Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Project Network Protocol Based on Reliability Theory

This paper proposes a network protocol that supplements existing protocols employed in project network modeling. After critical (or near critical) paths have been identified employing an existing protocol, the proposed protocol superimposes on these paths additional network elements representing contingency plans to assure that an activity, or set of activities, will actually get done on time. These superimposed elements play the same role as redundant components in a reliability system. Hence, the output from the reliability approach would view project goals in a manner similar to that of product goals typical of airline manufacturers. Namely, the product (or project) must be designed to have a near zero probability for a catastrophic failure (or a near zero probability for a failure to meet project goals). The reliability approach implies that project goals must be met above all other considerations, including project costs. Justification for this implication follows from empirical evidence suggesting that on the average, companies lose 33% of after tax profit when they ship products six months late, as compared to losses of only 3.5% when they overspend as much as 50% on product development. The paper develops a methodology based on series, parallel, and combined series-parallel reliability systems, deriving the appropriate mathematical expressions for such systems
Productivity and carbon sequestration of Populus euphratica at the Amu River, Turkmenistan

Deserts belong to the least productive terrestrial ecosystems, but along rivers, they may exhibit a high productivity. In central Asia, Populus euphratica Oliv. is the dominant tree species of the riparian ‘Tugai’ vegetation. In terms of climate change mitigation, ‘Tugai’ restoration may be traded for on the international carbon market. However, detailed knowledge of ‘Tugai’ productivity is lacking. Within this study, we modelled the productivity ofP.euphratica based on tree-ring data (r 2 ¼ 0.73,P ,, 0.001) and applied the derived model to estimate the stand productivity of this species within the Kabakly nature reserve on the Amu River, Turkmenistan. Productivity estimates ranged from 0.3 to 3.0 t ha 21 year 21 and expressed the same magnitude as the data mentioned previously in the literature. Forest productivity appeared to be negatively correlated with distance from the river, which was consistent with Quickbird remote sensing data. Quickbird net differenced vegetation index (NDVI) was strongly correlated with Landsat NDVI (r ¼ 0.91,P , 0.001), indicating the general potential to upscale net primary productivity estimates forP.euphratica. Tree ring series expressed no synchrony, for which possible explanations are discussed. Under ideal conditions P. euphratica sequesters CO2 and thus may be considered a suitable tree species for carbon trade mechanisms and climate change mitigation.
Predicting Academic Staffs’ Behavioural Intention to Create Knowledge by Using Policies In Private Universities of Tanzania

Countless studies have been done to address knowledge issues despite its being still at nascence. Still a number of them do recommend policies usage in enhancing knowledge management and related issues. There lacks though an explained clear association between the aspects derived from policies and the intention to behaviour. Thus, this study investigates the association between policy aspects and the intention to engage in the knowledge creation behaviour by academic staffs in private universities. The study used an organized framework (theoretical or conceptual): the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to explain for the interplay between the factors in the planned behaviour: knowledge creation. Academic staffs of selected private universities were obtained randomly from census population. 400 sets of questionnaires were given and 202 were returned (equivalent of 51% response rate) on surveyed on the influence of policy aspects on their likelihood to intend to engage in the behaviour. Data were factor analyzed before being logit regressed and estimated by maximum likelihood estimation (MLE). Overall, the study established significant association between availability of time, provision of space, rights and values and the intention to engage in knowledge creation behavior. The study also found no significant association between other policy aspects: finances and mentoring and the intention to engage in the behaviour. Recommendations include that offices and positions related to knowledge creation should be established, and more time should be made available for knowledge creators. Mentoring should be properly instituted in the universities.
Cost and Size analysis of Power Electronic Converter Based Transformer Used in Power Quality Conditioners

Transformer plays a leading role in the Power System which performs many functions such as voltage transformation, electric isolation and in the power quality conditioners it is in the form of shunt and series transformer. Under low frequency operation, transformer is a bulky and an expensive component. Hence, Power electronics based transformer concept has grown up tremendously due to its flexibility, smaller size and more power handling capacity. Implementing the power electronics converter based transformer in to the power quality conditioners is easier if the analysis is made based on its size and its cost. This paper aims to analyze the core loss, winding loss (including eddy current loss), the weight of the active part of the transformer and its cost for the 50 Hz, 100 Hz and 150k Hz DVR injection transformer for different Power Electronic Transformer topologies for knowing its feasibility for the installation at power distribution. Computer Based Simulation has been carried out to know the effectiveness of the different topology schemes used in the DVR injection transformer as per the cost and size perspective.
Understanding and Finding Crash-Consistency Bugs in Parallel File Systems

Parallel ﬁle systems (PFSes) and parallel I/O libraries have been the backbone of high-performance computing (HPC) infrastructures for decades. However, their crash consistency bugs have not been extensively studied, and the corresponding bug-ﬁnding or testing tools are lacking. In this paper, we ﬁrst conduct a thorough bug study on the popular PFSes, such as BeeGFS and OrangeFS, with a cross-stack approach that covers HPC I/O library, PFS, and interactions with local ﬁle systems. The study results drive our design of a scalable testing framework, named PFSC HECK . PFSC HECK is easy to use with low performance overhead, as it can automatically generate test cases for triggering potential crash-consistency bugs, and trace essential ﬁle operations with low overhead. PF-SC HECK is scalable for supporting large-scale HPC clusters, as it can exploit the parallelism to facilitate the veriﬁcation of persistent storage states.
High quality bisulfite sequencing using nanogram amounts of genomic DNA

Multiple methods have been developed to decipher the genome-scale DNA methylation (Methylome). Bisulfite sequencing (BS-seq), which combines sodium bisulfite conversion with high throughput sequencing, can measure DNA methylation at single-nucleotide resolutions. However, it normally needs large amounts of genomic DNA (5-10μg) to start with, thus creating an obstacle for it to be widely used. Here we optimized the normal BS-seq method for generating high quality bisulfite sequencing on whole genomes using nanogram DNA (MBS-seq). Systematic comparison the whole genome methylation study based on minute amount of genomic DNA through next generation sequencing technology.
Sentiment Classification of Twitter Data: A Review

- Twitter is a popular microblogging service where users create tweets which sometimes express opinions about different topics. Sentiment analysis of twitter data is useful for companies that want to monitor the public sentiment of their brands also for consumers who want to research the sentiment of products before purchase. Different approaches for finding sentiments have their own advantages and disadvantages. There are number of different methods for finding sentiment of twitter data. Thus this paper is an overview of works done by the researchers in the area of twitter sentiment analysis
Whose voices and what values? State grants for significant public content in the Russian media model

This study explores how the public service function of media can be implemented in a media model where the institution of public service broadcasting has not been established thus far. Analysing the Russian media model, we investigate how paternalistic state support is related to the commercial logic of mass media. Taking the example of state grants for significant public content, we reveal what topics and whose voices are gaining visibility in mass media. The analysis of state grants revealed the limitations of public accountability in grant competition, the overlap of public interest with state interest in grant projects, and a lack of problematisation in supported projects. Two main groups of topics were identified – public-oriented “by default” topics (culture, history, etc.) are related to an official governmental agenda, while problem-based and controversial topics are less visible. Journalists applying for grants try to anticipate what topics will be considered public-oriented topics by the grant competition’s expert council. Therefore, the only voices that matter are those that do not contradict the official political agenda.
Immersive Virtual Reality and Willingness to Pay

This paper illustrates how to improve the immersiveness of an environmental valuation study using virtual reality headsets and real video footage. Recent research has used “virtual environments" to study this issue, however technological advances in virtual reality headsets allow for a far greater degree of immersion. In this study, subjects were randomly shown either a virtual reality video or static pictures of a polluted lake, before and after cleanup. They were then asked to indicate whether they would be willing to pay a random amount to improve lake water quality to the level shown. A discrete choice model is used to estimate and compare the willingness to pay for both groups. In this case study there was no detectable effect on willingness to pay estimates. However, the technology may be beneficial for other valuation scenarios, particularly when the environmental change is complex or difficult for participants to evaluate.
Overview of Dialogue Breakdown Detection Challenge 3

Dialogue breakdown detection is a promising technique for dialogue systems. To promote the research and development of such a technique, we have been organizing a dialogue break-down detection challenge where the task is to detect a system’s inappropriate utterances that lead to dialogue breakdowns in chat-oriented dialogue. In this paper, we present an overview of dialogue breakdown detection challenge 3. Unlike the previous two challenges held in Japan, we used datasets in two languages: English and Japanese. Overall, eight teams participated in the challenge, in which six teams worked on English and four teams on Japanese, with two teams working on both. We describe the task setting, datasets, and evaluation metrics for the challenge as well as the results of the submitted runs of the participants.
Response of Neoseiulus fallacis Garmen and Galendromus occidentalis Nesbitt (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)‐Damaged Hop Humulus lupulus (L.) (Urticales: Cannabaceae)

Abstract 1 The response of Neoseiulus fallacis Garmen and Galendromus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae) to Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae)‐damaged and undamaged hop, Humulus lupulus (L.), plants was tested using a Y‐tube olfactometer.
A Novel Approach to Perform Document Clustering Using Effectiveness and Efficiency of Simhash

– Similarity is the most important feature of document clustering as the amount of web documents and the need of integrating documents from the huge multiple repositories, one of the challenging issues is to perform clustering of similar documents efficiently. A measure of the similarity between two patterns drawn from the same feature space is essential to most clustering procedures. From huge repositories, similar document identification for clustering is costly both in terms of space and time duration, and specially when finding near documents where documents could be added or deleted. In this paper, we try to find the effectiveness of Simhash based similarity measurement technique for detecting the similar documents which are used to perform clustering of documents using novel based K-means clustering method.
INTERLEAVED HIGH STEP-UP DC-DC CONVERTER USING RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

1Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam Engineering College, kovilvenni, India 2,3,4,5P.G. Student, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anjalai Ammal Mahalingam Engineering college, kovilvenni, India --------------------------------------------------------------------------------***-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract –This paper presents a new interleaved high step-up DC-DC converter is proposed for distributed generation systems. That combines coupled-inductor and switched-capacitor, the proposed converter achieves very high step-up voltage gain without high turns ratio. High boost dc-dc converters play an important role in renewable energy sources such as fuel energy systems, DC-back up energy systems for UPS, high-intensity discharge lamps and automobile applications. Current stress and input current ripple also reduced by the alignment of the proposed converter, The coupled inductors can be designed to extend step-up gain, and the switched capacitors offer extra voltage conversion ratio and the efficiency is improved. The high step-up conversion may require two-stage converters with cascade structure for enough step-up gain, which decreases the efficiency and increases the cost. Thus, a high step-up converter is seen as an important stage in the system. A prototype with the input voltage developed by more than 10 times to verify the theoretical analysis
Regulation of YAP in organ growth and Tumorigenesis: A comprehensive review

Yes kinase-associated protein) is a transcriptional coactivator which plays key role in Hippo Signaling pathway. The Hippo pathway controls cell growth, proliferation and apoptosis by regulation of target genes mediated by core pathway proteins. YAP/Yki mediates gene expression by interacting with TEAD family transcription factors. However, YAP-TEAD interaction is also required for oncogenic transformation of cells. Three-dimensional crystal structure of YAP-TEAD complex has revealed extensive molecular details with highly conserved interfaces. The amino terminal domain of YAP in complex with the carboxy terminal domain of TEAD transcription factor provides vital information of molecular complexity. Here, we will review the basic Hippo signalling pathway and role of YAP as an oncogene. We will also discuss about the crystal structure of YAP in complex with TEAD, various molecular interactions between YAP-TEAD, and WW domain of YAP with PPxY motif peptides. Lastly, we will also provide a brief discussion on the implications of in silico analysis on inhibition of YAP-TEAD complex and development of novel anticancer therapeutics. Future directions for the research are outlined.
PREVALENCE OF CUSP OF CARABELLI IN MADURAI POPULATION

Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of cusp of carabelli in permanent tooth among children at Madurai population. Materials And Methods: Total number 800 patients from three different ethnic groups – Hindu, Islam, Christian were examined clinically and study casts were made. Permanent maxillary first molars were examined for the expression of Carabelli's trait. The occurrence of cusp of carabelli was assessed by Dahlberg classification system. The data’s were collected and analyzed using SPSS software. Results: Cusp of Carabelli was present in 72% of the study population in maxillary first permanent molar. Type 2 and Type 3 was the most frequently expressed and Type 6 was the least frequently expressed. The prevalence of cusp of carabelli among the ethnic groups was almost same. The expression of trait was bilateral in 60% of the study population. Conclusion: The prevalence of cusp of carabelli among the study population at Madurai was predominant.
Surviving north of the natural range: the importance of density independence in determining population size

The relative importance of density-dependent and -independent processes in determining population density has been predicted to vary according to whether the population concerned is located near the centre or the periphery of the species' range. Thus, density-independent processes should be more pronounced near the periphery. The long-tailed wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus in Iceland is at the northern and western edge of its geographical range. We estimated the autumn population density in an open habitat in south-western Iceland in 9 years out of 10 during 1996–2005 in order to monitor the annual maximum population size. Furthermore, we estimated population density and survival at c. 5-week intervals from September 2001 to October 2003 and from September 2004 to November 2005 in order to reveal the causes of variation in maximum population size. The estimated autumn population density was low, ranging from 2.7 to 8.9 mice ha−1 while spring densities ranged from 0.4 to 0.8 mice ha−1. Apparent monthly survival probabilities ranged from 0.4 to 0.7 per month in autumn and 0.7 to 0.9 in winter. Our results suggest that low temperature in early winter (October–December) is the major determinant of population density in the following autumn, explaining 74% of the variation in autumn population density. No significant correlation was found between either the NAO index or the NAO winter index and variation in wood mouse population density in autumn. Differential mortality in early winter results in variation in spring population size. This study shows clear evidence of density-independent control of a mammal population at the edge of its geographical range as opposed to the mostly density-dependent control previously recorded near its centre of distribution.
DUAL VOLTAGE CONTROL OF REDUCED SWITCH HYBRID QUASI Z MULTILEVEL INVERTER FOR ISOLATED ENERGY SYSTEMS

This paper investigates the performance of new reduced switch hybrid Quasi Z inverter with dual voltage control for isolated energy systems. The proposed hybrid inverter integrates the stepped DC link circuit and the Quasi Z source inverter to yield buck/boosted multilevel AC voltage. It features the advantages of reduced source and switch count, minimized stress and inrush current, use of single impedance network for buck/boost operation thus reducing the passive component requirement and mitigated harmonic profile. Efficient operation of the system is obtained by independent dual feedback control in a way to minimize the high frequency switching variations of the inverter switches. Improved efficiency by 5% is obtained by dual voltage control of proposed inverter thus enhancing system performance. Detailed theoretical analysis of the equivalent model for different operating modes is described and the simulation is performed for a seven level proposed inverter in MATLAB/Simulink. Experimentation of the prototype model of proposed inverter is done in laboratory and the results are validated.
DEALING WITH INCOMPLETENESS: NEW ADVANCES FOR THE USE OF FOSSILS IN PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS

The importance of fossils in understanding the evolutionary history of organisms was a controversial topic of debate during the first few decades in the history of phylogenetic systematics. During this time some authors suggested that extinct taxa could have only a minor role in phylogeny reconstruction (e.g., Patterson, 1981). For the most part, these types of bold statements were based on the fact that fossils are usually incomplete and, therefore, presumably not capable of overturning hypotheses based on the wealth of phylogenetic information that extant taxa provide. However, phylogenetic studies based only on extant organisms are certainly missing a large part of the diversity that arose during the evolutionary history of a taxonomic group and therefore use a highly biased sampling of the available information. The short history of phylogenetics, however, has shown that many heated discussions are put to rest with empirical data rather than by rhetorical debates. After several empirical studies clearly showed the critical role of fossils for understanding the evolution of major groups of organisms (Gauthier et al., 1988; Donoghue et al., 1989), advocates of ignoring fossil taxa in phylogenetic reconstruction rapidly disappeared (at least from the literature). The major reason for the importance of fossils in phylogenetic reconstruction is that they can bear unique combinations of characters, which are absent in extant taxa, and these can be critical to test the interrelationships of all analyzed species. This, in fact, is not a property exclusive of extinct organisms and the inclusion of extant taxa can be equally critical and necessary, depending on the characteristics of the phylogenetic problem being analyzed. In general terms, the importance of extinct taxa in phylogenetic reconstruction stems from the importance of achieving a taxon sampling scheme as complete as possible for solving a phylogenetic problem. In recent years increasing the …
Influence of Blast, Fasta and Wu-Blast algorithms on sequence alignments and 3-D structure prediction of DPP-IV

CD26/Dipeptidyl Peptidase IV (DPPIV) is a 110-kDa glycoprotein that is expressed on numerous cell types and has multiple biological functions. DPPIV is highly expressed on endothelial cells, epithelial cells and lymphocytes. DPPIV is involved in the regulation of several important physiological processes such as immune system, cell adhesion and glucose homeostasis. DPPIV inhibitors are thought to improve glycemic control in early stage Type II diabetes by reducing DPPIV-mediated inactivation of GLP1. Sequence analysis and homology modeling studies of DPP-IV was carried out using NCBI BLAST, Fasta and Wu-Blast programs. ClustalW multiple alignment was done to identify highly conserved residues in DPP-IV on one hand and functionally important residues or mutations are identified by comparing multiple alignments with 3-dimensional structures of proteins from pdbsum database. Homology modeling routine was employed using Modeller 8.1 software.