Reviewerly/exHarmony huggingface dataset:
An Improved Guided Filtering Algorithm for Polarized Images by Using LOG Operator

Guided image filter (GIF) is a commonly adopted local filter in image processing and computer vision, due to its edge-preserving property and low complexity. However, GIF may suffer from halo artifacts. In this paper, we present an improved guided filtering algorithm by using Laplacianof-Gaussian (LOG) operator, which is dedicated to divisionof-focal-plane (DoFP) polarization images to reduce the edge halo artifacts. By calculating the magnitude response of the LOG operator in the local window, the initial regularization parameter becomes self-adaptive to the values of the smooth area and edge area of the image. It can highlight the difference between edge pixels and the pixels in flat areas to show more details, especially at the edge. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm performs better than the reference method in terms of both visual effect and root mean square error (RMSE). Especially for degree of linear polarization (DoLP) images, the RMSE has been significantly reduced by around 88%. In addition, the proposed filter made these improvements without computational overhead.
Mark of the Devil: The University as Brand Bully

In recent years, universities have been accused in news stories of becoming “trademark bullies,” entities that use their trademarks to harass and intimidate beyond what the law can reasonably be interpreted to allow. Universities have also intensified efforts to gain expansive new marks. The Ohio State University’s attempt to trademark the word “the” is probably the most notorious. There has also been criticism of universities’ attempts to use their trademarks to police clearly legal speech about their activities. But beyond provocative anecdotes, how can one assess whether a particular university is truly bullying, since there are entirely legitimate reasons for universities – like all trademark holders – to assert their rights? Online “rankings” of trademark bullies have obscure methodologies. We lack both an empirical account of major aspects of the landscape, and a rigorous case study giving individualized, almost ethnographic, information about what the accused academic trademark bullies think they are doing. What are their legal arguments and how would impartial experts assess those claims? What is their intellectual property world-view, their idea of the role that trademarks have in the university’s mission? In this article, we attempt to provide an answer to those questions. We conducted the first empirical study of a prominent university’s trademark assertion practice – both the legitimate exercise and defense of its brands and conduct that strays over the line into bullying. To do so, we took the university popularly identified as the number one collegiate trademark bully and conducted a comparative empirical ranking of its behavior as compared to other classes of universities — academically elite institutions, major sports programs and so on — to find out if any of these categories were predictors of aggressive trademark assertion. Second, we hand coded every single trademark opposition filed by the alleged bully over a four-year period, assigning each one a numerical merit score. We also analyzed the arguments which the university provided, thus allowing us not merely to identify whether this was a true case of bullying, but what the alleged bully had to say for itself. Unfortunately, the accused bully is our own university, Duke. Is Duke an outlier or a bellwether? There are reasons to suspect the latter. After assessing a variety of possible explanations for anomalous aggressiveness in trademark assertion, ranging from legal change and licensing culture to behavioral economics, the article concludes with suggestions for reform, both of the law and of university practices.
Fast Approximate Dynamic Programming for Infinite-Horizon Continuous-State Markov Decision Processes.

In this study, we consider the infinite-horizon, discounted cost, optimal control of stochastic nonlinear systems with separable cost and constraints in the state and input variables. Using the linear-time Legendre transform, we propose a novel numerical scheme for implementation of the corresponding value iteration (VI) algorithm in the conjugate domain. Detailed analyses of the convergence, time complexity, and error of the proposed algorithm are provided. In particular, with a discretization of size $X$ and $U$ for the state and input spaces, respectively, the proposed approach reduces the time complexity of each iteration in the VI algorithm from $O(XU)$ to $O(X+U)$, by replacing the minimization operation in the primal domain with a simple addition in the conjugate domain.
Your Good Name

Can people protect their reputations? What if someone is circulating vicious lies about them? The US Supreme Court has given broad protection to libelous statements, saying that it must do so in order to allow “breathing space” for free speech. That idea is a cornerstone of the law of free speech. But in the modern era, and in light of the potentially devastating effects of falsehoods on individual lives and democracy itself, constitutional law should be updated. People should be allowed to demand retractions when they have been libeled, and they should also be able to obtain at least a modest amount of compensation. Much more needs to be done to allow people to protect their good name.
Aplikasi Pendaftaran Pembimbing Ospek Pada AMIK Tunas Bangsa Pematangsiantar

In the current 4.0 revolution, information and communication technology is developing very rapidly with a variety of software that is created to modern hardware. This progress is in line with the development of computer technology from time to time. We can see in various aspects of life for example to communicate with people in the outside world simply by using email or online media that are connected to the internet and go to the intended webpage so that for all activities that we do become easy and efficient. This website can facilitate the candidates the supervisor in registering because it is quite connected to the internet only, and registration can be done anywhere and anytime. The purpose of this study was to create an application for prospective supervisors and prospective supervisors using the PHP websaite programming language with a MySQL database. It is hoped that this research will be useful to facilitate the performance of the PMB (New Student Reception) committee and improve the quality of service at the agency.
SISTEM INFORMASI MANAJEMEN PROYEK DINAS PEKERJAAN UMUM DAN PENATAAN RUANG KAB.BANTAENG BERBASIS WEB MENGGUNAKAN METODE PERT & CPM

Project management is a project processing process that includes planning, organizing and managing resource tasks to realize the goals to be achieved, taking into account the factors of time and cost. The Public Works Office (PU) of Bantaeng Regency, South Sulawesi is a government agency engaged in public works in the government that carries out the development and governance of Bantaeng Regency. In working on the project, several problems arise in project planning and control, namely the difficulty of mapping the critical path of an activity. The meaning of the path is important in the implementation of the project, because in this pathway activities which are approved for implementation are delayed will cause overall project delays. By creating a management information system using the Project Evaluation Review Technic (PERT) and Critical Path Method (CPM) methods, which are the most widely used methods in planning and controlling projects. By applying pert and cpm methods in the system it can be seen the time required, supervision related to the needs that exist in the critical path can be more concentrated.
Warm up ahead: sunshine expected Wednesday

A few lingering showers this morning. Not much clearing this afternoon - only some sun at times. As a result, high temps not quite as mild as yesterday - only upper 40s and a few spots will hit 50.
Vaccination Policies in Europe: A Comparative Study Between Selected Countries

This report sets forth the main findings of the research that we carried out at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg under the request, and for the benefit of, the Ministry of Health of Luxembourg.
Lenguaje de programación cuántico QML con historial, reversibilidad y cálculo lambda con mediciones

Research in quantum computing allows us to think about computing in a newand different way, having the ambition to solve problems more efficiently thanwith classical computing.Now a days, conventional tasks cannot be practically developed in a quantumcomputer, however, it is possible to think and develop abstractions of them, forexample through quantum programming languages, being the core of this research,in particular the Quantum Meta Language (QML).We present a semantic model that incorporates reversibility via a history trackfor the quantum programming language QML, considering classical and quantumdata, omitting measurements. With the history, the reversibility can be explicitlyand naturally applied from the proposed rules. The language is worked first withclassical data and extrapolated to quantum data.Also, the QML language and quantum lambda calculus were linked, givingas product a syntax with quantum measurements, operational semantics, typingrules and some formal proofs.
CESAR: A New Metric to Measure the Level of Code-Switching in Corpora - Application to Maghrebian Dialects

In this paper, we are interested in a sociolinguistic phenomenon that occurs in daily conversations of Maghrebi people, commonly known as code-switching or also code-mixing. This problem consists of alternating languages during communication or writing. In this work, we measure the importance of this phenomenon in the Maghrebi languages. To this end, we harvested from YouTube, comments written in Algerian, Moroccan and Tunisian dialects. Each of which contains at least 17 million words. Although there are several metrics in the literature to measure the code-switching, to the best of our knowledge, there isn’t yet a measure that takes into account the degree of mixture according to a reference language. In contrast to the existing measures, we propose a new metric named CESAR (CodE-Switching According to a Reference language) that estimates the degree of the language mixtures, in accordance with a reference language. Experiments are carried out on the three collected corpora by considering the local dialects as reference languages. Experimental results show that CESAR is well adapted to this purpose and allows to compare the three Maghrebi dialects according to their level of code-switching.
An evaluation of network load balancing through Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) based technique / Muhammad Nur Zikri Mohamad Hafizan

This project works on developing an efficient network load balancing mechanism based on the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm. The main objectives of the ACO algorithm in this project are to achieve a balanced overall distribution of tasks across the nodes within the network and to reduce the execution time. In order to achieve these objectives, there are two priority of the ACO load balancing algorithm. The first priority is to ensure that the number of tasks assigned to each of the node within the networking environment are as uniform as possible. The second priority is to select a node with the best capabilities to execute a certain task which is assessed according to the node’s current pheromone value. The simulations and output for the performance of the ACO algorithm was done in the Cloudsim Plus Toolkit and the Eclipse software. Based on the results, it indicates that the ACO algorithm is effective to achieve proper network load balancing and guarantee a high network performance. This is because the ACO algorithm is capable of distributing the tasks evenly to all nodes and at the same time reduce the total computational time of all tasks. The results also show that the ACO algorithm was able to outperform the Randomized and Round Robin algorithm in all simulation configurations.
A key-escrow free identity-based signature scheme without requirement of a secure channel in the private key issuance phase

Identity-based cryptosystem (IBC) provides us the simplest key management procedures over traditional public key cryptosystem (PKC) as it eliminates the need for certificates of PKC. Hence, no certificate management activities are involved in IBC. However, there are two major drawbacks with the identity-based cryptosystem. One is the key-escrow problem and the other one is the necessity of a channel which is secure for the transmission of the private key, generated by a trusted centre called key generation centre (KGC). In this work, we propose an identity-based signature scheme, fitted in an existing established variant IBC model. The proposed scheme avoids the necessity of the secure channel as well as it is key-escrow free. The proposed scheme is constructed using bilinear pairings and based on the blinding-binding technique.
Report on how the teaching library of the university library of the medical university of Vienna changed its course offer to digital formats due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020

The article describes the restructuring of the courses and lectures held by the teaching library of the University Library of the Medical University of Vienna The current restriction of access to the General Hospital of Vienna (AKH Wien) due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic required the remodelling of the services offered into digital formats This included library introductions as well as lectures that were part of the curricula of both the Medical University of Vienna and the Karl Landsteiner University for Health Sciences The situation called for in-house software training sessions and an extensive re-conception of the content of the courses The new online courses were well received by the students It has become apparent, however, that a more frontal approach to teaching was necessary since conventional tutorials could not be held online © Lukas Zach, Helmut Dollfus
PENGEMBANGAN MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS ANDROID PADA MATA PELAJARAN KOMPUTER DAN JARINGAN DASAR DI SEKOLAH MENENGAH KEJURUAN

During the COVID-19 pandemic, learning activities should be run well even though students were staying at home. Teachers were required to be able to design innovated learning media by utilizing online media. One of the learning media that is easily accessible by students is Android-based learning media. This study aims to (1) produce Android-based learning media for Basic Computer and Networking Subject in Vocational High Schools (VHS); (2) determine the feasibility level of the Android-based learning media; (3) determine the response of students after the implementation of the learning media. The method used in this research is a quantitative method with the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Development, Implementation and Evaluate) approach. The subjects in this study were 23 students of grade X and 2 teachers as experts of Multimedia Department at private VHS, namely SMK PGII in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. The results of the research were: (1) Android-based learning media with features of core competences, learning materials, learning videos and exercises for Computer and Basic Networking Subject, were successfully developed; (2) the feasibility level of the media is in good category with several notes of improvement, namely 70.1% and 76.9% from media experts and material experts, respectively; (3) the response of students was in very good category (85.25%). It can be concluded that Android-based learning media developed can be used by VHS’s students in Computer and Basic Network Subject.
Impact of Digital Technologies on the Competitiveness and Professional Education of High School Students in the usa and Singapore

Introduction. The relevance of this problem lies in its insufficient study in comparative pedagogy. Modern society in many countries of the world, based on market relations, seeks to create an environment with the widespread use of information technologies, makes high demands on school graduates who must be ready to realistically assess the level of their abilities and social skills, make an informed choice of their future profession, and competently build communication with social institutions and employers. The purpose of the article is to identify and characterize the impact of digital technologies on the competitiveness and vocational education of high school students in the economically developed countries, such as USA and Singapore. Research methodology and methods. Analysis of scientific literature, initiatives and projects in the two studied countries in the field of introducing digital technologies into the practice of vocational education showed the feasibility of introducing new technologies and forms of organizing training. Research results. The article emphasizes that the emergence of new digital technologies and the pandemic in early 2020 have fundamentally changed the usual patterns of behavior and practice in every country. In the United States, in 2020, due to Covid-19, the “Workplace” simulator model has become widespread, allowing high school students to acquire work skills in selected clusters (specialties) as successfully as if they worked in a real workplace, and in Singapore new technology of 3D virtual reality contributed to the acquisition of professional competencies by high school students and to increase their competitiveness. Conclusion. The study of the impact of the introduction of digital technologies in the professional education of students in the United States and Singapore is of important, not only theoretical, but also practical value, since it contributes to the competitiveness of graduates of educational organizations.
전시체제하 일본의 국민학교 체련과(體錬科) 교육 ― 그 실제와 한계 ―

On entering into the (Second) Sino-Japanese War in 1937, Japanese society turned into the war footing. The Japanese Army, long been prepared for the total war, has been concerned about physical strength of young conscripts thereby the issues of reduced physical strength of the public emerged from the physical examination for conscription. Japanese Army pointed out the Japanese education as one of the causes of reduced physical strength of the public and so does the Ministry of Education that took the issue as one of major problems to be resolved.Engaged the war, the educational system was revised by which the elementary education faced the sweeping change of an introduction of elementary school cultivating Japanese nationals in 1941. Children in the elementary school were out of subjects to be mobilized for the war however they were regarded and treated as young nationals as well as valuable human resources for the future. Thus, the measures to resolve issues associated with reduced physical strength were reflected in the course of education in elementary school, and in this context, the physical training education was intensified.The time assigned to the lessons for the subject of physical training in a week, which corresponds to the course of physical education in the elementary school, had increased almost twice with changes in contents and objectives of the education. Regarding the objectives of the lessons of the subject of physical training, the physical training, as well as spiritual exercising, intended for the intensification of national power and defense strength. That is, the subject of physical training mediated the connection between mind and body of students, by which the physical body of individuals was transformed into the physical body of nation. In the course of lessons, the subject of military arts was selected as one of regular courses thereby the ‘Spirit of Japan’ emerged and consequently resulted in the systematic rearrangement in contents of physical training.However, contrary to the objectives of education of national significance presented by the Ministry of Education, the ways of receiving educational courses in the actual education field exhibited limitations. The extensively enlarged objectives and complexity of contents in lessons for the education were regarded by teachers as estranging them from actual reality. Besides, the situation, lacking resources and foods, also limited the accomplishment of educational objectives of the enhancement physical strength through physical training and education. Consequently, the solution, for the issue of reduced physical strength which exerted the intensification of education of physical training in the background, was unavailable through employment of physical training and education.
Effect of Tritter on the Amplitude-Squared Squeezing of Light

We study the effect of a tritter (a linear circuit of three beam splitters) on the ‘Amplitude-Squared Squeezing (ASS)’. We study the variation of ASS with different parameters of tritter and find that there are a number of situations where ASS is enhanced at output of the tritter when we inject light beam exhibiting ASS at one input port and light beams in coherent state at another two input ports of the tritter.
Adaptation Algorithms for Speech Recognition: An Overview

We present a structured overview of adaptation algorithms for neural network-based speech recognition, considering both hybrid hidden Markov model / neural network systems and end-to-end neural network systems, with a focus on speaker adaptation, domain adaptation, and accent adaptation. The overview characterizes adaptation algorithms as based on embeddings, model parameter adaptation, or data augmentation. We present a meta-analysis of the performance of speech recognition adaptation algorithms, based on relative error rate reductions as reported in the literature.
Temporal interpretation of intuitionistic quantifiers

We show that intuitionistic quantifiers admit the following temporal interpretation: $\forall x A$ is true at a world $w$ iff $A$ is true at every object in the domain of every future world, and $\exists x A$ is true at $w$ iff $A$ is true at some object in the domain of some past world. For this purpose we work with a predicate version of the well-known tense propositional logic $\sf S4.t$. The predicate logic $\sf Q^\circ S4.t$ is obtained by weakening the axioms of the standard predicate extension $\sf QS4.t$ of $\sf S4.t$ along the lines Corsi weakened $\sf QK$ to $\sf Q^\circ K$. The Godel translation embeds the predicate intuitionistic logic $\sf IQC$ into $\sf QS4$ fully and faithfully. We provide a temporal version of the Godel translation and prove that it embeds $\sf IQC$ into $\sf Q^\circ S4.t$ fully and faithfully; that is, we show that a sentence is provable in $\sf IQC$ iff its translation is provable in $\sf Q^\circ S4.t$. Faithfulness is proved using syntactic methods, while we prove fullness utilizing the generalized Kripke semantics of Corsi.
“telegram” as a modern simplified and rapid means of distance learning using multimedia form

The article deals with modern solutions to the problem of building distance education in the scope of “Telegram” messenger. It shows the means of the given communicative app that are easily transformed into educational platform. The whole process of modeling the lesson is illustrated, in this perspective, followed by all the advantages of this method. This article will be appropriate both for urgent organization of distance learning in any of the area and for institutions with limited resources.