cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Systematic characterisation, and effect of nutritional and physical parameters on culturability, laccase production and dye decolorisation potential by P. pistillaris from Pakistan
Creators: name: Niazi, Abdul Rehman
name: Ghafoor, Aneeqa
name: Mushtaq, Asma
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Podaxis pistillaris is neutraceutically, cosmoceutically and medicinally recognised macrofungus. During this research work, this edible mushroom was systematically characterised. Its culturability, laccase production, and dye decolorisation potential were evaluated and optimised. Among the different media tested, PDA proved as most efficient medium for culturability of P. pistillaris. Conditions for laccase production were optimised in submerged state fermentation. Maximum laccase secretion was noted after 14th day of Incubation at 35 °C with 130 rpm and 5 pH of medium. Fructose and ammonium-phosphate was found as best carbon and nitrogen source, while wheat straw revealed as good ligno-cellulosic source for strengthening laccase production. Congo-red dye decolorisation capability by crude laccase enzyme was evaluated and found maximum decolorisation potential (92.2%) after 288h of incubation. From this pilot study, it was confirmed that this edible macrofungus has culturability, laccase production and dye decolorisation attributes that will further contribute in delignification, biosorption and bioremediation.
Biological activities of the aerial and undergound parts of Gymnadenia nigra Rchb.f. (syn. Nigritella nigra (L.) Rchb. f.) from the Italian Alps
Creators: name: Vitalini, Sara
name: Rubin, Beatrice
name: Monticelli, Halenya
name: Barollo, Susi
name: Redaelli, Marco
name: Bertazza, Loris
name: Mian, Caterina
name: Zorzan, Maira
name: Garzoli, Stefania
name: Iriti, Marcello
name: Pezzani, Raffaele
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Hematology

description: This study investigated the bioactivity of both aerial (GNAR) and underground (GNUG) parts of Gymnadenia nigra Rchb.f. (syn. Nigritella nigra (L.) Rchb. f.) (Orchidaceae). The obtained data proved interesting when the samples were tested in two adrenocortical cancer cell lines (SW13 and H295R). In particular, the GNAR 80% methanol extract distinctly inhibited their viability after 24 h at a concentration of 1 µg/µL by MTT assay and trypan blue dye exclusion method. Cell morphology evaluation by means Wright’s staining also showed significant results, particularly in SW13 cells under the effect of both extracts. GNAR extract was able to scavenge the DPPH radical better than GNUG extract. It also was more active in albumin denaturation (a maximum % denaturation equal to 463.0 ± 8.3 vs 77.3 ± 13.3) and protease inhibition (a maximum % inhibition equal to 138.5 ± 7.0 vs 2.1 ± 2.0) tests. The results highlighted an important antitumor activity of G. nigra in vitro that deserves to be further studied.
FACTORS INFLUENCING ENHANCED RECOVERY AND LENGTH OF STAY AMONG SURGERY PATIENTS IN A SPECIALIST HOSPITAL IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
Creators: name: Catulay, Grace
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Abstract
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery was first implemented in 2010 and became known worldwide as a multimodal care pathway with the aim to enhance recovery of patients that have undergone major surgeries. In the specialist hospital here in Saudi Arabia, it was first implemented in 2019. This correlational study was conducted to determine the demographics of the patients, to ascertain the relationship between influencing factors and post operative complication to the length of stay, and the incidence of post-operative complications among gyne-oncology surgery patients under ERAS protocol. As the study has revealed, all age group in the study, from young adults, middle age and older adult participants under ERAS protocol, stayed within almost the same length of days in the hospital. It was also found that patients with minimal invasive surgery have faster full recovery versus open surgery. Carbohydrate loading has also showed that it has great impact in the early recovery thus shorten the length of stay of post-operative patients. On the other hand, multimodal analgesia, early nutrition and early ambulation was found significant in relation to shorter hospital stay. PONV (post-operative nausea and vomiting) is claimed in studies to be the most common post-operative complication in all ages. It has affected some of the participants in varied frequency, intensity and time of manifestations, some within 24 hours and others after 24 hours. Hospital length of stay was greatly affected as data showed average of 80% full improvement on patients without PONV and an average of 20% partial improvement to participants with PONV. Post operative nausea and vomiting definitely affects negatively total patient outcome when the data showed 3.8 days hospital stay on patients affected and 2.9 days on unaffected patients. It is apparent that quality outcome in ERAS implementation will only be achieved with strict compliance to the standard protocol.
When two heads are better than one : the independent versus interactive benefits of collaborative cognition
Creators: name: Brennan, Allison Anne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Previous research has shown that two heads working together can outperform one working alone, but whether such benefits result from social interaction or the statistical facilitation of independent performance is not clear. Here I apply Miller’s (1982; Ulrich, Miller & Schröter, 2007) race model inequality (RMI) model to distinguish between these two possibilities. This model was developed to test whether response times to two signals compared to one were especially fast because the observer could detect a signal in either of two ways (i.e., separate activation models) or because both signals contributed to a common pool of activation (i.e., coactivation models). I explored the independent versus interactive benefits of social collaboration in four experiments. In a first experiment I replicated Miller’s classic finding that coactivation underlies the faster responses to two targets than one during simple visual search by a single individual. However I found that two-person team performance was no faster than the performance of two independent individuals. Reasoning that the division of the cognitive load between collaborators was important to achieving collaborative performance gains, I employed a more complex enumeration visual search task in three subsequent experiments. With this task I found that performance by two-person teams exceeded the fastest possible performance of two independent individuals. This violated Miller’s RMI and indicated that interpersonal interaction produced the collaborative cognition performance gains. I then linked the magnitude of these collaborative gains to features of the interpersonal interaction between team members, including verbal communication, affiliation, and non-verbal communication such as posture, gesture, and body movement. Together these experiments serve as an important proof of concept that Miller’s RMI can be applied to differentiate between the independent and interactive benefits of collaborative cognition. In addition they demonstrate that the interactive benefits of collaborative cognition are influenced by features of the social interaction between collaborators.
Economic considerations of patient decision aids : a case study in sleep apnea
Creators: name: Trenaman, Michael Logan
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Background: Patient decision aids (PtDAs), tools used to facilitate shared decision-making, help improve patient-physician communication and the quality of healthcare decisions. Over 500 PtDAs are available, yet implementation of these tools has been limited. In order for decision-makers to implement new health care interventions such as PtDAs, they require rigorous economic evidence demonstrating that such interventions provide value for money. Objectives: To explore the economic consideration of PtDAs by (1) systematically reviewing PtDA trials that have evaluated economic outcomes, (2) exploring the potential cost-effectiveness of a PtDA for individuals with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and (3) describing the development of a an OSA PtDA prototype. Methods: PtDA trials evaluating economic outcomes were systematically reviewed through an electronic search of Medline/PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases. The potential cost-effectiveness of a PtDA for OSA was evaluated through a Markov cohort decision-analytic model, which explored the cost-effectiveness of a PtDA compared to usual care. Finally, an OSA PtDA prototype was developed according to the International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS) criteria. Results: Our systematic review found that PtDAs will likely increase upfront administration costs, but may decrease short-term costs by reducing the uptake of invasive treatments. Most studies did not comprehensively capture long-term costs and health outcomes appropriately. Through our economic modelling of a PtDA for OSA we found it could be a cost-effective use of resources provided it increases adherence to treatment. However there was considerable uncertainty in this estimate, with expected value of information analysis revealing that additional research is warranted. We developed and tested a prototype OSA PtDA, and found no evidence that users became stuck or experienced errors during usability testing. The majority of users found the PtDA easy to use and worthy of recommending to others. Conclusions: Policy-makers lack sufficient economic evidence to make informed decisions about whether and where to invest in PtDAs. This evidence gap could be a factor contributing to the slow implementation of PtDAs. Using OSA as a case study, this work demonstrates an economic modelling framework that can be used to evaluate the potential cost-effectiveness of PtDAs.
Economic Performance of Motor Carriers Operating Under the Agricultural Exemption in Interstate Trucking
Creators: name: Miklius, Walter
name: Miklius, Walter
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1969
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Production Economics
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Excerpts from the report: This study is limited to economic considerations of efficiency in use of resources. It does not take into account political, ethical, or other noneconomic factors which may outweigh economic considerations in policy decisions. The plan of the report is as follows: The first part is a discussion of quality of service and rates in the exempt sector. The second part deals with the performance of the sector. It examines the decisionmaking, cost-rate, rate-distance relationships, and the evidence for "excessive competition." The third part discusses the effects of agricultural exemption on other motor carriers and other modes of transportation and whether these effects appear to have resulted in higher social costs or lower social benefits than would have been achieved without the exemption.
Feasibility of Shipping Fresh Apricots and Prunes Jumble Packed in Fiberboard Boxes
Creators: name: Fountain, James B.
name: Hovey, Roy M.
name: Fountain, James B.
name: Hovey, Roy M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1969
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Labor and Human Capital
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Production Economics
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Excerpts from the report: Rising costs of labor and materials have forced a reappraisal of shipping containers for fresh apricots and prunes. The row-faced wood box for apricots and the ring-faced wood-veneer basket for prunes have been the most commonly used containers for shipping these fruits to market for many years. The purpose of this study was to find out (1) how much the cost of marketing these fruits could be reduced if they were packed and shipped in fiberboard boxes instead of in wood boxes or wood-veneer baskets, and (2) if the bruising of apricots and prunes would be greater or less by jumble packing them in fiberboard boxes.
Comparison of Concurrent-Flow, Crossflow, and Counterflow Grain Drying Methods
Creators: name: Thompson, T. L.
name: Foster, G. H.
name: Peart, R. M.
name: Thompson, T. L.
name: Foster, G. H.
name: Peart, R. M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1969
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Excerpt from the report Preface: This report discusses results of research conducted to investigate the performance of the three basic types of continuous grain dryers—concurrent-flow, crossflow, and counterflow—and develops and illustrates methods of obtaining optimum dryer designs and operating conditions. The three dryer designs are compared largely on the basis of mathematical simulation and computer analysis. Only the analysis of the concurrent-flow process was verified by laboratory testing. The report is intended for the use of engineers, designers, manufacturers, and others concerned with heated-air drying of grain.
Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District - Form
Creators: name: Ellsworth, Sheila
name: Enscore, Susan
name: Nowlan, Patrick
name: Woods, Amy
Publisher: name: Fort Bliss
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: El Paso
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3429/el-paso
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Fort Bliss
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/64124/fort-bliss
subject: 19th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5536/19th-century
subject: 20th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/4/20th-century
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Historic District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/428/historic-district
subject: Fort Bliss
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1121/fort-bliss
subject: Historic District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/4035/historic-district
subject: National Register of Historic Places
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1572/national-register-of-historic-places
subject: Historic Properties
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/31316/historic-properties
subject: National Register of Historic Places Evaluation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158982/national-register-of-historic-places-evaluation
subject: National Register Nomination Form
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/30939/national-register-nomination-form
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research

description: This is the National Register of Historic Places nomination form for the Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District, Ft. Bliss, TX.
Motivation in tandem language learning
Creators: name: Ryan, Robin Christopher
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: At a time when an increasing focus on multilingual and multicultural competencies is recognized globally, educational institutions are faced with the challenge of internationalizing their student bodies. It is no longer sufficient to limit language learning opportunities to the traditional grammar or oral-practice classroom, and shrinking budgets have demanded new ways to expose language-learners to their target language in an economical way. At the same time, the need to build intercultural competencies and personal relationships between domestic and international students has necessitated new and creative solutions. One of these solutions is tandem learning, a language learning model that subverts the traditional teacher-student dynamic by having all participants play the role of both expert and learner. This study addresses the biographical makeup, motivations, perceptions of self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning strategies of participants in a university tandem language learning program. Participants, who meet weekly to learn each other’s’ languages, completed a pre- and post-survey assessing various aspects of their language learning beliefs and practices. A small number of participants also completed in-person interviews. The data gathered were analyzed through frequency analysis, descriptive statistics, and thematic coding. The theoretical frameworks used in this study were the socio-educational model, perceived self-efficacy, and self-regulated learning. Results showed that participants are, on average, younger and more international than the rest of the institution’s student body. They are also more likely to be from an East Asian country than the average international student. Results also show that participants commonly join the program in order to improve their oral/aural proficiency as well as develop friendships with members of the target language community, but that they do not always practice effective goal-setting strategies or expend the effort necessary to realize their goals. At the end of the program, participants reported positive feelings toward tandem learning due to their relationships with their partners, the low-anxiety environment in which the program was held, and their beliefs that their language proficiency was improving.
The Bivariate Normal Integral via Owen's T Function as a Modified Euler's Arctangent Series
Creators: name: Komelj, Janez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 41A63, 41A58, 62H10

description: The Owen's T function is presented in four new ways, one of them as a series similar to the Euler's arctangent series divided by $2π$, which is its majorant series. All possibilities enable numerically stable and fast convergent computation of the bivariate normal integral with simple recursion. When tested $Φ_\varrho^2(x,y)$ computation on a random sample of one million parameter triplets with uniformly distributed components and using double precision arithmetic, the maximum absolute error was $3.45\cdot 10^{-16}$. In additional testing, focusing on cases with correlation coefficients close to one in absolute value, when the computation may be very sensitive to small rounding errors, the accuracy was retained. In rare potentially critical cases, a simple adjustment to the computation procedure was performed - one potentially critical computation was replaced with two equivalent non-critical ones. All new series are suitable for vector and high-precision computation, assuming they are supplemented with appropriate efficient and accurate computation of the arctangent and standard normal cumulative distribution functions. They are implemented by the R package Phi2rho, available on CRAN. Its functions allow vector arguments and are ready to work with the Rmpfr package, which enables the use of arbitrary precision instead of double precision numbers. A special test with up to 1024-bit precision computation is also presented.
description: 24 pages with 1 figure
Supplementary tables from Human voice pitch measures are robust across a variety of speech recordings: methodological and theoretical implications
Creators: name: Pisanski, Katarzyna
name: Groyecka-Bernard, Agata
name: Sorokowski, Piotr
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110601 Biomechanics
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Fundamental frequency (fo), perceived as voice pitch, is the most sexually dimorphic, perceptually salient and intensively studied voice parameter in human nonverbal communication. Thousands of studies have linked human fo to biological and social speaker traits and life outcomes, from reproductive to economic. Critically, researchers have used myriad speech stimuli to measure fo and infer its functional relevance, from individual vowels to longer bouts of spontaneous speech. Here, we acoustically analysed fo in nearly 1000 affectively neutral speech utterances (vowels, words, counting, greetings, read paragraphs and free spontaneous speech) produced by the same 154 men and women, aged 18–67, with two aims: first, to test the methodological validity of comparing fo measures from diverse speech stimuli and second, to test the prediction that the vast inter-individual differences in habitual fo found between same-sex adults are preserved across speech types. Indeed, despite differences in linguistic content, duration, scripted or spontan­­eous production and within-individual variability, we show that 42–81% of inter-individual differences in fo can be explained between any two speech types. Beyond methodological implications, together with recent evidence that inter-individual differences in fo are remarkably stable across the lifespan and generalize to emotional speech and nonverbal vocalizations, our results further substantiate voice pitch as a robust and reliable biomarker in human communication.
Multi-fidelity uncertainty quantification for homogenization problems in structure-property relationships from crystal plasticity finite elements
Creators: name: Tran, Anh
name: Robbe, Pieterjan
name: Rodgers, Theron
name: Lim, Hojun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Crystal plasticity finite element method (CPFEM) has been an integrated computational materials engineering (ICME) workhorse to study materials behaviors and structure-property relationships for the last few decades. These relations are mappings from the microstructure space to the materials properties space. Due to the stochastic and random nature of microstructures, there is always some uncertainty associated with materials properties, for example, in homogenized stress-strain curves. For critical applications with strong reliability needs, it is often desirable to quantify the microstructure-induced uncertainty in the context of structure-property relationships. However, this uncertainty quantification (UQ) problem often incurs a large computational cost because many statistically equivalent representative volume elements (SERVEs) are needed. In this paper, we apply a multi-level Monte Carlo (MLMC) method to CPFEM to study the uncertainty in stress-strain curves, given an ensemble of SERVEs at multiple mesh resolutions. By using the information at coarse meshes, we show that it is possible to approximate the response at fine meshes with a much reduced computational cost. We focus on problems where the model output is multi-dimensional, which requires us to track multiple quantities of interest (QoIs) at the same time. Our numerical results show that MLMC can accelerate UQ tasks around 2.23x, compared to the classical Monte Carlo (MC) method, which is widely known as the ensemble average in the CPFEM literature.
A class of fractional differential equations via power non-local and non-singular kernels: existence, uniqueness and numerical approximations
Creators: name: Zitane, Hanaa
name: Torres, Delfim F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 26A33, 26D15, 34A08, 34A12

description: We prove a useful formula and new properties for the recently introduced power fractional calculus with non-local and non-singular kernels. In particular, we prove a new version of Gronwall's inequality involving the power fractional integral; and we establish existence and uniqueness results for nonlinear power fractional differential equations using fixed point techniques. Moreover, based on Lagrange polynomial interpolation, we develop a new explicit numerical method in order to approximate the solutions of a rich class of fractional differential equations. The approximation error of the proposed numerical scheme is analyzed. For illustrative purposes, we apply our method to a fractional differential equation for which the exact solution is computed, as well as to a nonlinear problem for which no exact solution is known. The numerical simulations show that the proposed method is very efficient, highly accurate and converges quickly.
description: This is a preprint of a paper whose final form is published in 'Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena' (ISSN 0167-2789). Submitted 19-Jan-2023; revised 15-May-2023; accepted for publication 11-Oct-2023
Maths, Art and Technology: a Combination for an Effective Study
Creators: name: Tramonti, Michela
name: Paneva-Marinova, Desislava I
Publisher: name: UIKTEN
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Arts
subject: Technology
subject: Teaching
subject: Learning

description: TEM Journal; Vol 8, No 1, 2019. ISSN 2217-8309
description: In this paper a novel learning and teaching approach for studying mathematics is presented. The method is the result of a combination between art and technology in order to stimulate and motivate secondary school students in mathematics often considered boring and difficult to understand.
This helps students revive the art perception displaying its hidden science base and understand that artists’ reasoning is reducible to mathematical concepts.
Currently, the research project is in the experimentation phase in which the students have the opportunity to test the model proposed.
In the article some preliminary results are presented and discussed.
California Historic Military Buildings and Structures Inventory - Report
Creators: name: Foster Wheeler Environmental Corp.
Publisher: name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: California
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/71/california
subject: 18th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5549/18th-century
subject: 19th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5536/19th-century
subject: 20th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/4/20th-century
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Historic Context
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/42191/historic-context
subject: Property Types
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/166627/property-types
subject: National Register of Historic Places
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1572/national-register-of-historic-places
subject: Inventory
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/533/inventory
subject: Historic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/837/historic-structures
subject: California
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/133254/california
subject: military installations
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/159734/military-installations
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research

description: This report contains inventories and histories of historic structures on military installations in California.
People Identification Based on Person Image and Additional Physical Parameters Comparison
Creators: name: Ramakić, Adnan
name: Bundalo, Zlatko
name: Bundalo, Dušanka
name: Rakita, Bojan
Publisher: name: UIKTEN
Year: 2019
Subjects: People identification
Gait recognition
Biometric methods
Person height
Person step length

description: TEM Journal; Vol 8, No 1, 2019. ISSN 2217-8309
description: This paper proposes and presents one approach for people identification based on image and additional physical parameters, height and step length, of a person comparison. People identification is very important in many areas of human life. There are large number of identification methods (biometric methods) that include a different scope of methods, for example fingerprint identification, hand geometry identification, facial recognition, methods based on human eye identification (retina and iris), gait recognition etc. Most of that methods require some kind of interaction with a person, what could be a problem in many practical applications. The method that does not require any interaction with a person is gait recognition. One approach for a people identification based on gait recognition, that uses silhouettes of a person and parameters of person height and step length, is proposed and presented in this paper.
Recording script from Human voice pitch measures are robust across a variety of speech recordings: methodological and theoretical implications
Creators: name: Pisanski, Katarzyna
name: Groyecka-Bernard, Agata
name: Sorokowski, Piotr
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 110601 Biomechanics
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour

description: Fundamental frequency (fo), perceived as voice pitch, is the most sexually dimorphic, perceptually salient and intensively studied voice parameter in human nonverbal communication. Thousands of studies have linked human fo to biological and social speaker traits and life outcomes, from reproductive to economic. Critically, researchers have used myriad speech stimuli to measure fo and infer its functional relevance, from individual vowels to longer bouts of spontaneous speech. Here, we acoustically analysed fo in nearly 1000 affectively neutral speech utterances (vowels, words, counting, greetings, read paragraphs and free spontaneous speech) produced by the same 154 men and women, aged 18–67, with two aims: first, to test the methodological validity of comparing fo measures from diverse speech stimuli and second, to test the prediction that the vast inter-individual differences in habitual fo found between same-sex adults are preserved across speech types. Indeed, despite differences in linguistic content, duration, scripted or spontan­­eous production and within-individual variability, we show that 42–81% of inter-individual differences in fo can be explained between any two speech types. Beyond methodological implications, together with recent evidence that inter-individual differences in fo are remarkably stable across the lifespan and generalize to emotional speech and nonverbal vocalizations, our results further substantiate voice pitch as a robust and reliable biomarker in human communication.
Application of Photogrammetry in 3D Scanning of Physical Objects
Creators: name: Reljić, Ivan
name: Dunđer, Ivan
Publisher: name: UIKTEN
Year: 2019
Subjects: 3D scanning
photogrammetry
3D modelling
virtual 3D models
information technology

description: TEM Journal; Vol 8, No 1, 2019. ISSN 2217-8309
description: This paper explains the 3D scanning procedure of creating a virtual 3D model from photographs by using a process called photogrammetry. It starts by giving a technical explanation of different technologies for 3D scanning, explains why photogrammetry was chosen and gives general specifications of hardware and software used in the process. The whole procedure is then thoroughly shown step by step on a physical object, and in the end an analysis of the generated 3D model and its variations is given.
Phytochemical analysis, antibacterial and antifungal effect of Lavandula dentata L. essential oil and methanol extract
Creators: name: Hendel, Noui
name: Sarri, Madani
name: Sarri, Djamel
name: Seghiour, Soumia
name: Napoli, Edoardo
name: Selloum, Mounir
name: Ruberto, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: The aim of this study was to analyse the essential oil of Lavandula dentata from Algeria and to test the antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of this plant. The essential oil (EO) (57 constituents) included mainly α-pinene, β-pinene, nopinone, linalool, cryptone, and limonene. The plant polyphenolic contents and the antioxidant activity were determined. The antimicrobial effect of the EO and the methanolic extract (ME) was assessed against referenced and clinical bacterial strains, and also foodborne fungal isolates. The EO minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values varied from 0.25 to 4 mg/mL and minimal bactericidal concentrations (MBCs) were less than 8 mg/mL except for S. aureus, clinical Klebsiella, S. epidermidis, and B. subtilis. The mould strains were significantly inhibited by the EO (87.50% to 88.33%). The MIC values were 3.60–15.62 mg/mL and 0.5–4 mg/mL for ME and EO, respectively. The minimal fungicidal concentration (MFC) values ranged from 31 to 125 mg/mL and from 2 to 8 mg/mL for ME and EO, respectively.
Corporate Information Infrastructure – Management Aspects
Creators: name: Damyanov, Ivo
Publisher: name: UIKTEN
Year: 2019
Subjects: Information infrastructure
IT manager
IT team
concept map
management aspects
team priorities
manager roles

description: TEM Journal; Vol 8, No 1, 2019. ISSN 2217-8309
description: The development of information and communication technologies enforces an increasing dependence of the business on a successfully built and developed corporate information technologies infrastructure. The role of the IT manager and the IT team of the company constantly evolves. In this paper, we present management aspects of the core components and desired characteristics of IT infrastructure in the corporate organization as well as the human factor behind (or beside) it in the face of the IT manager and the IT team of the company. We develop a conceptual framework of the connections, dependencies, responsibilities and activities of an IT manager and company’s IT team.
Army Ammunition and Explosives Storage During the Cold War, 1946-1989 - Report
Creators: name: Kuranda, Kathryn
name: Dixon, Kathryn
name: Doerrfield, Dean
name: Gatewood, Rebecca
name: Peeler, Kirsten
name: Heidenrich, Christine
name: Grandine, Katherine
Publisher: name: U.S. Army Environmental Command
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: United States
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/10460/united-states
subject: Cold War
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/7288/cold-war
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: U.S. Army
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/13742/us-army
subject: Historic Context
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/42191/historic-context
subject: Ammunition
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/38503/ammunition
subject: Explosives
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/166630/explosives
subject: Ammunition Storage Facilities
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/160956/ammunition-storage-facilities
subject: Cold War
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/138138/cold-war
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research

description: This historic context discusses the development of weapons technology and construction of ammunition and explosive storage facilities during the Cold War, including modifications to existing ammunition storage facilities to accommodate changes in technology.
Automated Visual Inspection for Bottle Caps Using Fuzzy Logic
Creators: name: Satria Prabuwono, Anton
name: Usino, Wendi
name: Yazdi, Leila
name: Basori, Ahmad Hoirul
name: Bramantoro, Arif
name: Syamsuddin, Irfan
name: Yunianta, Arda
name: Allehaibi, Khalid Hamed S.
Publisher: name: UIKTEN
Year: 2019
Subjects: Automated Visual Inspection System (AVIS)
Machine vision
Fuzzy logic
Bottle caps

description: TEM Journal; Vol 8, No 1, 2019. ISSN 2217-8309
description: Automated Visual Inspection System (AVIS) has the capability to investigate large numbers of manufactured goods quickly and accurately. In addition, this system operates with a high level of reliability and consistency in their tasks. This study proposed an AVIS for detecting cap situations by using fuzzy logic classifiers. The objectives of this research are to develop an applicable image processing algorithm, together with a feature extraction technique, and to detect the cap for plastic bottles which is based on the average of distances. Three types of classification were compared for detecting the bottle caps. They are Mamdani, Sugeno, and production rule. The system was evaluated in a real time environment. The results are 97.91%, 97.5%, 96.66% accuracy for Mamdani, Sugeno, and production rule respectively.
Car Price Prediction using Machine Learning Techniques
Creators: name: Gegic, Enis
name: Isakovic, Becir
name: Keco, Dino
name: Masetic, Zerina
name: Kevric, Jasmin
Publisher: name: UIKTEN
Year: 2019
Subjects: car price prediction
support vector machines
classification
machine learning

description: TEM Journal; Vol 8, No 1, 2019. ISSN 2217-8309
description: A car price prediction has been a high-interest research area, as it requires noticeable effort and knowledge of the field expert. Considerable number of distinct attributes are examined for the reliable and accurate prediction. To build a model for predicting the price of used cars in Bosnia and Herzegovina, we applied three machine learning techniques (Artificial Neural Network, Support Vector Machine and Random Forest). However, the mentioned techniques were applied to work as an ensemble. The data used for the prediction was collected from the web portal autopijaca.ba using web scraper that was written in PHP programming language. Respective performances of different algorithms were then compared to find one that best suits the available data set. The final prediction model was integrated into Java application. Furthermore, the model was evaluated using test data and the accuracy of 87.38% was obtained.
Context Study of Quartermaster General Standardized Plans 1866-1942 - Report
Creators: name: Chattey, Paul
name: Foxall, Horace
name: McQueen, Flossie
name: Nielson, Cynthia
name: Taylor, Terri
name: Tippett, James
Publisher: name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: United States
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/10460/united-states
subject: 19th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5536/19th-century
subject: 20th Century
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/4/20th-century
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/251/domestic-structure-or-architectural-complex
subject: Historic Context
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/42191/historic-context
subject: Property Types
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/166627/property-types
subject: Standardized Plans
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/166628/standardized-plans
subject: National Register of Historic Places
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/1572/national-register-of-historic-places
subject: Historic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/837/historic-structures
subject: National Historic Preservation Act
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/46790/national-historic-preservation-act
subject: Historic Planning
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/166629/historic-planning
subject: United States Quartermaster Corps.
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/150011/united-states-quartermaster-corps
subject: Cultural Resources Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/7068/cultural-resources-management
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research

description: This document provides a historic context statement for use in inventorying and evaluating as cultural resources thousands of standardized buildings constructed from nearly identical plans at installations throughout the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Panama. It discusses shared characteristics, history of the Quatermaster Corps, and building types.
The K-theory of the conjugation action
Creators: name: Carlson, Jeffrey D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 19L47, 57T10

description: In 1999, Brylinski and Zhang computed the complex equivariant K-theory of the conjugation self-action of a compact, connected Lie group with torsion-free fundamental group. In this note we show it is possible to do so in under a page.
description: Same as the published version up to formatting. 2pp. plus references
Multi-omics characterization of the molecular effects of smoking and chronic inflammation on the lung
Creators: name: Vucic, Emily A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2014

description: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive, inflammatory lung disease associated with a 10-fold increased risk of lung cancer (LC), independent of smoking-status. Together these diseases contribute tremendously to morbidity and mortality worldwide. While COPD and lung cancer share common etiologies including genetic susceptibilities and risk factors, the biology driving COPD and LC is largely unknown. No effective treatments exist for either disease, thus a better understanding of the molecular biology underlying these diseases is urgently needed. The overarching hypothesis of this thesis is that specific risk factors, such as smoking and chronic inflammation lead to selective disruption of genes in exposed tissues and that these selectively disrupted genes contribute directly to COPD and lung cancer pathogenesis. Since selection occurs at the DNA level, and tumour and disease systems may be altered at multiple genetic and epigenetic levels; a major hypothesis of this thesis is that loci which sustain high-level concerted genetic, epigenetic and/or transcriptional disruptions in tissues involved in disease pathology are likely indicative of strong selection and may be identified by applying an integrative multi-omics analysis of these tissues. Background pertaining to the rationale, objectives and specific aims of this work are described in Chapter 1. Chapters 2-4 detail the main findings of this thesis, which are that: 1) DNA is altered at the main sites of airflow obstruction in COPD patients (Chapter 2), 2) smoking status impacts miRNA lung tumour biology and patient prognosis (Chapter 3), 3) lung tumours from patients with COPD are molecularly distinct at the genetic and epigenetic levels (Chapter 4) and 4) genes preferentially altered in COPD-related lung tumours are aberrantly methylated in non-malignant airway cells from patients with COPD and lung cancer (Chapter 4). Taken together, this work provides sufficient rationale to explore the clinical application of these findings as potential targets for novel COPD treatments and markers for early lung cancer detection, treatment or targeted chemoprevention. A summary of these key findings, significance, caveats and future directions are discussed in Chapter 5.
Anti-Sexism Alert System: Identification of Sexist Comments on Social Media Using AI Techniques
Creators: name: Redondo, Rebeca P. Díaz
name: Vilas, Ana Fernández
name: Merino, Mateo Ramos
name: Valladares, Sonia
name: Guijarro, Soledad Torres
name: Hafez, Manar Mohamed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Social relationships in the digital sphere are becoming more usual and frequent, and they constitute a very important aspect for all of us. {Violent interactions in this sphere are very frequent, and have serious effects on the victims}. Within this global scenario, there is one kind of digital violence that is becoming really worrying: sexism against women. Sexist comments that are publicly posted in social media (newspaper comments, social networks, etc.), usually obtain a lot of attention and become viral, with consequent damage to the persons involved. In this paper, we introduce an anti-sexism alert system, based on natural language processing (NLP) and artificial intelligence (AI), that analyzes any public post, and decides if it could be considered a sexist comment or not. Additionally, this system also works on analyzing all the public comments linked to any multimedia content (piece of news, video, tweet, etc.) and decides, using a color-based system similar to traffic lights, if there is sexism in the global set of posts. We have created a labeled data set in Spanish, since the majority of studies focus on English, to train our system, which offers a very good performance after the validation experiments.