Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Adaptive Modulation and Code Strategy to Reduce Energy Consumption in Elastic Optical Network

In this paper, the novel Adaptive Modulation and Code (AMC) algorithm aims to reduce energy consumption in elastic optical network is developed. The proposed AMC algorithm adaptively allocates both, the appropriate modulation and the forward error correction (FEC), according to the actual physical distance and the optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) of the lightpath, respectively. The algorithm compares the previous energy consumption with the actual aiming to select the lowest. The obtained results have been compared with the case when shortest path (SP) and minimum hops (MH) algorithms are employed. Simulations outcomes highlight that energy consumption decreases when AMC algorithm is adopted in comparison with SP or MH ones. The energy consumption increases proportionally with the physical lightpath distance. Finally, the blocking probability decreases whereas AMC is utilized. Â
An Overview on Privacy Preserving Biometrics

The Internet has consolidated itself as a very powerful platform that has changed the communication and business way. Nowadays, the number of users navigating through Internet is about 1,552 millions according to Internet World Stats. This large audience demands online commerce, e-government, knowledge sharing, social networks, online gaming . which grew exponentially over the past few years. The security of these transactions is very important considering the number of information that could be intercepted by an attacker. Within this context, authentication is one of the most important challenges in computer security. Indeed, the authentication step is often considered as the weakest link in the security of electronic transactions. In general, the protection of the message content is achieved by using cryptographic protocols that are well known and established. The well-known ID/password is far the most used authentication method, it is widely spread despite its obvious lack of security. This is mainly due to its implementation ease and to its ergonomic feature: the users are used to this system, which enhances its acceptance and deployment. Many more sophisticated solutions exist in the state of the art to secure logical access control (one time passwords tokens, certificates . . . ) but none of them are used by a large community of users for a lack of simplicity usage (O'Gorman, 2003).
Reinforcement Learning for Solving Yahtzee

—This paper presents a reinforcement learning approach to the famous dice game Yahtzee. We outline the challenges with traditional model-based and online solution techniques given the massive state-action space, and instead implement global approximation and hierarchical reinforcement learning methods to solve the game. Our best agent is able to consistently outperform na¨ıve benchmarks but remains suboptimal; we highlight difﬁculties and avenues for future improvement.
Supplier Selection and Evaluation in Supply Chain Management

This paper presents an integrated method for dealing with such problems using correlated Analytic Hierarchy– and the techniques of linear physical programming. The proposed method demonstrates selection of appropriate supplier and is to create a model of the supplier relationship management process, which can be applied in business organizations. besides this, paper examines the benefits of a supplier relationship management process, how to measure the success of the process as well as the relevant stakeholders of the process. The correlation between criteria is commonly observed in the realistic problems. The correlated Analytic Hierarchy considers the correlation effect between criteria in the Analytic Hierarchy process. LPP is a multi-objective optimization method that develops an aggregate objective function of the criteria in a piecewise, Archimedean-goal-programming fashion. A decision maker is enable by linear physical programming model to consider multiple criteria (i.e., cost, customer service, and intangible benefits) and also to find out how firms set evaluation criteria for their suppliers, and how they use the evaluation system in practice, if they have one.
Chemical Characteristics and Sources of Submicron Particles in a City with Heavy Pollution in China

Submicron particle (PM1) pollution has received increased attention in recent years; however, few studies have focused on such pollution in the city of Shijiazhuang (SJZ), which is one of the most polluted cities in the world. In this study, we conducted an intensive simultaneous sampling of PM1 and PM2.5 in autumn 2016, in order to explore pollution characteristics and sources in SJZ. The results showed that the average mass concentrations of PM1 and PM2.5 were 70.51 μg/m3 and 91.68 μg/m3, respectively, and the average ratio of PM1/PM2.5 was 0.75. Secondary inorganic aerosol (SIA) was the dominant component in PM1 (35.9%) and PM2.5 (32.3%). An analysis of haze episodes found that SIA had a significant influence on PM1 pollution, NH4+ promoted the formation of pollution, and SO42− and NO3− presented different chemical mechanisms. Additionally, the results of source apportionment implied that secondary source, biomass burning and coal combustion, traffic, industry, and dust were the major pollution sources for SJZ, accounting for 45.4%, 18.9%, 15.7%, 10.3%, and 9.8% of PM1, respectively, and for 42.4%, 18.8%, 12.2%, 10.2%, and 16.4% of PM2.5, respectively. Southern Hebei, mid-eastern Shanxi, and northern Henan were the major contribution regions during the study period. Three transport pathways of pollutants were put forward, including airflows from Shanxi with secondary source, airflows from the central Beijng–Tianjin–Hebei region with fossil fuel burning source, and airflows from the southern North China Plain with biomass burning source. The systematic analysis of PM1 could provide scientific support for the creation of an air pollution mitigation policy in SJZ and similar regions.
The Praxis of Relation, Validation, and Motivation: Articulating LIS Collegiality through a CRT Lens

cal raced/gendered epistemologies are supported by validation theory within a relationalcultural mentoring framework, and how they work to empower both students and librarians to assert their rightful places as scholars and members of a larger academic community. We also borrow from Latina/o Critical Theory (LatCrit), which, in concert with CRT, emerged as a theoretical framework from legal studies, to theorize issues particular to the Latinx identities shared by many of our students, such as language, immigration and citizenship status, and identity. A LatCrit analysis is especially valuable now, in a place and time where students and their families are literally criminalized and targeted for deportation. For ourselves and for our students, the axis of citizenship/legal status intersects with language, class, and phenotype to articulate a specific raced subjectivity that is politically targeted. All of these intersections impact both our worldview and the ways we are perceived by our students and colleagues. We see our professional practice, including teaching, research, and service, in alignment with Solórzano’s five defining elements of CRT in educational research:
Non-perturbative effects in WIMP scattering off nuclei in the NMSSM

We explore a scenario in the Next-to-Minimal-Supersymmetric-Standard-Model (NMSSM) with both a light O(10) GeV neutralino and a CP-odd Higgs boson with significant coupling to down-type fermions, evading all current B physics, LEP and WMAP bounds. Motivated by a possible slight lepton universality breaking hinted in Upsilon decays, we consider the effect of the mixing of eta(b) resonances with the pseudoscalar Higgs on the spin-dependent scattering neutralino cross section off nucleons. We conclude that this mechanism could be relevant provided that non-perturbative effects enhance the effective eta(b)-nucleon coupling, taking over velocity/q^2 suppression factors, perhaps giving a new insight into the current controversial situation concerning direct search experiments of dark matter.
Pathological diagnosis of cirrhotic ascites in a Caucasian Dog

Although ascites is widely reported in dogs, those of cirrhotic ascites are scanty, especially in Abuja, Nigeria, hence the need for this report on cirrhotic ascites in a 2-year-old Caucasian dog. The reported complaints of anorexia, weakness, and distended abdomen before the presentation for proper veterinary attention led to a tentative diagnosis of suspected liver-induced ascites. The dog later died while receiving treatment necessitating the performance of a post-mortem examination on the severely emaciated carcass, which had pale mucous membranes, distended abdomen, and slightly oedematous distal limbs. Grossly, the lungs had multiple areas of congestion with visible hydrothorax and hydroperitoneum while the liver was shrunken, firm, nodular, misshapen, and haemorrhagic. Pulmonary congestion and oedema characterized the lung microscopically. The liver showed hepatic haemorrhage, cytoplasmic vacuolation, and necrosis with mononuclear cellular infiltration, fibrous connective tissue proliferation, and nests of apparently normal hepatocytes. The positive alpha-smooth muscle actin and vimentin immunoreactivity confirmed the hepatic fibrosis. Microscopic renal lesions indicated nephropathy. Consequently, the definitive diagnosis became cirrhotic ascites. The observed liver pathology indicated end-stage liver damage responsible for the ascites and eventual death of the dog. Prompt diagnosis with appropriate treatment is very crucial in the prognosis of cirrhotic ascites in affected dogs.
The Impact of Ohio's EdChoice on Traditional Public School Performance

In this article, I evaluate the effects of the EdChoice voucher program on the academic performance of traditional public schools. Specifically, I investigate how exposure to the threat of losing students to the voucher program affected standardized test performance in traditional public schools. This measure does not take into account whether or not students participated in the EdChoice program, only whether schools faced the threat of potentially losing students. The study provides the opportunity to make two important contributions to the literature. First, it provides an analysis of a voucher program that has not yet been rigorously studied for its competitive effects on traditional public schools. Second, a novel approach is introduced to deal with the potential confounding effects of stigma, or the motivation for schools to improve that may come with the receipt of a low grade publicly reported by the state.
Chapter 6 Transcatheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most frequent of all cardiac arrhythmias and it is associated with an increased risk of stroke, systemic embolism and heart failure. Patients with AF have a twofold increased risk of death and fivefold increased risk of stroke compared with those without AF. In patients with heart failure (HF), AF ablation improves left ventricular (LV) function over shortand long-term follow-ups, especially compared with medical treatment. Furthermore, AF ablation in HF patients relates to a significant improvement in quality of life, functional class and exercise tolerance, possibly related to the improvement in LV function and hemodynamic status of the patients. Finally, data showed that restoration of sinus rhythm in this setting of patients reduced the incidence of stroke and death. In this review, we reported all the major data regarding atrial fibrillation therapy in patients with heart failure.
The Strategic Role of ICT within the Turkish AEC Industry

Today it is widely accepted that ICT is becoming a strategic asset for any organisation to deliver business improvement and achieve sustainable competitive advantage. However, traditionally the construction industry has approached investing in ICT with a lack of strategic focus and low level of priority to the business. The nature of such investments have been made very much in an ad hoc manner with the focus on improving specific processes predominantly driven by technology, rather than towards business improvement driven by the strategic objectives of the business. As such, this may have delivered isolated areas of improvement within the organisation but has contributed little in the context of strategic benefit. This paper presents a recent study focused on investigating the current strategic role of ICT in the Turkish Construction Industry. The study explores issues relating to the role of ICT strategy, reasoning behind ICT investments, barriers to the successful implementation of ICT and role of ICT through the lifecycle of a facility/project.
Material knowledge in collaborative designing and making - A case of wearable sea creatures

This article is based on a study of novice designers’ knowledge of materials in a challenging collaborative assignment. We approached material knowledge from two complementary viewpoints: the dimensions of knowledge shared during designing, and how student teams built new knowledge during making. We found that both modalities studied—namely, words and gestures—contributed to advancement in designing. The modalities became specialised: While words served mainly to identify materials and to describe visual qualities, gestures conveyed information about size, shape, location and dynamic dimensions, such as movement and change over time, as well as signature qualities based on embodied experience. During making, ambitious teams took material decisions and the challenge of authenticity seriously, but the tight timeframe and budget compelled them to favour pragmatic choices.
Microstructural Topological Sensitivities of the Second-Order Macroscopic Model for Waves in Periodic Media

We consider scalar waves in periodic media through the lens of a second-order effective i.e. macroscopic description, and we aim to compute the sensitivities of the germane effective parameters due to topological perturbations of a microscopic unit cell. Specifically, our analysis focuses on the tensorial coefficients in the governing mean-field equation – including both the leading order (i.e. quasi-static) terms, and their second-order companions bearing the effects of incipient wave dispersion. The results demonstrate that the sought sensitivities are computable in terms of (i) three unit-cell solutions used to formulate the unperturbed macroscopic model; (ii) two adoint-field solutions driven by the mass density variation inside the unperturbed unit cell; and (iii) the usual polarization tensor, appearing in the related studies of non-periodic media, that synthesizes the geometric and constitutive features of a point-like perturbation. The proposed developments may be useful toward (a) the design of periodic media to manipulate macroscopic waves via the microstructure-generated effects of dispersion and anisotropy, and (b) sub-wavelength sensing of periodic defects or perturbations.
DOES RESEARCH PROVIDE REAL ANSWERS

There is substantial evidence of the concomitant effect of parental alcohol misuseon children through the impact of alcohol misuse on family functioning and parenting. Ingeneral, affected families perceive their environment to be less cohesive, lack ritual androutines, tend not to positively express feelings, warmth or caring (either physically orverbally), and have higher levels of unresolved conflict. Some studies (
Outcome measures used in lower extremity amputation: Review of clinical use and psychometric properties

Decreased mobility and negative effects of poor functional status (FS) significantly reduce the quality of life in individuals with lower extremity amputation (LEA). These parameters should be evaluated in detail, and FS should be revealed. Measuring the results is important in terms of enabling clinicians to evaluate the quality of care and the effectiveness of treatment. The fact that the measurements are not purposeful makes the obtained results (evidence) and consecutively treatments unreliable. To obtain valid and reliable results, it is important to use measurement tools that are valid and reliable. Considering all these, the current FS should be evaluated using valid and reliable outcome measures (OMs). Numerous OMs are used to evaluate the FS of individuals with LEA. The multiplicity of available criteria, when coupled with the concept of multidimensional FS, complicates the selection of appropriate OMs for use with this population. Resources providing information about OMs used in the domain of LEA are limited in the literature. Many of the commonly used OMs are not included in the available sources. This review is designed to provide up-to-date information on clinical suitability and psychometric properties of OMs used in individuals with LEA. We believe that this study will help healthcare professionals serving in the field of LEA and prosthetics to learn about and choose the appropriate OMs.
Traces 1 Multi-Perspective Clustering of Process Execution Traces

Process mining techniques enable extracting process models from process event logs. Problems can arise if process mining is applied to event logs of flexible processes that are extremely heterogeneous. Here, trace clustering can be used to reduce the complexity of logs. Common techniques use isolated criteria such as activity profiles for clustering. Especially in flexible environments, however, additional data attributes stored in event logs are a source of unused knowledge for trace clustering. In this paper, we present a multi-perspective trace clustering approach that improves the homogeneity of trace subsets. Our approach provides an integrated definition of similarity between traces by defining a distance measure that combines information about executed activities, performing resources, and data values. The evaluation with real-life event logs, one from a hospital and one with traffic fine data, shows that the homogeneity of the resulting clusters can be significantly improved compared to existing techniques.
Breve 22: El acceso a medicamentos en Chile y el papel de las farmacias municipales

El acceso a medicamentos seguros y de calidad es un eje esencial para garantizar el derecho a la salud de la población. Alrededor del mundo, los gobiernos desempeñan diversos papeles para facilitar el acceso a medicamentos seguros y de calidad. Esto incluye desde la certificación de calidad, regulaciones de precios en las distintas etapas de la cadena de valor, hasta distintas formas de actuación en la cobertura financiera del costo de los medicamentos. El objetivo de este documento es analizar la política de farmacias públicas de dependencia municipal, como herramienta de política de medicamentos. A diferencia de las políticas tradicionales basadas en regulaciones, las farmacias municipales buscan mejorar el acceso a medicamentos, tanto en términos económicos como geográficos, otorgando a los gobiernos locales un papel protagónico en la distribución de medicamentos a la población. Este documento centra la discusión en la experiencia de Chile con la introducción de farmacias municipales a partir del año 2015.
Water Driven Soft Actuator

In this paper, a water driven soft actuator is introduced. Soft actuators driven by various external stimuli, such as air pressure, temperature, pH, electric field, and light have been reported in the past. Although they are very attractive, they often require hard external devices for driving and the response speeds are often slow. The developed water driven actuator was with sodium polyacrylate wrapped by stretchable meshed nylon. Through some experiments, it was confirmed that swell and shrink phenomena of the developed device occur depending on the fluid flow. The phenomena could be found when adequate quantity of sodium polyacrylate was inside of the nylon. The amount of sodium polyacrylate that is required for the phenomenon was investigated. Through the experiments, it was confirmed that the displacement and the response speed of the swell and shrink were large and fast, respectively, in spite of its simple implementation.
O ct 2 01 1 CERN-PH-TH / 2011-127 IFT-UAM / CSIC-1134 RR photons

Type II string compactifications to 4d generically contain massless Ramond-Ramond U(1) gauge symmetries. However there is no massless matter charged under these U(1)’s, which makes a priori difficult to measure any physical consequences of their existence. There is however a window of opportunity if these RR U(1)’s mix with the hypercharge U(1)Y (hence with the photon). In this paper we study in detail different avenues by which U(1)RR bosons may mix with D-brane U(1)’s. We concentrate on Type IIA orientifolds and their M-theory lift, and provide geometric criteria for the existence of such mixing, which may occur either via standard kinetic mixing or via the mass terms induced by Stückelberg couplings. The latter case is particularly interesting, and appears whenever D-branes wrap torsional p-cycles in the compactification manifold. We also show that in the presence of torsional cycles discrete gauge symmetries and Aharanov-Bohm strings and particles appear in the 4d effective action, and that type IIA Stückelberg couplings can be understood in terms of torsional (co)homology in M-theory. We provide examples of Type IIA Calabi-Yau orientifolds in which the required torsional cycles exist and kinetic mixing induced by mass mixing is present. We discuss some phenomenological consequences of our findings. In particular, we find that mass mixing may induce corrections relevant for hypercharge gauge coupling unification in F-theory SU(5) GUT’s.
adaptive variation in a stream fish Population size , habitat fragmentation , and the nature of Supplementary data tml

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Nucleon form factors and spin content in a quark-diquark model with a pion cloud

We propose a new model of the nucleon in which quark-diquark configurations immersed in a pion cloud are treated in a manner consistent with Poincar\'e invariance. With suitably chosen parameters, the computations employing this model reproduce the measured electromagnetic form factors and the quark-spin contribution to the total nucleon angular momentum.
In situ synthesis and electronic transport of the carbon-coated Ag@C/MWCNT nanocomposite

A nanocomposite of Ag@C nanocapsules dispersed in a multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) matrix was fabricated in situ by a facile arc-discharge plasma approach, using bulk Ag as the raw target and methane gas as the carbon source. It was found that the Ag@C nanocapsules were ∼10 nm in mean diameter, and the MWCNTs had 17–32 graphite layers in the wall with a thickness of 7–10 nm, while a small quantity of spherical carbon cages (giant fullerenes) were also involved with approximately 20–30 layers of the graphite shell. Typical dielectric behavior was dominant in the electronic transport of Ag@C/MWCNT nanocomposites; however, this was greatly modified by metallic Ag cores with respect to pure MWCNTs. A temperature-dependent resistance and I–V relationship provided evidence of a transition from Mott–David variable range hopping [ln ρ(T) ∼ T−1/4] to Shklovskii–Efros variable range hopping [ln ρ(T) ∼ T−1/2] at 5.4 K. A Coulomb gap, ΔC ≈ 0.05 meV, was obtained for the Ag@C/MWCNT nanocomposite system.