Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The analysis of the canid mitochondrial genome studied in Morocco shows that it is neither wolf (Canis lupus) nor Eurasian jackal (Canis aureus).

The mitochondrial genome of three Moroccan canids has been analysed. Two of them complete and one partial. The sequences are included in GenBank with the accession numbers KT378605 (16721 bp), KT378606 (16734bp) and KT378607 (27809bp) Theses results have been compared with the results currently available in GenBank. In the phylogenetic analysis of the of cytochrome b regions and control region the three are grouped together with Canis lupus lupaster and the Senegalese golden jackal Canis aureus and separate from the wolf Canis lupus and the Eurasian golden jackal Canis aureus. The comparison of the complete mitochondrial genomes with Canis lupus confirms the distance between the two groups. We conclude that they belong to a different species to the wolf Canis lupus and the Eurasian golden jackal. We propose in agreement with (Koepfli et al., 2015) that its scientific name be Canis anthus by merit of being the name by which it was classified and published for the first time as a different species by Cuvier in 1824.
STRATEGY TO IMPROVE BRAND AWARENESS

Brand strategy is an important thing that has to be built by the company to strengthen the relationship between a company and its customers to provide benefits for the company so that the company is able to win the competition in the industry (Sadat, 2009). Wheeler (2013) explains that the company can create a brand strategy to provide a strong sense so that it can compete with the competitors. The development of creative industries in Indonesia made a great contribution in the economy of Indonesia where the craft sector became the biggest contributor (Indonesia Kreatif, 2014). Companies which engaged in the craft sector are increasing, so that the companies face intense competition. It means that the company needs to build a brand that build good perception and gain the trust of the customers. This study aims to find strategies that can increase brand awareness by conducting case study on Empress Box company. Empress Box that founded in January 2014 is a company engaged in the creative industries. The company produce exclusive jewelry made of silver. The method used in this study is a qualitative with case study approach. The result of this study suggest three strategies. The first strategy that can increase brand awareness is the brand building characteristics that determine the segmenting, targetting, and positioning. The second strategy is to do integrated marketing communication (IMC), by using social media, joining competitions and exhibitions. The third strategy is product placement by doing endorsements and displaying the products in multibrand stores.
Exploring Hand-Based Haptic Interfaces for Mobile Interaction Design

Visual attention is crucial in mobile environments, not only for staying aware of dynamic situations, but also for safety reasons. However, current mobile interaction design forces the user to focus on the visual interface of the handheld device, thus limiting the user’s ability to process visual information from their environment. In response to these issues, a common solution is to encode information with on-device vibrotactile feedback. However, the vibration is transitory and is often difficult to perceive when mobile. Another approach is to make visual interfaces even more dominant with smart glasses, which enable head-up interaction on their see-through interface. Yet, their input methods raise many concerns regarding social acceptability, preventing them from being widely adopted. There is a need to derive feasible interaction techniques for mobile use while maintaining the user’s situational awareness, and this thesis argues that solutions could be derived through the exploration of hand-based haptic interfaces. The objective of this research is to provide multimodal interaction for users to better interact with information while maintaining proper attention to the environment in mobile scenarios. Three research areas were identified. The first is developing expressive haptic stimuli, in which the research investigates how static haptic stimuli could be derived. The second is designing mobile spatial interaction with the user’s surroundings as content, which manifests situations in which visual attention to the environment is most needed. The last is interacting with the always-on visual interface
Sls1p Stimulates Sec63p-Mediated Activation of Kar2p in a Conformation-Dependent Manner in the Yeast Endoplasmic Reticulum

ABSTRACT We previously characterized the SLS1 gene in the yeastYarrowia lipolytica and showed that it interacts physically with YlKar2p to promote translocation across the endoplasmic-reticulum membrane (A. Boisramé, M. Kabani, J. M. Beckerich, E. Hartmann, and C. Gaillardin, J. Biol. Chem. 273:30903–30908, 1998). A Y. lipolytica Kar2p mutant was isolated that restored interaction with an Sls1p mutant, suggesting that the interaction with Sls1p could be nucleotide and/or conformation dependent. This result was used as a working hypothesis for more accurate investigations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We show by two-hybrid an in vitro assays that the S. cerevisiae homologue of Sls1p interacts with ScKar2p. Using dominant lethal mutants of ScKar2p, we were able to show that ScSls1p preferentially interacts with the ADP-bound conformation of the molecular chaperone. Synthetic lethality was observed between ΔScsls1 and translocation-deficientkar2 or sec63-1 mutants, providing in vivo evidence for a role of ScSls1p in protein translocation. Synthetic lethality was also observed with ER-associated degradation and folding-deficient kar2 mutants, strongly suggesting that Sls1p functions are not restricted to the translocation process. We show that Sls1p stimulates in a dose-dependent manner the binding ofScKar2p on the lumenal J domain of Sec63p fused to glutathione S-transferase. Moreover, Sls1p is shown to promote the Sec63p-mediated activation of Kar2p's ATPase activity. Our data strongly suggest that Sls1p could be the first GrpE-like protein described in the endoplasmic reticulum.
Pooled ORF Expression Technology (POET)

We have developed a pooled ORF expression technology, POET, that uses recombinational cloning and proteomic methods (two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and mass spectrometry) to identify ORFs that when expressed are likely to yield high levels of soluble, purified protein. Because the method works on pools of ORFs, the procedures needed to subclone, express, purify, and assay protein expression for hundreds of clones are greatly simplified. Small scale expression and purification of 12 positive clones identified by POET from a pool of 688 Caenorhabditis elegans ORFs expressed in Escherichia coli yielded on average 6 times as much protein as 12 negative clones. Larger scale expression and purification of six of the positive clones yielded 47–374 mg of purified protein/liter. Using POET, pools of ORFs can be constructed, and the pools of the resulting proteins can be analyzed and manipulated to rapidly acquire information about the attributes of hundreds of proteins simultaneously.
The neural oscillations of speech processing and language comprehension: state of the art and emerging mechanisms

Neural oscillations subserve a broad range of functions in speech processing and language comprehension. On the one hand, speech contains—somewhat—repetitive trains of air pressure bursts that occur at three dominant amplitude modulation frequencies, physically marking the linguistically meaningful progressions of phonemes, syllables and intonational phrase boundaries. To these acoustic events, neural oscillations of isomorphous operating frequencies are thought to synchronise, presumably resulting in an implicit temporal alignment of periods of neural excitability to linguistically meaningful spectral information on the three low‐level linguistic description levels. On the other hand, speech is a carrier signal that codes for high‐level linguistic meaning, such as syntactic structure and semantic information—which cannot be read from stimulus acoustics, but must be acquired during language acquisition and decoded for language comprehension. Neural oscillations subserve the processing of both syntactic structure and semantic information. Here, I synthesise a mapping from each linguistic processing domain to a unique set of subserving oscillatory mechanisms—the mapping is plausible given the role ascribed to different oscillatory mechanisms in different subfunctions of cortical information processing and faithful to the underlying electrophysiology. In sum, the present article provides an accessible and extensive review of the functional mechanisms that neural oscillations subserve in speech processing and language comprehension.
Implementing quantitative schedule performance metrics at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

For the past several years, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Flight Projects Directorate (FPD) spearheaded the Business Change Initiative (BCI) to improve program planning and control practices to enhance cost and schedule performance. One outcome of the BCI is a renewed emphasis on schedule in the form of a directive to plan, assess, and measure schedule performance. A guideline with accompanying procedures was developed and released to institute the implementation and adoption of three essential schedule performance metrics: baseline execution index (BEI), hit-miss index (HMI), and current execution index (CEI). These metrics aid project management by quantifying schedule performance against both the schedule baseline as well as the current operating schedule. To enable Goddard's projects to generate and report the new performance metrics on a monthly basis, FPD designed and developed the Goddard Schedule Analysis Tool (GSAT), which when added to MS Project, can calculate BEI, HMI, and CEI, as well as produce associated trend reports. GSAT also provides a drill-down capability to better understand variances at lower levels of the work breakdown structure. This tool dramatically decreases the time programs and projects would normally devote to generating BEI, HMI, and CEI performance metrics, and improves the consistency in reporting for internal reviews. Prior to formal deployment, FPD surveyed its project portfolio to assess the current status of all projects and determine the appropriate scope for applicability and required adoption. To date, the requirements have been published, the tool has been deployed to all identified projects, and all projects report on the performance metrics monthly at directorate-level tag-ups. These metrics have been beneficial to the discussion and review of mission success. This paper summarizes Goddard's BCI progress to date and introduces the BE! , HMI, and CEI metrics and how these metrics can be used to monitor project schedule performance and trends. It also highlights programmatic and technical challenges associated with measuring schedule performance with these indices. An examination of the cultural resistance to the metrics and how we worked with stakeholders to understand and address their concerns are also described. Results of some initial "back-testing" of the metrics on completed projects are highlighted and actual GSAT report examples are included.
Transonychial water loss: relation to sex, age and nail‐plate thickness

The transonychial water loss (TOWL) was measured in 21 healthy volunteers with an evaporimeter, to establish the usefulness of this technique and study the influence of sex, age and nail‐plate thickness. The median TOWL was 19.4 g/m2h−1 and it decreased with increasing age (R = 0.5I, P < 0.018). The median transepidermal water loss (TEWLHAND) from the back of the hand was 16.0 g/m2 h−1 and from the dorsal side of the underarm (TEWLARM) it was 5.6 g/m2h−1. The TEWLARM was significantly less than from any of the two other points studied (P < 0.01), while there was no significant difference between the values obtained on the hand and the nail. TEWLARM had a median value of 6.4 g/m2 h−1 in men and 4.3 g/m2 h−1 in women (P < 0.05) in this study. No significant correlation between nail‐plate thickness, as measured by ultrasound 20 MHz A‐scan, and TOWL was found. Measurements of TOWL are of interest and should be age‐related. Further studies are needed to determine TOWL in various forms of nail pathology.
Genotyping of Cryptococcus neoformans isolated from captive birds in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil

To evaluate Cryptococcus spp. molecular types isolated from captive birds’ droppings, an epidemiological survey was carried out in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil, from December 2006 to September 2008. A total of 253 samples of bird excreta (120 fresh and 133 dry) were collected from pet shop cages and houses in different neighbourhoods. Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated in 19 (14.28%) dry samples and one fresh sample (0.84%). Cryptococcus laurentii was recovered from seven (5.26%) dry samples, but not in the fresh samples. The canavanine–glycine–bromothymol blue test was positive in all but one of the C. laurentii isolates. Cryptococcus neoformans molecular typing was performed using URA5‐RFLP and the mating type locus using mating type specific PCR. Nineteen (95.0%) presented genotype VNI and one VNII (5.0%). In addition, all isolates presented mating type α. Thus, the genotype of the environmental C. neoformans isolates observed in this study is in accordance with others already reported around the world and adds information about its distribution in Brazil. Cryptococcus laurentii strains were typed using URA5‐RFLP and M13 fingerprinting, which showed similar profiles among them. Thus, despite the low number of C. laurentii isolates analysed, their molecular profile is different from another already reported.
Reliability Evaluation of Active Distribution Systems Including Microgrids

This paper proposes a new method for reliability evaluation of active distribution systems with multiple microgrids based on a Monte Carlo simulation. Multi-state models are developed on the basis of generalized capacity outage tables (GCOTs) to better represent various types of distributed generators in reliability evaluation. Then, the virtual power plant (VPP) is introduced to model microgrids with intermittent sources. Furthermore, the reliability behavior of VPP is efficiently characterized by an equivalent GCOT. The nonsequential Monte Carlo method is then adopted to evaluate the reliability of active distribution systems considering different operation modes under single or multiple contingencies. Some techniques-such as two-step state sampling, zone partitioning and minimal path search-are proposed to facilitate the state evaluation process and improve the Monte Carlo simulation speed. The effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed method are validated through extensive numerical tests on an IEEE test system and a real-life active distribution network.
The Beneficial Aspect of FX Volatility for Market Liquidity

A substantial body of existing research suggests that asset price volatility is harmful to market liquidity. This paper explores a contrarian view that, by creating opportunities for profit making, exchange rate volatility can be beneficial to trading activity. Utilising granular data from the Thai foreign exchange (FX) market from January 2010 to March 2016, we find that the volatility of the US dollar-Thai baht exchange rate has significant positive effects on trading volume in the spot market, except at very high levels of volatility. We also observe significant heterogeneity in such effects across different types of market participant. In particular, FX volatility has positive effects on the FX trading activity of foreign and interbank players, but it negatively affects that of local players. These results are robust when we control for potential confounding variables, such as information arrivals, that can generate a positive but non-causal co-movement between volatility and volume.
A Scalable Approach to Tomography-based Internet Measurement System

Network tomography enables network operators to detect and mitigate congestion by inferring internal states from multiple end-to-end active performance measurements. In previous studies, network tomography was applied to either small networks, e.g., a network which allows measurements in a full-mesh manner, or a reasonably large network, e.g., overlay-network with 100 end nodes. In contrast, our study was conducted to develop a large-scale tomography-based measurement system that scales with the nation-wide Internet. In this paper, we propose a novel architecture which consists of a probability measurement path selection method and a distributed database building method. The architecture provides network operators with look up services for measurement results so that they can achieve network-tomography applications.
Next Generation Monitoring: Tier 2 Experience

Monitoring IT infrastructure is essential for maximizing availability and minimizing disruption by detecting failures and developing issues. The HEP group at Liverpool have recently updated our monitoring infrastructure with the goal of increasing coverage, improving visualization capabilities, and streamlining configuration and maintenance. Here we present a summary of Liverpool’s experience, the monitoring infrastructure, and the tools used to build it. In brief, system checks are configured in Puppet using Hiera, and managed by Sensu, replacing Nagios. Centralised logging is managed with Elasticsearch, together with Logstash and Filebeat. Kibana provides an interface for interactive analysis, including visualization and dashboards. Metric collection is also configured in Puppet, managed by collectd and stored in Graphite, with Grafana providing a visualization and dashboard tool. The Uchiwa dashboard for Sensu provides a web interface for viewing infrastructure status. Alert capabilities are provided via external handlers. A custom alert handler is in development to provide an easily configurable, extensible and maintainable alert facility.
Analytical Exploration of Ultrawideband Helix Slow-Wave Structures Using Multidispersion Phase Velocity Taper

The concept of broadbanding of a helical slow-wave structure using ldquomultidispersionrdquo phase velocity taper has been analytically explored, following Pierce's small-signal analysis in order to form a physical basis behind this approach. Furthermore, large-signal analysis has been used to make out the efficacy of the physical basis arrived at from the small-signal analysis. Useful inferences are also drawn on the flattening of gain- and power-frequency responses and the reduction of second-harmonic content, using multidispersion phase velocity taper.
Meniscus segmentation and tear detection in the knee MR images by fuzzy c-means method

Computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) studies on medical images have gained momentum recently. The studies in this area facilitates the work of medical specialists and reduces the time cost. In this study, meniscus segmentation and meniscus tears were performed on 10 different knee MR images in the 3-D DESS standard obtained on the sagittal plane. The morphological operations used in image processing are utilized in the preprocessing stage for segmentation and tear detection. The fuzzy c-means (FCM) method was used to segment the knee joint meniscus tissues and to detect tears. It has been noted that the MR images selected from the meniscus tears differ from each other according to their structures. The next phase of this study will be automatically classified the meniscus according to the types of tears.
Bricolage in Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurs face unique challenges in their dual pursuit of social and financial value creation to address pressing societal problems. While social entrepreneurs' behaviour and actions have been highlighted as an important source of creativity and innovation, this issue has largely been underresearched in the field of entrepreneurship. This paper explores the role of social entrepreneurs' bricolage behaviour in enabling their enterprises to scale their operations. The authors test their hypothesis on a unique database of 123 social enterprises using an online survey. They find a positive relationship between entrepreneurial bricolage and the scaling of social impact. The paper concludes with study implications, post hoc analyses and limitations and directions for future research.
Testosterone measured by 10 immunoassays and by isotope-dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in sera from 116 men, women, and children.

BACKGROUND Commercially available testosterone immunoassays give divergent results, especially at the low concentrations seen in women. We compared immunoassays and a nonimmunochemical method that could quantify low testosterone concentrations. METHODS We measured serum testosterone in 50 men, 55 women, and 11 children with use of eight nonisotopic immunoassays, two isotopic immunoassays, and isotope-dilution gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (ID/GC-MS). RESULTS Compared with ID/GC-MS, 7 of the 10 immunoassays tested overestimated testosterone concentrations in samples from women; mean immunoassay results were 46% above those obtained by ID/GC-MS. The immunoassays underestimated testosterone concentrations in samples from men, giving mean results 12% below those obtained by ID/GC-MS. In women, at concentrations of 0.6-7.2 nmol/L, 3 of the 10 immunoassays gave positive mean differences >2.0 nmol/L (range, -0.7 to 3.3 nmol/L) compared with ID/GC-MS; in men at concentrations of 8.2-58 nmol/L, 3 of the 10 immunoassays tested gave mean differences >4.0 nmol/L (range, -4.8 to 2.6 nmol/L). CONCLUSION None of the immunoassays tested was sufficiently reliable for the investigation of sera from children and women, in whom very low (0.17 nmol/L) and low (<1.7 nmol/L) testosterone concentrations are expected.
Characterization and Recognition of Bistatic Polarimetric Mechanisms

Our final objective is the automatic recognition of targets from full-polarimetric bistatic synthetic aperture radar images. To this end, the theories of Huynen and Cameron are generalized to bistatic radar scattering, and their respective characteristic parameters are compared. We have then studied first how to characterize and compare bistatic mechanisms free from physical rotations and second how to build “coherent” reference memories. Two algorithms are proposed and tested.
A Two-Element Time-Modulated Array With Direction-Finding Properties

A two-element time-modulated array system which can be configured to provide active electronic null scanning is presented. The received signal from each element of the array is time switched and combined to provide a phase-modulated output in which the depth of modulation is dependent on the angle of arrival of the received signal. The angular response of the array at the first harmonic of the switching frequency exhibits a deep null which can be scanned in angle to plusmn90deg by controlling the mark-space ratio of the element switching waveform