Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A remote-controlled global navigation satellite system based rover for accurate video-assisted cadastral surveys

One of the main tasks of a cadastral surveyor is to accurately determine property boundaries by measuring control points and calculating their coordinates. This paper proposes the development of a remotely-controlled tracking system to perform cadastral measurements. A Bluetooth-controlled rover was developed, including a Raspberry Pi Zero W module that acquires position data from a VBOX 3iSR global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver, equipped with a specific modem to download real-time kinematic (RTK) corrections from the internet. Besides, the Raspberry board measures the rover speed with a hall sensor mounted on a track, adjusting the acquisition rate to collect data at a fixed distance. Position and inertial data are shared with a cloud platform, enabling their remote monitoring and storing. Besides, the power supply section was designed to power the different components included in the acquisition section, ensuring 2 hours of energy autonomy. Finally, a mobile application was developed to drive the rover and real-time monitor the travelled path. The tests indicated a good agreement between rover measurements and those obtained by a Trimble R10 GNSS receiver (+0.25% mean error) and proved the superiority of the presented system over a traditional metric wheel.
Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel aspartyl aminopeptidase from Trichinella spiralis

Trichinellosis is an important zoonotic parasitic disease worldwide and is principally caused by ingesting animal meat containing Trichinella infective larvae. Aspartyl aminopeptidase is an intracytoplasmic metalloproteinase that specifically hydrolyzes the N-terminus of polypeptides free of acidic amino acids (aspartic acid and glutamate), and plays an important role in the metabolism, growth and development of organisms. In this study, a novel T. spiralis aspartyl aminopeptidase (TsAAP) was cloned and expressed, and its biological properties and roles in worm growth and development were investigated. The results revealed that TsAAP transcription and expression in diverse T. spiralis stages were detected by RT-PCR and Western blotting, and primarily localized at cuticle, stichosome and intrauterine embryos of this nematode by immunofluorescence test. rTsAAP has the enzymatic activity of native AAP to hydrolyze the substrate H-Glu-pNA. There was a specific binding between rTsAAP and murine erythrocyte, and the binding site was localized in erythrocyte membrane proteins. Silencing of TsAAP gene by specific dsRNA significantly reduced the TsAAP expression, enzymatic activity, intestinal worm burdens and female fecundity. The results demonstrated that TsAAP participates in the growth, development and fecundity of T. spiralis and it might be a potential target molecule for anti- Trichinella vaccines.
Clarification of Engineering Roles in a Protype Realisation Process Saves Cost and Leadtime A process analysis project using the Lean Six Sigma methodology

This project was conducted at a relatively new enterprise in the automotive industry. The goal was to find the reason for cost variations when building boxcars. This was a process analysing project conducted using the Lean Six Sigma methodology. First thing was to map the process, since the current boxcar process was undefined and therefore unclear, even for the employees. The boxcar process has many process steps, involving handovers to different functions, a long lead time and much manual labour. Many boxcar parts are subject to deviation during the process and needs to be re-ordered, which causes time delay and excessive costs. When working with this project, it was early discovered that important basic statistics that should be easy to find, was not. Today it is hard to keep track of where the money goes since several Purchase Requisitions (PR’s) are used for the same boxcar and sometimes the same PR is used for different boxcars. To be able to keep track of the cost for each boxcar, a suggested action is to only make one PR for each boxcar status. The costs should be tracked and visualized in, for example, a control chart. The quality of the collected data for this project affects the validity of the results. Available statistics for example boxcar costs, reasons for deviations and number of deviations has a low precision. This report relies on a correlation between number of deviations and total cost and between lead time and total cost when building boxcars. This statement has not been proved, but should be further investigated. Working with the project, it became clear that one of the departments that supply input for the process, are not aware of their importance and involvement in the boxcar process. This means that working with the boxcar process is extra work for the engineers at this department. Therefor another suggestion of improvement is to start a discussion whether it should be a part of the engineers’ job description.
for root canal preparation and Incidences of Root Microcracks Caused by Hand and Rotary File System at Different Lengths

anti-clockwise motion OBJECTIVES: The present research was conducted to assess incidences of root microcracks caused by hand and rotary file system at different lengths. MATERIAL AND METHODS: This in-vitro study was undertaken to assess incidence of root microcracks caused by hand and rotary file system at different lengths In total, 100 the mandibular premolar with straight roots determined with intact, fully formed apices were taken. Samples were randomly distributed into 5 groups based on the file system used: a) Group A: Control, b) Group B: Reciproc, c) Group C: WaveOne, d) Group D: One Shape and e) Group E: ProTaper. Pearson Chi-square test was used to determine the differences between groups. The dentinal defects were expressed as percentage of samples with microcracks in each group. Level of statistical significance was set at p-value less than 0.05. RESULTS: The chi square test was used to compare the Distribution of the number of teeth in which cracks were observed on the horizontal sections. It was found to be significant with group ProTaper showing maximum cracks at 3,6,9 mm level as compared to other file system CONCLUSION: Nickel-titanium instruments causes cracks on the apical root surface or in the root canal wall. ProTaper causes maximum dentinal cracks as compared to other file systems.
The influencing factors on place attachment in neighborhood of Kampung Melayu

Place attachment on neighborhood differs according to place characteristics and person characteristics. By dividing the research area of Kelurahan Kampung Melayu into flood area and non-flood area, this research aims at analyzing place attachment on neighborhood and analyzing factors influencing the place attachment. This research using quantitative approach using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Self-administered questionnaires using likert scale were distributed randomly to 400 residents. Result of the research shows that residents tend to have place attachment to their neighborhood. Factors influencing place attachment on residents born in the neighborhood with length of stay 10 years or longer and having house are family factor for residents living in non-flood area and physical factor as well as social factor for residents in flood area. This research concludes that place attachment on neighborhood is formed because dimension of place is interpreted not merely physically but also socially, namely the existence of family ties and social relationship with people in the neighborhood.
FOCUS: TOP-DOWN MASS SPECTROMETRY Elucidating the Site of Protein-ATP Binding by Top-Down Mass Spectrometry

A Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) top-down mass spectrometry strategy for determining the adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding site on chicken adenylate kinase is described. Noncovalent protein–ligand complexes are readily detected by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), but the ability to detect protein–ligand complexes depends on their stability in the gas phase. Previously, we showed that collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) of protein–nucleotide triphosphate complexes yield products from the dissociation of a covalent phosphate bond of the nucleotide with subsequent release of the nucleotide monophosphate (Yin, S. et al., J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 2008, 19, 1199–1208). The intrinsic stability of electrostatic interactions in the gas phase allows the diphosphate group to remain noncovalently bound to the protein. This feature is exploited to yield positional information on the site of ATP-binding on adenylate kinase. CAD and electron capture dissociation (ECD) of the adenylate kinase–ATP complex generate product ions bearing monoand diphosphate groups from regions previously suggested as the ATP-binding pocket by NMR and crystallographic techniques. Top-down MS may be a viable tool to determine the ATP-binding sites on protein kinases and identify previously unknown protein kinases in a functional proteomics study. (J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 2010, 21, 899–907) © 2010 American Society for Mass Spectrometry
An Analytical Solution for Fiber Optic Links with Photonic-Assisted Millimeter Wave Upconversion Due to MZM Nonlinearities

Photonic-assisted technique employed in the generation of stable and high-purity signals in the millimeter wave band has been investigated using dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator. Indeed, this type of generation performs a high order RF multiplier, whose operation principle steams out from the nonlinear characteristic of the external modulators. Its application in direct-detection fiber optic link was investigated based on an exact formulation that properly takes into account both the dispersion of a single mode fiber and the modulator nonlinearity. Analytic expression for the link transfer function dependence with respect to both modulator bias point and modulation index were obtained. It is worthwhile to mention that RF tuning is enabled since no optical filtering is required. As an illustration of the modeling usefulness, it is analytically shown that a 60 GHz millimeter signal, generated by photonic quadruplicating a 15 GHz signal using dual-parallel Mach-Zehnder modulator, can be transmitted through a 80 km link of standard single mode fiber with less than 0.1 dB deviation with respect to ideal flat response. This performance is much better than previously published results.
A synoptic description of the oceanic geostrophic eddy field

Berry, P. and Marshall, J., 1989. Ocean modelling studies in support of altimetry. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 13:269-300 Simulation studies are presented that consider the degree to which baroclinic ocean circulation models are constrained by observations of the surface pressure field on space and time-scales possible with future satellite-borne altimeters. Twoand three-layer eddy resolving quasi-geostrophic models are used to simulate and assimilate altimetric observations. For synoptic mapping of the oceanic eddy field on the scale of an ocean basin, a satellite orbit repeat time of 14 days is found to be optimum. Our studies suggest that altimetric observations will provide strong constraints on the surface flow of such models and, if used in conjunction with them, may be used to infer the deep flows.
Equilibrium and Kinetic Studies of Substrate Binding to 6-Hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin Pyrophosphokinase from Escherichia coli*

6-Hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK) catalyzes the pyrophosphorylation of 6-hy-droxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin (HMDP) by ATP to form 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphate, an intermediate in the pathway for folic acid biosynthesis. The enzyme has been identified as a potential target for antimicrobial drugs. Equilibrium binding studies showed that Escherichia coli HPPK-bound ATP or the nonhydrolyzable ATP analogue a , b -methyleneaden-osine triphosphate (AMPCPP) with high affinity. The fluorescent ATP analogue 2 * (3 * )- O -( N -methylanthra-niloyl) adenosine 5 * -triphosphate (MANT-ATP) exhib-ited a substantial fluorescence enhancement upon binding to HPPK, with an equilibrium dissociation constant comparable with that for ATP (10.4 and 4.5 m M , respec-tively). The apoenzyme did not bind the second substrate HMDP, however, unless AMPCPP was present, suggesting that the enzyme binds ATP first, followed by HMDP. Equilibrium titration of HPPK into HMDP and AMPCPP showed an enhancement of fluorescence from the pterin ring of the substrate, and a dissociation constant of 36 n M was deduced for HMDP binding to the HPPK z AMPCPP binary complex. Stopped flow fluorim-etry measurements showed that the rate constants for the binding of MANT-ATP and AMPCPP to HPPK were relatively slow (3.9 3 10 5 and 1.05 3 10 5 M 2 1 s 2 1 , respectively) compared with the on rate for binding of HMDP to the HPPK z AMPCPP binary complex. The significance of these results with respect to the crystal structures of HPPK is discussed. Fluorescence Titration— Titrations were carried out by measuring the changes in fluorescence of either MANT-ATP or HMDP upon binding to HPPK. Measurements made a cu- vette 3 of Hepes/NaOH 2.5 The continuously the course of the titration. Titration HMDP anaerobic exten- sively steady titration titrations excitation wavelength 356 nm, emission wavelength was 440 measurements fluorescence, the excitation wavelength 330 nm and emission wave- length 430 Fluorescence values filter
Tools for Evaluating the Human Health Risks Associated with Microbial Contamination of Apples

Tools for Evaluating the Human Health Risks Associated with Microbial Contamination of Apples Jonathan Stamy Nagata Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate Professor J. Scott Meschke Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences This thesis incorporates laboratory methods, risk assessment modeling, and policy analysis to address food safety issues related to microbial contamination of apple crops. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to microbial food safety issues and apple production in the United States. It also broadly discusses the conceptual underpinnings for the three subsequent chapters and specific aims of the thesis. More robust background information is provided within the respective chapters. Chapter 2 provides an analysis of a novel method for the quantification of E. coli on apple surfaces. Chapter 3 aims to evaluate the health risks of apple contamination under varying harvest and cleaning conditions, utilizing three quantitative microbial risk assessment models. The policy relevance of the study is discussed in Chapter 4, incorporating history of food safety policy, broad policy process frameworks, and a discussion of the relevant policy development stages in which the study findings may apply. As a whole, this thesis is intended to provide an interdisciplinary approach to issues surrounding apple production and consumption.
Correlating Chest Surface Motion to Motion of the Liver Using ε -SVR – A Porcine Study

In robotic radiosurgery, the compensation of motion of internal organs is vital. This is currently done in two phases: an external surrogate signal (usually active optical markers placed on the patient’s chest) is recorded and subsequently correlated to an internal motion signal obtained using stereoscopic X-ray imaging. This internal signal is sampled very infrequently to minimise the patient’s exposure to radia-tion. We have investigated the correlation of the external signal to the motion of the liver in a porcine study using ε -support vector regression. IR LEDs were placed on the swines’ chest. Gold ﬁducials were placed in the swines’ livers and were recorded using a two-plane X-ray system. The results show that a very good correlation model can be built using ε SVR, in this test clearly outperforming traditional polynomial models by at least 45 and as much as 74 %. Using multiple markers simultaneously can increase the new model’s accuracy.
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece

Nearly 2,000 earthquake focal mechanisms in the Aegean Sea and the surroundings for the period 19122006, for 1.5 <M<7.5, and depths from 0 to 170 km, indicate a uniform distribution and smooth variation in orientation over wide regions, even for the very small magnitude earthquakes. ~ 60% of the focal mechanisms show normal faulting, that mainly strikes ~E-W. However, a zone ofN-S normal faulting runs the backbone of Albanides-Hellenides. Low-angle thrust and reverse faulting is confined in western Greece (Adria-Eurasia convergence) and along the Hellenic trench (Af­ rica-Eurasia). In the central Aegean Sea the effect of the propagating tip of the North Anatolian Fault into the Aegean Sea is pronounced and strike-slip motions are widely distributed. Shearing does not cross central Greece. Strike-slip motions reappear in the Cephalonia-Lefkada Transform Fault zone and in western Péloponnèse, which shows very complex tectonics, with different types of faulting being oriented favourably and operating under the present stress-field. Moreover, in western Péloponnèse the sense of the observed shearing is not yet clear, whether it is dextral or sinistral, and this lack of data has significant implications for the orientation of the earthquake slip vectors compared to the GPS obtained velocity vectors.
Scaling up Molecular Epidemiology of Lassa Fever Virus among High Risk Groups in Abuja F.C.T. “Are These Challenges Summontable?”

Haemoharrgic fever virus disease caused by Lassa virus that belong to the Arena virus family, is now a big threat to human existence in Africa if not the whole world. The painful aspect in the management of this disease in Nigeria and other parts of Africa is the lack of the state of arts equipment required for diagnosis and the relatively poor attitude of stakeholders in giving it the attention it deserves! This work critically examined the scaling up processes necessary in terms of the Molecular Epidemiology of the Lassa Fever Virus among high risk groups in Abuja F.C. T. , challenges ahead, and strategies that must be put in place in nipping the task on the bud. As no drug has been approved yet by FAD i.e. Food and Drug for combating the Lassa fever virus disease; developing a preventative vaccine for researchers, health care providers and their patients therefore becomes imperative. Although, this work is a proposal, implementation of ideas raised here could be a giant step forward in curtailing the threat of haemoharrgic fever virus diseases, not only limited to Lassa virus disease, but others such as Marburg , Ebola , Dengue , Yellow fever, e.t. c.
The traditional shopping street in Tokyo as a culturally sustainable and ageing-friendly community

Abstract This paper reviews the cultural sustainability discourse and discusses how community culture, community cultural capital and the elderly play a key role in helping communities sustain themselves over time. It argues that the elderly are resources, transmitters and multipliers of culture and a key driver in promoting ‘ageing-friendly’ cities. In particular, it investigates how creative, bottom-up urban design and place-making initiatives by the elderly take shape in diverse urban contexts. It takes two traditional shopping streets (shotengai) in Tokyo as case studies and seeks to clarify in the highly-developed, high-density, high-rise, large-scale urban context, how the two low-rise, small-scale shotengai have been sustainable and thriving over centuries; and how community culture and the elderly have played a role in developing and sustaining them. Through urban historical study, site surveys and street interviews, the paper addresses these enquiries and suggests ways to achieve a more ageing-friendly community in an Asian context aiming towards social and cultural sustainability.
Determination of the transmissivity of a karstified aquifer from mine dewatering data

The forty years of intensive mine dewatering in the Transdanubian Range contributed to getting high quality and large amount of data about the karstified aquifers, which could not be gained in any other way. In addition to providing the claimed depression to the safety mining under the original karst water level, the scientific investigation of the processes was emphasized. Although the mines were abandoned the data sets could be a great base of additional investigation about the karstified aquifers. This paper presents the evaluation of dewatering data as pumping test data by using many methods.
Risk of Mortality in Patients with HIV and Depression: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of a Non-Common Outcome

Meta-analysis (MA) is increasingly being utilized to combine results of several studies to derive refined estimates. However, great difficulty is commonly encountered when non-common outcomes (NCO) are involved. This study is concerned with the MA of mortality risk attributed to depression in HIV patients to identify the challenges and solutions regarding statistical methods in MA of NCO. DerSimonian-Laird (DL) and Inverse variance (IV) techniques were used in the MA to pool estimates of mortality risk through Random Effect Models (REM) and Fixed Effect Models (FEM) depending on presence or absence of heterogeneity respectively. Series of sensitivity analyses, multi-level subgroup analyses and I-squared ( I 2 ) statistics tests were done to identify sources of bias, methodological and statistical heterogeneity respectively. From 17 studies that met the inclusion criteria, the mortality Hazard Ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) among depressed HIV patients was 1.80 and (1.23 - 2.61) respectively, with significant statistical heterogeneity ( I 2 = 92.8%). Multiple population characteristics were found in subgroup analyses as sources of methodological heterogeneity (Table 3). Publication bias was present, as detected by both Egger's and Begg's tests, some studies were excluded in succession as sensitivity analysis was carried out sequentially. The final estimate was 1.56 (HR) and CI (1.33 - 1.83) without statistical heterogeneity ( I 2 = 0.0%). As the studies were being excluded there was a 64% reduction in the width of the CI. From the results of this paper, MA of NCO is associated with publication bias, significant statistical and methodological heterogeneity.