Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Detecting magnetic domain walls using organic magneto-resistance

Organic semiconductors have found a use in a wide range of applications in just a few decades. Not only are they used for organic solar cells and OLED screens, but they are also very sensitive magnetic field sensors. This is possible due to the pin dependent behaviour of (quasi)particles that are present in organic materials. This gives rise to a magnetic field dependence of the resistance of these materials. Here, we will show that by exploiting the so called organic magneto-resistance effect, it is also possible to detect magnetic domain walls. The gradient of the magnetic field becomes increasingly large near domain walls, which affects the spin states of the particles in this area. The proposed detection method can be useful in for example the development of sensors in novel magnetic memory storage devices. First, the behaviour of the spin states of electron-hole pairs near a magnetic domain wall is modeled. It is observed that near domain walls the relative amount spin mixing is increased. The increase can in its turn affect properties like the resistance of the material. The area over which this effect extends seems to be dependent on the hopping rate of polarons. A design for a sensor is also proposed that consists of a layer of PC60BM spincoated on top of an out-ofplane magnetized Co/Pt multilayer. A Conductive Atomic Force Microscope (C-AFM) could then in theory scan the sample, obtaining the resistance of the device very locally. The PC60BM was found to be very smooth, but preliminary measurements with nonmagnetic electrodes showed that the resistance only varied little with an applied field. This could improve when measuring the effect with a C-AFM, but this is not guaranteed. This makes research on other organic materials necessary.
Composition, Vigor, and Proteome of Mature Soybean Seeds Developed under High Temperature

The effects of high temperature treatment on soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr. ] seed composition, vigor, and proteome were investigated using mature dry seeds harvested from plants grown in environment-controlled chambers. High day/night temperatures (37/30°C) from stages R5 through R8 altered ratios of individual fatty acids to total fatty acid compared to the control (27/18°C). Concentration of sugars decreased, but total protein and phytic acid concentration were unchanged. High temperature resulted in a greater propor- tion of abnormal seeds, but normal-appearing seed exhibited reduced germination and vigor. Proteomic analysis detected 20 protein identities whose accumulations were changed by the high temperature. Fourteen spots were identified as seven subunits of seed storage proteins. The remaining six proteins were identified as those responding to abiotic stresses or having a function in respiration: (i) sucrose binding protein, (ii) Class III acidic endochitinase, (iii) heat shock protein (HSP22), (iv) late embryo abundant protein, (v) Bowman-Birk proteinase inhibitor, and (vi) formate dehydrogenase. High temperature during seed development changed soybean seed composition and decreased seed vigor, but also changed seed protein expression profiles.
Proyecto y construccion del cierre del ábside de la Sagrada Familia

The Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family has now been under construction for over 125 years. Construction on the façade enclosing the apse has recently been resumed, from elevation + 45,00 to + 64,00 m. Work has also begun on the central hyperboloid. This element springs from an inclined plane, between elevations + 60,00 and + 64,00 m, and extends upward to elevation + 77,00 m at the centre of the apse. The pages that follow provide a comprehensive overview of a number of questions respecting the design, engineering, construction and materials involved, as well the innovations implemented, to respond adequately to this challenging endeavour.
The determinants of economic growth in Pakistan: does stock market development play a major role?

This paper provides an empirical analysis of the relationship between economic growth and its determinants, with special focus on stock market development in Pakistan. Using data for the period from 1971 to 2006, we employ FMOLS and ARDL bounds-testing for the long run relationship and ECM for the short run dynamics. The findings suggest a positive relationship between efficient stock markets and economic growth, both in short run and long run. Financial instability and inflation have negative effects while human capital, foreign direct investment and stock market liquidity have positive effects on growth. The results are consistent with the theoretical and empirical predictions.
Balanced-Energy Counting Window for Stable Liquid Scintillation Radiocarbon Dating

This paper describes an optimal radiocarbon counting window for liquid scintillation (LS) 14C dating that secures for unquenched as well as for heavily quenched dating samples maximal stability of 14C counting efficiency and theoretically minimal quench correction. In high-precision dating, a balanced counting window with fixed channel limits is frequently used, where about 3% of the highest part of the 14C spectrum is sacrificed for high 14C counting stability. The stability is, however, diminished for quenched samples. Therefore, this window is here replaced by a balanced fixed-energy 14C counting window where the channel limits depend on the quench level. The LS system used must have a linear amplifier and a multichannel analyzer. All samples are measured at a fixed high voltage. For energy calibration and determination of the quench level, the channel number of the middle of the 59.5-keV peak from an external 241Am gamma source is determined before and after measuring each sample. This counting mode is valuable in high-precision dating. It could be widely applied if adapted to systems with a logarithmic amplifier, generally used in LS dating.
all-lag reference-code correlators

— An all-lag reference-codecorrelatorgenerates an all-lageven- or odd-correlation vector at a rate equal to the rate of incoming data samples. Direct implementation of an all-lag reference-code correlator requires parallel correlators, and the resultant degree of complexity is of the order , where is the length of the reference code. This paper derives two recursive forms for all-lag reference-code correlators. One generates all-lag even correlation and the other one generates all-lag odd correlation. Itisshownthattheproposedrecursiveall-lagreference-codecorrelatorcanbeimplementedwithacomplexityapproximatelyequaltothatofasingleparallelcorrelator.Thatis,thedegreeofcomplexityoftheproposedrecur-siveall-lagreference-codecorrelatorisoftheorder.Thus,substantialreductionintheimplementationcomplexityisachieved. Abstract— Based on constructing the Common Mode Feedback path to be topologicallysimilar tothedifferential mode path,asystematic mapping approach for deriving a fully differential amplifier, from its single ended counterpart, is presented. The motivation, usage and efficiency of the proposed approach is demonstrated by two examples.
The Construct Validity of a Standardized Behavior Report Card.

CARRUTHERS, SARAH ANN. The Construct Validity of a Standardized Behavior Report Card. (Under the direction of Dr. Scott Stage.) The purpose of this study was to serve as a pilot study to assess the convergent validity and discriminant validity of a standardized Behavior Report Card (BRC). Correlations between school personnel ratings of students with problem behaviors on the BRC and the hypothesized related composite scales of the Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 (BASC-2) fell into the moderate range. Results from Analyses of Variance (ANOVAs) revealed significant differences in BASC-2 scores between students rated at different levels on the BRC items. Results from this study provide preliminary evidence for the convergent and discriminant validity of the items on this BRC. Limitations, future directions for research, and implications for practice are discussed. © Copyright 2016 by Sarah Ann Carruthers
and Magnus Lindgren non-preferred study music Eye movements and reading comprehension while listening to preferred and

In the present study 24 university students read four different texts in four conditions: (1) while listening to music they preferred to listen to while studying; (2) while listening to music they did not prefer to listen to while studying; (3) while listening to a recording of noise from a café; and finally (4) in silence. After each text they took a reading-comprehension test. Eye movement data were recorded for all participants in all conditions. A main effect for the reading-comprehension scores revealed that the participants scored significantly lower after they had been listening to the non-preferred music while reading, compared with reading in silence. No significant effects were found between the other conditions. No significant differences between conditions were found for the traditional eye movement measures in reading (fixation duration, saccadic amplitude, regressions, and first-pass and second-pass reading time). It is suggested that this result is a consequence of participants not being aware that their reading processes are disrupted by a non-preferred musical background. They do not make the necessary changes to the processes involved in reading required to compensate for increased cognitive load. The results are discussed in relation to study/reading habits, extraversion, arousal and working memory capacity.
Bayesian Dynamic Tensor Regression

Abstract High- and multi-dimensional array data are becoming increasingly available. They admit a natural representation as tensors and call for appropriate statistical tools. We propose a new linear autoregressive tensor process (ART) for tensor-valued data, that encompasses some well-known time series models as special cases. We study its properties and derive the associated impulse response function. We exploit the PARAFAC low-rank decomposition for providing a parsimonious parameterization and develop a Bayesian inference allowing for shrinking effects. We apply the ART model to time series of multilayer networks and study the propagation of shocks across nodes, layers and time.
ASSOCIATION OF HIRANO BODIES AND C 31 FRAGMENT OF THE AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN by NISHA GUPTA

NISHA GUPTA Association of Hirano bodies and C31 fragment of the amyloid precursor protein (Under the direction of Drs. MARCUS FECHHEIMER and RUTH FURUKAWA) Hirano bodies are cellular inclusions found in patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. However, the physiological function of Hirano bodies is not understood. A previous study shows that Hirano bodies sequester and protect against AICD, the C58 fragment of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) (Ha, et al., 2009). Due to the observed association between Hirano bodies and Alzheimer’s disease, we investigated the relationship between Hirano bodies and the neurotoxic effects of the C31 fragment of APP, a fragment that has been suggested to be more lethal than AICD. APP can be intracellularly cleaved by caspases at the C-terminus to produce C31. Furthermore, studies have indicated that a mutation from aspartic acid to alanine at amino acid 664 alters the caspase cleavage site leading to a decrease in both amyloid-β and C31 toxicity (Lu, et al., 2003). Experiments were conducted in wild-type (WT) human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293 cells or CT cells, cells expressing Hirano bodies. Cells were transfected with either the C31 fragment tagged with myc or a C31 fragment with a mutation from NPTY to NATA (mC31). The viability of cells with Hirano bodies expressing either C31 or mC31 was compared. Different concentrations of C31 and mC31 were used to see if cell death was concentration dependent. Finally, immunofluorescence microscopy was used to see where C31 was found or if C31 co-localized with Hirano bodies. INDEX WORDS: Hirano bodies; amyloid precursor protein; C31; Alzheimer’s disease ASSOCIATION OF HIRANO BODIES AND C31 FRAGMENT OF THE AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN
CONCEPT ANALYSIS OF PERCEIVED CONTROL

Background. Perceived control is a personality characteristic that contributes psychological adjustment. It was derived from various theories, so that definitions of perceived control were ambiguous meaning. Disclosing concept of perceived control is required. Objective. The analysis aims to identify definition and use of perceived control, examine the basic attributes of perceived control, and the measurements of perceived control. Method. Databases searched for electronic journals and books that were published from 1994 to 2010 were analyzed. Result. Perceived control is personal belief that refers to controllability on behalf of one’s self and ability to control threats or events. The use of perceived control includes maternal, pediatric, medical, surgical, psychiatric, community nursing, and pain management. Perceived control was composed of two dimensions: belief about controllability and belief about ability to control to threats. Conclusion. Instrument of Anxiety Control Questionnaire most closely corresponds to two dimensions: belief about controllability and ability to control. Defining attributes and dimensions of perceived control are useful for developing tool. Keywords: perceived control, controllability, ability to control, and agency
Vertical Case Studies and the Challenges of Culture, Context and Comparison

The Teachers College Symposium invited scholars to rethink culture, context, and comparison in educational research. In his response to these questions (this volume), Joe Tobin promoted comparative ethnographies to understand how social, cultural, and political processes play out across multiple locations and time periods. He urged careful empirical studies of how and why globally circulating ideas are made manifest in local practices. Specifically, Tobin recommended diachronic, video-cued multivocal ethnographic methods. In such an approach, video excerpts function as interviewing cues, prompting educators to reflect on what is shared and what is variable in educational practices that differ by time or location, as well as how cultural beliefs and practices were shaped by economic and political forces. Thus, Tobin and his colleagues invite participants themselves to explain the impact of culture on their own practices, and they fruitfully mine the basic human impulse for comparison in order to elicit contrasts in practices.
MrrLCSTR-409 A TECHNIQUE FOR CONSTRUCTING HIGHLY

This paper describes a general method for constructing a highly-available service for use in a distributed system. It gives a specific implementation of the method and proves the implementation correct. The service consists of replicas that reside at several different locations in a network. It presents its clients with a consistent view of its state, but the view may contain old information. Clients can indicate how recent the information must be. The method can be used in applications satisfying certain semantic constraints. For applications that can use it, the method performs better than other replication techniques.
Variational Bayesian Inference For A Scale Mixture Of Normal Distributions Handling Missing Data

In this paper, a scale mixture of Normal distributions model is developed for classification and clustering of data having outliers and missing values. The classification method, based on a mixture model, focuses on the introduction of latent variables that gives us the possibility to handle sensitivity of model to outliers and to allow a less restrictive modelling of missing data. Inference is processed through a Variational Bayesian Approximation and a Bayesian treatment is adopted for model learning, supervised classification and clustering.
Research and Implementation of College Students Scholarship Evaluation System

Abstract. After college enrollment, source structure became more complex. In daily work, scholarship students management review covering all aspects of the system to achieve can effectively improve the quality of management, and managers at all levels to facilitate students in real-time to understand and master the latest information and analysis of the students, the establishment of efficient work management system, developed in line with the actual demand is particularly important.
FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF WELDED AND MECHANICAL SPLICES IN REINFORCING STEEL

This NCHRP Digest contains suggested revisions to the AASHTO "Standard Specifications for Highway Bridges" based on findings from the final report under NCHRP Project 10-35, which was initiated to evaluate the fatigue behavior of welded and mechanical splices for reinforcing bars in bridges and to develop practical design provisions. The research was accomplished by carrying out the following four tasks: a review and summary of published and unpublished literature; the design and conduct of a laboratory program of fatigue tests; a statistical analysis of the experimental results and those obtained from the literature; and the formulation of design guidelines.
Language capacities of a "dyslexic" English language learner

Based on the concept of language as a socially organized activity, which allows human communication and work as an action instrument for social practices (Bronckart, 2003, 2006, 2007), we refute the concept of dyslexia traditionally (re) cognized as a learner’s written language learning disability (Massi, 2004a, 2007). The objective of this work is to present a case study in which a “dyslexic” student attended English language classes and a didactic sequence (Dolz; Noverraz; Schneuwly, 2004) developed to teach the referred language. Results showed that the activities included in the didactic sequence to explore the research subject’s linguistic-discursive capacity – a capacity directly related to the use of lexical items and grammatical rules – (Dolz; Pasquier; Bronckart, 1993) revealed the subject’s learning possibilities and language capacities thus deconstructing his severe dyslexic diagnosis.
A comparative study of borehole size and tool effect on dispersion curves

Sonic wave dispersion characteristics are one of the most important targets of study, particularly in estimating shear wave velocity from borehole sonic logging. We have tested dispersion characteristics using monopole and dipole sources. Theoretical dispersion curves were computed for tool-absent and tool-included models having the same physical properties but different diameters (including Φ520 mm, Φ150 mm, and Φ76 mm). Comparisons were made between boreholes of different sizes and between tool-absent and tool-included models. Between the tool-included and the tool-absent boreholes, a close similarity in dispersion curve shape was revealed for the monopole source, and a significant difference was shown for the dipole source. However, for the cut-off frequency, particularly in the engineering boreholes (Φ76 mm and Φ50 mm), a significant difference was observed for signals from the monopole source, but approximately the same cut-off frequencies were found with the dipole source. This indicates the need of careful choice of source frequency in monopole-source sonic logging, particularly in an engineering borehole. The results of numerical experiments show that cut-off frequency is exponentially proportional to the inverse of borehole radius, irrespective of the mode type and the presence of a tool, and that the cut-off frequencies for each borehole environment could be expressed as an exponential function, rather than the inversely proportional relationship between the cut-off frequency and the borehole radius that was previously generally recognised. From the direct comparison of dispersion curves, the effects on the dispersion characteristics of borehole size and the presence of the tool can be revealed more clearly than in previous studies, which presented the dispersion curve and/or characteristics for each borehole environment separately.
P o S ( Q GP h ) 0 2 2 Searching for Quantum Gravity with Neutrino Telescopes

Testing specific phenomenological predictions of quantum gravity in the neutrino sector is possible using existing detectors. In particular, flavor mixing in addition to conventional mass-induced oscillations can lead to distortions in the atmospheric neutrino spectrum as observed in highenergy neutrino telescopes such as AMANDA-II, ANTARES, and IceCube. Furthermore, discovery of galactic and/or extragalactic neutrino beams will open further avenues to search for violations of Lorentz invariance, quantum decoherence, and other quantum-gravitational effects.
Treatment Choice and Switching from One Modality to Another: Using Pathway Models as a Conceptual Framework

There is a broad range of technique to study the health seeking behavior; sociological approach is one of them. In developing countries, while studying health care area focus have been made on different health care practices and some of the relevant issue from perception of illness to health seeking behavior. In this study pathway model is used to predict health care choices. This study explains the people's attitude and perceptions of health, their own understanding of the cause of illness, their belief system and their influence on health care decisions. A representative and random sample of 500 household was taken from the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, using multistage sampling, with the probability of selection of study area proportional to their size. Data were collected by self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Data analysis is done by using statistical software SPSS 13. Descriptive measures and tables are used to interpret the data. Result suggests that families seek different types of providers for contrasting reasons and at varying stages of illness. Beliefs on different type of metaphysical concept like spirits, fate, karma etc affect their decisions regarding choice of health care. Near about 30% of the sample people of urban Kathmandu still believe in bhutpret and spirits. Fatalistic beliefs about health are common in the study area. Among the sample people 11.2% still believe in power of unseen spirits as a causal agent. People sought treatment or cure more promptly for a child than an adult. A significantly greater proportion of modern health care users (37.2%) turned to the faith healers when their first choice failed. This study is important both from the theoretical and practical point of view while understanding people's knowledge and concerns on the concept of health and ill-health and their health seeking behaviour in a multi- cultural setting.