Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Graphics-aware Power Governing for Mobile Devices

Graphics increasingly play a key role in modern mobile devices. The graphics pipeline requires a close relationship between the CPU and the GPU to ensure energy efficiency and the user's quality of experience (QoE). Our preliminary analysis showed that the current techniques employed to achieve energy efficiency in the Android graphics pipeline are not optimized especially in the frame generation process. In this paper, we aim to improve the energy efficiency of the Android graphics pipeline without degrading the user's QoE. To achieve this goal, we studied the internals of the Android graphics pipeline and observed the energy inefficiency in the existing governing framework of the CPU and GPU. Based on the findings, we propose three techniques for addressing energy inefficiency: (1) aggressively capping the maximum CPU frequency, (2) lowering the CPU frequency by raising the GPU minimum frequency, and (3) allocating the frame rendering-related threads in the energy-efficient CPU cores. These techniques are integrated into a single governing framework, called the GFX Governor, and implemented in the newest Android-based smartphones. Experimental results show that without hampering the user's QoE the average energy consumption of Nexus 6P, Pixel XL, and Pixel 2 XL is reduced at the device level by 24.2%, 18.6%, and 13.7%, respectively, for the 60 chosen applications. We also analyzed the efficacy of the proposed technique in comparison with the state-of-the-art Energy-Aware Scheduling (EAS) implemented in the latest smartphone.
Confronting a biome crisis: global disparities of habitat loss and protection

Human impacts on the natural environment have reached such proportions that in addition to an extinction crisis, we now also face a broader biome crisis. Here we identify the world’s terrestrial biomes and, at a finer spatial scale, ecoregions in which biodiversity and ecological function are at greatest risk because of extensive habitat conversion and limited habitat protection. Habitat conversion exceeds habitat protection by a ratio of 8 : 1 in temperate grasslands and Mediterranean biomes, and 10 : 1 in more than 140 ecoregions. These regions include some of the most biologically distinctive, species rich ecosystems on Earth, as well as the last home of many threatened and endangered species. Confronting the biome crisis requires a concerted and comprehensive response aimed at protecting not only species, but the variety of landscapes, ecological interactions, and evolutionary pressures that sustain biodiversity, generate ecosystem services, and evolve new species in the future.
SELECTION OF pEGFP-c 1-TRANSFECTED-CHOK 1 CELLS BY G 418 DECREASED THE EXPRESSION OF GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN

Email : endahpuji.Septisetyani @gmail.com ABSTRACT The most common proteins used for reporter protein is the green fluorescent protein (GFP). It is very convenient to detect the GFP fluorescent by fluorescent microscopy or flowcytometry to monitor the successful transfection. The gfp gene can be introduced into the cells by transfecting of two different plasmid vectors or one vector containing both gfp and the gene of our interest. In this current experiment, we used pEGFP-c1 plasmid to express gfp in CHO-K1 cells. We transfected the CHO-K1 cells by using cationic lipid Lipofectamin 2000. We used this study as a way for predicting our human erythropoietin gene expression study in the CHO-K1 cells. In this study, we showed that expression of GFP decreased after incubation of the cells in selection medium containing G418. Expression of GFP seemed to be stable after about three weeks incubation in selection medium. Recombinant erythropoietin was also detected in the day 20.
Synthesis of MIL-100(Fe) at Low Temperature and Atmospheric Pressure

MIL-100(Fe), a mesoporous metal-organic framework (MOF), has a large BET specific surface area and pore volume with the presence of a significant amount of accessible Lewis acid metal sites upon dehydration. The structural characteristics of MIL-100(Fe) make it a good candidate for potential applications in gas storage, separation, and heterogeneous catalysis. Mainly, this MOF is obtained by the hydrothermal synthesis in a Teflon-lined autoclave at high temperature (>150°C) under static conditions. However, this method has several disadvantages such as high temperature, high (autogenous) pressure, long time, and comparable low MOF yield. Therefore, development of a facile method for synthesis of MIL-100(Fe) is vitally important for fundamental understanding and practical application. Herein, MIL-100(Fe) is synthesized by a facile low-temperature ( 90%) still could be achieved, suggesting that this simple and energy saving method has the potential to be used practically.
Variation of yield, milling, technological and rheological characteristics in some Egyptian bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars -

: A field experiment was conducted to evaluate yield, milling, technological and rheological characteristics of four Egyptian bread wheat cultivars (Gemmeiza 7, Gemmeiza 9, Sakha 93 and Giza 168). Results showed that Gemmeiza 9 had the highest number of spikes per m2 , number of grains per spike and grain yield. Gemmeiza 7 had the highest fine and coarse bran, protein, wet and dry gluten percentages as well as the best farinograph and extensograph properties (dough development time, dough stability time and dough resistance to extension). Sakha 93 had higher flour and carbohydrate percentages than the other cultivars. Consequences for breeding are discussed.
Capturing Subjective Time as Context and It's Applications (poster)

We propose an integrated framework for sensing, recognizing and utilizing of subjective time as context. Various studies on experimental psychology have showed several factors which affects subjective time. Those factors should be partially captured by ubiquitous sensors such as smartphones and wearable devices, therefore, we tackle to create common and individual model for subjective time based on the sensor data. We report our first prototype implementation for the framework based on AWARE framework with adding experience sampling method for subjective time recognition. In addition, we discuss potential applications which leveraging advantages of subjective time as context.
A psychometric investigation of the Turkish version of the Children’s Response Style Scale (CRSS) using structural mediational analysis approach

The study investigated the psychometric properties of the Turkish version of the Children’s Response Style Scale (CRSS). Participants were 1358 students, aged 13 19, and about half of the sample consisted of girls (N= 640, 47.13%). Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted and the original two-factor structure of the CRSS was replicated among the Turkish sample. It was demonstrated that sub-scales of the Turkish version have good internal reliability, testretest reliability and convergent validity. Rumination, meta-cognitions, pathological worry, and thought suppression were found to be significant antecedents of depressive symptomatology in adolescents. Consistent with the conceptualization of the response styles theory, distraction was preventive from depressive symptoms. A structural equation model specified based on an integration of the response styles theory (Nolen-Hoeksema, 1991) and the SelfRegulatory Executive Function (S-REF) model of emotional disorders (Wells, 2000; Wells & Matthews, 1996) detected that significant linkages between depression and metacognitions were mediated by thought suppression, rumination and worry among adolescents. Gender differences on measures of cognitive vulnerability factors were substantial that girls revealed a greater tendency to meta-cognitive vulnerability, thought suppression, rumination and pathological worry, while boys scored higher on distraction. Gender differences in depressive symptomatology fell short of significance when controlling for cognitive vulnerability factors. Age was not a significant antecedent of cognitive vulnerability factors and depressive symptoms. The results are discussed in light of theoretical and empirical evidence in the literature.
Key performance indicators in hospital based on balanced scorecard model

Introduction: Performance measurement is receiving increasing verification all over the world. Nowadays in a lot of organizations, irrespective of their type or size, performance evaluation is the main concern and a key issue for top administrators. The purpose of this study is to organize suitable key performance indicators (KPIs) for hospitals’ performance evaluation based on the balanced scorecard (BSC). Method: This is a mixed method study. In order to identify the hospital’s performance indicators (HPI), first related literature was reviewed and then the experts’ panel and Delphi method were used. In this study, two rounds were needed for the desired level of consensus. The experts rated the importance of the indicators, on a five-point Likert scale. In the consensus calculation, the consensus percentage was calculated by classifying the values 1-3 as not important (0) and 4-5 to (1) as important. Simple additive weighting technique was used to rank the indicators and select hospital’s KPIs. The data were analyzed by Excel 2010 software.Results: About 218 indicators were obtained from a review of selected literature. Through internal expert panel, 77 indicators were selected. Finally, 22 were selected for KPIs of hospitals. Ten indicators were selected in internal process perspective and 5, 4, and 3 indicators in finance, learning and growth, and customer, respectively.Conclusion: This model can be a useful tool for evaluating and comparing the performance of hospitals. However, this model is flexible and can be adjusted according to differences in the target hospitals. This study can be beneficial for hospital administrators and it can help them to change their perspective about performance evaluation.Keywords: Hospital, Balanced scorecard, Performance, Indicator
Factors Influencing Antenatal Care Service Utilization Among Pregnant Women in Pastoralist Community in Menit-Shasha District, Ethiopia

Background: The utilization of antenatal care from a trained provider is important to monitor the pregnancy and to reduce morbidity and mortality risks for the mother and child during pregnancy and delivery. Methods: A communitybased cross-sectional study was conducted in Menit-Shasha Woreda Bench Maji zone, southwest Ethiopia. Quantitative and qualitative methods were employed for data collection. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the study localities and subjects (mothers) those who gave birth in the last five years prior the survey period. Quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS for windows version 16 and qualitative data was narrated thematically and triangulated with quantitative findings. Results: A total of 639 women participated in the quantitative survey with respondent rate of 98.15%. The proportion of women who received antenatal care for their last pregnancy was only 15.5% (99). Out of this 10.3% received two to three visits. The main reasons mentioned for not attending antenatal care were lack of awareness, 490 (76.7%) and absence of health problems during last pregnancy, 469 (73.4%). Multivariate analysis showed that there was significant association between antenatal care service utilization and ANC visit by health extension workers (AOR=4.042, 95%CI: 1.982, 8.244,) and residential distance (AOR=4.214, 95% CI 1.025, 17.325), respectively (p<0.05). Conclusion: This study revealed low antenatal care service utilization. From those who had antenatal care service, the majority started it lately and received incomplete service. The utilization of antenatal care was influenced by home visit by health extension workers and by residential distance from health post. Thus it was recommended to strengthen home visit for improving community awareness on importance of ANC utilization.
Alpine glaciers to disappear within decades?

Past, present and potential future glacier cover in the entire European Alps has been assessed from an integrated approach, combining in‐situ measurements, remote sensing techniques and numerical modeling for equilibrium line altitudes. Alpine glaciers lost 35% of their total area from 1850 until the 1970s, and almost 50% by 2000. Total glacier volume around 1850 is estimated at some 200 km3 and is now close to one‐third of this value. From the model experiment, we show that a 3°C warming of summer air temperature would reduce the currently existing Alpine glacier cover by some 80%, or up to 10% of the glacier extent of 1850. In the event of a 5°C temperature increase, the Alps would become almost completely ice‐free. Annual precipitation changes of ±20% would modify such estimated percentages of remaining ice by a factor of less than two.
Comparison of direct and indirect methods for estimating microbial protein synthesis in sheep

The aim of this work was to compare the values of rumen microbial N duodenal flow (MNDF) obtained from duodenal flow measurements using 15 N as microbial marker with those estimated from the uri- nary excretion of purine derivatives (PD) and allantoin. Six ruminal ly and duodenally cannulated sheep were used in a partially replicated Latin Square design. The fou r experimental diets had forage:concentrate ratios of 70:30 (HF) or 30:70 (HC) and either alfalfa hay (A) or grass h ay (G) as forage, and were designated as HFA, HCA, HFG and HCG. Duodenal digesta flows were determi ned by the dual-phase marker technique using Cr-mordanted fibre and Co-EDTA as solid and fluid digest a marker, respectively. The MNDF was esti- mated from duodenal flow of N using as reference liquid- (LAB) and solid-associated (SAB) bacteria iso - lated from the rumen, and indirectly from the urinary excretion of PD and allantoin using response models from the literature. Estimates of MNDF with 15 N-SAB as reference were 8.3, 7.1, 11.1 and 9.8% greater for HFA, HCA, HFG and HCG diets, respectively, than those obtai ned with 15 N-LAB, but both bacterial isolates detected the same significant differences among diets. Compared with 15 N, the urinary excretion of both total PD and allantoin produced lower estimates of MNDF for HFA, HC A and HCG, but values for the HFG diet were similar. Averaged across diets, MNDF values obtained from the urinary excretion of PD and allantoin were 14.9 and 7.9 % lower than those obtained with 15 N and LAB as reference, and 22.3 and 15.9% lower than those obtained with 15 N and SAB as reference. All methods detected the same significant differences among diets, indicating that urinary excretion of PD constitute s a reliable method for estimating MNDF.
Improving Oral Fluency of EFL Students with Different Proficiency Levels through Explicit Instruction of Face Threatening Strategies

Meaning and interaction are the essential parts of socialization process in which the interlocutors try to mitigate and control the negative impact of face threatening acts. As such, the main objective of the present study was to determine whether explicit instruction of FTA strategies could lead to the improvement of EFL students’ oral fluency with different proficiency levels. To achieve this end, from the targeted population of 350 undergraduate students majoring in English translation at Isfahan (Khorasgan) Islamic Azad University, a sample of 100 intermediate and advanced students, 50 each, were chosen based on their scores on an OPT test. They were subsequently divided into four equal groups who were homogenized in terms of their oral fluency scores on an IELTS interview test used as the pre-test groups. From the four targeted groups, only the intermediate and advanced samples received the explicit instruction on FTA strategies whereas the no treatment groups were taught by a conventional approach. At the end of the treatment all samples were exposed to the post-test, a parallel form of another IELTS interview exam. The results indicated that the groups taught by explicit instruction of FTA strategies considerably outperformed those who had been taught by the conventional method.
Comparative mitogenomic and phylogenetic characterization on the complete mitogenomes of Talaromyces (Penicillium) marneffei

Abstract We report the complete mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences of four Talaromyces marneffei strains and performed comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses. The gene orders of the four mtDNAs are identical to the previously published mtDNA of strain PM1 (nad4l, nad5, nad2, atp9, cob, nad1, nad4, atp8, atp6, nad6, cox3, rps, cox1, nad3, cox2). Phylogenetic analysis showed that the four mtDNAs were clustered with that of PM1 with high bootstrap support. Compared to mtDNA of PM1, the only non-synonymous mutation was located in nad2 (T505M) of strain PM26. Synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms were observed at eight positions in the four mtDNAs.
Skeletal Myocyte Types and Vascularity in the Black Sicilian Pig

Velotto S. , E. Varricchio, M. R. Di Prisco, T. Stasi, A. Crasto: Skeletal Myocyte Types and Vascularity in the Black Sicilian Pig. Acta Vet Brno 2007, 76: 163-170. The objective of this study was to verify the presence of giant fibres in the Black Sicilian pig skeletal muscle and to evaluate the effect of sex on histochemical and morphometric characteristics of the myocytes (myofibres) as well as vascularity of the muscle. Twenty Black Sicilian pigs (10 males, 10 females) from a farm in Sicily (Italy) were slaughtered at two years of age. Muscle tissues were obtained from three muscles: psoas major, longissimus dorsi, and trapezius. Myofibres were stained for myosin ATPase, succinic dehydrogenase, and α-amylase-PAS. For all fibre types, area and perimeter were measured. Slow-twitch oxidative fibres, fast-twitch glycolytic fibres and fast-twitch oxidative-glycolytic fibres were histochemically differentiated; an image-analyzing system was used. The results showed no differences between males and females in percentage of the fibre types, but there were significant differences between sexes in size of all the three fibre types. Psoas major muscle had a high percentage of slow-twitch oxidative fibres and contained more capillaries per fibre and per mm 2 than trapezius and longissimus dorsi, in which fast-twitch glycolytic fibres dominated. The cross-sectional area of all fibres types was larger in longissimus dorsi than in trapezius and psoas major muscles; the giant fibres were absent in all the muscles studied. Fibre type composition may contribute to the variation of meat quality.
A POSSIBLE APPLICATION OF QUANTUM ALGORITHM FOR MARKET PRICE PREDICTION

Quantum computation exploits the inherent parallelism due to the principle of superposition of quantum states and hence it has the potential to increase the solution speed for many computational problems. In recent years Grover’s search algorithm, Sore’s factorization algorithm and Deutsch’s algorithm have proven to solve some of the problems exponentially faster than their classical counter parts. The study of financial market is highly sensitive, uncertain and complex in nature. However the traditional classical computers have limited computational capacity with respect to complexity of the problem. In this paper a possible application of Deutsch’s algorithm for market price prediction has been discussed.
The effect of malaria on staple food crop production in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Malaria disease is a widespread problem in tropical countries. Recent publications have pointed to a correlation between enhanced agricultural activities and increasing prevalence of the disease. This paper therefore examined the relationship between food crop production and incidence of malaria in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Ninety-two percent of sampled respondents had reported malaria cases in the 2010 major season. Out of these reported cases, 53.3% were female farmers. Chi-square tests of independence showed statistically significant association between education and measures adopted to control malaria. Self – medication was observed among respondents in the face of malaria symptoms. During periods of malaria incapacitation, 90.2% of affected farmers refrained from farm work. This threatened household food security and resulted in reduction in farm revenue. Average seasonal losses attributable to malaria incidence was estimated at GH¢126 ($66.67). The study recommended that efforts should be focused on malaria education during the second and third quarters of the year when malaria incidence is most prevalent. Key words: Malaria, incapacitation, Kendall’s coefficient, Ejisu-Juaben, Ghana.
Influence of Macrocyclic Ring Size on the Corrosion Inhibition Efficiency of Dibenzo Crown Ether: A Density Functional Study

The effect of macrocycle ring size on the corrosion inhibition efficiency of dibenzo-12-crown-4 (DB12C4), dibenzo-15-crown-5 (DB15C5), dibenzo-18-crown-6 (DB18C6), dibenzo-21-crown-7 (DB21C7) and dibenzo-24-crown-8 (DB24C8) have been elucidated by mean of density functional calculation at B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory in the gas and aqueous environment. The quantum chemical parameters including the frontier orbital energies (E HOMO , E LUMO ), ionization potential (I), electron affinity (A), the absolute electronegativity (χ), hardness (η), softness (σ), and the fraction of electron transferred (ΔN) are positively correlated to the corrosion inhibition efficiency (IE%) of the studied crown ethers. The calculation results indicate that DB24C8 exhibits the highest corrosion inhibition efficiency, whereas DB12C4 exhibits the lowest corrosion inhibition efficiency. The results of this study will contribute to design crown ethers potential as corrosion inhibitors.
Comparison of the Health Aspects of Swimming With Other Types of Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle Habits

Swimming, water jogging, and aqua aerobics might provide health benefits to the general population, as well as patients with chronic diseases. Research on the health benefits of aquatic exercise in comparison with activities such as running and walking is scarce, however. The goal of this study was to evaluate characteristics of participants in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study and to compare health habits and physiological characteristics among swimmers, runners, walkers, and sedentary women and men to evaluate the health benefits of swimming compared with other types of physical activity. Participants were 10,518 women and 35,185 men age 20–88 years who completed a health examination between 1970 and 2005. Differences in the distribution of selected characteristics between swimmers and those participating in other types of activities (sedentary, walkers, or runners) were tested using logistic regression for proportions and ANOVA for continuous variables. The principal findings of this report are that swimming, as well as walking and running, has health benefits compared with a sedentary lifestyle.