Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Public support intensity and company R&D performance: evidence from a dose-response model

This paper presents an original econometric model for estimating a dose-response function through a regression approach when: (i) treatment is continuous, (ii) individuals may react heterogeneously to observable confounders, and (iii) selection-into-treatment may be potentially endogenous. After describing the model, two estimation procedures are suggested: one based on OLS under Conditional Mean Independence (or CMI), and one based on Instrumental-Variables (IV) under selection endogeneity. The paper goes on by presenting ctreatreg, an author-written Stata routine for an easy implementation of such a model, thereby performing a Monte Carlo experiment to test the reliability of the model and of its software implementation. Finally, an application to real data for assessing the effect of public R&D support on companies’ R&D expenditure is presented and results briefly commented. The usefulness of such a model for program evaluation is clearly stressed.
Information enhancement in a voluminous forum with automatic co-clustering

Any web forum is a typical example of a structured source of textual data. Maintaining such a forum requires many manual processing from the webmaster, even more as the volume of data grows. The quality of the structure and the moderation process is thus strongly dependent on the available time. In this article, we are interested in applying data mining tools, especially co-clustering algorithms, in order to propose some automation. We illustrate and validate our proposal on cam-eravideo.net’s forum 1 . The website cameravideo.net was the premier french website dealing with amateur and professional video.
Chapter 2 Security Validation in Modern SoC Designs

System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture pervades modern computing devices, being the prevalent design approach for devices in embedded, mobile, wearable, and Internetof-Things (IoT) applications. Many of these devices have access to highly sensitive information or data (often collectively called “assets”), that must be protected against unauthorized or malicious access. The goal of SoC security architecture is to develop mechanisms to ensure this protection. The goal of SoC security validation is to ensure that such mechanisms indeed provide the protection needed. Clearly the two activities are closely inter-related in typical SoC security assurance methodologies. This chapter is about the security validation component, but we touch upon architectural issues as necessary. To motivate the critical role of security validation activities, it is necessary to clarify (1) what kind of assets is being protected, and (2) what kind of attacks we are protecting against. One can get some flavor of the kind (and diversity) of assets by looking at the kind of activities we perform on a typical mobile system. Figure 2.1 tabulates some obvious end user usages of a standard smartphone and the kind of end user information accessed during these usages. Note that it includes such intimate information as our sleep pattern, health information, location, and finances. In addition to private end user information, there are other assets in a smartphone that may have been put by the manufacturers and OEMs, which they do not want to be leaked
Trade Openness and Industrial Growth : Evidence from Nigeria

This study examines the long-run and short-run relationship between industrial production and trade openness in Nigeria during the period from 1986 to 2008 by using quarterly data. It employs the ARDL bounds testing methodology developed by M. Hashem Pesaran, Yongcheol Shin, and Richard J. Smith (2001). The results of both the long-run analysis and the short-run error correction model (ECM) indicate that trade openness has a significant and positive impact on industrial production. The Toda-Yamamoto causality analysis shows that there is one-way Granger causality, running from trade openness to industrial production.
An Advance Algorithm for Association Rules Mining: Comparative Study

Data mining is the process of finding hidden, previously unknown and valid and useful information from large database. An association rule mining is the data mining task which is used for finding the important relationship among the item-sets. In this paper, we describe the classical Apriori algorithm and defects of this algorithm which is used for association rule mining. And then we describe the advance algorithm over the classical algorithm and at the end of this paper we will show the experimental results which proved our improvement over Apriori algorithm.
Parallelization of Matlab codes under Windows platform for Bayesian estimation: A Dynare application

In the Bayesian estimation of DSGE models with DYNARE (specifically the Matlab Version for Windows), most of the computing time is devoted to the posterior estimation with the Metropolis algorithm. Usually, the Metropolis is run using multiple parallel chains, to allow more careful convergence testing. In this work we describe a way to parallelize the multiple-chain Metropolis algorithm within the Dynare Framework, running parallel chains on different processors to reduce computational time. To do so, we aimed at the easiest and cheapest possible strategy, i.e. the one which requires the lower level of modification in the basic DYNARE routines and does not need any licensed toolbox. Despite the fact that parallelizing the Metropolis-Hasting algorithm is intrinsically easy (the different chains are completely independent each other and do not require communication between them), MatLab software does not allow concurrent programming, or in other terms it does not support multi-threads, without the use of MatLab Distributed Computing Toolbox. The general idea is that when the execution of the Metropolis should start, instead of running it inside the MatLab session, the control of the execution is passed to the operating system that allows for multi-threading and concurrent threads are launched on different processors. When the metropolis computations are concluded the control is given back to the original MatLab session for post-processing Markov Chain results.
Expression of three ^-complex genes , Tcp-1 , D 17 Lehll 7 c 3 , and D 17 Leh 66 , in purified murine spermatogenic cell populations

Transmission ratio distortion (TRD) is a property of the complete /-haplotype which results in the preferential transmission of the /-haplotype chromosome from heterozygous // + males to the majority of the progeny. Available data suggest that in // + males, a dysfunction of the wild-type sperm within the female reproductive tract is responsible for the observed deviation from Mendelian segregation ratios. Genetically, Lyon has shown that multiple loci within the /-complex are required for maximum levels of TRD. These loci include multiple /-complex distorters (Teds) which act upon a single /-complex responder (Tcr). Testis-expressed genes have been cloned which map to the same subregions of the /-complex as the Teds and Tcr and are thus considered candidate genes for the products of these loci. To begin to understand how the products of these loci biochemically control TRD, the expression of three TRD-candidate genes (Tcp-1, Dl7Lehll7c3, and D17Leh66) has been determined in populations of spermatocytes and differentiated spermatids purified to near homogeneity by unit gravity sedimentation. Fractions covering the entire gradient were analysed resulting in a more accurate picture of the precise timing of expression than previously reported. Transcription of all three genes was up-regulated in pachytene primary spermatocytes and persisted at stable levels through the haploid spermatid stages. Significantly, only levels of tnRNA encoded by D17Leh66, the candidate gene for Tcr, increased from early round to elongating-stage spermatids. If this pattern of expression does, in fact, represent Tcr, these data provide the first direct evidence that wild-type and /-haplotype Tcr elements could be differentially expressed in haploid spermatids.
MONITORING OF AFLATOXIN M1 IN SOME DAIRY PRODUCTS IN LOCAL MARKET OF ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT: ATTEMPTS FOR DETOXIFICATION

Aflatoxins are carcinogenic and toxic metabolites produced by a variety of molds. Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) accumulates in animal livers and it is excreted in milk, which can be consumed by human. The present study was undertaken aiming at examining the dairy milk products for their any contamination of AFM1 in Alexandria local market, Egypt, as well as conducting trials for elimination of AFM1 contamination by using ozone gas and gamma radiation. Levels of AFM1 contamination (0.001 to 0.06 ) were ranged from in examined milk and dairy products. The maximum levels were contamination in raw and pasteurized milk while minimum levels were detected in infant milk. The result indicated that yoghurt processing decreases or even eliminates the presence of AFM1, which may be attributed to some factors such as low pH, formation of organic acids or other fermented by-products. Treatment of contaminated liquid milk by ozone gas resulted in a decrease or even loss in the contents of AFM1. However, ozone treatment for 10 minutes was the effective interval for complete elimination of contamination, but resulted in coagulates milk protein and changed the odor. Thus, it can be stated that ozone gas was a non-convenient method for complete detoxification of milk and dairy products. Treatment by gamma radiation (with a dose of 10 kGy) was found to be more suitable as a detoxification procedure than ozone treatment as there were no change in properties of milk upon treatment.
Video Quality Measurement Techniques

Objective metrics for measuring digital video performance are required by Government and industry for specification of system performance requirements, comparison of competing service offerings, service level agreements, network maintenance, and optimization of the use of limited network resources such as transmission bandwidth. To be accurate, digital video quality measurements must be based on the perceived quality of the actual video being received by the users of the digital video system rather than the measured quality of traditional video test signals (e.g., color bar). This is because the performance of digital video systems is variable and depends upon the dynamic characteristics of both the original video (e.g., spatial detail, motion) and the digital transmission system (e.g., bit rate, error rate). The goal of this report is to provide a complete description of the ITS video quality metric (VQM) algorithms and techniques. The ITS automated objective measurement algorithms provide close approximations to the overall quality impressions, or mean opinion scores, of digital video impairments that have been graded by panels of viewers.
Performance of Golden Code in MIMO System

The optimal design of perfect space time codes constructed from cyclic division algebra (CDA) on the quasistatic uncoded MIMO channel has received lots of attention in industry over the last few years. However, the recent standards that uses multiple antennas terminals such as IEEE 802.11n or IEEE 802.16e, are based on more realistic assumptions involving the use of outer codes, and multi-taps channels. In this paper, we study the performance of these perfect codes in a standard context. We show that although these codes are optimal, the asymptotical gain of these codes is only significant at a very high SNR range and cannot be observed for a moderate Packet Error Rate (PER) probability.
LPL Personal Privacy Policy User Interface: Design and Evaluation

s We present the LPL Personal Privacy Policy User Interface (LPL PPP UI), which is intended to inform Data Subjects about the contents of the privacy policy and to allow personalisation of purposes to support free and informed consent. The capabilities of the LPL PPP UI, consisting in informing the Data Subject about the contents of a privacy policy in a structured way and personal privacy interactions are presented. The LPL PPP UI is evaluated against regular designed privacy policies. Furthermore, future challenges and objectives for privacy policy user interfaces are given.
AMELIORATES WHEAT TOLERANCE TO NaCl

Nine-day-old seedlings of two wheat cultivars (Misr-1 and Sakha-93) were treated with NaCl applied at concentrations of 75, 150 and 225 mM with or without 10 mM CaCl2. After 15 days, all concentrations of NaCl led to significant decreases in fresh and dry weights of only Sakha-93; however, Misr-1 seemed to be affected only by the highest NaCl concentration. Nonetheless, growth parameters were most likely similar in the control samples of both cultivars grown under normal conditions. On the other hand, lipid peroxides (malondialdehyde MDA) and H2O2 were strongly accumulated in both cultivars, particularly in Sakha-93; a significant increase was only detected in Misr-1 treated with 225 mM. Also, all concentrations of NaCl decreased glutathione (GSH) content in Sakha-93. Nevertheless, there was no great difference in GSH content among both cultivars grown under normal conditions. On the other hand, the activities of the enzymatic antioxidants, glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) were inhibited in Sakha-93 by all concentrations tested, but remained unaffected in Misr-1. The alternative oxidase (AOX) responded differently to NaCl, there was a decrease in Misr-1 at 75 and 225 mM and in Sakha-93 at 75 and 150 mM. These findings suggest that Misr-1 is a more tolerant cultivar to NaCl than Sakha-93. Nevertheless, CaCl2 alleviated the negative impact of NaCl; there was a retraction in the magnitude of decrease in growth parameters to reach most likely those of the control in Misr-1. In addition, the accumulated MDA and H2O2 were greatly counterbalanced. On the contrary, the decreased GSH contents seemed unrecovered in Sakha-93 in spite of the alleviations in their magnitudes. Moreover, there were recoveries in the activities of GR and POD in Sakha-93, nevertheless, GST and CAT activities remained significantly inhibited. These findings revealed that ROS scavenging was efficient and became more inducible in the more tolerant cultivar Misr-1 than in the susceptible one. The response of AOX appeared to coincide with that of antioxidants so that the damage which was induced by NaCl was ameliorated by over-expression of antioxidants especially in the presence of CaCl2. Citation: Nemat Alla M. M. , G. M. Abogadallah, E. G. Badran, R. M. Nada, N. M. Hassan, 2013. Supplementary CaCl2 ameliorates wheat tolerance to NaCl. Genetics and Plant Physiology, 3(3– 4): 163–178.
Polarization calibration techniques and scheduling for the Daniel K . Inouye Solar Telescope

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), formerly Advanced Technology Solar Telescope when it begins operation in 2019 will be by a significant margin Earth’s largest solar research telescope. Science priorities dictate an initial suite of instruments that includes four spectro-polarimeters. Accurate polarization calibration of the individual instruments and of the telescope optics shared by those instruments is of critical importance. The telescope and instruments have been examined end-to-end for sources of polarization calibration error, allowable contributions from each of the sources quantified, and techniques identified for calibrating each of the contributors. Efficient use of telescope observing time leads to a requirement of sharing polarization calibrations of common path telescope components among the spectro-polarimeters and for those calibrations to be repeated only as often as dictated by degradation of optical coatings and instrument reconfigurations. As a consequence the polarization calibration of the DKIST is a facility function that requires facility wide techniques.
a novel BCR-ABL 1 mutation in a patient with philadelphia chromosome-positive B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

1UCIBIO, Life sciences Department, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, portugal; 2Hematology service, Hospital dos Capuchos (CHLC), Lisbon, portugal Abstract: Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Ph+ ALL) represents the most common genetic subtype of adult ALL (20%–30%) and accounts for approximately 50% of all cases in the elderly. It has been considered the subgroup of ALL with the worst outcome. The introduction of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) allows complete hematologic remission virtually in all patients, with improved disease-free survival and overall survival. Nevertheless, the emergence of resistant mutations in BCR-ABL1 may require different TKI strategies to overcome the patient’s resistance and disease relapse. Here, we report a Ph+ B-ALL case with persistent minimal residual disease (MRD) after treatment with dasatinib. The patient expressed the P190 isoform and a novel BCR-ABL1 mutation, p.Y440C. The latter is in the C-terminal lobe of the kinase domain, which likely induces deviations in the protein structure and activity and destabilizes its inactive conformation. The treatment was substituted by bosutinib, which binds to the active conformation of the protein, prior to allogeneic bone marrow transplant to overcome the lack of a complete response to dasatinib. These findings strengthen the importance of BCR-ABL1 mutational screening in Ph+ patients, particularly for those who do not achieve complete molecular remission.
REVISION OF ANTEROPORA ( CESTODA : LECANICEPHALIDEA ) AND DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW SPECIES FROM STINGRAYS ( MYLIOBATIFORMES : DASYATIDAE ) IN BORNEO

— The discovery of fi ve new species of Anteropora from dasyatid stingrays in Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo requires expansion of the concepts of the genus and family to accommodate these euapolytic (rather than hyperapolytic) forms. The fi ve species are as follows: Anteropora joannae, new species, and A. patulobothridium, new species, both from Taeniura lymma 1, A. cuba, new species, from Himantura cf. gerrardi 1, as well as A. glandapiculis, new species, and A. pumilionis, new species, both from Himantura pastinacoides 1. Unlike the apical organs of A. patulobothridium, new species, and A. pumilionis, new species, the apical organs of A. joannae, new species, A. glandapiculis, new species, and A. cuba, new species, are primarily glandular, rather than muscular. The latter is the largest of the fi ve species and possesses a spherical rather than dorso-ventrally fl attened scolex. Anteropora pumilionis, new species, is unique in its possession of lateral (as well as posterior) bothridial notches and also in possessing fewer proglottids than its four euapolytic congeners. Among the euapolytic species, A. joannae, new species, and A. glandapiculis, new species, are most similar, but differ in genital pore position. A key to the nine species of Anteropora is presented. This is the fi rst report of lecanicephalidean cestodes from the Himantura pastinacoides and Himantura gerrardi species complexes.
Considerations on the Equivalent Electric Models of a UHF RFID Helical Antenna Yarn

The aim of this paper is to present different ways to extract electrical models of an antenna specifically designed for Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) Ultra High Frequency (UHF) communications. More precisely the models are extracted from a helical dipole designed to operate in the European RFID band and in the context of smart textiles. This kind of antenna was chosen because its electrical properties and radiation pattern are relatively robust with respect to stretching deformation. After presenting the antenna's design, two strategies to extract antenna models are discussed and then compared. The first method is taking into account the antenna's physical dimensions and shape, and the second one, which is a general method relevant to any other antenna geometry, is based on the rational approximation of the antenna's frequency response.
Technology Polarization ∗

We construct a new method to describe ﬁrm distributions within technology ﬁelds and investigate the relationship between those distributions and aggregate innovation. To locate ﬁrms on a technology space, we apply multidimensional scaling for the inter-ﬁrm technological dissimilarity matrices that are computed from patent citation overlaps among ﬁrms using the NBER US patent dataset. Our estimated ﬁrm distributions show increasing trends in technological distance and polarization on average, where we follow Duclos et al. (2004) to measure polarization. We construct a model of inter-group competition in which polarization stimulates R&D incentives. The model ﬁts data before 1990 but the impact of polarization is reversed after that. We attribute the structural change to the major patent reform in the United States in 1980s.
The Effect of a Basement Storey on the Earthquake Response of RC Buildings Constructed on Soft Surface Soil

In this study, the effect of the basement on the earthquake behaviour of reinforced concrete structures built over alluvial origin soft soils found close to the surface were investigated. In this scope, structure-soil models were created of 2 and 6 storey-building building archetypes, on with and the other without basement. Time domain dynamic analyses of the structure-soil models and also a 2D version of PLAXIS, a specially developed software package for solving geotechnical problems, have been performed. According to the result of the dynamic analysis, the vertical settlement and also the relative horizontal displacement graphs for the top (Point A) and soil levels (Point B) were prepared and the structural performance was evaluated by presenting the storey drift as a graphic form.
A CLUSTER BASED INTRUSION DETECTION TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

An inventive application for different condition in light of remote sensor systems is being produced in the business part. Discovering strings and blocking them without influencing the system is basic without expanding the overheads and vitality. In the proposed calculation called CTACK (Cluster trust based affirmation) for WSN depends on number of dynamic effective conveyances and Kalman Filter is utilized to anticipate the hub trust. In view of the trust estimation of whole course, affirmation is started on chosen bundles to diminish the control overhead. It is watched that bundle conveyance proportion enhances notwithstanding when vindictive hubs are distinguished and keep away from them in the course disclosure process.