Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Decision making strategies for warehouse operations

The paper presents issues related to design and organization of warehouse processes. Draws attention to problems of modelling logistics facilities and processes occurring in them. Paper also points out the essence of correct operation of warehouses and associated with this risks for supply chain. Warehouse processes have been properly defined and divided into smaller components, like: phases of process, activities, sets of procedures, procedures or working movements. Paper presents various possible configurations of warehouse processes, which were named as warehouse strategies. Warehouse process strategy is a part of warehousing. It determines the sequence of warehouse operations. These operations are related to internal transport, cargo form transformation and cargo buffering. In paper it is noted that the warehouse strategy depends on the several technical and organizational factors and is associated with a certain probability. This probability can be estimated based on data analysis concerning logistics processes in the specified warehouse facility. As shown in case study, appropriate selection of warehouse strategies determines possibility of fulfilling customer order in time and costs that are acceptable for him.
Precipitation of Lead Species in a Pb - H2O System

Precipitation of metallic species in either, liquid-liquid, solid-solid, or liquid-solid systems is a current phenomenon related with the formation and/or deposition of second phases. An example of the above is the deposition of some precipitated species on ore particles during milling, changing their surface properties and affecting the process of capture during flotation. Precipitation of species also occurs during the waste water treatment. Despite the fact that several procedures have been designed to clean water contaminated with heavy metals (i.e., activated zeolite and membranes, gas dispersion devices, bird feathers, biological procedures, etc.) the mechanisms describing the formation of such phases or species are not well understood. This work establishes from a thermodynamic point of view the conditions (pH, electrochemical potential, ionic strength, activity coefficient) to predict the formation of certain species (precipitated or dissolved) in distilled water contaminated with lead by adding Pb(NO3) 2, and open to the atmosphere. The pH of the media was varied from 3 to 13. The proposed mechanism of reaction for the system tested here is: Pb(NO 3)2 + H 2O→Pb 2+ + PbSO 4 → Pb 3(CO 3)2 (OH) 2. Being the formation of lead carbonate explained by considering the replacement of sulfates or sulfites, to carbonates in a system reacting with the atmospheric air. From the information derived in this work, it is possible to design a process for cleaning water contaminated with heavy metals through the route sedimentation – flotation, and to predict or avoid the formation of certain species on ore particles that reduce the metallurgical efficiency of the flotation process.
City Logistics in Italy: Success Factors and Environmental Performance

City distribution plays a key role in supporting urban lifestyles, helping to serve and retain industrial and trading activities, and contributing to the competitiveness of regional industry. Despite these positive effects, it also generates negative (economic, environmental and social) impacts on cities worldwide. Relatively little attention has been paid to these issues by researchers and policymakers until recently. The analyses found in City Distribution and Urban Freight Transport aim to improve knowledge in this important area by recognizing and evaluating the problems, with a focus on urban freight transport systems.
Endocrine-Related Cancer ( 2011 ) 18 R 213 – R 231 Neuroblastoma therapy : what is in the pipeline ?

Despite the expansion of knowledge about neuroblastoma (NB) in recent years, the therapeutic outcome for children with a high-risk NB has not significantly improved. Therefore, more effective therapies are needed. This might be achieved by aiming future efforts at recently proposed but not yet developed targets for NB therapy. In this review, we discuss the recently proposed molecular targets that are in clinical trials and, in particular, those that are not yet explored in the clinic. We focus on the selection of these molecular targets for which promising in vitro and in vivo results have been obtained by silencing/inhibiting them. In addition, these selected targets are involved at least in one of the NB tumorigenic processes: proliferation, anti-apoptosis, angiogenesis and/or metastasis. In particular, we will review a recently proposed target, the microtubule-associated protein (MAP) encoded by doublecortin-like kinase gene (DCLK1). DCLK1-derived MAPs are crucial for proliferation and survival of neuroblasts and are highly expressed not only in NB but also in other tumours such as gliomas. Additionally, we will discuss neuropeptide Y, its Y2 receptor and cathepsin L as examples of targets to decrease angiogenesis and metastasis of NB. Furthermore, we will review the micro-RNAs that have been proposed as therapeutic targets for NB. Detailed investigation of these not yet developed targets as well as exploration of multi-target approaches might be the key to a more effective NB therapy, i.e. increasing specificity, reducing toxicity and avoiding long-term side effects. Endocrine-Related Cancer (2011) 18 R213–R231
Effect of Chromium Picolinate Supplementation on Early Lactation Performance, Rectal Temperatures, Respiration Rates and Plasma Biochemical Response of Holstein Cows under Heat Stress

Twenty-four multiparous lactating Holstein cows (15-22 days post-partum) were used in this study. Cows were randomly allocated to four treatments based on days in milk, parity and milk yield. Basal diets were supplemented with 0, 3.6, 7.2 and 10.8 milligram chromium/head per day as chromium picolinate in Control (C), Low (L), Moderate (M) and High (H) chromium treatments respectively. The averaged Temperature-huumidity Index (THI) was 79.61 units. The results indicated that: All cows were under heat stress. Significant DMI increase was found among treatments (p<0.001) and DMI increased linearly as the level of Cr supplementation increased (p = 0.004). Milk yield could be increased by adding chromium (p = 0.013), while no significant differences were found between the four treatments in milk fat, protein, lactose, SNF and SCC. And milk yield also increased linearly as the level of Cr supplementation increased (p = 0.003). No significant differences were found between the four treatments in insulin, but there was a trend of decrease with Cr supplementation compared with control (p = 0.079). Concentration of blood glucose and the ratio of blood glucose to insuline were increased by adding chromium (p = 0.019 and p = 0.013, respectively). Adding chromium did not significantly affect rectal temperatures and respiration rates of four treatments (p = 0.310 and p = 0.265 respectively). CK was significantly decreased by adding chromium (p = 0.017), but LDH, AST and ALT were not significantly affected by adding chromium (p = 0.785, p = 0.524 and p = 0.079 respectively). Additionally CK decreased linearly as the level of Cr supplementation increased (p = 0.003). It could be concluded that adding chromium to the diet of dairy cows under heat stress improved milk yield without affecting milk component, chromium supplementation had positive influence on heat - stress cows.
1 Multipath BGP : motivations and solutions

Although there are many reasons towards the adoption of a multi-path routing paradigm in the Internet, nowadays the required multi-path support is far from universal. It is mostly limited to some domains that rely on IGP features to improve load distribution in their internal infrastructure or some multi-homed parties that base their load balance on traffic engineering. This chapter explains the motivations for a multi-path routing Internet scheme, commenting the existing alternatives and detailing two new proposals. Part of this work has been done within the framework of the Trilogy research and development project, whose main objectives are also commented in the chapter.
Biovar distribution of Brucella strains isolated from livestock in Turkeybetween 2010-2015

According to ‘the Regulation of Reporting of Notifiable Animal Diseases in Turkey’, the valid diagnosis for Brucellosis in livestock, which is in the list of notifiable animal diseases, is the isolation and identification of Brucellae as the gold standard as mentioned in ‘the Regulation of the Fight with Brucella’. In the context of ‘The Brucellosis Control and Eradication Program’ in Turkey, where mass vaccination is practised as a part of this program in livestock, serological diagnosis is not considered to be valid except for Brucella free herds. While most of the current molecular techniques can differentiate Brucella organism at the genus level, they generally cannot make differentiation at the biovar-level. The primary purpose of this study is to determine the most prevalent Brucella biovars and the biovar distribution of Brucella isolates from the abort cases of livestock between 2010 and 2015 in Turkey. In this study, 5203 Brucella field isolates sent to our laboratory from different parts of Turkey for Brucella species and biovar identification between 2010 and 2015 were biotyped through conventional biotyping procedures. According to the results showing the percentages of dominant biovars causing brucellosis in livestock, the most common biovar was B. abortus biovar-3 in cattle and B.melitensis biovar-3 in sheep and goats. Vaccine strains isolated from goats were not included in biovar distribution in this study.
Modelling runoff and erosion in agricultural soil: application of ICECREAM model to a field site in southern Finland

The hydrological submodel of ICECREAM, which is the Finnish version of CREAMS/GLEAMS model was calibrated and validated against surface runoff and snow water equivalent data from a sloping clayey field under small grain crop cultivation. The field data indicated pronounced short-term and seasonal variation of surface runoff and erosion. Soil loss was modelled using either simulated or measured surface runoff as an input data.
Shopping Motives, Big Five Factors, and the Hedonic/Utilitarian Shopping Value: An Integration and Factorial Study

The present study, conducted on a sample of roughly 700 customers of two different shopping centers, focuses on verifying the existence of two stable high-order dimensions – i.e., Hedonic and Utilitarian meta-traits – over the Big Five factors of human personality, which were extracted from enduring individual differences in 11 shopping motives indicated in a seminal work by Tauber (1972). Results showed that, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Extroversion traits are correlated to the Hedonic (i.e., ludic, aesthetic, and epicurean) shopping value; whereas, Emotional Stability, and Conscientiousness traits are correlated to the Utilitarian (i.e., functional, task-related, and rational) shopping value. Findings confirmed the existence of two high-order factors among the Big Five, as maintained by Digman (1997), but with the transfer – at this domain-specific level of personality analysis – of the Agreeableness factor from one meta-dimension to the other. Three more differences with past categories were found: the dissolving of class A of motives (that is, shopping as a Diversion); the collapsing of Factor G (Communication with others having similar interests) and Factor F (Social experience outside the home) in one dimension (G/F) which represents Communication in general; and the proved existence of two other classes of shopping motives, which were defined Enjoying being on one's own (Y) and Freedom to decide (X). Results urge firms to classify key customers mainly on their shopping goals, and to set, in turn, satisfactory communication strategies able to influence customers' perception of the shopping center image and their purchasing experience.
Global regulatory landscape of biosimilars: emerging and established market perspectives

Biological product development for launch in multiple geographies with varied regulatory expectations would require a planned and focused strategy, involving the selection of the appropriate reference product, defining the extent of process and product characterization and design of nonclinical and clinical studies. The development for established markets like the European Union and the United States, which have precedence in regulatory pathways, may face very different challenges compared to emerging markets, many of which are still in the nascent stages of regulatory guidelines. A clear and concise understanding of the regulatory framework of each region and awareness of the limitations of health care policies, with an added knowledge of the local factors that influence the biosimilar market, would be desirable for a good business strategy. Herein it is attempted to outline the stages of regional guideline implementation in the various global locations and compare the variability in regulatory requirement between them. The factors that could potentially impact biosimilars business in these regions are also outlined. Finally, the prevailing competition between manufacturers of innovative and biosimilar drugs, which could influence the availability of lifesaving off-patent drugs for critical diseases and the advent of more effective, alternate, or next-generation molecules, is also briefly described.
Towards Optical Networks-on-Chip Using CMOS Compatible III-V/SOI Technology

Integrated components for optical networks-on-chip, including III-V microdisk lasers, photodetectors, and wavelength selective circuits, are all demonstrated using a co mplementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) compatible III-V/silicon-oninsulator integration technology at 200mm wafer sca le. Keywords—silicon photonics; microdisk lasers and phot odetectors; heterogeneous integration; network-on-chip
Do taxes cause unemployment

In the long run the economic incidence of a tax is unaffected by whether a tax is levied on workers, consumers or firms. In the short run, however, with wages and prices not fully flexible the incidence may be different. We test this hypothesis using aggregate time series data and examine the implications of tax incidence for the level and persistence of unemployment.
Adaptive-Filtering-Based Algorithm for Impulsive Noise Cancellation from ECG Signal

Suppression of noise and artifacts is a necessary step in biomedical data processing. Adaptive filtering is known as useful method to overcome this problem. Among various contaminants, there are some situations such as electrical activities of muscles contribute to impulsive noise. This paper deals with modeling real-life muscle noise with α-stable probability distribution and adaptive filtering noise cancellation assessment with maximum correntropy criterion (MCC) as adaptive technique. Based on our test on some data of MIT-BIH arrhythmia and EMBC databases, we achieve an improved SNR in any electrocardiogram (ECG) signal corrupted by impulsive noise. The worst achieved improvement based on setting the best parameter values using trial and error for both filter and utilized algorithm is 9.5 dB with correlation coefficient value of 0.93. The SNR improvement on the whole utilized database records is 11.03 dB on average. The proposed algorithm is applied to the records from MIT-BIH arrhythmia and EMBC databases to remove the impulsive noise. A computer simulation is used to create and add it to the ECG signals. Simulation results are also provided to support the discussions.
An Analysis of Rural-Urban Differences in Average Family Income: An Application of the Oaxaca and Cotton-Neumark Decomposition Technique

Using multivariate regression analysis, this study examines the effect that demographic, educational, economic, and geographic characteristics have on average family income in rural and urban counties in the United States. The results indicate that while the above-mentioned characteristics generally affect average family income in both rural and urban counties, the effect of many characteristics is substantially different in rural counties than in urban counties. Using the Oaxaca and Cotton-Neurnark decomposition techniques, we find that only about half the income difference between rural and urban counties is explained by differences in their characteristics, however.
Respiratory and Muscle Oxygenation Responses to Two Constant-Load Exercise Intensities

Objective: We investigated the respiratory and vastus lateralis oxygenation responses to exhaustive, constant-load cycling at two exercise intensities. Methods: Eight moderately-trained male randomly cycled to exhaustion at 75% and 85% of maximal work-load (CL75 and CL85, respectively) measured during a maximal incremental test. From continuous recordings of respiratory variables and near-infrared spectroscopy signals of the vastus lateralis muscle, VO2 slow component (SC) and deoxyhemoglobin (HHb) SC were calculated. Results: At exhaustion, VO2 (+19 ± 25%), VO2 SC (+59 ± 24%) and minute ventilation (+14 ± 14%) were significantly higher during CL85 vs. CL75, whereas oxyhemoglobin (-67 ± 22%) and total hemoglobin (-36 ± 3%) responses were lower (all p<0.05). Additionally, VO2 SC during CL75 and CL85 were strongly correlated (r=0.88, p<0.001). The HHb SC did not differ between CL75 and CL85 (3.10 ± 0.75 vs. 3.44 ± 1.1 A.U, respectively; p=0.60). HHb SC and VO2 SC during CL85 (r=0.94, p<0.001), but not during CL75 (r=-0.08, p=0.90), were correlated. Finally, HHb SC during CL75 and CL85 were unrelated (r=-0.20, p=0.70). Conclusion: Our results highlight that only the contribution of locomotor muscles to the VO2 SC magnitude is affected by the exercise intensity and not that of ventilation.
Influences of Vertical Integration and Location Factors on Prices of Automotive Fuels, the Case of the Galician Market

This Master thesis analyzes the commercialization pricing behavior of automotive fuels (gasoline and diesel) in the market of the Spanish region Galicia. The effect of two important station specific aspects, being location of supply and vertical integration, on prices has been studied. This is done by making use of data about station specifics, degree of vertical integration, location characteristics and local market conditions. This information was available for the majority of the gasoline stations in Galicia. By investigating the effects of location of supply, the research helps to better understand how competition between gasoline stations, located closely to each other, works. This research shows that competition in the Galician market is, similar as found by Bello and Contin (2010) for Spain, imperfect. A high amount of competitors at a close range and the presence of same branded gasoline stations create retail prices which are even higher than in the case where no competition exists. But results also show that the presence of hypermarket gasoline stations make sure strong price competition takes place. The second studied aspect is the effect of vertical integration on prices. Knowing the consequence of the degree of vertical integration on prices is essential for policy makers. Policy makers now need to use the findings from studies of the Northern-American market, since in Spain and even Europe research to this topic is very scarce. The preformed research strongly indicates that vertically integrated gasoline stations have higher retail prices. This goes against the results found in Northern-America, suggesting that the retail automotive fuel sector has different market mechanisms in Europe and Northern-America.
Efficiency Evaluation of Research Groups Using Data Envelopment Analysis

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare efficiency of research groups in the Center of Social and Cultural Research. There are several tools for efficiency evaluation. The method used in this study was Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) in which rate of output is evaluated by input and effective and non-effective units are determined. The first step in DEA is to prepare a list of inputs and outputs. The inputs in this study were personnel and administrative costs, the ratio of group staff to the total staff of the center and person-hours of labor. The outputs of this study contained the number of finished research projects, proportion of allocated budget to the total budget issued and the Percent of the projects’ progress. The survey was carried out in 20 research groups, using DEA method. The analysis indicated that 5 groups were efficient and 3 groups were on border line. To improve non-efficient groups and converting them to efficient ones, we suggest some adjustments in inputs and outputs.
40 GHz Vertical Transition with a Dual‐Mode Cavity for a Low‐Temperature Co‐fired Ceramic Transceiver Module

A new vertical transition between a substrate integrated waveguide in a low‐temperature co‐fired ceramic substrate and an air‐filled standard waveguide is proposed in this paper. A rectangular cavity resonator with closely spaced metallic vias is designed to connect the substrate integrated waveguide to the standard air‐filled waveguide. Physical characteristics of an air‐filled WR‐22 to WR‐22 transition are compared with those of the proposed transition. Simulation and experiment demonstrate that the proposed transition shows a −1.3 dB insertion loss and 6.2 GHz bandwidth with a 10 dB return loss for the back‐to‐back module. A 40 GHz low‐temperature co‐fired ceramic module with the proposed vertical transition is also implemented. The implemented module is very compact, measuring 57 mm × 28 mm × 3.3 mm.
The impact of packet size on inventory turnover of fmcg products in Pakistan [wholesaler & retailer perspective]

A question arise, is there any impact of different packet sizes on consumer buying pattern. The study is focus on retailers and wholesaler perspective in Pakistan context. There are 75 respondents were include in research and handed over them a questionnaire having questions regarding with selling pattern of four different packet sizes (i.e. sachet, quarter pack, half pack and full pack) that formulated data of 300 observations (75*4) and asked them about to buy stock on monthly basis. Data converted from monthly basis to yearly basis in order to compose it into inventory turnover. Simple linier regression (OLS-Model) has been used in analyzing data. It was assumed that there is negative impact of packet size on inventory turnover. Several test has been applied on data include (Test of Sufficiency, Test for Significance and Test for Specification). Result matched with hypothesis and negative impact has been shown that represent that with reducing packet size, inventory turnover increases. Beside this it also shows that mostly people in recent context prefer to buy more sachet or quarter pack as compare to half pack and full pack.