nils-herrmann/clean_scirepeval huggingface dataset:
Security Handwritten Documents Using Inner Product
Year: 2016

Recently, it is common to find document forgery both in the private and government agencies. This research was conducted with the aim of designing a software system that can recognize hand writing by using computer technology from the digitization process of a written form. The method applied in this study consisted of several stages, namely the writing stage analog to digital conversion, pre processing, segmentation, feature extraction writing and calculating the percentage of similarity algorithms written by Inner product. From the results of this study, it is expected that the system is able to recognize any handwriting owners of various writing forms, as well as to take into account the percentage of similarity to one another. This system can also be used to protect the owner against counterfeiting handwriting, as an authenticity tool for any form of writing in important documents.
Gender and Social policy: Indonesian Local Wisdom on Character Building
Year: 2018

Indonesia has experienced various conflicts and disasters, many social, economic and political reforms, impressive economic growth and is one of the fastest developing countries in the region of South East Asia. Rich history, multicultural environment, traditional background and changes in the socio economical political life has caused instability, thus Indonesia still try to find its identity in relation to the welfare regime. Since this country is a largest Muslim country in the world the Islamic traditions, rules and values have been accepted and followed by the people. Thus, it's interesting to know how Islamic, traditional and patriarchal country defines gender and supports its equality within various spheres and micro mezzo macro levels, how it raise public awareness about gender equality and empowers women to be a full and equal participants in the society, how it helps to improve people's quality of life, etc. In addition, it's important to know whether the matter of gender equality, human rights and social justice is understood and implemented within the national, regional and local levels. Thus, as long as Indonesia is a country based on tradition and religion it will not be easy to access and accept all the transformative opportunities, promote and prevent women's human rights and overcome all the challenges regarding the issue of gender equality. And here the Indonesian local wisdom on character building comes along. That's why politics on gender and social protection should be presented and discussed in order to make people understand, change their attitude and start dealing with the issue.
Correction: Developing a Raman spectroscopy based tool to stratify patient response to pre operative radiotherapy in rectal cancer.
Venue: The Analyst
Year: 2021

Correction for 'Developing a Raman spectroscopy based tool to stratify patient response to pre operative radiotherapy in rectal cancer' by Chloe J. Kirkby et al. Analyst, 2021, 146, 581 589, DOI: 10.1039/
Who Do Immigrants Marry? Partner Choice Among Single Immigrants in Germany
Year: 2006

This article analyses the factors leading single immigrants in Germany to marry a native partner, a co national immigrant residing in Germany, or a co national residing in the country of origin. Assimilation hypothesis and the importance of numerical constraints within the marriage market are generally confirmed for the case of mixed marriages. In contrast, the practice of importing spouses and its relation with integration reveals more complex. Differences between men and women in their propensity to import partners from origin, and how these propensities relate to education are particularly puzzling. While the practice of importing a partner is related to low educational levels for men, this does not seem to be the case for women. The Lievens' hypothesis, which suggests that immigrant women may use traditional forms of marriage to achieve modern goals such as living independently from their own and their in law relatives after getting married, is not able to account for this result.
Quality and standardization in technology enhanced learning
Venue: 2016 ITU Kaleidoscope: ICTs for a Sustainable World (ITU WT)
Year: 2016

Education and technological advances have enabled digital learning technologies to become a key pillar holding up one of the main United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Quality Education. Technology enhanced learning strategies have led to innovative ICT applications for the development of new improved learning and teaching practices aiding to guarantee inclusive and equitable quality education and promote opportunities for all. Nonetheless, there is still a big challenge to get hold of all the capabilities of these technology enhanced learning strategies: improving the learner quality of experience (QoE) This paper presents an innovative technology enhanced learning initiative that aims to attract students to STEM education and improve access for students with disabilities through the analysis of the learner QoE. Moreover, in this paper some of the required standards and specifications to be used for developing this initiative are identified. Another key contribution of the paper is that it explores the necessity of new related standards and introduces some novel proposals for standardization in this area.
ANALISIS KOMPETENSI GURU KIMIA DALAM MENGIMPLEMENTASIKAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS KURIKULUM 2013 DI SMK SMAK MAKASSAR
Year: 2018

Jenis penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif dengan pendekatan kualitatif. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui; (i) gambaran pelaksanaan standar kompetensi guru dalam menerapkan model pembelajaran berbasis kurikulum 2013 di SMK SMAK Makassar; (ii) gambaran penerapan model pembelajaran kurikulum 2013 oleh guru pada proses pembelajaran kimia di SMK SMAK Makassar. Metode pengumpulan data melalui observasi setiap pertemuan di kelas; wawancara dan dokumentasi berupa catatan kecil dan rekaman video. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa; (i) gambaran penerapan standar kompetensi guru dalam menerapkan model pembelajaran kurikulum 2013 di SMK SMAK Makassar menunjukan kriteria kompetensi sangat kompeten; pada kriteria kompetensi sangat kompeten dengan mengedepankan aspek aspek kompetensi guru profesional, sedangkan (ii) gambaran pengamatan implementasi model pembelajaran kurikulum 2013 pada saat proses pembelajaran kimia di SMK SMAK Makassar menunjukan kategori keterlaksanaan sangat baik.
Discovery and characterization of the exoplanets
Year: 2020

We present the discovery and characterization of WASP 148, a new extrasolar system that includes at least two giant planets. The host star is a slowly rotating inactive late G dwarf with a V 12 magnitude. The planet WASP 148b is a hot Jupiter of 0.72 RJup and 0.29 MJup that transits its host with an orbital period of 8.80 days. We found the planetary candidate with the SuperWASP photometric survey, then characterized it with the SOPHIE spectrograph. Our radial velocity measurements subsequently revealed a second planet in the system, WASP 148c, with an orbital period of 34.5 days and a minimum mass of 0.40 MJup. No transits of this outer planet were detected. The orbits of both planets are eccentric and fall near the 4:1 mean motion resonances. This configuration is stable on long timescales, but induces dynamical interactions so that the orbits differ slightly from purely Keplerian orbits. In particular, WASP 148b shows transit timing variations of typically 15 min, making it the first interacting system with transit timing variations that is detected on ground based light curves. We establish that the mutual inclination of the orbital plane of the two planets cannot be higher than 35* and the true mass of WASP 148c is below 0.60 MJup. We present photometric and spectroscopic observations of this system that cover a time span of ten years. We also provide their Keplerian and Newtonian analyses; these analyses should be significantly improved through future TESS observations.
MalDeep: A Deep Learning Classification Framework against Malware Variants Based on Texture Visualization
Venue: Secur. Commun. Networks
Year: 2019

The increasing sophistication of malware variants such as encryption, polymorphism, and obfuscation calls for the new detection and classification technology. In this paper, MalDeep, a novel malware classification framework of deep learning based on texture visualization, is proposed against malicious variants. Through code mapping, texture partitioning, and texture extracting, we can study malware classification in a new feature space of image texture representation without decryption and disassembly. Furthermore, we built a malware classifier on convolutional neural network with two convolutional layers, two downsampling layers, and many full connection layers. We adopt the dataset, from Microsoft Malware Classification Challenge including 9 categories of malware families and 10868 variant samples, to train the model. The experiment results show that the established MalDeep has a higher accuracy rate for malware classification. In particular, for some backdoor families, the classification accuracy of the model reaches over 99% Moreover, compared with other main antivirus software, MalDeep also outperforms others in the average accuracy for the variants from different families.
Searching For Influential Actors in Co Offending Networks: The Recruiter
Year: 2017

The co offending literature research has recently unraveled the possible existence of a specific class of offenders commonly referred to as a "recruiter" one who recruits others who are younger or less experienced for the purpose of offending. Yet the available evidence has focused on small or non representative samples, and has supplied a limited conceptual scope for explaining how instigation takes place within co offending groups. We provide evidence from population level arrest records over eight years in Sacramento, California, is presented on 251,285 criminal charges (n=80,245 offenders) Social network analysis to used to study how "crime ideas" are transmitted. We identified 1,092 recruiters, yet this subgroup is responsible for 6% of arrest cases in Sacramento and a disproportionate number of younger and less experienced recruits. The data suggest a pattern of recruitment specialization in specific crime categories and wider age differentials in against persons rather than property crime categories. We contextualize the findings within Dawkin's (1976) meme theory as a more robust conceptual framework for explaining how recruitment takes place, why "crime ideas" can be seen as units of imitation, and under which conditions they are subsequently replicated, reproduced, and evolve. Directions for future research are then considered, with an emphasis on crime control initiatives.
Use of wrist worn accelerometers to quantify bilateral upper limb activity and asymmetry under free living conditions in people with multiple sclerosis.
Venue: Multiple sclerosis and related disorders
Year: 2021

Although upper limb (UL) dysfunctions are quite common among people with Multiple Sclerosis (pwMS) there is a scarcity of information about actual UL usage under free living conditions. The aim of the present study is to quantitatively assess 'real world' activity time, intensity and possible asymmetry of use among dominant and non dominant ULs in pwMS.  Twenty eight pwMS (20 women, 8 men, average EDSS 4.3) and 28 age and sex matched unaffected individuals were required to wear a tri axial accelerometer on each wrist 24h/day for 2 weekdays. Raw accelerations were processed to calculate parameters associated with time and intensity of use of UL both when engaged in uni or bilateral activities.  During the 2 day monitoring period, pwMS were characterized by significantly lower overall activity, they used their dominant limb for a significantly longer time and, while performing bilateral activities, their dominant limb expressed movements of superior intensity in a proportion higher than what was observed in unaffected individuals.  The instrumental monitoring of UL activity with two wrist worn sensors may represent an effective tool for assessing the contribution of each limb to uni and bilateral movements. Such data can be employed to monitor the progression of UL dysfunctions and the effectiveness of pharmacologic and rehabilitative treatments.
MEDIA AUDIO DAN PEMBELAJARAN BAHASA ANAK USIA DINI
Year: 2020

Bahasa memiliki peranan penting dalam perkembangan Anak usia dini, karena bahasa mempengaruhi segala aspek kehidupan mereka nantinya. Anak dalam hal ini di ajarkan mengenai bahasa ketika masih dalam kandungan hingga masa perkembangan selanjutnya dengan berbagai bentuk media. Salah satunya adalah media audio, media audio adalah pengantar pesan yang berupa lambang lambang auditif, baik verbal maupun non verbal. Dalam hal ini implementasi media audio bagi anak usia dini sangat berperan penting khususnya bagi para pendidik dalam kegiatan pembelajaran. Namun acap kali media audio jarang dimanfaatkan untuk kegiatan pembelajaran. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui implementasi media audio dalam mengembangkan Bahasa anak usia dini, peneltian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan metode studi literatur. Hasil penelitian pada studi literatur ini diperoleh media audio dapat dimanfaat untuk pembelajaran dengan memodifikasinya dan dapat digunakan untuk menumbuhkan budaya literasi anak usia dini.
Exercise echocardiography for the assessment of pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis: a systematic review
Venue: Arthritis Research Therapy
Year: 2016

BackgroundPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) complicates the course of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is associated with poor prognosis. The elevation of systolic pulmonary arterial pressure (sPAP) during exercise in patients with SSc with normal resting haemodynamics may anticipate the development of PAH. Exercise echocardiography (ExEcho) has been proposed as a useful technique to identify exercise induced increases in sPAP, but it is unclear how to clinically interpret these findings. In this systematic review, we summarize the available evidence on the role of exercise echocardiography to estimate exercise induced elevations in pulmonary and left heart filling pressures in patients with systemic sclerosis.MethodsWe conducted a systematic review of the literature using MEDLINE, Cochrane Library and Web of Knowledge, using the vocabulary terms: 'systemic sclerosis' OR 'scleroderma' AND 'exercise echocardiography' AND 'pulmonary hypertension' Studies including patients with SSc without a prior diagnosis of PAH, and subjected to exercise echocardiography were included. All searches were limited to English and were augmented by review of bibliographic references from the included studies. The quality of evidence was assessed by the Effective Public Health Practice Project system.ResultsWe identified 15 studies enrolling 1242 patients, who were mostly middle aged and female. Several exercise methods were used (cycloergometer, treadmill and Master's two step) with different protocols and positions (supine, semi supine, upright) definition of a positive test also varied widely. Resting estimated sPAP levels varied from 18 to 35 mm Hg, all in the normal range. The weighted means for estimated sPAP were 22.2 2.9 mmHg at rest and 43.0 4.3 mmHg on exercise; more than half of the studies reported mean exercise sPAP =40 mmHg. The assessment of left ventricular diastolic function on peak exercise was reported in a minority of studies; however, when assessed, surrogate variables of left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction were associated with higher sPAP on exercise.ConclusionsWe found very high heterogeneity in the methods, the protocols and the estimated sPAP response to exercise. LV diastolic dysfunction was common and was associated with greater elevation of sPAP on exercise.
Are sleep paralysis and false awakenings different from REM sleep and from lucid REM sleep? A spectral EEG analysis.
Venue: Journal of clinical sleep medicine JCSM official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Year: 2020

To determine the polysomnography characteristics during sleep paralysis, false awakenings and lucid dreaming (which are states intermediate to REM sleep and wake but exceptionally observed in sleep laboratory) METHODS In 5 subjects, we captured 5 episodes of sleep paralysis (2 time marked with the ocular left right left right code normally used to signal lucid dreaming, 1 time marked by an external noise and 2 retrospectively reported) and 2 episodes of false awakening. The sleep coding (using three seconds mini epochs) and spectral EEG analysis were compared during these episodes and normal REM sleep as well as wakefulness in the same four among these five subjects, and vs. lucid REM sleep in four other patients with narcolepsy.  During episodes of sleep paralysis, 70.8 of mini epochs contained theta EEG rhythm, (vs. 89.7% in REM sleep and 21.2% in wakefulness) 93.8% contained chin muscle atonia (vs. 89.7% in REM sleep and 33.3% in wakefulness) and 6.9% contained rapid eye movements (vs. 11.9% in REM sleep and 8.1% in wakefulness) The EEG spectrum during sleep paralysis was intermediate between wakefulness and REM sleep in the alpha, theta and delta frequencies, whereas the beta frequencies were not different between sleep paralysis and normal REM sleep. The power spectrum during false awakening followed the same profile as in sleep paralysis.  The predominant theta EEG rhythm during sleep paralysis and false awakenings (with rare and lower alpha rhythm) suggests that the brain during sleep paralysis is not in an awake but in a dreaming state.
Re conceptualizing Teachers' Narrative Inquiry as Professional Development
Year: 2017

We offer a more nuanced characterization of teachers' narrative inquiry as professional development (Johnson Golombek, 2002) by grounding our definition of and empirical research on teachers' narrative inquiry from a Vygotskian sociocultural theoretical perspective. Our goal is to reaffirm our belief in the educational value of teachers' narrative inquiry as "systematic exploration that is conducted by teachers and for teachers through their own stories and language" (p. 6) while empirically documenting the crucial role of teacher educators in creating mediational spaces, dialogic interactions, and pedagogical tools for teachers' narrative inquiry to flourish as professional development. It is also our goal to re conceptualize teachers' narrative inquiry as unbounded by time and place, and as a more fluid and emerging process.
Determining the health benefits of green space: Does gentrification matter?
Venue: Health place
Year: 2019

Urban green space is demonstrated to benefit human health. We evaluated whether neighborhood gentrification status matters when considering the health benefits of green space, and whether the benefits are received equitably across racial and socioeconomic groups. Greater exposure to active green space was significantly associated with lower odds of reporting fair or poor health, but only for those living in gentrifying neighborhoods. In gentrifying neighborhoods, only those with high education or high incomes benefited from neighborhood active green space. Structural interventions, such as new green space, should be planned and evaluated within the context of urban social inequity and change.
Estudio comparativo del uso de farmacos antiepilepticos durante el embarazo en un periodo de 12 anos. Eficacia de los nuevos farmacos lamotrigina, levetiracetam y oxacarbamacepina
Year: 2016

Resumen Introduccion El patron de uso de farmacos antiepilepticos (FAE) durante el embarazo difiere entre paises y esta cambiando. Se desconoce en que medida ello afecta a la poblacion espanola. La eficacia de los nuevos farmacos en el control de las crisis es motivo de preocupacion y puede haber cambiado a lo largo de los anos debido a un mejor conocimiento de su uso durante el embarazo. Con el objetivo de analizar estos 2 aspectos reportamos los resultados del registro EURAP Espana durante un periodo de 12 anos.  Tras el consentimiento informado, las pacientes son incluidas en el registro y evaluadas al inicio del embarazo, al final del segundo y tercer trimestres, despues del parto y al ano del nacimiento. Para los objetivos de este estudio hemos analizado: FAE, tipo de epilepsia, frecuencia de crisis por trimestres y a lo largo del embarazo, porcentaje de pacientes libres de crisis, y frecuencia de malformaciones congenitas mayores. Hemos comparado estas variables en 2 periodos (junio de 2001 octubre de 2007) y (enero de 2008 mayo de 2015) Resultados Un total de 304 monoterapias del periodo antiguo se comparan con 127 del periodo nuevo. Observamos un ascenso del uso de levetiracetam (LEV) y un descenso del uso de carbamacepina (CBZ) fenitoina y fenobarbital; un leve descenso del uso de valproato (VPA) y un leve aumento de lamotrigina (LTG) y oxacarbamacepina (OXC) El tipo de epilepsia se mantiene estable para CBZ y VPA, pero cambia para LTG, con menos epilepsias generalizadas tratadas con este farmaco en el periodo nuevo. Ello no se asocia con un cambio significativo de la frecuencia de crisis, pero si con un mejor control de las crisis de novo en el tercer trimestre. LEV se asocia a niveles de control de crisis similares a los de CBZ y VPA y mejor que con LTG. De las pacientes tratadas con LEV, un 64% tenian una epilepsia generalizada. Conclusiones El patron de uso de los diferentes FAE durante el embarazo esta cambiando en Espana, con menos uso de CBZ, fenitoina y fenobarbital y un aumento del uso de LEV. El tipo de epilepsia tambien cambia, con un porcentaje inferior de pacientes tratadas con LTG para epilepsias generalizadas. LEV controla las crisis de manera similar a los farmacos clasicos y mejor que la LTG.
Current Trends and Advances in Image Quality Assessment
Venue: Elektronika ir Elektrotechnika
Year: 2019

Image quality assessment (IQA) is one of the constantly active areas of research in computer vision. Starting from the idea of Universal Image Quality Index (UIQI) followed by well known Structural Similarity (SSIM) and its numerous extensions and modifications, through Feature Similarity (FSIM) towards combined metrics using the multi metric fusion approach, the development of image quality assessment is still in progress. Nevertheless, regardless of new databases and the potential use of deep learning methods, some challenges remain still up to date. Some of the IQA metrics can also be used efficiently for alternative purposes, such as texture similarity estimation, quality evaluation of 3D images and 3D printed surfaces as well as video quality assessment.