Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
High quality ultra thin CVD HfO/sub 2/ gate stack with poly-Si gate electrode

We have developed and demonstrated an in-situ rapid thermal CVD (RTCVD) process for the fabrication of high quality ultra thin CVD HfO/sub 2/ gate stack that is compatible with conventional self-aligned poly-Si gate technology. These poly-Si gated HfO/sub 2/ gate stack show excellent interface properties, EOT=10.4 /spl Aring/, and leakage current Jg=0.23 mA/cm/sup 2/ @Vg=-1 V which is several orders of magnitude lower than RTO SiO/sub 2/ with poly-Si gate. In addition, the HfO/sub 2/ gate stack is thermally stable in direct contact with n/sup +/-poly Si gate under typical dopant activation conditions. These films also show excellent reliability under high-field electrical stress. We have also fabricated and demonstrated NMOSFETs, and studied boron penetration in HfO/sub 2/ gate stack with p/sup +/-poly Si gate.
Flexible Mixture-Amount Models for Business and Industry Using Gaussian Processes

Many products and services can be described as mixtures of ingredients whose proportions sum to one. Specialized models have been developed for linking the mixture proportions to outcome variables, such as preference, quality and liking. In many scenarios, only the mixture proportions matter for the outcome variable. In such cases, mixture models suffice. In other scenarios, the total amount of the mixture matters as well. In these cases, one needs mixture- amount models. As an example, consider advertisers who have to decide on the advertising media mix (e.g. 30% of the expenditures on TV advertising, 10% on radio and 60% on online advertising) as well as on the total budget of the entire campaign. To model mixture-amount data, the current strategy is to express the response in terms of the mixture proportions and specify mixture parameters as parametric functions of the amount. However, specifying the functional form for these parameters may not be straightforward, and using a flexible functional form usually comes at the cost of a large number of parameters. In this paper, we present a new modeling approach which is flexible but parsimonious in the number of parameters. The model is based on so-called Gaussian processes and avoids the necessity to a-priori specify the shape of the dependence of the mixture parameters on the amount. We show that our model encompasses two commonly used model specifications as extreme cases. Finally, we demonstrate the model’s added value when compared to standard models for mixture-amount data. We consider two applications. The first one deals with the reaction of mice to mixtures of hormones applied in different amounts. The second one concerns the recognition of advertising campaigns. The mixture here is the particular media mix (TV and magazine advertising) used for a campaign. As the total amount variable, we consider the total advertising campaign exposure.
DOUBLE MS n -ALGEBRAS AND DOUBLE K n , m - ALGEBRAS

0. Abstract. The variety O 2 of all algebras (L; A, v , / , g , 0 , 1) of type (2,2,1,1,0, 0) such that (L; A, V , /, 0,1) and (L; A, V ,g, 0,1) are Ockham algebras is introduced, and, for n, meN, its subvarieties DMS n , of double MS n -algebras, and DK n ,„, of double K n >m -algebras, are considered. It is shown that DK n m has equationally definable principal congruences: a description of principal congruences on double K n m -algebras is given and simplified for double M5 n -algebras. A topological duality for O 2 -algebras is developed and used to determine the subdirectly irreducible algebras in DK nm and in DMS n . Finally, MS n -algebras which are reduct of a (unique) double M5 n -algebra are characterized.
Influence of Incubation Atmosphere

The growth response of Streptococcus mutans representing antigenic type a or d in a chemically defined medium was influenced by the oxygen concentration of the growth atmosphere. Under controlled aerobic (1.5% 02) conditions these cultures attained a greater density than when the atmosphere contained 0.006% 02 or less. The growth of S. mutans strains representing antigenic types b or c in the defined medium was independent of the oxygen concentration of the growth environment. Under the conditions used in this study, none of the strains tested could utilize ammonium ion as a sole source of nitrogen for growth. The requirement for certain amino acids and inhibition by other amino acids varied with antigenic type and relative oxygen concentration of the growth environment. Under conditions where the atmospheric oxygen was reduced to 0.0006%
A Comprehensive study on Text Classification: Application of Convolutional Neural Networks and Deep Learning methods

Text classification is an essential part in many applications, such as web searching, information filtering, language identification and sentiment analysis such as predicting the sentiment of tweets and movie reviews, as well as classifying email as spam or not. Classifying our content and products into categories help users to easily search and navigate within website or application, Deep learning methods are proving very good at text classification. Deep learning is a set of algorithms and techniques to imitate how the human brain works, called neural networks. Different Neural networks such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN when used with Deep learning algorithms, like Word2Vec or GloVe , obtain better vector representations for words and also improve the accuracy of classifiers trained with traditional machine learning algorithms. The authors have made a comprehensive study on Text Classification using convolutional neural network (CNN) . The authors will discuss different models and methods and the experimental results based on variety of datasets.
Exploring Channel Efficiency

____________________________________________________________________________ Course: Master Thesis 4FE02E (15 higher education credits) Program: One Year Master Marketing Program, School of Business & Economics Term: Spring 2012 Authors: Judith Hohn, jh222ih@student.lnu. se, 860114 T-263 Thorsten Gollnick, tg222bj@student.lnu. se, 850907 T-752 Tutor: Professor Anders Pehrsson Examiner: Assistant Professor Dr. Sarah Philipson Title: Exploring Channel Efficiency A comparative Study on the Consumer ́s View of Efficiency of Physical Retail Stores and the Internet
Fault-tolerant predictive power control of a DFIG for wind energy applications

This study presents a new fault-tolerant predictive power control strategy for doubly-fed induction generators (DFIGs) used in wind energy applications, with the rotor fed by a three-level neutral point clamped converter. The proposed control strategy is able to maintain the system in operation with a good performance after the occurrence of either open-circuit (OC) or short-circuit faults in the insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) of the rotor-side converter (RSC), thus reducing the downtime and maintenance costs of wind turbines. The fault-tolerant strategy takes advantage of the discrete nature and flexibility of finite control set model predictive control strategies and restricts the possible switching states of the power converter according to the type of fault and its location. A diagnosis method for IGBT OC faults in the RSC, based on voltage errors, is also proposed for the considered system. This method uses the estimated rotor voltages from the DFIG model, thus avoiding the use of any extra sensors. Accurate and fast detection of OC faults in both interior and exterior IGBTs is achieved throughout the entire DFIG operational range. The effectiveness of the fault diagnosis method and fault-tolerant control strategy is validated with several experimental results.
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effects in global markets can be welfare-enhancing for all participants. This article argues the case for the closer integration of the island states of the Pacific in the Asia Pacific region. Even the larger states of the region can benefit from the better utilisation and management of the resources of the South Pacific island countries. Satish Chand is a PostDoctoral Fellow in the Economics Division, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University.
A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF VALUES AND MAQASID AL-SHARI‘AH IN SOCIAL MEDIA USE AMONG STUDENTS OF IIUM

: The use of social media has raised concern on users’ ability to behave ethically in cyberspace. Handling various issues in social media lies in the person of using social media properly from the Islamic perspectives. This study consists of a descriptive analysis of responses from 250 respondents among students of International Islamic University Malaysia. Description is given regarding the values and social media use from the perspective of Maqasid al-Shari‘ah which are to protect religion, life, intellect, privacy, reputation, and property. The Pearson correlation shows a significant relationship between values and social media use. This study plays an important role in shaping the behavior in social media use based on the six essentials above that will create awareness, promote safe and responsible use of social media . ‘sending followed photos you take’ with and information/updates own with 68%. 17.2% used social media for ‘upload music by audio of your voice you record’ and ‘upload audio people’s with 21.6%. The results also revealed that most of the respondents spend 4-6 hours on using social media with 36.4% and only 0.8% used for 19-21 hours. The mean for time spends is 5.7 hours.
A Taxonomy of Browser Extensions - Researching metadata patterns of Chrome extensions related to security using Random Forest and k-modes

Since the development of Google Chrome extensions is open to third party developers, there is an inherent risk of developers with malicious intents building extensions to attack end users, for example through stealing their personal information or exploiting their system resources. The sandbox system in place in Google Chrome designed to prevent such actions through warnings during installation has previously been deemed to be ineffective, consequently a new system of preventing malicious behavior or communicating risk to users is needed. In this thesis, we investigate the feasibility of using machine learning and an extension’s metadata, such as its permissions, file types, category, developer, rating, etc, to assess the security risk of an extension without examining code or executing the extension. The conclusions from our results are the following: (1) categories are basically indistinguishable in terms of metadata, which prevents outlier analysis using categories; (2) though strong feature relationships exists in the metadata, few of them are deemed relevant to security; and (3) k-modes clustering proved to be an effective way of detecting patterns in permission usage, detecting outliers and also detecting malicious extensions.
Rapid X-ray crystal structures of carbonate and hydroxide bridged Mn II /Mg II heterobimetallic complexes formed by reduction of CO 2 or H 2 O by a Mn 0 –Mg II bonded compound

: The previously reported Mn 0 –Mg II bonded heterobimetallic compound [L † Mn–Mg( Mes Nacnac)] (L † = -N(Ar † )(SiPr i3 ), Ar † = C 6 H 2 {C(H)Ph 2 } 2 Pr i -2,6,4; Mes Nacnac = [(MesNCMe) 2 CH] - ; Mes = mesityl) forms an adduct complex, [L † Mn–Mg(THF)( Mes Nacnac)], when dissolved in THF. Adventitious water is shown to be reduced by [L † Mn– Mg( Mes Nacnac)] to give the hydroxide bridged heterobimetallic, [L † Mn( μ -OH) 2 Mg( Mes Nacnac)]. The Mn 0 –Mg II bonded heterobimtallic reductively disproportionates CO 2 , affording the carbonate bridged species, [{L † Mn( μ -CO 3 )Mg(THF) ( Mes Nacnac)} 2 ], in the presence of THF. The three new compounds have been crystallographically characterized.
The Par 6 α / aPKC complex regulates Akt 1 activity by phosphorylating Thr 34 in the PH-domain

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. The Par6α/aPKC complex regulates Akt1 activity by phosphorylating Thr34 in the PH-domain P. Weyrich, D. Neuscheler, M. Melzer, A.M. Hennige, H. -U. Häring, R. Lammers
Counter and Complicit Masculine Discourse Among Men ’ s Shed Members

Men’s Sheds is a growing international movement aimed at providing men with places and activities that facilitate social connectedness. Despite Men’s Sheds’ focus on males, little attention has been paid to masculinities within the specific context of these settings. The current study used a gender relations framework to explore the ways in which attendees discussed Men’s Sheds, with particular attention to discussions that were complicit and counter to traditional, hegemonic views of masculinity, and diverse positions in between these binaries. The data consisted of transcripts and field notes from four focus groups comprising mostly older, White, retired male members of a Canadian shed (N = 22). The analysis revealed three overall themes: (1) focus on work, (2) independence, and (3) need for male-focused spaces. These themes and associated subthemes suggest that shed members ascribe to dominant masculine values and ideals, but also support more fluid and flexible views of masculinity. Implications are discussed for how working with an array of masculinities within the Men’s Sheds movement will be helpful with respect to their future growth in Canada and internationally.
Social media advertising, motivation, price reduction, and consumer purchasing behavior: religious orientation as a moderator ( دلجملا 22 ) – ددعلا عبارلا – ربوتكأ 2021

Consumer behavior has changed dramatically in recent years. The current research follows and expands theories of planned behavior and social identity to explain the relationships between social media advertising, motivation, price reduction, and consumer purchasing behavior. It also assesses the moderating role of religious orientation in this interconnection. A set of online questionnaires was distributed to 328 insurance customers who had their own experiences with the services of insurance companies. Data were analyzed using modeling of structural equations. Significant and positive associations have been identified between social media advertising, motivation, price reduction, religious orientation, and consumer purchasing behavior. Religious orientation moderates the relationship between social media advertising and consumer purchasing behavior. Meanwhile, religious orientation does not moderate the relationship between motivation, price reduction, and consumer purchasing behavior. Executives and marketers of insurance companies should consider these aspects to enhance insurance services offered to their consumers. Also, the research recognizes some limitations which need to be addressed.
Insect Immunity

Two novel antimicrobial peptides, which we propose to name termicin and spinigerin, have been isolated from the fungus-growing termite Pseudacanthotermes spiniger(heterometabole insect, Isoptera). Termicin is a 36-amino acid residue antifungal peptide, with six cysteines arranged in a disulfide array similar to that of insect defensins. In contrast to most insect defensins, termicin is C-terminally amidated. Spinigerin consists of 25 amino acids and is devoid of cysteines. It is active against bacteria and fungi. Termicin and spinigerin show no obvious sequence similarities with other peptides. Termicin is constitutively present in hemocyte granules and in salivary glands. The presence of termicin and spinigerin in unchallenged termites contrasts with observations in evolutionary recent insects or insects undergoing complete metamorphosis, in which antimicrobial peptides are induced in the fat body and released into the hemolymph after septic injury.
Polymorphisms and Endometrial Cancer Risk

The enzyme 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, encoded by MTHFR , catalyzes the reduction of 5,10methylenetetrahydrofolate to 5-methyltetrahydrofolate. The MTHFR 677 C! T polymorphism results in an amino acid change, Ala! Val. The Val allele is associated with decreased enzyme activity (1), and may potentially influence carcinogenesis through somatic DNA methylation or through uracil misincorporation in DNA synthesis and repair. Another common non-synonymous polymorphism MTHFR 1298 A! C (Glu! Ala) has been associated with lower blood folate and higher homocysteine levels in some (e.g., 2) but not all (e.g., 3) studies. There has been one study previously published examining the MTHFR 677 C! T polymorphism and endometrial cancer risk (4). Esteller et al. (4) reported in their study of 80 cases and 60 controls that women with a ‘‘T’’ allele had an increased risk of endometrial cancer compared with ‘‘CC’’ homozygotes [odds ratio (OR) = 2.8; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.36-6.14]. Dietary folate, the substrate of MTHFR , has been associated with a decreased risk of endometrial cancer (5). We hypothesized that MTHFR polymorphisms may affect endometrial cancer risk, and that the risk may be modified by folate intake.
Design and Analysis of a Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Origami Shell Reinforcement

Abstract Soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are versatile robotic components enabling diverse and complex soft robot hardware design. However, due to inherent material characteristics exhibited by their primary constitutive material, silicone rubber, they often lack robustness and repeatability in performance. In this article, we present a novel SPA-based bending module design with shell reinforcement. The bidirectional soft actuator presented here is enveloped in a Yoshimura patterned origami shell, which acts as an additional protection layer covering the SPA while providing specific bending resilience throughout the actuator's range of motion. Mechanical tests are performed to characterize several shell folding patterns and their effect on the actuator performance. Details on design decisions and experimental results using the SPA with origami shell modules and performance analysis are presented; the performance of the bending module is significantly enhanced when reinforcement is provided by the shell. W.
A NODE-BASED SMOOTHED CONFORMING POINT INTERPOLATION METHOD (NS-CPIM) FOR ELASTICITY PROBLEMS

This paper formulates a node-based smoothed conforming point interpolation method (NS-CPIM) for solid mechanics. In the proposed NS-CPIM, the higher order conforming PIM shape functions (CPIM) have been constructed to produce a continuous and piecewise quadratic displacement field over the whole problem domain, whereby the smoothed strain field was obtained through smoothing operation over each smoothing domain associated with domain nodes. The smoothed Galerkin weak form was then developed to create the discretized system equations. Numerical studies have demonstrated the following good properties: NS-CPIM (1) can pass both standard and quadratic patch test; (2) provides an upper bound of strain energy; (3) avoid the volumetric locking; (4) provides the higher accuracy than those in the node-based smoothed schemes of the original PIMs.
Vision-Based Fuzzy Controller for Quadrotor Tracking a Ground Target

A vision-based fuzzy controller for a quadrotor is proposed in this paper to realize ground target tracking. Due to the under-actuated property of quadrotors as well as the coupled dynamics in the image plane, it is challenging to design an image-based visual servoing controller for the quadrotor. Since the fuzzy control does not require an accurate model, a fuzzy-based approach is presented to solve the image-based tracking problem. Fuzzy controller takes image moments as inputs and its outputs are used to control the position of quadrotor in a form of tilt angles and vertical velocity adjustment. The proposed approach is verified by experiment.
Near-Barrier Fusion of the ^{8}B+^{58}Ni Proton-Halo System

Fusion cross sections were measured for the exotic proton-halo nucleus B incident on a Ni target at several energies near the Coulomb barrier. This is the first experiment to report on the fusion of a proton-halo nucleus. The resulting excitation function shows a striking enhancement with respect to expectations for normal projectiles. Evidence is presented that the sum of the fusion and breakup yields saturates the total reaction cross section. PACS numbers: 25.60. -t, 25.60. Pj , 25.70. -z
Genetic structure and phylogeny of Italian and Czech populations of the cucurbit powdery mildew fungus <i>Golovinomyces orontii</i> inferred by multilocus sequence typing

Cucurbit powdery mildew caused by Golovinomyces orontii is a serious disease that affects cucurbit crops in temperate areas. In northern Italy, the species is responsible for the early infections at the beginning of the growing season. However, chasmothecia have never been recorded in Italy and the impact of either asexual or sexual reproduction of G. orontii remains to be determined. To investigate and compare the genetic structure of Italian populations with those from the Czech Republic, where chasmothecia are sporadically recorded, seven housekeeping gene fragments (tef-1a, csI, ITS, H3, tub2, IGS and mtLSU) were amplified and used in a multilocus sequence typing (MLST) approach. The fourgamete test was performed to detect recombination between and within populations. Phylogeny was inferred using both Bayesian and minimum evolution analyses. Results from MLST revealed the presence of 141 single nucleotide polymorphisms and the existence of 13 different haplotypes. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the existence of two main distinct phylogenetic groups that were also highly genetically different, confirming that G. orontii is a species complex. Recombination was detected within both the phylogenetic groups and the geographical populations, indicating that sexual reproduction could have occurred. However, considering the lower haplotype diversity and the high frequency of ST3 (17 isolates) and ST7 (eight isolates) haplotypes, the Italian population could be predominantly clonal, while sexual reproduction may occasionally occur due to the introduction of genotypes similar to those from the Czech Republic.
Delocalized π−π* Orbital Interactions and Stabilization Energies of Phenyltrichlorosilane

In this study, the optimized Phenyltrichlorosilane (PTS, C6H5SiCl3) using Density Functional Theory (DFT) with B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level was studied using natural bond orbital (NBO) theory with NBO 3.1, as integrated in Gaussian09 program. It was determined that there are only π−π* transitions for PTS. Donor-acceptor interactions and stabilization energies for these transitions were calculated. The highest transition energy occurred in the orbital interaction of the π(C1-C6)→ π*(C2-C3) transition and was calculated ca. 99.32 kJ mol-1, which is in a delocolized state. From the NBO calculation results, it was determined that hybridization occurred by settling in p-orbitals of electrons. Natural charges for PTS were calculated and it was determined that the strongest polarization was between Si and C3 atoms. Harmonic Oscillator Measure of Aromaticity (HOMA) index was calculated for the PTS ring.