Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
"Droplet-Interfaced Separations as an Emerging Tool for High-Throughput Microchip Electrophoresis"

Electrophoresis is a powerful analytical technique to separate and analyse biological samples such as separation and detection of nucleic acid fragments (DNA, RNA) and cell proteins, immuno-separation of biomarkers and enzymes, etc. Traditional slab gel electrophoresis (SGE) and capillary electrophoresis (CE) are among the most common forms of electrophoresis and have widely been used in biochemistry laboratories. However, the requirement of higher voltages (300V/cm) and longer capillaries (40cm) [1,2] makes the CE system challenging for portable POC devices. With the advancement of microfabrication technologies, electrophoresis has been miniaturised to achieve on-chip electrophoretic separations known as microchip electrophoresis (MCE). MCE offers many advantages over conventional electrophoresis techniques such as integration of different separation functions onto the chip, consumption of small amounts of sample and reagents, faster analyses and efficient separations, etc. [3]. The working principle of the MCE is based on the mobility of charged molecules due to the electrostatic force acting on them under the presence of an electric field [4]. The type of charge on the particles and electric field strength determines the electrophoretic movement of charged particles. MCE has the potential to be adapted for portable point-of-care and clinical diagnostics. A particular interest of research in this area is the sample injections in MCE systems. Reliable and reproducible sample injection into the separation channel is significantly crucial for resolving a mixture of biomolecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, and amino acids, etc. Sample injection in MCE involves containment of the sample on the same microchip as opposite to CE where the sample is injected separately. The majority of the MCE systems have used one of the two conventional sample injection methods, i.e. electro kinetic or hydrostatic injection. Hydrostatic sample injection technique controls the fluid flow in the small microchannels via pressure control and requires sophisticated microvalve systems due to which it has limited throughput [5].
Job-Hopping in the Shadow of Patent Enforcement

Job-hopping by skilled engineers and scientists provides a vibrant channel for knowledge dissemination within industries. While prior studies suggest that stronger non-compete regimes reduce fluidity in skilled labor markets, far less is known about the added shadows cast by patent enforcement. Building on the entry-deterrence literature, this study develops and tests a model on how an employer? s reputation for being ? tough? in the enforcement of patents alters the pecuniary benefits associated with retention and, in turn, shapes employee exit decisions. Using a dataset on the US semiconductor industry over a three-decade period, we find that an increase in employer-level litigiousness reduces the likelihood that employee-inventors will leave to join or form rival companies. Consistent with the model, we also find that as employers grow more litigious, the average outside productivity of employee-inventors that choose to leave nonetheless increases. Paradoxically, this latter finding suggests that tough reputations more powerfully deter exits by workers with fewer opportunities for outside advancement.
Experimental and theoretical study on high temperature induced changes in chlorophyll a fluorescence oscillations in barley leaves upon 2 % CO 2

Oscillations in many of photosynthetic quantities with a period of about 1 min can be routinely measured with higher plant leaves after perturbation of the steady state by sudden change in gas phase. Among all hypotheses suggested so far to explain the oscillations, an effect of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBPCO) activation status to control the oscillations is highly probable, at least upon high temperature (HT) treatment when in vivo RuBPCO activity controlled by RuBPCO activase (RuBPCO-A) decreases. Therefore, we measured the oscillations in fluorescence signal coming from barley leaves (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Akcent) after their exposure for various time intervals to different HTs in darkness. We also evaluated steady state fluorescence and CO2 exchange parameters to have an insight to functions of electron transport chain within thylakoid membrane and Calvin cycle before initiation of the oscillations. The changes in period of the oscillations induced by moderate HT (up to 43 °C) best correlated with changes in non-photochemical fluorescence quenching (qN) that in turn correlated with changes in gross photosynthetic rate (PG) and rate of RuBPCO activation (kact). Therefore, we suggest that changes in period of the oscillations caused by moderate HT are mainly controlled by RuBPCO activation status. For more severe HT (45 °C), the oscillations disappeared which was probably caused by an insufficient formation of NADPH by electron transport chain within thylakoid membrane as judged from a decrease in photochemical fluorescence quenching (qP). Suggestions made on the basis of experimental data were verified by theoretical simulations of the oscillations based on a model of Calvin cycle and by means of a control analysis of the model. Additional key words: Hordeum vulgare; model; NADPH; ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase and its activase.
Chapter 1 Sectors and Routes in Solid Waste Collection

Collecting and transporting solid waste is a constant problem for municipalities and populations in general. Waste management should take into account the preservation of the environment and the reduction of costs. The goal with this paper is to address a real-life solid waste problem. The case reveals some general and specific characteristics which are not rare, but are not widely addressed in the literature. Furthermore, new methods and models to deal with sectorization and routing are introduced, which can be extended to other applications. Sectorization and routing are tackled following a two-phase approach. In the first phase, a new method is described for sectorization based on electromagnetism and Coulomb’s Law. The second phase addresses the routing problems in each sector. The paper addresses not only territorial division, but also the frequency with which waste is collected, which is a critical issue in these types of applications. Special characteristics related to the number and type of deposition points were also a motivation for this work. A new model for a Mixed Capacitated Arc Routing Problem with Limited Multi-Landfills is proposed and tested in real instances. The computational results achieved confirm the effectiveness of the entire approach.
SYMMETRICAL HYBRID MULTILEVEL DC-AC STEP-UP / DOWN CONVERTERS – SINGLE PHASE CIRCUITS

The study and simulation of a new family of symmetrical hybrid multilevel inverter is presented, based on three level cell (TC)[1] able to obtain step up and step down voltages, focused on Adjustable Speed Drive (ASD) systems and/or non-conventional renewable energy system applications, where DC-link voltage present a high variability. The main advantages of these circuits, is the possibility to obtain an output voltage higher or lower than the input voltage. Moreover, due to the arrangement of multilevel, voltage stresses in each device are markedly reduced, compared to other topologies. Finally, due to the drive pattern used, it is possible to obtain a low distortion in the output voltage. To validate the theoretical expressions, are shown digital simulations of each converter.
Solving Vision Problems via Filtering

We propose a new, filtering approach for solving a large number of regularized inverse problems commonly found in computer vision. Traditionally, such problems are solved by finding the solution to the system of equations that expresses the first-order optimality conditions of the problem. This can be slow if the system of equations is dense due to the use of nonlocal regularization, necessitating iterative solvers such as successive over-relaxation or conjugate gradients. In this paper, we show that similar solutions can be obtained more easily via filtering, obviating the need to solve a potentially dense system of equations using slow iterative methods. Our filtered solutions are very similar to the true ones, but often up to 10 times faster to compute.
Identification De Novo Motif and Sequence Alignment Studies on the (Liver Cancer -STA13, Lung Cancer-CHRNA5 and Colon Cancer- MLH1) using In silico Protocols

Worldwide, as of 2010, liver cancer resulted in 754,000 deaths, up from 460,000 in 1990, making it the third leading cause of cancer death after lung and stomach. Globally, lung cancer is the most common cancer among men in terms of both incidence and mortality, and among women has the third highest incidence, and is second after breast cancer in mortality. Globally more than 1 million people get colorectal cancer every year resulting in about 715,000 deaths as of 2010 up from 490,000 in 1990. In this project we used advanced Insilico tools for molecular similarity idnetification. Our results clearly elucidate how the different cancer proteins share a genetic relationship among themselves. This work could be extended in future for drug designing protocols. Hence, the results of the project work could be of benefit for clinical pharmacology studies in future.
1 Enhanced Sol-Gel Route to Obtain a Highly Transparent and 2 Conductive Aluminum-doped Zinc Oxide Thin Film 3

The electrical and optical properties of sol-gel derived aluminum-doped zinc oxide thin 9 films containing 2 at. % Al were investigated considering the modifying effects of 1) increasing the 10 sol H2O content; and 2) thermal treatment procedure with high-temperature approach followed by 11 an additional heat-treatment step under a reducing atmosphere. According to the results obtained 12 via the TG-DTA analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction technique and four-point probe 13 resistivity measurement, it is argued that the sol hydrolysis, decomposition of the deposited gel 14 and crystallization of grains result in grains of larger crystallite size and stronger c-axis preferred 15 orientation with slightly less microstrain in the modified sample. The consequent morphology and 16 grain-boundary characteristics turn out as improved conductivity, implying higher values of 17 concentration and mobility of charge carriers. A detailed investigation on samples optical 18 properties, in terms of analyzing their absorption and dispersion behaviors through the 19 UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, support our reasoning for the increase of the mobility, and to a lesser 20 extent, the concentration of charge carriers, while causing only a slight degradation of optical 21 transmission. Hence, an enhanced performance as a transparent conducting film is claimed for the 22 modified sample by comparing the figure-of-merit values. 23
SVEUČILIŠTE JOSIPA JURJA STROSSMAYERA U OSIJEKU FAKULTET ELEKTROTEHNIKE, RAČUNARSTVA I INFORMACIJSKIH TEHNOLOGIJA Sveučilišni studij

This thesis describes how and why the need for a battery management system has developed. It provides an introduction to the terminology used to describe, classify and compare batteries, describes causes that can lead to cell imbalance and gives a review of existing systems and topologies, listing their advantages and disadvantages. Then, thesis focuses on the design and implementation of the proposed solution – an active balancing system based on the flyback converter. Component selection is described, a simple simulation was performed to determine the characteristics and behaviour of the system and the hardware and software design is presented. Finally, testing of the assembly was carried out to confirm its functionality.
Empirical Measurements of Household ' s Access to Credit and Credit Constraints in Developing Countries : Methodological Issues and Evidence

This paper presents a new methodological framework for measuring the level and household to bear the additional risk. A household determinants of household access to credit and may also benefit from mere access to credit, even if it credit constraints, and the effects of access to credit is not borrowing, because with the option of on household behavior and welfare. It also borrowing it can avoid adopting risk-reducing, but exemplifies the new methodology with data collected inefficient, income diversification strategies or engagin Malawi and Bangladesh on the extent of rural ing in precautionary savings with negative returns. households’ access to credit and credit constraints in For these reasons, most developing countries’ developing countries. governments and donors during the past 40 years
Transactions on Vehicular Technology 3 Driver Intention Strategy Intention Tactical Intention Operation Intention Route Planning Driving Style Identification Lateral Longitudinal Lane Change Accleration / Braking Cutting In Turn Driving Behaivor

Intelligent vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) need to have proper awareness of the traffic context as well as the driver status since ADAS share the vehicle control authorities with the human driver. This study provides an overview of the ego-vehicle driver intention inference (DII), which mainly focus on the lane change intention on highways. First, a human intention mechanism is discussed in the beginning to gain an overall understanding of the driver intention. Next, the ego-vehicle driver intention is classified into different categories based on various criteria. A complete DII system can be separated into different modules, which consists of traffic context awareness, driver states monitoring, and the vehicle dynamic measurement module. The relationship between these modules and the corresponding impacts on the DII are analyzed. Then, the lane change intention inference (LCII) system is reviewed from the perspective of input signals, algorithms, and evaluation. Finally, future concerns and emerging trends in this area are highlighted.
Deep Learning for Automated Scoring ∗

Recently, deep-learning, neural network algorithms have successfully been applied to a range of tasks including automated speech recognition, image recognition and machine translation. The main advantage of neural networks is that they can automatically learn useful features and patterns from data, removing the need for manual feature design and engineering. In particular, recurrent neural networks can process arbitrary sequences of inputs, ideal for processing natural language. In the last few years, researchers have applied neural networks to the field of automated scoring and are beginning to see results comparable to existing state-of-the-art systems. We will present an overview of the recent work in applying deep-learning algorithms to automated scoring tasks.
Beneficial microbiomes: Biodiversity and potential biotechnological applications for sustainable agriculture and human health -

The beneficial microbes plays important role in medical, industrial and agricultural processes. The precious microbes belong to different groups including archaea, bacteria and fungi which can be sort out from different habitat such as extreme environments (acidic, alkaline, drought, pressure, salinity, temperatures); associated with plants (epiphytic, endophytic and rhizospheric) and human. The beneficial microbes exhibited multifunctional plant growth promoting (PGP) attributes such as N2-fixation; solubilization of micronutrients (phosphorus, potassium and zinc); production of siderophores, antagonistic substances, antibiotic, auxin and gibberellins. These microbes could be applied as biofertilizers for native as well as crops growing at diverse extreme habitat. Microbes with PGP attributes of N2-fixation, P and K-solubilization could be used at place of NPK chemical fertilizers. Agriculturally important microbes with Fe and Zn-solubilizing attributes can be used for biofortification of micronutrients in different cereal crops. The biofertilizers are an eco-friendly technology and bioresources for sustainable agriculture and human health. Generally, the concentrations of micronutrient in different crops are not adequate for human nutrition in diets. Hence, consumption of such cereal based diet may result in micronutrient malnutrition and related severe health complications. The bio-fortification approach is getting much attention to increase the availability of micronutrients especially Fe and Zn in the major food crops. The beneficial microbes can be used as probiotic as a functional foods for human health. Probiotics microbes such as Bifidobacterium, Lactobacillus, Methanobrevibacter, Methanosphaera and Saccharomyces are increasingly being used as dietary supplements in functional food products. The microbes with beneficial properties could be utilized for sustainable agriculture and human health.
Activitas Nervosa Superior

In this review we scrutinize the differences between two aspects of fear: physical fear and social fear. Based on the cognitive and behavioural differences in panic disorder and social phobia we try to correlate cerebral structures implicated in both kinds of fear. We study the neocortical control mechanisms over physical fear that render social fear more channelled. We also try to understand the dynamics and evolutionary origins of each, knowing that physical fear is more immediate while social fear has more social and evolved characteristics.
Crisis checklists for in-hospital emergencies

Background: ‘Failure to rescue’ of hospitalized patients with deteriorating physiology on general wards is caused by a complex array of organisational, technical and cultural failures including a lack of standardized team and individual expected responses and actions. The aim of this study using a learning collaborative method was to develop consensus recomendations on the utility and effectiveness of checklists as training and operational tools to assist in improving the skills of general ward staff on the effective rescue of patients with abnormal physiology. Methods: A scoping study of the literature was followed by a multi-institutional and multi-disciplinary international learning collaborative. We sought to achieve a consensus on procedures and clinical simulation technology to determine the requirements, develop and test a safe using a checklist template that is rapidly accessible to assist in emergency management of common events for general ward use. Results: Safety considerations about deteriorating patients were agreed upon and summarized. A consensus was achieved among an international group of experts on currently available checklist formats performing poorly in simulation testing as first responders in general ward clinical crises. The Crisis Checklist Collaborative ratified a consensus template for a general ward checklist that provides a list of issues for first responders to address (i.e. ‘Check In’), a list of prompts regarding common omissions (i.e. ‘Stop & Think’), and, a list of items required for the safe “handover” of patients that remain on the general ward (i.e. ‘Check Out’). Simulation usability assessment of the template demonstrated feasibility for clinical management of deteriorating patients. Conclusions: Emergency checklists custom-designed for general ward patients have the potential to guide the treatment speed and reliability of responses for emergency management of patients with abnormal physiology while minimizing the risk of adverse events. Interventional trials are needed.
1 Bangladesh HR Professionals’ Competencies: Impact on Firm Performance and Moderating Effects of Organization Life Cycle 1.INTRODUCTION In light of the continuing debate as to whether Western human resource management (HRM) models

1.INTRODUCTION In light of the continuing debate as to whether Western human resource management (HRM) models will converge, diverge, or develop toward a hybrid form in Asian developing economies, given their unique socio-cultural, institutional, political-legal and business contexts, a detailed comparison of HR roles and their impact on firm performance in Asian environments assumes significant importance (Björkman, Smale, Sumelius, Suutari, and Lu, 2008; Rowley, Bae, Horak and Bacouel-Jentjens, 2017; Zhu, Rowley and Warner, 2007). There is a manifestation of HRM role convergence into defined competencies associated with these Western HRM models; constructs that can capture the complexity and dynamics of the HRM function, and enable HRM to be continuously effective in driving firm performance and creating sustainable competitive advantages (Ramlall, 2006; Ulrich and Dulebohn, 2015). HR competencies are the outcomes of the values, roles, knowledge, and abilities of HR professionals, and offer a mechanism for linking HR strategy and organisational performance (Liu, Fu, Wang and Fang, 2014; Ngo, Jiang and Loi, 2014). Many researchers have observed a positive relationship between certain HRM competencies and firm performance (Boselie and Paauwe, 2004; Huselid, Jackson and Schuler, 1997; Long and Ismail, 2011; Ramlall, 2006; Subramony, 2009; Wright, Dunford and Snell, 2001).
Title Clear and transparent nanocrystals for infrared-responsivecarrier transfer

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Title Integrative network analysis reveals biological pathwaysassociated with Williams syndrome

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Diversity of butterflies in four different forest types in Mount Slamet , Central Java , Indonesia

Widhiono I. 2015. Diversity of butterflies in four different forest types in Mount Slamet, Central Java, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 16: 196-204. The study was carried out in four different habitat types (secondary forest, plantation forest, agroforest, and tourist area) on the southern slope of Mount Slamet, Baturaden Forest, Central Java, Indonesia from July 2009 to August 2010. A total of 99 species belonging to eight families showed a dominance of Nymphalidae (30 species) followed by Pieridae (17 species), Lycaenidae (15 species), Papilionidae (13 species), Satyridae (11 species), Danaidae (6 species), Amathusidae (4 species), and Riodinidae (3 species). From the 99 butterflies species found on the southern slope of Mount Slamet, 32 species (30%) were specific to the forest, whereas 63 species (60.6%) were common to all habitats sampled, and the last 10 species (9.4%) were endemics species with one protected species (Troides helena). The present results was showed that butterflies diversity, abundance, and endemism is still relatively high, representing 18% of all butterfly species found in Java and supporting 71.4% endemic species found in Central Java. The plantation forest were contributed the highest diversity and abundance of butterfly species, whereas the agroforest showed the lowest diversity, abundance, and endemism. Among all habitats surveyed, the secondary forest represented the most suitable habitat for biodiversity conservation and maintenance of rare and endemic species.