Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Junctional communication is induced in migrating capillary endothelial cells

Using an in vitro model in which a confluent monolayer of capillary endothelial cells is mechanically wounded, gap junction-mediated intercellular communication has been studied by loading the cells with the fluorescent dye, Lucifer Yellow. Approximately 40-50% of the cells in a nonwounded confluent monolayer were coupled in groups of four to five cells (basal level). Basal levels of communication were also observed in sparse and preconfluent cultures, but were reduced in postconfluent monolayers. 30 min after wounding, coupling was markedly reduced between cells lining the wound. Communication at the wound was partially reestablished by 2 h, exceeded basal levels after 6 h and reached a maximum after 24 h, at which stage approximately 90% of the cells were coupled in groups of six to seven cells. When the wound had closed (after 8 d), the increase in communication was no longer observed. Induction of wound-associated communication was unaffected by exposure of the cells to the DNA synthesis inhibitor mitomycin C, but was prevented by the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide. The induction of wound-associated communication was also inhibited when migration was prevented by placing the cells immediately after wounding at 22 degrees C or after exposure to cytochalasin D, suggesting that the increase in communication is dependent on cells migrating into the wound area. In contrast, migration was not prevented when coupling was blocked by exposure of the cells to retinoic acid, although this agent did disrupt the characteristic sheet-like pattern of migration typically seen during endothelial repair. These results suggest that junctional communication may play an important role in wound repair, possibly by coordinating capillary endothelial cell migration.
Eco-Routing Using V2I Communication: System Evaluation

Eco-routing is a technique proposed to optimize the fuel consumption in transportation networks. User feedback is used to compute the route's fuel consumption level for other vehicles to build their minimum path routes. When a vehicle traverses a road link, it reports its fuel consumption on this link to a Traffic Management Center (TMC), which updates the vehicles routing information and then vehicles are assigned routes based on this updated information. The vehicular network is responsible for transferring this information from vehicles to the TMC, where packets are subjected to delays and drops. To the best of our knowledge, none of the previous research efforts on eco-routing studied the effect of the data network and communication parameters on the performance of eco-routing algorithms. This paper, firstly, introduces a realistic simulation framework for eco-routing that can capture all the details of both the transportation and the communication networks. Secondly, it studies the effect of communication parameters on the eco-routing performance. The results show that the errors due to data packet drops and delay are not significant. Consequently, the algorithm is robust against drops and delay. However, the number and locations of the roadside units (RSUs) are important factors that affect the network-wide fuel consumption level.
Curve registration

Functional data analysis involves the extension of familiar statistical procedures such as principal components analysis, linear modelling, and canonical correlation analysis to data where the raw observation xi is a function. An essential preliminary to a functional data analysis is often the registration or alignment of salient curve features by suitable monotone transformations hi of the argument t, so that the actual analyses are carried out on the values xi{hi(t)}. This is referred to as dynamic time warping in the engineering literature. In effect, this conceptualizes variation among functions as being composed of two aspects: horizontal and vertical, or domain and range. A nonparametric function estimation technique is described for identifying the smooth monotone transformations hi, and is illustrated by data analyses. A second‐order linear stochastic differential equation is proposed to model these components of variation.
An improved simulation of void structure, water retention and hydraulic conductivity in soil with the Pore‐Cor three‐dimensional network

We present a new method of characterizing the void structures of soils from water retention curves as the primary source of data. The method avoids the problems of other current approaches, which use smoothing curves and can miss the subtleties of soil structure, and usually ignore the shielding of large pores by the small connecting throats surrounding them. In the new method, software we have named ‘Pore‐Cor’ is used to generate simple three‐dimensional networks of voids that have the same water retention characteristics and porosities as the soils. To find the geometry of the required networks, we have introduced a Boltzmann‐annealed simplex which works in four parametric and three Boolean dimensions of parameter space. Also, a more robust measure of the difference between the experimental and simulated water retention curves has been developed. The method is applied to water retention curves for a wide range of English and Welsh soils, both experimental and generated from a pedotransfer function. The resulting simulated void structures have void sizes that change as expected across the soil texture diagram, have different structures as highlighted by the locations of retained water, but have connectivities (number of connecting throats per pore) that vary little. A wide range of other calculations of wetting and non‐wetting fluid transport properties, and calculations of the behaviour of fluid‐borne pollutants, are now possible. The main bar to further progress is a lack of sufficiently accurate and comprehensive data for water retention, and for saturated and unsaturated hydraulic conductivity.
Pengaruh Penggunaan Teknologi Informasi Terhadap Kinerja Karyawan (Studi Pada Karyawan PT. Telkom Pusat Divisi Regional V Surabaya)

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the use of information technology (X) on employee performance (Y). This research was conducted at PT.Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TELKOM) Tbk Central Regional Division V Surabaya. The company is located at Jl. Ketintang No. 156 East Surabaya. This type of research is explanatory research with quantitative approach. The sample used this study were 98 employees of PT. Telkom Indonesia Tbk. Analysis of the data used is descriptive analysis, inferential analysis, and multiple linear regression. Sampling technique used is saturated samples. This results show that it can be concluded that the independent variables have a significant influence employee performance simultaneously and partially. And from here it can be seen that the two independent variables dominant influence on employee performance is the usefulness of IT because it has a beta coefficient and t the greatest. From the results of multiple linear regression can be concluded that the independent variables have a significant influence on the dependent variable is the performance of employees in the amount of 52.8%. While the remaining 47.2% other variables that can affect the performance of employees. Other variables that can affect performance of employees among them the ability and motivation of employees. Kata kunci : the use of information technology, employee performance ABSTRAK Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui pengaruh penggunaan teknologi informasi (X) terhadap kinerja karyawan (Y). Penelitian ini dilakukan di PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TELKOM) Tbk Pusat Divisi Regional V Surabaya. Perusahaan ini terletak di Jl. Ketintang No. 156 Surabaya Timur. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah explanatory research dengan pendekatan kuantitatif. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah 98 karyawan PT. Telkom Indonesia Tbk. Analisis data yang digunakan adalah analisis deskriptif, analisis inferensial, dan regresi linier berganda. Teknik sampel yang digunakan adalah sampel jenuh. Hasil penlitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa variabel bebas mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap Kinerja Karyawan secara simultan dan parsial. Dan dari sini dapat diketahui bahwa kedua variabel bebas tersebut yang paling dominan pengaruhnya terhadap Kinerja Karyawan adalah Kemanfaatan Penggunaan TI karena memiliki nilai koefisien beta dan t hitung paling besar. Dari hasil regresi linier berganda dapat disimpulkan bahwa variabel bebas mempunyai pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap variabel terikat yaitu kinerja karyawan yaitu sebesar 52,8%. Sedangkan sisanya sebesar 47,2% merupakan variabel lain yang dapat mempengaruhi kinerja karyawan. Variabel lain yang dapat mempengaruhi kinerja karyawan diantaranya yaitu kemampuan (ability) dan motivasi dari karyawan. Kata kunci : penggunaan informasi, kinerja karyawan
Editorial Manager(tm) for Journal of Labor Economics Manuscript Draft Title: Risk Sharing or Bargaining?: the Impact of Spousal Labor Supply on Unemployment Duration Risk Sharing or Bargaining?: the Impact of Spousal Labor Supply on Unemployment Duration

This paper theoretically studies and empirically estimates (1) how spousal labor supply affects bargaining between the husband and wife over their private consumption, and (2) the impact of this intrahousehold bargaining on their reservation wage and unemployment duration. We consider a model of household job search in which the outcomes of bargaining are determined by the sharing rule of Chiappori (1992), a function defining the dependency of couples' private consumption on their labor market conditions. This model allows the husband and wife to rationally expect their share of household income and decide on labor supply recursively. Using the panel data of SIPP 2001, this work finds that the private consumption of the unemployed husband shrinks to 85% of that of the employed husband in the U.S., indicating that employment is crucial in the husband' bargaining with his spouse. The estimates have two main implications. First, it suggests asymmetry in household unemployment duration: the more the husband earns, the longer the wife searches for a job; whereas the more the wife earns, the sooner the husband finds a job. Secondly, an increase of $100 in unemployment insurance (UI) per month lowers employment rate of the wife by 0.46% with an employed husband, compared to 3.35% of that with a unemployed husband, suggesting UI benefits crowd out the added worker effect (AWE). Abstract This paper theoretically studies and empirically estimates (1) how spousal labor supply affects bargaining between the husband and wife over their private consumption, and (2) the impact of this intrahousehold bargaining on their reservation wage and unemployment duration. We consider a model of household job search in which the outcomes of bargaining are determined by the sharing rule of Chiappori (1992), a function defining the dependency of couples' private consumption on their labor market conditions. This model allows the husband and wife to rationally expect their share of household income and decide on labor supply recursively. Using the panel data of SIPP 2001 1 , this work finds that the private consumption of the unemployed husband shrinks to 85% of that of the employed husband in the U.S., indicating that employment is crucial in the husband' bargaining with his spouse. The estimates have two main implications. First, it suggests asymmetry in household unemployment duration: the more the husband earns, the longer the wife searches for a job; whereas the more the wife earns, the sooner the husband finds a …
ICT extended social network for solving the peer and parental loneliness

At present, most of the researches on how might ICT impact well-being are focused on specific psychological result. This paper discusses how peer and parental loneliness might be affected by ICT mediated social network with the perspective of networked individualism and social captital theory. In order to solve the problem efficiently, we present a cross sectional study with the questionnaire to gain the data. As a result, people will combine EMAIL, IM, SNS to maintain their social network. In addition, the larger the mediated social network,the lower PEER AND PARENTAL loneliness. Whats more, the more friends in the EMAIL, IM, SNS friends , the lower PEER AND PARENTAL loneliness. Finally, the more family members in the EMAIL, IM, SNS, the higher PEER AND PARENTAL loneliness, and the more ordinary relationship in SNS, the lower the parent loneliness. The the result of the study indicates the assumption of the current study is effective and feasible.
Dealing with the Effects of Sensor Displacement in Wearable Activity Recognition

Most wearable activity recognition systems assume a predefined sensor deployment that remains unchanged during runtime. However, this assumption does not reflect real-life conditions. During the normal use of such systems, users may place the sensors in a position different from the predefined sensor placement. Also, sensors may move from their original location to a different one, due to a loose attachment. Activity recognition systems trained on activity patterns characteristic of a given sensor deployment may likely fail due to sensor displacements. In this work, we innovatively explore the effects of sensor displacement induced by both the intentional misplacement of sensors and self-placement by the user. The effects of sensor displacement are analyzed for standard activity recognition techniques, as well as for an alternate robust sensor fusion method proposed in a previous work. While classical recognition models show little tolerance to sensor displacement, the proposed method is proven to have notable capabilities to assimilate the changes introduced in the sensor position due to self-placement and provides considerable improvements for large misplacements.
Evolution of the TPP-dependent enzyme family

The evolutionary relationships of the thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) dependent family of enzymes was investigated by generation of a neighbor joining (NJ) phylogenetic tree using sequences from the conserved pyrophosphate (PP) and pyrimidine (Pyr) binding domains of 17 TPP-dependent enzymes. This represents the most comprehensive analysis of TPP-dependent enzyme evolution to date. The phylogeny was shown to be robust by comparison with maximum likelihood (ML) trees generated for each individual enzyme. The study discerned the order in which enzymes diverged in the progenote population and several instances where enzyme types diverged later, and broadly confirms the evolutionary history proposed recently from structural comparisons alone (Duggleby 2006). The relationship between the PP-and Pyr-domains and the recruitment of additional protein domains was examined using the transketolase C-terminal (TKC) domain as an example. This domain has been recruited by several members of the family and yet forms no part of the active site and has unknown function. Removal of the TKC-domain was found to increase activity towards β-hydroxypyruvate (HPA) and glycolaldehyde (GA). Further truncations of the Pyr-domain yielded several variants with retained activity. This suggests the influence of TKC-domain recruitment on the evolution of the mechanism and specificity of transketolase (TK) has been minor, and that the smallest functioning unit of TK comprises the PP-and Pyr-domains whose evolutionary histories extend to all TPP-dependent enzymes.
Parents' experiences of caring for adopted children : an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Literature Review: Qualitative research was reviewed to better understand parents’ experiences of caring for children who had been adopted from care. A systematic search of the existing literature was conducted and a quality appraisal tool was employed to select 10 studies that explored adoptive care-giving from a multi-national perspective. A meta-synthesis identified six experiential themes: Preparedness and adjustment; identity and competency; responsiveness and reflectivity; commitment and resilience; containment and support; and cohesion and integration. The findings suggested that parents felt unsupported post-adoption, and prompted clinical recommendations about how multi-agency teams could work collaboratively with parents and their family networks to ensure that adopters felt supported. More research is warranted to understand the experiences of British adoptive parents. Research Report: The experiences of six British parents who self-identified that caring for an adoptee had been more challenging than initially expected were explored using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. Three super-ordinate themes were identified: ‘living in a different world’ illustrated the emotional distress and social isolation that adopters encountered; ‘what’s going on in their little minds’ illuminated parents’ intense desire to make sense of their ‘damaged’ children and provide reparative care; whilst ‘parenting on another level’ alluded to adopters’ experiences of striving for balance and holding hope for the future. Implications for specialist inter-agency working were discussed and included increased professional collaboration, offering of psychological therapies to ameliorate adopters’ distress, and greater partnership working to facilitate parents in sustaining their care-giving roles. Recommendations for further research were to explore parents’ experiences of care-giving at different phases of the adoption life-cycle, and investigate powerful transferences occurring between parent and child that seemed to impact on parents’ experiences of care-giving. Critical Appraisal: A reflective account of the research process has been provided and highlights issues that emerged as the researcher endeavoured to undertake good quality research.
Local Oxidation Of Siliconfor Isolation

The need for a reduction of the spacing between devices in integrated circuits has led to the development of several device isolation process schemes. In this chapter, we give an overview of the most important trends in isolation technologies, starting with the conventional LOCOS structure. A novel isolation structure that combines several of the features used in advanced isolation structures is demonstrated and is used to investigate the trade-offs between the process steps that lead to a reduction in active area loss and the electrical performance of the isolation structure in terms of junction leakage.
From expressive walking to expressive music performance

In music the expression of emotions play an important role. Research has shown that some cues for how emotions are expressed in music can be connected to motion; for instance how the performer uses her body when interacting with the instrument. Bresin and Giordano conducted an experiment in 2004, where the foot step sound of people expressing emotions through their walking was recorded and analyzed. It was found that the sound level (SL) and the inter-onset-interval (IOI) of the feet were used by listeners for decoding the emotions. The same parameters have been found to be used by performers when express emotions in music. In this master thesis two experiments were conducted. In the first one it was investigated whether the acoustic parameters from expressive walking gaits could be used for controlling the sound of a percussive musical instrument (timpani) in order to communicate emotions. Subjects rated if they perceived the emotions as angry, fearful, sad, neutral or happy and whether a male or female performed the musical sequence. In the second experiment participants controlled timpani drum strikes by means of sliders connected to the average value and variation of some of the acoustic parameters used in experiment one. The participants were instructed to express the same five emotions as in experiment one. Statistical analysis of the results show that the patterns of acoustic parameters such as tempo and sound level used in expressive walking could be successfully transferred to the control of musical stimuli. The trends for the parameters used for communicating different emotions were similar in both experiments as well as similar to the expressive cues variations known from literature in psychology of music. Av = average Mea = mean value Std = standard deviation h2tIOI = heel to toe inter-onset-interval t2tIOI = toe to toe inter-onset-interval t2hIOI = toe to heel inter-onset-interval h2hIOI = heel to heel inter-onset-interval H amp = heel amplitude T amp =toe amplitude How to interpret the names of the sound files:-First letter is the intended emotion, where a=anger, f=fear, n=neutral, h=happiness and s=sadness. -Second number is the number of the walker (1-7)-Last letter is ascending (u) or descending (d) tone for example the name a6u stands for a=the emotion anger, 6=walker number six, u=the sound sequence starts with an ascending tone. s7d stands for s=the emotion sadness, 7=walker number seven, d=the sound sequence starts with a descending tone.
Stochastic Realisation Ranking for a Free Word Order Language

We present a log-linear model that is used for ranking the string realisations produced for given corpus f-structures by a reversible broad-coverage LFG for German and compare its results with the ones achieved by the application of a language model (LM). Like other authors that have developed log-linear models for realisation ranking, we use a hybrid model that uses linguistically motivated learning features and a LM (whose score is simply integrated into the log-linear model as an additional feature) for the task of realisation ranking. We carry out a large evaluation of the model, training on over 8,600 structures and testing on 323. We observe that the contribution that the structural features make to the quality of the output is slightly greater in the case of a free word order language like German than it is in the case of English. The exact match metric improves from 27% to 37% when going from the LM-based realisation ranking to the hybrid model, BLEU score improves from 0.7306 to 0.7939.
National Parties and Local Development : Evidence from Peruvian Municipalities

In many developing countries, the traditional party system has collapsed. Local parties have emerged as dominant forces in local elections. In this paper, we study whether national-party rule affects local policy outcomes, government performance and politician selection in Peru. We identify these impacts by comparing municipalities where a national party barely won the election with those where it barely lost. Our results challenge a common view that the displacement of national parties is a threat to local governance. We find that national-party rule has few effects on local outcomes. There is no impact on levels of local tax collection and expenditure. Moreover, national parties do not outperform their rivals in terms of municipal capacity, public investment implementation, and accountability. These results hold despite seemingly better candidate selection by the former. ∗Aragón: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada. Email: faragons@sfu.ca. Makarin: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Email: alexey.makarin@u.northwestern. edu. Pique: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Email: rpique@u.northwestern. edu. We are grateful to Lori Beaman, Georgy Egorov, Kirabo Jackson, Seema Jayachandran, and Vishal Kamat for their helpful comments. We are also thankful to various officials at the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and at the National Jury of Elections for their cooperation in accessing and collecting the data.
Eigenvalues of the volume operator in loop quantum gravity

We present a simple method to calculate certain sums of the eigenvalues of the volume operator in loop quantum gravity. We derive the asymptotic distribution of the eigenvalues in the classical limit of very large spins, which turns out to be of a very simple form. The results can be useful for example in the statistical approach to quantum gravity.