Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modeling of a Vortex Water-Wall Argon Arc Lamp for Rapid Thermal Annealing Applications

This paper describes a modeling approach for a vortex water-wall argon arc lamp that is amenable to implementation in real-time controller hardware. The net emission coefficient (NEC) method has been successfully applied for different current levels and can predict the electrical properties of the positive column to sufficient accuracy. The radiation efficiency as a function of the isothermal core temperature has been explained qualitatively, but the correction for radiation efficiency as a function of input power has been implemented as a lookup table using experimental data.
Designing a Message Handling Assistant Using the BDI Theory and Speech Act Theory

This thesis introduces a new approach to designing a Message Handling Assistant (MA). It presents a model of an MA and an intention extraction function for text messages, such as emails and Newsgroups articles. Based on a speech act theory and the belief-desire-intention (BDI) theory of rational agency, we define a generic MA. By interpreting intuitive descriptions of the desired behaviours of an MA using the BDI theory and speech act theory, we conjecture that intentions of messages alone provide enough information needed to capture user models and to reason how messages should be processed. To identify intentions of messages written in natural language, we develop a model of an intention extraction function that maps messages to intentions. This function is modelled in two steps. First, each sentence in a message is converted into a tuple (performative, proposition) using a dialogue act classifier. Second, the sender's intentions are formulated from the tuples using constraints for felicitous human communication. As an investigation of the use of machine learning technologies for designing the intention extraction function, four dialog act classifiers are implemented and evaluated on Newsgroups articles. The thesis also proposes a semantic communication framework, which integrates the agent and Internet technologies for automatic message composing and ontology exchange services.
Face recognition using multimodal biometric features

This paper presents a new multimodal biometric approach using face and periocular biometric. The available face recognition algorithm performance in presence of multiple variations such as illumination, pose, expression, occlusion and plastic surgery is not satisfactory. Also, periocular biometrics face problems in presence of spectacles, head angle, hair and expression. A method which can extract multiple feature information from a single source and can give a satisfactory performance even with less number of training images is desirable. Thus combining face and periocular data obtained from the same image may increase the performance of the recognition system. A detailed performance analysis of face recognition and periocular biometric using Gabor and LBP features is carried out. This is then compared with the proposed multimodal biometric feature extraction technique. The experimental results obtained using Muct and plastic surgery face database shows that the proposed multimodal biometric performs better than other face recognition and individual biometric methods.
Detailed Description of an Algorithm for Enumeration of Maximal Frequent Sets with Irredundant Dualization

We describe an implementation of an algorithm for enumerating all maximal frequent sets using irredundant dualization, which is an improved version of that of Gunopulos et al. The algorithm of Gunopulos et al. solves many dualization problems, and takes long computation time. We interleaves dualization with the main algorithm, and reduce the computation time for dualization by as long as one dualization. This also reduces the space complexity. Moreover, we accelerate the computation by using sparseness.
Advertising Competition in Retail Markets

Abstract We consider non-price advertising by retail firms that are privately informed as to their respective production costs. We construct an advertising equilibrium in which informed consumers use an advertising search rule whereby they buy from the highest-advertising firm. Consumers are rational in using the advertising search rule since the lowest-cost firm advertises the most and also selects the lowest price. Even though the advertising equilibrium facilitates productive efficiency, we establish conditions under which firms enjoy higher expected profit when advertising is banned. Consumer welfare falls in this case, however. Under free entry, social surplus is higher when advertising is allowed. In addition, we consider a benchmark model of price competition; we provide comparative-statics results with respect to the number of informed consumers, the number of firms and the distribution of costs; and we consider the possibility of sequential search.
Gas Chromatography Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS)-Based Metabolomics for Comparison of Caffeinated and Decaffeinated Coffee and Its Implications for Alzheimer’s Disease

Findings from epidemiology, preclinical and clinical studies indicate that consumption of coffee could have beneficial effects against dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The benefits appear to come from caffeinated coffee, but not decaffeinated coffee or pure caffeine itself. Therefore, the objective of this study was to use metabolomics approach to delineate the discriminant metabolites between caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, which could have contributed to the observed therapeutic benefits. Gas chromatography time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC-TOF-MS)-based metabolomics approach was employed to characterize the metabolic differences between caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee. Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) showed distinct separation between the two types of coffee (cumulative Q2 = 0.998). A total of 69 discriminant metabolites were identified based on the OPLS-DA model, with 37 and 32 metabolites detected to be higher in caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee, respectively. These metabolites include several benzoate and cinnamate-derived phenolic compounds, organic acids, sugar, fatty acids, and amino acids. Our study successfully established GC-TOF-MS based metabolomics approach as a highly robust tool in discriminant analysis between caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee samples. Discriminant metabolites identified in this study are biologically relevant and provide valuable insights into therapeutic research of coffee against AD. Our data also hint at possible involvement of gut microbial metabolism to enhance therapeutic potential of coffee components, which represents an interesting area for future research.
The processing of input with differential object marking by heritage Spanish speakers

Abstract Heritage Spanish speakers and adult immigrant bilinguals listened to wh-questions with the differential object marker a (quién/a quién ‘who/whoACC’) while their eye movements across four referent pictures were tracked. The heritage speakers were less accurate than the adult immigrants in their verbal responses to the questions, leaving objects unmarked for case at a rate of 18%, but eye movement data suggested that the two groups were similar in their comprehension, with both starting to look at the target picture at the same point in the question and identifying the target sooner with a quién ‘whoACC’ than with quién ‘who’ questions.
A secreted protein (Canopy 2, CNPY2) enhances angiogenesis and promotes smooth muscle cell migration and proliferation.

AIMS Ischaemic heart disease is a leading cause of mortality. After ischaemic injury, tissue hypoxia induces the activity of angiogenic factors that promote revascularization. Increased understanding of hypoxia-responsive genes and their role in angiogenesis will lead to new therapies for ischaemic injury. We delineated the function of Canopy 2 (CNPY2), a newly discovered, hypoxia-regulated gene. METHODS AND RESULTS We found CNPY2 in a screen for genes induced by low oxygen in human smooth muscle cells (SMCs). CNPY2 protein co-localized with the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi. Treatment with Brefeldin A, which destroys Golgi stacks, resulted in CNPY2 accumulation in the endoplasmic reticulum. Secreted CNPY2 was detected in the blood of healthy mice and humans, and the medium of cultured SMCs. SMCs under hypoxia or treated with a prolyl-4-hydroxylase inhibitor stabilized HIF-1α protein and up-regulated CNPY2, while CNPY2 induction was lost after HIF-1α silencing. Chromatin immunoprecipitation demonstrated that HIF-1α binds to a hypoxia response element (HRE-1157) upstream of the human CNPY2 promoter, which was verified by a luciferase reporter driven by HRE-1157-containing constructs. CNPY2 stimulation activated Cdc42, PAK1, and FAK in SMCs, resulting in enhanced proliferation and migration in vitro, and dramatic aortic ring sprouting ex vivo. CNPY2 significantly increased revascularization of the mouse retina after reperfusion injury. CONCLUSIONS CNPY2 is a HIF-1α-regulated, secreted angiogenic growth factor that promotes SMC migration, proliferation, and tissue revascularization. This new target may have a broader profile than currently available proteins.
Analisis Pengaruh Kompensasi, Kerjasama Tim dan Budaya Organisasi terhadap Kepuasan Kerja serta Dampaknya pada Kinerja Karyawan PT. Bank Muamalat Cabang Banda Aceh

This study aims to determine the effect of compensation, teamwork, and organizational culture on job satisfaction and its impact on the performance of employees of Bank Muamalat Branch of Banda Aceh. The study included all employees of Bank Muamalat Branch of Banda Aceh totaling 119 respondents. The data analysis method used is Partial Least Square (PLS) with 5.0 WarpPLS program. The results showed that compensation, teamwork, organizational culture, and job satisfaction have partial and significant effect on the performance of employees with the highest coefficient value contained in job satisfaction is 0.76. Then compensation, teamwork, and organizational culture have partial effect on job satisfaction while organizational culture variable gain highest coefficient of 0.74. The test results show that the model of the indirect effect of job satisfaction partially mediates the relationship between each of the independent variables on the performance of employees. The test model of direct effect to simultaneously show there is influence of variable compensation, teamwork, and organizational culture on employee performance and job satisfaction. And the full model test results show that compensation, teamwork, and organizational culture has silmultan effect on job satisfaction and impact on employee performance. The effect of compensation and organizational culture on employee performance remained significant with a coefficient respectively 0.15 and 0.18. While the influence of teamwork on performance is insignificant and the coefficient of p = 0.27. The influence of job satisfaction on the significant performance with a coefficient of 0.50. The results of this study provide managerial implications that efforts to improve employee performance and job satisfaction can be done with the increase in compensation, teamwork, and organizational culture
The Effect of Tamsulosin in the Medical Treatment of Distal Ureteral Stones

Introduction: Renal stones are common disorders that affect approximately 5% to 10% of the population and the incidence of renal stones is rising. Treatment of ureteral stones is an important part of urologists and minimally invasive procedures such as ESWL and ureteroscopy effectiveness has been proven in various studies. However, these methods are not completely safe and are expensive and can be complicated. Purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of tamsulosin in the medical treatment of distal ureteral stones. Patients and methods: A total of 96 patients with distal ureteral stones or UVj are randomly divided into two study group (50 patients) and control group (46 patients). Patients in the control group allowed to freely consuming fluids (hydration) and indomethacin 100 mg PRN. Study group in addition to indomethacin and daily analgesic 0.4 mg tamsulosin was administered. All subjects in terms of analgesic dose, duration of expulsion and expulsion were studied. Results: Spontaneous expulsion of stone was occurred in 62.5% (30 patients out of 46) of control group patients and 82% (41 patients out of 50) that there was no significant difference (P>0.05). Average time to fix the stone in control group 4.7±8.03 days (range 2 to 28 days) and in the study group, 3.7±5.70 days (range 1 to 23 days) is significantly different (P>0.05). The average amount of analgesic consumption in the control group was 2.3±4.31and in the study group was 1.48±2.15 that showed significant differences (P<0.05). Conclusions: In this study, although the addition of tamsulosin to conservative treatment of distal ureteral stones in the distal ureteral stone expulsion showed no significant difference between the two groups, but the reduction in the duration of expulsion, reduce pain and reduce the need for analgesic has been beneficial.
The influence of multinationality on determinants of change in debt level: Empirical evidence from Indonesia

This study aims to investigate whether: (1) the change in debt level is affected by agency problems, the probability of bankruptcy, firm size, and profitability; (2) the change in debt level is affected by multinationality (i.e., multinational corporations (MNCs) or domestic corporations (DCs)) and whether multinationality affects the relationship of agency problems, probability of bankruptcy, size, and profitability to the change in debt level. This study finds that in general, the change in debt level is negatively affected by the probability of bankruptcy and size. Furthermore, the changes in debt level for Indonesian MNCs are negatively affected by the probability of bankruptcy, firm size, and profitability. The negative effects of size and profitability on the change in debt level support the view of the Pecking Order Theory. However, for domestic companies, none of the determinants has a significant effect on the change in debt level. We also find that: (1) only size has a negative influence on the change in debt level when we include all interactive terms in the model; (2) if we include one interactive variable at a time, the probability of bankruptcy, firm size, and profitability have negative influences on the change in debt level; in addition, a positive impact of agency problems on the change in debt level is more pronounced for MNCs compared to DCs. Overall, we conclude that multinationality affects the relationship between agency problems and the change in debt level. Keywords: capital structure; Indonesia leverage; multinational corporations
Pharmacological Effects of Lactuca serriola L. in Experimental Model of Gastrointestinal, Respiratory, and Vascular Ailments

Lactuca serriola L. has traditionally been used in folkloric medicine to manage respiratory, gastrointestinal, and multiple other ailments. The present study was undertaken to explore the effect of methanol extract of L. serriola on isolated rabbit tissue preparations, that is, jejunum, trachea, and aorta in an attempt to validate its folkloric use in traditional medicine for gastrointestinal, respiratory, and vascular ailments. The application of the methanol extract to isolated rabbit jejunum preparations exhibited concentration-dependent spasmogenic effect (0.03 to 3.0 mg/mL), but interestingly further increase in concentration (5.0 mg/mL) resulted in complete spasmolytic effect. The pretreatment of the tissue preparations with atropine (0.1 μM) caused the suppression of the contractile response. Moreover, the same extract also caused relaxation of K+-(80 mM) induced spastic contractions of isolated rabbit jejunum preparations (5.0 mg/mL) and shifted the Ca++ dose response curves towards right at concentration range of 0.3–1.0 mg/mL. Similarly, the extract application to isolated rabbit tracheal preparations relaxed the carbachol-(1 μM) induced (0.3–1.0 mg/mL) as well as K+-(80 mM) induced contractions (3.0 mg/mL). Furthermore, it relaxed the phenylephrine (1 μM)-induced contractions in isolated rabbit aorta preparations (3.0 mg/mL) and K+ (80 mM)-induced contractions (1.0 mg/mL). These effects were found comparable to that of dicyclomine, as an antagonist of muscarinic receptors as well as a possible Ca++ channel blocker. The previously mentioned findings may partially justify the folkloric use of Lactuca serriola in the management of conditions pertaining to spasm of intestine, bronchioles, and vasculature.
The Productivity Effects of Decentralized Reforms: An Analysis of the Chinese Industrial Reforms

The empirical literature on the effects of ownership has not distinguished between the effects of ownership and the effects of control. It has also generally ignored the dynamic effects of various ownership and control rights. Using a rich set of panel data about changes in China's state-owned enterprises, the author examines the static and dynamic effects of decentralizing ownership and control rights. He finds that productivity and growth rates improved significantly when reform improved the incentives for managers and employees to learn and to work hard - for example by decentralizing the rights to control wages, make production decisions, and appoint new managers. Increasing profit-retention rates and adopting performance contracts - conventionally viewed as the most important reforms for China's state enterprises - did not improve productivity much. Overall, decentralization accounted for a least 42 percent of productivity growth in Chinese state enterprises in the 1980s. Much of that gain came from improvements in the growth rate of productivity rather than in improved levels of productivity.
Voice over wireless LAN via wireless distribution system

A multiplex-multicast (M.-M) scheme previously proposed by us (W. Wang et al, IEEE ISCC'04, 2004) can improve the VoIP capacity in a WLAN operating as an infrastructure basic service set (BSS) by close to 100%. This paper extends the M-M scheme for WLAN connected via a wireless distribution system (WDS). Specifically, we show that given a fixed delay requirement, the M-M scheme can increase the number of supportable VoIP sessions by ten times as compared to ordinary VoIP transmission over the WDS. In addition, with 22 VoIP sessions (max limit in an 802.11b infrastructure BSS connected via a wired distribution system), the M-M scheme can achieve acceptable packet delays, (average of 27.1 ms and standard deviation of 7.5 ms) in a 10-hop WDS. Last but not least, we show that the use of packet scheduling in conjunction with the M-M scheme can further double the VoIP capacity while extending voice-service coverage at the same time.
Generic Library Extension in a Heterogeneous Environment Cosmin Oancea

We examine what is necessary to allow generic libraries to be used naturally in a heterogeneous environment. Our approach is to treat a library as a software component and to view the problem as one of component extension. Language-neutral library interfaces usually do not support the full range of programming idioms that are available when a library is used natively. We address how language-neutral interfaces can be extended with import bindings to recover the desired programming idioms. We also address the question of how these extensions can be organized to minimize the performance overhead that arises from using objects in manners not anticipated by the original library designers. We use C ++ as an example of a mature language, with libraries using a variety of patterns, and use the Standard Template Library as an example of a complex library for which efficiency is important. By viewing the library extension problem as one of component organization, we enhance software composibility, hierarchy maintenance and architecture independence.
Emotion expressivity and psychological flourishing of married individuals: Gender and type of marriage as moderators

ABSTRACT Marital flourishing can be enriched by emotions; however, only in recent years, researchers have begun to acknowledge the benefits of emotions toward the understanding of marital functioning. This paper draws on the exploration to investigate the association between emotion expressivity (positive, negative, and impulse control) and psychological flourishing (individual and relationship) among married individuals, and the moderating role of married individual’s gender and the role of their marriage; arrange or love in these associations. Self-report responses on Berkeley Expressivity Questionnaire and Psychological Flourishing Scale from a total sample of 591 married individuals (342 wives and 249 husbands), aged 21–80 years, were analyzed using linear regression analysis and moderation. Findings of the study exposed that emotion expressivity was associated with psychological flourishing among married individuals. Expression of positive emotions negatively predicted relationship flourishing and individual flourishing within marital relationship. Expression of negative emotions also negatively predicted husbands’ and wives’ psychological flourishing. Correspondingly, the strength of impulse reactions too, negatively predicted individual as well as relationship flourishing of married individuals. The interaction effect between emotion expressivity and gender was a significant predictor of psychological well-being. Likewise, the interaction effect between emotion expressivity and type of marriage was also a significant predictor of psychological flourishing. These results proposed that both gender and kind of marriage proved to be significant moderators between emotion expressivity and flourishing. The results had been discussed with regard to contemporary literature and cultural context of a non-western society.
Extending a Verb-lexicon Using a Semantically Annotated Corpus

This paper describes the association of an hierarchical verb lexicon, VerbNet, with a semantically annotated corpus, the Proposition Bank. It focuses on comparisons of the syntactic coverage of the two resources as a method of evaluating their correspondence. Both VerbNet and PropBank have explicit syntactic frames associated with each verb, which allowed an automatic mapping between the two resources for almost 50,000 instances. We aim at both a quantitative and qualitative analysis of how the syntactic frames in VerbNet reflect the syntactic frames that actually occurred in PropBank. VerbNet accounts for about 78% exact matches to these frames and 81% somewhat more relaxed matches.