Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
An efficient technique for out-of-band power reduction for the eliminated CP-STC-shaped system for 5G requirements

The most dominant needs for the recent wireless mobile applications are higher bandwidth (BW) efficiency, higher energy efficiency higher quality of services (QOS). The main technique in 4G systems is OFDM but it suffers from some limitations such as large peak to average power ratio (PAPR), higher Out-of-Band (OOB) power radiation, and wasting bandwidth efficiency due to cyclic prefix (CP) extension. In his paper, these OFDM limitations will be reduced with low computational complexity compared to filter bank multicarriers (FBMC). The proposed scheme is based on symbol time compression (STC) for OFDM system. The proposed STC-Shaped system is achieved via interleaver-spreader and symbol shaper in the transmitter side in addition to equalization and combining processes in the receiver side. Comparative study between the proposed system and the conventional OFDM in case of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and COST 207 typical multipath fading channel will be presented. The numerical results show that the proposed STC-Shaped scheme reduces OOB significantly. The proposed scheme improves BER in multipath Rayleigh fading although it is without CP. Thus, the proposed system is more robust against inter symbol interference (ISI) compared to conventional OFDM system. Also, the numerical results show that the PAPR of the proposed system is decreased significantly and also, it is derived theoretically. Also, the proposed scheme overcomes CP extension, and hence increases the bandwidth (BW) efficiency. Finally, the computational complexity for the proposed scheme is derived and it has very low complexity compared to FBMC. The system performance measurments has been fulfilled using cumulative distribution function (CDF), power spectral density (PSD) and bit error rate (BER).
TRANSITIVITY IN THE TENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ RECOUNT TEXTS (A SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR: SFG)

This research aims to analyze the use of transitivity in the tenth grade students’ recount text and to find out the types of processes that are mostly found in the text. The data are taken from five recount texts written by five groups of the tenth grade students in one of the senior high schools in Cimahi. The researchers used descriptive qualitative as the method of this research. From the whole data, the researchers found 69 clauses and those are divided into seven types of processes as stated by Halliday. After classifying them, the researchers only found six types of processes which are: material process found in 45 clauses (65.2%), mental process found in 11 clauses (16%), relational process found in 5 clauses (7.2%), existential process found in 4 clauses (5.8%), behavioral process found in 2 clauses (2.9%) and verbal process found in 2 clauses (2.9%). While meteorological process was not found in the data. The most commonly process found in the data was material process which consists of 45 clauses for the recount text was retelling something happened in the past which experienced by the students. Keywords : Systemic Functional Grammar, Transitivity, Recount Text
Control of Bacterial Proliferation and Formation of Biofilm in Membranes for Food Packaging Manufactured by Electrospinning

The application of micro/nanotechnologies in the development of food contact materials is currently of great interest for the food technology sector. The materials for this purpose include various types of polymers, among which are PLGA (polylactic-co-glycolic acid) and PCL (polycaprolactone), biodegradable synthetic polymers. Electrospinning is a low-cost and easily reproducible technique for the production of polymeric micro/nanofiber membranes that can be used in the packaging of food. This work establishes the parameters for the manufacturing, by means of electrospinning, of micro/nanofiber membranes made of PLGA, PCL and a combination of both of these polymers. The resulting fibers were characterized via scanning electron microscopy. Given the importance, within the food industry, of knowing the effect that the package components may have on bacterial proliferation, the resulting fibers were incubated with three of the most frequent microorganisms that contaminate food: Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli. Both the viability and the bacterial adhesion were quantitatively determined in terms of the biofilm formation capacity. The formation of biofilms was greater in the PLGA membranes. When any of the microorganisms were exposed to the membranes made of the mixture of the two polymers, or with only PCL, a marked reduction in the formation of biofilm was observed. These results show that it is possible, by means of a proper selection of the materials, to reduce the possibility of contamination in both the packaging and the food, without the need to add products that might be inconvenient due to their possible side effects.
Potential of aqueous extracts of Allium sativum, Mentha spicata, Myrtus communis and Thymus vulgaris as antimicrobials and curing of antibiotic resistant genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae / Adel Kamal Khider and Sazan Qadir Mawlud

Eighty six clinical isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae were isolated from various pathogenic cases from Erbil hospitals. The isolates were varied in their resistance to antibiotics, and ranged between 13-18 antibiotics out of 22. Genetic transformation between purified plasmid from K. pneumoniae and E. coli JM83 demonstrated that all tested antibiotic resistant genes were plasmid DNA born except Doxycilin resistance gene was chromosomal born. The watery extracts of Allium sativum, Mentha spicata Myrtus communis and Thymus vulgaris were proved to be most powerful against K. pneumoniae K11 and K32 isolates. A comparative evaluation of plasmids elimination from K. pneumoniae isolates by sub-MIC of plant extracts showed that these extracts could cure plasmids effectively at their respective sub-MIC concentration. Plasmid cured was observed by sub-MIC of Allium sativum and Thymus vulgaris at 350 µg ml-1 cured 2, 4 and 3 plasmids, Mentha spicata and Myrtus communis extract at 250 µg ml-1cured 2, 3 and 2, 4 plasmids from K. pneumoniae K11 and K32 isolates. Curing of plasmid DNA from K. pneumoniae isolates confirmed by determining the loss of resistance markers in cured cultures.
3D PRINTING IMPACTS ON SOUTH AFRICAN THIRD PARTY LOGISTIC SERVICE PROVIDERS

Technology is the driver of industry innovations. One disruptive innovation that has implications for third party logistic (3PL) service providers is the technology of 3D printing. 3D printing enables manufacturers to produce their product at geographically remote areas no longer needing a 3PL service provider to move and warehouse products. This could result in many current services as offered by 3PLs to manufacturers, being changed. A qualitative case study methodology, to explore the implications of 3D printing for a South African 3PL provider, was employed. The research findings indicated that 3D printing impacts must be considered in terms of adaptive strategies by 3PLs if competitive advantages and customer service are to be assured in the future.
Cross Cultural adaptation into Brazilian Portuguese language of Derriford Appearance Scale 24 (DAS-24) for people living with HIV/AIDS

Introduction: Body image can be defined as the representation of beliefs, emotions and perceptions about the body itself, manifested in behaviors directed to the body. When the body changes because of a disease and does not seem healthy, the self-concept may be severely challenged. People living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) are particularly vulnerable to the distress and psychosocial impact of appearance, but in Brazil the assessment of those body image changes was subjective because there was not an available scale in Brazilian Portuguese to assess body image changes in clinical practice or research. Objective: To carry out the cross-cultural adaptation to the Brazilian Portuguese of the Derriford Appearance Scale 24 (DAS-24), with the verification of the linguistic, semantic, conceptual and cultural equivalence of the people living with HIV/AIDS in Brazil. Methods: We followed the five stages of culturally sensitive translation: direct translations, synthesis of translations, back-translations, expert committee meeting and pre-tests. The process of cultural adaptation was presented in a descriptive and analytical way, following patterns of methodological studies. The minimum, maximum and median values of the responses of each item were calculated from the pool of data from the third pretest group of 50 participants. The median of the item scores, the correlation on each item with the total score and the internal reliability, were calculated using the Cronbach alpha test. Results: The analysis of the responses of the last pre-test group indicated that attention must be given to items A, H, T and V in a future psychometric study. The present study is not enough for this scale to be used in clinical practice. To ensure that the culturally adapted instrument generates valid and reliable data, a subsequent study investigating its psychometric properties should be conducted. Conclusion: The cross-cultural adaptation of the Derriford Appearance Scale 24 (DAS-24) in its components of linguistic, semantic, conceptual and cultural equivalence to Brazilian Portuguese for the population of people living with HIV/AIDS was fully carried out. Despite this achievement, it is emphasized that the use of the Brazilian version of DAS-24 in research and clinical routine is advised only after a psychometric study with this instrument.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOB-RELATED TENSION, NEGATIVE AFFECT AT WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

This study explores relationships between job-related tension, negative affect at work and organizational culture in educational organizations. It has been found that teaching staff assess job-related tension and negative affect at work higher than educational organization managers do. It also has been shown that power culture contributes to increasing tension in educational organizations, while person culture and task culture as well as the strength of organizational culture contribute to reducing tension and negative affect at work in educational organizations
Wavelet decompositions of Random Forests

—The work brings together an intersection of Harmonic Analysis and Machine Learning. The wavelet decomposition of random forests allows establishing ordering of the random forest components: from ‘signiﬁcant’ features to ‘less signiﬁcant’ to ‘insigniﬁcant’ noise. This allows for example, to replace the limits typically imposed on tree depths (to avoid over-ﬁtting) by the more robust technique of wavelet thresholding. Our approach could also be considered as a promising research direction to the problem of simplifying or compressing neural-networks. In this paper, we present a few sample experimental results, with the hope that the machine learning community will ﬁnd interesting applications for this very simple, yet powerful tool.
Impact of Dialysis Modality on Left Ventricular Geometry in End Stage Renal Disease Patients

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Fast, good, and repeatable: Summations, vectorization, and reproducibility

Enhanced-precision global sums are key to reproducibility in exascale applications. We examine two classic summation algorithms and show that vectorized versions are fast, good and reproducible at exascale. Both 256-bit and 512-bit implementations speed up the operation by almost a factor of four over the serial version. They thus demonstrate improved performance on global summations while retaining the numerical reproducibility of these methods.
Novel inspection system, backpack-based, for 3D modelling of indoor scenes

— This work presents a novel system for indoor positioning and data acquisition based on LiDAR sensors and inertial Units. Data are processed with SLAM techniques in order to perform an accurate computation of the trajectory followed by the system in any working environment. The quality of results obtained with the presented system is analysed through its application to two case studies, by comparing geometric measurements to the point clouds obtained with FARO FOCUS 3D Terrestrial Laser Scanner, which has good performance regarding precision.
The role of protein-tyrosine phosphatases for sensitivity and resistance of CML-cells to tyrosine-kinase inhibitors

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a disease of the hematopoietic system, caused by the expression of the constitutively active fusion protein-tyrosine kinase (PTK) BCR-ABL1. It can be successfully treated with specific tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (TKIs) targeting BCR-ABL1. Protein-tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) may have an effect on TKI sensitivity and treatment response by modulating the transforming signaling activity of BCR-ABL1. The potential impact of specific PTPs on the therapeutic response to nilotinib in CML patients and on responses to nilotinib, imatinib, and dasatinib in CML cell lines was addressed in the current thesis. The individual patient treatment response was correlated with the PTP-status before the beginning of treatment. The mRNA expression levels of PTPRA, PTPRC, PTPRG, PTPRM, and PTPN13 were positively associated with a particularly good nilotinib treatment outcome. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout (KO) or PTP over-expression were used to manipulate PTPRG and PTPRC expression levels in CML cell lines, and the impact on TKI response was measured by determination of the IC50 values for the TKIs in proliferation/viability assays. The KO of PTPRC or the over-expression of PTPRG caused a significant reduction of the IC50s for both nilotinib and imatinib. The colony-forming capacity was significantly reduced in PTPRC-KO and in PTPRG over-expressing cells. Assessment of BCR-ABL1 signaling revealed a reduction of SRC-family kinase activity and an elevation of the cell cycle inhibitor p27 in the engineered cell lines. Taken together it was shown that some PTPs contribute to treatment response to the TKI nilotinib and affect BCR-ABL mediated transformation. The knowledge of the underlying mechanisms may help to optimize therapeutic strategies and the mRNA expression levels of PTPs may be further explored as potential prognostic markers.
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF MIXING ON PERCEIVED EMOTION OF SOUNDSCAPE RECORDINGS

Sound designers routinely mix source soundscape recordings. Previous studies have shown that people agree with each other on the perceived valence and arousal for soundscape recordings. This study investigates whether we can compute the perceived emotion of the mixed-soundscape recordings based on the perceived emotion of source soundscape recordings. We discovered quantifia-ble trends in the effect of mixing on the perceived emotion of soundscape recordings. Regression analysis based on the trajectory observation resulted in coefficients with high R 2 values. We found that the change of loudness of a source soundscape recording had an influence on its weight on the perceived emotion of mixed-soundscape recordings. Our visual analysis of the center of mass data plots found the specific patterns of the perceived emotion of the source soundscape recordings that belong to different soundscape categories and the perceived emotion of the mix. We also found that when the difference in va-lence/arousal between two source soundscape recordings is larger than a given threshold, it is highly likely that the valence/arousal of the mix is in between the va-lence/arousal of two source soundscape recordings.
Empirical testing of the impact on consumer choice resulting from differences in the composition of seemingly identical branded products

Differences in the composition of seemingly identical branded food products (DC-SIP) has been a source of growing concern in the EU in recent years. This was particularly the case after tests conducted in several Member States (MS) confirmed the presence of differences in composition of some branded food products sold across different Member States. To provide further evidence on DC-SIP practices, in close collaboration with experts from Member States' competent authorities and stakeholders of the food chain, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) developed a harmonised methodology for the comparative testing of DC-SIP in food across MS. The result of the application of this methodology to different products found that 9% and 22% of evaluated food products had differences in composition but had identical or similar front packaging, respectively. While the JRCâ€™s comparative testing found evidence on the scale of the DC-SIP issue across EU, there is still a lack of empirical evidence on consumer preferences for DC-SIP. This report aims to contribute to the existing studies by verifying whether the presence of DC-SIP influences consumer preferences and willingness to pay for a different version of the same branded product. The study applied two different methodologies, an (online) discrete choice experiment (DCE) and a sensory testing experiment ('lab experiment'), in six MS (i.e. Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Spain, and Sweden) with a total of 10,600 respondents.
Prevalence of Comorbidity of Depressive Disorders and Panic Disorder in Patients Diagnosed With Migraine (With and Without Aura)

Original Research Article Migraine is a common neurological disorder and that be severely disabling during attacks, and has been observed to be associated with other psychiatric disorders like panic disorder and depressive disorders. The disease burden maybe magnified when psychiatric co morbidities are present [1]. Objective: In this study, we have tried to find out the prevalence and comorbidity of depressive disorders and panic disorder in patients diagnosed with migrainous headache, with and without aura, coming to psychiatry OPD of MMMC&H, Kumarhatti,Solan. Material and Methods: International Society for Headache, criterion (ICHD-3) [2] was applied to screen patients having migrainous headache (with and without aura). 220 such patients, who gave consent for the study, were selected for the study and MINI Scale [3] was applied to these patients to find out which of these, had a diagnosable comorbidity with panic disorder and depressive disorders. Observations: The prevalence of Panic Disorder was found to be 11.5% in cases of migraine without aura whereas it was 14.3% in cases of migraine with aura showing no significant association (p=0.665). Prevalence of Depression was found to be 29.2% in cases of migraine without aura whereas it was 64.3% in cases of migraine with aura, thus showing statistically highly significant association (p<0.001). Conclusion: Odds Ratio of panic disorder in cases of migraine with aura as compared to migraine without aura was 1.288( 95% CI : 0.409-4.059: p= 0.666), showing insignificantly more chances of Panic Disorder in cases of migraine with aura as compared to migraine without aura. Cases of migraine with aura had significantly higher odds of having depression as compared to cases without aura (OR: 4.371; 95% CI: 1.900-10-058: p = 0.001).
Emission characteristics of laser-induced plasma using collinear long and short dual-pulse LIBS

The collinear long and short dual-pulse LIBS (DP-LIBS) was employed to clarify the emission characteristics from laser-induced plasma. The plasma was sustained and became stable by the long pulsewidth laser with the pulse width of 60 μs under FR (free running) condition as an external energy source. Comparing the measurement results of stainless steel in air using SP-LIBS and DP-LIBS, the emission intensity was enhanced using DP-LIBS markedly. The temperature of plasma induced by DP-LIBS was maintained at higher temperature under different gate delay time and short pulse-width laser power conditions compared with these measured using SP-LIBS of short pulse width. Moreover, the variation rates of plasma temperature measured using DP-LIBS were also lower. The superior detection ability was verified by the measurement of aluminum sample in water. The spectra were clearly detected using DPLIBS, whereas it cannot be identified using SP-LIBS of short pulse width and long pulse width. The effects of gate delay time and short pulse-width laser power were also discussed. These results demonstrate the feasibility and enhanced detection ability of the proposed collinear long and short DP-LIBS method.
EFFECTS OF TOURIST GUIDES’ PERSONAL TRAITS ON JOB ATTITUDE AND JOB SATISFACTION: A STUDY IN TURKEY

Objective: The aim of the study is to determine effects of tourist guides’ personality traits on their job attitudes and job satisfactions. Methodology / Approach: The study was structured in quantitative research. As data collection method, survey technique was used. In order to measure personality traits, job attitude and job satisfaction, 600 questionnaires were distributed and 462 questionnaires were collected. Questionnaires with missing or incorrect data were removed and 453 questionnaires were used in total. Reliability, arithmetic mean, correlation and regression analyzes were used in the study. Originality / Relevance: This study has originality due to the lack of similar studies, as no other article or thesis was found with the same variables or sample belongs to tourist guides. Main results: Results showed that among personality traits; tourist guides’ responsibility and agreeableness were surpassing. Also, tourist guides’ attitude towards their profession was found to be generally in good and job satisfaction levels were detected as moderate. In addition, as a result of the correlation and regression analyzes, it was determined that personality traits of the tourist guides have had a significant effect on their job attitudes and job satisfaction. Theoretical / methodological contributions: The findings are important to guiding profession and tourist guides career path and tourist guides’ continue to profession and raise vocational commitment and notify relevant persons about tourist guides situations.
Examining Gender Representation in an Indonesian EFL Textbook

Considering its influential role in students’ behavior and attitudes , a t extbook has to reflect balanced images and information about males and females. It also has to support broad choices and many roles for both sexes to avoid unjust or bias gender issues . This study aimed at examining whether an EFL textbook published by the Indonesian government p romotes gender equity by (1) mapping the proportion of textual and visual representation of males and females in the textbook; (2) describing how males and females are treated in the textbook. Through content analysis, the study revealed that the book is gender-biased as indicated from unbalanced (1) textual and visual representation (2) variety of activity, role, and occupation, (3) order of mention, and (4) adjectival portrayal. In all indicators, the female is underrepresented, hidden, and framed within traditional gender stereotyping. Reflecting on these findings, revision by the government and/ or careful treatment by teachers when using the book are ushered. Keywords : bias , content analysis, gender representation, gender stereotype, textbook .