Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Thermal plasticity of growth and chain formation of the dinoflagellates Alexandrium affine and Alexandrium pacificum with respect to ocean acidification

The amount of CO2 absorbed by the oceans continues to rise, resulting in further acidification, altering some functional traits of phytoplankton. To understand the effect of elevated partial pressures of CO2 (pCO2) on functional traits of dinoflagellates Alexandrium affine and A. pacificum, the cardinal temperatures and chain formation extent were examined under two pCO2 (400 and 1,000 μatm) over the range of temperature expected to be associated with growth. The growth rate and chain formation extent of A. affine increased with higher pCO2, showing significant changes in cardinal temperatures and a substantial increase in middle chain-length (4‒8 cells) fractionation under elevated pCO2 condition. By contrast, there were no significant differences in specific growth rate and any chain-length fractionation of A. pacificum between ambient and elevated pCO2 conditions. The observed interspecies variation in the functional traits may reflect differences in ability of species to respond to environmental change with plasticity. Moreover, it allows us to understand the shifting biogeography of marine phytoplankton and predict their phenology in the Korea Strait.
Examining the Relationships between Mindfulness and Tobacco Craving Factors

Abstract Background Relationships between mindfulness and general craving have been documented. However, there is still no data regarding relationships between mindfulness and the different craving factors. Methods Using data from an online survey among hospital workers smoking tobacco in France (n = 127), we performed linear regression models with the four craving factors as outcomes, and dispositional mindfulness as explanatory variable. Results After adjusting for nicotine dependence, mindfulness was negatively associated with general craving and three out of four craving factors (emotionality, compulsivity and purposefulness, but not expectancy). Conclusions These results support the implementation of mindfulness-based interventions in the context of tobacco cessation attempt.
Electrical and Optical Doping of Silicon by Pulsed-Laser Melting

Over four decades ago, pulsed-laser melting, or pulsed-laser annealing as it was termed at that time, was the subject of intense study as a potential advance in silicon device processing. In particular, it was found that nanosecond laser melting of the near-surface of silicon and subsequent liquid phase epitaxy could not only very effectively remove lattice disorder following ion implantation, but could achieve dopant electrical activities exceeding equilibrium solubility limits. However, when it was realised that solid phase annealing at longer time scales could achieve similar results, interest in pulsed-laser melting waned for over two decades as a processing method for silicon devices. With the emergence of flat panel displays in the 1990s, pulsed-laser melting was found to offer an attractive solution for large area crystallisation of amorphous silicon and dopant activation. This method gave improved thin film transistors used in the panel backplane to define the pixelation of displays. For this application, ultra-rapid pulsed laser melting remains the crystallisation method of choice since the heating is confined to the silicon thin film and the underlying glass or plastic substrates are protected from thermal degradation. This article will be organised chronologically, but treatment naturally divides into the two main topics: (1) an electrical doping research focus up until around 2000, and (2) optical doping as the research focus after that time. In the first part of this article, the early pulsed-laser annealing studies for electrical doping of silicon are reviewed, followed by the more recent use of pulsed-lasers for flat panel display fabrication. In terms of the second topic of this review, optical doping of silicon for efficient infrared light detection, this process requires deep level impurities to be introduced into the silicon lattice at high concentrations to form an intermediate band within the silicon bandgap. The chalcogen elements and then transition metals were investigated from the early 2000s since they can provide the required deep levels in silicon. However, their low solid solubilities necessitated ultra-rapid pulsed-laser melting to achieve supersaturation in silicon many orders of magnitude beyond the equilibrium solid solubility. Although infrared light absorption has been demonstrated using this approach, significant challenges were encountered in attempting to achieve efficient optical doping in such cases, or hyperdoping as it has been termed. Issues that limit this approach include: lateral and surface impurity segregation during solidification from the melt, leading to defective filaments throughout the doped layer; and poor efficiency of collection of photo-induced carriers necessary for the fabrication of photodetectors. The history and current status of optical hyperdoping of silicon with deep level impurities is reviewed in the second part of this article.
Innovation Portfolio Management as a Subset of Dynamic Capabilities: Measurement and Impact on Innovative Performance

Innovation portfolio management has been touted as a new dynamic capability following the evolution of team- and project-based organizational forms. In this article, we conceptualize innovative dynamic capabilities as a multidimensional construct that comprises distinct but related aspects in managing innovation. We test our model, which links this capability to innovative performance by using survey data from a sample of 923 firms. We find empirical support for our conceptualization and its impact on firm innovative performance.
A Highly Scaled, HighPerformance 45nmBulkLogic CMOS Technology with0.242

The45nmCMOS devices reported arefabricated on300 mm p-type wafers withallcritical layers defined by A highlyscaled, highperformance 45nm CMOS new-generation 193-nmimmersion lithography technology. technology utilizing extensive immersion lithography to Thehighly scaled 45nmdesign rules enabled byimmersion achieve theindustry's highest scaling factor withELK technology areshowninTable1,where63%shrinkage on (k=2.55) BEOLispresented. A record gatedensity 2.4X keydesign rules, instead ofthetraditional 70%,isachieved higher thanthatof65nmisachieved. Refined strained- relative to65nm. Thesegroundrulesarethemost CMOS demonstrated 1200/750 vA/imIdsat at100nA/4m competitive onesintheindustry atthe45nmtechnology loff, Vdd=lV,whichhasthebestIon-Lgperformance nodetothebestofourknowledge [1,2]. Asaresult, gate reported forbulkCMOS device. Theproposed 45nm density is2.4Xhigher thanthat in65nm. technology isnotonlymanufacturing friendly butalso has well-controlled leakage andmismatch evidenced bya B.45nmEnabling Technology: Hi-Numerical Aperture
World class from within: Aspiration, connection and brokering in the Colombo real estate market

This paper explores how the aspirational urban form of the ‘world-class city’ is produced from within the city itself. Rather than focusing on global competition between cities, the analysis considers how local actors in key industries discursively and materially produce the world-class city through their labor. The analytic of connection is introduced as central to understanding how world-class city-making projects are achieved. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Colombo’s high-end real estate sector, the article examines how a successful broker creates and manages connections across different scales and registers. It focuses on three key areas: (1) the rhetorical connections drawn between luxury real estate and national development; (2) the connections created between wealthy foreign clients and local property owners and (3) the work of connecting disparate narratives about supply and demand for luxury housing. I highlight that against the backdrop of considerable economic and political uncertainty, connections are valuable even if they do not result in immediate profit. Offering a glimpse into the world of white-collar professionals in the luxury real estate industry, this paper underscores that world-class city-making projects are embedded in local realities even as they reflect generalized patterns of urban development.
Handbook of Multisensor Data Fusion

MULTISENSOR DATA FUSION Introduction to Multisensor Data Fusion, D. Hall and J. Llinas The JDL Data Fusion Process Model, A. Steinberg and C. Bowman Introduction to the Algorithms of Data Association in Multiple-Target Tracking, J.K. Uhlmann The Principles and Practice of Image and Spatial Data Fusion, E. Waltz Data Registration, R. Brooks and L. Grewe Data Fusion Automation: A Top-Down Perspective, R. Antony Contrasting Approaches to Combine Evidence, J. Carl ADVANCED TRACKING AND ASSOCIATION METHODS Target Tracking Using Probabilistic Data Association-Based Techniques and Applications to Sonar, Radar, and EO Sensors, T. Kirubarajan and Y. Bar-Shalom An Introduction to the Combinatorics of Optimal and Approximate Data Association, J.K. Uhlmann A Bayesian Approach to Multiple-Target Tracking, L. Stone Data Association Using Multiple Frame Assignments, A. Poore, S. Lu, and B.J. Suchomel General Decentralized Data Fusion with Covariance Intersection, S. Julier and J. Uhlmann Data Fusion in Non-Linear Systems, S. Julier and J. Uhlmann Random Set Theory for Target Tracking and Identification, R. Mahler SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND IMPLEMENTATION Requirements Derivation for Data Fusion Systems, E. Waltz and D. Hall A Systems Engineering Approach for Implementing Data Fusion Systems, C. Bowman and A. Steinberg Studies and Analyses with Project Correlation: An In-Depth Assessment of Correlation Problems and Solution Techniques, J. Llinas, L. McConnell, C. Bowman, D. Hall, and P. Applegate Data Management Support to Tactical Data Fusion, R. Antony Removing the HCI Bottleneck: How the Human-Computer Interface (HCI) Affects the Performance of Data Fusion Systems, M.J. Hall, S.A. Hall, and T. Tate Assessing the Performance of Multisensor Fusion Processes, J. Llinas Dirty Secrets in Data Fusion, D. Hall and A. Steinberg SAMPLE APPLICATIONS A Survey of Multisensor Data Fusion Systems, M. Nichols Data Fusion for Developing Predictive Diagnostics for Electromechanical Systems, C. Byington and A. Garga Information Technology for NASA in the 21st Century, R.J. Hansen, D. Cooke, K. Ford, and S. Zornetzer Data Fusion for a Distributed Ground-Based Sensing System, R. Brooks An Evaluation Methodology for Fusion Processes Based on Information Needs, H. Keithley RESOURCES Web Sites Related to Multi-Sensor Data Fusion Index
Analyzing the modes of reasoning in design using the SAPPhIRE model of causality and the Extended Integrated Model of Designing

Abstract Literature suggests that people typically understand knowledge by induction and produce knowledge by synthesis. This paper revisits the various modes of reasoning – explanatory abduction, innovative abduction, deduction, and induction – that have been proposed by earlier researchers as crucial modes of reasoning underlying the design process. First, our paper expands earlier work on abductive reasoning – an essential mode of reasoning involved in the process of synthesis – by understanding its role with the help of the “SAPPhIRE” model of causality. The explanations of abductive reasoning in design using the SAPPhIRE model have been compared with those using existing models. Second, the paper captures and analyzes various modes of reasoning during design synthesis with the help of the “Extended Integrated Model of Designing”. The analysis of participants' verbal speech and outcomes shows the model's ability to explain the various modes of reasoning that occur in design. The results indicate the above models to provide a more extensive account of reasoning in design synthesis. Earlier empirical validation of both the models lends further support to the claim of their explanatory capacity.
"Penetrance of Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Gene Polymorphism and Karyotypic Variations Associated Increase Genetic Susceptibility in the Cases of Congenital Heart Defects"

Congenital heart disease (CHD), a multifaceted disorder occurs during embryogenesis due to exposure of environmental mutagens (teratogens) exposed antenatally leading to high-risk of infant mortality. Present study has been designed with the aims to evaluate the frequency of chromosome variation and corelate to methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T gene polymorphism as “risk factor” in clinically diagnosed cases of CHD using lymphocytes cultures and ARMS PCR, respectively. FISH analysis was carried for confirmation of chromosome-21. Interestingly, cytogenetics study shows variation in the frequency of structural and numerical chromosome aberrations with frequency in all the cases of CHD. Case-1, showing deletion of short arm of chromosome-18 and Robertsonian translocation between G/G chromosome association (24.00%), Case-2 showing numerical variation (trisomy-21), Case-3, includes dicentric, chromatid break in chromosome-2, deletion of short arm in chromosome-5, reciprocal translocation involving chromosome-6 and 10 and reporting first time appearance of ring of Y-chromosome. Case-4 showing structural variations (16.00%) including dicentric, chromatid breaks and trisomy of chromosome-21. The most common dominant frequency was observed in karyotype trisomy-21(58.30%) in all the four cases of CHD as an end point for genetic bio maker and showing significant differences (p < 0.001) using X2- test between total number of chromosomes and trisomy-21 MTHFR (C677T) gene polymorphism reveals (25.00%) of genetic heterozygosity of CT alleles and 75.00% cases shows homozygosity of wild type (CC) alleles, suggesting the variations in the frequency either in karyotypes or MTHFR C677T alleles are due to unconstitutional penetrance of gene in the genome of CHD cases and increase genetic susceptibility to make the disease more complex. Penetrance of Methylene Tetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Gene Polymorphism and Karyotypic Variations Associated Increase Genetic Susceptibility in the Cases of Congenital Heart Defects.
The Turning, Stretching and Boxing Technique: a Direction Worth Looking Towards

3D avatar user interfaces (UI) are now used for many applications, a growing area for their use is serving location sensitive information to users as they need it while visiting or touring a building. Users communicate directly with an avatar rendered to a display in order to ask a question, get directions or partake in a guided tour and as a result of this kind of interaction with avatar UI, they have become a familiar part of modern human-computer interaction (HCI). However, if the viewer is not in the sweet spot (defined by Raskar et al. (1999) as a stationary viewing position at the optimal 90° angle to a 2D display) of the 2D display, the 3D illusion of the avatar deteriorates, which becomes evident as the user’s ability to interpret the avatar’s gaze direction towards points of interests (PoI) in the user’s real-world surroundings deteriorates also. This thesis combats the above problem by allowing the user to view the 3D avatar UI from outside the sweet spot, without any deterioration in the 3D illusion. The user does not lose their ability to interpret the avatar’s gaze direction and thus, the user experiences no loss in the perceived corporeal presence (Holz et al., 2011) for the avatar. This is facilitated by a three pronged graphical process called the Turning, Stretching and Boxing (TSB) technique, which maintains the avatar’s 3D illusion regardless of the user’s viewing angle and is achieved by using head-tracking data from the user captured by a Microsoft Kinect. The TSB technique is a contribution of this thesis because of how it is used with an avatar UI, where the user is free to move outside of the sweet spot without losing the 3D illusion of the rendered avatar. Then each consecutive empirical study evaluates the claims of the TSB Technique are also contributions of this thesis, those claims are as follows: (1) increase interpretability of the avatar’s gaze direction and (2) increase perception of corporeal presence for the avatar. The last of the empirical studies evaluates the use of 3D display technology in conjunction with the TSB technique. The results of Study 1 and Study 2 indicate that there is a significant increase in the participants’ abilities to interpret the avatar’s gaze direction when the TSB technique is switched on. The survey from Study 1 shows a significant increase in the perceived corporeal presence of the avatar when the TSB technique is switched on. The results from Study 3 indicate that there is no significant benefit for participants’ when interpreting the avatar’s gaze direction with 3D display technology turned on or off when the TSB technique is switched on.
Corporate Communications in Contribution to Addressing Environmental Problems: Case Study of an Indonesian State Oil Company

This study aims to explain the corporate communication of state oil companies through CSR in contributing to overcoming the problems of peatland fires and coastal abrasion. This research uses a qualitative approach with case studies. Research findings indicate that Pertamina’s CSR communication targets farmer groups in dealing with peatland fires, namely establishing good relations, strengthening farmer group institutions, and connecting with other stakeholders or groups. Meanwhile, to overcome coastal abrasion, Pertamina empowers fishing groups in meetings, provides training and develops innovations to conserve mangroves. CSR communication to overcome the problem of forest fires and abrasion is carried out by developing ecotourism through community-based tourism (CBT). CSR activities are carried out with a limited area scale, so that it seems only for publication and corporate imagery. However, the company’s communication with CBT can be an effective communication model in making people aware of protecting the environment. The Peat Arboretum and Mangrove Education Center are not only tourist destinations, but also a medium of communication for environmental education for the community. Environmental communication is not only directed to the local community, school students, and youth, but also to visitors, for media coverage and discussions on social media. Corporate environmental communications must be integrated with communication channels and stakeholders to support sustainable environmental development.
Symmetry of microwave devices with gyrotropic media-complete solution and applications

In this paper, a general procedure for constructing all the possible solutions for symmetrical devices and components with gyrotropic medias is suggested. Using the theory of symmetry and crystallographic principles, all the color groups and corresponding matrices [S], [Z], and [Y] of the devices can be obtained. With this approach, it is possible to select those symmetrical structures and magnetic fields, which can be considered as candidates in the process of synthesis of microwave devices and components. In order to illustrate the procedure, some examples are given.
Mapping out the road from corpus linguistics to psycholinguistics

Parodi (2007) made the case that corpus linguistics ought to more consider the second most common language spoken in the world (Spanish), and better disseminate the research findings on the structure of that language in the lingua franca of the academic world (English). Moreover, Parodi argued that corpus linguists should use corpora that are heterogeneous in nature, and that corpus linguistics and discourse psycholinguistics should go hand in hand. In the current paper these claims are taken to heart with an overview of how corpus linguistics and discourse psycholinguistics could be linked, by mapping out their relations with the Symbol Interdependency Hypothesis that predicts that language encodes the perceptual information. Built on previous research that shows that word order reveals semantic information that language users can take advantage of, and by showing that the longitude and latitude of cities can be estimated based on the way the city names share the same linguistic context, this paper shows – using examples from the Spanish language and the South American continent – that language creates meaning.
Effects of Supplementing Finger Millet (Eleucine coracana) Straw with Grass Pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) Hulls and Concentrate Mixture on Feed Intake, Digestibility and Body Weight Change in Washera Sheep

The productivity of sheep in Ethiopia is very low mainly due to a serious shortage of feedstuff. As a result, it is necessary to look for cheap locally available feedstuffs to sustain sheep production in the country. Non-conventional feeds like grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) hulls (GPH) could partly fill the gap in the feed supply, decrease competition for food between humans and animals and reduce feed cost. Therefore, this experiment was designed to evaluate effects of different proportions of grass pea hulls and concentrate mixture (CM) supplementation on feed intake, digestibility, and growth of Washera sheep fed finger millet straw (FMS) as a basal diet. Diets consisted FMS alone fed ad libitum (T1), 100% CM (T2), 30% GPH mixed with 70% CM (T3), 30% CM mixed with 70% GPH (T4), and 100% GPH (T5). For all treatments, FMS was fed ad libitum. Experimental sheep were arranged in a randomized complete block design and treatment feeds were assigned to the animals within a block. The results showed that FMS contained 5.5% CP and 68.9% NDF. there was reduction (p < 0.05) in DM intake, DM and CP digestibility and consequently depressed ADG in sheep. Partial budget analysis results showed that net return and change in net return were in the order of T3 > T2 > T4 > T5. Therefore, from biological point of view as well as based on partial budget analysis, T3 was found to be recommendable for smallholder sheep produc-ers.
Testing marginal symmetry of digital noise images through the perimeter of excursion sets

: In this paper we consider digital images for which the pixels values are given by a sequence of independent and identically distributed variables within an observation window. We proceed to the construction of an unbiased estimator for the perimeter without border eﬀects. The study of the ﬁrst and second moments of the perimeter allows to prove auto- normalised asymptotic normality results with an explicit covariance matrix consistently estimated. Theses Central Limit Theorems permit to built a consistent and empirical accessible test statistic to test the symmetry of the marginal distribution. Finally the asymptotic perimeter behaviour in large threshold limit regime is also explored. Several numerical studies are provided to illustrate the proposed testing procedures. ﬁeld.
EVALUATING MODEL UNCERTAINTY OF AN SPT-BASED SIMPLIFIED METHOD FOR RELIABILITY ANALYSIS FOR PROBABILITY OF LIQUEFACTION

In this paper, an innovative procedure is developed for estimating the uncertainty of an empirical geotechnical model. Here, the Youd et al. (2001) method, a deterministic model for liquefaction triggering evaluation, is examined for its model uncertainty. The procedure for evaluating this model uncertainty involves two steps: 1) deriving a Bayesian mapping function based on a database of case histories, and 2) using the calibrated Bayesian mapping function as a reference to back-figure the uncertainty of the model. Details of the developed procedure within the framework of the first-order reliability method (FORM) are presented. Using FORM with the calibrated model uncertainty, the probability of liquefaction can be readily determined, and thus, the results presented in this paper extend the use of the Youd et al. (2001) method.