Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Quad notched-band UWB BPF based on quintuple-mode resonator

The design of a novel microstrip ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter with quad narrow notched-band functionality is presented. The filter consists of a multi-mode resonator (MMR) constituted from two modified stepped-impedance stubs that generate six resonate modes, five of which are within the UWB passband where the sixth mode is used to extend the upper stopband of the filter. Two transmission zeroes are located at the 3-dB edge of the passband to enhance the filter's selectivity with a skirt factor of 0.955. The MMR is fed through asymmetric interdigital coupled-lines feed to produce controllable notched-band. Additional notched-bands are generated with a parasitic coupled line. The notched-bands are centered exactly to eliminate interference at 5.2 GHz (wireless local area network (WLAN)), 5.8 GHz (WLAN), 6.8 GHz (radio-frequency identification), and 8 GHz (X-band). Good agreement is obtained between simulation and measurement results. The highly compact filter has dimensions of 8.0 × 9.83 mm2.
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Polysaccharides are major components of extracellular matrices and are often extensively modified post-synthetically to suit local requirements and developmental programmes. However, our current understanding of the spatiotemporal dynamics and functional significance of these modifications is limited by a lack of suitable molecular tools. Here, we report the development of a novel non-immunological approach for producing highly selective reciprocal oligosaccharide-based probes for chitosan (the product of chitin deacetylation) and for demethylesterified homogalacturonan.Specific reciprocal binding is mediated by the unique stereochemical arrangement of oppositely charged amino and carboxy groups. Conjugation of oligosaccharides to fluorophores or gold nanoparticles enables direct and rapid imaging of homogalacturonan and chitosan with unprecedented precision in diverse plant, fungal and animal systems. We demonstrated their potential for providing new biological insights by using them to study homogalacturonan processing during Arabidopsis thaliana root cap development and by analyzing sites of chitosan deposition in fungal cell walls and arthropod exoskeletons.
The Relationship Between Perceived Autonomy Support and Perceived Justice

Previous studies have a little attention on the impact of perceived autonomy support on the justice. This study examines the impact of perceived autonomy support from supervisor and from environment toward perceived procedural justice and interpersonal justice. Based on self interest model and basic need theory, this study hypothesized that individual’s perception of autonomy supported both from supervisor and work environment would affect his/ her perception of procedural. Based on need fulfillment theory, this study hypothesized that individuals’perception of autonomy supported both from supervisor and work environment affect interpersonal justice. This study used 234 lecturers for sample and regression analysis for analizing the data. The results support the hypotheses that the higher individual perception of autonomy supports from both supervisor and work environment is, the higher is individual perception of procedural justice and interpersonal justice. This result implicates that supervisor should build perception of autonomy support among individuals in organization by buiding trust culture, open communication culture, supportive culture to increase the individual perception of procedural and interpersonal justice.
Proteomic Assessment of Dung Beetle, Copris tripartitus Immune Response

Dung beetle larvae at the 3rd instar were injected with lipopolysaccaride and inducible proteins were examined within a pI level of 3-10 and a size level by proteomics, including 1-D SDS PAGE analysis and antibacterial assay. The immune infected larvae extracts provided seven protein bands in one-dimensional electrophoresis and its antibacterial activity also checked. Hemolymph protein from immune infected larvae of the dung beetle were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and compared with those from native larvae. In 2-D gel electrophoresis, we detected 63 immune infected unique and 32 up-regulated proteins, and 36 proteins that were down-regulated or not present in treated gel. Ten protein spots from unique proteins and those presented as different level of abundance in infected and native larvae were specially expressed. These differentially expressed proteins were proposed to be involved in the defense mechanism against microorganism.
Brown clustering for unlexicalized parsing

Brown clustering has been used to help increase parsing performance for morphologically rich languages. However, much of the work has focused on using clustering techniques to replace terminal nodes or as a feature for parsing. Instead, we choose to examine how effectively Brown clustering is for unlexicalized parsing by creating data-driven POS tagsets which are then used with the Berkeley parser. We investigate cluster sizes as well as on what information (e.g. words vs. lemmas) clustering will yield the best parser performance. Our results approach the current state of the art results for the German T¨uBa-D/Z treebank when using parser internal tagging.
SPORE-BEARING LACTIC ACID BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM RHIZOSPHERE:I. TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON BACILLUS LAEVOLACTICUS NOV. SP. AND BACILLUS RACEMILACTICUS NOV. SP.

Seven strains of catalase-negative, spore-bearing, lactic acid-producing bacteria were isolated from rhizosphere of various wild plants. They are mesophilic, facultatively anaerobic, gram-positive rods with peritrichous flagella and oval endospores at terminal to sub-terminal, and produce dl-lactic acid from glucose, fructose, sucrose, trehalose, and inulin in the homo-fermentative way, lowering the pH value of the medium to 3.8-3.2. Among the hitherto known organisms, only Sporolactobacillus inulinus KITAHARA et al. may be the closely related species to the new isolates.
Isolation and expression analysis of glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase genes from peanuts ( Arachis hypogaea L . )

X. Chi, Q. Yang, L. Pan, N. Chen, M. Chen, T. Wang, M. Wang, Z. Yang, X. Guan* and S. Yu* Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, 430062, P. R. China b Shandong Peanut Research Institute, Qingdao, 266100, P R China College of food science and engineering of Qingdao agricultural university, Qingdao, 266109, P R China School of Ocean Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Beijing 100083, P R China Corresponding authors: shanlinyu2012@163.com; guanxy@cugb.edu. cn
Synthesis of Cubic Aluminum Nitride Coating from Al2O3 Powder in Reactive Plasma Spray Process

Plasma spraying is a versatile technique for producing abradable and protective ceramic coatings. However, it was difficult to fabricate aluminium nitride (AlN) coating by conventional plasma spray processes. It is due to the thermal decomposition of the feedstock AlN powder during spraying without a stable melting phase. Reactive plasma spraying (RPS) has been considered as a promising technology for in-situ formation of AlN thermally sprayed coatings. This study investigated the feasibility of reactive plasma spraying of Al2O3 powder in N2/H2 plasma upon fabrication of AlN coating. It was possible to fabricate a cubic-AlN (c-AlN)/Al2O3 composite coating and the fabricated coating consists of c-AlN, i-Al2O3, Al5O6N and £-Al2O3. Furthermore, the AlN content was improved with increasing the flight time (spray distance), due to increasing the reaction time between the Al2O3 particles and the surrounding N2/H2 plasma. It was possible to fabricate coating contains about 97% of c-AlN. However, it was difficult to clarify the in-flight reaction during the coating process, due to losing the particles shape and features after colliding and flattening on the substrate surface. The sprayed particles were collected into a water bath to maintain its particle features in order to investigate the in-flight reaction. It was clear from the microstructure and the cross section observation of the collected particles that, the nitriding reaction started from the surface. During the coating process, the sprayed particles were melted, spheroidized and reacted in the high temperature N2/H2 plasma and formed aluminum oxynitride (Al5O6N) which have cubic structure. The particles collided, flattened, and rapidly solidified on a substrate surface. The Al5O6N is easily converted to c-AlN phase via continuous nitriding (both have the same cubic symmetry: cubic and closely packed) during the rapid solidification and plasma irradiation on the substrate. The high quenching rate of the plasma flame prevents the AlN crystal growth to form the hexagonal phase. Therefore, it was possible to fabricate c-AlN/Al2O3 composite coatings through reactive plasma nitriding of Al2O3 powder and the nitriding process of the Al2O3 particle as well as the formation process of cAlN phase were investigated. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.T-M2012831]
Dieback of Fraxinus excelsior Biology of Ash Dieback and Genetic Variation of the Fungus Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus

Ash dieback caused by Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (anamorph Chalara fraxinea) is a disease that has emerged during the past twenty years. It was first observed in Poland and has expanded over most of the distribution area of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior) in Europe. This thesis comprises four scientific papers. The first reports the production of a phytotoxin, viridiol, by the fungus, and shows that it causes necrotic spots on ash cotyledons. The second paper describes a working tool, a species-specific DNA primer situated in the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA, which can be used to detect the fungus in diseased host material and confidently identify fungal cultures. In the third paper, microsatellites and arbitrary primed PCR were used to investigate the genetic population structure of the fungus. The genetic variation was evenly distributed in the whole European population, implying a high level of gene flow. Double alleles in apothecia compared with single alleles in mycelia cultures strongly indicated sexual reproduction. H. pseudoalbidus was clearly distinct from the native closely related Hymenoscyphus albidus and it is unlikely that the disease is derived from a H. albidus ancestry. The low number of microsatellite alleles per locus indicated a recent founder effect in H. pseudoalbidus. In the fourth paper disease development was surveyed in 261 naturally infected ash trees over a 32 month period. A clear seasonal pattern was demonstrated, with lesion activity and growth rate peaking during the summer. A substantial proportion of the lesions ceased to develop, often when the lesion reached a branch base; however the rate at which new lesions emerged was greater than the rate at which lesions entered a resting phase. During the course of the survey a third of the trees died and only a few seedlings remained healthy. In addition, the lower temperature limit for the fungus in culture was estimated to be 0.5°C.
The Societal Benefit of a Financial Transaction Tax

We provide a novel justification for a financial transaction tax for economies where agents face stochastic consumption opportunities. A financial transaction tax makes it more costly for agents to readjust their portfolios of liquid and illiquid assets in response to liquidity shocks, which increase both the demand for and the price of liquid assets. The higher price improves liquidity insurance and welfare for other market participants. We calibrate the model to U.S. data and find that the optimal financial transaction tax is 1.6% and that it reduces the volume of financial trading by 17%.
Trends in income inequality in the European Union: implications for health inequalities

The comparative analysis of income inequality across countries has acquired increasing importance in recent years. This paper is divided in two parts. The first one is focused on the analysis of income inequality in the European Union. To carry out this task, we use different models based on Lorenz curves and quantiles functions and different equivalence scales. The European Community Household Panel Data are used. The second part of the paper is focused on explaining the differences in income and health inequalities across European countries. In particular several hypotheses concerning the economic determinants of health inequalities are studied. KEY WORDS Income inequality, Lorenz curves, quantile functions, equivalence scales, European Community Household Panel, health inequalities
A CMOS Envelope Tracking Power Amplifier for LTE Mobile Applications

This paper presents an envelope tracking power amplifier using a standard CMOS process for the 3GPP long-term evolution transmitters. An efficiency of the CMOS power amplifier for the modulated signals can be improved using a highly efficient and wideband CMOS bias modulator. The CMOS PA is based on a two-stage differential common-source structure for high gain and large voltage swing. The bias modulator is based on a hybrid buck converter which consists of a linear stage and a switching stage. The dynamic load condition according to the envelope signal level is taken into account for the bias modulator design. By applying the bias modulator to the power amplifier, an overall efficiency of 41.7 % was achieved at an output power of 24 dBm using the 16-QAM uplink LTE signal. It is 5.3 % points higher than that of the power amplifier alone at the same output power and linearity.
Transient Storage in Appalachian and Cascade Mountain Streams as Related to Hydraulic Characteristics

Hydraulic characteristics were measured in artificial streams and in 1st- to 5th-order streams in the Appalachian and Cascade mountains. Appalachian Mountain stream sites at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina, were on six 1st-order streams and a 1st- through 4th-order gradient of Ball Creek-Coweeta Creek. Cascade Mountain sites were located on constrained and unconstrained reaches of Lookout Creek, a 5th-order stream in H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Oregon. At each site, a tracer solution (chloride or rhodamine WT) was released for 30-180 min and then discontinued. At the downstream end of the release site, the resulting rise and fall of the tracer concentration was measured. These data, along with upstream concentration and measured widths and depths, were used in a computer model to estimate several hydraulic parameters including transient storage and lateral inflow. Estimated transient storage zone size (As) ranged from near zero in artificial streams to 2.0 m2 in 5th-order streams. As was largest relative to surface cross-sectional area (A) at 1st-order sites where it averaged 1.2 × A, compared with 0.6 × A and 0.1 × A in unconstrained and constrained 5th-order sites, respectively. Where measured, lateral discharge inputs per metre of stream length ranged from 1.9% of instream discharge in 1st-order streams to 0.05% of instream discharge at 5th-order sites. Our results show that surface water exchange with storage zones is rapid and extensive in steep headwater streams and less extensive but still significant at 3rd- through 5th-order sites. An understanding of relationships between stream morphology, storage zone size, and extent of interactions between surface and subsurface waters will assist comparisons of solute dynamics in physically diverse streams.
DIRECTOR REMUNERATION, FAMILY OWNERSHIP AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN ANALYSIS FROM MALAYSIAN LISTED FIRM FOR PERIOD OF 2005 TILL 2013

This study examines the association between directors’ remuneration, corporate governance structures and firm performance of 140 Malaysian listed firms which 70 firms are family firm and 70 firms are non-family. Data has been collected through annual reports in Bursa Malaysia’s database from 2005 till 2013. The results show that firm performance is positively and significantly related to directors’ remuneration, firm’s growth and size measured by ROA, ROE and Tobin’s Q. However, firms’ performance in this study is not responsive to anticipated future market valuations in Stock returns. The study also finds that family ownership leads to lower performance than non-family owned firms on accounting measurement (ROA and ROE) and market measurement (Tobin’s Q) after controlling company specific characteristics. The findings also reveal that role duality has no significant effect on accounting and market performance. Meanwhile the study explores that firm performance is negatively and significantly related to leverage. The findings can be useful to regulators to limit director’s influence over remuneration packages especially in family firm. The study also contributes to the growing literature on executive and directors’ remuneration and it provides international evidence on the effects of corporate governance reforms in recent years in influencing boardroom remuneration and ownership structure on a firm’s efficiency and performance.
The Electricity Consumption in a Rentier State: Do Institutions Matter?

The core focus of this paper is to assess the relationship between the electricity consumption and institutions within rentierism phenomenon by incorporating economic growth, urbanization, trade openness and foreign direct investment in the case of Algeria. To this end, we have applied the ARDL bounds testing approach to cointegration and innovative accounting approach (variance decomposition and impulse response methods) over the period of 1971-2012. Our empirical results show that these variables are cointegrated in the long-run. We find that institutions play an important role to explain this cointegration. The response of electricity demand is increasingly negative due to the one standard deviation shock in institutions. This highlights an insightful evidence, providing that the poor governance drawbacks in a rentier state may affect directly electricity consumption or indirectly via urbanization and foreign direct investment. The contribution of economic growth to electricity consumption appears minor (the conservation hypothesis is limitedly supported), while that of trade openness seems insignificant.
Evasion of High-End IDPS Devices at the IPv6 Era

The forthcoming depletion of IPv6 addresses is now closer than ever. For instance, ARIN states that they are currently in phase three of a 4-phased "IPv4 Countdown Plan," being already down to about 0.9/8s in aggregate. On the other hand, RIPE NCC has reached its last /8 IPv4 address space quite some time ago. Moreover, the nodes of the networks (end-hosts, networking devices, security devices, etc.) are already pre-configured with IPv6 connectivity, at least to some extent. All the latest popular Operating Systems, from Windows to Linux or FreeBSD, send IPv6 messages out-of-the-box while the hosts are reachable by using at least IPv6 link-local addresses. So, IPv6 is finally here and it is definitely going to stay. However, what IPv6 does not forgive is the lack of security awareness. IPv6 is not IPv4 with just extended address space. Several times in the past has been shown that this "new" layer-3 protocol, apart from the huge address space and other new functionalities, it also brings with it several security issues. In this talk, we are going to present our latest research findings regarding the evasion of high-end commercial and open-source IDPS, all with latest patches, extending our previously presented work even further. These techniques allow the attackers to launch any kind of attack against their targets, from port scanning to SQLi, while remaining undetected. During the talk, not only these issues will be demonstrated with live demos, but, moreover, the used techniques that allow attackers to exploit even a really minor detail in the design of the IPv6 protocol will be described in detail and simple ways to reproduce them will be given using a new open-source IPv6 penetration testing tool, Chiron .
Zonal-mean data set of global atmospheric reanalyses on pressure levels

Abstract. This data set, which is prepared for the Stratosphere–troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), provides several zonal-mean diagnostics computed from reanalysis data on pressure levels. Diagnostics are currently provided for a variety of reanalyses, including ERA-40, ERA-Interim, ERA-20C, NCEP–NCAR, NCEP–DOE, CFSR, 20CR v2 and v2c, JRA-25, JRA-55, JRA-55C, JRA-55AMIP, MERRA, and MERRA-2. The data set will be expanded to include additional reanalyses as they become available. Basic dynamical variables (such as temperature, geopotential height, and three-dimensional winds) are provided in addition to a complete set of terms from the Eulerian-mean and transformed-Eulerian-mean momentum equations. Total diabatic heating and its long-wave and shortwave components are included as availability permits, along with heating rates diagnosed from the basic dynamical variables using the zonal-mean thermodynamic equation. Two versions of the data set are provided, one that uses horizontal and vertical grids provided by the various reanalysis centers and another that uses a common grid (CG) to facilitate comparison among data sets. For the common grid, all diagnostics are interpolated horizontally onto a regular 2.5∘×2.5∘ grid for a subset of pressure levels that are common among all included reanalyses. The dynamical (Martineau, 2017, https://doi.org/10.5285/b241a7f536a244749662360bd7839312) and diabatic (Wright, 2017, https://doi.org/10.5285/70146c789eda4296a3c3ab6706931d56) variables are archived and maintained by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).