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Managing Standardize Memorizations Strategy in Tahfiz Centres: A Guideline for Quality Performance in Qur'anic Memorization

At present, numerous Tahfiz centres have been developed in Malaysia. Indeed, the increase of huffaz can be observed. However, the quality of huffaz memorization is still being questioned, a study has shown that numbers of huffaz feel unsure with their memorization. One of the main factors lead to this circumstance is lack of good management strategy in the Tahfiz centres. Thus, there is a need to standardize managing strategy indicators for memorizing Qur’an among all Tahfiz centres. The purpose of this study is to provide standardized managing strategy that can be implemented to all Tahfiz centres in memorizing Qur’an. Method used in this study is literature searches, numerous studies related the memorization strategies were combined and analyze. From the review analysis, it has been found that a good management in huffaz process must full fill four strategies; Purifying intentions, Talaqqi, Musyafahah, and memorizing in mind and writing. As conclusion it is hope that this standard can be used to monitor the status of the Tahfiz educational system and to track how it changes over time.
Human Herpesvirus 8-Encoded vGPCR Activates Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells and Collaborates with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Tat

ABSTRACT Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), the etiologic agent of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), encodes a chemokine receptor homologue, the viral G protein-coupled receptor (vGPCR), that has been implicated in KS pathogenesis. Expression of vGPCR constitutively activates several signaling pathways, including NF-κB, and induces the expression of proinflammatory and angiogenic factors, consistent with the inflammatory hyperproliferative nature of KS lesions. Here we show that vGPCR also constitutively activates the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NF-AT), another transcription factor important in regulation of the expression of inflammatory cytokines and related factors. NF-AT activation by vGPCR depended upon signaling through the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt-glycogen synthetase kinase 3 (PI3-K/Akt/GSK-3) pathway and resulted in increased expression of NF-AT-dependent cell surface molecules (CD25, CD29, Fas ligand), proinflammatory cytokines (interleukin-2 [IL-2], IL-4), and proangiogenic factors (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor GMCSF and TNFα). vGPCR expression also increased endothelial cell-T-cell adhesion. Although infection with HHV-8 is necessary to cause KS, coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), in the absence of antiretroviral suppressive therapy, increases the risk of KS by many orders of magnitude. NF-AT and NF-κB activation by vGPCR was greatly increased by the HIV-1 Tat protein, although Tat alone had little effect on NF-AT. The enhancement of NF-AT by Tat appears to be mediated through collaborative stimulation of the PI3-K/Akt/GSK-3 pathway by vGPCR and Tat. Our data further support the idea that vGPCR contributes to the pathogenesis of KS by a paracrine mechanism and, in addition, provide the first evidence of collaboration between an HIV-1 protein and an HHV-8 protein.
The Perfect Mix

In this research, we varied the composition of 4-member groups. One third of the groups consisted exclusively of “locomotors,” individuals predominantly oriented toward action. Another third of the groups consisted exclusively of “assessors,” individuals predominantly oriented toward evaluation. The final third of the groups consisted of a mix of locomotors and assessors. We found that the groups containing only locomotors were faster than the groups containing only assessors, and the groups containing only assessors were more accurate than the groups containing only locomotors. The groups containing a mix of assessors and locomotors were as fast as the groups containing only locomotors and as accurate as the groups containing only assessors. These results echo findings at the individual level of analysis, and suggest that the testing and action components of operating systems independently contribute to performance both intra- and interpersonally.
Efficient power aware routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks

If the battery of a node is drained out, then it cannot be communicated with other nodes and the number of dead-nodes makes the network partition. In order to overcome this problem, we propose a new routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks. It uses the residual battery capacity, transmission power, and hop-count to route the data packet. Here the proposed model has simulated with the help of 100 mobile nodes using the network simulator and has tested under various conditions. It compares with the ad hoc on-demand distance vector protocol, minimum total transmission power, and min–max battery cost routing models. The proposed model has shown better results in terms of node lifetime and network lifetime. The mobile nodes start to die at 400, 420, 440, 470, and 508 s for AODV, MTPR, MMBCR, CMMBCR, and proposed models, respectively. If the system has 145 J, then the AODV model transmits 38 000 of data packets, whereas the MTPR, MMBCR, CMMBCR, and proposed models will transmit 37 600, 47 240, 41 580, 42 700, and 42 955 of data packets, respectively. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The Vibrio cholerae FlgM Homologue Is an Anti-σ28 Factor That Is Secreted through the Sheathed Polar Flagellum

ABSTRACT Vibrio cholerae has a single polar sheathed flagellum that propels the cells of this bacterium. Flagellar synthesis, motility, and chemotaxis have all been linked to virulence in this human pathogen. V. cholerae expresses flagellar genes in a hierarchy consisting of σ54- and σ28-dependent transcription. In other bacteria, σ28 transcriptional activity is controlled by an anti-σ28 factor, FlgM. We demonstrate that the V. cholerae FlgM homologue (i) physically interacts with σ28, (ii) has a repressive effect on some V. cholerae σ28-dependent flagellar promoters, and (iii) is secreted through the polar sheathed flagellum, consistent with anti-σ28 activity. Interestingly, FlgM does not have a uniform repressive effect on all σ28-dependent promoters, as determined by measurement of σ28-dependent transcription in cells either lacking FlgM (ΔflgM) or incapable of secretion (ΔfliF). Further analysis of a ΔfliF strain revealed that this flagellar assembly block causes a decrease in class III (FlrC- and σ54-dependent) and class IV (σ28-dependent), but not class II (FlrA- and σ54-dependent), flagellar transcription. V. cholerae flgM and fliA (encodes σ28) mutants were only modestly affected in their ability to colonize the infant mouse intestine, a measure of virulence. Our results demonstrate that V. cholerae FlgM functions as an anti-σ28 factor and that the sheathed flagellum is competent for secretion of nonstructural proteins.
An electrochemical P-N junction etch-stop for the formation of silicon microstructures

An electrochemical technique allowing the protection of selected areas of silicon in ethylene diamine-based etchants is reported, and its application to the formation of silicon microstructures is described. Dissolution rates for passivated samples are less than 5 Å/minute, a factor of over 3000 times less than for unpassivated silicon.
68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT in Patients With Biochemical Prostate Cancer Recurrence and Negative 18F-Choline-PET/CT

Purpose Investigating the value of 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT in biochemically recurring prostate cancer patients with negative 18F-choline-PET/CT. Patients and Methods One hundred thirty-nine consecutive patients with biochemical recurrence after curative (surgery and/or radiotherapy) therapy were offered participation in this sequential clinical imaging approach. Patients first underwent an 18F-choline-PET/CT. If negative, an additional 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT was offered. One hundred twenty-five of 139 eligible patients were included in the study; 32 patients underwent additional 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT. Patients with equivocal findings (n = 5) on 18F-choline-PET/CT and those who declined the additional 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT (n = 9) were excluded. Images were analyzed visually for the presence of suspicious lesions. Findings on PET/CT were correlated with PSA level, PSA doubling time (dt), and PSA velocity (vel). Results The overall detection rates were 85.6% (107/125) for the sequential imaging approach and 74.4% (93/125) for 18F-choline-PET/CT alone. 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT detected sites of recurrence in 43.8% (14/32) of the choline-negative patients. Detection rates of the sequential imaging approach and 18F-choline-PET/CT alone increased with higher serum PSA levels and PSA vel. Subgroup analysis of 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT in 18F-choline negative patients revealed detection rates of 28.6%, 45.5%, and 71.4% for PSA levels of 0.2 or greater to less than 1 ng/mL, 1 to 2 ng/mL, and greater than 2 ng/mL, respectively. Conclusions The sequential imaging approach designed to limit 68Ga-PSMA imaging to patients with negative choline scans resulted in high detection rates. 68Ga-PSMA-PET/CT identified sites of recurrent disease in 43.8% of the patients with negative 18F-choline PET/CT scans.
The Evolution of Industrial Earnings Inequality in Mexico and Brazil

Industrial data are used to derive estimates of the pattern of change in wage inequality in Mexico and Brazil. Using the group decomposition of Theil's T-statistic, the paper presents monthly changes in the dispersion of industrial wages for Brazil (1976 through 1995) and for Mexico (1968 through 1998). Both countries show increases in wage dispersion over time, and a strong negative correlation is found with the rate of real economic growth. Other things equal, the later Brazilian heterodox stabilization plans seem to have reduced inequality in the short run. Copyright 2000 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Reducing Network Depth in the Cascade-Correlation Learning Architecture,

Abstract : The Cascade-Correlation learning algorithm constructs a multi-layer artificial neural network as it learns to perform a given task. The resulting network's size and topology are chosen specifically for this task. In the resulting 'cascade' networks, each new hidden unit receives incoming connections from all input and pre-existing hidden units. In effect, each new unit adds a new layer to the network. This allows Cascade-Correlation to create complex feature detectors, but it typically results in a network that is deeper, in terms of the longest path from input to output, than is necessary to solve the problem efficiently. In this paper we investigate a simple variation of Cascade-Correlation that will build deep nets if necessary, but that is biased toward minimizing network depth. We demonstrate empirically, across a range of problems, that this simple technique can reduce network depth, often dramatically. However, we show that this technique does not, in general, reduce the total number of weights or improve the generalization ability of the resulting networks.
A novel method for recognizing emotions of weblog sentences

With plenty of online resources constantly increasing (like weblog, product reviews, news reviews, etc.), it is difficult to read them and obtain the useful information, especially emotion information. The emotion analysis on internet online information has received much attention from natural language processing field in recent years. In most existing works, single-label emotion analysis have been studied by many scientists, it often ignores the complexity of human feelings. This paper is dedicated to construct the multi-label emotion topic model for recognizing the complicated emotions of weblog sentences based on Chinese emotion corpus Ren-CECps. We employ latent topic variables and emotion variables to find complex emotions of the sentence. The results of experiments indicate that the model is reasonable and effective in recognizing the mixed emotions of weblog sentences.
An Evaluation of Customer Perception on Service Quality in Retail Banking

In this new customer era, Banks need to deliver a more efficient, customer-focused and inventive offering than ever before to reconnect with their clients. To compete, differentiate and grow they must swiftly accelerate their innovation around banking products and service offerings. The present study evaluates the service quality in retail banking in Vijayawada city, based on different levels of customers’ perception. A sample of 250 individual customers from different bank service counters have been targeted for this study. The study focused SERVQUAL questionnaire developed by Parsuraman et al consisting of 23 statements of 5 key dimensions of tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy. The result indicates that customers’ perception is maximum in the tangibles area and minimum in the Responsiveness area. It is top in the point of ‘error free records’ of the bank followed by ‘making customers feel safe in their transactions’ while customers have least ranked ‘giving customers individual attention’ and ‘employees who have a neat, professional appearance’. Efforts by banks to improve the quality of service they deliver have not yet resulted in improved customer perception. Banks that can offer the growing ranks of discerning customers with a high quality service, while being personalized and competitively priced, will be the ones that succeed in the new post-crisis world. Enhancing customer experience is a crucial component of attracting and retaining customers in order to grow and protect a profitable business.
The role of intellectual property rights in information and communication technologies

The paper starts by recapitulating the basic arguments provided by economic theory to explain the existence of the patent system. The paper then concentrates on the three important ICT industries viz., telecommunication equipment, computer hardware and semiconductor industries. The issues covered in the discussion on these industries are the technological characteristics; market structure and technology transfer experiences of selected developing countries. [WP No. 61].
Exploration and exploitation: the interplay between knowledge and continuous innovation

In rapidly changing environments, organisations require dynamic capabilities to integrate, build and reconfigure resources and competencies to achieve continuous innovation. Although tangible resources are important to promoting the firm’s ability to act, capabilities fundamentally rest in the knowledge created and accumulated by the firm through human capital, organisational routines, processes, practices and norms. The exploration for new ideas, technologies and knowledge – to one side – and – on the other one – the exploitation of existing and new knowledge is essential for continuous innovation. Firms need to decide how best to allocate their scarce resources for both activities and at the same time build dynamic capabilities to keep up with changing market conditions. This in turn, is influenced by the absorptive capacity of the firm to assimilate knowledge. This paper presents a case study that investigates the sources of knowledge in an engineering firm in Australia, and how it is organised and processed. As information pervades the firm from both internal and external sources, individuals integrate knowledge using both exploration and exploitation approaches. The findings illustrate that absorptive capacity can encourage greater leverage for exploration potential leading to radical innovation; and reconfiguring exploitable knowledge for incremental improvements. This study provides an insight for managers in quest of improving knowledge strategies and continuous innovation. It also makes significant theoretical contributions to the literature through extending the concepts of
Returning Human Factors to an Engineering Discipline: Expanding the Science Base through a New Generation of Quantitative Methods - Preface to the Special Section

Newell and Card (1985) warned the human factors community that the way to deal with scientists, engineers, and designers was not through the use of platitudes or by advocating the empirical testing of an infinity of design alternatives but, rather, through the use of predictive and reliable quantitative techniques. As the scope and scale of the issues that the human factors community was asked to consider expanded, the tool chest of quantitative methods seemed to diminish. That situation appears to be changing. As the papers in this special section show, the science base and techniques available for applying that science through use of quantitative formalisms have progressed. The pendulum is swinging back, and human factors engineers are in the ascendance. Engineering quantitative formal models of human performance is the wave of the present and represents an important part of the future of our profession.
Innovative service robot systems for facade cleaning of difficult-to-access areas

The Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF) is intensively exploring possibilities for robots to engage in various service tasks, especially fully-automatic systems for facade cleaning. We have already designed and built a variety of different facade cleaning robots and concepts. These robots and concepts are based on various motion systems (i.e. walking mechanisms, wheeled vehicles, balloon-based systems, etc.) that are specially-suited for motion along different building types. This paper gives an overview about different facade cleaning robots developed by the Fraunhofer IFF The facade cleaning robot, SIRIUSc, for use on skyscrapers, the robot to clean the 25,000 m/sup 2/ vaulted glass hall of the Leipzig Trade Fair in Germany, as well as the completed concept for a balloon-based robot for cleaning the inner side of atriums and glass roofs are discussed here. The unique aspects of the main components of these robots will be addressed in particular.
Submarining sensitivity across varied seat configurations in autonomous driving system environment

Abstract Objective Self-driving technology will bring novelty in vehicle interior design and allow for a wide variety of occupant seating choices. Thus, vehicle safety systems may be challenged to protect occupants over a wider range of potential postures. This study aims to investigate the effects of the seat cushion angle on submarining risk, lumbar spine loads and pelvis excursion for reclined occupants in frontal crashes. Methods Frontal crash finite element simulations were performed with two of the simplified Global Human Body Model Consortium (GHBMC) occupant models: the small female and the midsize male. Occupant restraints consisted of a frontal airbag, a seatback-integrated 3-point belt with a lap belt anchor pre-tensioner, and a retractor pre-tensioner with a force limiter. For each simulation, parameters including seat cushion angle (3°, 8°, 13°), seatback recline angle (0°, 10°, 20°, 30°), and knee bolster (KB) position relative to the occupant (baseline and no KB) were varied. A full-factorial simulation matrix was performed using the USNCAP 56 km/h frontal crash pulse. Occupant kinematics data were extracted from each simulation to investigate how changes in seat cushion angle, anthropometry, seatback angle, and KB position would affect submarining across all simulated cases. Results Overall, the F05-OS female model was more likely to submarine when compared to the male occupant model. The threshold for submarining was also affected by the seat cushion angle, seatback angle and KB distance. For the F05-OS model, increasing the seat cushion angle to 13° prevented submarining in the 10° seatback angle case, regardless of the KB position. Similarly, the 13° cushion angle prevented submarining for the M50-OS in the 30° seatback angle configuration but only in the presence of a KB. The results further show an increased lumbar flexion load with increased seat recline angle, as well as occupant-to-KB distance, although an opposite trend with the increased seat cushion angle. Conclusions Submarining may be a major challenge to overcome for reclined occupants in autonomous driving systems. This study shows that seat cushion angle plays a role in restraining occupants in recline scenarios, but it is not sufficient to prevent submarining without additional countermeasures.
Mathematical Analysis of a Cholera Model with Vaccination

We consider a SVR-B cholera model with imperfect vaccination. By analyzing the corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability of a disease-free equilibrium and an endemic equilibrium is established. We calculate the certain threshold known as the control reproduction number . If , we obtain sufficient conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the disease-free equilibrium; the diseases will be eliminated from the community. By comparison of arguments, it is proved that if , the disease persists and the unique endemic equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable, which is obtained by the second compound matrix techniques and autonomous convergence theorems. We perform sensitivity analysis of on the parameters in order to determine their relative importance to disease transmission and show that an imperfect vaccine is always beneficial in reducing disease spread within the community.
A Hybrid System for Continuous Word-Level Emphasis Modeling Based on HMM State Clustering and Adaptive Training

Emphasis is an important aspect of speech that conveys the focus of utterances, and modeling of this emphasis has been an active research field. Previous work has modeled emphasis using state clustering with an emphasis contextual factor indicating whether or not a word is emphasized. In addition, cluster adaptive training (CAT) makes it possible to directly optimize model parameters for clusters with different characteristics. In this paper, we first make a straightforward extension of CAT to emphasis adaptive training using continuous emphasis representations. We then compare it to state clustering, and propose a hybrid approach that combines both the emphasis contextual factor and adaptive training. Experiments demonstrated the effectiveness of adaptive training both stand-alone or combined with the state clustering approach (hybrid system) with it improving emphasis estimation by 2-5% F -measure and producing more natural audio.
Human Papillomavirus E7 Requires the Protease Calpain to Degrade the Retinoblastoma Protein*

Cervical cancers transformed by high risk human papilloma virus (HPV) express the E7 oncoprotein, which accelerates the degradation of the retinoblastoma protein (Rb). Here we show that the E7-mediated degradation of Rb requires the calcium-activated cysteine protease, calpain. E7 bound and activated μ-calpain and promoted cleavage at Rb810, with mutation of this residue preventing E7-mediated degradation. The calpain cleavage product, Rb1–810, was unable to mediate cell cycle arrest but retained the ability to repress E6/E7 transcription. E7 also promoted the accelerated proteasomal degradation of Rb1–810. Calpain inhibitors reduced the viability of HPV-transformed cells and synergized with cisplatin. Calpain, thus, emerges as a central player in E7-mediated degradation of Rb and represents a potential new drug target for the treatment of HPV-associated lesions.