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DESIGN of a 3‐DB directional coupler based on groove gap waveguide technology

In this letter, a groove gap waveguide (GGW) based 3‐dB directional coupler is proposed. The designed component is composed of three parts: GGW structure, extra matching pins and GGW to standard SMA transition. The designed quadrature 3‐dB coupler is optimized to work in the Ku‐band covering 13–15 GHz. Measured results show that over 14.3% bandwidth, 20 dB isolation and 1.2 VSWR is achieved. The main advantage of GGW‐based components is that it does not require good electrical contact among different metallic parts of the structure which considerably simplifies the manufacturing processes and hence reduces cost especially for millimeter‐waves applications.
MINING TOP-K HIGH UTILITY ITEM SETS BY USING EFFICIENT DATA STRUCTURE TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE

Association rules show strong relationship between attribute-value pairs (or items ) that occur frequently in a given data set. Association rules are commonly used to determine the purchasing patterns of customers in a store. Such analysis is implemented in many decision-making processes, such as product placement, catalogue design, and cross-marketing. The discovery of association rules is based on frequent itemset mining . These frequent itemset mining algorithms mainly suffers from generation of more number of candidate itemsets and large no of database scans. These issues are addressed by two algorithms namely TKU (mining Top-K Utility itemsets) and TKO (mining Top-K utility itemsets in one phase) which are recommended for mining K- high utility itemsets in two scans of the entire database. Though scans are reduced to two, processing time is more because of UP-Tree traversals which is the data structure used by TKU and TKO algorithms. The proposed algorithm uses B+-Tree data structure instead of UP-Tree to reduce the time. Experimental analysis clearly shows that the processing time is improved and hence limitations of existing work are overcome by proposing a methodology using B+ -Tree.
ANALISIS METODE KOLORIMETRI DAN GRAVIMETRI PENGUKURAN KADAR GLUKOMANAN PADA KONJAK (Amorphophallus Konjac) Comparation between Colorimetric and Gravimetric Methods of Glucomannan Analysis to Konjac

Glucomannan purity is the main indicator in evaluating the quality of commercial glucomannan flour. The aim of this research was to determine which method is more accurate and precision between gravimetric and colorimetric, which have not been globally agreed yet. Samples tested are commercial Konjac glucomannan that has been extracted from Konjac (Amorphophallus Konjac) tuber. Commercial Konjac glucomannan was tested by both methods with 10 repetitions each to compare the accuracy and precision. 3,5-DNS colorimetric method (93.21%) is closer to the literature (90%) than gravimetric method (63.49%) . RSD colorimetry (1:36%) is smaller than the gravimetric one (4.92%). It showed that colorimetric is more precise than gravimetry. Colorimetric method is recommended to measure the levels of glucomannan because its accuracy and precision are better than gravimetric.
Agile software development in large-scale new product development organization: team level perspective

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 1000, FI-02015 TKK http://www.tkk. fi Author Petri Kettunen Name of the dissertation Agile Software Development in Large-Scale New Product Development Organization: Team-Level Perspective Manuscript submitted June 1, 2009 Manuscript revised November 5, 2009 Date of the defence December 4, 2009 Monograph Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Faculty Information and Natural Sciences Department Department of Computer Science and Engineering Field of research Software Engineering Opponent(s) Prof. Markku Oivo (University of Oulu) Supervisor Prof. Tomi Männistö Instructor Prof. Pekka Abrahamsson (University of Helsinki)
Optimal Path of Internet of Things Service in Supply Chain Management Based on Machine Learning Algorithms

With the development of global economic integration, the scale of supply chain network is becoming larger and larger. The research on the benefits of supply chain network under the Internet of Things technology is a new interdisciplinary research issue. Starting from the complexity and evolution of supply chain network, based on machine learning algorithms, this study analyses the service modes of the Internet of Things for supply chain enterprises, such as RFID technology, EDI technology, and enterprise resource planning ERP. Finally, by analyzing the degree of application of the Internet of Things in different industries, the manufacturing industry is selected for simulation. It is found that the introduction of the Internet of Things is conducive to speeding up the evolution of enterprise supply chain. Thus, the horizontal integration of the optimized path supply chain can effectively improve the overall profits of enterprises and provide theoretical support for the Internet of Things service supply chain.
Sampling Trace‐Level Organic Solutes with Polymeric Tubing Part I. Static Studies

Twenty polymeric tubings were filled with a test solution containing eight organic solutes. The test solutions were monitored for losses, indicating that sorption had occurred, and for signs that leaching of organic constituents had occurred. The tubings tested included seven flexible products and eight fluoropolymers. Among the rigid tubings tested, three fluoropolymers (fluorinated ethylene propylene [FEP], FEP‐lined polyethylene, polyvinylidene fluoride) were the least sorptive tubings. However, even these tubings readily sorbed some of the analytes. Among the flexible tubings tested, a fluoroelastomer tubing and a tubing made of a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and hexafluoropropylene were the least sorptive.
Investigating the relationship between green supply chain management practices and greenhouse gas emission performance

Although the literature has predominantly investigated the relationship between green supply chain management practices (GSCMP) and overall environmental performance, research till date has rarely focused on elemental environmental performance such as air emission or greenhouse gas emission (GHGe). Additionally, the level of GSCMP varies in different industrial contexts due to different drivers and institutional pressures. The study of GSCMP in the UK chemical industry is still undiscovered. Hence, this study investigates the relationship between GSCMP and GHGe through multiple-regression. Data has been collected from 45 environmental reports and CDP reports from UK chemical companies applying quantitative content analysis.
QUANTIFYING THE GRADIENTS EXPOSED TO A PROFESSIONAL GOLFER DURING A ROUND OF GOLF

Research has suggested that that when performing a tee shot a gradient slope of 4.4% (2.25°) and above it is noticeable to the golfer and may cause an adjustment to their normal stance (Linde, 2005). To quantify what gradients were exposed to a golfer during a round of golf an inclinometer was utilised to measure the gradient of shots in open play from around 16 golf courses across the UK. Twenty two right handed male professional golfers were recruited and the inclinometer was placed between the inside of the feet and the ball. The results showed that over 50% of shots where performed on an incline greater than 2.25° mainly ranging from 0 to (+/-) 10°. These results suggest that future research is required to investigate the effects of gradient on the mechanics of the golf swing.
A new QCM based E-NOSE model using decay method

In this paper we present the possibility of developing an Electronic - Natural Olfactory Sensors Emulator (E-NOSE) based on an array of Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) sensors exploiting the advantages of using decay methods for analyzing the QCM sensor (QCMS) responses. The usage of smart coating implies the necessity of monitoring extra parameters besides the usual oscillation frequency variation in QCM sensing applications. A proposed E-NOSE model using QCM decay method for studying the sensor array responses is presented.
Preparing the Human Weapon System: Promoting Warrior Resiliency

Abstract : Promoting resiliency, or hardiness, must occur early on in a members career to provide a foundation of skills that can be built upon across the life-span. This must occur at the individual level with reinforcement through a unit and leadership culture that equates the importance of mental preparedness with physical preparedness. Embedding hardiness training within basic training, technical school, and professional military education would enable members to develop a set of coping skills that would not only enhance mental preparedness, but also optimize military performance.
Automatic Landmark Identification in 3D Cone-Beam Computed Tomography scans

Robust and accurate solutions for anatomical landmark detection support entire clinical workflows from diagnosis, therapy planning, intervention and follow-up, image-to-image registration, structure tracking and simulations. In this paper, we propose a novel approach that reformulates landmark detection as a classification problem through a virtual agent placed inside a 3D Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT) scan. This agent is trained to navigate in a multi-scale volumetric space to reach the estimated landmark position. The agent movements decision relies on a combination of Densely Connected Convolutional Networks (DCCN) and fully connected layers. We evaluated our approach on 60 CBCT scans from teenagers to senior patients. For each CBCT, 34 ground truth landmark positions were identified by clinicians. Our method achieved a high accuracy with an average of 1.21 ± 0 . 79 mm error on the 6 landmark positions without failures. Moreover, it takes an average of 25.2s computation time to identify 6 landmarks on one large 3D-CBCT scans using GPU .
Automotive wastes

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The contribution of peat compaction to total basin subsidence: implications for the provision of accommodation space in organic‐rich deltas

Provision of accommodation space for aggradation in Holocene deltaic basins is usually ascribed to eustatic sea‐level rise and/or land subsidence due to isostasy, tectonics or sediment compaction. Whereas many Holocene deltas contain peat, the relative contribution of peat compaction to total subsidence has not yet been quantified from field data covering an entire delta. Subsidence due to peat compaction potentially influences temporal and spatial sedimentation patterns, and therefore alluvial architecture. Quantification of the amount and rate of peat compaction was done based on (1) estimates of the initial dry bulk density of peat, derived from a relation between dry bulk density and organic‐matter content of uncompacted peat samples and (2) radiocarbon‐dated basal peat used to reconstruct initial levels of peat formation of currently subsided peat samples. In the Rhine‐Meuse delta, peat compaction has contributed considerably to total basin subsidence. Depending on the thickness of the compressible sequence, weight of the overburden and organic‐matter content of peat, subsidence of up to approximately 3 m in a 10‐m thick Holocene sequence has been calculated. Calculated local subsidence rates of peat levels are up to 0.6 mm year−1, averaged over millennia, which are twice the estimated Holocene‐averaged basin subsidence rates of 0.1–0.3 mm year−1 in the study area. Higher rates of subsidence due to compaction, on the order of a few mm year−1, occur over decades to centuries, following a substantial increase in effective stress caused by sediment loading. Without such an increase in effective stress, peat layers may accumulate for thousands of years with little compaction. Thus, the contribution of peat compaction to total delta subsidence is variable in time. Locally, up to 40% of total Holocene accommodation space has been provided by peat compaction. Implications of the large amount of accommodation space created by peat compaction in deltaic basins are: (1) increased sediment trap efficiency in deltas, which decelerates delta progradation and enhances the formation of relatively thick clastic sequences and (2) enhanced local formation of thick natural levees by renewing existing accommodation space.
Lumped parameter modeling and simulation of proton exchange membrane fuel cell

System modeling is the fundament for control system design,and a proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) lumped parameter mechanism model is established for control design.The system is divided into the four parts of anode dynamic model,cathode dynamic model,electrochemical voltage model,temperature dynamic model in order to simplify modeling process,and a PEMFC mechanism model is set up from mole balance and energy balance theory.By Matlab/Simulink software simulation analysis,the system pressure,electrical power,temperature is increasing and the stack voltage is decreasing according to the load aggravation,and vice versa.The simulation results proved the established model can simulate the PEMFC's pressure,voltage,and temperature and energy dynamic operation characteristics.
Cross‐validation Criteria for Setar Model Selection

Three cross‐validation criteria, denoted by respectively C, Cc, and Cu, are proposed for selecting the orders of a self‐exciting threshold autoregressive (SETAR) model when both the delay and the threshold value are unknown. The derivation of C is within a natural cross‐validation framework. The criterion Cc is similar in spirit as AICc, a bias‐corrected version of AIC for SETAR model selection introduced by Wong and Li (1998). The criterion Cu is a variant of Cc having a similar poperty as AICu, a model selection proposed by McQuarrie et al. (1997) for linear models. In a Monte Carlo study, the performance of each of the criteria C, Cc, Cu, AIC, AICc, AICu, and BIC is investigated in detail for various models and various sample sizes. It will be shown that Cu consistently outperforms all other criteria when the sample size is moderate to large.
Activated sludge and other aerobic suspended culture processes

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Evaluation of an in vitro three-dimensional HepaRG spheroid model for genotoxicity testing using the high-throughput CometChip platform.

Three-dimensional (3D) culture systems are increasingly being used for genotoxicity studies due to improved cell-to-cell interactions and tissue-like structures that are limited or lacking in 2D cultures. The present study optimized a 3D culture system using metabolically competent HepaRG cells for in vitro genotoxicity testing. 3D HepaRG spheroids, formed in 96- or 384-well ultra-low attachment plates, were exposed to various concentrations of 34 test articles, including 8 direct-acting and 11 indirect-acting genotoxicants/carcinogens as well as 15 compounds that show different genotoxic responses in vitro and in vivo. DNA damage was evaluated using the high-throughput CometChip assay with concurrent cytotoxicity assessment by the ATP assay in both 2D and 3D cultures. Our results showed that 3D HepaRG spheroids maintained a stable phenotype up to 30 days with higher levels of albumin secretion, cytochrome P450 gene expression and enzyme activities compared to 2D cultures. 3D spheroids also demonstrated a higher sensitivity than 2D cultures for detecting both direct- and indirect-acting genotoxicants/carcinogens, indicating a better prediction of in vivo genotoxicity responses. When DNA damage dose-response data were quantified using PROAST software, 3D spheroids generally had lower or similar benchmark dose values compared to 2D HepaRG cells and were more comparable with those of primary human hepatocytes. These results demonstrate that 3D models can be adapted to the CometChip technology for high-throughput genotoxicity testing, and that 3D HepaRG spheroids may be used as a reliable and pragmatic in vitro approach to better support the hazard identification and risk assessment of potential human genotoxic carcinogens.
KAJIAN PEMANFAATAN LIMBAH KULIT PISANG RAJA (Musa paradisiaca var Raja) DALAM PEMBUATAN ES KRIM

The purpose of the research was to determine the formulation of ice cream made from the juice of bananas skin, which was most preferred by the panelists, and to determine its nutritional value. The research was conducted at the Laboratory of Food Technology Faculty of Technology and Agricultural Industry Halu Oleo University, Kendari. The experimental model used in this study was a completely randomized design (CRD) with five treatments and four replicates. The treatments applied were: A1 (without banana skin juice), A2 (with 100 g/kg of banana skin juice), A3 (with 125 g/kg of banana skin juice), A4 (with 150 g/kg of banana skin juice) and A5 (with 175 g/kg of banana skin juice). The results showed that the ice cream made with treatment A3 was most preferred by the panelists. The sensory preference (measured in the range values of 1.00 to 5.00) of the A3 ice cream were: 3.09 in colour (rather attractive), 3.47 in aroma (rather attractive), 3.72 in taste (tasty), 3.92 in texture (soft) and 2.70 in melting speed (rather quickly melted). The nutritional values of the A3 product formulation were: 1.56% protein 16.67% glucose, 4.64% fat and 5.30% dextrine. The ice cream of A3 treatment was melted in 35 minutes 36 seconds per 100 g. Keyword: Ice cream, formulation, banana skin juice, sensory values, nutritional valu e s.
Horizontal and Vertical Deformation Rates Linked to the Magallanes‐Fagnano Fault, Tierra Del Fuego: Reconciling Geological and Geodetic Observations by Modeling the Current Seismic Cycle

We integrate geodetic, geological and seismological observations in Tierra del Fuego, into a consistent and quantitative analysis, to better understand the current crustal deformation associated to the Magallanes‐Fagnano Fault, that is, the transform boundary between the South American and Scotia plates at the southern tip of Patagonia. To obtain reliable geodetic estimates of the thickness of the seismogenic layer, we model the current seismic cycle from the great 1949 Mw ≃ 7.7 earthquake to the present, including the lasting effects of postseismic relaxation. The model parameters are constrained by Global Navigation Satellite System velocities obtained by reprocessing 24 years of observations in the island with up‐to‐date models and satellite products. We combine the observed deformation rates with long‐term geological estimates of the slip rate in this transform system during the Holocene. The modeling results point to a seismogenic layer thickness of 15 ± 3 km and to fault planes inclined 63° ± 4°, dipping to the South. Along the sections of the Magallanes‐Fagnano Fault in the island these results are consistent with a seismic moment deficit rate, per unit of length, of 3.2 ± 0.8 × 1012 N m a−1 km−1, and a cumulative seismic moment, to date, equivalent to an earthquake of magnitude Mw ≃ 7. The postseismic viscoelastic relaxation, probably related to viscous flow in the mantle, affects the entire region up to ∼200 km away from the Magallanes‐Fagnano Fault, and more than 60 years after the earthquake.