Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
High-Tech Entrepreneurial Firms in a University-Based Business Incubator

This paper considers the underlying processes and contexts of incubation as critical factors in accelerated firm growth in a university-based technology incubator. At the heart of the study is a concern to understand these dynamics in the early stages of incubation, including processes of firm network formation, the capacity to access and use combinations of resources at various phases of incubation, and the ways in which the incubator, as a techno-social space, supports the connection of different resources and their relationships. Building on theoretical frameworks that draw on the conceptual work of Lachmann and Bourdieu, the authors argue that it is possible to identify ‘heterogeneous resources' as different forms of ‘capital’ at work in the incubation process. The empirical case study at a university-based technology incubator illustrates the ways in which university incubators help high-tech start-up firms to build these capabilities through network formation and a variety of types of resource mobilization.
Complementary series

A set of complementary series is defined as a pair of equally long, finite sequences of two kinds of elements which have the property that the number of pairs of like elements with any one given separation in one series is equal to the number of pairs of unlike elements with the same given separation in the other series. (For instance the two series, 1001010001 and 1000000110 have, respectively, three pairs of like and three pairs of unlike adjacent elements, four pairs of like and four pairs of unlike alternate elements, and so forth for all possible separations.) These series, which were originally conceived in connection with the optical problem of multislit spectrometry, also have possible applications in communication engineering, for when the two kinds of elements of these series are taken to be +1 and -1, it follows immediately from their definition that the sum of their two respective autocorrelation series is zero everywhere, except for the center term. Several propositions relative to these series, to their permissible number of elements, and to their synthesis are demonstrated.
CAMLES: An Adaptive Mobile Learning System to Assist Student in Language Learning

This paper represents a personalized context-aware mobile learning architecture for supporting student to learn English as foreign language in order to prepare for TOEFL test. We consider how to apply open learner modeling techniques to adapt contents for different learners based on context which includes location, amount of time to learn, the manner as well as learner's knowledge in learning progress. Through negotiation with system, the editable learner model will be updated to support adaptive engine to select adaptive contents meeting learner's demands. Empirical testing results for students who used application prototype indicate that interaction user modeling is helpful support learner to learn adaptive materials.
Steady-State Analysis of Interaction Between Harmonic Components of Arm and Line Quantities of Modular Multilevel Converters

The fundamental frequency component in the arm currents of a modular multilevel converter is a necessity for the operation of the converter, as is the connection and bypassing of the submodules. Inevitably, this will cause alternating components in the capacitor voltages. This paper investigates how the arm currents and capacitor voltages interact when the submodules are connected and bypassed in a sinusoidal manner. Equations that describe the circulating current that is caused by the variations in the total inserted voltage are derived. Resonant frequencies are identified and the resonant behaviour is verified by experimental results. It is also found that the effective values of the arm resistance and submodule capacitances can be extracted from the measurements by least square fitting of the analytical expressions to the measured values. Finally, the analytical expression for the arm currents is verified by experimental results.
The Hantaan virus glycoprotein precursor is cleaved at the conserved pentapeptide WAASA.

The medium segment of the tripartite negative-stranded RNA genome of hantaviruses encodes for the predicted glycoprotein precursor GPC. We have demonstrated here the expression of the glycoprotein precursor of Hantaan virus following transfection of mammalian cells. The cleavage of the precursor into the glycoproteins G1 and G2 followed the rules for signal peptides and seemed to occur directly at the pentapeptide motif "WAASA. " Our data indicate that the signal peptidase complex is responsible for the proteolytic processing of the precursor GPC of Hantaan virus. The comparison of this region of the glycoprotein precursor, including the absolutely conserved WAASA motif, suggests a similar cleavage event for all hantavirus glycoproteins.
Competing risks analysis of reasons for disposal in Quebec dairy herds.

In this study, the use of survival analysis to model the risk of a dairy cow being culled for different reasons is described. This is possible by applying an extension of survival models known as competing risks analysis, in which cause-specific hazard functions are fitted. This is a realistic approach, because it acknowledges that the occurrence of one type of culling prevents the happening of all other types of disposal. If a cow is culled for low production, for example, it is reasonable to think that she could have been discarded due to mastitis later, had she stayed in the herd. In the competing risks framework, this cow’s failure time will be treated as right-censored at the time she was culled for low production, in order to compute her ‘mastitis’ hazard function. In other words, all we know about the risk of failure due to mastitis is that she managed to avoid culling for mastitis up to the point she failed due to low production. This is the first time competing risks analysis is used to describe causespecific culling in dairy cattle.
Synchronous motor winding segmentation for parallel interleaved inverters

This paper deals with a new concept of winding segmentation of permanent-magnet synchronous machines originally presented in a recently published patent. Called, in this paper, the coupled star winding, this new segmentation winding allows reducing total loss and current ripples when fed by an interleaved parallel inverters. This segmentation method can potentially integrate the functionality of magnetically coupled inductors.
Modeling in support of methods of module testing for long term environmental durability

We begin from the basic premise that the primary enemies of PV modules are heat, light and moisture, plus numerous other possible stressors which may or may not be participants, depending upon the specific location of the module. We have adopted a Coffin-Manson model to estimate what the effects of thermal cycling might be upon the PV module in support of empirical observations. It describes part of the environmental durability to be anticipated from subject modules (1). Although this model ignores the effects of humidity, solar irradiance, voltage variation and other mechanical and chemical stresses, it does offer us an estimate of the equivalence of a test methodology to a part of the real world environment. A realistic example of its use is described and calculated.
The Role of Central Banks in Financial Stability: How Has it Changed?

The roles of central banks in the advanced economies have expanded and multiplied since the beginning of the crisis. The conventional monetary policy roles - setting interest rates in the pursuit of macroeconomic stability and acting as lender of last resort and market maker of last resort to provide funding liquidity and market liquidity to illiquid but insolvent counterparties - have both been transformed. With official policy rates near or at the effective lower bound, the size of the central bank's balance sheet and the composition of its assets and liabilities have become the new, 'poor man's', monetary policy instruments. The LLR and MMLR roles have expanded to include solvency support for SIFIs and, in the euro area, the provision of liquidity support and solvency support for sovereigns also. Concentrating too many financial stability responsibilities, including macro-prudential and micro-prudential regulation, in the central bank risks undermining the independence of the central bank where it is likely to be useful -- the conventional monetary policy roles. The non-inflationary loss-absorption capacity (NILAC) of the leading central banks is vast. For the ECB/Eurosystem we estimate it at no less than EUR3.2 trillion, for the Fed at over $7 trillion. This is tax payers' money that is not under the effective control of the fiscal authorities. The central banks have used their balance sheets and their NILACs to engage in quasi-fiscal actions that have been essential to prevent even greater financial turmoil and possible disaster, but that also have important distributional impacts between sectors, financial institutions, individuals and nations. The ECB was forced into this illegitimate role by the fiscal vacuum at the heart of the euro area; the Fed by the fiscal paralysis of the US Federal government institutions.
Extracting link chains of relationship instances from a Web site

Web pages from a web site can often be associated with concepts in an ontology, and pairs of web pages can also be associated with relationships between concepts. With such associations, web pages can be searched, browsed or even reorganized based on their concept and relationship labels. In this paper, we investigate the problem of extracting link information of relationship instances from a web site. We define the notion of link chain and formulate the link chain extraction problem. An extraction method based on sequential covering has been proposed to solve the problem. This paper presents the proposed method and the experiments to evaluate its performance. We have applied the method to extract link chain information from the Yahoo! Movie Web Site with very promising results.
Challenges in high accuracy of malware detection

Malware is a threat to the computer users regardless which operating systems and hardware platforms that they are using. Microsoft Windows is the most popular operating system and the popularity also make it the most favourite platform to be attacked by the adversaries. Current detection for Windows relies on the signature based detection which is fairly fast although suffers undetected binaries. Here, we propose a method to increase the detection rate of malware by manipulating machine learning methods. Our focus is on the Microsoft Windows binaries.
Successful anatomic correction of transposition of the great vessels. A preliminary report.

The authors present a new approach for anatomical correction of transposition of the great vessels. The two coronaries with a piece of aortic wall are transposed to the posterior artery. The two aortic openings are closed with a patch. The aorta and pulmonary artery are transected, contraposed and then anastomosed. The interventricular septal defect was closed through a right ventriculotomy with a dacron patch. A 40-dayold white male infant with 3,700 g was operated on with deep hypothermia and total circulatory arrest and made an uneventful recovery. The hemodynamic study 20 days after surgery showed the complete correction of the malformation. At 50 days after surgery, he weighed 5,500 g, without cyanosis and in good conditions.
The prognostic value of pfetin: a validation study in gastrointestinal stromal tumors using a commercially available antibody.

OBJECTIVE Adjuvant treatment with imatinib mesylate is an effective treatment for gastrointestinal stromal tumor. However, 50% of patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor can be cured by surgery alone; hence, risk stratification for therapy with imatinib mesylate is the next challenge. Previously, using a proteomic approach, we discovered a potential prognostic biomarker for gastrointestinal stromal tumor, pfetin, and immunohistochemically validated its clinical utility using our original monoclonal antibody. In the present study, we examine the usefulness of a commercially available polyclonal antibody against pfetin. METHODS Western blotting and immunohistochemistry were performed using surgical specimens of primary tissues from gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients using a polyclonal antibody against pfetin and our original monoclonal antibody. Formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded primary tissue sections from 112 gastrointestinal stromal tumor patients were subjected to immunohistochemistry. The immunohistochemistry results were integrated with the clinico-pathological observations. RESULTS Western blotting revealed that both antibodies recognized multiple post-translationally modified pfetin isoforms. The immunohistochemical study with the commercial antibody demonstrated that the disease-free survival rate was 88 and 56% for pfetin-positive and pfetin-negative patients, respectively. Univariate and multivariate analyses showed that pfetin expression as measured by the commercial antibody was a significant and independent prognostic factor among the clinico-pathological parameters examined. Of the 112 gastrointestinal stromal tumor cases examined, 13 yielded discordant results between the commercial antibody and our original antibody, and there were no significantly different clinical or pathological factors to account for this discrepancy. CONCLUSIONS Our observations suggest that the pfetin expression level assessed by the commercial antibody could be a prognostic biomarker in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
The feasibility, acceptance, and key features of a prevention-focused oral health education program for HIV+ adults

Poor oral health is common in HIV+ adults. We explored the feasibility, acceptance, and key features of a prevention-focused oral health education program for HIV+ adults. This was a pilot substudy of a parent study in which all subjects (n = 112) received a baseline periodontal disease (PD) examination and provider-delivered oral health messages informed by the Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills (IMB) Model. Forty-one parent study subjects were then eligible for the substudy; of these subjects, a volunteer sample was contacted and interviewed 3–6 months after the baseline visit. At the recall visit, subjects self-reported behavior changes that they had made since the baseline. PD was reassessed using standard clinical assessment guidelines, and results were shared with each subject. At recall, individualized, hands-on oral hygiene coaching was performed and patients provided feedback on this experience. Statistics included frequency distributions, means, and chi-square testing for bivariate analyses. Twenty-two HIV+ adults completed the study. At recall, subjects had modest, but nonsignificant (p > 0.05) clinician-observed improvement in PD. Each subject reported adopting, on average, 3.8 (± 1.5) specific oral health behavior changes at recall. By self-report, subjects attributed most behavior changes (95%) to baseline health messages. Behavior changes were self-reported for increased frequency of flossing (55%) and toothbrushing (50%), enhanced toothbrushing technique (50%), and improved eating habits (32%). As compared to smokers, nonsmokers reported being more optimistic about their oral health (p = 0.024) at recall and were more likely to have reported changing their oral health behaviors (p = 0.009). All subjects self-reported increased knowledge after receiving hands-on oral hygiene coaching performed at the recall visit. In HIV+ adults, IMB-informed oral health messages promoted self-reported behavior change, subjects preferred more interactive, hands-on coaching. We describe a holistic clinical behavior change approach that may provide a helpful framework when creating more rigorously designed IMB-informed studies on this topic.
Penilaian Prestasi Kerja

Organisasi merupakan suatu sistem sosial, dimana kaidah yang terkandung adalah interdependensi antara aktivitas, perasaan dan interaksi yang secara bersama-sama dipengaruhi oleh norma-norma organisasi itu sendiri. Kompleksitas permasalahan yang ada dalam organisasi dengan sendirinya menuntut adanya suatu manajemen yang baik khususnya terhadap sumber dari manusia, yang bukan saja merupakan subjek, akan tetapi juga sebagai objek dari pada organisasi tersebut. Performance Appraisal, yang biasa juga disebut penilaian prestasi kerja, penilaian pelaksanaan pekerjaan, penilaian kondite dan lain sebagainya adalah salah satu upaya yang dilakukan organisasi dalam rangka mencapai tujuan organisasi secara keseluruhan. Kebutuhan akan penilaian prestasi kerja utamanya adalah untuk mengetahui kualitas dan kuantitas kinerja, kendala serta sikap karyawan dalam kaitannya dengan keberadaan karyawan di dalam suatu organisasi. Dengan latar belakang pendidikan dan pengalaman yang berbeda karyawan berpeluang besar untuk menampilkan pola sikap yang berbeda, menunjukkan prestasi kerja yang juga berbeda yang pada gilirannya akan Oleh sebab itu, maka penilaian prestasi kerja merupakan sesuatu yang sangat penting untuk dilaksanakan.
The business of train travel: A matter of time use

It is evident to the casual observer travelling on the British rail network that fellow travellers are occupying their time with a range of activities – including work. The significance of such time use has tended to be overlooked in transport studies and in the economic assessment of time spent travelling and investment in measures to save such time. In transport studies, travel has traditionally been seen as a derived demand (Tipping, 1968) – derived from the need or desire to participate in activities that are taking place elsewhere. As such, travel itself is seen as a cost. In the context of travel during the course of paid employment, travel time is seen as wasteful – time which could otherwise be put to productive use to the benefit of the employer and economy. Taking the case of individuals travelling on business by rail, this chapter examines travel time use and whether or not the time is indeed wasted. It draws upon a mixed-method research study of ‘travel time use in the information age’ funded by the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Study between 2004 and 2007. The chapter illustrates, with reference to focus group discourses, how the environment of train travel can represent an ideal mobile workspace. Response data from the National Rail Passengers Survey serve to offer a national snapshot of how business rail travellers use and value their time and to highlight therein the place of mobile technologies. An ethnographic account of how rail travellers manage time and space is examined – an approach which reaches beyond what a survey can achieve in connecting with the experience of travel. A diaryinterview approach explores, at the level of the individual, the place of travel time use in the wider (working) day. The combined approaches reveal travel time use to be a complex interplay between activities and technologies with the boundaries between work and leisure less well defined than the terminology ‘business traveller’ might initially indicate.
Strategies for preventing multi-micro nutrient deficiencies: a review of experiences with food-based approaches in developing countries.

The importance of coexisting micronutrient defi ciencies in developing countries is gaining recognition, prompted by the disappointing responses often observed with single micronutrient supplements. Further, of concern is the feasibility and sustainability of supplementation as a mode of delivery in poor resource settings. Consequently, there is increasing emphasis on food-based approaches: fortifi cation, dietary diversifi cation and modifi cation, and biofortifi cation. Novel delivery approaches exist for fortifying complementary foods in the household using tablets, sprinkles and fat-based spreads. These are all designed to supply micronutrients without any changes in feeding practices, and irrespective of the amount of food consumed. A version of the fortifi ed spread is also used as a ready-to-use therapeutic food for treating malnourished children. Dietary diversifi cation and modifi cation, in conjunction with nutrition education, focuses on improving the availability, access to and utilization of foods with a high content and bioavailability of micronutrients throughout the year. The strategies are designed to enhance the energy and nutrient density of cereal-based porridges; increase the production and consumption of micronutrient-dense foods (especially animal-source foods); incorporate enhancers of micronutrient absorption; and reduce the phytate content of cereals and legumes through germination, fermentation and soaking. In the future, biofortifi cation via processes such as agronomic practices, conventional plant breeding or genetic modifi cation holds promise as a sustainable approach to improve micronutrient adequacy in the diets of entire households and across generations in developing countries. This review summarizes new developments in food-based approaches, their advantages and limitations, and examines some of the effi cacy studies and programmes utilizing food-based strategies to alleviate micronutrient defi ciencies.
Energy conservation programs in China

State-sponsored energy conservation policies and programs have been a key factor in the striking drop in energy intensity of China's economy since the 1980s. China established an extensive administrative structure for energy management that linked the highest policy-making bodies with all the country's major energy-users. A national agency was created to administer large grants and loans for energy-efficiency projects. A network of technical outreach and design centers provided end-users of efficient technologies with crucial information and expertise. Other important measures included energy-efficiency standards, financial incentives, support for research and development and educational programs. The economic system reforms have rendered many of these policies and programs obsolete. China faces great challenges in redirecting policies and institutions to continue pursuing energy efficiency. This a task that is vital to China's long-term economic and environmental health.