Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Narrow Linewidth Tunable Terahertz Radiation By Photomixing Without Servo-Locking

A beatnote, tunable from dc to 1 THz, provided by a dual-frequency laser is used to feed an unitravelling carrier photodiode in order to produce a highly coherent THz signal radiated by a transverse-electromagnetic-horn antenna. The THz signal is detected and analyzed by a subharmonic mixer coupled to an electrical spectrum analyzer. All components involved in this experiment operate at room temperature without phase locking the beatnote. So far, the dynamic range evolves from 58 dB at 282 GHz to 15 dB at 1.026 THz, and the measured linewidth is better than 30 kHz. Linewidth narrowing using a Brillouin fiber laser pumped by the dual-frequency laser leads to a beatnote of 500-Hz linewidth at 1 THz.
The construction of interdisciplinarity: The development of the knowledge base and programmatic focus of the journal Climatic Change, 1977–2013

Climate change as a complex physical and social issue has gained increasing attention in the natural as well as the social sciences. Climate change research has become more interdisciplinary and even transdisciplinary as a typical Mode‐2 science that is also dependent on an application context for its further development. We propose to approach interdisciplinarity as a co‐construction of the knowledge base in the reference patterns and the programmatic focus in the editorials in the core journal of the climate‐change sciences—Climatic Change—during the period 1977–2013. First, we analyze the knowledge base of the journal and map journal–journal relations on the basis of the references in the articles. Second, we follow the development of the programmatic focus by analyzing the semantics in the editorials. We argue that interdisciplinarity is a result of the co‐construction between different agendas: The selection of publications into the knowledge base of the journal, and the adjustment of the programmatic focus to the political context in the editorials. Our results show a widening of the knowledge base from referencing the multidisciplinary journals Nature and Science to citing journals from specialist fields. The programmatic focus follows policy‐oriented issues and incorporates public metaphors.
Proximal Stimulus Confirms Carpal Tunnel Syndrome—A New Test? —A Clinical and Electrophysiologic, Multiple-Blind, Controlled Study

Purpose In patients with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), a proximal stimulus can sometimes evoke typical symptoms. Explanations for this phenomenon include local disturbance of arterial circulation, stimulation of trigger points, and the double crush syndrome (DCS). The aim of this study was to investigate the value of these hypotheses with a new provocation test performed on the infraspinatus muscle (infraspinatus test [IsT]) in a multiple-blind, controlled study. Methods Thirty-four subjects were recruited, tested with IsT, and measured with nerve conduction velocity (NCV). Additionally, the Tinel sign (TS) was examined. The McNemar test was used to compare the IsT and NCV with the subjects' symptoms. The Fisher exact test was used to correlate IsT and symptoms. Results In the McNemar test, IsT showed no significant difference to the NCV (P = 0.18, sensitivity: 69.7%, specificity: 87.1%) regarding the subjects' symptoms (P = 0.2888, sensitivity 80.6%, specificity 93.9%). The Fisher exact test proved the significance of the IsT with regard to symptoms (P < 0.0001). Conclusions Pressure exerted on a certain point of the infraspinatus muscle has significant diagnostic power and may be a valuable clinical test in everyday practice. We discuss the arguments for and against a new, latent trigger point and whether other mechanisms may play a role.
How to Measure the Financial Literacy

Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to find what are the important key words and items to become the financially literate consumer, therefore, to develop the measurement of financial literacy according to diverse age groups. Design/Methodology - Data were collected by expert interview from 25 experts in the areas of finance, that is, 15 professors of majors in finance, 10 researchers in financial market, and 5 financial officer in the government. The questions were 1) the direction of measuring the financial literacy from elementary students to the elderly, 2) what were the most important key words and items for financially literate consumers. Findings - The financial literacy must be estimated according to all age groups and in each 3 dimensions that is, financial knowledge, financial behavior, financial attitude. The most important key words and items were selected in each elementary, middle, high, and college students, adults, the elderly, and the vulnerable. Implications - The results of study contribute to improve the measurement of financial literacy in consideration of Korean financial market. Also, many key words and items developed in this study can be used practically in estimating the financial literacy in every age groups.
What is a library anymore, anyway?

Libraries in the future will undertake local control, especially for long-term preservation and accessibility of digital as well as analog collections. Failure to embrace that role would cause libraries and librarians rapidly to lose relevance and value as Internet and other digital resources develop. Local control of collections is critical both to assure permanence and to provide a key degree of selectivity, which ? contrary to the irrational exuberance of making everything available to everybody ? is vital to providing service to communities of readers. Librarians need new tools, such as the LOCKSS system, to enable both persistence and selection of electronic information.
The Readership of Corporate Websites

This study investigates people’s interest in the content of corporate websites based on a survey of 521 respondents from Asia and Europe. Four main findings emerge from this study: (a) People are primarily interested in recruitment information and product-related information on corporate websites but not in corporate social responsibility messages or financial information; (b) content features on corporate websites are retrieved more frequently out of work-related interest than out of private interest; (c) utilitarian motivations provide more compelling reasons for people to visit corporate websites than hedonic motivations do; and (d) Internet users from Asia visit corporate websites for hedonic purposes to a far greater extent than respondents from Europe do.
Protocol for Vital Dye Staining of Corneal Endothelial Cells

Purpose: To describe a step-by-step methodology to establish a reproducible staining protocol for the evaluation of human corneal endothelial cells. Methods: Four procedures were performed to determine the best protocol. (1) To determine the optimal trypan blue staining method, goat corneas were stained with 4 dilutions of trypan blue (0.4%, 0.2%, 0.1%, and 0.05%) and 1% alizarin red. (2) To determine the optimal alizarin red staining method, goat corneas were stained with 2 dilutions of alizarin red (1% and 0.5%) and 0.2% trypan blue. (3) To ensure that trypan blue truly stains damaged cells, goat corneas were exposed to either 3% hydrogen peroxide or to balanced salt solution, and then stained with 0.2% trypan blue and 0.5% alizarin red. (4) Finally, fresh human corneal buttons were examined; 1 group was stained with 0.2% trypan blue and another group with 0.4% trypan blue. Results: For the 4 procedures performed, the results are as follows: (1) trypan blue staining was not observed in any of the normal corneal samples; (2) 0.5% alizarin red demonstrated sharper cell borders than 1% alizarin red; (3) positive trypan blue staining was observed in the hydrogen peroxide exposed tissue in damaged areas; (4) 0.4% trypan blue showed more distinct positive staining than 0.2% trypan blue. Conclusions: We were able to determine the optimal vital dye staining conditions for human corneal endothelial cells using 0.4% trypan blue and 0.5% alizarin red.
Communications-surveys Effect of maternal diet and body composition on lactational performance 1

Milk production, dietary intake, and body composition of 45 lactating women were monitored for 4 months postpartum to examine the interrelationships of these maternal variables. A 3-day dietary record, 24-h test-weighing for determination of milk production, 24-h milk collection, anthropometric measurements, and water displacement for estimation of body fat were performed monthly. The overall mean (SD) energy intake was 2 186 (463) kcal/day. Milk production (g/day) averaged 751 (130), 725 (131), 723 (114), and 740 (128) during the 4 sequential months. Weight postpartum was 64.6 (9.1) kg and was 59.3 (10.5) kg at 4 months. Body fat determined by water displacement averaged 28 (7)% at 1 month and 26 (8)% at 4 months. Estimations of body fat from skinfold thickness ranged from 28 (5)% postpartum to 27 (5)% at 4 months. Energy balance calculations based on the energy available from the diet plus the energy derived from tissue mobilization, minus the caloric equivalent of the milk, indicated sufficient energy available for maintenance and activity needs. Thus, it appears that successful lactation is compatible with gradual weight reduction and attainable with energy intakes less than current recommendations. Am J C/in Nutr 1984:39:296-306.
Assessing the responsiveness in the Danish mobile phone supply chain

Focuses on performance efficiency in the mobile phone supply chain. Through a description of exogenous conditions in the mobile phone industry concerning product characteristics and demand for mobile phones with reference to Fisher's product types, found the notions of responsiveness to be a useful analysis variable and critical success factor for the mobile phone supply chain. Afterwards set up four theoretical evaluation variables that were valuable for analyzing responsiveness: delivery lead‐times, postponement strategies, the Bullwhip effect and information exchange. From an in depth practical analysis concludes that there is a lack of responsiveness in the Danish mobile phone supply chain in both demand transparency and time efficiency.
Proving the economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise infrastructure support organisations

This report summarises the results of a two year study to assess the social and economic value of voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector infrastructure support organisations. The research, commissioned by South West Forum, was conducted between 2011 and 2013 and carried out by the University of Bristol in partnership with Voscur, a generic infrastructure organisation covering the city of Bristol. A blended methodology was used to capture both social and economic impact. It was built on the structured self-assessment approach of NCVO’s Value of Infrastructure Programme (VIP) and the proxy indicator approach of NEF’s Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology. This provided information regarding Voscur’s role in developing, co-ordinating, representing and promoting voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) frontline groups (henceforth, ‘frontline groups/organisations’)
A Hybrid Approach to Pre-Conjunct Identification

An algorithm that identifies pre-conjuncts in natural language sentences is described. Syntactic and semantic information is combined to ascertain the size of the syntactic relation that precedes a coordinate conjunction. The approach is not domain specific and relies only on part-of-speech information. Performance results on several corpora are given.
An exploratory study of sales promotions for multichannel holiday shopping

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how consumers respond to price promotions in stores and on internet channels during a holiday season. Since holiday shopping has long been considered promotion intensive and multichannel shopping is increasing, it is important to understand whether consumers respond differently to price promotions from these two different channels. The paper aims to examine whether the extent of price promotions that consumers perceive in online and offline channels and their sensitivity to such price promotions influences their holiday spending in each channel.Design/methodology/approach – A public telephone survey was conducted to collect data during the month of December 2006. Using random sampling in Florida, a total of 501 responses were collected.Findings – Overall, the findings support the effectiveness of price promotions during holiday periods. Such awareness of the extensive practice of price promotions at stores can encourage holiday spending offline; additional.
Increased expression of the lncRNA PVT1 promotes tumorigenesis in non-small cell lung cancer.

INTRODUCTION Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the major cause of cancer death worldwide. Increasing evidence shows that long non coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are widely involved in the development and progression of NSCLC. lncRNA PVT1 in several cancers has been studied, its role in lung cancer remains unknown. Our studies were designed to investigate the expression, biological role and clinical significance of PVT1 in lung cancer. METHODS lncRNA PVT1 expression in 82 NSCLC tissues and 3 lung cancer cell lines was measured by quantitative Real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Its association with overall survival of patients was analyzed by statistical analysis. RNA interference (RNAi) approaches were used to investigate the biological functions of PVT1. The effect of PVT1 on proliferation was evaluated by MTT, cell migration and invasion ability was evaluated by cell migration and invasion assays. RESULTS lncRNA PVT1 expression was significantly upregulated in NSCLC tissues and lung cancer cells when compared with corresponding adjacent normal tissues and normal bronchial epithelial cells. Increased PVT1 expression was significantly correlated with histological grade and lymph node metastasis. In addition, NSCLC patients with PVT1 higher expression have shown significantly poorer overall survival than those with lower PVT1 expression. And PVT1 expression was an independent prognostic marker of overall survival in a multivariate analysis. In vitro assays our results indicated that knockdown of PVT1 inhibited cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicated that lncRNA PVT1 is significantly upregulated in NSCLC tissues and may represent a new biomarker and a potential therapeutic target for NSCLC intervention.
Effective lennard-jones parameters for CO2-CO2 dispersion interactions in water and near amorphous silica-water interfaces

Different models for effective polarizability in water and the corresponding dispersion forces between dissolved molecules are explored in bulk water and near interfaces. We demonstrate that the attractive part of the Lennard-Jones parameters, i.e., the van der Waals parameter C6 (UvdW ≈ -C6/ρ6), is strongly modified when two carbon dioxide (CO2) molecules are near an amorphous silica-water and near a vapor-water interface. Standard simulation parameters for near-surface modeling are based on intermolecular forces in bulk media.
Green Marketing: A Study of Consumer Attitude & Environmental Concern

The purpose of this research is to ascertain the attitude of consumers towards Green Marketing. Based on the data collected through a survey method the paper makes an assessment of the environmental concern prevalent among the consumers. The dimensions of attitude and environmental concern have been further studied on the basis of demographic variables gender, age groups. In addition, it aims at finding out the relationship between environmental concern of consumers and their attitude towards green marketing. Attempts have been made to study the existence of relationship between the attitude of consumers towards green marketing and the importance they have given to green products.
Inhibition of Heterotrimeric G Protein Signaling by a Small Molecule Acting on Gα Subunit

The simultaneous activation of many distinct G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and heterotrimeric G proteins play a major role in various pathological conditions. Pan-inhibition of GPCR signaling by small molecules thus represents a novel strategy to treat various diseases. To better understand such therapeutic approach, we have characterized the biomolecular target of BIM-46187, a small molecule pan-inhibitor of GPCR signaling. Combining bioluminescence and fluorescence resonance energy transfer techniques in living cells as well as in reconstituted receptor-G protein complexes, we observed that, by direct binding to the Gα subunit, BIM-46187 prevents the conformational changes of the receptor-G protein complex associated with GPCR activation. Such a binding prevents the proper interaction of receptors with the G protein heterotrimer and inhibits the agonist-promoted GDP/GTP exchange. These observations bring further evidence that inhibiting G protein activation through direct binding to the Gα subunit is feasible and should constitute a new strategy for therapeutic intervention.
European Passengers Satisfaction And Fairness Perceptions About Turkish Airports

The purpose of this study is to find the relationship between personal and flight characteristics of European passengers satisfaction and fairness perceptions about Turkish airports. The hypotheses were tested on a sample of 559 European passengers in Turkish Airports. Respondents voluntarily participated to the survey. Self reported questionnaire forms were filled in by the passengers waiting in the international area of the airports in a face to face interview manner. To analyze the collected data, independent sample of t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used. Study results indicated that the less flying passengers are more satisfied about Turkish airports than the more flying passengers. Also, passengers travelling for tourism purpose have the highest fairness perception about the services delivered in Turkish airports. But, the services of Turkish airports are perceived relatively less fair by the passengers travelling for health purposes. The most fairly perceiving passengers are of middle income level.
Website Effectiveness for Bricks and Mortar Travel Retailers

ABSTRACT This exploratory study was designed to evaluate the website performance of brick-and-mortar travel retailers (BMTRs) in the US and investigate the present situation in their website marketing. A website evaluation instrument was developed based on the Modified Balanced Scorecard (BSC) approach, and four evaluation perspectives were considered: 1) technical, 2) customer, 3) marketing effectiveness, and 4) travel agency. Most BMTR websites were being used as “electronic brochures” rather than being presented as “integrative distribution and marketing channel. ” They had weaknesses in attracting customers and were not designed to generate substantial online profits. Implications for improved performance of Web marketing by BMTRs were identified.
Flow-based Characteristic Analysis of Internet Application Traffic

The necessity of IP traffic analysis is growing dramatically in many areas. With increasing network demands from individual users as well as business communities, the Internet is overwhelmed by diverse and complex types of traffic from various network-based applications. To analyze this sophisticated Internet environment, efficient methods and tools are desperately required. This paper presents general characteristics of the Internet application traffic together with application-level analysis from the perspective of flows. We analyze the IP traffic traces collected on the Internet junction at POSTECH, a university with over 6,000 end hosts and servers. In addition, using our flow grouping method we classify the IP traffic according to the corresponding applications, and we explore the flow-level characteristics of current network-based applications.
Cell-free synthesis of proteins related to sn-glycerol-3-phosphate transport in Escherichia coli

An Escherichia coli periplasmic protein (GlpT) related to sn-glycerol-3-phosphate transport was synthesized in a cell-free system directed by hybrid plasmic ColE1-glpT DNA. The in vitro product cross-reacted with antisera against the purified protein. The ColE1-glpT DNA-directed cell-free system was induced by sn-glycerol-3-phosphate and phosphonomycin and was dependent on cyclic AMP. The in vitro-synthesized protein showed the characteristics of a multimeric protein, as did the purified periplasmic protein. The main proportion of the newly synthesized product had a higher molecular weight than the mature protein found in the periplasm of cells and showed a more positive charge in two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Thus, a proportion of this protein is presumed to be synthesized in vitro as a precursor. The cell-free system yielded a second protein that is likely to be also coded for by the glpT operon. This protein had a molecular weight of approximately 33,000 in sodium dodecyl sulfate-acrylamide gel electrophoresis and behaved like an intrinsic membrane protein.
TOPEX/Poseidon Microwave Radiometer (TMR). II. Antenna pattern correction and brightness temperature algorithm

For pt.I see ibid., vol.33, no.1, p.125-37 (1995). The calibrated antenna temperatures measured by the TOPEX Microwave Radiometer are used to derive radiometric brightness temperatures in the vicinity of the altimeter footprint. The basis for the procedure devised to do this-the antenna pattern correction and brightness temperature algorithm-is described in the paper, along with its associated uncertainties. The algorithm is based on knowledge of the antenna pattern, the ground-based measurements of which are presented along with their analyses. Using the results of these measurements, the authors perform an error analysis that yields the net uncertainties in the derived TMR footprint brightness temperatures. The net brightness temperature uncertainties range from 0.79 to 0.88 K for the three TMR frequencies, and include the radiometer calibration uncertainties which range from 0.54 to 0.57 K. the authors also derive an estimate of the uncertainty incurred by using brightness temperatures measured in the /spl sim/40 km TMR footprint to estimate path delay in the /spl sim/3 km altimeter footprint. The RMS difference in path delay averaged over the largest TMR footprint relative to that in the altimeter footprint is estimated to be about 0.3 cm. Finally, the authors discuss the error associated with using unequal beams at the three TMR frequencies to derive path delays, and describe an approach using along-track averaging of the algorithm brightness temperatures to reduce this error. >
Contemporaneous Risk Factors and the Prediction of Financial Statement Fraud

This study identifies the contemporaneous risk factors empirically related to financial statement fraud. Extant research identifies a number of individual factors related to fraud in various settings. In this study we examine an array of potential fraud risk factors in order to identify a comprehensive set of coexistent factors that are consistently linked to the incidence of financial statement fraud. Further, using the identified fraud risk factors, we construct a robust fraud prediction model. The analysis yields a number of significant factors related to pressure and opportunity. Using the significant fraud risk factors we then construct a fraud prediction model. The model correctly classifies fraud and no-fraud firms approximately 69.77 percent of the time, a substantial improvement over other fraud prediction models.