Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Molecular Identification and Genetic Characteristics of Genus Mystacoleucus Based on Gene Cytochrome Oxidase C Subunit I (COI) in Sengguruh Dam

In general, the process of naming several species of fish including species from the genus Mystacoleucus is still carried out based on morphological characters, which are often found in almost the same morphological characters in different fish species. Therefore, it is necessary to apply a more accurate identification method, which is a DNA-based identification method called DNA barcoding. The purpose of this study was to identify the species of the genus Mystacoleucus on the Sengguruh Dam molecularly based on the Cytochrome Oxidase C Subunit I (COI) gene. A caudal fin was taken on the test fish and preserved in 95% ethanol solution for molecular identification. The results of the identification showed that the sample belonged to the Mystacoleucus marginatus species with Identity values between 99-100% and E-value 0.0. The data obtained showed that from the calculation of genetic distance presented in the form of data matrix and phylogenetic tree reconstruction, there were 2 species that had a far genetic distance from the M . marginatus sample from the Sengguruh Dam namely M . atridorsalis with the furthest genetic distance of 0.1932-0.2595 and M . lepturus with genetic distance between 0.1117-0.1193. However, there are one species that has the closest distance, M . padangensis with genetic distance between 0.0019-0.0038 and identity values up to 99%. Keywords: DNA barcode, Molecular identification, Mystacoleucus , Phylogenetic COI.
Sensitivity Enhanced Rsefractive Index Sensor With In-Line Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer Based on Double-Peanut and Er-Doped Fiber Taper Structure

A fiber-optic Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI) refractive index (RI) sensor based on a double peanut-shaped structure in Er-doped fiber with a section of tapered fiber was fabricated using fusion splicer and experimentally demonstrated. The double peanut-shaped structures placed at both ends of the sensor function as beam splitting/combining. Besides, the tapered region works as the sensing area. With RI changes, the optical path difference between the core mode and the cladding modes will change correspondingly, resulting in interference spectrum shifting. By monitoring the shift, the measured RI can be obtained. The experimental results show that the RI sensitivity was significantly improved compared with other types of peanut-shaped fiber sensors. By comparing different taper diameters, it is found that the finer the tapered fiber, the higher the sensitivity of measuring RI.High RI sensitivity of 441.56 nm/RIU is obtained in the experiments. Compared with the similar-structure sensor consisted of single-mode fiber (SMF), the sensitivity of the proposed sensor based on Er-doped fiber is 115.22 nm/RIU higher than that of the former. The proposed sensor has the characteristics of a compact structure. In addition, it has potential in environmental, medical, and aerospace monitoring applications.
Hybrid methods for protein structure prediction

Structural bioinformatics is a highly cost effi cient solution for accelerated determination of the three dimensional (3D) structures of proteins. Purely computational prediction methods, such as advanced fold recognition (Chapters 9 and 10 ), composite approaches (Chapter 12 ), ab initio fragment assembly [1,2] , and molecular docking [3] are routinely applied today to extend our knowledge of protein structures, how they interact and what their functional roles are in a biological context. Very often, however, predicted protein structures are not given the same trust as their experimental counterparts. This comes mainly from the need for extensive expertise to produce high quality models, generally high rates of false predictions, and the diffi culty to measure the confi dence that can be associated with a structure “ solved ” algorithmically. HYBRID METHODS FOR PROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTION
The Relationship between Fuel Lubricity and Diesel Injection System Wear

Abstract : Use of low-lubricity fuel may have contributed to increased failure rates associated with critical fuel injection equipment during the 1991 Operation Desert Storm. However, accurate quantitative analysis of failed components from the field is almost impossible due to the unique service history of each pump. This report details the results of pump stand tests with fuels of equal viscosity, but widely different lubricity. Baseline tests were also performed using Reference No. 2 diesel fuel. Use of poor lubricity fuel under these controlled conditions was found to greatly reduce both pump durability and engine performance. However, both improved metallurgy and fuel lubricity additives significantly reduced wear. Good correlation was obtained between standard bench tests and lightly loaded pump components. However, high contact loads on isolated components produced a more severe wear mechanism that is not well reflected by the Ball-on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator.
Design, Specification, and Synthesis of Aircraft Electric Power Systems Control Logic

Cyber-physical systems integrate computation, networking, and physical processes. Substantial research challenges exist in the design and verification of such large-scale, distributed sensing, ac- tuation, and control systems. Rapidly improving technology and recent advances in control theory, networked systems, and computer science give us the opportunity to drastically improve our approach to integrated flow of information and cooperative behavior. Current systems rely on text-based spec- ifications and manual design. Using new technology advances, we can create easier, more efficient, and cheaper ways of developing these control systems. This thesis will focus on design considera- tions for system topologies, ways to formally and automatically specify requirements, and methods to synthesize reactive control protocols, all within the context of an aircraft electric power system as a representative application area. This thesis consists of three complementary parts: synthesis, specification, and design. The first section focuses on the synthesis of central and distributed reactive controllers for an aircraft elec- tric power system. This approach incorporates methodologies from computer science and control. The resulting controllers are correct by construction with respect to system requirements, which are formulated using the specification language of linear temporal logic (LTL). The second section addresses how to formally specify requirements and introduces a domain-specific language for electric power systems. A software tool automatically converts high-level requirements into LTL and synthesizes a controller. The final sections focus on design space exploration. A design methodology is proposed that uses mixed-integer linear programming to obtain candidate topologies, which are then used to synthesize controllers. The discrete-time control logic is then verified in real-time by two methods: hardware and simulation. Finally, the problem of partial observability and dynamic state estimation is ex- plored. Given a set placement of sensors on an electric power system, measurements from these sensors can be used in conjunction with control logic to infer the state of the system.
RFID and contactless smart card applications

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. FOREWORD. PREFACE. INTRODUCTION. Part One: Review and supplementary information. 1 Review. 1.1 The Elements of a Contactless Device. 1.2 General Operating Principles of the "Base Station-Transponder" Pair. 1.3 Before We Continue . Conventional Notation. 2 The Transponder: Supplementary Information. 2.1 Ready-made Products. 2.2 Specification or Choice of the Transponder Integrated Circuit. 2.3 The Transponder Antenna. 3 The Base Station: Supplementary Information. 3.1 The Base Station Antenna. 3.2 Review and Supplementary Technical Information. 3.3 Structure of the Driver Stage of the Base Station Antenna. 3.4 The Downlink. 3.5 Summary of the Principal Formulae of Chapters 2 and 3. Part Two: Applications and implementation. 4 Design and Implementation of a "Contactless" Application. 4.1 Specifying an Application. 4.2 Specifying the Requirements. 4.3 Specifying the Near Environment of the Application. 4.4 How to Approach an Application. 4.5 Choice of the Operating Frequency. 4.6 Overview of the Frequencies Used in RFID. 4.7 Choosing the Right Frequency. Part Three: Examples. 5 Examples at 125kHz. 5.1 The Usual Constants and Parameters of Applications Operating at 125 kHz. 5.2 Example. 6 Examples at 13.56MHz. 6.1 The Usual Constants and Parameters of Applications Operating at 13.56 kHz. 6.2 ISO 14 443 "Proximity" Applications (Approximately 10 cm). 6.3 "Vicinity" Applications (Approximately 70 cm) of the ISO 15 693 or 18 000 Type and Long-range Applications for Vicinity Cards or Item Management. 6.4 Applications and Conformity with Standards. Part Four: Antennae and their technology. 7 The Transponder Antenna and its Technology. 7.1 The Range of Technologies. 7.2 The Geometrical Shapes of the Windings. 8 The Base Station Antenna and Its Technology. 8.1 Shape, Size and Technology of the Base Station Antenna. Part Five: The electronics involved. 9 Electronic Systems of the Base Station. 9.1 Standard Base Station Circuits. 9.2 Advanced Base Station Circuits. 9.3 The Output Stage Transmission Part. 9.4 Driving the Antenna. 9.5 The Demodulators. 9.6 The Common Reception/Transmission Part. Part Six: Tools and Measurement Methods. 10 Development Aids and Tools. 10.1 Simulation of the System Performance. 10.2 Development Aid Tools. 11 Measurement Methods for Contactless Systems. 11.1 The Principal Parameters to be Measured for a Transponder. 11.2 Transponder Measurement Methods and Set-ups. 11.3 Measuring Complete Systems. 11.4 Conclusions. 11.5 The Future. Appendix A. A.1 Duality of Series and Parallel RLC Circuits. A.2 Useful Addresses and Information. INDEX.
The use of expert systems in total quality management: An exploratory study

This paper explores the potential for the use of expert systems in total quality management (TQM). The study was carried out under the auspices of the first multi-company programme of research into TQM. Among the findings are that it is feasible to run expert systems on personal (and other) computers in order to assist with aspects of TQM such as statistical process control, quality costing, goods receiving, corrective action procedures, supplier development, quality function deployment and field failure analysis, and that the potential application of expert systems to TQM was received with some degree of enthusiasm by the personnel with whom the concept was discussed. It is also pointed out that the most difficult task in producing an expert system is acquisition of knowledge, and that knowledge elicitation can be facilitated by use of the quality assurance mapping technique—Q-MAP.
An Analysis Of Relationship Between The Learning Organization And Organization Culture In Indian Business Organization

To keep pace with the rapid changes in the environment, organizations must keep pace, otherwise they are likely to perish. They have to remain flexible and continually improve to gain competitive advantage and must be able to adapt and strive to take the lead, otherwise their survival will be at stake. To meet the challenges posed by this rapidly changing environment, an organization must create and assimilate new knowledge at an increasing pace, encourage innovation and learn to compete in new ways. The culture of the organization plays a very significant role in keeping the process of learning vibrant in the organization leading it to become a learning organization. The present paper identifies the relationship between the organization culture and the learning organization in Indian business organizations and concludes that the organization culture plays a vital role in the development of a learning organization. It further contends that three major constructs of organization culture, i.e., openness, proaction and experimentation tend to provide the members of an organization with a sense of direction and creative thinking which in turn enhance organizational learning in turbulent environment.
DRIVER FUZZY DECISION MAKING MODEL OF VEHICLE PREVIEW COURSE

The behavior of driver course decision making is analyzed with the theory of system fuzzy decision making, and some factors that influence this behavior are studied also. Based on these, a fuzzy decision making model of driver dynamically determining vehicle preview course is given. This model can simulate the driver's control behavior of deciding the vehicle preview course in the process of driver handling the vehicle, based on the feasible region of front road. Taking advantage of fuzzy decision making theory's character, the model can describe many decision criteria such as driving safety, driving handiness and driving legality. The simulation results show that the model can be directly applied into the simulation of driver-vehicle-road closed-loop system and the research of intelligent vehicle. For the covering abstract see ITRD E108169.
FLEETNET - INTERNET ON THE ROAD

Driving means constantly changing your location. Since people generally want - and often even need - information on their present location, both the driver and passengers experience a constant demand for information on their current location while on the road. This demand for information includes sensor data from other cars such as data on braking sent from a preceding car, data on the traffic flow on your route, and information on sites located along the route. Although there is a need for information pertaining to the close environment of the car, so far no inter-vehicle communication system for data exchange between cars and from fixed sites at the roadside to the vehicles has been put into operation. To promote development of such an inter-vehicle communication system, the project "FleetNet - Internet on the Road" was set up by a consortium of six companies: DaimlerChrysler AG, GMD FOKUS, NEC Europe Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbH, Siemens AG, and TEMIC TELEFUNKEN microelectronic GmbH. The project is partly funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research. FleetNet started on September 1, 2000 and will end on December 31, 2003. FleetNet aims at the development and demonstration of a wireless ad hoc network for inter-vehicle communications. Key design factors for FleetNet are the capability to distribute locally relevant data where generated and/or needed and to satisfy the vehicle drivers' and passengers' needs for location-dependent information and services. Location awareness and position data play a crucial role not only for FleetNet applications but also for the communication protocols deployed.
Detailed study of scratch drive actuator characteristics using high-speed imaging

Microactuators are one of the key components in MEMS and Microsystems technology, and various designs have been realized through different fabrication processes. One type of microactuator commonly used is the scratch drive actuator (SDA) that is frequently fabricated by surface micromachining processes. An experimental investigation has been conducted on the characteristics of SDAs fabricated using the Cronos Microsystems MUMPs process. The motivation is to compare the response of SDAs located on the same die, and SDAs located on the different dies from the same fabrication batch. A high-speed imaging camera has been used to precisely determine important SDA characteristics such as step size, velocity, maximum velocity, and acceleration over long travel distance. These measurements are important from a repeatability point of view, and in order to fully exploit the potential of the SDA as a precise positioning mechanism. 2- and 3-stage SDAs have been designed and fabricated for these experiments. Typical step sizes varying from 7 nm at a driving voltage of 60 V to 23 nm at 290 V have been obtained.
Orbital‐ and Millennial‐Scale Variability in Northwest African Dust Emissions Over the Past 67,000 years

Reconstructions of aeolian dust flux to West African margin sediments can be used to explore changing atmospheric circulation and hydroclimate over North Africa on millennial to orbital timescales. Here, we extend West African margin dust flux records back to 37 ka in a transect of sites from 19° to 27°N, and back to 67 ka at Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Hole 658C, in order to explore the interplay of orbital and high‐latitude forcings on North African climate and make quantitative estimates of dust flux during the core of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). The ODP 658C record shows a Green Sahara interval from 60 to 50 ka during a time of high Northern Hemisphere summer insolation, with dust fluxes similar to levels during the early Holocene African Humid Period, and an abrupt peak in flux during Heinrich event 5a (H5a). Dust fluxes increase from 50 to 35 ka while the high‐latitude Northern Hemisphere cools, with peaks in dust flux associated with North Atlantic cool events. From 35 ka through the LGM dust deposition decreases in all cores, and little response is observed to low‐latitude insolation changes. Dust fluxes at sites from 21° to 27°N were near late Holocene levels during the LGM time slice, suggesting a more muted LGM response than observed from mid‐latitude dust sources. Records along the northwest African margin suggest important differences in wind responses during different stadials, with maximum dust flux anomalies centered south of 20°N during H1 and north of 20°N during the Younger Dryas.
An efficient optimal design methodology for abnormal noise control of automobile transmission in the neutral idle condition

The modal analysis of the automobile transmission housing assembly is formulated using 3D graphics software Pro/E together with Finite Element Method in order to reduce the noise and vibration by accurately identifying the noise source of the transmission in the neutral idle condition. Besides, the calculation of meshing frequency of gear pair is conducted. After comparing model analysis results with the calculation results, we can intuitively analysis the dynamic characteristics of the transmission housing assembly and find out sensitive parts of the housing vibration. In order to enhance the structural stiffness of the transmission housing assembly and allow intentionally the natural frequency of the transmission to avoid the gear meshing frequency, we increase the thickness of thin plate or add the strengthening rib on the weak parts of the transmission housing assembly. The results of the above modified modal reanalysis show that low mode frequencies of the transmission housing assembly are greatly improved after optimization, and avoid the gear meshing excitation frequency effectively. The probability of resonance for the transmission housing assembly in use will be greatly reduced, which can well achieve the purpose of enhancing the dynamic characteristics of the transmission housing assembly.
Design of Monolithic Integrator for Strain-to-Frequency Converter

Strain-to-Frequency converter (SFC) is a one of the analog conditioner tools that converts any strain signal to the frequency signal. The basic concept of SFC is by detecting any changing of strains, then converting the strain to the voltage signal and converting the voltage signal to the frequency signal. This tool consists of 3 main components which are strain gauge, differential integrator and comparator. This paper presents the designing and analysis of monolithic integrator that to be used in the Strain-toFrequency converter. The primary goal is to design and simulate the performance of monolithic integrator for SFC using GATEWAY Silvaco Electronic Design Automation (S EDA) tools and EXPERT software. The performances of SFC using the designed monolithic integrator are also investigated.
Auditory Landmarks Enhance Circular Vection in Multimodal Virtual Reality

The design of motion simulators traditionally relies on low-level perceptual cues for inducing the illusion of self-motion (vection). The current study examined cognitive influences of purely auditory or auditory-vibrotactile-induced circular vection. The ecological categorization of sounds used for the synthesis of rotating acoustic fields (such as auditory landmarks versus movable sound objects) significantly modulated vection and spatial presence responses. In addition a specific auditory-vibrotactile interaction also suggests the importance of the contextual coherence across sensory modalities when designing vection-inducing environments.
Improvements to critical path time for BWR refueling outages. Final report

A previous study performed by General Electric Company (GE), identified 23 improvements that could save critical path time during refueling outages in boiling water reactors (BWR). This program, sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), developed 7 of the 23 improvements. These improvements are applicable to commercial BWR/2,3 and 4 nuclear power plants now in operation and in some cases those BWRs in the design and construction phase. Four of the recommended improvements can be implemented immediately by a utility without further technical development or plant unique modifications. Use of all improvements could reduce the fueling outage time by 7 days. This time savings represents an increase in plant availability, a significant cost savings in terms of replacement energy charges, and reductions in personnel radiation exposure. Each of the improvements are summarized.
Isoniazid preventive therapy in HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women in high prevalence of tuberculosis countries

Abstract Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of health complications and death among human with immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. When TB develops during pregnancy or the early postpartum period, it is associated with negative maternal, pregnancy, and fetus and infant outcome, including premature birth, low birth weight, and congenital or neonatal TB infection or disease. The objective of this systematic review is to investigate the effective and safe of isoniazid for preventing TB for HIV-infected pregnant women in counties with high prevalence of TB. Methods: Pubmed, Embase, and Cochrane library will be searched to include randomized control trials which compared isoniazid preventive therapy with placebo for preventing TB in HIV-infected pregnant and postpartum women. RevMan version 5.3 will be used to perform all calculations related to the meta-analysis. Dichotomous data will be calculated in terms of a fixed or random effect model and expressed by the relative risk (RR) with 95% confidence interval (CI). The Cochrane collaboration's tool in the following aspects was used to assess the risk of bias (ROB) in included studies. The inconsistency index (I2) and Chi-squared will be applied for heterogeneity detection between clinical trials. A value of P < 0.05 will be considered statistically significant. Results: The main outcomes of pooled evidence synthesis will be presented including the incidence of TB and adverse events. Conclusion: This study will provide the evidence of whether isoniazid is an effective and safe intervention for preventing TB for HIV-infected pregnant women. Registration number: INPLASY202070011