Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Application of Soft Modelling and TOPSIS Method for The Analysis of Competitiveness of Companies in Urban Functional Areas in Poland

The aim of the paper is to use soft modelling and TOPSIS method in order to divide voivodeships in terms of the competitiveness level of companies. The paper verifies the hypothesis implying that the usage of two various research methods does not have considerable impact on the position of objects depending on the analyzed characteristic. The concluding part of the paper includes the comparison of the results of grouping objects obtained using the selected methods. The elaboration makes use of data from the year 2014. The results obtained on the basis of these two methods enabled the presentation of the competitiveness level of companies in urban functional areas in Poland as well as the possibilities of achieving competitive advantage by means of using additional funds from the European Union for the improvement of the conditions of their functioning.
Network Structure Release under Differential Privacy

The problem of private publication of graph data has attracted a lot of attention recently. The prevalence of differential privacy makes the problem more promising. However, the problem is very challenging because of the huge output space of noisy graphs, up to 2^{n(n-1)/2}. In addition, a large body of existing schemes on differentially private release of graphs are not consistent with increasing privacy budgets as well as do not clarify the upper bounds of privacy budgets. In this paper, we categorize the state-of-the-art in two main groups: direct publication schemes and model-based publication schemes. On the one hand, we explain why model-based publication schemes are not consistent and are suitable only in scarce regimes of privacy budget. On the other hand, we prove that with a privacy budget of O(ln n), there exist direct publication schemes capable of releasing noisy output graphs with edge edit distance of O(1) against the true graph. We introduce the new linear scheme Top-m-Filter (TmF) and improve the existing technique EdgeFlip. Both of them exhibit consistent behaviour with increasing privacy budgets while the model-based publication schemes do not. As for better scalability, we also introduce HRG-FixedTree, a fast permutation sampling, to learn the Hierarchical Random Graph (HRG) model. Thorough comparative evaluation on a wide range of graphs provides a panorama of the state-of-the-art's performance as well as validates our proposed schemes.
Temporal Text Summarization of TV Serial Excerpts Using Lingo Clustering and Lucene Summarizer

Text summarization is an art of abstracting key contents from one or more information sources. As time is an important dimension of any information space, it is becoming harder to generate meaningful and timely summaries. While summarizing a story in terms of a timeline, a system may have to extract events and order chronologically. Hence the goal of Temporal Summarization is to develop a system that allows users to efficiently monitor the information associated with an event over time. Previous research algorithms having good speed and scalability share one important shortcoming that, none of them explicitly addresses the problem of cluster description quality. For this reason document clustering is done by using Lingo algorithm in which special emphasis is placed on the quality of cluster labels. Lucene Summarizer is used for text summarization. In many cases users have to spend their maximum time in reading the detail story of entire series of Television (TV) serial episodes which they missed. This paper focuses on a novel application used for automatic generation of meaningful temporal text summarization of missing TV serial excerpts. The user can specify the time period for the content.
Common cause failures and cascading failures in technical systems: Similarities, differences and barriers

Many technical systems continue to increase in size and complexity, with more interactions and interdependencies between components. Dependent failures, such as common cause failures and cascading failures, are becoming important concerns to system reliability. Both failure types may lead to the unavailability of multiple components at the same time or within a short time interval. Although many researchers have studied common cause failures and cascading failures respectively, there is little comparison of the two concepts. This paper investigates the similarities and differences of these two failure groups, with focus on the conditions and nature of initiations and propagation of such failures. Moreover, a comparison is also made about suitable barrier strategies that can either prevent or reduce the consequences of failure. The paper concludes the study with a demonstration of reliability modeling for common causeand cascading failures. So far, it seems like most attention has directed to CCFs and in specific for safety-critical systems where redundancy is used actively to enhance reliability (Paula et al., 1991, Humphreys and Jenkins, 1991, Lundteigen and Rausand, 2007, IEC61508, 2010, A. Mosleh, 1998). There have been two main strategies suggested for incorporating defenses against CCFs in design. One is to carry out analyses to identify and remove causes, and the other is to introduce measures to reduce the effects of CCFs in case they occur. Suggested methods include cause-defense matrices, common cause analysis, and zonal analysis (Humphreys and Jenkins, 1991, Paula et al., 1991). The defenses to CCFs are typically identified in design, however, measures in the operational phase are also important (Lundteigen and Rausand, 2007). Even for an excellent system design, there will always remain a risk of CCFs. It is therefore required to include the contribution of CCFs in quantitative analyses used to demonstrate adequate reliability. A high number of models has been introduced for this purpose (Vesely, 1977, Fleming, 1975, Evans et al., 1984, Mosleh and Siu, 1987). The standard beta factor model is perhaps the most widely adopted, due to its simplicity (Fleming, 1975, IEC61508, 2010). The PDS method (Hauge et al., 2015) is an extension of the standard beta factor, where a second parameter is added to account for voting, e.g. 2-out-of-3 and 1-out-of-3. As for cascading failures, it is of interest to consider efficient means to avoid or reduce the vulnerability of the failures in the system design, and to quantify cascading failures. An important
Genetic diversity of HA1 domain of hemagglutinin gene of pandemic influenza H1N1pdm09 viruses in New Delhi, India

Genetic analysis of pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1; H1N1pdm09) virus was undertaken to understand virus evolution during 2009 and 2010 in India. Surveillance of influenza viruses from July 2009 to December 2010 revealed major peaks of circulating H1N1pdm09 viruses in August–September and December–January 2009 and then in August–September 2010. To understand the diversity of the H1N1pdm09 virus, selected specimens (n = 23) from 2009 or 2010 were characterized by nucleotide sequence determination of the HA1 subunit of the HA gene. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that 22 clustered with clade 7 viruses characterized by S203T mutations, whereas one virus from 2010 fell within clade 6. None of the viruses from either 2009 or 2010 formed a monophyletic group, suggesting a continuum of independent introduction of circulating viral strains. Amino acid analysis revealed minor amino acid changes in the antigenic or receptor‐binding domains. Importantly, we observed mutations that were also present in 1918 pandemic virus, which includes S183P in 4 and S185T mutation in 3 of 13 viruses analyzed from 2010, while none of the 2009 viruses carried these mutations. Whether antibody‐mediated pressure is imposing such changes remains to be determined. Continued genetic surveillance is warranted to monitor pathogenicity as the virus evolves to acquire new features. J. Med. Virol. 84:386–393, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Inhibition of DNA Supercoiling-dependent Transcriptional Activation by a Distant B-DNA to Z-DNA Transition*

Negative DNA superhelicity can destabilize the local B-form DNA structure and can drive transitions to other conformations at susceptible sites. In a molecule containing multiple susceptible sites, superhelicity can couple these alternatives together, causing them to compete. In principle, these superhelically driven local structural transitions can be either facilitated or inhibited by proteins that bind at or near potential transition sites. If a DNA region that is susceptible to forming a superhelically induced alternate structure is stabilized in the B-form by a DNA-binding protein, its propensity for transition will be transferred to other sites within the same domain. If one of these secondary sites is in a promoter region, this transfer could facilitate open complex formation and thereby activate gene expression. We previously proposed that a supercoiling-dependent, DNA structural transmission mechanism of this type is responsible for the integration host factor-mediated activation of transcription from theilvPG promoter of Escherichia coli(Sheridan, S. D., Benham, C. J. & Hatfield, G. W. (1998)J. Biol. Chem. 273, 21298–21308). In this report we confirm the validity of this mechanism by demonstrating the ability of a distant Z-DNA-forming site to compete with the superhelical destabilization that is required for integration host factor-mediated transcriptional activation, and thereby delay its occurrence.
Ultra low loop conversion from gold to copper wire

It has been a trend to convert gold wire to copper wire in manufacturing of semiconductor chip due to cost effectiveness. Another motivation for the conversion comes from the physical properties of copper wire. Copper wire offers the advantages of presenting higher mechanical strength, lower electrical resistance and slower intermetallic growth. Aside from the differences in term of chemical stability, copper is a stiffer material as compared to gold. It has been determined that copper wire requires new process optimization in comparison to gold wire. Parameter adjustments for ball bond formation, stitch bond formation, and looping profile are needed during conversion from gold to copper.
ESforRPD2: Expert System for Rice Plant Disease Diagnosis

One of the factors causing rice production disturbance in Indonesia is that farmers lack knowledge of early symptoms of rice plant diseases. These diseases are increasingly rampant because of the lack of experts. This study aimed to overcome this problem by providing an Expert System that helps farmers to make an early diagnosis of rice plant diseases. Data of rice plant pests and diseases in 2016 were taken from Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia using an in-depth survey, and rice experts from the Department of Food Crops and Horticulture of East Kalimantan Province were recruited for the project. The Expert System for Rice Plant Disease Diagnosis, ESforRPD2, was developed based on the pest and disease experiences of the rice experts and uses a Waterfall Paradigm and Unified Modeling Language. This Expert System can detect 48 symptoms and 8 types of diseases of rice plants from 16 data tests with a sensitivity of 87.5%. ESforRPD2 is available in Indonesian at http://esforrpd2.blog. unmul.ac. id
Biometric fall risk and balance assessment in older people

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Charged Board Model ESD Simulation for PCB Mounted MOS Transistors

In this paper, power MOS transistor behavior under charged board model (CBM) ESD impact is considered. The analysis of the MOSFET failure condition at the CBM ESD event is performed. The CBM equivalent circuit is proposed. The physical parameters of the PCB and device under test are replaced by the lumped RCL circuit. The MOSFET failure voltage calculation method is developed. This method is based on the transient analysis of the CBM ESD equivalent circuit with the general purpose open-source circuit simulator Qucs. This simplified method allows us to calculate CBM ESD voltage dangerous for the MOSFET with less than 20% error for some application cases (pins without ESD protection). CBM ESD tests are performed. Simulation and measurement results are in good match.
for games

Game-based constructivist learning has gained considerable attention as educational institutions aim to move from traditional instructional teaching to interactive and collaborative methods. The question is less asked of whether games should be used in teaching but rather how games should be used to create deep learning in students. In light of this movement, the Grade Inflation Game , or GIGAME , was developed. This case study tackles the research question of how games may be designed to harness the benefits of constructivist learning. It first documents the conceptualization of GIGAME and next proposes theoretical frameworks that can be used to guide the development and evaluation of constructivist learning games. Through trial runs on two undergraduate law of torts classes, feedback was gathered from students and the instructor of these classes regarding their perceptions of GIGAME, including learning effectiveness and satisfaction. The feedback suggests that GIGAME can serve as a form of game-based constructivist learning as most students indicated that the game helped consolidate their course knowledge while having fun. These qualitative findings are useful for guiding the development of other games that similarly aim to promote socially interactive and constructivist learning environments. This case study recommends the use of GIGAME in classes, although refinements can still be made to its gameplay.
Relationship of surface membranes of lymphoid cells transformed by Abelson murine leukemia virus to tumor rejection.

The Abelson murine leukemia virus (A-MuLV)-transformed lymphoid cell line L1–2 is exceptional since it is rejected following transplantation into syngeneic C57L mice. Furthermore, the serum from recovered mice (Abelson tumor serum) has been used as a source of antibodies to abl antigens present in the M r 120,000 A-MuLV-encoded gag-abl fusion protein (p120). In addition to p120, this antiserum precipitates from L1-2 cell extracts a minor gag-abl fusion protein with an apparent M r of 95,000 (p95). Serological and peptide mapping studies indicate that p95 lacks a portion of the abl region that occurs in p120. However, p95 and p120 contain the same substrate sites for tyrosine-specific protein kinase. The presence of abl antigens on the surface membranes of A-MuLV-infected cells was confirmed by rosetting studies using sheep erythrocytes coupled to protein A and by serum adsorption analyses. Because previous workers were unable to label the putative gag-abl cell surface component(s) using chemical probes, we attempted to identify these cell surface molecules by a method that involves direct adsorption of antibodies onto l-[35S]methionine-labeled intact cells followed by cell washing, lysis with detergents, and rapid isolation of antigen:antibody complexes (Krangel, M. S., Orr, H. T., and Strominger, J. L. Cell, 24: 847–858, 1979). However, the gag-abl cell surface components were not recovered in the resulting immune complexes, apparently because they dissociated from their low-avidity antibodies before their isolation could be achieved. Nevertheless, an M r 95,000 protein was identified on the L1–2 cell surface using the Abelson tumor serum as a probe. Extensive serum adsorption analyses demonstrate that this M r 95,000 protein is distinct from the p95 gag-abl fusion protein. Furthermore, the M r 95,000 protein is present on L1–2 cell surfaces but not on more tumorigenic lymphoid or fibroblast cell lines infected with A-MuLV. We propose that immune response directed against the M r 95,000 cell surface protein of L1–2 cells may be involved in the exceptional rejectability of this tumor cell line. These studies provide a logical framework which may be generally useful for the preparation of tumor-specific antisera.
Amélioration des performances des réseaux d'entreprise

Dans l'evaluation d'Internet au cours des annees, un grand nombre d'applications apparaissent, avec differentes exigences de service en termes de bande passante, delai et ainsi de suite. Pourtant, le trafic Internet presente encore une propriete de haute variabilite. Plusieurs etudes revelent que les flux court sont en general lies a des applications interactives-pour ceux-ci, on s'attend a obtenir de bonne performance que l'utilisateur percoit, le plus souvent en termes de temps de reponse court. Cependant, le schema classique FIFO/drop-tail deploye des routeurs/commutateurs d'aujourd'hui est bien connu de parti pris contre les flux courts. Pour resoudre ce probleme sur un reseau best-effort, nous avons propose un nouveau et simple algorithme d'ordonnancement appele EFD (Early Flow Discard). Dans ce manuscrit, nous avons d'abord evaluer la performance d'EFD dans un reseau câble avec un seul goulot d'etranglement au moyen d'etendu simulations. Nous discutons aussi des variantes possibles de EFD et les adaptations de EFD a 802.11 WLAN - se referent principalement a EFDACK et PEFD, qui enregistre les volumes echanges dans deux directions ou compte simplement les paquets dans une direction, visant a ameliorer l'equite a niveau flot et l'interactivite dans les WLANs. Enfin, nous nous consacrons a profiler le trafic de l'entreprise, en plus de elaborer deux modeles de trafic-l'une qui considere la structure topologique de l'entreprise et l'autre qui integre l'impact des applications au-dessus de TCP - pour aider a evaluer et a comparer les performances des politiques d'ordonnancement dans les reseaux d'entreprise classiques.
Factors That Influence Employees Job Satisfaction

The satisfaction brings implication to lives. There is one-third to one-half of people spend their life on work. On the assumption that people are happy with their job and have the passion for it, their lives then become much enjoyable. This research aimed to evaluate the comprehensive job satisfaction level of Asia Brands Berhad, thus reveal the factors that commit to job satisfaction in the organization. The outcome of the research is mainly to aid the organization to enhance job satisfaction and motivation of employees efficiently. The objectives of this study were to determine whether benefits, work environment and rewards are related to the employee’s satisfaction. Employees from Asia Brands Berhad were randomly selected as research participants. Total 180 questionnaires administered, 150 were completed and returned and 136 were found useful. Finding from this study, it can be seen that the factor that influence employees job satisfaction in Asia Brands Berhad such as benefit/compensation, work environment and supervisor support are having positive relationship
Functional Performance Tests for the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Insufficient Athlete

Considerable controversy exists regarding the functional assessment of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) insufficient athlete. Traditionally, clinicians have speculated that certain physical characteristics, such as muscular strength and power and joint laxity, should be assessed and used to predict functional capacity. Recent research has refuted the relationship between these physical characteristics andfunctional capacity, and has suggested the best assessment of functional capacity is acheived through the use of three functional performance tests. This paper describes three objective functional performance tests (FPTs) that have been shown to be accurate assessments of functional capacity in the A CL insufficient athlete. To assist the clinician with the assessment of the A CL insufficient athlete's readiness to return to pre-injury levels of activity, mean values on three FPTs were established for healthy Division I intercollegiate athletes (n = 30 males, n = 15 females). Collectively, these FPTs provide the clinician with new objective parameters by which to dynamically assess the functional capabilities of the A CL insufficient athlete. The results of these tests help provide a basis for determining an athlete's readiness to return to sport activity.
The increasing demand for fossil fuels coupled with global warming associated with certain

A novel nano-bio composite polypyrrole (PPy)/ kappa-carrageenan(KC) was fabricated and characterized for application as a cathode catalyst in a Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). High resolution SEM and TEM verified the bud-like shape and uniform distribution of the PPy in the KC matrix. X Ray Diffraction (XRD) has approved the amorphous structure of the PPy/KC as well. The PPy/KC nano-bio composites were then studied as an electrode material, due to their Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) ability as the cathode catalyst in the MFC and the results were compared with platinum (Pt) as the most common cathode catalyst. The produced power
MEASUREMENTS OF POWER ABSORPTION BY HUMAN PHANTOMS IMMERSED IN RADIO‐FREQUENCY FIELDS *

The most common biologic effect of exposure to radio-frequency radiation fields may be described as an acute thermal burden. The extent of the effect depends primarily on the time rate of transfer of the energy to the biologic specimen. I t has been known for some time that the depth of penetration, and the amount of incident energy absorbed, varies as a function of the frequency of the incident radiation. ’ As the frequency decreases, the penetration of energy into biologic tissue becomes deeper; however, wavelengths in the kHz and lower MHz region are so long with respect to the aperture of the human subject that energy absorption is negligible. The objective of the present research was to measure the energy absorption of a human phantom when exposed to hf band (10, 20, and 30 MHz) radio-frequency radiation fields.
Probabilistic Model for 3 D Interactive Segmentation

Fully-automated segmentation algorithms offer fast, objective, and reproducible results for large data collections. However these techniques cannot handle tasks that require contextual knowledge not readily available in the images alone. Thus, the expertise of an experienced physician is necessary. We present a generative approach to image segmentation, which supports an intuitive and convenient user interaction subject to the bottomup constraints introduced by the image intensities. The user “dialogue” with the segmentation algorithm, via several mouse clicks in regions of disagreement, is formulated as an additional, spatial term in a global cost functional for 3D segmentation. The method is exemplified for the segmentation of cerebral hemorrhages (CH) in human brain CT scans.