Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Stability Analysis of Genetic Regulatory Networks With Switching Parameters and Time Delays

This paper is concerned with the exponential stability analysis of genetic regulatory networks (GRNs) with switching parameters and time delays. In this paper, a new integral inequality and an improved reciprocally convex combination inequality are considered. By using the average dwell time approach together with a novel Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional, we derived some conditions to ensure the switched GRNs with switching parameters and time delays are exponentially stable. Finally, we give two numerical examples to clarify that our derived results are effective.
Flexible hybrid semiconductors with low thermal conductivity: the role of organic diamines.

that many favorable properties of each individual component are brought into the hybrid structure by incorporating two distinctly different components into a single crystal lattice. Integration and combination of exceptional transport properties and structural/thermal stability from the inorganic component and superb flexibility and processibility from the organic component can be expected. Additionally, the blending of the inorganic and organic modules in these crystalline hybrid structures takes place at the atomic level and through chemical bonds, and thus is free of the interface issues that are inevitably present in conventional hybrid composite materials. Furthermore, the formation of such hybrid crystals almost always leads to unique and remarkable new features that are not possible for the individual constituents. Some notable examples include organic–inorganic perovskite-like structures and related materials, [1–4] hybrid metal oxides, [5, 6] and semiconductors composed of zinc blende and wurtzite frameworks. [7–9] The II/VI based hybrid semiconductor crystal structures
An experimental study on the robustness of integer-forcing linear receivers

Recent work has proposed the integer-forcing (IF) linear receiver architecture as a promising alternative to the joint maximum likelihood (ML) receiver. It has been proven that the IF linear receiver can operate very close to the (optimal) performance of the joint ML receiver, but with essentially the same implementation complexity as a zero-forcing (ZF) linear receiver. In this paper, we take the first steps towards a complete software-defined radio (SDR) implementation of the IF linear receiver. Using the Wireless Open-Access Radio Platform (WARP) and IEEE 802.11 protocols, we develop an OFDM-based experimental framework to evaluate the performance of IF linear receivers in realistic indoor settings, and compare it to the performance of ZF and joint ML receivers. Our framework includes a channel estimation protocol and algorithm for selecting the best integer matrix for approximating the channel matrix. We have performed indoor experiments for a 2 × 2 MIMO network, which demonstrate that the symbol error rate (SER) of the IF linear receiver indeed outperforms the ZF linear receiver and can operate close to the joint ML receiver. We also argue, via simulations, that IF continues to outperform conventional linear receivers, even in the presence of significant channel estimation errors.
The associations of illness perceptions and self-efficacy with psychological well-being of patients in preparation for joint replacement surgery

Abstract Patient well-being on referral to surgery likely affects their surgical experience yet few studies examine pre-surgical correlates of well-being. Guided by the Common Sense Model of Self-Regulation and Social Cognitive theory, this study examined whether illness and emotional representations, general and domain self-efficacy were associated with pre-surgical well-being. The pre-surgical assessment of a three-wave prospective study is reported. Fifty-four hip and knee replacements patients (mean age = 69.33; SD = 8.57) were recruited in the pre-surgery educational clinic at a UK general hospital. Patients completed a questionnaire-pack including the Revised Illness Perceptions Questionnaire, the General Self-Efficacy Scale, the Self-Efficacy for Rehabilitation Outcome Scale, the Falls-Efficacy Scale, and the Short Form of Psychological Well-Being Index. Multiple hierarchical regression analyses showed that above and beyond demographic and clinical characteristics, negative emotional representations were associated with lower psychological well-being while strong general self-efficacy beliefs were positively related to psychological well-being. Independent of demographic and clinical characteristics, joint replacement patients’ psychological well-being was associated with their cognitions and emotional reactions to their condition before surgery. Early interventions could potentially target these modifiable factors to improve pre-surgical well-being in this group of patients, with potential for additional post-surgical benefit.
Microsatellite analysis of genetic divergence among populations of giant Galápagos tortoises

Giant Galápagos tortoises represent an interesting model for the study of patterns of genetic divergence and adaptive differentiation related to island colonization events. Recent mitochondrial DNA work elucidated the evolutionary history of the species and helped to clarify aspects of nomenclature. We used 10 microsatellite loci to assess levels of genetic divergence among and within island populations. In particular, we described the genetic structure of tortoises on the island of Isabela, where discrimination of different taxa is still subject of debate. Individual island populations were all genetically distinct. The island of Santa Cruz harboured two distinct populations. On Isabela, populations of Volcan Wolf, Darwin and Alcedo were significantly different from each other. On the other hand, Volcan Wolf showed allelic similarity with the island of Santiago. On Southern Isabela, lower genetic divergence was found between Northeast Sierra Negra and Volcan Alcedo, while patterns of gene flow were recorded among tortoises of Cerro Azul and Southeast Sierra Negra. These tortoises have endured heavy exploitation during the last three centuries and recently attracted much concern due to the current number of stochastic and deterministic threats to extant populations. Our study complements previous investigation based on mtDNA diversity and provides further information that may help devising tortoise management plans.
Comprehensive Analysis of the Cork Oak (Quercus suber) Transcriptome Involved in the Regulation of Bud Sprouting

Cork oaks show a high capacity of bud sprouting as a response to injury, which is important for species survival when dealing with external factors, such as drought or fires. The characterization of the cork oak transcriptome involved in the different stages of bud sprouting is essential to understanding the mechanisms involved in these processes. In this study, the transcriptional profile of different stages of bud sprouting, namely (1) dormant bud and (2) bud swollen, vs. (3) red bud and (4) open bud, was analyzed in trees growing under natural conditions. The transcriptome analysis indicated the involvement of genes related with energy production (linking the TCA (tricarboxylic acid) cycle and the electron transport system), hormonal regulation, water status, and synthesis of polysaccharides. These results pinpoint the different mechanisms involved in the early and later stages of bud sprouting. Furthermore, some genes, which are involved in bud development and conserved between species, were also identified at the transcriptional level. This study provides the first set of results that will be useful for the discovery of genes related with the mechanisms regulating bud sprouting in cork oak.
Design and fabrication of MMW module for 94 GHz radar sensor applications

We present design and fabrication of a 94 GHz radar sensor module. The 94 GHz sensor module has four components including 94 GHz single balanced diode mixer part, waveguide VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) part, magic tee part and bias PCB part. The 94 GHz single balanced diode mixer is developed on Duroid RT 5880 substrate with DC 1346 Schottky diode. The mixer has advantage of good conversion loss at high LO power and isolation characteristic. 94 GHz single balanced diode mixer has advantage of comparatively easy fabrication. The waveguide VCO consist of GaAs Gunn diode, varactor diode, two-bias post and cavity. The waveguide VCO is operated at 94 GHz. The magic tee has four waveguide arm regions with standard WR-10 and divides output power from VCO. Transmission frequency of 94 GHz MMW sensor module is 93.607 ∼ 94.727 GHz. Bandwidth is 1.12 GHz. 2% linearity range is 680 MHz. Power is 11.03 ∼ 11.47 dBm. Conversion loss about −7 dB at IF 500 MHz
Staphylococcal Surface Display of Metal-Binding Polyhistidyl Peptides

ABSTRACT Recombinant Staphylococcus xylosus andStaphylococcus carnosus strains were generated with surface-exposed chimeric proteins containing polyhistidyl peptides designed for binding to divalent metal ions. Surface accessibility of the chimeric surface proteins was demonstrated and the chimeric surface proteins were found to be functional in terms of metal binding, since the recombinant staphylococcal cells were shown to have gained Ni2+- and Cd2+-binding capacity, suggesting that such bacteria could find use in bioremediation of heavy metals. This is, to our knowledge, the first time that recombinant, surface-exposed metal-binding peptides have been expressed on gram-positive bacteria. Potential environmental or biosensor applications for such recombinant staphylococci as biosorbents are discussed.
Formation of phase lags at the cyclotron energies in the pulse profiles of magnetized, accreting neutron stars

Context. Accretion-powered X-ray pulsars show highly energy-dependent and complex pulse-profile morphologies. Significant deviations from the average pulse profile can appear, in particular close to the cyclotron line energies. These deviations can be described as energy-dependent phase lags, that is, as energy-dependent shifts of main features in the pulse profile. Aims. Using a numerical study we explore the e ect of cyclotron resonant scattering on observable, energy-resolved pulse profiles. Methods. We generated the observable emission as a function of spin phase, using Monte Carlo simulations for cyclotron resonant scattering and a numerical ray-tracing routine accounting for general relativistic light-bending e ects on the intrinsic emission from the accretion columns. Results. We find strong changes in the pulse profile coincident with the cyclotron line energies. Features in the pulse profile vary strongly with respect to the average pulse profile with the observing geometry and shift and smear out in energy additionally when assuming a non-static plasma. Conclusions. We demonstrate how phase lags at the cyclotron energies arise as a consequence of the e ects of angular redistribution of X-rays by cyclotron resonance scattering in a strong magnetic field combined with relativistic e ects. We also show that phase lags are strongly dependent on the accretion geometry. These intrinsic e ects will in principle allow us to constrain a system’s accretion geometry.
Inference of Critical Articulator Position for Fricative Consonants

Inversion aims to estimate the articulatory movements which support an acoustic speech signal. Within the acoustic–to–articulatory mapping framework, time frequency atoms had been also employed. The main focus of present work is estimating the relevant acoustic information, in terms of statistical association, for the inference of critical articulators position; in particular, those involved on production of fricatives. The χ 2 information measure is used as the measure statistical dependence. The relevant time–frequency features are calculated for the MOCHA–TIMIT database, where the articulatory information is represented by trajectories of speciﬁc positions in the vocal tract. Relevant features are estimated on fricative phones, for which tongue tip and lower lip are known to be critical. The usefulness of the relevant maps is tested in an acoustic–to–articulatory mapping system based on gaussian mixture models. In addition, it is shown that relevant features offer potential usefulness on solving the speaker-independent articulatory inversion problem.
Nanomedicine: current status and future prospects

Applications of nanotechnology for treatment, diagnosis, monitoring, and control of biological systems has recently been referred to as “nanomedicine” by the National Institutes of Health. Research into the rational delivery and targeting of pharmaceutical, therapeutic, and diagnostic agents is at the forefront of projects in nanomedicine. These involve the identification of precise targets (cells and receptors) related to specific clinical conditions and choice of the appropriate nanocarriers to achieve the required responses while minimizing the side effects. Mononuclear phagocytes, dendritic cells, endothelial cells, and cancers (tumor cells, as well as tumor neovasculature) are key targets. Today, nanotechnology and nanoscience approaches to particle design and formulation are beginning to expand the market for many drugs and are forming the basis for a highly profitable niche within the industry, but some predicted benefits are hyped. This article will highlight rational approaches in design and surface engineering of nanoscale vehicles and entities for site‐specific drug delivery and medical imaging after parenteral administration. Potential pitfalls or side effects associated with nanoparticles are also discussed. —Moghimi, S. M. Hunter, A. C. , Murray, J. C. Nanomedicine: current status and future prospects. FASEB J. 19, 311‐330 (2005)
catena-Poly[[aqua(ethyl anilinophosphonato-κO)sodium(I)]-di-μ-aqua]

In the title compound, [Na(C8H11NO3P)(H2O)3]n, the sodium cation is octahedrally coordinated by five water molecules and one O-bonded ethyl anilinophosphonate anion. Four of the water molecules bridge to adjacent sodium ions, resulting in an infinite chain of edge-sharing NaO6 polyhedra. A network of N—H⋯O and O—H⋯O hydrogen bonds helps to stabilize the crystal structure.
Integrated Analysis of Ground Level and Aerial Image Data

Integrated analysis of ground level images with aerial image data is a new area of computer vision research which is gaining traction due to the availability of high volumes of crowd-sourced and open data that are being collected worldwide. Novel problems such as geo-location from a single or a sequence of ground level images and use of geospatial context in object recognition are active research topics. Geo-tag metadata from image data as found in social media can be utilized to extract aerial imagery surrounding the location where an image was acquired. While images found in social media repositories provide close up details of structures from ground view, aerial images have other desirable properties such as known resolution, geometry etc. The approach adopted in this project leverages features from both ground level and aerial imagery that are similarly geo-located to improve the classification of visual scenery around that place. Image feature extraction and machine learning methods are being evaluated to test the efficacy of this approach in Volunteered Geographic Information. This work can improve scenery classification for use in large scale image indexing and enhance the use of crowd-sourcing as affordable and practical means of filling information gaps in land use information.
Influence of temperature on the asphyxiation of young goldfish (Carassius auratus L.) under various tensions of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

1. By asphyxiating goldfish in sealed bottles of water containing dissolved carbon dioxide and oxygen, it was found that the ability of the fish to use oxygen in the presence of carbon dioxide increases as the acclimation temperature of the fish is raised.2. Goldfish acclimated at 1° C. are limited in their ability to use oxygen when a tension of 60 mm. or more carbon dioxide is present in the water, whereas goldfish acclimated at 32° C. are not limited in the utilization of oxygen unless the carbon dioxide tension is 200 mm. or more. Fish at intermediate temperatures of 7°, 15° 20° and 25° C. begin to show a decrease in the ability to use oxygen when they are in the presence of carbon dioxide tensions of 100, 120, 140, and 170 mm. respectively.3. Reliable results could be obtained only after complete acclimation of the fish to the temperature at which the experiments were made. However, with acclimated fish of similar stock the result could be reproduced from year to year at the same season.4. The explan.
Test Method for Compression Resilience Evaluation of Textiles

A test method was proposed and a measurement system was developed to characterize the compression resilience properties of textiles based on the mechanical device, microelectronics, sensors and control system. Derived from the typical pressure-displacement curve and test data, four indices were defined to characterize the compression performance of textiles. The test principle and the evaluation method for compression resilience of textiles were introduced. Twelve types of textile fabrics with different structural features and made from different textile materials were tested. The one-way ANOVA analysis was carried out to identify the significance of the differences of the evaluation indices among the fabrics. The results show that each index is significantly different among different fabrics. The denim has the maximum compressional resilience and the polar fleece has the minimum compressional resilience. DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.11591/telkomnika.v11i2. 1992
Removable Media in Solaris

Since the dawn of time (or at least Jan 1, 1970) it has been difficult for the common user to take advantage of removable media under UNIX. The traditional UNIX approach to dealing with removable media has been to let programs name the device containing the media, and to leave it to the operator (or user) to ensure that the right media is in the device named. We have implemented the opposite approach: having the program specify the media and letting the OS take care of the device. Media is referenced by a name in the file system and recognized when it is inserted into a device. Administrators may specify actions to be taken when media is named, recognized, and removed.
The Toll-Like Receptor 5 Stimulus Bacterial Flagellin Induces Maturation and Chemokine Production in Human Dendritic Cells1

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are pattern recognition receptors that serve an important function in detecting pathogens and initiating inflammatory responses. Upon encounter with foreign Ag, dendritic cells (DCs) go through a maturation process characterized by an increase in surface expression of MHC class II and costimulatory molecules, which leads to initiation of an effective immune response in naive T cells. The innate immune response to bacterial flagellin is mediated by TLR5, which is expressed on human DCs. Therefore, we sought to investigate whether flagellin could induce DC maturation. Immature DCs were cultured in the absence or presence of flagellin and monitored for expression of cell surface maturation markers. Stimulation with flagellin induced increased surface expression of CD83, CD80, CD86, MHC class II, and the lymph node-homing chemokine receptor CCR7. Flagellin stimulated the expression of chemokines active on neutrophils (IL-8/CXC chemokine ligand (CXCL)8, GRO-α/CXCL1, GRO-β/CXCL2, GRO-γ/CXCL3), monocytes (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/CC chemokine ligand (CCL)2), and immature DCs (macrophage-inflammatory protein-1α/CCL3, macrophage-inflammatory protein-1β/CCL4), but not chemokines active on effector T cells (IFN-inducible protein-10 kDa/CXCL10, monokine induced by IFN-γ/CXCL9, IFN-inducible T cell α chemoattractant/CXCL11). However, stimulating DCs with both flagellin and IFN-inducible protein-10 kDa, monokine induced by IFN-γ, and IFN-inducible T cell α chemoattractant expression, whereas stimulation with IFN-β or flagellin alone failed to induce these chemokines. In functional assays, flagellin-matured DCs displayed enhanced T cell stimulatory activity with a concomitant decrease in endocytic activity. Finally, DCs isolated from mouse spleens or bone marrows were shown to not express TLR5 and were not responsive to flagellin stimulation. These results demonstrate that flagellin can directly stimulate human but not murine DC maturation, providing an additional mechanism by which motile bacteria can initiate an acquired immune response.
A Phenomenological Examination of Teaching "Bubble Students" from the Perspective of Rural General Education Teachers in South-Central Virginia

3 Copyright Page.4 Dedication . 5 Acknowledgments.6 List of Tables . 12 List of Abbreviations . 13 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION . 14 Overview . 14 Background . 14 Situation to Self.17 Problem Statement . 19 Purpose Statement . 20 Significance of the Study . 21 Research Questions . 22 Definitions.26 Summary . 28 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW . 30 Overview . 30 Theoretical Framework . 30 Self-efficacy Theory . 30 Self-determination Theory . 33 Related Literature.34
Parametric study of a VLSI plastic package using locally refined finite element models

The authors present a parametric study of thermal stresses in plastic packages that are induced during the die attachment and encapsulation fabrication steps. Finite-element models (FEMs) of plastic VLSI packages were used to vary package design parameters (die thickness, die bond materials and thickness, lead frame thickness, and package thickness and width/length) over typical ranges. Areas of complexity were considered in more detail using local finite-element analysis. The loss of adhesion between the mold and the die and/or lead frame in the package was simulated using gap finite elements in order to consider the extreme cases of no slip or no adhesion at these material interfaces. Changes in die thickness, die bond thickness, and package thickness caused significant changes in package thermal stresses, whereas changes in lead frame thickness, package width/length and die bond elastic modulus corresponded to minor changes in package stresses. The loss of adhesion at the mold material interface resulted in significantly altered thermal stress fields, e.g. the stresses were concentrated near the corners of the chip and lead frame where cracking has been observed in DIP plastic molding materials. <<ETX>>
Image based Cats and Possums Identification for Intelligent Trapping Systems

Eigenface based recognition is widely used to identify individual faces. This technique is commonly used in human recognition domain. In this research, we are investigating for implementation of a possible solution; which can be used to identify species. The eigenface technique is a novel approach in animal recognition domain [1, 2]. In this application, cats and possums are targeted as species of interest. The main reason for targeting cats and possum is, these introduced species are classified as threat to New Zealand natural environment and native wildlife. The next phase of this research project is to implement a vision based trapping system. This paper explains a novel classifier to use with eigenface techniques to separate different species.