cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Fast finite-time consensus of a class of high-order uncertain nonlinear systems
Creators: name: Khoo, Suiyang
name: Hieu Minh Trinh, Hieu Minh
name: Man, Zhihong
name: Shen, Weixiang
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper poses and solves a new problem of consensus control where the task is to make the fixed-topology multi-agent network, with each agent described by an uncertain nonlinear system in chained form, to reach consensus in a fast finite time. Our development starts with a set of new sliding mode surfaces. It is proven that, on these sliding mode surfaces, consensus can be achieved if the communication graph has the proposed directed spanning tree. Next, we introduce the multisurface sliding mode control to drive the sliding variables to the sliding mode surfaces in a fast finite time. The control Lyapunov function for fast finite time stability, motivated by the fast terminal sliding mode control, is used to prove the reachability of the sliding mode surface. A recursive design procedure is provided, which guarantees the boundedness of the control input.
Assessment of pollen dimorphism in populations of Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sylvestris (Gmelin) Hegi in Spain
Creators: name: Gallardo, A.
name: Ocete, R.
name: Ángeles López, M.
name: Lara, M.
name: Rivera, D.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: A comparative scanning electron microscopy study and biometric analysis of pollen of 14 Spanish Vitis vinifera L. subsp. sylvestris (Gmelin) Hegi populations was performed. In all the investigated populations pollen grains show a marked degree of dimorphism. Pollen grains from male flowers are prolate spheroidal and tricolporate in shape, while the pollen grains from female flowers are spheroidal to oval, unaperturate, with no colpi.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 2 (2009): Vitis
Influence of water status on mineral composition of berries in ‘Grenache Noir’ (Vitis vinifera L.)
Creators: name: Etchebarne, F.
name: Ojeda, H.
name: Deloire, A.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: The influence of vine water status on the seasonal changes of fresh weight, dry matter and the levels of potassium and calcium in grape-berries on field vines of 'Grenache Noir' (Vitis vinifera L.), was studied over a two-year period. Two levels of water status, irrigated and non-irrigated, were investigated using a single level of total leaf surface – each primary shoot was confined to ten leaves, one grape bunch, and the secondary shoots were removed as they appeared. The mineral element contents were determined separately in different fruit compartments, i.e. the skin, flesh and seeds. Potassium and calcium accumulate independently of one another, but their seasonal change in the fruit and their final quantities in the berry depend principally on plant water status. The accumulation of potassium parallels the change in fruit fresh weight; approximately 50 % of the final content was accumulated pre-veraison and loading continued during berry ripening. This report shows that a small quantity of calcium may accumulate throughout fruit ripening phases in situations where water supply is not a limiting factor. These results imply that fruit xylem is functioning partially during ripening. Moreover, in both water status situations, the quantity of calcium in the skin increases during ripening, which suggests apoplastic and/or symplastic migration in the berry.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 2 (2009): Vitis
Preparation and biological application of antibodies against leucoanthocyanidin reductase and anthocyanidin reductase from grape berry
Creators: name: He, Fei
name: Fang, Xian-Xian
name: Hu, Min
name: Pan, Qiu-Hong
name: Shi, Yin
name: Duan, Chang-Qing
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Proanthocyanidins (PAs) endow wine with the flavor of bitterness and astringency. Both leucoanthocyanidin reductase (LAR) and anthocyanidin reductase (ANR) are two key enzymes of PA biosynthesis in grape berries, but the previous studies on these enzymes only focused on the transcriptional expression of these genes. Here, the full-length cDNAs of VvLAR1, VvLAR2 and VvANR, respectively, were cloned from wine grape berries and were then introduced into the pGEX-4T-1 expression vectors, which were highly expressed in Escherichia coli DH5α cells with the induction of the isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside (IPTG). The purified fusion proteins were used as the antigens to immunize rabbits, separately. The obtained antiserums were further purified to obtain the immunoglobulin G (Ig G) fractions, which were demonstrated to be capable of specifically immuno-recognizing the VvLAR1, VvLAR2 and VvANR from the crude protein extracts from grape berries with weight masses of approximately 43 kD. The analyses of translational expression of these enzyme genes during berry development and immunohistochemical localization of these proteins, by using the obtained antibodies, showed that a high amount of VvLAR1, VvLAR2 or VvANR was present at the pre-veraison stage and these enzyme proteins were all localized on the outer layer of the berry skin and the vascular bundle, as well as in the inner layer of the seed coat. This work provides an important basis for further studies on PA biosynthesis in grape berries.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 2 (2009): Vitis
Josephson-like oscillations in toroidal spinor Bose-Einstein condensates: a prospective symmetry probe
Creators: name: Donato, Mário H. Figlioli
name: Muniz, Sérgio R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Josephson junctions are essential ingredients in the superconducting circuits used in many existing quantum technologies. Additionally, ultracold atomic quantum gases have also become essential platforms to study superfluidity. Here, we explore the analogy between superconductivity and superfluidity to present an intriguing effect caused by a thin finite barrier in a quasi-one-dimensional toroidal spinor Bose--Einstein condensate (BEC). In this system, the atomic current density flowing through the edges of the barrier oscillates, such as the electrical current through a Josephson junction in a superconductor, but in our case, there is no current circulation through the barrier. We also show how the nontrivial broken-symmetry states of spinor BECs change the structure of this Josephson-like current, creating the possibility to probe the spinor symmetry, solely using measurements of this superfluid current.
description: 19 pages, 1 figure
Unusual band splitting and superconducting gap evolution with sulfur substitution in FeSe
Creators: name: Yang, Yuanyuan
name: Wang, Qisi
name: Duan, Shaofeng
name: Wo, Hongliang
name: Huang, Chaozhi
name: Wang, Shichong
name: Gu, Lingxiao
name: Qian, Dong
name: Zhao, Jun
name: Zhang, Wentao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements were taken on FeSe$_{1-x}$S$_x$ (x=0, 0.04, and 0.08) superconductors. With an ultrahigh energy resolution of 0.4 meV, unusual two hole bands near the Brillouin-zone center, which was possibly a result of additional symmetry breaking, were identified in all the sulfur-substituted samples. In addition, in both of the hole bands highly anisotropic superconducting gaps with resolution limited nodes were evidenced. We find that the larger superconducting gap on the outer hole band is reduced linearly to the nematic transition temperature while the gap on the inner hole is nearly S-substitution independent. Our observations strongly suggest that the superconducting gap increases with enhanced nematicity although the superconducting transition temperature is not only governed by the pairing strength, demonstrating strong constraints on theories in the FeSe family.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
title: Tariff Elimination versus Tax Avoidance: Free Trade Agreements and Transfer Pricing
Creators: name: Mukunoki, Hiroshi
name: Okoshi, Hirofumi
Publisher: name: Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Year: 2020

description: prises (MNEs) manipulate their transfer prices to avoid a high corporate tax. ROO of a free trade agreement (FTA) require exporters to identify the origin of exports to be eligible for a preferential tariff rate. The results suggest that a value-added criterion of ROO restricts MNEs’ abusive transfer pricing. Interestingly, an FTA with ROO can induce MNEs to shift profits from a low-tax country to a high-tax country. Because ROO augment tax revenues inside FTA countries, they can transform a welfare-reducing FTA into a welfare-improving FTA.
Navigation of four-wheel-steering mobile robots using robust fault-tolerant sliding mode control
Creators: name: Dharmaweera, Madushanka Nishan
name: Khoo, Sui Yang
name: Man, Zhihong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper addresses the leader-follower tracking problem of a four-wheel-steering robot subjected to nonlinear uncertainties. Two control laws have been developed, based on the adaptive sliding mode method and the adaptive input-output feedback linearization method. The proposed control schemes have been tested by means of simulations.
The Escape of Globular Clusters from the Satellite Dwarf Galaxies of the Milky Way
Creators: name: Shirazi, Ali Rostami
name: Haghi, Hosein
name: Khalaj, Pouria
name: Asl, Ahmad Farhani
name: Zonoozi, Akram Hasani
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using numerical simulations, we have studied the escape of globular clusters (GCs) from the satellite dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) of the Milky Way (MW). We start by following the orbits of a large sample of GCs around dSphs in the presence of the MW potential field. We then obtain the fraction of GCs leaving their host dSphs within a Hubble Time. We model dSphs by a Hernquist density profile with masses between $10^7\,\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$ and $7\times 10^9\,\mathrm{M}_{\odot}$. All dSphs lie on the Galactic disc plane, but they have different orbital eccentricities and apogalactic distances. We compute the escape fraction of GCs from 13 of the most massive dSphs of the MW, using their realistic orbits around the MW (as determined by Gaia). The escape fraction of GCs from 13 dSphs is in the range $12\%$ to $93\%$. The average escape time of GCs from these dSphs was less than 8 $\,\mathrm{Gyrs}$, indicating that the escape process of GCs from dSphs was over. We then adopt a set of observationally-constrained density profiles for specific case of the Fornax dSph. According to our results, the escape fraction of GCs shows a negative correlation with both the mass and the apogalactic distance of the dSphs, as well as a positive correlation with the orbital eccentricity of dSphs. In particular, we find that the escape fraction of GCs from the Fornax dSph is between $13\%$ and $38\%$. Finally, we observe that when GCs leave their host dSphs, their final orbit around the MW does not differ much from their host dSphs.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures (including 1 in the appendix), 6 tables (including 2 in the appendix). Accepted for publication in MNRAS
GestureLens: Visual Analysis of Gestures in Presentation Videos
Creators: name: Zeng, Haipeng
name: Wang, Xingbo
name: Wang, Yong
name: Wu, Aoyu
name: Pong, Ting Chuen
name: Qu, Huamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.5.1; H.5.2; K.3.0; J.4

description: Appropriate gestures can enhance message delivery and audience engagement in both daily communication and public presentations. In this paper, we contribute a visual analytic approach that assists professional public speaking coaches in improving their practice of gesture training through analyzing presentation videos. Manually checking and exploring gesture usage in the presentation videos is often tedious and time-consuming. There lacks an efficient method to help users conduct gesture exploration, which is challenging due to the intrinsically temporal evolution of gestures and their complex correlation to speech content. In this paper, we propose GestureLens, a visual analytics system to facilitate gesture-based and content-based exploration of gesture usage in presentation videos. Specifically, the exploration view enables users to obtain a quick overview of the spatial and temporal distributions of gestures. The dynamic hand movements are firstly aggregated through a heatmap in the gesture space for uncovering spatial patterns, and then decomposed into two mutually perpendicular timelines for revealing temporal patterns. The relation view allows users to explicitly explore the correlation between speech content and gestures by enabling linked analysis and intuitive glyph designs. The video view and dynamic view show the context and overall dynamic movement of the selected gestures, respectively. Two usage scenarios and expert interviews with professional presentation coaches demonstrate the effectiveness and usefulness of GestureLens in facilitating gesture exploration and analysis of presentation videos.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures. A preprint version of a publication at IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2022
Leader-follower consensus control of a class of nonholonomic systems
Creators: name: Khoo, Suiyang
name: Xie, Lihua
name: Man, Zhihong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: In this paper, we propose a systematic solution to the leader-follower consensus of a class of nonholonomic chained form systems. The control design, which is reminiscent of terminal sliding mode and multi-surface sliding mode control methods, is presented to guarantee the convergence of multiple sliding surfaces, which also implies the convergence of the proposed consensus error function. On these sliding surfaces, the desired leader-follower consensus can be reached for multi-agent network formed by the nonholonomic chained form systems.
A modified ELM algorithm for single-hidden layer feedforward neural networks with linear nodes
Creators: name: Man, Zhihong
name: Lee, Kevin
name: Wang, Dianhui
name: Cao, Zhenwei
name: Miao, Chunyan
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A modified ELM algorithm for a class of single-hidden layer feedforward neural networks (SLFNs) with linear nodes is discussed in this paper. It is seen that the input weights of the SLFN are designed such that the hidden layer performs as a preprocessor for removing the effects of the input disturbance and reducing both the structural and the empirical risks, the output weights are then trained to minimize the output error and further balance and reduce the structural and the empirical risks of the SLFN. The performance of an SLFN-based classifier trained with the proposed scheme is evaluated in the simulation section in support of the proposed scheme.
User-Centric Conversational Recommendation with Multi-Aspect User Modeling
Creators: name: Li, Shuokai
name: Xie, Ruobing
name: Zhu, Yongchun
name: Ao, Xiang
name: Zhuang, Fuzhen
name: He, Qing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Conversational recommender systems (CRS) aim to provide highquality recommendations in conversations. However, most conventional CRS models mainly focus on the dialogue understanding of the current session, ignoring other rich multi-aspect information of the central subjects (i.e., users) in recommendation. In this work, we highlight that the user's historical dialogue sessions and look-alike users are essential sources of user preferences besides the current dialogue session in CRS. To systematically model the multi-aspect information, we propose a User-Centric Conversational Recommendation (UCCR) model, which returns to the essence of user preference learning in CRS tasks. Specifically, we propose a historical session learner to capture users' multi-view preferences from knowledge, semantic, and consuming views as supplements to the current preference signals. A multi-view preference mapper is conducted to learn the intrinsic correlations among different views in current and historical sessions via self-supervised objectives. We also design a temporal look-alike user selector to understand users via their similar users. The learned multi-aspect multi-view user preferences are then used for the recommendation and dialogue generation. In experiments, we conduct comprehensive evaluations on both Chinese and English CRS datasets. The significant improvements over competitive models in both recommendation and dialogue generation verify the superiority of UCCR.
description: Accepted by SIGIR 2022
A new sliding mode-based learning control scheme
Creators: name: Man, Zhihong
name: Khoo, Suiyang
name: Yu, Xinghuo
name: Jin, Jiong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A new sliding mode-based learning control scheme for a class of SISO dynamic systems is developed in this paper. It is seen that, based on the most recent information on the closed-loop stability, a recursive learning chattering-free sliding mode controller can be designed to drive the closed-loop dynamics to reach the sliding mode surface in a finite time, on which the desired closed-loop dynamics with the zero-error convergence can be achieved.
Design of decentralized repetitive control of linear MIMO system
Creators: name: Kurniawan, Edi
name: Cao, Zhenwei
name: Man, Zhihong
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper proposes decentralized repetitive control (RC) design for multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) system. The design comprises in both continuous and discrete-time domain. A decentralized stabilizing controller is firstly developed in continuous-time to achieve a desired complimentary sensitivity function. Relative Gain Array (RGA) analysis is used to obtain the best pairings of inputs and outputs. Then, robustness analysis is conducted to determine the impact of neglected couplings. Secondly, the RC is designed in discrete-time based on the information of complimentary sensitivity function. A set of low order, stable and causal repetitive control compensators are developed using a new frequency domain method. The proposed RC compensator works for both minimum and non-minimum phase system. Simulation results for linear MIMO model of pick and place robot arm are presented to validate the effectiveness of the design.
Informationssicherheit bei Flugzeugen – Eine Einordnung
Creators: name: Hafner, Vasile
Publisher: name: AeroLectures
Year: 2023
Subjects: Luftfahrt
Flugzeug
Sicherheit
Informationsverarbeitung
Informationssicherheit
Risiko
Angriff
Bedrohung
Cybersecurity
security
safety
resilience
aviation
aircraft
Internet
computer
digitization
risk
attack
enemy
threat
infrastructure
intend
cause
effect
aerolectures
aerolectures2023

description: 1. Ziel des heutigen Vortrags --- 
2. Ein Kontrast der Zeiten der Cockpitsteuerung am Beispiel von eingebetteten Geräten --- 
3. Öffentliches Fachgesprach zur Informationssicherheit in Flugzeugen (Literaturrecherche) --- 
4. Akzente aus dem Forschungsstand zur Informationssicherheit im Flugzeugumfeld --- 
5. Flugzeuge in der Interaktion mit dem Begriff der Informationssicherheit
description: Hamburg Aerospace Lecture Series --- Collection of Presentations --- http://www.AeroLectures.de
Robust multiple-adaptive fuzzy control with switching for highway vehicles
Creators: name: Ranatunga, Ravipriya
name: Cao, Zhenwei
name: Nagarajah, Romesh
name: Rad, Ahamad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A novel control approach using multiple-adaptive fuzzy systems with switching for solving integrated lateral and longitudinal control of highway vehicle systems for improved transient response, is presented in this paper. The most suitable adaptive controller of the multiple-adaptive fuzzy system is switched depending on the suitable operating conditions. The development of a single-adaptive fuzzy controller is also presented for comparison studies. These fuzzy setups are used separately for robust compensation for un-modeled dynamics, nonlinearity issues, external disturbances and model uncertainties ensuring globally asymptotically stable systems. A Lyapunov-based Kalman-Yakubovich-Popov (KYP) lemma is used to ensure closed loop robust stability of the control systems. A simulation study using an industry-standard veDYNA® vehicle model, is carried out to validate the developed controllers using a number of scenarios including external disturbances and subsystem failure cases.
Beliefs about control over gambling among young people, and their relation to problem gambling
Creators: name: Moore, Susan
name: Ohtsuka, Keis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aim of this study was to assess the association between beliefs about 2 types of control---(a) illusion of control and (b) internal locus of control---and gambling frequency-problem gambling among young people age 14 to 25 years (435 males, 577 females, and 5 unreported gender). A revised version of the South Oaks Gambling Screen and measures of gambling frequency and gambling beliefs were administered. Results indicated that irrational control beliefs were strongly associated with problem gambling. Young problem gamblers were more likely to believe that they needed money and that gambling would provide it. In addition, young problem gamblers had more faith in their ability to manipulate chance and 'beat the system'. Regression models with illusion of control and internal control over gambling significantly predicted gambling frequency and problem gambling.
Machine learning-based analyses using surface detector data of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Creators: name: Collaboration, Pierre Auger
name: Hahn, Steffen
Publisher: name: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Year: 2025

description: The Pierre Auger Observatory is the largest detector for the study of extensive air showers induced by ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). Its hybrid detector design allows the simultaneous observation of different parts of the shower evolution using various detection techniques. To accurately understand the physics behind the origin of UHECRs, it is essential to determine their mass composition. However, since UHECRs cannot be measured directly, estimating their masses is highly non-trivial. The most common approach is to analyze mass-sensitive observables, such as the number of secondary muons and the atmospheric depth of the shower maximum.
An intriguing part of the shower to estimate these observables is its footprint. The shower footprint is detected by ground-based detectors, such as the Water-Cherenkov detectors (WCDs) of the Surface Detector (SD) of the Observatory, which have an uptime of nearly 100%, resulting in a high number of observed events. However, the spatio-temporal information stored in the shower footprints is highly complex, making it very challenging to analyze the footprints using analytical and phenomenological methods. Therefore, the Pierre Auger Collaboration utilizes machine learning-based algorithms to complement classical methods in order to exploit the measured data with unprecedented precision. In this contribution, we highlight these machine learning-based analyses used to determine high-level shower observables that help to infer the mass of the primary particle, with a particular focus on analyses using the shower footprint detected by the WCDs and the Surface Scintillator Detectors (SSD) of the SD. We show that these novel methods show promising results on simulations and offer improved reconstruction performance when applied to
measured data.
Perceived Parenting and Basic Need Satisfaction among Portuguese Adolescents
Creators: name: Cordeiro, Pedro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: Developmental and Educational Psychology

description: We examined the psychometric properties of the Parenting Questionnaire in a sample of Portuguese high school students. Two measurement models were specified. Model 1m,f specifies a bi-dimensional structure of parental need-support and behavioral control. Model 2m,f proposes a tripartite structure of parental need-support, psychological control and behavioral control. Model 2m,f. best-fitted the data, being also supported in terms of convergent, discriminant validity. Regression results found the unique effect of autonomy-support (M2mr, b = .25 p < .001; M2fr, b = .14 p < .01), responsiveness-warmth (Model 2mr, b = .19, p < .001; Model 2fr, b = .13 p < .05) and behavior control on basic needsatisfaction (Model 2mr:b = .14 p < .05), but a non-significant effect of psychological control on need-frustration (p > .05). Notably, psychological control predicted low need-satisfaction (M2mr: b = –.10) and moderated of the positive effect of parental need-support on need-satisfaction, M2mr: F(3, 367) = 11.62, p < .001. Psychological control and need-support also moderated the positive effect of behavior control on competence satisfaction, with parental need-support amplifying this effect and psychological control buffering it. Overall the findings support the substantive distinction between the parenting dimensions, suggesting that need-satisfaction is enhanced by need-supportive and behavioural control and undermined by psychological control.
A Summary of the ALQAC 2021 Competition
Creators: name: Thanh, Nguyen Ha
name: Quan, Bui Minh
name: Nguyen, Chau
name: Le, Tung
name: Phuong, Nguyen Minh
name: Binh, Dang Tran
name: Yen, Vuong Thi Hai
name: Racharak, Teeradaj
name: Minh, Nguyen Le
name: Vu, Tran Duc
name: Anh, Phan Viet
name: Son, Nguyen Truong
name: Nguyen, Huy Tien
name: Butr-indr, Bhumindr
name: Vateekul, Peerapon
name: Boonkwan, Prachya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We summarize the evaluation of the first Automated Legal Question Answering Competition (ALQAC 2021). The competition this year contains three tasks, which aims at processing the statute law document, which are Legal Text Information Retrieval (Task 1), Legal Text Entailment Prediction (Task 2), and Legal Text Question Answering (Task 3). The final goal of these tasks is to build a system that can automatically determine whether a particular statement is lawful. There is no limit to the approaches of the participating teams. This year, there are 5 teams participating in Task 1, 6 teams participating in Task 2, and 5 teams participating in Task 3. There are in total 36 runs submitted to the organizer. In this paper, we summarize each team's approaches, official results, and some discussion about the competition. Only results of the teams who successfully submit their approach description paper are reported in this paper.
A novel fuzzy PDC paradigm with multiple-adaptive fuzzy control for highway vehicles
Creators: name: Ranatunga, Ravipriya
name: Cao, Zhenwei
name: Nagarajah, Romesh
name: Rad, Ahamad
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: A novel approach using multiple-adaptive fuzzy systems in a fuzzy PDC (Parallel Distributed Compensation) based structure for integrated lateral and longitudinal control of highway vehicles for improved transient response, is presented in this paper. For comparison studies a single-adaptive fuzzy controller synthesis is also presented. These fuzzy setups are used separately for robust compensation for un-modeled dynamics, nonlinearity issues, external disturbances and uncertainties. A simulation study with veDYNA®, an industry-standard simulation package is used for validating the developed control models in the presence of robust conditions and non-catastrophic failure cases of vehicle subsystem components.
Evolutionary theory of consciousness: a comprehensive model
Creators: name: Graziosi, Sergio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Neuroscience and Physiological Psychology
subject: Behavioral Neuroscience

description: This paper uses a theoretical and deductive approach to address the hard problems that arise when trying to explain what consciousness is and how it works. The starting question is: why did consciousness evolve? I argue that it is possible to propose an initial answer to this question by hypothesizing small and incremental additions to primordial, genetically-encoded and fixed reactions to perceived stimuli. This approach follows the well-accepted, prototypical pattern of evolution as driven by natural selection. Organisms that rely on learning new behavioral strategies need to constantly evaluate sensory information in order to gradually understand the world they live in: they actively evaluate perceptions, so as to build a map of relations between present/past perceptions and link them to internal motivational states; this ability is essential to predict the consequences of possible actions and to inform future decisions. Building on this principle, I propose a conceptual model of consciousness, subdividing it into distinct computational modules and functions that may be identified and studied separately. This same subdivision allows for significant gains in conceptual clarity: it makes it possible to address the differences between most mainstream theories of consciousness by showing how many theories appear to model only subsets of functions; for example, some theories focus on perception, while others model awareness and attention, thus they inadvertently fail to describe the full picture. At the same time, the full model proposed here allows us to explain the existence of the problem of phenomenal experience: I will show why any system that follows the proposed signal-processing principles would necessarily find the same difficulties that we encounter when we introspectively analyze the nature of perception.
The prediction of gambling behavior and problem gambling from attitudes and perceived norms
Creators: name: Moore, Susan
name: Ohtsuka, Keis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: The aims of this study were to characterise gambling attitudes and social norms among adult Australians, and to evaluate whether gambling behavior (frequency) and problem gambling could be predicted by a model combining attitudes and social influences. With a sample of 215 late adolescents and adults, the Theory of Reasoned Action was found significantly to predict gambling frequency and problem gambling, with intentions to gamble predicting behavior, subjective norms predicting intentions (and gambling frequency), and attitudes predicting intentions. Males scored higher than females on both problem gambling and gambling frequency. Across the sample, although most had gambled at some time (89 per cent), gambling frequency and problem gambling were low, and attitudes and subjective norms with respect to gambling were a complex mixture of acceptance and rejection.
Light enhancement in surface-enhanced Raman scattering at oblique incidence
Creators: name: Jayawardhana, Sasani
name: Rosa, Lorenzo
name: Buividas, Ricardas
name: Stoddart, Paul
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) measurements have been carried out at different focusing conditions using objective lenses of different numerical apertures. The experimentally observed dependence of SERS intensity of thiophenol-coated Ag nano-islands shows a close-to-linear scaling with the collection aperture. The linear relationship breaks down for large numerical apertures, which suggests that the scattering is anisotropic. Numerical simulations of realistically shaped Ag nano-islands were carried out, and the spatial distribution of hot-spots has been revealed at different heights near the nano-islands. Local field enhancements of up to 100 times were estimated. The simulation also suggests an explanation for the anisotropy in the scattering observed for larger numerical aperture objectives. This appears to be due to a reduction in the local field enhancement as the electric field vector component in the plane of the shallow metal islands reduces at larger angles of incidence.
A novel approach of maximizing energy harvesting in photovoltaic systems based on bisection search theorem
Creators: name: Wang, Peng
name: Zhu, Haipeng
name: Shen, Weixiang
name: Choo, Fook Hoong
name: Loh, Poh Chiang
name: Tan, Kuan Khoon
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents a new approach of maximizing energy harvesting in photovoltaic (PV) systems using bisection search theorem (BST). The fundamental of the BST and its application into maximum power point tracker (MPPT) in PV systems are described. A microcontroller is used to control a DC/DC boost converter to realize the MPPT function. Experimental results from solar array simulator show that the proposed technique can track maximum power point very fast within a few steps. The feasibility of the proposed MPPT is also verified in natural environment condition with two solar modules in parallel. Since the proposed technique is simple in computation, cheap in implementation and fast in tracking, it is expected to be widely used to replace conventional MPPT techniques in PV systems.
Susceptibility of Chinese grapes to grape phylloxera
Creators: name: Du, Y. P.
name: Zhai, H.
name: Sun, Q. H.
name: Wang, Z. S.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Research Note
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2009): Vitis
Distribution of rare earth elements in Vitis vinifera L. 'Chardonnay' berries
Creators: name: Bertoldi, D.
name: Larcher, R.
name: Nicolini, G.
name: Bertamini, M.
name: Concheri, G.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: The content of 13 rare earth elements (REEs) in the skin, flesh and seeds of 'Chardonnay' berries harvested at technological ripeness in 2 vineyards in Trentino (Italy) with calcareous soils was analysed using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The total REE content of the berry was 2.1 and 2.7 ug·kg-1 fresh weight (median value, N = 20) respectively in the 2 vineyards, La, Ce and Nd making up about 80 %. Despite the significantly different amounts of REEs in the berries of the 2 vineyards, the percentage content of each element as compared to the total amount of REEs and the percentage distribution in the 3 parts (skin, flesh and seeds) were similar. Overall, 57 % of REEs were localized in the skin, 40 % in the flesh and 3 % in the seeds (median value, N = 40). Most of the elements prevailed in the skin, while there were negligible amounts in the seeds, where the percentage of Eu was around 20 times higher than in the other parts.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2009): Vitis
Berry abscission is related to berry growth in Vitis labruscana 'Concord' and Vitis vinifera 'Riesling'
Creators: name: Intrigliolo, D. S.
name: Lakso, A. N.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Research Note
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2009): Vitis
Macroeconomic news announcements and market efficiency: Evidence from the U.S. Treasury market
Creators: name: Lin, Hai
name: Lo, I
name: Qiao, R
Publisher: name: Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 10299 Applied Mathematics not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 140199 Economic Theory not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150299 Banking, Finance and Investment not elsewhere classified

description: We investigate the impact of scheduled macroeconomic news announcements on the U.S. Treasury market's efficiency. Using intraday data and controlling for microstructure noise, we employ a robust method to construct market inefficiency measures. We find that the U.S. Treasury market is less efficient in the five-minute interval before news arrival. Our findings are robust for different sample periods, macroeconomic news announcements, and market inefficiency measures. We find that investor heterogeneity provides a possible explanation for the decreased market efficiency before scheduled news announcements.
A retrotransposon-inserted VvmybA1a allele has been spread among cultivars of Vitis vinifera but not North American or East Asian Vitis species
Creators: name: Mitani, N.
name: Azuma, A.
name: Fukai, E.
name: Hirochika, H.
name: Kobayashi, S.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Research Note
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2009): Vitis
Molecular identification and genetic relationships of Algerian grapevine cultivars maintained at the germplasm collection of Skikda (Algeria)
Creators: name: Laiadi, Z.
name: Bentchikou, M. M.
name: Bravo, G.
name: Cabello, F.
name: Martínez-Zapater, J. M.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: We have used nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite markers to characterize a collection of 36 Algerian grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) accessions maintained at the germplasm collection of Skikda (Algeria). The genetic diversity observed within the collection was comparable to what has been described for cultivated accessions of grapevine. Moreover, chlorotype C, associated to eastern accessions and highly frequent among table grape cultivars, was overrepresented in the collection. Genotype comparisons among the accessions and published cultivar genotypes identified a few synonyms within the collection as well as putative synonyms for Algerian accessions such as 'Aïn el Kelb', 'Ahmar Mechtras', 'Ahmar de Mascara' or 'Bouni' among cultivars grown in both Eastern and Western areas of the Mediterranean basin. Furthermore, the study of genetic relationships among the Algerian accessions suggests the existence of close relatedness within some groups of cultivars that could have been originated by spontaneous hybridization and seed propagation.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2009): Vitis
Active learning in optics and photonics (ALOP): A model for teacher training and professional development
Creators: name: Alarcon, Minella
name: Ben Lakhdar, Zohra
name: Culaba, Ivan
name: Lahmar, Souad
name: Lakshminarayanan, Vasudevan
name: Mazzolini, Alexander
name: Maquiling, Joel
name: Niemela, Joseph
name: Gregory, G. Groot
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Abstract not reproduced here by request of the publisher. The text is available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.860708.
Behaviour of two SCAR markers for seedlessness within Central European varieties of grapevine
Creators: name: Korpás, A.
name: Baránek, M.
name: Pidra, M.
name: Hradilík, J.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Two working sequence-characterised amplified region markers, SCC8 and SCF27, linked to the seedless phenotype and particularly to the major locus involved in this trait, sdI, were identified in grapevine. Several seeded varieties also showed the alleles for seedlessness at these marker loci. Based on comparison of allelic distribution of two markers in a set of several seedless and seeded varieties, as well as three segregating progenies, we provide evidence that 'Chaouch rose', an ancient seeded variety of unknown origin, has potential to promote seedlessness and most probably belongs to the group of seeded varieties that harbour the sdI+ allele. We conclude that using both SCC8 and SCF27 and, in special cases, even their null alleles can help to elucidate the seedlessness of individuals that lack the amplicon accountable for seedlessness at one marker locus. However, the presence of null alleles and the genetic distance of markers from the sdI locus involved in seedlessness may cause complications.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2009): Vitis
Gambling Activities of Young Australians: Developing a Model of Behaviour
Creators: name: Moore, Susan
name: Ohtsuka, Keis
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: As more gambling venues open in Australia, youth gambling as problem behaviour has been identified. The aim of this study was to assess youth gambling in a population with easy access to gambling, and to evaluate the adequacy of a model for predicting adolescent gambling frequency and problem gambling. The model comprised a combination of the Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA) (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1980), personality variables (venturesomeness, impulsiveness), and cognitive bias variables derived from Weinstein's (1980) propositions concerning unrealistic optimism about future life events. A sample of 1017 school- and university-based adolescents indicated relatively low frequencies of gambling and low scores on the problem gambling scale, with males scoring higher than females on both measures. The TRA was supported with about 30% of the variance of each of gambling behaviour and problem gambling accounted for by intentions, attitudes, and subjective norms. Personality factors added significantly to the prediction of gambling. The cognitive bias variables, although independently not statistically significant, further contributed to prediction.
Additional file 1 of Caregivers' assessment of meaningful and relevant clinical outcome assessments for Sanfilippo syndrome
Creators: name: Porter, Katherine Ackerman
name: O’Neill, Cara
name: Drake, Elise
name: Andrews, Sara M.
name: Delaney, Kathleen
name: Parker, Samantha
name: Escolar, Maria L.
name: Montgomery, Stacey
name: Moon, William
name: Worrall, Carolyn
name: Peay, Holly L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. The online asynchronous focus group guide was used for data collection for study activity 1 and included prompts over 5 days.
Additional file 2 of Caregivers' assessment of meaningful and relevant clinical outcome assessments for Sanfilippo syndrome
Creators: name: Porter, Katherine Ackerman
name: O’Neill, Cara
name: Drake, Elise
name: Andrews, Sara M.
name: Delaney, Kathleen
name: Parker, Samantha
name: Escolar, Maria L.
name: Montgomery, Stacey
name: Moon, William
name: Worrall, Carolyn
name: Peay, Holly L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. The interview guide was used for data collection for study activity 2 and included the exploration of 4 pre-selected domains for each participant.
Stem application of metalaxyl for the protection of Vitis vinifera L. (‘Riesling’) leaves and grapes against downy mildew (Plasmopara viticola)
Creators: name: Düker, A.
name: Kubiak, R.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: The direct application of plant protective agents into tree xylem is an ecologically sound method of plant protection, which has already been used for trees in urban environements. In order to make this system viable for grapevines (Vitis), the effectiveness of the protective system must be ensured. In the first experiment, the effect of the fungicide agents dimethomorph, fosetyl-al, iprovalicarb and metalaxyl applied to the stem of field-grown grapevines was investigated. As a result, injection experiments using non-formulated metalaxyl showed the desired protective effects against downy mildew (Plasmopora viticola). In the second experiment, non-formulated metalaxyl was applied several times in succession over a period of several weeks to the xylem of test grapevines using an injection system, affixed long-term to the vine stems. Grapevines sprayed with formulated metalaxyl (Fonganil Gold®) enabled the methods to be compared. The efficiency factors with regard to the control of downy mildew in leaves and grapes were very similar in both approaches, with values of practical relevance of over 70 %.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2009): Vitis
Recent Research in Assessment of Occupational Exposure to Organophosphate Flame Retardant Used in Jet Oils
Creators: name: Peynet, Vincent
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: organophosphate
flame
retardant
jet
engine
oil
TBP
TCPP
TPP
TCP
lubricant
bleed air
neurotoxic
endocrine disruptor
toxicity
acute
chronic
ToooCP
Mobile
Mobile Jet Oil II
MJOII
Eastman
Turbo Oil 2380
TmmmCP
TmmpCP
TmppCP
TpppCP
NYCO
Turbonycoil 600
Phenyl
Ph
Iso-Propyl-Phenyl
iPPh
Di-iso-Propyl-Phenyl
DiPPh
Tri-iso-Propyl-Phenyl
TiPPh
hair
blood
fume event
smoke event
flight
crew
union
airline
company
detection
window
dried blood spot
shipment
storage
wrist
silicone
wristband
sampler
biomonitoring
analysis
EASA
ACA2023
ACA2023-PRE

description: TCP is present in main Jet Oils used (MJOII, Eastman…). TiPPP is present in Turbonycoil 600. Exposure assessment: Hair analysis, conventional blood analysis, dried blood analysis, silicone wristbands. Exposure assessment with silicone wristbands is new. Need to organize a field campaign with 1000 environmental samples for statistical robustness. Seek fundings for initial campaign and support of all concerned: Flight crews, unions, airline companies. Silicone wristband would enable affordable constant cabin air monitoring that could be completed by biomonitoring in case of fume event.
description: This is the programme of the International Aircraft Cabin Air Conference 2023 (Online, 27-29 June 2023)
Identification of grapevine cultivars using microsatellite-based DNA barcodes
Creators: name: Galbács, Z.
name: Molnár, S.
name: Halász, G.
name: Kozma, P.
name: Hoffmann, S.
name: Kovacs, L.
name: Veres, A.
name: Galli, Z.
name: Szőke, A.
name: Heszky, L.
name: Kiss, E.
Publisher: name: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research
Year: 2015

description: Microsatellite allele sizes were determined at twelve loci in 115 grape genotypes, including 88 ancient Vitis vinifera L. cultivars indigenous to the Carpathian Basin. Pairwise comparison of the microsatellite data led to the identification of ambiguous nomenclature and established differences between two grapevine cultivars, Leányka and Leányszőlő, previously thought of as identical. The data also disproved erroneous assumptions about the parentage of two additional cultivars, one of which was 'Csabagyöngye' ('Pearl of Csaba'), an economically important grapevine and a renowned genetic resource for grape breeding. The results also pointed to several possible parent-progeny relationships which will be subject to further pedigree studies. The DNA typing information was used to construct a barcode system which was incorporated into the Hungarian Vitis Microsatellite Database for efficient and unambiguous identification of grape genotypes, thereby increasing the precision with which genetic resources are managed in Hungary.
description: VITIS - Journal of Grapevine Research, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2009): Vitis