Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationship between Organizational Innovativeness Types and Organizational Effectiveness in Private Universities in Iran

Empirical evidences indicate that if institutions of higher education are to survive and achieve long-run viability, they must be effective. Organizational innovativeness is viewed as an important factor for improving the organizational effectiveness in these organizations. The aim of this study was to examine the correlations between organizational innovativeness types and organizational effectiveness. The method used in the study was survey research. Based on cluster sampling method, 485 full time faculty members from Islamic Azad University, Iran, were selected as the respondents of the study. Two questionnaires were developed according to an extensive review of literature for measuring organizational innovativeness types and organizational effectiveness. The results indicated that both technical and administrative innovations positively and significantly predicted organizational effectiveness. Therefore, universities must implement administrative and technical innovations to improve organizational effectiveness. However, each type of innovativeness affects different aspects of organizational performance.
Effect of sample transport systems on survival of bacteria in ground beef

The effects of two transport systems and cryoprotective agents on the survival of bacteria in ground beef samples were evaluated. Survival of Clostridium perfringens in ground beef samples after simulated transport (72 h) was higher (about 99%) in Dry Ice than in Trans Temp shipping units (-3 degrees C). There were no significant differences between the two transport systems in survival of coliforms, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, or aerobic bacteria. Mixing ground beef samples at a ratio of 1:1 (wt/vol) with 10, 20, or 30% buffered solutions of dimethyl sulfoxide or glycerol before freezing improved the survival of C. perfringens and coliforms in both transport systems. Recovery of E. coli was significantly higher with the addition of 10% dimethyl sulfoxide before Dry Ice transport. Addition of 10% dimethyl sulfoxide resulted in a 100% recovery of both S. aureus and aerobic bacteria from ground beef after simulated transport in Trans Temp shipping units. The use of cryoprotective agents can improve the survival of bacteria during transport of ground beef samples.
Software radio implementation of a DS-CDMA indoor subsystem based on FPGA devices

Software radio will have an important role in future terminal and base station definition. Although the ideal software radio architecture is highly restricted by technology, at present it is possible to build complex systems completely customised and reconfigurable using FPGA devices. They provide the designer with the possibility of modifying the hardware functional qualities without giving up high performance or using resources poorly. To check how important is this affirmation considering future wideband systems, a representative DS-CDMA subsystem has been built over an FPGA platform that allows fast reconfiguration of internal system blocks.
ACCESSING E-BANKING BASED ON RESILIENT TRANSACTION

The adoption of Electronic Banking by commercial enterprise has been in existence since the mid 90s, much greater in number due to lower operating costs associated with it. Electronic banking has been in the form of automatic teller machines and telephone transactions. More recently, it has been transformed by the Internet, a new delivery channel for banking services that benefits both customers and banks. Access is fast, convenient, and available around the clock. Furthermore, customer’s application for electronic banking facilities is expanding as the cost savings on transactions over the internet are significant. The chances and threats that the internet symbolizes is no longer news to the present day banking sector. No traditional bank would dare face investment analysts without an Internet strategy. Moreover, business success is not guaranteed by a detailed and thoughtful approach to the internet. The main intention behind the commencement of electronic banking services is to provide the customers with an alternative that is more responsive and with less expensive options. With options just a click away, customers have more control than ever. Their expectations are usability and real-time answers. They also want personal attention and highly customized products and services. This research intends to see how electronic banking has improved the efficiency and effectiveness in the bank, take a look at the security measures on ground and also profer a solution that can eradicate fraud in electronic banking.
Improving Exploratory Search Interfaces: Adding Value or Information Overload?

One method for supporting more exploratory forms of search has been to include a compound of new interface features, such as facets, previews, collection points, synchronous communication, and note-taking spaces, within a single search interface. One side effect, however, is that some compounds can be confusing, rather than supportive during search. Faceted browsing, for example, conveys domain terminology and supports rich interaction, but can potentially present an abundance of information. In this paper we focus on the faceted example and conclude with our position that Cognitive Load Theory can be used to estimate and thus manage the potential complexities of adding new features to search interfaces.
The neuropathological changes associated with normal brain aging

Neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques are common neuropathological features in both normal brain aging and Alzheimer's disease. In order to examine the patterns of lesion distribution in cerebral aging, we review the clinicopathological analysis of 1144 nondemented cases comparing their neuropathologic features to that reported in cases with mild cognitive impairment and cases with Alzheimer 's disease. Regardless of cognitive status, layer I1 of the entorhinal cortex is involved with neurofibrillary tangle formation in all of the cases, while the CA1 field of the hippocampus and the subiculum are less consistently affected. Neocortical area 20 is particularly prone to develop neurofibrillary tangles in intellectually preserved elders, whereas other neocortical areas are relatively spared. Substantial senile plaque formation is seen in the neocortex of non-demented cases. Quantitatively, mild cognitive impairment is correlated with neurofibrillary tangle densities in layer I1 of the entorhinal cortex, and clinically overt Alzheimer's disease with neurofibrillary tangle densities in area 20. In non-demented centenarians, there is an early development of neurofibrillary tangles in areas usually spared in the course of the degenerative process in younger individuals. These observations demonstrate that mesial and inferior temporal lobe structures are affected more frequently than originally thought in normal brain aging. In this respect, neurofibrillary tangle formation in area 20 may represent a crucial step of the degenerative process, because it may precede the emergence of the neuropsychological deficits characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. In addition, this study reveals age-related heterogeneity in the regional vulnerability of the cerebral cortex during normal brain aging.
A Scalable Integrated SDN and OpenStack Management System

Due to the need to agilely cope with more complex and virtualized applications, integrating Software-Defined Networking (SDN) switches and OpenStack software platform into the data center has becomes an important enabling technology. However, the SDN controller and OpenStack have their own management interface, such as Horizon, which may not be able to meet the user's requirement on managing both platforms in one data center. For example, although the deployment of switches of a data center usually follows a layering hierarchy, the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of management system of the SDN controller, such as Ryu, shows the topology of switches in a random and messy manner. Furthermore, tightly integration of SDN and OpenStack is required for agile and real-time management. Thus, in this paper, we design and implement a management system which tightly integrates SDN and OpenStack. In the proposed management system, the topology displays SDN switches, Open vSwitches (OVS), as well as virtual machines in hierarchy of multi-rooted trees. In order to display millions of virtual machines and thousands of switches, the GUI of the proposed management system provides a scalable view for users to zoom in or zoom out the topology. The proposed management system adopts modular design and provides web-based user interface and RESTful API for interoperability. The prototype of the proposed management system is shown to demonstrate the usability and scalability of the proposed system.
Evolution of subterranean mammals at the organismal and molecular levels. Proceedings of the Fifth International Theriological Congress. Rome, Italy, August 22-29, 1989.

Partial table of contents: POPULATION BIOLOGY, SPECIATION, AND EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF SUBTERRANEAN MAMMALS. Speciation and Evolution in the Family Talpidae (Mammalia:Insectivora) (T. Yates & D. Moore). The Chrysochloridae: Studies Toward a Broader Perspective of Adaptation in Subterranean Mammals (G. Hickman). An Overview of Evolution, Systematics, Population Biology, Cytogenetics, Molecular Biology and Speciation in Ctenomys (O. Reig, et al.). The Spalacidae: Evolutionary History, Speciation and Population Biology (I. Savi & E. Nevo). The Natural History of Rhizomyid Rodents (L. Flynn). MORPHOLOGICAL, PHYSIOLOGICAL, AND BEHAVIORAL ADAPTATIONS OF SUBTERRANEAN MAMMALS. Adaptiveness of Tunnel System Features in Subterranean Mammal Burrows (G. Hickman). Thermoregulation and Energetics in Subterrranean Mammals (E. Lessa). Sensory Adaptations in Subterranean Mammals (R. Arieli). Brains of Mole Rats from Africa and North America (P. Pirlot). MOLECULAR EVOLUTION OF SUBTERRANEAN MAMMALS. DNA Hybridization as a Guide to Phylogenies: Raw Data in Muroid Rodents (F. Catzeflis). Ribonuclease in Diffferent Chromosomal Species of the Mole Rat, Superspecies Spalax Ehrenbergi: Concentration in the Pancreas and Primary Structure (P. Jekel, et al.). The Eye of the Blind Mole Rat (Spalax Ehrenbergi): Regressive Evolution at the Molecular Level (W. deJong, et al.). Index.
Design considerations for new 3D image display system with improved compatibility with invisibility and readability

This paper describes design considerations for acquiring improved performance on a new type of display system for regenerating three-dimensional images with an invisible high-frequency code pattern whose attribute depends on the depth of object. Three-dimensional images to be demonstrated on the new 3D image display system will be generated in the following 3 steps: That is; firstly embedding data of depth information into a 2D object image while taking it with a camera, secondly estimating true value of depth information embedded, and thirdly eliminating invisible pattern from an object image taken or diminishing contrast ratio depending on an estimated value of image depth. Here, we have to note that the diminished contrast implies reduced readability on an object image. With these three steps, improved compatibility with invisibility and readability on an invisible pattern was set up at optimum with an allowable margin.
E-satisfaction and post-purchase behaviour of online travel product shopping

Abstract E-commerce in the tourism industry has developed rapidly in recent years. In order to understand customer behaviour in a travel website, the study explores how the antecedent factors affect e-satisfaction and post-purchase behaviour. An e-mail survey conducted to collect empirical data on e-travel agency shoppers in Taiwan. A total of 853 effective samples were obtained. The empirical results reveal that customers’ e-satisfaction is influenced by online risk and service quality that then indirectly affects post-purchase behaviour. Furthermore, product involvement has a moderating effect on e-satisfaction to post-purchase behaviour. Finally, some policy implications for the e-travel industry were also discussed.
A System for English Vocabulary Acquisition based on Code-Switching

Vocabulary plays an important part in second language learning and there are many existing techniques to facilitate word acquisition. One of these methods is code-switching, or mixing the vocabulary of two languages in one sentence. In this paper the authors propose an experimental system for computer-assisted English vocabulary learning in context using a code-switching based approach for Japanese learners. First they introduce the CO-MIX system, an English vocabulary teaching system that uses code-switching for vocabulary acquisition. Next, they show how they utilize incidental learning techniques with graded readers to increase language proficiency. The authors present the system architecture, underlying technologies, and evaluate the system's performance through user interaction with both a baseline and the proposed system by using a semantic differential scale. They also perform separate factor analysis of participants' attitudes for both systems, an analysis of users' mistakes and compare users' language tests scores. Finally, the authors discuss the evaluation results and further development of this technology.
Effects of fish oil substitution with vegetable oils in diets of juvenile Nile tilapia , Oreochromis niloticus ( L . ) on growth performance , nutrients utilization and muscle fatty acids contents

The present study was conducted at Shakshouk fish research station at Fayoum Governorate, Egypt to evaluate the effects of substitution of some vegetable oils (sunflower seed oil ,SO and cotton seed oil, CO) in juvenile Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in growth performance, nutrient utilization and muscle fatty acids contents. Four isontrogenous and isocaloric diets (30.22±0.02% CP and 19.007±0.015 MJ kg -1 diet) were formulated to represent four dietary treatments. The first treatment (control) contained 6% of fish oil (FO), the second contained 6% (SO), the third contained 6%(CO) and the fourth diet contained a mixture (MX) 6% FO,SO and CO at a ratio of 1:1:1. Each dietary treatment was performed in three replicates and the experimental lasted 120 days after start. The experimental treatments were performed in 12 fiber glass tanks of (1m 3 ) volume each. Fish were fed diets at a rate 3% of the biomass daily divided into two equal portions. Results obtain are summarizes in the following: 1-the highest (P<0.05) growth performance parameters (finial weight, weight gain, daily gain and specific growth rate were recorded with FO and MX groups compared to other treatment groups; 2-the best nutrient utilization parameters (feed conversion ratio, protein efficiency ratio and net protein utilization) were recorded by FO and MX groups compared to other treatment groups; 3-the applied treatments showed insignificant effects on nutrients digestibility coefficient among dietary groups and ranged from 85.185. 6, 89.6-90.2, 93.3-93.8,94.1-94.6 and 71.0-71.4% for Dry matter, Energy, CP, Fat and nitrogen free extract, respectively; 4-the applied dietary treatments had no significant effects of dry matter, crude protein and ash contents of whole fish body, however, fat contents in the whole fish body tended to increase in SO and CO and significantly between diets; 5-tilapia juvenile fed on FO diets showed the highest muscle fatty acids contents (P<0.05) of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids compared to MX, SO and CO groups. Based on the obtained results it is to recommended the substitution of 66% fish oil (MX diet) with SO and CO oils in juvenile Nile tilapia diets without any diverse effects on growth performance, nutrients utilization and digestibility coefficient.
QoS scheduling considering flow for assured service in diffserv network

Diffserv (Differentiated Service) is a promising technique to realize scalable QoS control on the internet. Extensive effort has therefore been put into the practical use of this technique. Diffserv has already been introduced in some networks. Control functions for Diffserv are installed in edge routers and core routers. This realizes scalable QoS control as mentioned above. This paper proposes a new active queue management scheme for AF (Assured Forwarding) services that guarantees minimum bandwidth provided that RIO (Random Early Detection with IN and OUT) and WFQ (Weighted Fair Queuing) are used as the basic QoS control mechanisms. The proposed method controls the queue threshold values of RIO for each flow. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme reduces packet discards when the packets converge on a specific flow.
Robust vehicle detection and identification with single magnetic sensor

Multiple vehicle detection and identification techniques have been widely applied to acquire road traffic information depending on various sensors, such as video camera, induction loop and magnetic sensor. Magnetic sensor can measure magnetic field distortion caused by the movement of vehicles and record reliable data. The precise volume and component of traffic flow can be obtained through reasonable data analysis. A novel vehicle detection algorithm is proposed based on the short-term variance sequence transformed from raw magnetic signal. The parking-sensitive module is introduced to enhance the robustness and adaptability of detection method. With abundant signal data, forty-two dimension features are extracted from every vehicle signal comprising statistical features of whole waveform and short-term features of fragment signal. The Gradient Tree Boosting algorithm is employed to identify four vehicle categories. The effectiveness of proposed approach is proved by the data collected at a freeway exit of Beijing. The vehicle detection algorithm shows an accuracy rate of 99.8 percent over 4507 vehicles and the vehicle identification algorithm shows an accuracy rate of 80.5 percent, which reveals enormous potential of field applications.
The Siren Song of Factor Timing

Everyone seems to want to time factors. Often the first question after an initial discussion of factors is “ok, what’s the current outlook? ” And the common answer, “the same as usual,” is often unsatisfying. There is powerful incentive to oversell timing ability. Factor investing is often done at fees in between active management and cap-weighted indexing and these fees have been falling over time. Factor timing has the potential of reintroducing a type of skill-based “active management” (as timing is generally thought of this way) back into the equation. I think that siren song should be resisted, even if that verdict is disappointing to some. At least when using the simple “value” of the factors themselves, I find such timing strategies to be very weak historically, and some tests of their long-term power to be exaggerated and/or inapplicable.
Application of AHP on Evaluation System of Government Administration about Civicism

Evaluation system of government administration on civicism is important to orientation, level and direction of city developing, whereas in world a integrated evaluation system haven’t been bring up at present. The paper introduces the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), trying to improve a evaluating system, which been synthesized from all kinds of evaluating index. The evaluating system is based on the common quality of city development and construction, promoting the research on evaluation system of government administration on civicism.
HIV, HCV, HBV, HSV, and syphilis prevalence among female sex workers in Tehran, Iran, by using respondent-driven sampling

ABSTRACT To find out the prevalence of HIV, HCV, HBV, HSV, and syphilis infections among female sex workers (FSWs) in Tehran, a cross-sectional study by using respondent-driven sampling (RDS) method was conducted. From December 2012 to April 2013 FSWs in Tehran were recruited. Inclusion criteria consisted of trading sex during the 12 months prior to this study and selling sex for at least 6 months in participants’ lifetime. Among 161 consenting participants, 5% were infected with HIV. Moreover, 8.1% of FSWs were HCV positive, 37.9% were of HSV type1/type2, 1.2% of participants were infected with HBV, and none of the participants were infected with syphilis. HIV-positive participants were significantly more likely to be co-infected with HSV type1/type2, be younger, have more sexual partners and especially more clients during seven days prior to this study and report more history of having at least one of sexually transmitted infections symptoms in 12 months prior the study. In the multiple logistic regression analysis, being infected with HSV and also being under 25 years of age were found to be independently associated with HIV infection. Compared with the prevalence of HIV among general population of Tehran, relatively high prevalence of HIV and other viral infections among FSWs should be considered. All in all, it is critical to commence effective counter-measures for this high-risk group if the aim is to prevent spreading of these viruses to general population.
Multibeam SATCOM systems design with physical layer security

Recently, physical layer security (PHY-SEC) has been investigated for wireless communications to prevent eavesdropping without upper layer data encryption. This paper addresses multibeam satellite secure communication using PHY-SEC. We propose a novel system design that minimizes the satellite transmit power subject to the individual secrecy rate requested per user constraints. An iterative algorithm is proposed to update the transmission power of each beam and to achieve the optimal power allocation strategy. The convergence property of the algorithm is proved under justifiable assumptions. The performance is evaluated taking into account the impact of the channel condition with given individual secrecy rate requirement.
Construction and Detection of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Co-Expressing PRRSV GP5, M Proteins and shRNA

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a severe threat to the swine industry and has caused heavy economic losses worldwide. The currently used inactivated and attenuated virus vaccines have several shortcomings, such as unsafety and low protection rate, so it is urgent to develop a new vaccine. To explore and develop a novel vaccine against PRRSV, a bi-functional recombinant adeno-associated virus, expressing ORF5 and ORF6 proteins as well as a short interfering RNA (shRNA) against ORF7, was constructed. The shRNA against ORF7 was inserted into the sequence forward of the U6 promoter of pAAV-U6-IRES-hrGFP, and ORF5 and ORF6 were cloned into the sequence after the CMV promoter. 293T cells that were co-transfected with this vector along with pAAV-RC and pHelper produced a recombinant adeno-associated virus. 293T cells transduced with this recombinant virus expressed GP5 and M proteins, and Marc145 cells transduced with this recombinant virus suppressed the replication of PRRSV. The infective titer of the reconstructed virus was 1.9 × 1010 v.gmL as measured by the dot blotting method, and GP5 and M proteins were detected by western blot. The successful construction of rAAV-shRNA-ORF5-6 paves the way for the development of novel bi-functional vaccines against PRRSV.