Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
La creación de valor compartido

La creacion de valor compartido es vista por Michael Porter como un camino que tienen las empresas privadas para conducir una ola de crecimiento que traiga beneficios economicos, ambientales y sociales. Porter asegura que las empresas deben redefinir sus estrategias para no solo generar riqueza a sus accionistas, sino tambien a la sociedad como un todo. El Dr. Porter ha sido reconocido como el padre del campo de la estrategia y considerado el pensador mas influyente del mundo de la gestion y la competitividad. El nos propone a partir del concepto de creacion de valor compartido una forma distinta de ver la relacion entre empresa y sociedad, ademas de una forma de evolucion de los conceptos tradicionales de filantropia y de responsabilidad social empresarial.
Research of Short-Term Load Forecasting Using DWT and LSSVM Optimized by QDE

To evaluate short-term power load properly and efficiently, this paper proposes a modified DWT-QDE-LSSVM (Discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and least squares support vector machine (LSSVM) optimized by quantum differential evolution (QDE)) model combined with input selected. The load data series of the previous days are first decomposed into an approximation component and a detail component. Then LSSVM is built to model the approximation component and QDE algorithm is applied to overcome the problems faced by LSSVM in selecting parameters. In order to raise forecasting accuracy, this paper proposes the refinement of related factors. The empirical results show that the proposed DWT-QDE-LSSVM model is feasible and can satisfy the short-term load forecasting requirements in China.
A Modified Maximum A Posteriori Probability ( MAP ) Algorithm For Turbo Decoder 1080

This paper basically two themes. One is the study of existing “Trapdoor One-way functions based on elliptic curves over Zn” and other is “Trapdooring Discrete logarithms on elliptic curves over Rings”. In view of a “Trapdoor one-way functions” based on elliptic curves over a ring Z n , whose security is based on the difficulty of factoring n. Also we propose a new public key cryptosystem based on the elliptic curves over a ring Z n . The security of the proposed scheme is based on the factoring composite numbers.
Inhibit ion o f Interleukin-1 Responsiveness by Type II Receptor Gene Transfer : a Surface " Receptor " with Anti-interleukin-1 Funct ion

The hypothesis that the type II receptor (RII) acts as a decoy for interleukin-1 (IL-1) was tested by gene transfer in cells expressing only the type I receptor (8387 fibroblasts). RII-transfected cells showed defective responsiveness to IL-1 in terms of NFkB activation, cytokine gene expression and production. Blocking monoclonal antibodies against RII restored the capacity of RII-transfected cells to respond to IL-113. Hence defective IL-1 responsiveness of RlI-transfected cells requires surface expression of the molecule. RII-transfected cells showed normal responsiveness to TNF, which shares functional properties and elements in the signal transduction pathway with IL-1. Cells transfected with a deletion mutant of RII missing 26 of 29 amino acids of the cytoplasmic portion of the molecule showed impaired responsiveness to IL-1. Cells transfected with the full-length or the cytoplasmic deletion mutant of RII released copious amounts of RII in the supernatant. However, transfected cells showed defective responsiveness to brief exposure to IL-1, in the absence of measurable released RII. These results indicate that impairment of the responsiveness to IL-1 following RII gene transfer was dependent upon surface expression of the molecule, specific for IL-1 and unaffected by truncation of the cytoplasmic portion. Thus, the type II "receptor" is a decoy surface molecule, regulated by antiinflammatory signals, whose only known function is to capture and block IL-1.
Salt-stress induced changes in the transcriptome , compatible solutes , and membrane lipids 1 in the facultatively phototrophic bacterium

Salt-stress induced changes in the transcriptome, compatible solutes, and membrane lipids 1 in the facultatively phototrophic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides 2 3 Minoru Tsuzuki, Oleg V. Moskvin, # Masayuki Kuribayashi, Kiichi Sato, Susana Retamal, 4 Mitsuru Abo, * Jill Zeilstra-Ryalls, * and Mark Gomelsky * 5 6 Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life 7 Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. 8 Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 82071, USA. 9 Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 10 43403, USA. 11 12 Running title: R. sphaeroides global salt stress response 13 Present address: Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, University of 14 Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. 15 Corresponding authors. Mailing address for Mitsuru Abo: Department of Applied Biological 16 Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 17 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. Phone (81) 3-5841-5190. Fax (81) 3-5841-8027. 18 E-mail: abo@mail.ecc. u-tokyo.ac. jp. Mailing address for Jill Zeilstra-Ryalls: 217 Life Science 19 Building, Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, 20 OH 43403, USA. Phone (1) 419-372-2872. Fax (1) 419-372-2024. E-mail: 21 jzeilst@bgsu.edu. Mailing address for Mark Gomelsky: Department of Molecular Biology, 22 University of Wyoming, Dept. 3944, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, USA. Phone 23 (1) 307-766-3522. Fax (1) 307-766-3875. E-mail: gomelsky@uwyo.edu. 24 Copyright © 2011, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.05463-11 AEM Accepts, published online ahead of print on 9 September 2011
Traveltime information-based wave-equation inversion

We propose a new wave-equation inversion method that mainly depends on the traveltime information of the recorded seismic data. Unlike the conventional method, we first apply a τ-p transform to the seismic data to form the delayed-shot seismic record, back propagate the transformed data, and then invert the velocity model by maximizing the wavefield energy around the shooting time at the source locations. Data fitting is not enforced during the inversion, so the optimized velocity model is obtained by best focusing the source energy after a back propagation. Therefore, inversion accuracy depends only on the traveltime information embedded in the seismic data. This method may overcome some practical issues of waveform inversion; in particular, it relaxes the dependency of the seismic data amplitudes and the source wavelet.
Intensity Mapping of Hα, Hβ, , and Lines at z < 5

Intensity mapping is becoming a useful tool to study the large-scale structure of the universe through spatial variations in the integrated emission from galaxies and the intergalactic medium. We study intensity mapping of the , [O iii] 5007 Å, [O ii] 3727 Å, and lines at . The mean intensities of these four emission lines are estimated using the observed luminosity functions (LFs), cosmological simulations, and the star formation rate density (SFRD) derived from observations at . We calculate the intensity power spectra and consider the foreground contamination of other lines at lower redshifts. We use the proposed NASA small explorer SPHEREx (the Spectro-Photometer for the History of the universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) as a case study for the detectability of the intensity power spectra of the four emission lines. We also investigate the cross-correlation with the 21 cm line probed by the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME), Tianlai experiment and the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) at . We find both the auto and cross power spectra can be well measured for the Hα, [O iii] and [O ii] lines at , while it is more challenging for the Hβ line. Finally, we estimate the constraint on the SFRD from intensity mapping, and find we can reach an accuracy higher than 7% at , which is better than with the usual method of measurements using the LFs of galaxies.
Preliminary Phytochemical Screening of Members of Lamiaceae Family: Leucas linifolia, Coleus aromaticus and Pogestemon patchouli

The members of Lamiaceae family include aromatic plants that are being used in traditional medicine for various disorders. The therapeutic application of these plants is attributed to the presence of secondary metabolites or phytochemicals such as alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, glycosides and phenols. This study is a preliminary screening of phytochemicals of Leucas linifolia, Coleus aromaticus, Pogestemon patchouli, which belong to Lamiaceae family. Methanol, ethanol and chloroform extracts of each plant were subjected to both qualitative and quantitative phytochemical screening. The alkaloids, saponins, total phenols, tannins, flavonoids, steroids and proteins were quantified in the extracts by standard spectrophotometric methods. The results of the qualitative analysis of the study plants, revealed the presence of steroids and absence of terpenoids, amino acids in all the leaf extracts. In addition, methanol extracts were positive for alkaloids, saponins, tannins and phenols, flavonoids, carbohydrates and glycosides. Whereas, the ethanol extracts showed fewer constituents in different combination in all the three study plants. However, chloroform is a good solvent for extraction of steroids from these plants since only steroids were present in chloroform extract. The concentration of total phenols and tannins was higher in methanol extract. Pogestemon patchouli had the highest concentration of flavonoids more so in ethanol than either methanol or chloroform extracts. Although, protein concentrations was higher in the ethanol extracts of Leucas linifolia and Coleus aromaticus, methanol extract of Pogestemon patchouli had more protein than ethanol extract. However, chloroform which extracted steroids, is not a good choice for extraction of proteins from these plants. In conclusion, for further studies on the phytochemical and biological structure-function relationship, the use of appropriate solvent for extraction and purification of the specific phytochemical from plants is one of the crucial steps.
Does it pay to pay more to new hires? The cost and effectiveness of new CEOs

Compensation and the post succession performance of 207 newly hired CEOs is examined to determine if there is any evidence that higher initial levels of compensation lead to superior firm performance. Using industry adjusted Tobin’s q as a measure of firm performance this study finds that there is no evidence that either higher initial total compensation levels or greater portions of equity based pay lead to superior firm performance. Increases in levels of compensation do anticipate improvements in firm performance one year in advance. Improved performance leads to increased levels of compensation for up to two subsequent years.
Empirical Study on Government Website Utilization

This paper investigates the utilization of the government websites (GW) and the users' Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use of the GW. It also analyzes the effects of the main factors such as sex, occupation and background on the uers' Perceived Usefulness and Perceived Ease of Use. According to the analytical results, the paper offers some inspirations such as targeted expanding the publicity and training, ensuring stable service, coordinating the services of traditional channels and so on.
No . 3207 Why “ Buy American ” is a Bad Idea but Politicians still Like it Abstract

When the world economy was recently hit by a severe recession, governments all over the world reacted by initiating stimulus packages. Some countries (among them, most notably, China and the US) tried to put special emphasis on their home industries by including “Buy local” clauses into the stimulus package. By analyzing the dynamics of transitory changes of trade barriers as a short-run response to an economic downturn, we show that beggar-thyneighbor policies do not work. We then come up with two rationales that help to understand why countries nevertheless consider protectionism to be a good response to a recession: (i) the lobbying of domestic, non-exporting firms, and (ii) the relationship between vulnerability, the degree of openness and loss aversion of consumers. JEL-Code: F11, F12, F16.
Molecular hydrogen (H 2 ) emissions and their isotopic signatures (H/D) from a motor vehicle: implications on atmospheric H 2

Abstract. Molecular hydrogen (H2), its isotopic signature (deuterium/hydrogen, δD), carbon monoxide (CO), and other compounds were studied in the exhaust of a passenger car engine fuelled with gasoline or methane and run under variable air-fuel ratios and operating modes. H2 and CO concentrations were largely reduced downstream of the three-way catalytic converter (TWC) compared to levels upstream, and showed a strong dependence on the air-fuel ratio (expressed as lambda, λ). The isotopic composition of H2 ranged from δD = −140‰ to δD = −195‰ upstream of the TWC but these values decreased to −270‰ to −370‰ after passing through the TWC. Post-TWC δD values for the fuel-rich range showed a strong dependence on TWC temperature with more negative δD for lower temperatures. These effects are attributed to a rapid temperature-dependent H-D isotope equilibration between H2 and water (H2O). In addition, post TWC δD in H2 showed a strong dependence on the fraction of removed H2, suggesting isotopic enrichment during catalytic removal of H2 with enrichment factors (e) ranging from −39.8‰ to −15.5‰ depending on the operating mode. Our results imply that there may be considerable variability in real-world δD emissions from vehicle exhaust, which may mainly depend on TWC technology and exhaust temperature regime. This variability is suggestive of a δD from traffic that varies over time, by season, and by geographical location. An earlier-derived integrated pure (end-member) δD from anthropogenic activities of −270‰ (Rahn et al., 2002) can be explained as a mixture of mainly vehicle emissions from cold starts and fully functional TWCs, but enhanced δD values by >50‰ are likely for regions where TWC technology is not fully implemented. Our results also suggest that a full hydrogen isotope analysis on fuel and exhaust gas may greatly aid at understanding process-level reactions in the exhaust gas, in particular in the TWC.
Análise da rede dos doutores que atuam em computação no Brasil

The Brazilian social and cultural diversity and the size of the country make any general analysis miss interesting details about the regional peculiarities. In this work, the Brazilian academic network of PhDs who work in computer science is analyzed, as well as, their sub-networks in order to identify their characteristics in terms of relationships between doctors and the keywords used in publications in each of the Brazilian states. Resumo. O tamanho e a diversidade social e cultural do Brasil fazem com que qualquer análise global perca detalhes interessantes sobre as peculiaridades regionais. Neste trabalho a rede acadêmica brasileira dos doutores que atuam em ciência da computação é analisada bem como suas sub-redes estaduais de forma a se identificar suas caraterı́sticas em termos de relacionamentos entre doutores bem como os principais termos utilizados nas publicações em cada um dos estados brasileiros.
Phosphorylation of NEP 1 Phosphorylation of highly conserved serine residues in the influenza A virus nuclear 1 export protein NEP plays a minor role in viral growth in human cells and mice

26 Phosphorylation at the highly conserved serine residues S23 to S25 in NEP of influenza A 27 viruses was suspected to regulate its nuclear export activity or polymerase-activity enhancing 28 function. Mutation of these phosphoacceptor sites to either alanine or aspartic acid showed 29 only a minor effect on both activities, but revealed the presence of other phosphoacceptor 30 sites that might be involved in regulating NEP activity. 31 32
Valuation Model of Project Portfolio under Uncertainty By Fenmay Liou

This paper develops a valuation model for evaluating a project portfolio that consists of more than one project scheme as well as cash-flow streams. Unlike the traditional DCF model, which assesses project risk based on a single cash-flow bundle, that is, a combined stream of all the cash flows of the project schemes, the project portfolio valuation model investigates the individual project risk of each scheme to evaluate the managerial flexibility under uncertainty. In this paper, we show that the cash flow bundle may overor under-estimate the managerial flexibility and suggest a project portfolio approach for an investment program with multiple projects under uncertainty. The Black and Scholes valuation model is used to verify the propositions described above. A case with simulation data is used to illustrate the approach and the findings partially support our arguments. More researches are necessary to improve the valuation of multiple-project program or project portfolio under uncertainty.
Development of 1.5 THz Waveguide NbTiN HEB Mixers

We present results on the design, fabrication, and measurement of 1.5 THz waveguide niobium titanium nitride (NbTiN) superconducting hot electron bolometer (HEB) mixers. The NbTiN HEB mixer element is made from a 12 nm thick NbTiN thin film deposited on a crystalline quartz substrate at room temperature. The Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) measurement shows that the response of the HEB mixer is centered near 1.3 THz with a bandwidth of about 400 GHz. The uncorrected DSB receiver noise temperature is measured to be 1700 K at 1.5 THz, whereas the mixer noise temperature is 1000 K after correction of quasi-optical and IF chain losses. The required LO power absorbed in the HEB mixer is evaluated to be 340 nW by using an isothermal technique. The IF gain bandwidth is supposed to be about 1.3 GHz or higher. The present results show that good performance can be obtained for the NbTiN HEB mixer even with a relatively thick film (12 nm) fabricated at the room temperature.
LBPV for Newborn Personal Recognition System

An increased anxiety in security in modern ages has primarily resulted in vast attention being given to biometric-based authentication techniques. Biometrics refers to the automatic authentication of human beings based on their physiological and/or behavioral characteristics. This paper proposes a newborn footprint matching system based on the extraction of texture features using LBP. Newborn and infant footprint based individual authentication is a critical issue where multiple births occur, birthing centers, hospitals, which is an understudied problem. This study proposes a novel online newborn personal authentication system based on baby footprint authentication. The proposed system can authenticate the digital footprint images with lowresolution. In comparison to the prevailing systems, our online newborn footprint authentication systems employ low-resolution footprint images to accomplish effective personal authentication. The novel newborn authentication system comprises of two parts: an image acquisition and a proficient algorithm for fast newborn footprint authentication. A robust ROI extraction method is defined. The features are extracted using Local Binary Pattern system for newborn footprint and the images are classified using Support Vector Machine and Global Matching K-NN. The investigation results exhibit the feasibility of the proposed system.
MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF PINACEAE AND PINUS

Molecular phylogenetic reconstructions of Pinaceae based on immunological approaches plus nuclear and organellar DNA sequences consistently resolve the generic pairs Larix – Pseudotsuga and Abies – Keteleeria. In most analyses Pseudolarix and Tsuga (including Nothotsuga) form a clade that is sister to the Abies Keteleeria clade, and Cathaya, Picea, and Pinus make up an unresolved trichotomy. The position of Cedrus remains problematic; molecular evidence supports a basal position in the family. Within Pinaceae genera, molecular phylogenetic reconstructions have markedly improved our understanding of species relationships and biogeography in Pinus, Larix, Pseudotsuga, and Tsuga. Molecular phylogenetic approaches have become routine in plant systematics, and many researchers have applied these methods in conifers. This paper reviews molecular phylogenetic studies of Pinaceae and its constituent genera, with a focus on Pinus, the largest genus in the family. PINACEAE Pinaceae comprises eleven recognized genera and 225 species (Table 1), making it the largest family of non-flowering seed plants. Pinaceae often form the dominant component of boreal, coastal, and montane forests over large regions of the Northern Hemisphere, and several species are now widely planted for reforestation and wood production in both hemispheres. Thus the family has tremendous ecological and economic importance throughout the temperate and in many subtropical regions of the world. There is considerable morphological and molecular evidence for the monophyly of Pinaceae. Hart’s (1987) morphological cladistic analysis of all conifer genera recorded ten synapomorphies, including ovulate cone scales distinct from subtending bracts, two inverted ovules per scale, and a terminal seed wing. Additional synapomorphies come from embryology, chemistry, and phloem characters (see Price, 1989 for details), rbcL (Chase et al. 1993), and nuclear 18S rRNA (Chaw et al. 1997) sequences. Price (1989) reviewed the history of Pinaceae subfamilial classification. He concluded that either two subfamilies (Table 1) or three subfamilies (Abietoideae, Laricoideae and a monogeneric Pinoideae) were “reasonable alternatives. ” Frankis (1989) recognized four subfamilies: Abietoideae, Laricoideae (containing Cathaya, Larix and Pseudotsuga) and monogeneric Piceoideae and Pinoideae. We prefer a more broadly circumscribed Pinoideae (Table 1). Proc 4 IS on Conifer
Association between the indoor environmental 1 contamination of Salmonella with egg contamination on 2 layer farms 3 4

Association between the indoor environmental 1 contamination of Salmonella with egg contamination on 2 layer farms 3 4 Vaibhav C. Gole, Valeria Torok, Margaret Sexton, Charles G. B. Caraguel, Kapil K. 5 Chousalkar 6 School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, Australia. South 7 Australian Research and Development Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia. Primary Industries and Regions SA, 8
Proposal for a Deep Learning Architecture for Activity Recognition

— Activity recognition from computer vision plays an important role in research towards applications like human computer interfaces, intelligent environments, surveillance or medical systems. In this paper, we propose a gesture recognition system based on a deep learning architecture and show how it performs when trained with changing multimodal input data on an Italian sign language dataset. The results show the importance of choosing the right data representation for activity recognition tasks.
Optimal Proper-Motion Measurements with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera

An optimal maximum-likelihood technique for computing point-source image centroids from many, slightly offset, CCD frames is presented. The method is especially useful for measuring stellar proper motions from data taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera on board the Hubble Space Telescope, and also provides a means to identify very compact nonstellar sources. We work though the example problem of obtaining image centroids of objects in the Hubble Deep Field.