developed countries in Europe and America. Previous research has shown how CSP can affect CFP is quite positive. the extent of the influence of CSR on financial performance will be measured using regression analysis. This research is a quantitative study using the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) method. Our data sources consist of companies listed on the IDX and have an ESG rating from 2013-2017. Besides, it will be seen the influence of the government in market competition, especially regarding SOE companies. The results show that CSP has a weak influence on the company's financial performance in all samples. In the case of Indonesia, state ownership does not influence the effect of CSP on CFP. In third model, this research show that CSP has a significant negative effect on the competitive industry group, but in concentrated industry shows that CSP has no significant effect on CFP. This study shows different result from many previous studies. This study has limitations because only a few state-owned companies in Indonesia have listed, furthermore too many companies in Indonesia did not have ESG rating during 2013-2017.
Review of Fiber Optical Sensors and Its Importance in Sewer Corrosion Factor Analysis

Adverse effects of wastewater on the hygiene of human and circumstances is a major issue in society. Appropriate refining systems with high efficiency is required to treat the wastewater. Sewage treatment plant plays a major and important role in conserving incredible nature of the environment. Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC) is an important phenomenon in sewage structures which causes the deterioration of infrastructures. Huge capital has been spent and efforts have been made on wastewater treatment infrastructure to increase operating efficiency and reliability of compliance. The investments in reimbursement and maintenance of sewer structures upsurge with an increase in the rate of MIC. The focus of this review is to describe MIC in sewer structure and the factors influencing the corrosion such as the generation of Sulfuric acid (H2SO4), Relative Humidity (RH), pH of the concrete structure and temperature. Modern developments in the design of Fiber Optical Sensors (FOSs) for observing the parameters including pH, Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S), RH and temperature will be discussed.
Berberine Promotes TREM2-Dependent Phagocytosis of Amyloid-β By Microglia

Background: The production and accumulation of amyloid-β (Aβ) is the most important pathological feature of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), and the deficiency of Aβ clearance contributes to the progression of AD. TREM2-dependent microglial activation may be the key to Aβ clearance. BBR plays the neuroprotective role in the progression of AD by inhibiting Aβ production and promoting Aβ degradation. However, the specific relationship between BBR and microglial activation remains unclear. Thus, we aimed to investigate whether BBR can inhibit the pathological progression of Aβ in AD by changing the phenotype of microglia.Methods: Western blot and Immunofluorescence staining were applied to detect the effects of BBR on the transformation of resting microglia to different phenotypes. ELISA, Immunohistochemistry and Immunofluorescence were used to detect the effect of BBR on microglial phagocytosis of Aβ. Morris water maze (MWM) test was applied to test the effect of BBR on the spatial learning and memory of experimental animals.Results: Firstly, BBR promoted the phagocytosis of Aβ1-42 by BV2 cells. Secondly, BBR promoted the changes of microglia to phenotypes M2 and DAM in vivo and in vitro, which were in close proximity to Aβ and reduced Aβ aggregation. Finally, BBR ameliorated spatial learning and memory impairment in APP/PS1 mice.Conclusion: BBR could enhance the phagocytosis of microglia, which decreased Aβ level and improved the spatial learning and memory of APP/PS1 mice.
Efficiency of Natural Clay Mineral Adsorbent Filtration Systems in Wastewater Treatment for Potential Irrigation Purposes

This project investigated the relative efficiencies of three pilot-scale constructed columns for enhancing drainage wastewater treatment processes to ensure compliance with Egyptian and international water quality criteria. In this investigation, basic materials (sand and gravel) and variable natural clay minerals zeolite (Z), diatomite (D) and bentonite (B) were utilized as packing materials to build up a Z column (ZC), D column (DC) and B column (BC), respectively. The three columns’ ability to remove pollutants from waste water for re-use in irrigation was investigated throughout one year (12 trials). The results revealed that the influent water had 211 mg/L total suspended solids, 6.09 mg/L total nitrogen, 36.67 mg/L biochemical oxygen demand, 56 mg/L chemical oxygen demand, 1700 mg/L total dissolved solids, 0.97 mg/L copper (Cu2+), 1.12 mg/L iron (Fe2+), 1.07 mg/L manganese (Mn2+), 1.02 mg/L lead (Pb2+), 1.05 mg/L zinc (Zn2+), and 46 × 103 CFU/mL fecal coliforms. These parameters were higher than the values permitted by Egyptian and international licenses. The range of removal efficiency of these pollutants by ZC was 96–21%, by BC was 99–29.8%, and by DC was 99–19.80%. Regeneration studies for the spent adsorbents demonstrated that the percentages of pollutant removal were sufficiently high. The treated effluent produced by the three columns was suitable for irrigation purposes, especially at a contact time of four hours, with the order for column treatment efficiency being BC ˃ DC ˃ ZC. Treated water was classified for irrigation suitability according to the Agrifood Water Quality Index (AFWQI) as marginal from the ZC, very good from the DC, and excellent from the BC. Treatment of such drainage water using the BC and DC appears feasible, because the process is easily operated and leads to final treated effluent of high quality for agricultural uses. The economic cost also confirms the feasibility of this treatment.
The influence of compression therapy on the level of inflammatory biomarkers in patients with chronic venous disease.

Chronic venous disease (CVD) is defined as any morphological and functional abnormalities of long duration manifested either by symptoms and/or signs indicating the need for investigation and/or care. The pathophysiological mechanism of CVD can be characterized by reflux, obstruction, or a combination of both, which leads to increased venous pressure. Compression therapy remains the gold standard of the conservative treatment of CVD in all stages. The possible forms of compression therapy are elastic stocking, non-elastic and elastic bandages, and intermittent pneumatic compression. Compression bandages have been proven to improve the healing of venous ulcers, in comparison with standard care without compression therapy. In the last years, inflammation has been shown to play an important role in the pathophysiology of CVD. The influence of the altered shear stress on the endothelial cells (EC) causes EC to release inflammatory molecules, chemokines, vasoactive agents, express selectins, and prothrombotic precursors such as ICAM-1, MCP-1, MIP 1β, VCAM, L-selectin, E-selectin, IL-1β, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12p40, IL-13, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IFN-γ, TNF-α, MIP-1α. Several studies were performed to investigate the influence of compression therapy on the level of various inflammatory biomarkers in patients with CVD. In these studies level of the most inflammatory molecules, such as IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, IL-12p40, G-CSF, GM-CSF, IFN-γ, TNF-α, VEGF, MMP 3, 8, 9 and TIMP-1 decreased after the therapy.