Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Prospects of grafting in vegetables: an appraisal

Grafting is a simple method of propagation in which desired rootstocks are obtained to induce vigour, precocity, enhanced yield and quality, better survival under abiotic and abiotic stress conditions. In recent past, this method of propagation has gained much popularity in Japan, Korea and United States in grafting of cucurbits, tomato, eggplant and pepper. Grafting reduced the dependency upon chemicals required to treat the soil to avoid the soil borne diseases and has opened new vista in organic farming of vegetables. Further, inventions in mechanized and robotic grafting have given a fillip to this novel ecofriendly approach.
Nutrient regulation by an omnivore and the effects on performance and distribution

Title of Document: NUTRIENT REGULATION BY AN OMNIVORE AND THE EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE AND DISTRIBUTION Rachel Estelle Goeriz Pearson, PhD, 2009 Directed By: Assistant Professor, Daniel S. Gruner, Department of Entomology Omnivores have a unique interaction with their nutritional environment because they have adapted to consume food from different trophic levels. To successfully navigate their variable resources, omnivores must maintain some level of nutrient regulation. To explore the effects of nutrient regulation by an omnivore, I used a salt marsh katydid, Conocephalus spartinae. To first address the ability of Conocephalus to perform on a wide range of diets and to regulate their nutritional intake, I used artificial diets that differed in relative amounts of protein and carbohydrate (Chapter 1). I found that Conocephalus survival decreased on a high protein diet due in part to a decrease in lipid stores but growth was not affected by diet. In a second experiment Conocephalus showed a degree of nutrient regulation as evidenced by the difference in what they actually ate and the predicted consumption if they had been feeding equally on the diets presented in each treatment. However, I did not find evidence for tight macronutrient regulation. Next I explored capacity of Conocephalus to regulate their nutrient intake (nitrogen and lipid) when fed naturally co-occurring prey (Chapter 2). I first established that the prey differed in their protein and lipid content and that these differences were related to the size of the prey species. When Conocephalus were fed different prey species individuals showed no differences in either growth or survival. In the final experiment, I found that Conocephalus did show evidence of a degree of nitrogen and lipid regulation because they did not feed equally on all of the prey species offered. Lastly, I documented the relationship between the ability of Conocephalus to locate plant and prey resources and the effect that these resources have on omnivore performance (Chapter 3). I found that Conocephalus aggregates in areas of high plant quality but that their numbers do not correspond to areas of high prey density. However, I found that katydid growth and survival was enhanced by prey availability but not plant quality. Overall, I documented how an organism like an omnivore relates to its nutritional environment and how nutrient regulation might affect performance and distribution. Last, I documented the relationship between the ability of katydids to locate plant and prey resources and the effect that these resources have on omnivore performance (Chapter 3). I found that katydids aggregate in areas of high plant quality but that their numbers do not correspond to areas of high prey density. However, I found that katydid growth and survival was enhanced by prey availability but not plant quality. Overall, I documented how an organism like an omnivore relates to its nutritional environment and how nutrient regulation might affect performance and distribution.
An experimental study of dynamic characteristics of labyrinth seal

The fluid force due to labyrinth seal sometimes makes the turbomachineries unstable under higher rotating speed, higher pressure and higher power. Therefore, it is important to predict the magnitude and the direction of the fluid force and to evaluate the stability of the rotor system in design process. This paper shows the experimental results of the fluid force induced by a straight labyrinth seal and the rotordynamic coefficients calculated from the fluid force. Influences of the number of fins under the rotating speed, whirling speed, inlet pressure, and inlet tangential velocity are mainly investigated on a stability of the rotor system. The results show that increase of the number of fins makes the fluid force small and the rotor system stable, an increase of inlet pressure makes the fluid forces large and an increase of inlet tangential velocity makes the rotor system unstable.
A computer analysis of heterojunction and graded bandgap solar cells.

The development and application of a graded bandgap solar cell computer analysis program is discussed. The basic device equations as used in the computer analysis are discussed and the techniques used to model material parameter variations are described. Finally, the results of the computer analysis of several Al(x)Ga(1-x)As and GaAs(1-x)P(x) solar cell structures are presented along with a discussion of the effects of interface states and various composition profiles on maximum solar cell efficiency.
Documents de Travail du Centre d ’ Economie de la Sorbonne Insider Trading With Product Differentiation

In this paper, we analyze the effect of Cournot competition with differentiated products on the real and financial decisions of a publiclyowned firm, with three different structures in the financial market: monopoly, duopoly and Stackelberg. We show that the degree of product differentiation does not affect the results found in the literature on insider trading, concerning the effect of the financial market structure on firms’ outputs, the revelation of information and the insiders’ orders. Besides, firms’ output, the amount of information revealed in the stock price, the insiders’ trading orders and the owners’ profits are independent of the degree of product differentiation. The real market structure through the degree of product differentiation is found to determine the level of the compensation scheme earned by the manager, the market makers’ response to the total order flow signal as well as the managers’ profits.1 ∗Corresponding author. Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. Email: daher.w@gust.edu. kw †Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. Email: aydilek.h@gust.edu. kw ‡Department of Economics and Finance, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. Email: karam.f@gust.edu. kw §Department of Economics and Finance, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. Email: aydilek.a@gust.edu. kw This work was partially developed during a visit of W. Daher and F. Karam to the Sorbonne Economic Centre, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne. W. Daher gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Sorbonne Economic Centre and thanks particularly, Joseph Abdou, Bernard Cornet and Jean-Marc Bonnisseau. We also thank Leonard Mirman, Fernando Zapatero and the participants to the International Conference on Mathematical Finance and Economics (Istanbul, 2011) for their helpful comments.
Efficacy and Tolerance of Extended Field Radiation Therapy in Uterine Cervical Cancer Patients with Para-Aortic Lymph Node Metastasis

Aim: To determine the response and toxicity of extended field radiation therapy and concurrent chemotherapy on uterine cervical cancer patients with para - aortic lymph node metastasis. Methods: Forty patients with cervical cancer with para -aortic lymphadenopathy metastasis were treated by photons on LINAC with extended field radiotherapy (46-50Gy/23-25#) along with weekly concurrent cisplatin (35mg/m2) followed by 3 sessions of weekly intracavitory brachytherapy (7Gy per session by HDR Ir-192) at our institution. The primary endpoint was to assess efficacy in terms of response to the treatment. The secondary endpoint was to assess tolerance of treatment in terms of toxicities (hematological and non-hematological). Results: Complete clinical response in pelvis and para-aortic disease were observed in 28(70%) and 27(67.5%) patients. Partial clinical response in pelvis and para-aortic disease were observed in 11(27.5%) and 12(30%) of patients. One patient did not respond to the treatment and had progression of disease. Anemia grade 1-2 was seen in 22(55%) patients. Neutropenia grade 1-2 was seen in 10(25%) of patients. Thrombocytopenia grade 1 was seen in only 2(5%) of patients. None of the patient had grade 4 hematological
Predicting fatigue lifetime of engineering components under variable amplitude multiaxial fatigue loading

The aim of the present paper is to systematically investigate the accuracy of the so-called Modified Wohler Curve Method (MWCM) in estimating fatigue lifetime of engineering components damaged by inservice variable amplitude multiaxial load histories. In more detail, the MWCM, which is a bi-parametrical critical plane approach, postulates that initiation and Stage I propagation of fatigue cracks occur on those material planes experiencing the maximum shear stress amplitude (this being assumed to be always true independently from the degree of multiaxiality of the applied loading path). Further, the fatigue damage extent is hypothesised to depend also on the maximum stress perpendicular to the critical plane, the mean normal stress being corrected through the so-called mean stress sensitivity index (i.e., a material constant capable of quantifying the sensitivity of the assessed material to the presence of superimposed static stresses). To extend the use of the above criterion to those situations involving variable amplitude loadings, the MWCM is suggested here as being applied by defining the critical plane through that direction experiencing the maximum variance of the resolved shear stress: since the resolved shear stress is a monodimensional quantity, stress cycles are directly counted by the classical Rain-Flow method. In the present investigation, the overall accuracy of the MWCM in estimating high-cycle fatigue strength was checked through several experimental results taken from the literature and generated, under variable amplitude multiaxial fatigue loading, by testing plain samples of commercial steels. Such systematic validation exercise allowed us to prove that the MWCM is highly accurate, resulting in estimates falling within the error scatter bands associated with the experimental data used to calibrate the method itself.
PENERAPAN KONSEP TRI HITA KARANA DALAM PERENCANAAN PERUMAHAN DI BALI

Tri Hita Karana is as a concept which be apparently used on Balinese traditional housing. Balinese traditional house incorporate strongly on the use of environment such as non biotical, biotical and socio culture as well. In developing the Balinese traditional housing, it utilizes optimally the local environment in order that it is able to attain the situation and condition which is a very comfortable, efficiently energy and cheaply use as well. Through the development of science and technology, the rise of tourism influence and the growth of population as well, the concept of Tri Hita Karana is steadily abandoned even forgotten and altered by other concept which is actually come from outside of Bali and in fact, we recognize that it is not guarantee to be applicable in Bali. It is not painless to defeat those change in Bali. It seems that we require durably a strategy manner to optimize the positive influence that come from out of Bali to be able to develop more efficient and effective. The other hand, the negative influence will be minimized, even eliminated through such great efforts to employ optimally the concepts that is still taking place nowadays in Bali. Hopefully, throughout the implementation of Tri Hita Karana, the development of Balinese traditional housing can be sustainable.
Processing of Musical Tones Using a Combined Quadratic Polynomial-Phase Sinusoid and Residual (QUASAR) Signal Model

A QUASAR signal model is proposed which combines quadratic polynomial-phase sinusoids and a residual for music analysis and synthesis. This signal model and the corresponding model parameter estimation schemes have some advantages over previously proposed ones in terms of memory use (data reduction), computational complexity, and synthesis quality. In contrast to the conventional time-frequency analysis approach, that is, obtaining time-localized model parameters on a frame-by-frame basis and with an energy fitting criterion, an estimation procedure is presented to obtain globally optimized model parameters with a global. waveform fitting criterion. Different from the existing approach to the synthesis of the residual where a noise-driven source filter model is used, it is proposed to use LPC-based waveform coders for the synthesis of the residual. Results of synthesizing some popular musical instrument sounds are presented.
The Design of Innovation: Lessons from and for Competent Genetic Algorithms

From the Publisher: The Design of Innovation illustrates how to design and implement competent genetic algorithms - genetic algorithms that solve hard problems quickly, reliably, and accurately - and how the invention of competent genetic algorithms amounts to the creation of an effective computational theory of human innovation. For the specialist in genetic algorithms and evolutionary computation, this book combines over two decades of hard-won research results in a single volume to provide a comprehensive step-by-step guide to designing genetic algorithms that scale well with problem size and difficulty. For the innovation researcher - whether from the social and behavioral sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities, or the arts - this unique book gives a consistent and valuable mathematical and computational viewpoint for understanding certain aspects of human innovation. For all readers, The Design of Innovation provides an entree into the world of competent genetic algorithms and innovation through a methodology of invention borrowed from the Wright brothers. Combining careful decomposition, cost-effective, little analytical models, and careful design, the road to competence is paved with easily understood examples, simulations, and results from the literature.
An Examination of Selected Organizational Constructs That May Influence a Tri-District Model for Shared Services

It all began in June 2000. The school districts of Newton Public, Andover Regional, and Green Township, New Jersey contracted Guidelines, Inc., Huntington, Long Island, New York to conduct a Grades K-12 Regionallshared Services Feasibility Study. The study was h d e d via a New Jersey state grant from the Regional Efficiency Development Incentive Program (REDI) Grant Program. The study's executive summary included the objective: "To provide information to aid school board members, school officials, and other interested parties in determining whether a K12 regional pattern appears feasible and desirable and the extent to which a K12 Regionalization Regional Study should be further considered" (Savitt, 2000, p. 1). The purpose for this researcher's study was to examine selected organizational constructs that may influence a Tri-District model for shared services as projected for future needs. This study resulted in bona fide research to inform local and school district decision-makers and to provide data for aspiring administrators. This examination was presented as a nonexperimental, retrospective, descriptive case study. Using this design and method, this researcher was able to propose selected organizational constructs that may influence a Tri-District model for shared services, The findings support the use of these constructs by linking them with specific shared-service areas as a means to achieve a beneficial outcome. One of the key findings of this examination included a discussion about people and relationships. These features with this examination's purpose provided the necessary information for a Tri-District shared-services model that can be realistic, meaningful, and relevant. Table of
Phase Modulation Techniques for On-Off Keying in Optical Fibre Transmission.

Increasing the channel bit rate is an efficient way to upgrade traffic capacity in installed transmission links. At bit rates of the order of 40 Gb/s, on-off keying (OOK) transmission becomes severely impaired by non-linear effects  especially Intra-channel Four-Wave Mixing (IFWM)  which limit the power at which the signal can be transmitted, and ultimately the transmission distance. This thesis introduces new techniques for the suppression of IFWM. In the modulation formats Alternate-Phase Return-to-Zero (APRZ) and Pairwise APRZ (PAPRZ), the phase of the optical signal alternates between neighbouring bits or pairs of bits. APRZ and PAPRZ achieve increased non-linear tolerance by causing different IFWM contributions to interfere destructively, when proper phase-alternation amplitude is applied. In another technique, Asynchronous Phase Modulation (APM), the phase of the optical signal is modulated by an independent clock signal, at a frequency lower than the bit rate. APM achieves increased non-linear tolerance by a combination of destructive interference of IFWM contributions and suppression of the frequency-matching condition for the build-up of IFWM, when phase modulation with proper amplitude and frequency is applied. The techniques are studied analytically and by means of numerical simulations, and their properties are verified with transmission experiments, both in the laboratory and in installed transmission systems. It is shown that APRZ and PAPRZ can achieve a significant improvement in power tolerance, compared with currently used OOK modulation formats. It is also shown that APM can successfully increase the power tolerance of OOK transmission using standard modulation formats with low implementation cost such as RZ and NRZ. A patent has been granted for a generalisation of the PAPRZ scheme, and a patent application has been filed for the APM scheme.
A High‐Performance Photodetector Based on 1D Perovskite Radial Heterostructure

1D metal halide perovskites (MHPs) are known as excellent candidates for fabricating high‐performance optoelectronic devices, ranging from lasers to photodetectors (PDs). Nevertheless, their inherent limitations, such as high binding energy and limited carrier mobility, have restricted their further improvement in performance. To tackle this issue, hybrid MHP microwires (MWs) are fabricated by combining MHP MWs and an organic semiconductor via a facile self‐assembly method, forming a radial heterojunction. Meanwhile, an ultrathin insulating organic layer is introduced as an interlayer between MHP MWs and the organic semiconductor. The synthesized hybrid MWs are further applied in rigid and flexible PDs, which demonstrated a high light/dark current on‐off ratio (>2 × 105), a high responsivity (>400 A W−1), and robust bending stability. These impressive results make the hybrid MHP MWs with the unique radial heterostructure promising building blocks for high‐performance future optoelectronics.
Circuit models for 3D structures with incident fields

Results for a two-conductor transmission line model are compared with a new partial element equivalent model (PEEC) which has been formulated to solve the scattering problem. The PEEC model corresponds to a full-wave method-of-moments solution. Advantages of the PEEC model are numerous since it can be coupled with other circuit simulation tools. For the two-wire problem, the PEEC solution includes both the common and the differential mode currents. The transmission line model provides only the differential mode current. The new PEEC models can be solved with a conventional circuit solver like ASTAP or SPICE provided that either the retardation is very small or the solver can handle retarded sources. <<ETX>>
Reduction of Line Edge Roughness (LER) in Interference-Like Large Field Lithography

Line edge roughness (LER) is seen as one of the most crucial challenges to be addressed in advanced technology nodes. In order to alleviate it, several options were explored in this work for the interference-like lithography imaging conditions. The most straight forward option was to scale interference lithography (IL) for large field integrated circuit (IC) applications. IL not only serves as a simple method to create high resolution period patterns, but, it also provides the highest theoretical contrast achievable compared to other optical lithography systems. Higher contrast yields a smaller transition region between the low and high intensity parts of the image, therefore, inherently lowers LER. Two of the challenges that would prohibit scaling IL for large field IC applications were addressed in this work: (1) field size limitations, and (2) magnification correction (i.e., pitch fine-tuning) ability. Experimental results showed less than 0.5 nm pitch adjustment capability using fused silica wedges mounted on rotational stages at 300 nm pitch pattern. A detailed discussion on maximum practical IL field size was outlined by considering the subsequent trim exposures and optical path difference effects between the interfering diffraction orders. The practical limit on the IL field size was assessed to be 10 mm for the conditions specified in this work. One of the contributors of LER is the mask absorber roughness. To mitigate it, two methods were explored that are also applicable to scanners working under interference-like conditions: (1) aerial image averaging via directional translation, and (2) pupil plane filtering. Experiments on pupil plane filtering approach were performed at Imec in Leuven, Belgium, on the ASML:NXT1950i scanner equipped with FlexWAVE wavefront manipulator. Utilizing an optimized phase filter at the pupil plane and a programmed roughness mask, the transfer of 200 nm roughness period to the wafer plane was eliminated. This mitigation effect was found to be strongly dependent on the focus.
Top Photoselective Netting in Combination with Reduced Fertigation Results in Multi-Annual Yield Increase in Valencia Oranges (Citrus sinensis)

Fruit tree production is challenged by climate change, which is characterized by heat waves, warmer winters, increased storms, and recurrent droughts. The technology of top netting may provide a partial solution, as it alleviates climatic effects by microclimate manipulation. The tree physiological performance is improved under the nets, with an increased productivity and quality. The application of photoselective nets, which also alter the light spectrum, may result in additional horticultural improvements. We present the results of a 5-year experimental study on Valencia oranges, examining three nets: red, pearl, and transparent. Each net was tested at three fertigation conditions: a field standard (100%, I100) and two reduced fertigation regimes, which were 80% (I80) and 60% (I60) of the standard. The average multi-annual yield under the red and pearl nets with I100 and I80 and transparent net with I100 was significantly higher than that of the control trees. While the multi-annual yield increase under the red net I80 was due to the increase in the fruit number, in other treatments, the effect was mostly due to induction in the individual fruit weight. The data presented here show that an increased productivity of orange trees grown under photoselective nets, particularly the red net, with its specific spectral properties, was achieved with a considerable water-saving effect.