Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis and interpretation of fire scene evidence

FIRE DYNAMICS Dave Sheppard, ATF Research Laboratory What did the Witness See? Fire Compartment Fires Ignition Fire Plume Ceiling Jet Heat Transfer Smoke and Visibility Recommended References References FIRE SCENE INVESTIGATION: AN INTRODUCTION FOR CHEMISTS Gregg A. Hine, ATF Research Laboratory Introduction Fire Investigation Issues The Fire Scene Examination Collection and Preservation of Evidence Conclusions References DETECTION OF IGNITABLE LIQUID RESIDUES IN FIRE SCENES ACCELERANT DETECTION CANINE (ADC) TEAMS AND OTHER FIELD TESTS Ken G. Furton and Ross J. Harper, International Forensic Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, Florida International University Introduction Visual Inspection of Fire Science Accelerant Detection Canines Instrumental Field Tests Comparison of Techniques The Future References ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR THE ANALYTICAL LABORATORY FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT AND STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES Carl Chasteen, State of Florida Fire Marshal's Laboratory Facilities and Equipment Sample Analysis Standard Operating Procedures References ANALYTICAL METHODS FOR THE DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IGNITABLE LIQUID RESIDUES FROM FIRE DEBRIS Julia Dolan, ATF Laboratory Introduction Gas Chromatography Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry Approaches to GC-MS Data Analysis Criteria for Identification of Ignitable Liquids and their Residues Recent Advances in instrumental Techniques Summary References THE ASTM METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF FIRE DEBRIS EVIDENCE ISOLATION, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION Reta Newman, Pinellas County Forensic Lab Introduction Evidence Handling Standards Standard Practices for the Separation of Ignitable Liquid Residues from Fire Debris Standard Test Methods for the Analysis of Ignitable Liquid Residues in Extracts ASTM Ignitable Liquid Residue Classification Summary References THE INTERPRETATION OF DATA GENERATED FROM FIRE DEBRIS EXAMINATION REPORT WRITING AND TESTIMONY Perry Michael Koussiafes, State of Florida Fire Marshal's Laboratory Interpretation Reports Definitions Additional Background Testimony Spelling List NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND QUALITY ASSURANCE IN FIRE DEBRIS ANALYSIS Jose R. Almirall and Jeannette Perr, International Forensic Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, Florida International University Introduction New Developments in Extraction Methods New Developments in Analytical Methods Field Techniques Quality Assurance Conclusions References
Cross-layer Optimization of CDMA Multihop Radio Networks

In this thesis, the problem of finding the jointly Scheduling, Power and Rate allocation for Wireless ad hoc networks is considered. The motivation for this study is limiting multiuser interference in order to increase the total utility, throughput, and spatial reuse of the system. One such algorithm is realized for an S-TDMA (Spatial reuse-Time Division Multiple Access) environment where all communication links share the same frequency band and are power limited. Strong levels of interference inherent to wireless ad hoc network can not be overcome by computationally expensive power control algorithm. Therefore a scheduling algorithm becomes essential to coordinate the transmissions of the users in order to guarantee nonconflicting transmission and an efficient spatial reuse. In this work, firstly an algorithm that tries to simultaneously optimize routing, power/rate control and scheduling for a network composed by fixed nodes and channel gain depend only on distances, is developed. Then, with some modifications, the developed procedure handles node mobility and time-varying flat-fading channel. Numerical results indicate that both ones increase the performances of the system. Furthermore a formulation suitable for the study of energy-constrained networks is introduced. Finally this work investigates the use of multiuser detectors (MUD) in an ad hoc network environment. We demonstrate that multiuser detectors in the terminals give substantial improvements to the total network utility, even when we use very simple schemes for scheduling transmissions.
DAYA SAING DAN STRATEGI PENGEMBANGAN MINYAK SAWIT DI INDONESIA

ABSTRACTThe aims of this study were to analyze the competitiveness of Indonesian Crude palm oil CPO products in the international market and to analyze the strategy to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian CPO. The analysis methods used this research were descriptive qualitative methods. The tools used to analyze the competitiveness of palm oil is Revealed Comparative Advantages and Porter Diamond Theory, while the development of the strategy used to determine the SWOT method. Based on the analysis of Porter's Diamond System and revealed comparative advantages, this study concluded that the competitiveness of Indonesian CPO was pretty strong, but it still needed a strategy to strengthen its competitiveness especially on derivative products. Some of the routine strategies that need to be done every year, are the development of the CPO industry human resources through training and innovation activities, paying attention to national and international issues by improving government policies, downstream industrial development and palm oil value-added increase, enhance cooperation with manufacturers from other countries through promotions.Keywords: crude palm oil, competitiveness, strategy, analysis of porter's diamondABSTRAKTujuan penelitian ini adalah menganalisis daya saing produk Crude Palm Oil (CPO) Indonesia di pasar internasional dan menganalisis strategi peningkatan daya saing CPO Indonesia. Metode pengolahan dan analisis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Alat yang digunakan untuk menganalisis daya saing minyak sawit adalah Revealed Comparative Advantages dan Teori Berlian Porter, sedangkan untuk mengetahui strategi pengembangan digunakan metode SWOT. Hasil analisis Sistem Berlian Porter dan revealed comparative advantages disimpulkan bahwa daya saing CPO Indonesia cukup kuat, namun masih diperlukan adanya strategi untuk memperkuat terutama pada produk turunan CPO. Strategi rutin yang harus dilakukan setiap tahunnya antara lain pengembangan sumber daya manusia pelaku industri minyak sawit dengan pelatihan dan kegiatan inovasi, memperhatikan isu nasional dan internasional dengan memperbaiki kebijakan pemerintah, pengembangan industri hilir serta peningkatan nilai tambah minyak sawit, dan meningkatkan pola kerja sama dengan produsen negara lain melalui promosi.Kata kunci: minyak sawit, daya saing, strategi, analisis porter's diamond
ACCURACY IN OBSTACLE LOCALIZATION USING VISION

The goal of our research is to design perception devices dedicated to improving driving safety. This device is intended to be part of new driving assistance systems aiming at increasing road safety. Many safety systems which are emerging nowadays in vehicles use "distance to obstacle" information obtained from telemeters such as radars, laser scanners or ultrasounds. These systems achieve great precision in locating objects relative to the sensors, but are not able to provide their localisation compared to the road or the lane. This is the reason why some systems are using passive sensors like video integrated inside vehicles. A device founded partially on computer vision would compensate for this deficiency. But the localisation computed by vision needs to be analysed in term of precision. This paper explores differences in localisation accuracy between systems involving only one camera (monocular vision) and systems involving two cameras (stereo vision). A complete study of the errors found in an in-depth reconstruction are shown. For the covering abstract see ITRD E825082.
Aproximando la función de consumo de combustible en compresores de gas natural

In a natural gas pipeline network, a compressor station plays the roll of increasing gas pressure to keep it moving through the system. The consumed fuel at each station represents the most important cost factor in a pipeline system. Each station is conformed of individual compressor units, which can be of different types or be hooked-up in a number of ways inside the station. The fuel consumption function in a compressor depends on the node pressures and the mass fl ow rate through the station. However, this function is typically nonlinear, nonconvex, and diffi cult to evaluate computationally. In this paper we carry out evaluation
Surface complexation at mineral interfaces: multisite and charge distribution approach.

Het in dit proefschrift ontwikkelde algemene raamwerk voor oppervlaktelading en ion adsorptie kan worden toegepast in wetenschap, technologie, en milieu. In het laatste deel van het proefschrift wordt aandacht besteed aan de toepassing van het CD-MUSIC model in de bodem- en geochemie. Twee belangrijke vragen zijn opgeworpen. Een eerste vraag is "Hoe krijgen we informatie over de grootte van het reactief oppervlak van de oxide fractie van de grond? ". Een tweede vraag is “Hoe gaan we om met organische moleculen die binden aan oxidedeeltjes. De invloed van organische stof is zichtbaar als de fosfaatbelading per eenheid reactieve oppervlak wordt uitgedrukt. Deze fosfaatbelading kan statistisch gezien het best verklaard door de concentratie van opgelost organisch koolstof (DOC) en opgelost fosfaat. CD-MUSIC staat voor: MUlti-SIte Complexation (MUSIC) model en de Charge Distribution (CD) benaderingcum laude graduation (with distinction)
An Empirical Study on the PNP Maritime Group Attrition System

In the light of the limited literature and studies on the Philippine National Police (PNP) Military attrition system, this study was conducted in a pioneering spirit. To determine how PNP Maritime Group view the PNP attrition system and problems in its implementation, a total of 92 randomly selected PNP Maritime Group personnel were requested to answer a researcher-made validated questionnaire. Respondents were likewise asked for their recommendations to improve the system. The study revealed that there are no significant differences among the perceptions (P=0.536687) of the respondents on the attrition system, problems encountered (P= 0.187221) in its implementation and recommendations (P=0.010042). Results of study provide a compelling case for policy-makers to create feedback mechanisms like seminars, focus group discussions and conferences pertaining to PNP Maritime Group attrition system in order to communicate its real purpose. Further research may expand the participants to include higher posts in order to scale the perception and problems encountered during the implementation of the system.
Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids---and What We Can Do About It

What's gone wrong at our colleges and universities and how to get American higher education back on track A quarter of a million dollars. It's the going tab for four years at most top-tier universities. Why does it cost so much and is it worth it? Renowned sociologist Andrew Hacker and "New York Times" writer Claudia Dreifus make an incisive case that the American way of higher education, now a $420 billion-per-year business, has lost sight of its primary mission: the education of young adults. Going behind the myths and mantras, they probe the true performance of the Ivy League, the baleful influence of tenure, an unhealthy reliance on part-time teachers, and the supersized bureaucracies which now have a life of their own. As Hacker and Dreifus call for a thorough overhaul of a self-indulgent system, they take readers on a road trip from Princeton to Evergreen State to Florida Gulf Coast University, revealing those faculties and institutions that are getting it right and proving that teaching and learning can be achieved and at a much more reasonable price. "
Mixed Ensemble Learning In Extracurricular Student Of SMPN 15 Palembang

This study aims to describe mixed ensemble learning in extracurricular activities in class IX students of SMP Negeri 15 Palembang. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with data collection techniques in the form of observation, interviews, and documentation. The preparation of the trainer before doing the learning is to determine the material that is taught to students at each meeting, then the trainer determines the strategies and learning methods that will be used in learning so that learning objectives are achieved. The implementation of mixed ensemble learning at SMP Negeri 15 Palembang includes; 1) The mixed ensemble learning process consists of group division, placement and selection of musical instruments, learning for each instrument, 2) Mixed ensemble learning includes three stages, namely preparation, implementation, and evaluation
Crash Analysis of Expressway Intersections in Nebraska

This paper presents an investigation of rural and suburban expressway intersection safety in Nebraska. The authors collected data on 41 at-grade, two-way stop controlled and signalized expressway intersections for the period of 1988-2000. A variety of sources including as-built design plans, photo-logs, aerial photos, traffic engineering studies, traffic counts, speed plats (maps indicating speed limits), and crash records were used to construct a rich database. New expressway intersections were constructed in Nebraska over the course of the study duration. These were included in the database once their construction was completed. The database resembles a panel in which new observational units are added over the course of the study period. Analysis of the database consisted of modeling crash frequency on major and minor approaches using the random effects negative binomial approach, while controlling for temporal effects by using time-specific dummy variables. The modeling effort controlled for overdisperssion in the data, spatial (group-wise) and time effects. Combined and separate models for major and minor approaches were formulated. Modeling results indicated that total traffic volume (exposure) and certain roadway geometric characteristics were influential in crashes on major and minor intersection approaches. The authors discuss limitations of the research and suggest improvements for the future.
Security Enhancement and Privacy Preserving Of Big Data

Big data is gaining the popularity among the data scientist and the people from the Biology related disciplines. Big Data is very huge in volume and comes very fast from various sources. Millions of tweets or posts are generated per second on social networking sites. Big data has many issues of i.e. nature, storing, management, and processing, privacy and security in disclosing of attributes of the sensitive data in data of healthcare etc. For maintaining the privacy there are k-anonymity, psensitive k-anonymity, l-diversity, t-closeness, and k-concealment ways. In this paper an anonymity algorithm is proposed which will be used to enhance the security and privacy preserving of sensitive attributes of big data.
Chemical Engineering: License Review

Designed to assist students preparing for the PE exam in all 50 states, this review manual includes 146 problems with detailed step-by-step solutions. The book covers all topics on the exam. The introductory chapter reviews the test specifications and the author's recommendation on the best strategy for passing the exam. The first chapter reviews English and SI units and conversions. A complete conversion table is given. Chapter 3 covers heat transfer, conduction, transfer coefficients and heat transfer equipment. Chapter 4 covers evaporation principles, calculations and example problems. Distillation is thoroughly covered in chapter 5. The subsequent chapters review fundamentals of fluid mechanics, hydraulics and typical pump and piping problems: absorption, leaching, liquid-liquid extraction, and the rest of the exam topics. Each of the topics is reviewed followed by examples of examination problems.
Towards a better speech processor for cochlear implants : auditory- nerve responses to high-rate electric pulse trains

Cochlear implants are prosthetic devices that seek to restore hearing in profoundly deaf patients by electrically stimulating the auditory-nerve (AN). With current implants, the representation of the sound waveform in temporal discharge patterns of the auditory nerve is severely distorted. The distortion is particularly significant at higher (>600 Hz) frequencies, for which the period of the electric stimulus is near the AN refractory period. For example, in response to a 1000-Hz pulse train, most AN fibers may fire on every other stimulus cycle, so that the AN population would represent half of the stimulus frequency rather than the actual frequency. Rubinstein et al. [Hearing. Res. 127, 108] proposed that the coding of electric waveforms in cochlear implants can be improved if a sustained, electric high-rate (5 kpps) desynchronizing pulse train (DPT) is presented in addition to the informationcarrying electric stimulus. The DPT may amplify the inherent noise in AN fibers so as to produce ongoing, stochastic discharges similar to the spontaneous activity in a healthy hear. We tested this hypothesis by recording responses of AN fibers of deafened cats to sustained electric pulse trains.For most fibers, responses to the DPT showed adaptation during the first 2minutes, followed by a sustained response for the remainder of the 10minute stimulus. These sustained responses partially resembled spontaneous activity in terms of discharge rate and interspike interval distributions. AN fibers were extremely sensitive to modulations of the DPT, responding tomodulations as small as 0.5%. Responses to sinusoidal modulations resembled AN responses to pure tones over a 15-25 dB range of modulation depths. Responses to complex modulations simultaneously represented several spectral components of the modulator in their temporal discharge patterns. However, for modulation depths above 10%, the representation of both sinusoidal and complex modulators was more distorted. These results demonstrate that strategies that incorporate a DPT, and that use low modulation depths to encode sounds, may evoke AN responses that more accurately represent the modulator in their temporal discharge patterns. If the central nervous system can utilize this information, then these strategies may substantially improve performance enjoyed by cochlear implant users.
Twitter Sentiment Analysis on Indian Government Project using R.

The main motive behind this research paper is to use the power of social media to observe, examine and analyze the opinion regarding recent Indian government project as the opinion of people plays a vital role in formulating the government policies. By getting into the deeper insights on social media, one can easily analyze the behavior of people regarding various issues and policies, which was otherwise impossible using traditional sources. The case study was done on Statue of Unity. Analysis was done on one of the famous social networking sites i.e. Twitter, using R programming language. Twitter API was used to collect the primary data. Tweets were analyzed by using opinion lexicon and Emotion lexicon-based approaches. Opinion Lexicon based approach categorized the sentiment of tweets in three categories, while Emotion Lexicon based approach refined them into eight more categories. The research work done in this paper will help government to understand the emotions of people regarding their policies and will also enrich people to help them understand majority vote of people
On the Modularity of a System

Den har uppsatsen behandlar skapandet och designen av en arkitektur over ett system for behandling av depression och andra psykiska sjukdomar via internet, kallat Melencolia. Ett av kraven for detta projekt ar att skapa ett system som kan utokas i framtiden. Vi har harlett detta krav till begreppet modularitet och for att skapa en modular arkitektur for Melencolia har vi undersokt vad begreppet innebar och harlett det till att vara ett kvalitetsdrag hos flera kvalitetsattribut daribland ”maintainability” och ”reusability”. Med hjalp av ”Attribute Driven Design” kan en arkitektur skapas som fokuserar kring en viss typ av kvalitetsattribut. Eftersom modularitet inte ar ett kvalitetsattribut utan en kvalitetsegenskap har vi varit tvungna att andra indata till denna metod, fran kvalitetsattribut till kvalitetsegenskap. Vidare har vi harlett och lagt fram en ny metod for att mata kvalitetsegenskaper i en mjukvaruarkikektur. Slutligen har vi anvant var metod for att mata graden av modularitet i Melencolias arkitektur.
Effectiveness of an iPad as a distraction tool for children during a medical procedure

RESEARCH PAPER: Effectiveness of an iPad as a Distraction Tool for Children During a Medical Procedure STUDENT: Molly Greco DEGREE: Master of Arts COLLEGE: Applied Sciences and Technology DATE: July 20, 2013 PAGES: 53 Distraction techniques can be successful in reducing the discomfort and anxiety children sometimes feel when experiencing medical procedures. The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an iPad as a distraction tool. Ten preschool age children participated in an ice pack procedure three times; once with no distraction, once while watching a cartoon (passive distraction), and once while interacting with an iPad (active distraction). Distraction type was randomly sequenced for each child. Children were timed to determine how long they could tolerate an ice pack on their foot for three trials. Although the results suggested that active and passive distraction techniques helped children tolerate discomfort for a longer amount of time than no distraction, the differences were not statistically significant. Active distraction helped children to tolerate discomfort for the longest amount of time.
Centrifugal Pump Design

Fluid Mechanic Fundamentals. Instability, Turbulence and Separation. Pipes, Bends and Diffusers. Pumping Systems. General Pump Theory. Pump Fluid Mechanics. Boundary Layers in Pumps. Cavitation in Pumps. Performance Calculation. Pump Design Procedure. Design Examples. Rotor Dynamics of Pumps. Inlet and Exit Recirculation. Two-Phase Flow in Pumps. High-Viscosity Pumps. Sand and Slurry Erosion in Pumps. Ejector Pump Systems. Evaluation of New Fluid Machinery Concepts. Computer Programs for Pumps. Appendix. Index.
An assessment of the capability to calculate tilting prop-rotor aircraft performance, loads and stability

Calculated performance, loads, and stability of the XV-15 tilt rotor research aircraft are compared with wind tunnel and flight measurements, to define the level of the current analytical capability for tilting prop rotor aircraft, and to define the requirements for additional experimental data and further analysis development. The correlation between calculated and measured behavior is generally good, although there are some significant discrepancies. Based on this correlation, the analysis is assessed overall as being adequate for the design, evaluation, and testing of tilting prop rotor aircraft. A general assessment of the state of the art of tilt rotor predictive capability is given. Specific areas are identified where improvements in the capability to calculate performance, loads, and stability are desirable. Requirements for more accurate and detailed data which support the development of improved analytical models are identified as well.