Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Soft-sensing of liquid desiccant concentration based on ELM

This paper presents a soft-sensing method for predicting the liquid desiccant concentration based on the Extreme learning machine (ELM). The soft-sensing method utilizes a blackbox model including eight inputs variables and one output to predict the concentration in real-time and is a better alternative to manual measurement or expensive and complex sensors. The soft-sensing method is verified with the experimental data collected from the Liquid Desiccant Dehumidification System. The testing results show that the proposed method can predict liquid desiccant concentrations accurately with the errors are all within ±10%. The developed method will have wide applications in monitoring, realtime control and operational optimization of Liquid Desiccant Dehumidification Systems.
Garlic: Nature's Protection Against Physiological Threats

Currently reliance on natural products is gaining popularity to combat various physiological threats including oxidative stress, cardiovascular complexities, cancer insurgence, and immune dysfunction. The use of traditional remedies may encounter more frequently due to an array of scientific evidence in their favor. Garlic (Allium sativum) holds a unique position in history and was recognized for its therapeutic potential. Recent advancements in the field of immunonutrition, physiology, and pharmacology further explored its importance as a functional food against various pathologies. Extensive research work has been carried out on the health promoting properties of garlic, often referred to its sulfur containing metabolites i.e. allicin and its derivatives. Garlic in its preparations are effective against health risks and even used as dietary supplements such as age garlic extract (AGE) and garlic oil etc. Its components/formulations can scavenge free radicals and protect membranes from damage and maintains cell integrity. It also provides cardiovascular protection mediated by lowering of cholesterol, blood pressure, anti-platelet activities, and thromboxane formation thus providing protection against atherosclerosis and associated disorders. Besides this, it possesses antimutagenic and antiproliferative properties that are interesting in chemopreventive interventions. Several mechanisms have been reviewed in this context like activation of detoxification phase-I and II enzymes, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, and reducing DNA damage etc. Garlic could be useful in preventing the suppression of immune response associated with increased risk of malignancy as it stimulates the proliferation of lymphocytes, macrophage phagocytosis, stimulates the release of interleukin-2, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma, and enhances natural killer cells. In this paper much emphasis has been placed on garlic's ability to ameliorate oxidative stress, core role in cardiovascular cure, chemopreventive strategies, and indeed its prospective as immune booster.
Identification of coccoid Escherichia coli BJ4 cells in the large intestine of streptomycin-treated mice

Escherichia coli BJ4, a rat isolate, was used to examine the growth and differentiation of the microorganism in its natural habitat, the intestine. Growth of E. coli BJ4 in the large intestine of streptomycin-treated mice was compared with its growth in laboratory media. By a number of methods, it was shown that E. coli BJ4 differentiates, during growth in the intestine, into two distinct populations, one that has the characteristics of the laboratory-grown strain and one that appears as a coccoid cell. Furthermore, it was shown that there is a natural selection for the coccoid-type cell in the intestine, while in laboratory media growth of rod-shaped E. coli BJ4 is enhanced.
The TGF-β signaling pathway is essential for Drosophila oogenesis

We examine roles of signaling by secreted ligands of the TGF-β family during Drosophila oogenesis. One family member, the DPP ligand encoded by the decapentaplegic (dpp) gene, is required for patterning of anterior eggshell structures. This requirement presumably reflects the expression pattern of dpp in an anterior subset of somatic follicle cells: the centripetally migrating and the nurse cellassociated follicle cells. Similar requirements are also revealed by mutations in the saxophone (sax)-encoded receptor, consistent with the idea that DPP signaling is, at least in part, mediated by the SAX receptor. A loss of germline sax function results in a block in oogenesis associated with egg chamber degeneration and a failure of the transfer of nurse cell contents to the oocyte, indicating that TGF-β signaling is required for these events. Some phenotypes of sax mutations during oogenesis suggest that SAX responds to at least one other TGF-β ligand as well in the posterior follicle cells. SUMMARY
Clouds of Neptune and Uranus

We present results on the bases and concentrations of methane ice, ammonia ice, ammonium hydrosulfidesolid, water ice, and aqueous-ammonia solution (“droplet”) clouds of Neptune and Uranus, based on an equilibrium cloud condensation model. Due to their similar p-T structures, the model results for Neptune and Uranus are similar. Assuming 30‐50× solar enhancement for the condensibles species, as expected from formation models, we find that the base of the droplet cloud is at the 370 bars for 30× solar, and at 500 bars for 50× solar cases. Despite this, entry probes need to be deployed to only 50‐100 bars to obtain all the critical information needed to constrain models of the formation of these planets and their atmospheres.
Retaining control over SDN network services

Both academic researchers and network vendors have started to promote Software-Defined Networking (SDN) as a new network paradigm, in which controller systems play a major role. A modular and extensible design allows network operators to extend the controller's functionality by so called network services. Unfortunately, in current designs such network services have unlimited access to mandatory SDN resources which enables different kinds of attacks. To retain control over network services (especially third-party ones), we adapt approved security mechanisms and propose a containment mechanism as well as a framework to ease containment configuration. For both proposals, we provide proof-of-concept implementations for an open and industry-supported reference framework and hereby aim to improve security for a wide range of SDN controllers. Finally, our proposals achieve the ability to harden a mandatory SDN component (i. e., the SDN controller) and enable proactive security even against malicious network services.
Speed Sensorless Variable Structure Control of PMSM

Digital implementation of algorithms, designed for speed sensorless control is accounted for in the control design. For that reason, the transformation from rotating to stationary frame is achieved using rotor flux itself instead of rotor flux angle. The stability of presented model based rotor flux observer is proved by Lyapunov stability criteria. Both, the observer and the control system is tested especially at low speed with simulations and experiments
Multi-hive artificial bee colony algorithm for constrained multi-objective optimization

This paper presents a general cooperative coevolution model inspired by the concept and main ideas of the coevolution of symbiotic species in natural ecosystems. A novel approach called “multi-hive artificial bee colony” for constrained multi-objective optimization (MHABC-CMO) is proposed based on this model. A novel information transfer strategy among multiple swarms and division operator are proposed in MHABC-CMO to tie it closer to natural evolution, as well as improve the robustness of the algorithm. Simulation experiment of MHABC-CMO on a set of benchmark test functions are compared with other nature inspired techniques which includes multi-objective artificial bee colony (MOABC), nondominated sorting genetic algorithm II (NSGA II) and multi-objective particle swarm optimization (MOPSO). The numerical results demonstrate MHABC-CMO approach is a powerful search and optimization technique for constrained multi-objective optimization.
Long-term results after treatment of basal cell carcinoma of the eyelid in South-Western Finland.

PURPOSE Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most common skin cancer of the eyelid, showing an increasing incidence in the white population. The authors studied the clinical characteristics and the treatment results of BCC of the eyelid in southwestern Finland during 1977-1997. METHODS The authors reviewed the case records of 191 patients with BCC of the eyelids treated at the Turku University Eye Clinic during 1977-1997. The mean follow-up period after the treatment was 8.65. 2 years. RESULTS The 191 patients had altogether 194 BCC tumors of the eyelid with the mean diameter of the tumor being smaller than 10 mm in 77.3% of cases. Of the 194 BCC tumors of the eyelid 16.0% showed recurrence, and the recurrence rate of all surgically treated tumors was 13.7%. In this study 61 patients (31.9%) developed other malignancies than the BCC of the eyelid including 28 patients (14.7 %) with carcinoma in other locations than skin. CONCLUSIONS Incompletely removed BCCs of the eyelid showed only 18.9% recurrence rate during the follow-up time. On the other hand, BCCs of the eyelid should not be underestimated because of the rather high total recurrence rate. The frequency of 31.9% of other malignancies than BCC of the eyelid is remarkably high and requires special attention from the ophthalmologist taking care of the patient with BCC of the eyelid.
Accessibility and Impact of Rural Credit Cooperatives Microcredit Programmes to Rural Households: A Case Study from Hubei Province, China

Microcredit programme was introduced in China in 1994 to ameliorate rural poverty in a financially sustainable way. Since the year 2000, microcredit programmes have been mostly carried out by Rural Credit Cooperatives (RCCs) that have successfully expanded the financial access to farmers and at the same time achieved high timely repayment rate. This chapter draws the case of RCCs’ microcredit in Hubei Province and looks at whether the implementation of RCCs’ microcredit is an effective instrument to improve the rural households’ welfare and whether it actually reaches the poorest population in rural areas. The evidence show that poor rural households are still constrained to access the microcredit due to some household-related factors as well as obstacles at RCCs’ institutional level. The RCCs’ microcredit marginally improve borrowers’ welfare and the positive impact on welfare only takes effect as the cumulative amount of loan grows. RCCs’ microcredit also enables women in rural China to have better social status which is manifested in several dimensions of women empowerment.
A multigranular linguistic content‐based recommendation model

Recommendation systems are a clear example of an e‐service that helps the users to find the most suitable products they are looking for, according to their preferences, among a vast quantity of information. These preferences are usually related to human perceptions because the customers express their needs, taste, and so forth to find a suitable product. The perceptions are better modeled by means of linguistic information due to the uncertainty involved in this type of information. In this article, we propose a content‐based recommendation model that will offer a more flexible context to improve the final recommendations where the preferences provided by the sources will be modeled by means of linguistic variables assessed in different linguistic term sets. The proposal consists of offering a multigranular linguistic context for expressing the preferences instead of forcing users to use a unique scale. Then the content‐based recommendation model will look for the most suitable product(s), comparing them with the customer(s) information according to its resemblance. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Int Syst 22: 419–434, 2007.
Impact of Strategic Management on Performance: Mediating Role of Intellectual Capital

In 21st century the business knowledge and intellectual capital are viable source for competitive advantage in business world as organizations are facing major challenges, they have to show their best outcomes with efficiency. The transformation from manufacturing context to knowledge economy requires organizations to exploit on value addition from intellectual capital to prosper in the competitive world (Roos et al, 2005). Theory plus past practices indicate that organization is a business entity, the significant performance create uniqueness in significant manner. Human Capital has substantial influence on organizational efficiency and also for the success of the firms. The purpose of this research is to establish a relationship between strategic management with high level of intellectual capital that enhance organization high performance that is based on knowledge based dynamic capabilities. It examines the systematic relationship of these two models. The development of unified systematic model is high performance oriented and create potential for organizations, as well as for wealth creation. The results specify that high level of intellectual capital positively affect the organization performance with strategic management process. IC mediate the relationship between strategic management process and organization high performance. The findings suggest that organization high performance is dependent upon strategic management process with high level of Intellectual capital. Correct and timely decision making capabilities facilitate organization in effective manner.
Elicitation of Neutralizing Antibodies with DNA Vaccines Expressing Soluble Stabilized Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Glycoprotein Trimers Conjugated to C3d

ABSTRACT DNA vaccines expressing the envelope (Env) of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have been relatively ineffective at generating high-titer, long-lasting immune responses. Oligomeric or trimeric (gp140) forms of Env that more closely mimic the native proteins on the virion are often more effective immunogens than monomeric (gp120) envelopes. In this study, several forms of Env constructed from the HIV-1 isolate YU-2 (HIV-1YU-2) were tested for their immunogenic potential: a trimeric form of uncleaved (−) Env stabilized with a synthetic trimer motif isolated from the fibritin (FT) protein of the T4 bacteriophage, sgp140YU-2(−/FT), was compared to sgp140YU-2(−) without a synthetic trimerization domain, as well as to monomeric gp120YU-2. DNA plasmids were constructed to express Env alone or fused to various copies of murine C3d (mC3d). BALB/c mice were vaccinated (day 1 and week 4) with DNA expressing a codon-optimized envelope gene insert, alone or fused to mC3d. Mice were subsequently boosted (week 8) with the DNA or recombinant Env protein. All mice had high anti-Env antibody titers regardless of the use of mC3d. Sera from mice vaccinated with DNA expressing non-C3d-fused trimers elicited neutralizing antibodies against homologous HIV-1YU-2 virus infection in vitro. In contrast, sera from mice inoculated with DNA expressing Env-C3d protein trimers elicited antibody that neutralized both homologous HIV-1YU-2 and heterologous HIV-1ADA, albeit at low titers. Therefore, DNA vaccines expressing trimeric envelopes coupled to mC3d, expressed in vivo from codon-optimized sequences, elicit low titers of neutralizing antibodies against primary isolates of HIV-1.
Back-Related Functional Limitations Among Full-Time Homemakers: A Comparison With Women Employed Full-Time Outside the Home

Study Design. Two-year prospective study with repeated measurements. Objectives. To describe back-related functional limitations and their evolution among full-time female homemakers and to compare them to that of women employed full-time outside the home. Summary of Background Data. Back pain is not limited to the formal “working” population. However, there is little information on the consequences of back pain in “nonworking” individuals. Methods. Subjects were members of a large Health Maintenance Organization who consulted a physician for nonspecific back pain. Telephone interviews were conducted 4 to 6 weeks after the consultation and 1 and 2 years later. Back-related functional limitations were measured with a modified 16-item Roland-Morris scale. Analyses were conducted on 104 full-time homemakers and 288 women employed full-time outside the home. Results. The mean Roland-Morris score among homemakers was 34.4% at baseline and dropped to 22.8% at 2 years. In multiple regression analyses, 2-year back-related functional limitations were significantly associated with symptoms of depression, pain intensity, and the number of days with back pain in the past 6 months measured at baseline, but not with employment status. Functional limitations were not different between homemakers and women employed outside the home, even after adjustment for confounders. Conclusions. In this study, the functional consequences of back pain had a similar nature and 2-year evolution among full-time homemakers and women employed full-time outside the home. These results did notdemonstrate an effect of formal employment on the functional consequences of back pain among women.
Assessment Power and Frequency Oscillation Damping Using POD Controller and Proposed FOD Controller

 Abstract—Today's modern interconnected power system is highly complex in nature. In this, one of the most important requirements during the operation of the electric power system is the reliability and security. Power and frequency oscillation damping mechanism improve the reliability. Because of power system stabilizer (PSS) low speed response against of major fault such as three phase short circuit, FACTs devise that can control the network condition in very fast time, are becoming popular. But FACTs capability can be seen in a major fault present when nonlinear models of FACTs devise and power system equipment are applied. To realize this aim, the model of multi-machine power system with FACTs controller is developed in MATLAB/SIMULINK using Sim Power System (SPS) blockiest. Among the FACTs device, Static synchronous series compensator (SSSC) due to high speed changes its reactance characteristic inductive to capacitive, is effective power flow controller. Tuning process of controller parameter can be performed using different method. But Genetic Algorithm (GA) ability tends to use it in controller parameter tuning process. In this paper firstly POD controller is used to power oscillation damping. But in this station, frequency oscillation dos not has proper damping situation. So FOD controller that is tuned using GA is using that cause to damp out frequency oscillation properly and power oscillation damping has suitable situation. Keywords—Power oscillation damping (POD), frequency oscillation damping (FOD), Static synchronous series compensator (SSSC), Genetic Algorithm (GA).
Graph-Based Semi-Supervised Learning for Large Scale Data Processing Using SVM

Here a new approach is proposed to study the performance of graph-based semi-supervised learning methods, under the assumptions that the dimension of data p and their number n grow large at the same rate and that the data arise from a Gaussian mixture model. Unlike small dimensional systems, the large dimensions allow for a Taylor expansion to linearize the weight (or kernel) matrix W, thereby providing in closed form the limiting performance of semisupervised learning algorithms. This notably allows to predict the classification error rate as a function of the normalization parameters and of the choice of the kernel function. Despite the Gaussian assumption for the data, the theoretical findings match closely the performance achieved with real datasets, particularly here on the popular MNIST database.
Computational Tools for Low-Temperature Thermochronometer Interpretation

This volume highlights several applications of thermochronology to different geologic settings, as well as modern techniques for modeling thermochronometer data. Geologic interpretations of thermochronometer data are greatly enhanced by quantitative analysis of the data (e.g., track length distributions, noble gas concentrations, etc.), and/or consideration of the thermal field samples cooled through. Unfortunately, the computational tools required for a rigorous analysis and interpretation of the data are often developed and used by individual labs, but rarely distributed to the general public. One reason for this is the lack of a good medium to communicate recent software developments, and/or incomplete documentation and development of user-friendly codes worth distributing outside individual labs. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight several user-friendly computer programs that aid in the simulation and interpretation of thermochronometer data and crustal thermal fields. Most of the software presented here is suitable for both teaching and research purposes. Table 1⇓ summarizes the different programs discussed in this chapter, the contributing authors behind each program 1 , the computer operating system each program runs on, and the application or purpose each program is intended for simulating. The intent of this chapter is not to provide a user manual for each program, but rather an introduction to concepts and physical processes each program simulates. All software discussed here is freely available for non-profit applications and can be downloaded from http://www.minsocam. org/MSA/RIM/ under the link for Volume 58, Low-Temperature Thermochronology . This web page contains executable versions of the software, copyright information, example input and output data files, and, in some cases, additional documentation and user manuals. The availability of source code for modifying each program varies, and interested persons are encouraged to contact the leading contributor. Regular users of these programs are encouraged to contact the software contributor to receive software …
Mortality Anxiety as a Function of Intrinsic Religiosity and Perceived Purpose in Life

Fear of dying and death may be universal, but individuals differ in their emotional reactions to dying and death. The present study included a sample of 133 Chinese university students who were Christians. The authors tested a mediation model which posited that intrinsic religiosity, but not extrinsic religiosity, lowered anxiety toward the dying and death of self and someone close through fostering perceived purpose in life. Structural Equation Modeling results supported a partial mediating role of purpose in life. Moreover, participants were more anxious toward the dying and death of someone close than those of themselves. Discussion focuses on the protective role of intrinsic religiosity on dying and death anxiety.
Eliminating man-made noise from PLC systems by taking advantage of the masked tones

Most man-made noise (MMN) in communication channels occupies wide bandwidth. In Power Line Communications (PLC) transmissions, MMN affects the whole band to a greater or lesser extent too. PLC systems avoid transmitting at those frequency portions (masked tones) corresponding to several radio services in order not to interfere with them. Whenever an MMN pulse arrives at the receiver, its energy also enters the masked tones where there is no PLC signal; this paper expounds a novel procedure to eliminate MMN at PLC receivers, which consists of extracting the spectral components in the masked tones and from this information to reconstruct the MMN pulses in order to subtract them from the time domain signal sequence.