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Power play : impacts of flexibility in future residential electricity demand on distribution network utilisation

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1-bit Localization Scheme for Radar using Dithered Quantized Compressed Sensing

We present a novel scheme allowing for 2D target localization using highly quantized 1-bit measurements from a Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) radar with two receiving antennas. Quantization of radar signals introduces localization artifacts, we remove this limitation by inserting a dithering on the unquantized observations. We then adapt the projected back projection algorithm to estimate both the range and angle of targets from the dithered quantized radar observations, with provably decaying reconstruction error when the number of observations increases. Simulations are performed to highlight the accuracy of the dithered scheme in noiseless conditions when compared to the non-dithered and full 32-bit resolution under severe bit-rate reduction. Finally, measurements are performed using a radar sensor to demonstrate the effectiveness and performances of the proposed quantized dithered scheme in real conditions.
Fiber spinning under filament pull-out conditions : a stability analysis

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Web of Things Platforms for Distance Learning Scenarios in Computer Science Disciplines: A Practical Approach

Problem-based learning is a widely used learning methodology in the field of technological disciplines, especially in distance education environments. In these environments, the most used tools, which provide learning scenarios, are remote and virtual laboratories. Internet of Things (IoT) devices can be used as remote or virtual laboratories. In addition to this, they can be organized/orchestrated to build remote maker spaces through the web. These types of spaces are called the Web of Things (WoT). This paper proposes the use of these types of spaces and their integration as practical activities into the curricula of technological subjects. This approach will allow us to achieve two fundamental objectives: (1) To improve the academic results (grades) of students; and (2) to increase engagement and interest of students in the studied technologies, including IoT devices. These platforms are modeled using archetypes based on different typologies and usage scenarios. In particular, these usage scenarios will implement a learning strategy for each problem to be solved. The current work shows the evolution of these archetypes and their application in the teaching of disciplines/subjects defined in computer science, such as distributed computing and cybersecurity.
Contributions of Increased Dietary Linoleic Acid and Fructose to the Metabolic Syndrome

Modern diets are characterized by an increase in fructose consumption largely facilitated by the propagation of high fructose corn syrup and the increased usage of all caloric sweeteners in a growing variety of food products. Accordingly, the human diet has seen a large increase in linoleic acid consumption over the last several decades, primarily coming from seed oils especially soybean and canola oil. It follows that the modern diet differs from the diet that was selected for by evolution and it has been suggested that the modern diet has contributed to the increased prevalence of chronic diseases currently observed. Fructose, once only found primarily in fruits, is now widely available and consumed to great excess. It is distinct from other sugars in the way it is absorbed, processed and metabolized. High levels of fructose intake have been correlated with various conditions of the metabolic syndrome, including hyperuricemia, hyperinsulinemia, hypertension, insulin resistance, leptin resistance, obesity and dyslipidemia. Likewise, linoleic acid consumption has increased with the advent of the industrial age. Modern industrial societies consume as much as 20:1 n to 6:n-3, whereas the consumption ratio of our Paleolithic ancestors has been predicted to be as low as 1:1. Radical change in our EFA profile has been associated with increased levels of atherosclerotic oxidized LDL-C and hypoadiponectinemia, which has been shown to be a strong indicator of metabolic syndrome. The studies covered in this review suggest that straying from the evolutionary selected diet has contributed to the increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome in industrialized societies worldwide. Accordingly a comprehensive effort would be advised, to restore the diet to that which humans were evolved to consume. This may suggest limiting fructose consumption to that found from natural sources and limiting linoleic acid consumption by avoiding overconsumption of seed oils for example.
Water conduction by severed grass roots

It is suggested that part of the increased permeability of soil recently ploughed out from grass could be due to water conduction through the severed roots. Microtome sectioning of a root of Lolium perenne showed a continuous metaxylem element of about 30μ diameter, with only minor restrictions, forming a natural capillary tube. Further, being at the centre of the stele, the metaxylem should persist for some time after the grass has been killed. Hydraulic diameters calculated from laboratory experiments on the rates of water conduction by severed L. perenne roots were in reasonable agreement with the diameter of the metaxylem measured by direct sectioning. Similar experiments on Phleum pratense were more difficult to interpret due to the complexity of the metaxylem, the number of elements not being constant along the root. The rate of water conduction by roots of Dactylis glomeratus was found to be small compared with the other grasses, for although having the largest number of elements they are the smallest in size of any grass examined. The permeability of a severed Lolium perenne root system, calculated on the basis of the surface density of roots found on 4-year-old plots, indicated that the root system should significantly increase the unsaturated permeability of soil at low suctions. To obtain maximum benefit the ‘capillary tubes’ should be severed immediately under the turf and not at ploughing depth. Accordingly, two plots were laid out on old grassland to compare normal autumn ploughing with shallow rototilling on the subsequent germination and growth of spring wheat. In spite of repeated rototilling, however, it proved impossible to kill the grass in the wet winter conditions and the wheat was smothered. A comparison of the suctions developed at 5 cm. in the two plots showed that the unsaturated permeability of the rototilled plot was higher. Although the laboratory results are encouraging there is as yet no conclusive evidence that the natural water supply and drainage system formed by the severed roots is important under field conditions.
Examining resting-state EEG features and comparing non-pharmacologic interventions among children with AD/HD

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with early childhood onset and long-lasting symptoms. The resting-state electroencephalogram (RS-EEG), which directly measures central nervous system activity, is considered as a potential tool to diagnose AD/HD. However, its diagnostic value is recently in debate. The first aim of this thesis was to explore if the theta-to-beta ratio (TBR) can distinguish AD/HD from controls (Study 1) and examine a methodological consideration that may influence the group comparison (Study 2). Moreover, a prognostic perspective of using RS-EEG in AD/HD was provided in recent studies. Based on the evidence that resting brain activity contributes to individual task-related performance, study 1 also preliminarily explored the relationship between RS-EEG and executive functions (EF), to examine if RS-EEG can be in a prognostic manner to predict EF performance. Following this perspective, two subsequent studies were conducted to extend the preliminary findings: Study 3 examined the association between TBR and inhibitory functions, and Study 4 used RS-EEG measures from different resting states as a whole to explore the role of RS-EEG measures in common EF and day-to-day EF. The third aim was encouraged by the need of non-pharmacological inventions in children with AD/HD. As RS-EEG and EF based inventions show promising results, Study 5 preliminarily compared three invention protocols (cognitive training, neurofeedback training, and combined training) in terms of transfer effects. Overall, this thesis found that RS-EEG measures derived from spectral power analysis such as TBR may not reliably diagnose children with AD/HD. Rather, RS-EEG measures are related to different types of EFs, which suggests that RS-EEG may be served as prognostic indicators to predict EF performance. Together, these results contribute to the discussion about the clinical value of RS-EEG in children with AD/HD. Also, the results lead to methodological considerations of detecting AD/HD versus control differences and the suggestion for future AD/HD models. In addition, as the preliminary intervention study showed the narrow transfer effects of cognitive and neurofeedback training, this thesis supports that these nonpharmacological interventions may be served as an adjunct treatment; meanwhile, some suggestions are offered to optimise training protocols.
The Digital Micromirror Device— A Micro-Optical Electromechanical Device for Display Applications

Texas Instruments has developed a range of projectors using Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology. DLP is a reflective and truly digital projection/display technology in full-scale commercial production. DLP has enabled the development of XGA (Extended Graphics Adapter) resolution ultraportable (i.e., <10lbs.) projectors. There have been dramatic leaps since the first DLP-based projectors entered the market in 1996. The Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) is the heart of DLP technology. The DMD is a semiconductor-based array of fast, reflective digital light switches that precisely controls a light source using a binary pulse width modulation technique. This device is a unique combination of optical, mechanical, and electrical systems. Built on standard CMOS technology base wafers, the DMD mirror "super structure" provides an all-digital display solution capable of high brightness, high contrast, and high reliability.
Analytical studies on the shoot apex of Helianthus annuus

The vegetative shoot apex of Helianthus annuus contains a central zone in which the cell nuclei are relatively large and stain faintly in the Feulgen reaction. Excised apices in the vegetative state were supplied with thymidine-H3 through their sterile, liquid culture medium. Autoradiography after 24 or 48 hours of feeding revealed no significant incorporation of the labeled precursor into central zone nuclei, but extensive incorporation in peripheral regions of the apex. It is concluded that during vegetative growth deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis and mitosis are arrested in the central zone or reduced to an extremely slow rate. Microspectrophotometry, however, indicates that the central zone nuclei are not held at the 2C level. With the onset of flowering, cytological zonation disappears in the apex and the incorporation of thymidine-H3 is uniformly heavy throughout the apical region.
Strain-specific Pathways of Cytological Change in Individual Chinese Cabbage Protoplasts Infected with Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus

Summary Two mutually exclusive pathways of cytological change in the chloroplasts of Chinese cabbage cells infected with turnip yellow mosaic virus have been defined by light microscopic examination of individual infected protoplasts. In the first, all the chloroplasts in a cell became rounded and clumped together. This was followed by the development of a large vacuole, giving the chloroplast a sickled appearance. In the second pathway the chloroplasts became angular in outline before clumping, and subsequently fragmented to yield small pieces of chloroplast. Both these responses are controlled by the virus genome because some virus strains gave rise to the sickling response, while others cause fragmentation. Photosynthetic activity is a prerequisite for both pathways since they occur only when the protoplasts are illuminated, and both are inhibited by an inhibitor of photosynthetic electron transport.
Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Can Lower Amyloidogenic Aß42 by Inhibiting Rho

A subset of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been shown to preferentially reduce the secretion of the highly amyloidogenic, 42-residue amyloid-β peptide Aβ42. We found that Rho and its effector, Rho-associated kinase, preferentially regulated the amount of Aβ42 produced in vitro and that only those NSAIDs effective as Rho inhibitors lowered Aβ42. Administration of Y-27632, a selective Rock inhibitor, also preferentially lowered brain levels of Aβ42 in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Thus, the Rho-Rock pathway may regulate amyloid precursor protein processing, and a subset of NSAIDs can reduce Aβ42 through inhibition of Rho activity.
Analysis of lesions generated by replicated Middle Stone Age lithic points on selected skeletal elements

We describe the results of a microscopic analysis of bone surfaces subjected to throwing, stabbing and butchering activities performed with replicated hafted Middle Stone Age lithic points. We propose that, based on certain diagnostic lesions on bone surfaces, one may distinguish between these three activities, and infer a practice of active hunting. We advocate that well-preserved Middle Stone Age faunal samples be subjected to microscopic examination for bone surface modification in order to improve our insight into human behaviour in the past.
A new sampling formula for neutral biodiversity

The neutral model of biodiversity, proposed by Hubbell (The Unified Neutral Theory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 2001) to explain the diversity of functionally equivalent species, has been subject of hot debate in community ecology. Whereas Hubbell studied the model mostly by simulations, recently analytical treatments have yielded expressions of the expected number of species of a particular abundance in a local community with dispersal limitation. Moreover, a formula has been offered for the joint likelihood of observing a given species-abundance dataset in a local community with dispersal limitation, but this formula is too complicated to allow practical applications. Here, I present a much simplified expression that can be regarded as an enhanced version of the famous Ewens sampling formula. It can be used in maximum likelihood methods for quick estimation of the model parameters, using all information in the data, and for model comparison. I also show how to rapidly generate examples of species-abundance distributions for a given set of model parameters and how to calculate Simpson's diversity index.
Estimation of leaf total chlorophyll and nitrogen concentrations using hyperspectral satellite imagery

SUMMARY Remotely sensed estimates of biochemical parameters of agricultural crops are central to the precision management of agricultural crops (precision farming). Past research using in situ and airborne spectral reflectance measurements of various vegetation species has proved the usefulness of hyperspectral data for the estimation of various biochemical parameters of vegetation. In order to exploit the vast spectral and radiometric resources offered by space-borne hyperspectral remote sensing for the improved estimation of plant biochemical parameters, the relationships observed between spectral reflectance and various biochemical parameters at in situ and airborne levels needed to be evaluated in order to establish the existence of a reliable and stable relationship between spectral reflectance and plant biochemical parameters at the pixel scale. The potential of the EO-1 Hyperion hyperspectral sensor was investigated for the estimation of total chlorophyll and nitrogen concentrations of cotton crops in India by developing regression models between hyperspectral reflectance and laboratory measurements of leaf total chlorophyll and nitrogen concentrations. A comprehensive and rigorous analysis was carried out to identify the spectral bands and spectral indices for accurate retrieval of leaf total chlorophyll and nitrogen concentrations of cotton crop. The performance of these critical spectral reflectance indices was validated using independent samples. A new vegetation index, named the plant biochemical index (PBI), is proposed for improved estimation of the plant biochemicals from space-borne hyperspectral data; it is simply the ratio of reflectance at 810 and 560 nm. Further, the applicability of PBI to a different crop and at a different geographical location was also assessed. The present results suggest the use of space-borne hyperspectral data for accurate retrieval of leaf total chlorophyll and nitrogen concentrations and the proposed PBI has the potential to retrieve leaf total chlorophyll and nitrogen concentrations of various crops and at different geographical locations.
Skala Unikania i Dystresu Społecznego (SAD) oraz Skala Obaw przed Negatywną Oceną (FNE) : ocena rzetelności i wstępna ocena trafności

Aim. Assessment of reliability, cross-validity and usefulness in everyday clinical practice of two related tools: Social Avoidance and Distress Scale (SAD) and Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale (FNE). Material and method. Analysis of tests results of 453 females and 172 males diagnosed in the years 2008-2010 in the Outpatient Clinic for Neurotic and Behavioral Disorders of the Cracow University Hospital, including, inter alia, results of the questionnaires SAD and FNE. The scales have been, with the consent of their authors (R. Friend) and the copyright holder (APA), translated into Polish and back-translated. Subjects also completed the symptom checklist KO ‘0 ‘(n = 512), and neurotic personality questionnaire KON-2006 (n = 505), as well as the NEO-PI-R personality inventory (n = 46). The reliability and cross-validity coefficients of Polish versions were assessed in the patient population and their results were compared with those of the group of 75 medical students. Results. The translation was verified by retranslation. The reliability coefficients of Polish version of the SAD and FNE scales turned out to be high Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.94 for both scales, Guttman’s split-half reliability coefficient 0.93. Correlations with symptom checklist KO ‘0 ‘and neurotic personality questionnaire KON-2006, as well as with the NEO -PI-R personality inventory were significant and indicate a good cross-validity of the analyzed tools. The average results in the patient population for both scales were significantly higher than the results in the preliminary control group of medical students. Conclusions. Polish versions of SAD and FNE questionnaires, like their other translations from English, proved to be reliable and have a high cross-validity with other original Polish tools used in the diagnosis of neurotic disorders, which allows to recommend them to be used in further studies, also in comparing healthy persons with those suffering from a variety of neurotic disorders.
A century of American Economic Review: insight and analysis of critical success factors in journal publishing

By using information collected from numerous American Economic Review publications from the last 100 years, Torgler and Piatti examine the top publishing institutions to determine their most renowned AER papers based on citation success. Areas of interest include how often an individual can publish in the AER, how equally successful citations are distributed and who the top AER publishing authors are. The book explores what the level of cooperation is among authors and what drives systems such as the alphabetical name ordering. Torgler and Piatti critically examine the individual characteristics of AER authors, editors, editorial board members and referees and even tackle more intricate details such as the frequency of female publications in the AER. The authors observe and analyse the relationship between academic age and publication performance to see if there is any pattern on these factors and citation success. The book then goes on to analyse data concerning awards, and whether awards can increase the probability of publishing in the AER at a later stage
From particles to individuals : modelling the early stages of anchovy ( Engraulis capensis/encrasicolus ) in the southern Benguela

Several individual-based models (IBMs) have recently been developed to improve understanding of factors impacting on recruitment variability of anchovy (Engraulis capensis/encrasicolus) in the southern Benguela. These IBMs have focused on early life history stages (eggs through to post-larvae) as it is thought that variations in anchovy recruitment strength are primarily driven by biological and/or physical factors impacting on these stages. The pelagic zone of the Benguela system constitutes an ideal system for studying the coupling between biological and physical processes; in the IBMs this coupling is obtained by releasing particles endowed with biological properties in the virtual currents resulting from the output of a hydrodynamic model of the southwestern coast of South Africa. The particles are tracked through virtual time and space and their final locations are assessed in terms of previously defined criteria deemed to promote successful recruitment. The aim of this paper is to provide a synthesis of the results of IBMs of the early stages of anchovy in the southern Benguela constructed to date. Emphasis is placed on the methodological aspects of these studies and on the sequential link of several simulation experiments of increasing complexity. In addition to improving understanding, such an approach allows for effective interplay between modelling experiments and surveys or laboratory experiments. Details of individual IBM experiments and their results have been published elsewhere.