Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Models of Operating Speeds for Low-Volume Roads

Recent studies have documented a noticeable disparity between the speeds for which roads are designed and the actual operating speeds. An important reason for driving errors on two-lane rural roads is the misjudgment of the real course of the road by road users. Unfavorable visibility conditions are one of the problems of road infrastructure that can be detected on existing low-volume roads. Therefore an operating speed model was developed to calculate the contribution made by sight distance, and to be a useful tool for planners in the study of the safety of existing roads. Seven low-volume roads in the province of Salerno, Italy, were studied. The study identified operating speeds on 84 curves; the relative sight distance, radius, radius of the previous curve, length of the tangent before the curve, curvature change rate, development of the curve, and number of speed changes made during the study were determined for each curve. Because of the different characteristics of the roads analyzed, once the data were collected it was possible to develop two operative speed models. The first was suitable for roads characterized by consecutive curves alternating with small tangents and the second model was mainly intended for roads characterized by a small number of curves that were preceded and followed by long tangents.
Fertility Age Couples Motivation On Cervical Cancer Early Detection

Cervical cancer is most often attacking women. After breast cancer, cervical cancer becomes second cancer infecting women. (WHO, 2014). This research aims to get the results from the fertility age couples' motivation on cervical cancer early detection.The preparation of a scoping review adapted the Arksey O'Malley framework consisted of 5 stages: research questions with the PEOs framework (Population, Exposure, and Outcomes), searching literature using relevant databases. The 12 articles used to consist of 3 themes, namely sexual and reproductive health problems, sexual health problems, and sexual and reproductive health.
Molecular beam epitaxy growth of InGaSb/AlGaAsSb strained quantum well diode lasers

2 μm InGaSb/AlGaAsSb strained quantum wells and a tellurium-doped GaSb buffer layer were grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The growth parameters of strained quantum wells were optimized by AFM, XRD and PL at 77 K. The optimal growth temperature of quantum wells is 440 °C. The PL peak wavelength of quantum wells at 300 K is 1.98 μm, and the FWHM is 115 nm. Tellurium-doped GaSb buffer layers were optimized by Hall measurement. The optimal doping concentration is 1.127 × 1018 cm−3 and the resistivity is 5.295 × 10−3 Ω·cm.
Voir et see : Étude comparée de la construction à attribut de l'objet

En): This paper sets out to compare the meaning and uses of the visual perception verbs see in English, and voir in French, in object-oriented predicative complement constructions. It is aimed at identifying how such sentences function both syntactically and semantically and how the verb and the complements interact, trying in particular to determine the structure of socalled object-oriented complement structures. This qualitative, corpus-based study focuses on three categories of complements – adjective phrases, preposition phrases and noun phrases. It shows that the two verbs license complements that are syntactically similar. The analysis brings to light three main types of semantic reading – visual perception, perceptual inference and cognition – and demonstrates that, for each of them, the meaning of the sentences is construed with the help of three crucial factors: the object referent and its ontological nature; the syntactic category of the predicative complement and its interaction with the object; the semantic compatibility between the predicative complement and the perception verb. It also appears that voir has a wider range of uses in the domain of cognition while see seems to have a larger range in the domain of both visual perception and perceptual inference.
Obesity Related Glomerulopathy in Adolescent Women: The Effect of Body Surface Area

Key Points Body surface area (BSA)–standardized eGFR creates similar rates of hyperfiltration across body mass index (BMI) groups. Creatinine clearance and absolute eGFR, adjusted to individual BSA, reflect BMI increase, unlike BSA-standardized eGFR. Absolute eGFR, adjusted to individual BSA, unmasks higher prevalence of hyperfiltration in patients who are obese, enabling timely intervention. Visual Abstract Background Adolescent obesity, a risk factor for cardiorenal morbidity in adulthood, has reached epidemic proportions. Obesity-related glomerulopathy (ORG) has an early reversible stage of hyperfiltration. Age-appropriate formulae for eGFR, which are standardized to ideal body surface area (BSA) and provide assessment of kidney function in ml/min/1.73 m2, may underestimate prevalence of early ORG. We investigated whether adjusting eGFR to actual BSA more readily identifies early ORG. Methods We studied a cohort of 22,417 young individuals, aged 12–21 years, from a New York metropolitan multi-institutional electronic health records clinical database. eGFR was calculated in two ways: BSA-standardized eGFR, and absolute eGFR. Hyperfiltration was defined above a threshold of 135 ml/min per 1.73 m2 or 135 ml/min, respectively. The prevalence of hyperfiltration according to each formula was assessed in parallel to creatinine clearance. Results Serum creatinine values and hyperfiltration prevalence according to BSA-standardized eGFR were similar, 13%–15%, across body mass index (BMI) groups. The prevalence of hyperfiltration determined by absolute eGFR differed across BMI groups: underweight, 2%; normal weight, 6%; overweight, 17%; and obese, 31%. This trend paralleled the rise in creatinine clearance across BMI groups. Conclusions Absolute eGFR more readily identifies early ORG than the currently used formulae, which are adjusted to a standardized BSA and are not representative of current population BMI measures. Using absolute eGFR in clinical practice and research may improve the ability to identify, intervene, and reverse early ORG, which has great importance with increasing obesity rates.
Monitoring Fact Preservation, Grammatical Consistency and Ethical Behavior of Abstractive Summarization Neural Models

The paper describes a system for automatic summarization in English language of online news data that come from different non-English languages. The system is designed to be used in production environment for media monitoring. Automatic summarization can be very helpful in this domain when applied as a helper tool for journalists so that they can review just the important information from the news channels. However, like every software solution, the automatic summarization needs performance monitoring and assured safe environment for the clients. In media monitoring environment the most problematic features to be addressed are: the copyright issues, the factual consistency, the style of the text and the ethical norms in journalism. Thus, the main contribution of our present work is that the above mentioned characteristics are successfully monitored in neural automatic summarization models and improved with the help of validation, fact-preserving and fact-checking procedures.
A Flexible Programmable Memory BIST Architecture

Abstract In the present paper a moderate area programmable memory built-in-self-test (BIST) architecture supporting multiple algorithm loading is proposed. The entire BIST operation is made possible with a cheap low cost tester used for initial loading. The loaded data is decoded and executed by the BIST architecture at high speed since there is no interruption from the tester. This avoids costly high speed interfaces during the execution of the BIST. The proposed BIST architecture can execute all March like algorithms. It supports normal, preset, retention and repair modes of operation. Repair facility is value addition to the proposed design. The proposed programmable BIST architecture is very flexible and cost effective.
Determinants of environmentally responsible operations: a review

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the underlining needs for and determinants (factors, tools and methods) of environmentally responsible operations (EROs) and present some direction for work in the areas involving an environmental/quality/operations management interface.Design/methodology/approach – Six typical ERO tools/methods are described, and the findings of a literature review, of selected journal articles on environmental management and related areas from 1994‐2003, are presented.Findings – The review identifies 15 ERO factors under three groupings, namely policy, product/process, and performance evaluation. The relevance of these factors to the ERO tools/methods is also discussed. The findings are useful for implementing EROs and developing a paradigm for integrating environmental, quality and operations management in organisations.Originality/value – The paper underlines the ERO potentials for environmental, quality and operations management interface and suggests the venues that .
Unsteady low-speed aerodynamic model for complete aircraft configurations

A method for converting steady state, potential panel methods into a time-dependent mode is derived and applied to several test cases. For this development, an improved vortex wake model was constructed which was also suitable for simulating the leading edge separation of slender wings at high angles of attack. Computed flow-field simulations are presented for various unsteady, and high-angle-of-attack conditions, involving geometries such as simple wings, rotors, and complete aircraft configurations.
Combustion Characteristics of Kerosene in a Scramjet Combustor

An experimental research on supersonic combustion of kerosene in a model scramjet combustor has been conducted. Kerosene was injected normally into a Mach 2 by three types of methods. First, liquid kerosene was directly injected. In comparison with hydrogen, combustion did not take place at low total temperature or in the fuel lean condition. Secondly, “effervescent atomization” method was used. Effervescent atomization method could control penetration height and mass flow rate independently, and improve ignition limits of liquid kerosene. Finally, gaseous kerosene was used. While only intensive combustion mode and choke mode were observed when liquid kerosene was used, existence of transition mode was observed when gaseous kerosene was used.
Kecemasan terhadap Stigma Sosial untuk Kembali ke Masyarakat pada Mantan Narapidana Perempuan Tindak Pidana Penipuan

Kecemasan adalah suatu perasaan subyektif mengenai ketegangan mental yang menggelisahkan sebagai reaksi umum dari ketidakmampuan mengatasi suatu masalah atau tidak adanya rasa aman (Taylor, 1953). Kecemasan bisa terjadi dalam beberapa hal, salah satunya adalah kecemasan stigma. Kecemasan stigma bisa terjadi pada mantan narapidana yang sedang baru bebas dari masa tahanannya. Kecemasan ini terkait status sebagai mantan narapidana yang masih dipandang negatif oleh masyarakat (Koliandri, 2012). Daradjat (1990) menyatakan bahwa kecemasan memiliki segi yang di luar kesadaran dan tidak jelas, seperti takut tanpa mengetahui sebabnya dan tidak bisa menghindari perasaan yang tidak menyenangkan. Kecemasan tersebut muncul karena beberapa situasi yang mengancam diri manusia sebagai makhluk sosial. Kecemasan menghadapi masa depan dialami oleh mantan narapidana disebabkan oleh kondisi masa datang yang belum jelas dan belum terprediksi. Received April 19, 2021; Revised Month DD, 20YY; Accepted September 14, 2021; Published September 14, 2021
The impact of IFRS mandatory adoption on KPIs disclosure quality

The aim of this study is to investigate context, the impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on the Key Performance Indicators’ (KPIs) disclosure quality in the United Kingdom (UK). We used the UK listed firms FTSE 350 in the stock exchange market during the pre-IFRS period and the post-IFRS period (2003 to 2004, and 2006 to 2013). In particular, we examine special events such as the emergence of the 2006 UK Accounting Standard Body (ASB) Guidelines for KPIs best practice, the 2010 IFRS Management Commentary, and the phenomenon of the 2008 financial crisis. The results of this paper show that the UK’s mandatory adoption of IFRS has had a positive and significant effect on the KPIs’ disclosure quality. The results demonstrate, also, that together with the emergence of the 2006 UK ASB Guidelines, the 2008 financial crisis, and the 2010 IFRS Management Commentary have had a positive and significant influence on the quantity and quality of the KPIs’ disclosure.
A series-resonant DC/DC converter with asymmetrical PWM and synchronous rectification

Although considerable research has been done on the use of synchronous rectification in PWM converters as a means of reducing conduction losses, relatively little research has been done on its use in resonant converters. This is in spite of the fact that resonant converters have several advantages over PWM converters such as lower switching losses and EMI. In the paper, the implementation of synchronous rectification in a PWM controlled, series-resonant converter with a capacitive output filter is investigated. The operation of the converter is discussed, and issues concerning the use of synchronous rectifiers in this particular converter are examined. The feasibility of using synchronous rectifiers is verified by computer simulation.
A novel radiation pattern reconfigurable microstrip antenna for wide‐angle scanning application in phased antenna array

This article presents a novel pattern reconfigurable microstrip antenna that operates in 3 GHz. The antenna pattern can be transformed in between two situations. The two patterns can cover the area from −70° to +70°. Specifically, this radiation pattern reconfigurable microstrip antenna has potential applications in phased antenna arrays in wide‐angle scanning. Measured results of the proposed antenna are provided. The future work about improving the operating bandwidth is also discussed. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 1539–1540, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23429
Sentiment Analysis Using Naive Bayes Algorithm with Feature Selection Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Genetic Algorithm

This study analyzes Sentiment to see opinions, points of view, judgments, attitudes, and emotions towards creatures and aspects expressed through texts. One of Social Media is like Twitter is one of the most widely used means of communication as a research topic. The main problem with sentiment analysis is voting and using the best feature options for maximum results. Either, the most widely known classification method is Naive Bayes. However, Naive Bayes is very sensitive to significant features. That way, in this test, a comparison of feature selection is carried out using Particle Swarm Optimization and Genetic Algorithm to improve the accuracy performance of the Naive Bayes algorithm. Analyses are performed by comparing before and after testing using feature selection. Validation uses a cross-validation technique, while the confusion matrix ? is appealed to measure accuracy. The results showed the highest increase for Naïve Bayes algorithm accuracy when using the feature selection of the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm from 60.26% to 77.50%, while the genetic algorithm from 60.26% to 70.71%. Therefore, the choice of the best characteristics is Particle Swarm Optimization which is superior with an increase in accuracy of 17.24%.
Technological Archives of R & D Activities about Corrosion-Resistant Materials and Protective Coating Systems at High Temperatures in Japan - Historical Retrospection and Future Prospect -

In order to search for the future technological strategy about the high-temperature materials including the coating systems with superior environmental performance, historical archives have been made on the research reports of the JSPS 123rd Committee; about Heat-Resisting Materials and Alloys, for more than 50 years. According to the historical and economic backgrounds associated with a variety of the fuel utilization, the environment-resistant materials have been developed to apply skillfully against different kinds of aggressive environments. Furthermore, future prospects of the corrosion-resistant materials and coating systems were attempted from the viewpoints of both the global environment protection and the energy saving and/or new energy development which must contribute for a prevention of the global warming.
Single-Event Effects Induced by Heavy Ions in SONOS Charge Trapping Memory Arrays

We investigate the sensitivity of silicon–oxide–nitride–silicon–oxide (SONOS) charge trapping memory technology to heavy-ion induced single-event effects. Threshold voltage (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{T}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) statistics were collected across multiple test chips that contained in total 18 Mb of 40-nm SONOS memory arrays. The arrays were irradiated with Kr and Ar ion beams, and the changes in their <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{T}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> distributions were analyzed as a function of linear energy transfer (LET), beam fluence, and operating temperature. We observe that heavy ion irradiation induces a tail of disturbed devices in the “program” state distribution, which has also been seen in the response of floating-gate (FG) flash cells. However, the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{T}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> distribution of SONOS cells lacks a distinct secondary peak, which is generally attributed to direct ion strikes to the gate-stack of FG cells. This property, combined with the observed change in the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{T}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> distribution with LET, suggests that SONOS cells are not particularly sensitive to direct ion strikes but cells in the proximity of an ion’s absorption can still experience a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{T}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> shift. These results shed new light on the physical mechanisms underlying the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$V_{T}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> shift induced by a single heavy ion in scaled charge trap memory.
Impact of SOFC fuel Cell Source Impedance on Low Frequency AC Ripple

A fuel cell is a non-ideal voltage source with a wide varying source impedance, depending on output power scale and operating conditions, such as operating temperature, fuel pressure, quality of fuel, etc. A stationary fuel cell power system that consists of a single-phase dc-ac inverter tends to draw an ac ripple current at twice the output frequency, and the peak-to-peak amplitude of the ac ripple at the fuel cell output depending largely on the source impedance. In this paper, the ripple current propagation path is analyzed, and its linearized ac model is presented. Relationship between the peak-to-peak amplitude of ac ripple and the fuel cell source impedance is studied using equivalent circuit model, and the model is verified via simulation and experimental results. To reduce ripple seen by the fuel cell, an advanced active ripple control technique is integrated into the dc-dc converter. The effect of the control technique on various source impedances is experimented, and the test results between open-loop and closed-loop control techniques are compared. The dynamic response of the entire fuel cell power system under load transient condition is tested to verify the stability of the controller. The results indicate that the controller originally designed for steady state ripple reduction ripple reduction remains stable during severe load transients. 1
Toward an Intravoxel Incoherent Motion 2-in-1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequence for Ischemic Stroke Diagnosis? An Initial Clinical Experience With 1.5T Magnetic Resonance

Objective This initial study aimed to investigate the feasibility of simultaneously measuring perfusion and diffusion including kurtosis features in acute ischemic stroke with the combined intravoxel incoherent motion and non-Gaussian diffusional kurtosis imaging (DKI-IVIM). Material and Methods Five ischemic stroke patients underwent a 4-minute diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) protocol, using 8 b values chosen with the Cramer-Rao-Lower-Bound optimization approach, in addition to conventional DWI and arterial spin labeling sequences. Regions of interest in pathological and control regions were analyzed with DKI-IVIM, and parametric maps were reconstructed. Results The IVIM diffusion coefficient (D) decreased (P < 0.0001) in the infarcted areas, whereas higher kurtosis coefficient values were found (P = 0.0002). Regarding the perfusion, the individual IVIM perfusion fraction f decreased in 3 matching cases with the cerebral blood flow estimated through arterial spin labeling and the fD* decreased only in 2 patients of those. Conclusions When compared with conventional stroke imaging protocol, DKI-IVIM 4-minute 2-in-1 acquisition can provide diffusion results comparable with conventional DWI with complementary kurtosis estimations but a limited robustness regarding perfusion estimations for clinical purpose.
Expecting the surprises: role of hope in consumer repurchase intentions in an online shopping environment

ABSTRACT Offering frequent, attractive promotional offers is one of the most effective and practiced marketing strategies used to achieve competitive advantage through the generation of consumer repurchase intentions (RI). Our experimental study investigates the impact of short-lived surprise deals (SLSD) offered on aspirational out-group brands on consumer repurchase intentions. It also tests the moderating role of self-enhancement goals (SEG) on the impact of the SLSD on the purchase of such aspirational brands from the deal and on th5e mediating paths through peak-transcendent customer experience (TCE) and hope of coming across such short-lived surprise deals on the website again. Our findings reveal that hope is a critical factor in generating repurchase intentions through online short-lived surprise deals. By employing the suggested promotional strategy, online firms would be able to provide a positive consumer experience and generate repurchase intentions. Our findings have significant managerial and theoretical implications.