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A Comparative Performance Evaluation of Extended AANF with Different Parameter Estimation Techniques for Renewable Energy Integration

Abstract This paper presents real time performance evaluation of three phase extension of an amplitude adaptive notch filter (AANF) for online estimation of frequency, amplitude, and sequence components of the input grid voltage signal. The performance of an extended AANF is compared with conventional synchronous reference frame-phase lock loop (SRF-PLL), enhanced phase lock loop (EPLL), and existing adaptive notch filter (ANF). Comparative analysis has been carried out based on their ability in extracting frequency and amplitude of input grid voltage signal under balanced and unbalanced voltage sag/swell, frequency shift and distorted grid condition. Three phase AANF method provides high degree of accuracy than SRF-PLL, EPLL, and ANF in extracting appropriate signal information for unbalanced and harmonically distorted grid condition. The important feature of this method is its amplitude adaptability, which improves its speed of response and accuracy when grid signal is of variable amplitude. OPAL-RT’s (OP4500) real time controller with an in-built Xilinx Kintex-7 FPGA processor is used for real time implementation. Experimental results validate fast and accurate performance of an extended AANF in extracting frequency, amplitude, and sequence components of the utility grid voltage signal, which can be further used for performance improvement of grid connected renewable energy systems, custom power devices, and flexible ac transmission systems (FACTS) devices.
Understanding the Spatially Explicit Distribution of Regional Tree Species Using Multi-Seasonal Sentinel-1&2 Imagery within Google Earth Engine

Bo Xie AIR: Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute Chunxiang Cao (  caocx@aircas.ac.cn ) AIR: Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute Min Xu AIR: Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute Barjeece Bashir AIR: Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute Yiyu Chen AIR: Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute Robert S. Duerler AIR: Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute Kaimin Wang AIR: Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute
RMHP_A_299617 3505..3521

National Institute for Economic Research “Costin C. Kirițescu”, Bucharest, Romania Purpose: This paper studies the relationships between air pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, N2O) and different diseases (tumors, skin and respiratory) and the factors influencing air pollutant emissions in Romania. Methods: The methods are Toda-Yamamoto procedure of non-causality Granger test, grey relational analysis and logarithmic mean Divisia index method (LMDI). Results: Air pollutants intensities dropped significantly over 2008–2017 period due to structural changes. The only economic activity that showed an increase both in volume and intensity of air pollutants, despite a downward trend of farming activities output is agriculture. Technology improvements play a significant role in mitigation of PM2.5 emissions and a moderate role in mitigation of PM10 emissions. For N2O emissions technology used contributed to an increase of N2O intensities. Conclusion: Health policy makers should address the issue of technology improvements and mitigation of agriculture emissions to improve health of individuals and air quality.
Leukocyte Integrin Polypeptides 7 b and 2 b Threonine Phosphorylation Sites in the

The cytoplasmic domains of integrins play a key role in a variety of integrin-mediated events including adhesion, migration, and signaling. The molecular mechanisms that enhance integrin function are still incompletely understood. Because protein kinases are known to be involved in the signaling and the activation of integrins, the role of phosphorylation has been studied by several groups. The (cid:1) 2 leukocyte integrin subunit has previously been shown to become phosphorylated in leukocytes on cytoplasmic serine and functionally important threonine residues. We have now mapped the phosphorylated threonine residues in activated T cells. After phorbol ester stimulation, all three threonine residues (758–760) of the threonine triplet became phosphorylated but only two at a time. CD3 stimulation leads to a strong threonine phosphorylation of the (cid:1) 2 integrin, but differed from phorbol ester activation in that phosphorylation occurred only on threonine 758. The other leukocyte-speciﬁc integrin, (cid:1) 7 , has also been shown to need the cytoplasmic domain and leukocyte-speciﬁc signal transduction elements for integrin activation. Cell activation with phorbol ester, and interestingly, through the TCR-CD3 complex, caused (cid:1) 7 integrin binding to VCAM-1. Additionally, cell activation led to increased phosphorylation of the (cid:1) 7 subunit, and phosphoamino acid analysis revealed that threonine residues became phosphorylated after cell activation. Sequence analysis by manual radiosequencing by Edman degradation established that threonine phosphorylation occurred in the same threonine triplet as in (cid:1) 7 subfamilies
in Precursor T Lymphocytes Germline Transcription of D A Developmental Stage-Specific Promoter Directs

The tissue- and stage-speciﬁc assembly of Ag receptor genes is regulated by transcriptional control elements positioned within Ig and TCR loci. To further understand the role of cis -acting elements in these regulatory mechanisms, we have characterized a transcriptional promoter that drives germline expression of TCR b gene segments in vivo. The activity of this promoter, termed PD b , is restricted to a highly conserved 400-bp region located directly upstream from D b 1-coding sequences. Maximal PD b activity requires a TATA element situated within the D b 1 recombination signal sequences and consensus binding sites for the ubiquitous SP1 and the T cell-speciﬁc GATA-3 transcription factors. When linked to active enhancer elements, PD b directs transcription in most cell types; however, the TCR b enhancer (E b ) stimulates PD b function speciﬁcally in precursor T lymphocytes. These ﬁndings suggest that PD b /E b interactions may contribute to differential regulation of regions within the TCR b locus during thymocyte development. The Journal of Immunology, 1998, 161: 1399–1405.
Multiple paternity and female usage along of

We used genotypic data from three highly polymorphic microsatellite loci (two autosomal and one sex-linked) to examine micro-spatial and temporal arrangements of genetic paternity for more than 1,500 embryos housed along 12 egg-case strings of the knobbed whelk, Busycon carica . Multiple paternity proved to be the norm in these single-dam families, with genetic contributions of several sires (at least 3.5 on average) being represented among embryos within individual egg capsules as well as along the string. Two strings were studied in much greater detail; W ve and seven fathers were identi W ed, none of which was among the several males found in consort with the female at her time of egg-laying. Each deduced sire had fathered roughly constant proportions of embryos along most of the string, but those proportions di V ered consistently among fathers. A few signi W cant paternity shifts at speci W able positions along an egg-case string were also observed. Although the precise physical mechanisms inside a female whelk’s reproductive tract remain unknown, our genetic W ndings indicate that successive fertilization events (and/or depositions of zygotes into egg capsules) normally occur as near-ran-dom draws from a well-but-not-perfectly blended pool of gametes (or zygotes) stemming from stored ejaculates, perhaps in di V erent titers, of a dam’s several mates.
Ef(cid:2)cient Policy-Based Routing without Virtual Circuits (cid:3)

The inclusion of multiple metrics in a routing computation is called policy-based routing. Previous work on solutions to this problem have focused on virtual-circuit-based solutions, and have resulted in computationally expensive algorithms. This paper presents a number of advances in the provision of policy-based routing services in networks and internetworks. An integrated policy-based routing architecture is formulated where the general problem is decomposed into a traf(cid:2)c engineering problem of computing routes in the context of administrative traf(cid:2)c constraints, and a quality-of-service (QoS) problem of computing routes in the context of performance-related path constraints. A family of routing algorithms are presented for computing routes in the context of these constraints which achieve new levels of computational ef(cid:2)ciency. Lastly, a forwarding architecture is presented that ef(cid:2)ciently supports hop-by-hop forwarding in the context of multiple paths to each destination, which is required for policy-based routing.
Ethical Climate among SME Employees Has No Effect on Job Satisfaction in the Western Sugar Belt Kenya

The practice of business ethics has grown considerably over the last decade. Small business enterprises today are expected to meet standards of responsible business conduct. Moral decay has, however, reached high levels not only in the public sector but also in the business community including cane haulage transport MSEs. An estimated 120 ethical business violations att ributed to transport firms have been reported repeatedly in the recent year s in the Sugar Belt. Furthermore, 63% of contracted cane transport tractors were reported to have been involved in cane losses, with the situation worsening to 73% in the past year s. Consequently, there have been calls for research on the possible effect of ethical business practices among SME employees and their job satisfaction. The objective of the study, therefore, was to examine the effe ct of ethical treatment towards employees on employee job satisfaction. The study was guided by the stakeholder theory and a conceptual model of the same theory aimed at assessing business/stakeholder relationships. A correlational survey design was adopted for the study. The study population was made up of 1 ,000 Cane Haulage MSE employees. A sample size of 100 based on a 90% response rate was used. Employees were selected using simple random techniques. Questionnaires were used to obtain data from the employees. Frequencies were used to show the distribution of responses. Correlations and regression analysis were used to assess associations between ethi cal treatment towards employees and job satisfaction . Pearson correlations revealed that good work safety facilities positively correlated with employee loyalty. Similarly, the correlations showed that job security negatively correlated with employee loyalty . L ogistic regression results showed that job security negatively affected employee loyalty. Pearson correlations further revealed that job security positively correlated with the handling of employees. On the other hand, logistic regression indicated that there was no relationship between job security and the handling of employees. The study recommended that cane transport companies should increase job security for employees . The study also recommended that transport MSE managers should use these findings to improve cane transport services and save their businesses from imminent collapse
Receptor binding and antigenic site analysis of hemagglutinin gene fragments of avian inﬂuenza virus serotype H5N1 isolated from Indonesia

We reported a retrospective study on hemagglutinin (HA) gene fragments of Avian Influenza (AI) viruses recovered between 2010 to 2012, using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) followed by sequencing. The results provide information about the receptor binding sites (RBS) and antigenic sites character of HA gene of AI viruses in Indonesia. Viral RNA was extracted from allantoic fluid of specific pathogen free (SPF) of chicken embryonated eggs inoculated by AI suspected samples. Amplification was performed by using H5 specific primers to produce amplification target of 544 bp. The resulting sequences were analyzed with MEGA-5 consisting of multiple alignment, deductive amino acid prediction, and phylogenetic tree analysis. The results showed that out of the 12 samples amplified using RT-PCR technique, only 7 were detected to be avian influenza serotype H5 viruses. Sequence analysis of AIV H5 positive samples, showed a binding preference towards avian type receptors. Antigenic site analysis is consistent with the previous report, however, the antigenic site B at position 189 showed that the residue had undergone mutation from arginine to methionine. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that these viruses were clustered into clade 2.1. 3. Our report supports the importance of the previous study of RBS and antigenic properties of HPAI H5N1 in Indonesia. Receptor binding and antigenic site analysis of hemagglutinin gene fragments of avian influenza virus serotype H5N1 isolated from Indonesia. Pak Vet J, 37(2): 123-128.
GENDER EFFECT ON MICROFINANCE EFFICIENCY: A ROBUST NONPARAMETRIC APPROACH

The main objective of this study is to assess the impact of gender on microﬁnance social eﬃciency. Our methodology is based on the most recent nonparametric techniques to estimate the gender eﬀect. We use a conditional directional free disposal hull (FDH) approach as well as its robust version of order- α ; we study the eﬀect of the heterogeneity factor on the diﬀerence of conditional and non conditional ineﬃciencies as well as on the ineﬃciency level using a local linear regression and we test the signiﬁcance of its eﬀect using a wild double bootstrap procedure. Using a cross-country sample of 680 microﬁnance institutes (MFIs) in 2011 from six main regions of the world, our ﬁndings suggest that gender diversity has globally a positive impact on the microﬁnance social eﬃciency. However, the nature of the eﬀect depends on the considered heterogeneity factor and we ﬁnd that the boardroom gender diversity eﬀect is linear, whereas the eﬀect of the percentage of women loan oﬃcers is non linear (U-shaped on the diﬀerence of ineﬃciencies and inverted U-shaped on the ineﬃciency levels). We assess the robustness of our ﬁndings on various subsamples (global or regional scale, and also depending on the considered proﬁt oriented status). Our ﬁndings reinforce the importance of the role played by women in MFI social eﬃciency.
Liquid metamaterial based microstrip antenna

The microstrip antenna loaded with liquid metamaterials is presented in the manuscript. Liquid split ring resonator (SRR) is used as metamaterial inclusion in the antenna. Distilled water and sea water are the two liquids used one after another to form liquid SRR. The liquid metamaterial microstrip antenna is also compared with metal (copper) metamaterial microstrip antenna. The design results in the form of return loss, bandwidth and gain are compared. The tuning in the frequency spectrum is achieved by using liquids instead of metal as metamaterial. The gain of the antenna is also improved by loading it with liquid metamaterials. The frequency spectrum is tuned using liquid metamaterial loading compared with metal metamaterial loading.
Design of 2.5D Interposer in High Bandwidth Memory and Through Silicon Via for High Speed Signal

The 2.5D interposer becomes a crucial solution to realize grand bandwidth of HBM for the increasing data requirement of high performance computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. To overcome high speed switching bottleneck caused by the large resistive and capacitive characteristics of interposer, design methods to achieve an optimized performance in a limited routing area are proposed. Unlike the conventional single through silicon via (TSV), considering the reliability, multiple TSV are used as the robust 3D interconnects for each signal path. An equivalent model to accurately describe the electrical characteristics of the multiple TSVs
of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering

— This article focuses on examining overall supply chain strategic fit based on an analysis from similar literature surveys on supply chain management. It explains the impact of achieving strategic fit in a company's overall success. The article also demonstrates the gaps in the supply chain are caused by a mismatch in the improper understanding of supply chain and competitive strategies. It specifies the various key challenges in achieving the overall strategic fit and compares the efficiencies and responsiveness factors in the supply chain. The article finally concludes by suggesting the methodologies to achieve successive strategic fit for any firm’s successfulness
Plasma levels of soluble TREM2 and neurofilament light chain in TREM2 rare variant 1 carriers 2

Results from recent clinical studies suggest that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarkers that are 47 indicative of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) can be replicated in blood, e.g. , amyloid-beta peptides 48 (Aβ 42 & Aβ 40 ) and neurofilament light chain (NFL). Such data proposes that blood is a rich 49 source of potential biomarkers reflecting central nervous system pathophysiology and should 50 be fully explored for biomarkers that show promise in CSF. Recently, soluble fragments of the 51 triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2 (sTREM2) protein in CSF have been reported 52 to be increased in prodromal AD and also in individuals with TREM2 rare genetic variants that 53 increase the likelihood of developing dementia. In this study, we measured the levels of plasma 54 sTREM2 and plasma NFL in 48 confirmed TREM2 rare variants carriers and 49 non-carriers. 55 Our results indicate that there are no changes in plasma sTREM2 and NFL between TREM2 56 rare variants carriers and non-carriers. Furthermore, plasma sTREM2 is not different between 57 healthy controls, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or AD. In conclusion, plasma sTREM2 does 58 not mimic the recent changes found in CSF sTREM2.
Adaptation of 3D Printing Techniques in Bone Tissue Engineering: An Assessment of Its Need, Reliability, Validity, Sustainability and Future Scope

: The Bone Tissue Engineering (BTE) is a sub category of biomedicine that deals with the substitution and/or regeneration of discredited bone tissues. Nowadays, a significant need is observed for synthetic bone replacement materials those can be used for BTE. Three Dimensional printing (3DP) technique is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. This technique is a worthy technique to fabricate custom scaffolds based on desired application. It also allows to fabricate scaffolds based on various polymeric materials- natural and synthetic both. The future of 3DP is seems to revolve around 3DbP (3DbioPrinting). Researchers across the width and length of the globe are working for affordable and bio-sustainable bio-printing techniques and it is expecting that bio-printing will be efficient enough to be a sustainable, validate and reliable technique to fabricate organs and skin, precisely. 3DP is metamorphosing from its puerile stage manufacturing genesis into the domain of panacea. Although the uses of 3DP are still said to be experimental and various impediment still breathes before actual effectuation, thus the technology epitomized the enormous bodes. Radiology is assured to play at the core of the advancement to enforce the medical application of 3DP. High resolution CT and MRI technologies provide the essential imaging data in order to create the anatomical structures and models those are put into practise across the legion fields of healthcare especially in BTE.Although, 3DP and 3DbP techniques are being used to fabricate scaffolds for BTE since long ago, therefore their reliability, validity, suitability and future scopes were need to be addressed. 3DP fulfils all the basic requirements of mass adoptability such as customization, accessibility and affordability.
Evaluation of Horticultural Therapy on the Emotional Improvement of Depressed Patients by Using Heart Rate Variability

To evaluate the effect of horticultural therapy (HT) on the emotional improvement of depressed patients, computer-based heart rate variability (HRV) was compared with self-report scale (SRS) known as existing subjective evaluation method. SRS included four test areas: mental stress scale (MSS), physical stress scale (PSS), Beck anxiety inventory (BAI), and Beck depression inventory (BDI). HRV was itemized into four parameters: standard deviation of the N-N intervals (SDNN), square root of mean squared difference of successive N-N intervals (RMSSD), total power (TP), and low-frequency/high-frequency ratio (LF/HF ratio). Thirty patients with depression at the same mental hospital participated in this study. 15 patients of the treatment group received HT once a week for three months, but the control group did not during the same period. As a result, the emotional improvement in treatment group was clearly identified through HRV as well as SRS. The significant difference was shown at three test areas (MSS, BAI, and BDI, p < 0.001) in SRS and at one parameter (total power, p < 0.05) in HRV. There was noticeable increase in SDNN, RMSSD, and LF/HF ratio in treatment group after HT activity, but no significant difference. Although all parameters of HRV did not show significance, the possibility of HRV as an objective evaluation method to HT was recognized in this study. These results also implied that HT was efficient in the mental and physical regeneration of the depressed patients in both subjective and objective evaluation methods.
Meta-Analysis of Naoxintong Capsule for Patients with Vascular Dementia

Background Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common form of dementia among the elderly. There is currently no unequivocal recommendation of an effective treatment option for VaD. Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Naoxintong capsule (NXT) in the treatment of VaD patients. Methods We searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published before September 2021 in PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, CNKI, VIP, and Wanfang databases. The trials assessed the efficacy and/or safety of NXT in treating patients with VaD. A meta-analysis was then performed using Stata 14.0 software. Results A total of 33 studies comprising 2,947 patients with VaD were included in this study. The meta-analysis revealed that NXT improved cognitive function in VaD patients, increased the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score by 3.33 points (WMD = 3.33, 95% CI (2.72, 3.94)), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) score by 4.31 points (WMD = 4.31, 95% CI (2.72, 5.90)), and the Hasegawa dementia scale (HDS) by 2.71 points (WMD = 2.71, 95% CI (1.26, 4.17)). Furthermore, NXT significantly improved the daily lives of VaD patients, lowering the activities of daily living (ADL) score by 5.85 points (WMD = −5.85, 95% CI (−7.03, −4.66)). NXT improved the total effective rate (TER) (OR = 2.62, 95% CI (2.09, 3.29)) of the patients without increasing the occurrence of adverse events (AEs; OR = 0.72, 95% CI (0.43, 1.22)). Subgroup analysis revealed that whether NXT was used alone or in combination with western medicine, it could enhance the overall curative effect. Conclusions NXT may be an effective and safe treatment option for VaD. However, because of the limited number and quality of articles included, this study's findings need to be validated by additional high-quality, large-sample, and multicenter RCTs (Systematic Review Registration Number: PROSPERO; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/CRD42021233199).