Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
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Nouveaux états quantiques de spin induits par frustration magnétique sur le réseau kagome

La destabilisation de l’ordre antiferromagnetique de Neel au profit de nouvelles phases quantiques a temperature nulle a deux dimensions est envisageable grâce au phenomene de frustration magnetique. Le modele theorique de spins Heisenberg S=1/2 repartis sur le reseau bidimensionnel frustre kagome, constitue de triangles joints uniquement par leurs sommets, est susceptible de stabiliser des phases quantiques originales de liquides de spin, qui ne presentent aucune brisure de symetrie a T = 0. Cette these a ete consacree a l’etude experimentale de deux types de composes de spins S=1/2 (Cu2+) a geometrie kagome a l’aide de techniques spectroscopiques locales, la RMN et la μSR, ainsi que de mesures thermodynamiques (susceptibilite magnetique, chaleur specifique). Dans Mg-herbertsmithite, la frustration est generee par une interaction d’echange premiers voisins antiferromagnetique J et est responsable d’un comportement liquide de spin jusqu’a des temperatures de l’ordre de J/10000. Par rapport au compose isostructural anterieur, Zn-herbertsmithite, nous avons montre qu’il possedait des proprietes physiques similaires tout en permettant une caracterisation fine du taux de defauts de substitutions Cu/Mg. Nos experiences realisees a partir d’echantillons controles permettent d’etudier finement l’origine des plateaux de relaxation observes en μSR a basse temperature en lien avec l’existence des defauts de spins interplans. La kapellasite et l’haydeite possedent des interactions ferromagnetiques (J1) et antiferromagnetiques (Jd), offrant la possibilite d’explorer le diagramme de phases generees par la competition de ces interactions sur le reseau kagome. Pour la kapellasite, nos mesures de μSR demontrent le caractere liquide de spin jusqu’a T ≈ J1/1000. La dependance en temperature de la susceptibilite magnetique sondee par RMN du 35Cl ainsi que de la chaleur specifique permettent d’evaluer le rapport Jd/J1 = 0.85, qui localise classiquement son fondamental au sein d’une phase originale de spins non coplanaires a 12 sous-reseaux appelee cuboc2. Les interactions presentes dans l’haydeite localisent son fondamental au sein de la phase ferromagnetique, en bon accord avec nos mesures qui indiquent une transition partielle a caractere ferromagnetique a T = 4 K. Cette etude confirme la pertinence du reseau kagome frustre pour la stabilisation de phases quantiques originales et demontre l’existence d’une nouvelle phase liquide de spin sur ce reseau, distincte de celle attendue pour des spins couples antiferromagnetiquement.
S06.2 Using Social Media For Partners Services in Adolescents

Partner notification (PN) and treatment is a cornerstone of STI prevention. In the U.S., face-to-face, patient-initiated or provider-assisted partner notification has shown to result in approximately 50% of patients referring at least one partner for evaluation and treatment. While to some this percentage is higher than expected, there is considerable room for improvement. A number of developments in the past decade have shown promise in enhancing PN. Expedited partner treatment, i.e., providing medications to partners without an intervening medical consultation, has been proven to decrease re-infections among index patients above and beyond traditional partner notification and this practise is now widely endorsed. Second, the Internet has provided the technical means to enhance communication between providers, patients and their partners that could result in a higher proportion of notified contacts. Internet-based interventions include simple email or text messages to the partner, either directly from the patient or from health-department staff (if agreed to by the index patient), outreach in chat rooms on gay websites, stand-alone online partner notification programmes, and interventions using social networking sites. While the online possibilities appear to be limitless, especially for adolescents who are very engaged in the online environment, there are few interventions that have been formally evaluated. This presentation aims to provide and overview of online programmes for partner services and a review of studies that have attempted to evaluate them. So far, it appears that few online interventions have risen above the “proof-of-concept” and their overall effectiveness may be limited. In addition, a number of studies have indicated that the majority of STI-infected patients prefer to notify their partner in person rather than using text or email messages. While research into effective online interventions for PN and treatment should continue, this must not come to the detriment of high-quality, in-person PN practises.
High Performance Computational Models of Synthetic Jet Actuators for Step Change Improvements in Freight Efficiency

The project presents results of a computational ﬂuid dynamics (CFD) model developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory team for a synthetic jet produced by an actuator. Numerical results were compared against experimental data provided by Actasys, Inc. Three CFD packages were used for this work that are Star-CCM + , Nek5000 and OpenFOAM. A sensitivity analysis was performed with Star-CCM + and provided more insights on how to optimize the design of the actuator. Nek5000 was used to obtain a high-resolution solution of the synthetic jet. In a exploratory stage, a CFD model of the actuator was also developed in OpenFOAM. All CFD models were able to capture the main ﬂow features.
Structural Analysis of Substrate Specificity in a Copper Amine Oxidase from Hansenula polymorpha

This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grant GM66569 to C.M. W, Minnesota Medical Foundation Grant 3714-9221-06, Office of the Dean of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota Grant 21087, a 3M Science and Technology fellowship to V.J.K. , a University of Minnesota UROP grant to C.J.S. , and a Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics Grant SPAP-05-0013-P-FY06 to C.M. W. It was sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program.
Research on Particle Filter Based on Neural Network for Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring

According to the measurement noise feature of GPS receiver and the degeneracy phenomenon of particle filter (PF), in order to alleviate the sample impoverishment problem for PF, GPS receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) algorithm based on PF algorithm combining neural network was proposed, which was used to improve the importance state adjustment of particle filter algorithm. The PF algorithm based on neural network is analized. And the test statistic of satellite fault detection is set up. The satellite fault detection is undertaken by checking the cumulative log-likelihood ratio (LLR) of system state of GPS receiver.The proposed algorithm was Validated by the measured real raw data from GPS receiver, which are deliberately contaminated with the bias fault and ramp fault, the simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can accurately estimate the state of GPS receiver in the case of non-Gaussian measurement noise, effectively detect and isolate fault satellite by establishing log-likelihood ratio statistic for consistency test and improve the accuracy of detection performance.
A clinical study on acute lung injury /acute respiratory distress syndrome treated with ultrasonic atomizing inhalation of low molecular weight heparin

Objective To investigate the effects and possible mechanism of ultrasonic atomizing inhalation of low molecular weight heparin(LMWH) in ALI/ARDS patients.Methods A total of 42 ALI/ARDS patients were randomly divided into control group,subcutaneous group and atomization group.Patients in the control group were treated with routine therapy.Patients in the subcutaneous group and atomization group respectively received subcutaneous injection and ultrasonic atomizing inhalation of LMWH Na based on routine therapy.We observed and compared the three groups with 7 d oxygen index,APACHEⅡscores,IL-6 and PLT,APTT change,and 7d mortality.Results The 7 d indexes of three groups were better than before,anticoagulation group(subcutaneous group and atomization group) were better than control group.The oxygen index of atomization group was better than that of subcutaneous group,while IL-6 and APACHEⅡscores of atomization group were higher than those of subcutaneous group.PLT and APTT of the three groups had no significant difference during pre-and-pro treatments.The mortality rates of subcutaneous group,atomization group,control group were 6.7%,11.1%,and 44.4%,respectively.There was difference between the three groups.Anticoagulation group was better than control group.Conclusion Ultrasonic atomizing inhalation of LMWH could activate fibrinolysis system and improve ventilate function,inhibit the release of IL-6,reduce systemic inflammation,which can eventually reduce the mortality of the patients.
Prevalence of pain among adults in Turkey

Abstract Background: Epidemiological studies suggest that pain is an important public health problem. Aim: To determine prevalence of pain and the characteristics of pain symptoms. Method: A cross-sectional study was performed on the adult population in Turkey. This study was carried out in 15 cities selected from five demographic regions with a questionnaire consisting of 28 questions, and 2994 participants were interviewed with face-to-face interviews. Data were analyzed with chi-squared and Fisher exact tests. Results: The prevalence of pain among adults in Turkey was 63.7%. The prevalence increased with age and was higher in females, urban residents, in western and central regions than in males, rural residents and other demographic regions (p < 0.001). The most involved age was 55–65 years. The prevalence of pain in head, lower back, lower extremities and abdomen was 34.4%, 14.1%, 12.0% and 10.9%, respectively.
Validation of DeLone and McLean model to analyze decision support systems success in the banking sector of Oman

The main objective of this paper is to investigate empirically the validity of DeLone and McLean model in measuring the decision support system success in the banking sector of Oman. Data was collected from decision support system users working in the banks of Oman. Data analysis was done using Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) through smartPLS 2.0. The results of the study showed that system quality and information quality has no influence on system use, system quality and information quality has influence on user satisfaction, system use had no influence on user satisfaction, user satisfaction has no influence on system use, system use had no influence on individual impact, individual impact has no influence on system use, user satisfaction has influence on individual impact and individual impact has influence on user satisfaction.
Economics of convention and the History of Economies. Towards a Trandisciplinary Approach in Economic History

Economie des conventions und die Geschichte von Okonomien. Perspektiven fur einen transdisziplinaren Ansatz in der Wirtschaftsgeschich te. «. This introduction and the contributions of the HSR issue intend to develop and to demonstrate the potentialities of the economics of convention (EC) for a transdisciplinary approach to the history of economies. "Convention" has be come a core concept in the renewal of French social sciences from structural ism towards pragmatism. Conventions are interpretative schemes for action and coordination that persons and actors use in situations under conditions of uncertainty. Through repeated interaction they become an intimate part of the history, incorporated into justifications, behaviours and social objects like in stitutions. In contrast to neoclassic economics and to new historical institution alism, the EC starts from assumptions of a plurality of economic frameworks of action, of the socio-historical construction of concepts, categories, and data. It rejects dichotomies, adopts a broad conception of the economy, conceives institutional change as the change of the "conventional" foundations for the pragmatic use and interpretation of institutions. Its methodology is that of a "complex pragmatist situationalism", dedicated to a comprehensive approach aiming at reconstructing the internal going-on of historical processes. This spe cial issue offers a set of contributions on: the origins of the approach, its meth odological standpoint, its possible developments towards a sociology of en
Caring for moderate to severe dementia patients- Malaysian family caregivers experience

Introduction: Caring for those with dementia affects the quality of life for both the caregivers and the patients themselves, particularly in the informal care system here in Malaysia. To date, only a few studies have explored from the family caregivers’ perspectives in the communities of different cultural background. The purpose of this study is to describe the Malaysian family caregivers’ perspectives of their experiences in providing care to for their family members suffering from moderate to severe dementia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Methods: This qualitative study involved in-depth individual interviews with twelve caregivers to patients with moderate to severe dementia. Participants were recruited via purposive sampling from the outpatient psycho-geriatric clinic at UKM Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur. All interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcribed data was later analysed using a thematic approach. Results: Four themes identified in this study were; i) the feeling that ‘it is like caring for a baby’, ii) the caregivers’ perception of inadequate knowledge and skills, iii) the need for caregivers’ support system and iv) the importance of spirituality in enhancing care giving experiences. Conclusions: The framework of care shared by the caregivers in this study demonstrated strong cultural and spirituality influences in addition to the common issues of the challenges in managing the behavioural and psychological symptoms in people with dementia. Hence, culture and spirituality aspects should be addressed in the development of appropriate intervention to manage the needs of informal caregivers in this community.
Parallel Fast Multipole Method For Molecular Dynamics

Abstract : We report on a parallel version of the Fast Multipole Method (FMM) implemented in the classical molecular dynamics code, NAMD (Not Another Molecular Dynamics program). This novel implementation of FMM aims to minimize interprocessor communication through the modification of the FMM grid to match the hybrid force and spatial decomposition scheme already present in NAMD. This new implementation has the benefit of replacing all-to-all communications broadcasts with direct communications between nearest neighbors. This results in a significant reduction in the amount of communication compared to earlier attempts to integrate FMM into common molecular dynamics programs. The early performance of FMM is similar to the existing electrostatics methods already in NAMD. In addition, tests of the stability and accuracy of the FMM algorithm in molecular dynamics as applied to several common solvated protein structures are discussed.
THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LMX, PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT, MOTIVATIONAL ORIENTATIONS AND INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR

In the past study, many researchers believed that leader-member exchange (LMX) had a significant influence on employee innovative behavior. This study extends previous research by examining the mediating role played by employee perceived psychological empowerment. This study also explores whether employees‟ motivational orientations have significant moderating effects on the relationship between employees‟ psychological empowerment and their innovative behaviors. Finally, this study examines whether the mediating effect of employees‟ psychological empowerment on the relation between LMX and innovative behaviors is, in turn, moderated by motivational orientations. Data were collected from 359 employees and their immediate supervisors in 46 companies in Taiwan. We tested the proposed relationships with robust data analytic techniques. Results were consistent with the hypothesized conceptual scheme, in that psychological empowerment mediated the relationship between LMX and innovative behavior when intrinsic or extrinsic motivation was high, but not when intrinsic or extrinsic motivation was low. On the basis of these findings, we conclude that the connection between LMX and innovative behavior in situations is more complex than was previously believed — there-by yielding a pattern of moderated mediation.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Sildenafil attenuates pulmonary arterial pressure but does not improve oxygenation during ARDS

Objective: Pulmonary hypertension is a characteristic feature of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and contributes to mortality. Administration of sildenafil in ambulatory patients with pulmonary hypertension improves oxygenation and ameliorates pulmonary hypertension. Our aim was to determine whether sildenafil is beneficial for patients with ARDS. Design: Prospective, open-label, multicenter, interventional cohort study. Setting: Medical-surgical ICU of two university hospitals. Patients: Ten consecutive patients meeting the NAECC criteria for ARDS. Interventions: A single dose of 50 mg sildenafil citrate administered via a nasogastric tube. Main results: Administration of sildenafil in patients with ARDS decreased mean pulmonary arterial pressure from 25 to 22 mmHg (P = 0.022) and pulmonary artery occlusion pressure from 16 to 13 mmHg (P = 0.049). Systemic mean arterial pressures were markedly decreased from 81 to 75 mmHg (P = 0.005). Sildenafil did not improve pulmonary arterial oxygen tension, but resulted in a further increase in the shunt fraction. Conclusion: Although sildenafil reduced pulmonary arterial pressures during ARDS, the increased shunt fraction and decreased arterial oxygenation render it unsuitable for the treatment of patients with ARDS.
Development of a GB-SAR (II) : Focusing Algorithms

In this paper we introduced GB-SAR focusing algorithms for image formation and suggested an optimized solution. We compared the characteristics, advantages, and limitations of the Deramp-FFT (DF) algorithm and the Range-Doppler (RD) algorithm in terms of their image formation principles, memory usage and processing time. We found that DF algorithm is efficient in memory and processing time but can not focus the near range. The RD algorithm can focus the entire range but, considering the refinement on the rail length, it has much redundancy in memory and processing time. In conclusion, we optimized the GB-SAR focusing by using the DF algorithm for a far-range case and the RD algorithm for a near-range case separately.
Adaptive Resource Allocation Algorithm in Wireless Access Network

Wireless network state varies with the surrounding environment, however, the existing resource allocation algorithm cannot adapt to the varying network state, which results to the underutilization of frequency and power resource. Therefore, in this paper, we propose an adaptive resource allocation algorithm which can efficiently adapt to the varying network state by building an optimal mathematical model and then changing the weighted value of the objective function. Furthermore, the optimal allocation of subcarrier and power is derived by using the Lagrange dual decomposition and the subgradient method. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can adaptively allocate the resource to the users according to the varying user density which represents the network state.
Deterministic Task Transfer in Network-on-Chip Based Multi-Core Processors

In this thesis we consider the application of multi-cores in safety critical real-time systems, especially avionics. In our literature study we extract two major challenges. Firstly the unpredictability that comes from the concurrent access of shared resources (especially the on-chip interconnect) must be dealt with. To address this we propose to extend the concept of partitioning which provides fault containment, in combination with resource reservation at design time. The second challenge is to optimize the hardware usage without compromising on the determinism inherent to static mapping and scheduling. We propose mode-based mapping to deal with this, which allows to switch between multiple static schemes. We capture these concepts in a simple formal model. Mode-based mapping is enabled by task migration. The transfer time of tasks must be bounded, which requires guarantees on the Quality-of-Service (QoS) offered by the interconnect. Modern multi-cores feature Networks-on-Chip (NoC), which are packet-switching interconnects consisting of links and routers. Key to deterministic behaviour of NoCs this is avoiding contention, this can be achieved with flow control and buffering strategies based on resource reservation. We propose the use of transient modes to control the changes between the different modes in a NoC. To evaluate different transfer methods we conducted a number of experiments on a 64-core processor that features a NoC. The experiments show that both data prefetching from the shared cache and the programmer accessible networks are suitable for deterministic task transfer. The former is twice as fast but the number and size of shared data objects must be limited because timing analysis of large coherent shared caches is not feasible. For all methods the maximum deviation from the mean values is constant (0,4 us), and the standard deviation is under 1/2 % of the total transfer time. This shows that these methods are deterministic and that a tight bound on the transfer time can be determined. We conclude that private caches and scratchpads are suitable memory architectures for real-time systems, which can be supported by message passing and explicit communication through small shared memory regions. Mapping traffic at design time avoids contention, and isolation of traffic at the transfer level offers additional fault-tolerance. We propose a number of improvements for the transfer methods considered in our experiments that will enable guarantees on QoS. Our experiments confirm the feasibility of the proposed concepts.