Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Conceptual Design of the RF System for the Storage Ring and Linac of the New Light Source in Thailand

The new light source facility in Thailand will be a ringbased light source with the circumference of approximately 300 m and an electron energy of 3 GeV. The target beam emittance is below 1.0 nm rad with a maximum beam current of 300 mA. The injector utilizes a full energy C-band linac with a photocathode RF electron gun. The storage ring RF system is based on a 500 MHz frequency. The EU-HOM damped cavity and the new SPring-8 design TM020 cavity is the choice of the storage ring cavity. The RF power unit for storage ring can either be a high-power klystron feeding all RF cavities or a combination of low power IOTs or solid-state amplifiers feeding each cavity. The high gradient C-band structure is considered as the main accelerating structure for linac. The RF power system for linac will base on klystron and a modular modulator. Details of RF systems options for this new light source project will be presented.
Adaptive Space-time Block Coded Transmit Diversity in a High Mobility Environment

Space-time block coded transmit diversity (STBC-TD) with minimum mean square error frequencydomain equalization (MMSE-FDE) and maximal-ration transmit FDE (MRT-FDE) can improve the bit error rate (BER) performance in a frequency-selective fading. Since the MMSE-FDE/MRT-FDE weights are computed by pilot-aided channel estimation (PACE) before data transmission, the BER performance degrades in a high mobility environment. In this paper, we propose an adaptive STBC-TD employing decision feedback channel estimation (DFCE) for single-carrier (SC) uplink and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) downlink transmissions. Computer simulation results show that the use of DFCE increases an allowable maximum Doppler frequency, fDT, for keeping the BER<10-2 by about 5.5 times for SC uplink and 3.8 times for OFDM downlink compared to the use of PACE only. Keywords—space-time block coded diversity, decision feedback channel estimation, TDD, SC, OFDM
Efficacy of Some Anti-Malaria Drugs and Antibiotics on Plasmodium and Salmonella Species Isolated From Patients Attending A University Health Center in Nigeria

Background: Malaria is the highest killer of people in Africa, and Nigeria in particular. It kills more people than the deadly human immunodeficiency virus, (HIV). In fever investigation, two important diagnoses to be ruled out are typhoid and malaria. An association between malaria and typhoid fever was established and named “typho-malaria fever”. Method: Blood and stool specimens were collected from a total of 200 male and female patients aged 5-60 years attending University of Jos Health centre. Apparently healthy individuals (controls) and patients with symptoms of fever were examined for malaria parasitaemia and salmonella species by microscopy and stool/blood culture. P-alaxin, Artemether/Lumefantrine, Artesunate/Amodiaquine, and ciprofloxacin, Cefuroxime &Azithromycin were the anti-malaria and anti-biotic drugs used respectively. The microscopic film for positive malaria parasite cases and the sensitivity of the Salmonella isolates were recorded. Results: A total of 90 out of 200 (45.0%) specimen were positive for the 1 st malaria test (pre-administered results) and 39 (19.5%) were positive for 2 nd malaria test (post-administered results). While 12 out of 200 (6.0%) subjects‟ yielded Salmonella species. The data obtained which were subjected to statistical analysis using ANOVA at (p<0.05) and chi square test. Conclusion: Densely populated malaria parasite mean showed anti-malaria drug resistance in vivo, while cultural isolated Salmonella organism showed precise drug sensitivity invitro. In other words, heavy & multiple re-infection of malaria parasite exhibited some degree of resistance to the anti-malarial drugs while salmonella in vitro culture results represented sensitivity to the anti-typhoid drugs used.
DEVELOPING A STUDENT-CENTRED STUDIO CULTURE FOR EFFECTIVE LEARNING AND TEACHING IN PRODUCT DESIGN ENGINEERING

Product Design Engineering (PDE) is a multidisciplinary course jointly run between Product Design Engineering at Glasgow School of Art and Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow University and is offered as either a 4 year BEng (Bachelor) or 5 year MEng (Master) Degree. All students in Y4&5 (Y4 BEng, Y4 MEng and Y5 MEng) share the same studio learning experience whilst following specific year group curricula and pursuing individual projects. PDE at Glasgow School of Art has over the past decade evolved a strong studentcentred studio culture. This paper provides a general overview of current PDE studio practice and in particular describes the major strands of development in years 4&5 and discusses how the changes have been achieved and potential future developments. The learning programme for years 4&5 has evolved substantially in recent years to meet the evolving needs of students, industry, academia and the professional institutions. Adjustments have also been made to years 1, 2 and 3 to ensure that learning is relevant, progressive and provides the students with practical skills, intellectual abilities and confidence during their learning process. Together the full 4 or 5 years of studio experience complemented by the engineering subjects learnt at Glasgow University forms a coherent and integrated course, which is capable of producing creative multidisciplinary graduates, ready for industry, business and enterprise. It is this multidisciplinary studio culture and learning process which make PDE distinctive and appealing to students and employers alike.
Large-scale farms and smallholders: Evidence from Zambia

In light of the surge in large-scale farms in developing countries, concerns have been raised that smallholders may be negatively affected. There is, however, very little evidence beyond case studies to support these claims. Drawing on nationally representative household data sets and an inventory of large-scale farms in Zambia, this study investigates the relationship between large-scale farms and smallholders. First, we analyse the geographical contexts of wards that host large-scale farms and show that large-scale farms are found in wards with good infrastructure and soil quality. Second, we adopt a difference-in-differences approach to estimate the impacts of large-scale farms on smallholders' area cultivated, maize yields, and access to fertiliser. We find that smallholders in wards with large-scale farms increase their area cultivated and maize yields, but have lower fertiliser usage. This hints at positive spillovers at the extensive and intensive margins but not at improved access to agricultural inputs. It is likely that these results are also driven by the emergence of medium-scale farms in these regions.
Interactions, structure and properties in poly(lactic acid)/thermoplastic polymer blends

Blends were prepared from poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and three thermoplastics, polystyrene (PS), polycarbonate (PC) and poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). Rheological and mechanical properties, structure and component interac- tions were determined by various methods. The results showed that the structure and properties of the blends cover a rela- tively wide range. All three blends have heterogeneous structure, but the size of the dispersed particles differs by an order of magnitude indicating dissimilar interactions for the corresponding pairs. Properties change accordingly, the blend con- taining the smallest dispersed particles has the largest tensile strength, while PLA/PS blends with the coarsest structure have the smallest. The latter blends are also very brittle. Component interactions were estimated by four different methods, the determination of the size of the dispersed particles, the calculation of the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter from sol- vent absorption, from solubility parameters, and by the quantitative evaluation of the composition dependence of tensile strength. All approaches led to the same result indicating strong interaction for the PLA/PMMA pair and weak for PLA and PS. A general correlation was established between interactions and the mechanical properties of the blends.
The implementation of peer-to-peer in flash crowds: A case study of bandwidth and cost reduction for over-the-air updates

This thesis will examine the plausibility of exchanging protocol from a normal server-client to a peer-to-peer solution for over-the-air updates, using a single case study for Sony Mobile Communications AB in Lund, Sweden. It will examine the effort, the risks, and what the actual gain may be comparing to a client-server approach for over-the-air software updates. Sony Mobile today uses a content delivery network which creates a peak upon new releases of software and this thesis will examine how efficient the peer-to-peer approach is for flash crowds in terms of saved data from the content delivery network. Continuing on the problem there are several global network infrastructure limitations, such as NAT44, NAT444 and firewalls, which proves to decrease the overall connectability of peers in peer-topeer networks. Live experiments using real mobile devices from Sony Mobile will be used to examine the gain after a comprehensive literature study to explore what impact such network limitations has on peer-to-peer networks. As a consequence showing that even with limitations there is a potential gain of changing the approach to a peer-to-peer model. The live experiments prove that with few steps there can be a potential data saving gain up to 20%, without any interference with the global infrastructure. The findings will also prove the feasibility of additional hole punching techniques which may further push the gain towards higher numbers.
Radiation Scattering by Dilute Polymer Solutions in Shear Flow: An Example of Mesoscale Modeling and Brownian Dynamics Simulation

Abstract The intention of the paper is to illustrate the ability of the Brownian dynamics simulation technique applied to mesoscale polymer models in order to reproduce light scattering experiments of dilute polymer solution under flow. After suitable parameterization of a real polymeric system, polystyrene solved in a oligostyrene/toluene mixture at 299 K (good solvent conditions), a bead-spring model of the polymer chain is built and used to generate molecular trajectories on a computer. Such trajectories will capture the deformational and orientational processes experienced by the real polymer chain under flow. Then, from the set of molecular conformations generated, several polymer properties as well as typical scattering patterns can be reproduced quite accurately. FENE springs were used and excluded volume and non-preaveraging hydrodynamic interaction were taken into account in order to build a chain model as realistic as needed.
Revision 1 1 2 Electron diffraction determination of 11 . 5 Å and HySo structures : candidate 3 water carriers to the Upper Mantle

22 23 The dehydration reactions of minerals in subduction zones strongly control geological processes, 24 such as arc volcanism, earthquakes, serpentinization or geochemical transport of incompatible 25 elements. In aluminium-bearing systems, chlorite is considered the most important hydrous phase at 26 the top of the subducting plate, and significant amount of water is released after its decomposition. 27 However, the dehydration mechanism is not fully understood, and additional hydrates are stabilized 28 by the presence of Al beyond the stability field of chlorite. We applied here a cutting-edge 29 analytical approach to characterize the experimental rocks synthesized at the high pressures and 30 temperatures matching with deep subduction conditions in the upper mantle. Fast electron 31 diffraction tomography and high resolution synchrotron X-ray diffraction allowed the identification 32 and the successful structure solution of two new hydrous phases formed as dehydration product of 33 chlorite. The 11.5 Å phase, Mg6Al(OH)7(SiO4)2, is a hydrous layer structure. It presents incomplete 34 tetrahedral sheets and face-sharing magnesium and aluminium octahedra. The structure has a higher 35 Mg/Si ratio compared to chlorite, and a significantly higher density (ρ0=2.93 g/cm) and bulk 36 modulus (K0=108.3(8) GPa), and it incorporates 13 wt% of water. The HySo phase, 37 Mg3Al(OH)3(Si2O7), is a dense layered sorosilicate, (ρ0=3.13 g/cm and K0=120.6(6) GPa) with an 38 average water content of 8.5 wt%. These phases indicate that water release process is highly 39 complex, and may proceed with multistep dehydration, involving these layer structures whose 40 features well match the high shear zones present at the slab-mantle wedge interface. 41
The Effectiveness Of An Incentivized Program To Increase Daily Fruit And Vegetable Dietary Intake By Low Income, Middle-Aged Women

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN INCENTIVIZED PROGRAM TO INCREASE DAILY FRUIT AND VEGETABLE DIETARY INTAKE BY LOW INCOME, MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN WHITE, REBECCA, B.S., RN, Minnesota State University, Mankato, 2012. 67pp. Little is known about the effectiveness of the SagePlus’ Smart Choices Fruits and Vegetables Program’s influence on behavior change and the effects of that behavior change on the cardiovascular health of the participants. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the SagePlus Smart Choices Fruits and Vegetables Program at increasing the number of fruits and vegetables in participants’ diets and decreasing their cardiovascular disease risk factors. A nonexperimental, descriptive correlational design was used in this study. The Minnesota Department of Health provided data from 327 SagePlus participants that had re-enrolled in the SagePlus Smart Choices Fruits and Vegetables Program. Baseline and re-enrollment Cardiovascular Disease risks and per day fruit and vegetables serving consumption was assessed on all participants. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 12. Findings revealed low participation in the incentive card return program. Of those that returned at least one card, only 31% reached the goal of 1,000 servings and thus received the gift card. The majority of participants did not change their daily consumption of fruits and vegetables through the participation year. An additional serving of fruit (28%) and vegetables (24%) were added to the daily consumption of approximately a third of the participants at re-enrollment. There was not a statistically significant change d in the Framingham Risk Scores from the initial enrollment to re-enrollment.
Monitoring the Lynx in the Alps

The project Status and Conservation of the Alpine Lynx Population (SCALP) is an ongoing program aiming to co-ordinate the lynx monitoring and propose conservation activities in the Alps. The SCALP project was initiated from several active lynx researchers as an informal group in the early 1990s – twenty years after the reintroductions in Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, and Austria. To propose adequate management measures, a sound monitoring of the Alpine lynx population needs to be in place. In the early 1990s the first efforts were made to put all available data on lynx presence together. The least common denominator of data collection in the Alps was – and still is – the compilation of direct and indirect signs of lynx presence. To standardise the interpretation of the data collected, SCALP experts agreed on a categorisation of occurrence records, where each record is evaluated retrospectively whether it can be verified for correct species identification and whether it has been verified for correct species identification. Therefore, for the monitoring of the lynx throughout the Alps in the frame of the SCALP surveys, the collected data are classified in three categories according to the following SCALP criteria: Category 1 (C1): "Hard facts", verified and unchallenged observations; Category 2 (C2): Observations controlled and confirmed by a lynx expert (e.g. trained member of the network); Category 3 (C3): Unconfirmed category 2 observations and all observations such as sightings and calls which, if not additionally documented, by their nature cannot be verified. The SCALP criteria allow to both combine and distinguish reliable and only partly reliable data for a better interpretation of the actual distribution.
The tumorigenic FGFR 3-TACC 3 gene fusion escapes miR-99 a regulation in glioblastoma

Fusion genes are chromosomal aberrations that are found in many cancers and can be used as prognostic markers and drug targets in clinical practice. Fusions can lead to production of oncogenic fusion proteins or to enhanced expression of oncogenes. Several recent studies have reported that some fusion genes can escape microRNA regulation via 3¢–untranslated region (3¢-UTR) deletion. We performed whole transcriptome sequencing to identify fusion genes in glioma and discovered FGFR3-TACC3 fusions in 4 of 48 glioblastoma samples from patients both of mixed European and of Asian descent, but not in any of 43 low-grade glioma samples tested. The fusion, caused by tandem duplication on 4p16.3, led to the loss of the 3¢-UTR of FGFR3, blocking gene regulation of miR-99a and enhancing expression of the fusion gene. The fusion gene was mutually exclusive with EGFR, PDGFR, or MET amplification. Using cultured glioblastoma cells and a mouse xenograft model, we found that fusion protein expression promoted cell proliferation and tumor progression, while WT FGFR3 protein was not tumorigenic, even under forced overexpression. These results demonstrated that the FGFR3-TACC3 gene fusion is expressed in human cancer and generates an oncogenic protein that promotes tumorigenesis in glioblastoma. Research Article
EFFECT OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL DISCLOSURE ON FIRM VALUE

This research aims to review, analyze, and provide empirical evidence about the influence of intellectual capital, intellectual capital disclosure, and financial performance on listed companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange. The population of this research is 525 companies listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange 2011-2015. 365 companies were taken as a sample of this research using purposive sampling method. The research method used was multiple linear regression analysis. Intellectual capital was measured using VAICTM; intellectual capital disclosure was measured using intellectual capital disclosure index; corporate financial performance was measured using Return of Assets (ROA), and firm value was measured using Tobin’s Q. This study found that intellectual capital has no effect on firm value, while intellectual capital disclosure and corporate financial performance have positive influence on firm value. Future research is suggested to use cross-country companies as the sample.
INNOVATION, A KEY ELEMENT OF BUSINESS MODELS IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

The aim of the paper is to present the relationship between the concepts of innovation and business models in the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In this respect, the authors present the case of a German company, Deutsche Bahn (DB). Innovation constitutes a core factor that will secure our society's prosperity in the future, as it creates real and sustainable value. A key element in the successful path to Industry 4.0 is the expansion of new technologies or processes towards the development of innovative business models. The continuous worldwide changes, the shift from physical to digital or from closed-sources to open-sources and the new ways of doing business (networks) lead to the development of companies by creating and implementing business models in which innovation is constantly required. In order to reach the aim of the paper the authors used a quantitative research method and a case study. The findings of the research showed that innovation represents a key element in developing new business models that lead to better performances in any company that aims to be part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Unifying Variance Swap Term Structures, SPX and VIX Derivatives

We propose a term structure function, a two-factor variance process and a return process to jointly price SPX and VIX derivatives. The distinctive feature of the variance model is that the factor coefficients are time-varying and they are bonded with the term structure of variance swaps. The model incorporates additional characteristics that jumps in the return process and in the variance process are more recognizable in short terms, the term structure of variance swaps is versatilely rich to be able to accommodate many desired features, and the leverage effect is stochastic. In the interest of analytical tractability, the two-factor variance process and the return process are structured by affine processes.
Fluoroethyl tosylate – a versatile tool for building 18 F-based radiotracers for positron emission tomography

Positron emission tomography (PET) is a modern in vivo imaging technique and an important diagnostic modality for clinical and pre-clinical research. The incorporation of a radionuclide like fluorine-18 into a target molecule to form PET radiopharmaceuticals is a repeated challenge for radiochemists. [F]Fluoroethylation is a well-acknowledged method for F-radiolabeling and 2-[F]fluoroethyl tosylate ([F]FETs) is a preferred reagent because of its high reactivity to phenolic, thiophenolic, carboxylic and amide functionalities. This review will highlight the role of [F]FETs in PET chemistry and summarize its applicability in radiotracer design. The radiolabeling conditions and the pros and cons of direct and indirect radiolabeling as well the aspects of the reactivity of [F]FETs compared with other [F]fluoroalkylating reagents will be discussed comprehensively.
Non-oxidative leaching of black shale copper ore from Lubin mine.

The beneficial effect of leaching of carbonate gangue of flotation middlings (tailings from 1 st cleaning at Lubin Concentrator) with sulfuric acid prior to their final flotation, leaching or bioleaching has been presented. The leaching of flotation feed with sulfuric acid decomposes selectively the carbonate gangue and leads to liberation of sulfide minerals and enhanced flotation or leaching results. It was shown, that after decomposing of 50-70% of carbonates in flotation feed, both flotation recovery and concentrate grade increased considerably versus the results observed for unleached feed. Products of acidic leaching comprise gypsum, soluble magnesium sulfate and gaseous carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide evolving during the reaction creates the non-oxidizing atmosphere in the pulp during leaching and therefore effectively prevents the digestion of metals from sulfide minerals. The beneficial effect of acidic leaching on flotation was evidently confirmed in pilot tests performed on several feed materials. The application of sulfuric acid leaching of flotation feed produced an enhancement of flotation results (metal recovery and concentrate grade) and provided a rational use of H2SO4, which becomes a troublesome and difficult-to-sale product of copper metallurgy. Non-oxidative leaching has to be unquestionably applied prior to the atmospheric, pressure or bio-leaching in acidic conditions.
Does the Asset Managers' Nationality Influence the Occupational Pension Fund Performance?

This paper examines the relationship between asset managers’ nationality and the Italian occupational pension funds extending the existing literature on the topic. We use a double analysis methodology, targeted at single- and multiple-managers, distinguishing between Italian and/or foreign professional managers. The results obtained show how asset manager’s nationality impacts differently on managed pension funds’ performance according to the different investment line risk level, opening debate on asset managers’ management skills.