Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An Integrated Model for the Design of Agile Supply Chains.

The latter part of the twentieth century saw the lean production paradigm positively impact many market sectors ranging from automotive through to construction. In particular there is much evidence to suggest that level scheduling combined with the elimination of muda has successfully delivered a wide range of products to those markets where cost is the primary order winning criteria. However, there are many other markets where the order winner is availability. This has led to the emergence of the agile paradigm typified by “quick response” and similar initiatives. Nevertheless, “lean” and “agile” are not mutually exclusive paradigms and may be married to advantage in a number of different ways. This paper explores ways in which hybrid strategies can be developed to create cost‐effective supply chains and proposes an integrated manufacture/logistics model for enabling the essential infrastructure.
Cluster analysis for bank customers' selection of Islamic mortgages in Eastern Malaysia: An empirical investigation

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the reasons behind customers' selection of Islamic mortgage in Sabah, Malaysia and present factor and cluster analyses to identify the importance of choice criteria for Islamic mortgage selection. The choice criteria among Design/methodology/approach - A total of 250 bank customers responded to a survey addressing the choice criteria for Islamic mortgage providers. It is important to address the criteria in order to make sure the service providers are able to come up with attractive package of Islamic home financing to their prospective customers. Of these, only 211 questionnaires are usable, which gives us a response rate of 84.4 percent. No extra efforts are conducted in order to increase the number of respondents. Non-probability, convenience sampling is implemented. This paper uses a quantitative study similar to what employed by Lymperopoulos Findings - A cluster analysis indicates that bank customers can be divided into three clusters. Members of cluster 1 reported a tendency to select mortgage bank on the basis of “service provisions” while the members of cluster 2 reported a tendency to select mortgage bank on the basis of “elements of Research limitations/implications - The paper has addressed three limitations that provide opportunities for other researchers to explore them in depth in the future in the similar field of Islamic home financing. The limitations are presented in the conclusion's part. Practical implications - With regard to implications, this paper offers inputs for management decision among Islamic mortgage providers (i.e. Islamic banking institutions such as full-fledged Islamic banks, conventional banks with Islamic windows and conventional banks with Islamic subsidiaries). In addition, this paper adds to the literature in the area of home loans/financing. Originality/value - This paper offers the choice criteria for Islamic mortgage providers provides useful information on the Islamic mortgage providers' selection among
Probing neutrino nonstandard interactions with atmospheric neutrino data

We reconsider the atmospheric neutrino anomaly in light of the latest data from Super-Kamiokande contained events and from Super-Kamiokande and MACRO upgoing muons. We reanalyze the proposed solution to the atmospheric neutrino anomaly in terms of nonstandard neutrino-matter interactions (NSI's) as well as the standard ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\mu}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ oscillations (OSC's). Our statistical analysis shows that a pure NSI mechanism is now ruled out at 99%, while the standard ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\mu}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}{\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\ensuremath{\tau}}$ OSC mechanism provides a quite remarkably good description of the anomaly. We therefore study an extended mechanism of neutrino propagation which combines both oscillation and nonstandard neutrino-matter interactions, in order to derive limits on flavor-changing and nonuniversal neutrino interactions. We obtain that the off-diagonal flavor-changing neutrino parameter $\ensuremath{\varepsilon}$ and the diagonal nonuniversality neutrino parameter ${\ensuremath{\varepsilon}}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ are confined to $\ensuremath{-}0.05l\ensuremath{\varepsilon}l0.04$ and $|{\ensuremath{\varepsilon}}^{\ensuremath{'}}|l0.17$ at 99% C.L. These limits are model independent and they are obtained from pure neutrino-physics processes. The stability of the neutrino oscillation solution to the atmospheric neutrino anomaly against the presence of nonstandard neutrino interactions establishes the robustness of the near-maximal atmospheric mixing and massive-neutrino hypothesis. The best agreement with the data is obtained for $\ensuremath{\Delta}{m}^{2}=2.4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3} {\mathrm{eV}}^{2},$ ${\mathrm{sin}}^{2}(2\ensuremath{\theta})=0.99,$ $\ensuremath{\varepsilon}=\ensuremath{-}9.1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3},$ and ${\ensuremath{\varepsilon}}^{\ensuremath{'}}=\ensuremath{-}1.9\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{\ensuremath{-}3},$ although the ${\ensuremath{\chi}}^{2}$ function is quite flat in the $\ensuremath{\varepsilon}$ and ${\ensuremath{\varepsilon}}^{\ensuremath{'}}$ directions for $\ensuremath{\varepsilon},{\ensuremath{\varepsilon}}^{\ensuremath{'}}\ensuremath{\rightarrow}0. $
Kids, Cops, and Confessions: Inside the Interrogation Room

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Interrogating Criminal Suspects: Law on the Books and Law in Action 2. Questioning Juveniles: Law and Developmental Psychology3. To Waive or Not to Waive: That Is the Question 4. Police Interrogation: On the Record 5. Juveniles Respond to Interrogation: Outcomes and Consequences 6. Justice by Geography: Context, Race, and Confessions 7. True and False Confessions: Different Outcomes, Different Processes 8. Policy Reforms Appendix 1: Data and Methodology Appendix 2: Where the Girls Are Notes References Index About the Author
A complex of Cox4 and mitochondrial Hsp70 plays an important role in the assembly of the cytochrome c oxidase

The biogenesis of Cox4 is unknown. Cox4, mtHsp70, and Mge1 form a complex that promotes the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase. In the absence of the mature cytochrome c oxidase, Cox4 arrests at the chaperone complex. This complex delivers Cox4 into the assembly line of complex IV when needed.
Curve counting and instanton counting

We prove some combinatorial results required for the proof of the following conjecture of Nekrasov: The generating function of closed string invariants in local Calabi-Yau geometries obtained by appropriate fibrations of $A_N$ singularities over $P^1$ reproduce the generating function of equivariant $\hat{A}$-genera of moduli space of instants on $C^2$.
Radio-Over-Fiber Access Network Architecture Based on New Optimized RSOA Devices With Large Modulation Bandwidth and High Linearity

Next-generation wireless communications systems need to have high throughputs to satisfy user demand, to be low-cost, and to have an efficient management as principal features. Using a high-performance, low-cost reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) as a colorless remote modulator at the antenna unit, the wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) technique can be used for supporting distributed antenna systems (DASs). Each antenna unit is connected to the central unit using optical fiber and all links are used to transmit radio signals. Due to a large optical bandwidth, RSOAs are potential candidates for cost effective WDM systems. In this paper, simulations are carried out to determine optimized RSOA devices for wireless technology. New RSOA structures are fabricated and evaluated. The optimized RSOA is electrically driven by a standard Wi-Fi input signal (IEEE 802.11 g) with a 64-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) format. A large modulation bandwidth and a high electrooptic gain are demonstrated, which are confirmed by good performance when using orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing techniques. Characteristics such as high linearity and large electrooptic modulation bandwidth of our RSOA are sufficient to ensure an error vector magnitude (EVM) lower than 5% with a dynamic range exceeding 35 dB in a back-to-back configuration (at 0 dBm). Uplink transmission over a 20 km of single-mode fiber is also demonstrated with EVM lower than 5% and a dynamic range exceeding 25 dB (at 5 dBm).
Reciprocal connectivity between mitral cells and external plexiform layer interneurons in the mouse olfactory bulb

Proper brain function relies on exquisite balance between excitation and inhibition, where inhibitory circuits play fundamental roles toward sculpting principle neuron output and information processing. In prominent models of olfactory bulb circuitry, inhibition of mitral cells by local interneurons sharpens odor tuning and provides contrast enhancement. Mitral cell inhibition occurs at both mitral cell apical dendrites and deep-layer dendrodendritic synapses between granule cells, the most abundant population of inhibitory interneurons in the olfactory bulb. However, it remains unclear whether other local interneurons make inhibitory connections onto mitral cells. Here, we report a novel circuitry with strong and reciprocal connectivity between a subpopulation of previously uncharacterized Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone (CRH)-expressing interneurons located in the external plexiform layer (EPL), and mitral cells. Using cell type-specific genetic manipulations, imaging, optogenetic stimulation, and electrophysiological recordings, we reveal that CRH-expressing EPL interneurons strongly inhibit mitral cell firing, and that they are reciprocally excited by fast glutamatergic mitral cell input. These findings functionally identify a novel subpopulation of olfactory bulb interneurons that show reciprocal connectivity with mitral cells, uncovering a previously unknown, and potentially critical player in olfactory bulb circuitry that may influence lateral interactions and/or facilitate odor processing.
Washback Effect of University Entrance exams in Applied Mathematics to Social Sciences

Curricular issues of subject Applied Mathematics to Social Sciences are studied in relation to university entrance exams performed in several Spanish regions between 2009–2014. By using quantitative and qualitative analyses, it has been studied how these exams align with curriculum and how they produce a washback on curriculum and teachers’ work. Additionally, one questionnaire about teachers’ practices has been performed, in order to find out how the exams are influencing teaching methodology development. Main results obtained show that evaluation is producing a bias on the official curriculum, substantially simplifying the specific orientation that should guide applied mathematics. Furthermore, teachers’ practices are influenced by the exams, and they usually approach their teaching methodology to the frequent types of exams. Also, slight differences among the teachers lead to distinguish two behavioral subgroups. Results can also be useful in an international context, because of the importance of standardized exit exams in OECD countries.
Excessive internet use: the role of personality, loneliness and social support networks in internet addiction

An online survey of 96 adults showed that, based on Young's (1998) criteria for the Internet Addiction Test, 40% of the sample could be classified as average internet users, 52% as problem over-users and 8% as pathologically addicted to the internet. The three groups differed on a range of factors, with over-users and addicts spending increasingly more time in online activities, being more neurotic and less extraverted, more socially anxious and emotionally lonely, and gaining greater support from internet social networks than average internet users. Further analysis revealed that only neuroticism and perceived support from online social networks were significant predictors of excessive internet use. In addition, over-users were found to be younger and less experienced in computer use than average or addicted users. Further research is needed to explicate the role of personality and track the possible pathways from novice over-use to eventual average use or pathological addiction.
Ex‐Dividend Day Stock Price Behavior: The Case of the 1986 Tax Reform Act*

This paper analyzes the behavior of stock prices around ex-dividend days after the implementation of the 1986 Tax Reform Act that dramatically reduced the difference between the tax treatment of realized long-term capital gains and dividend income in 1987 and completely eliminated the differential in 1988. The author shows that this tax change had no effect on the ex-dividend stock price behavior, which is consistent with the hypothesis that long-term individual investors have no significant effect on ex-day stock prices during this time period. The results indicate that the activity of short-term traders and corporate traders dominates the price determination on the ex-day. Copyright 1991 by American Finance Association.
Development and application of a metric on semantic nets

Motivated by the properties of spreading activation and conceptual distance, the authors propose a metric, called distance, on the power set of nodes in a semantic net. Distance is the average minimum path length over all pairwise combinations of nodes between two subsets of nodes. Distance can be successfully used to assess the conceptual distance between sets of concepts when used on a semantic net of hierarchical relations. When other kinds of relationships, like 'cause', are used, distance must be amended but then can again be effective. The judgements of distance significantly correlate with the distance judgements that people make and help to determine whether one semantic net is better or worse than another. The authors focus on the mathematical characteristics of distance that presents novel cases and interpretations. Experiments in which distance is applied to pairs of concepts and to sets of concepts in a hierarchical knowledge base show the power of hierarchical relations in representing information about the conceptual distance between concepts. >
Adaptive Character Frequency-Based Exclusive Signature Matching Scheme in Distributed Intrusion Detection Environment

Currently, signature-based network intrusion detection systems (NIDSs) are being widely deployed in distributed network environment with the purpose of protecting network communications from various attacks. However, signature matching has become a key limiting factor to restrict the performance of a signature-based NIDS in large-scale distributed network environment. The overhead network packets can greatly reduce the effectiveness of such detection systems and heavily consume computer resources. To mitigate this issue, a more efficient signature matching algorithm is desirable. In this paper, we therefore develop an adaptive character frequency-based exclusive signature matching scheme that can be implemented in a signature-based NIDS to help improve the performance of signature matching. In the experiment, we implemented our scheme in a distributed network environment and evaluated the performance of our scheme compared with Snort. The experimental results show that, in our distributed network environment, our scheme can positively reduce the time consumption in the range from 11.2% to 37.6%.
Queue Length Stability of Maximal Greedy Schedules in Wireless Networks

Abstract— We consider wireless networks with interference constraints. The network consists of a set of links and a set of users who generate packets that traverse these links. Each user is associated with a route consisting of a sequence of links. The links are subject to the usual interference constraints: (i) if link l interferes with link k, then link k also interferes with link l, and (ii) two links that interfere with each other cannot transmit simultaneously. The interference set of a link is defined to be the set of links that interfere with the link, along with the link itself. A greedy scheduler is one which selects an arbitrary set of links to transmit subject only to the interference constraint. We use a traffic regulator at each link along the route of each flow which shapes the traffic of the flow. We prove that the network is queue-length stable under any maximal greedy scheduling policy provided that the total arrival rate in the interference set of each link is less than one.
The Genome Response to Artificial Selection: A Case Study in Dairy Cattle

Dairy cattle breeds have been subjected over the last fifty years to intense artificial selection towards improvement of milk production traits. In this study, we performed a whole genome scan for differentiation using 42,486 SNPs in the three major French dairy cattle breeds (Holstein, Normande and Montbéliarde) to identify the main physiological pathways and regions which were affected by this selection. After analyzing the population structure, we estimated FST within and across the three breeds for each SNP under a pure drift model. We further considered two different strategies to evaluate the effect of selection at the genome level. First, smoothing FST values over each chromosome with a local variable bandwidth kernel estimator allowed identifying 13 highly significant regions subjected to strong and/or recent positive selection. Some of them contained genes within which causal variants with strong effect on milk production traits (GHR) or coloration (MC1R) have already been reported. To go further in the interpretation of the observed signatures of selection we subsequently concentrated on the annotation of differentiated genes defined according to the FST value of SNPs localized close or within them. To that end we performed a comprehensive network analysis which suggested a central role of somatotropic and gonadotropic axes in the response to selection. Altogether, these observations shed light on the antagonism, at the genome level, between milk production and reproduction traits in highly producing dairy cows.
Long-Run Inflation and Exchange Rates Hedge of Stocks in Brazil and Mexico

A substantial body of evidence documents the relationship between macroeconomic variables and stock returns and risk from developed countries. The evidence for emerging markets is limited, particularly identifying risk premia compensations for inflation and exchange rates. This paper attempts to quantify the short and long term relationship between inflation and exchange rates with over all stock market performance for the case of the two largest Latin American capital markets, Mexico and Brazil. Extending the Fisher model, the aim is to determine whether or not these markets have failed to keep pace with movements in those two variables (the most unstable and economic growth hampering variables in these economies during the last three decades), and therefore to what extent the stock market succeeds or fails to test as inflation hedges. The empirical evidence is presented assuming positioning of a local investor in their own market, and from the point of view of a U.S. investor in each of these markets. Two unit root tests are also presented to stress long term relationships between stock returns, inflation, and foreign exchange.
Connective and Communal Public Goods in Interactive Communication Systems

This paper extends theories of public goods to interactive communication systems. Two key public communication goods are identified. Connectivity provides point-to-point communication, and communality links members through commonly held information, such as that often found in databases. These extensions are important, we argue, because communication public goods operate differently from traditional material public goods. These differences have important implications for costs, benefits, and the realization of a critical mass of users that is necessary for realization of the good. We also explore multifunctional goods that combine various features and hybrid goods that link private goods to public ones. We examine the applicability of two key assumptions of public goods theory to interactive communication systems. First, jointness of supply specifies that consumption of a public good does not diminish its availability to others. Second, impossibility of exclusion stipulates that all members of the public have access to the good. We conclude with suggestions for further theoretical development.
The Cyprus question and the Turkish position in international law

The birth of the Cyprus Republic the uneasy years 1963-1974 intercommunal negotiations 1968-1974 Turkish intervention and its aftermath the Treaty of Guarantee human rights in Cyprus the intercommunal negotiations an evaluation of the intercommunal talks towards declaration of statehood self-determination statehood and after the "proximity" talks the constitution of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus statehood and recognition developments after the Summit of 1985 resumption of the intercommunal negotiating process.
Blade-type crawler vehicle bio-inspired by a wharf roach

Unmanned rescue, observation and/or research vehicles with high terrain adaptability, fast velocity and high reliability to reach difficult rough terrain locations are still demanded, but most vehicles increase rough terrain adapt ability at the expense of low velocity and/or complex mechanisms. We propose a novel vehicle consisting of a very simple blade-type crawler and active antennas with rollers, resembling a wharf roach. This configuration assures stable travelling over uneven terrain at high-speeds, with a very simple and reliable mechanism. This article presents the basic concept, mechanical design of the crawler and the antennas, and the basic motion control strategies. Moreover, we built and tested the first small mechanical prototype named KEIOS-I, and got successful results from experiments on uneven terrain at a high-speed traveling, and also lateral travelling and jumping motions. Future work will also implement roller skating mode using the active antennas equipped with rollers.
How binding of small molecule and peptide ligands to HIV-1 TAR alters the RNA motional landscape

The HIV-1 TAR RNA represents a well-known paradigm to study the role of dynamics and conformational change in RNA function. This regulatory RNA changes conformation in response to binding of Tat protein and of a variety of peptidic and small molecule ligands, indicating that its conformational flexibility and intrinsic dynamics play important roles in molecular recognition. We have used 13C NMR relaxation experiments to examine changes in the motional landscape of HIV-1 TAR in the presence of three ligands of different affinity and specificity. The ligands are argininamide, a linear peptide mimic of the Tat basic domain and a cyclic peptide that potently inhibits Tat-dependent activation of transcription. All three molecules induce the same motional characteristics within the three nucleotides bulge that represents the Tat-binding site. However, the cyclic peptide has a unique motional signature in the apical loop, which represents a binding site for the essential host co-factor cyclin T1. These results suggest that all peptidic mimics of Tat induce the same dynamics in TAR within this protein binding site. However, the new cyclic peptide mimic of Tat represents a new class of ligands with a unique effect on the dynamics and the structure of the apical loop.