Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Free-air performance tests of a 5-metre-diameter Darrieus turbine

A five-meter-diameter vertical-axis wind turbine has been tested at the Sandia Laboratories Wind Turbine Site. The results of these tests and some of the problems associated with free-air testing of wind turbines are presented. The performance data obtained follow the general trend of data obtained in extensive wind tunnel tests of a 2-meter-diameter turbine. However, the power coefficient data are slightly lower than anticipated. The reasons for this discrepancy are explored along with comparisons between experimental data and a computerized aerodynamic prediction model.
A New Architecture for Improved Human Behavior in Military Simulations

Abstract : Warfare has changed for the United States, and with this change has come an increased requirement for military leaders to be able to understand and win wars that are fought in the will of a population more than on the field of mounted warfare. Today's simulations and simulation training environments are insufficient to prepare these leaders for such a complex fight because they do not adequately model the human dimensions of modern warfare. It is imperative that the military improve conventional simulations to credibly model complex human behaviors. This paper investigates the current simulation training environment, and then proposes a specific architecture for improving conventional simulation environments to better reflect the complexity and rich cultural fidelity of the live operational environment. The Department of Defense can significantly enhance the portrayal of adversaries and target populations in its training simulations by using live human input harvested from a commercial-type online gaming environment. Increasing the quality of adversaries and simulated populations will create extremely challenging simulation training environments for military leaders and will prepare them for the difficulty of live operations.
Enhancement of K-Best Sphere Detection algorithm Performance in MIMO Systems

Due to the rapid development of our life toward a life with high-quality communication systems, which require large data rates for transfer such as Long Term Evolution (LTE), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX), and Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) which use Multiple Input - Multiple Output (MIMO) systems. Therefore, become necessary to interest in MIMO system parts especially the MIMO detector (MIMOD). A good detector system must have two important goals, low Computational Complexity (CC) and good Symbol Error Rate (SER) performance). To achieve that two important goals, our work divided into two parts. The first part, by using an unequal power transmission (UEPT) scheme in instead of equal power transmission (EPT) scheme to get a good SER. The second part, how to reduced CC, this achieved by changing the Euclidean Distance (ED) by using Manhattan Distance (MD). The simulation results show us a slight improvement in the SER performance of about 1.1 dB as average gain and a good reduction in CC about 24% as average reduction in visited nodes when using the UEPT with MD against using EPT with ED.
The Role of Patient Education in Total Knee Arthroplasty: a new methodology for developing countries: a randomized controlled trial

Background: The illiteracy index is high in public hospitals of developing countries,. We established a method in which patients are instructed before total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in a differentiated way without the necessity of reading any self-orientation. Methods: We developed a multidisciplinary approach to improve patient education in TKA comprising of a differentiated orientation conducted by an orthopedic surgeon, a nurse and a physiotherapist. It consists of standardized lectures regarding on pre, intra and post-operative issues in a randomized controlled trial of 79 consecutive patients undergoing primary TKA. Thirty-four patients received the standard education (control group) and 45 patients received the differentiated education (intervention group). The patients were evaluated during at least six months. Results: After a 6-month follow-up period, the Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), the visual analogue pain scale (VAS) and knee range-of-motion (ROM) improved significantly in both groups. Range-of-motion was better in the intervention group (mean and SD - 106.9 ± 5.7 versus 92.5 ± 12.1 degrees, p = 0.02). Moreover, walk ability (more than 400 meters) was better in the intervention group compared with the control group (97.4% versus 72.4%, p = 0.003). In the intervention and control groups, respectively, 10.5% and 31% of patients reported the need for some walking devices (p = 0.03). Conclusions: A differentiated educational program with a multidisciplinary team had a positive impact on functional outcomes, improving ROM and walk ability of patients undergoing TKA in a short-term evaluation.
Overview on Sustainability Criteria for Food Waste Bioproducts Management

Ever since the pandemic of Covid-19 crisis hit all over the world, many aspects of the economy have changed especially on the healthcare issues, solid and medical waste management, as well as our food system. For a developing country like Malaysia, even though during movement control order, food wastage is not yet to be neglected. Some factors in households can influence food waste such as over shopping behaviour, panic buying that led to uneaten foods (leftovers) and household management practices such as poor planning and food storage problems. The increase in food wastage and collection generated every year will also lead to environmental pollution issues and natural resources. To overcome this issue, some researchers has been working to finding a sustainable approach to replace common practices for food waste management. Food waste will be used as industry substrates for production of valuable bioproducts and has achieved results in diversification applications and increased market demand for bioproducts. Therefore, this study discusses on current and available practices on food waste by converting it to bioproducts that enhance sustainable development. These productions is a new concept that is implemented to raise more attention to the efficient and sustainable use of resources, energy, and infrastructure to guarantee the life quality for human beings.
Home Based Business in Suburban Peripheral Regions and Government Policy: A Case Study of Casey, Melbourne, Australia

Home based businesses (HBB) are increasingly becoming an alternative to salaried employment. This research explores the potential for HBB to contribute significantly to the economic development of peripheral metropolitan centres. Without economic development, these centres remain dormitory suburbs with unresolved associated social and ecological issues. By mapping the diversity and limitations of HBB in the City of Casey, an outer suburban peripheral area of Melbourne, Australia, this study aims to evaluate what exists and the response by governments at all levels to further business development. This study finds that the role of government is restricted to broad initial start-ups, with no programs or support for the type of innovative HBB that need to be husbanded and encouraged to grow outside of the narrow confines of their home base.
Hacking for Sustainability

ICT for Sustainability is a growing research area looking at the potential of information and communication technologies for contributing to sustainability. The existing work in this area can be grouped in four main categories: The optimization of existing systems using ICT, the dematerialization of cultural assets and presence, the use of technology for behavioral change, and the support of sustainability practice and research. Within this research area, this thesis focuses on exploring how new technologies and approaches of working with data, such as APIs, mashups, crowdsourcing, open data, and dynamic visualizations, can be applied to sustainability and sustainability practice.This thesis follows a research through design method, where applications, prototypes, and events were created and released following an iterative design process. Five different design artifacts or “hacks” are presented and analyzed together as a portfolio. This collection of artifacts is a practical exploration of the research questions and it embodies the results.Based on the created artifacts, this text argues that the new technologies and paradigms coming from ICT can transform how sustainability work is performed, by changing the way that sustainability data is created, shared and visualized. This new “data-driven” approach is characterized by a bottom-up way of data gathering, automatic data collection and crowdsourcing, a real time orientation, a focus on transparency and openness, dynamic and interactive visualizations, and new approaches to innovation. These characteristics create new opportunities for making sustainability practice more effective and broaden its impact, but they also create new problems and increase existing risks.Finally it is argued that while information and communication technologies are usually treated as tools, these innovations in ICT for Sustainability are not only technological, but also cultural. The hacker ethic values connected with computer technologies, such as an open way of sharing knowledge, the focus on creativity as a driving force, and a hands-on approach, are key for understanding this research area and an important part of the contribution from ICT to sustainability.
A survey on problem faced by contractors using design and build contract

Design and build construction process has been part of the construction industry. Today, the process is growing rapidly in this industry. As it has been grown in popularity, design and build has evolved all manner of hybrids. However, Design and Build also not exclude were faced problem by contractors in the construction industry such as conflicts between contractor and other parties (consultant and owner), Inadequate experience of consultant, problems communication and coordination by contractor with other parties. The aims of the study are to study comparisons between designs & build contract and conventional contract, to identify the common problems and the factors faced by the contractor and to rank the common problems and the factors among contractors. The questionnaires were distributed to the contractor (Class A) registered with Pusat Khidmat Kontraktor (PKK) , grade 7 contractors which registered with construction industry development board CIDB Bumiputera companies and government agencies by hand at Klang Valley. The data from the questionnaire was analyzes in average index and frequency analysis. Result of the survey indicated, five of category problems were identified. There are problem in general aspect, problem in design aspect, problem in financial aspect, problem in quality aspect and problem in time aspect. From the analysis the highest degree of agreement in general aspects is conflicts between contractor and other parties (consultant and owner). It is followed with in quality aspects is change materials order by owner during construction, problem in design aspects is mistakes and discrepancies in design documents, problem in financial aspects is actual price for project higher than owner’s target price and problem in time aspects is delays in commencing work because under-estimated time needed to obtain statutory approvals. Based on the result obtained from questionnaires were identified the problems among contractor are not critical because overall the respondents are agree with that problem. Finally, the information gathered can be used for government sector and contractor to overcome the problem faced by the contractor using design & build contract.
In Silicodomain Structural Model Analysis of Coronavirus Orf1ab Polyprotein

The world today is battling with a coronavirus infection that is considered a global pandemic. Coronavirus infection is mainly attribute to the varying technique of the replication and release of different genomic components of the virus. The present study aims to establish the physical and chemical features, as well as the basic structural and functional properties of Coronavirus ORF1ab domain. A molecular approach was adopt in this study using the Swiss Model and Phyre2 server whereas the prediction of the active ligand binding sites was done using Phyre2. The analysis of the structure of the protein showed that it has good structural and heat stability, as well as better hydrophilic features and acidic in nature. Based on the Homology modeling, only two binding active sites were noted with catalytic function being mediated by Zn2+ as the metallic heterogeneous ligand for binding sites prediction. The proteins mostly exhibited helical secondary configurations. This study can help in predicting and understanding the role of this domain protein in active coronavirus infection.
Towards the design, analysis, and illustration of assemblies

This document presents an integrated approach for helping designers specify, revise, analyze, and illustrate assemblies of mechanical parts within the context of a common data structure and set of assembly features. An implementation to test the validity of these ideas has been integrated into an existing spline-based geometric modeling system. There were several distinct facets to this research effort. Methodology for assembly planning was explored to allow a user to lay out the assembly in a diagrammatic form, before creating any geometry. A rough design, laid out initially, can gradually be refined, and the individual components can be designed and edited later using spline-based geometric modeling operations. Research into assembly specification examined how best to allow the user to describe the way parts are actually connected together to form subassemblies and eventually the final product. Also considered were questions of part interference and part removability in order to help the user evaluate the utility and manufacturability of the design. Finally, exploded view illustration was explored, with a view toward enabling the user to create clear and informative exploded views of the assembly with minimal intervention. Throughout, information obtained in earlier stages of design was useful in helping to automate later design steps. During the course of this project, I developed a representation of an assembly convenient for handling multiple assembly-related tasks, addressed the special problems of interactive assembly design by introducing new constructs for specifying assembly information, explored the usefulness of interactive interference detection techniques, and considered artistic issues, such as good ways to arrange exploded parts in an illustration, as part of creating a practical application.
The DLR Telepresence Experience in Space and Surgery

High-fidelity telepresence is considered to be a key subject for the development of advanced robotic applications in space and surgery. The fact that there are only few robots in space and surgery is mainly due to the lack of broadly available sophisticated autonomy and haptic feedback within present robotic systems. Nevertheless, these requirements need to be fullled to overcome telepresence barriers, such as (communication) delay, scaling, matter, hazard etc. Besides the technological need for ultralight impedance-controlled robots combined with a high-speed data link the telepresence control strategies including supervisory and bilateral control are essential for high-delity telepresence and an immersive impression of the remote side to the human operator. This approach is successfully tested recently within the technology experiment ROKVISS, Germany's present space robotic project. Its aim is the verication and qualication of the DLR's newest lightweight robot joint technologies and provides, for the rst time, realistic force feedback in a telepresence space application. The same holds for the new telepresence system for minimally invasive robotic surgery The system will provide realistic 6DoF force/torque feedback of the manipulation wrench as well as of the grasping force. Therefore, a lightweight robot for surgery is built, including a high-speed data link to the haptic master station.
A study of mobile botnets: analysis of attack strategies

INTRODUCTION For many years, botnets have been a serious security threat to users of the internet and personal computers. Countermeasures are constantly running behind as botmasters develop new botnet techniques. Until recently, mobile phones remained free of the threat of botnets due to the isolation between mobile networks and the internet. The situation has changed significantly with the fast-growing popularity of smartphones such as Androidbased phones and Apple’s iPhone. Today, smartphones offer their users endless capabilities and allow communication to occur via multiple mechanisms. Due to the popularity of smartphones and the advanced capabilities offered, botnets are expected to move towards mobile networks.
BRINGING THE PEOPLE BACK IN

The challenge in many areas of human development in India is to begin to think of people as solution. If such a paradigm shift in thinking can come about, hope begins to reemerge. Limitations of financial resources begin to disappear as people take charge and devise cost-effective alternatives. This has been the basic lesson in Madhya Pradesh while trying to address the problems affecting universalisation of primary education. In much of the earlier efforts at development, people have been seen as passive recepients than as active agents of change. The fact that they continued to be so even in a sector like education which is all about creating capabilities for a critical understanding of the world has been doubly damaging. States in India like Madhya Pradesh whose attainments in sectors like education and health were low were grouped and labelled Bimaru states and survey after survey presented them as areas of despair. The fact that Bimaru attributes needed to be responded to through non conventional and innovative strategies was often overlooked. New opportunities were being created in states like Madhya Pradesh. A working panchayat raj system came into existence in 1994. It provided a facilitating structure; for direct community action. The government converted selected programmes, of which primary education was one, into a Mission-mode. The tasks of universalisin g primary education and total literacy were combined to form the Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission in the state. The Mission had the opportunity to deconstruct the problem associated with universalising primary education in the new context of a revitalised panchayat raj that brought people back in. Instead of academic institutions doing their random sampling, panchayat raj created the opportunity to undertake a door-to-door survey through elected people's representatives capturing the names of children in and out of school. This Lok Sampark Abhiyan transformed into a mobilisation process for primary education redefining the role of the community in primary education from objects of survey to actors who could make the difference. The results of the Lok Sampark Abhiyan (LSA) helped to demolish the myth of near-universal access to primary education in the state. It became clear that the specificities of tribal demography where people lived scattered in several hamlets created major gaps in access. The Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) pioneered by the government of Madhya Pradesh was an effort to respond to this finding of the Lok Sampark Abhiyan. The EGS in addition to becoming a practical method of ensuring the right to learn also reasserted the role of the people in the management of primary education. The design and strategy of the LSA emerged as a result of intensive discussions among a group of people drawn from the Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission and Non Government Organisations. Key persons who contributed significantly towards designing the Lok Sampark Abhiyan formats, training the State Resource Group and providing continuous resource support to the districts in implementing the Lok Sampark Abhiyan were
USE OF COMPUTERS FOR SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS

THE CAPACITY OF MODERN DIGITAL COMPUTERS TO DO LARGE AMOUNTS OF SIMPLE ARITHMETIC IS USEFUL TO THE ENGINEER IN THE ANALYSIS OF SLOPE STABILITY FOR THREE REASONS' /1/ UNCERTAINTIES ABOUT THE GEOMETRY OF THE SLOPE AND THE PROPERTIES OF THE VARIOUS SOILS WITHIN THE SLOPE CAN BE INVESTIGATED IN DETAIL, /2/ MANY TRIAL FAILURE SURFACES CAN BE ANALYZED, AND /3/ MORE ACCURATE METHODS THAT SATISFY STATICS CAN BE USED. THE EQUILIBRIUM OF THIN SLICES IS DESCRIBED. THE FORMULATION IS STATICALLY INDETERMINATE SO THAT A DIFFERENT SOLUTION CAN BE OUTLINED FOR EVERY SET OF ASSUMPTIONS USED TO REMOVE THE INDETERMINACIES. A COMPUTER- BASED METHOD OF SLICES PROPOSED BY MORGENSTERN AND PRICE THAT FULLY SATISFIES STATICS IS ANALYZED. THE RANGE OF ACCEPTABLE SOLUTIONS CAN BE NARROWED, AND THE ERRORS INVOLVED IN SIMPLER METHODS OF SLICES CAN BE ASSESSED. RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE CONCERNING THE USE OF THESE METHODS IN PRACTICAL WORK. FINALLY, TECHNIQUES ARE DESCRIBED THAT PERMIT EFFECTIVE USE OF COMPUTERS FOR SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS. /ASCE/
Biochemical Screening of Lipid Peroxidation and Antioxidant Protection in Imported Cows During Adaptation

| The work aimed to evaluate the changes in LPO parameters and the AOP system during adaptation to new living conditions in highly productive dairy cows in the dynamics of dry and postpartum periods. The research was carried out in 2019 in LLC “Ermolovskoe”, Voronezh region, the Russian Federation. A total of 32 heifers and first-calf red-motley Holstein cows of the German selection were included in the experiment. When being transferred to dry cows, catalase activity decreased from 35.8 ± 0.99 μM N2O2 / l-min-103 to 33.2 ± 2.45 μM N2O2 / l-min-103 or by 7.8% after a month and a half, and to 32.4 ± 0.58 μM N2O2 / l-min-103, or by 10.5% (p<0.05), after another week. There was also an increase in triglycerides and cholesterol by 6.7 and 19.1% (p<0.001), respectively. Biochemical studies of various blood parameters have the greatest relevance in controlling the state of animal homeostasis. It has been established that the processes of lipids peroxidation intensify with the increasing pregnancy period in imported heifers and the first days after calving. At that, the AOP indices are quite low. After delivery, the activity of enzymatic and non-enzymatic parts of AOP in the blood of first-calf cows significantly increases, leading to the stabilization and reduction of LPO products. As this work shows, the stress load on the antioxidant system is fairly high in highly productive cows after giving birth and is restored only after 3-4 weeks.