Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
System Identification of Force of a Silver Coated Twisted and Coiled Polymer Muscle

The demand of using artificial muscle similar to the human muscle is significantly increased during past decades. Recently, silver coated Twisted and Coiled Polymer (TCP) muscle was reported and used in many research projects. A first order differential equations (1st ODE) was used to predict the force of this muscle. assuming that the TCP muscle acts similar to a mechanical spring that has variable stiffness depending on the electrical power supplied. Thus, extensive study should be performed on different types of TCP muscles to reach to a conclusion. In this paper, a black box system identification method is used to examine the behavior of TCP muscles under different input conditions. Different order differential equations are compared with experimental results. In this way, prediction error method (PEM) is used to estimate the force of silver coated TCP muscle with several linear time invariant (LTI) discrete time state space system. In addition, we suggest a fast method (rule of thumb) to model a TCP muscle. Moreover, two key parameters have been introduced to compare the quality of the TCP muscle from force perspective.
Popularization of an Ecological Dimension of Sustainable Consumption Using Sensory Marketing

This publication presents an essence of sustainable consumption and sustainable marketing laying special emphasis on an ecological dimension of those phenomena. There has been also explored the essence of sensory marketing as an innovative concept that constitutes an answer to the demand of experience economy. In the part of this work which relates to market realities, examples of propagating disseminating attitudes were referred to. The primary goal of this article is to point out the possibilities of popularising an ecological dimension of sustainable consumption through promotional activities taken by business entities. Whereas the secondary goal is to determine the factors conditioning the effective performance of marketing activities involving people’s senses and drawing the society’s attention to proecological behaviours. Among the main determinants the following activities have been identified: coherent appeal to all senses of consumers, the connection of promotional actions with local societies, the formation of an “ecological” community around a brand, the use of an aspect of surprise, the organisation of campaigns which respect the rules of environmental protection.
Cognitive ontology in flux: the possibility of protean brains

This paper motivates taking seriously the possibility that brains are basically protean: that they make use of neural structures in inventive, on-the-fly improvisations to suit circumstance and context. Accordingly, we should not always expect cognition to divide into functionally stable neural parts and pieces. We begin by reviewing recent work in cognitive ontology that highlights the inadequacy of traditional neuroscientific approaches when it comes to divining the function and structure of cognition. Cathy J. Price and Karl J. Friston, and Colin Klein identify the limitations of relying on forward and reverse inferences to cast light on the relation between cognitive functions and neural structures. There is reason to prefer Klein’s approach to that of Price and Friston’s. But Klein’s approach is neurocentric - it assumes that we ought to look solely at neural contexts to fix cognitive ontology. Using recent work on mindreading as a case study, we motivate adopting a radically different approach to cognitive ontology. Promoting the Protean Brain Hypothesis, we posit the possibility that we may need to look beyond the brain when deciding which functions are being performed in acts of cognition and in understanding how the brain contributes to such acts by adapting to circumstance.
Studies in the Antimicrobial Activities of Some Newly Synthesized (1,4) Substituted Benzodiazepines by Disc Diffusion Method and MIC Methods

Recently in this laboratory 8-phenylthiacabamido-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine i.e.M-1, 8-(phenyl-2,4-dithiabiureto)-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4] triazolo[4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine i.e.M-2, 8-[(3-phenylimino)-1,2,4-dithiazolo]-amino-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4]triazolo [4,3-a][1,4] benzodiazepine i.e.M-3, 8-[(2-phenylimino-6-phenylamino)-1,3,5-dithiazinoimino]-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-[1,2,4] triazolo[4,3a][1,4]benzodiazepine i.e.M-4, 8-[(2-thio-3-phenyl-6-phenylamino)-1,3,5-thiadiazino]imino-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H[1,2,4] triazolo [4,3-a] [1,4] benzodiazepine i.e.M-5 were synthesized and their antimicrobial activities were tested against E. coli, B. subtilis, S. typhi, S. aureus, B. megatherium, A. aerogenes, P. vulgaris by Disc diffusion method and MIC methods. These compounds showed good results.
La traducción audiovisual: estudio descriptivo y modelo de análisis de los textos audiovisuales para su traducción

La tesis doctoral gira en torno a las dos modalidades de traduccion audiovisula que gozan de mayor popularidad en el mundo, el doblaje y la subtitulacion. La investigacion se ha estructurado en dos partes diferenciadas pero complementarias. La primera parte responde al estudio descriptivo de estas modalidades de traduccion, atendiendo progresivamente a su historia, a los estudios teoricos realizados sobre este ambito, a la descripcion del proceso de comunicacion que tiene lugar en la transferencia interlinguistica de este tipo de textos, a la recepcion del texto audiovisual traducido, a la descripcion y uso de todas las modalidades de traduccion audiovisuales susceptibles de ser traducidos. La segunda parte ofrece un modelo de analisis de los textos audiovisuales , basado en las aportaciones de la teoria de la traduccion, de las corrientes mas contemporaneas de la linguistica y, en especial, de la teoria del cine. El modelo se complementa con el analisis de casi un centenar de ejemplos reales, doblados o subtitulados, de las 50 obras audiovisulaes estudiadas. Las conclusiones abogan, esencialmente, por una necesaria interdisciplinariedad en el acercamiento a estas modalidades de traduccion, asi como por el reconocimiento de la especificidad de la traduccion audiovisual en el marco de los Estudios sobre la Traduccion.
Ambient pressure synthesis of nanostructured tungsten oxide crystalline films

We report the results of the ambient pressure synthesis of tungsten oxide nanowires and nanoparticles on AlN substrates using the hot filament CVD techniques. The morphologic surface, crystallographic structures, chemical compositions, and bond structures of the obtained samples have been investigated using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and Raman scattering, respectively. Different morphologies were observed for different substrate temperatures, but otherwise identical growth conditions. The experimental measurements reveal the evolutions of the crystalline states and bond structures following the substrate temperatures. Besides, different substrate materials also affected the tungsten oxide nanostructures. Bundles of wire-type tungsten oxide nanowires with a length of up to 5mm were obtained on Al2O3 substrate. Furthermore, the sensitive properties of the super long nanowires to the gas and different temperature were investigated. The dependence of the sensitivity of tungsten oxide nanowires to the methane as a function of the time was obtained. The sensitive properties of the tungsten oxide nanowires have almost linear relationship with the temperature.
TESTING PLANT PHENOPHASE AS PROXY : SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS OF FIRST FLOWERING DATA FROM THE 19 TH CENTURY

Eco-climatological studies recognise plant phenophases as high-confident climate indicators, since they are strongly dependent on heat conditions. We investigated the first flowering response of numerous plant species to inter-annual fluctuation of seasonal temperatures (e.g., heat sensitivity of the phenophase), also the rate of these species-specific sensitivities in order to test their applicability as proxy. From the few available data sources recorded in the Carpathian Basin during the 19th century, the first flowering data sets of 16 plant species and time series of monthly mean temperature (site: Hermannstadt; period: 1851-1891), furthermore the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) were selected for the analysis. We found that the first flowering dates of different plants fluctuated significantly synchronously, however, temporal trends were not detected in any of the time series. Based on the main heat sensitivity characteristics the species were ranked as phyto-thermometers to select the best heat indicator plants. The first flowering data of these indicators were applicable to estimate temperature data. The accuracy of different plants as proxies varied in the range of 1.0 °C and 1.5 °C. Therefore our procedure is of interest in order to better understand past climates of periods at locations where no instrumental records are available.
New Era of Developing and Using Ontologies for Microbiology Research and Diagnosis

Originated from philosophy, the term ontology is used in bioinformatics filed to refer to a representative vocabulary that describes the knowledge of some domain, typically a commonsense knowledge domain [1]. The term formal ontology used in biomedicine today typically means the definition of sets of terms and relations including logical assumptions and inference machinery [2]. Biomedical (formal) ontologies have been used intensively. For example, the Gene Ontology (GO) as a tool for unification of biology was first published in 2000 [3]. As of May 16, 2012, a search of “Gene Ontology” in PubMed retrieved more than 4000 papers. GO plays an important role in interpreting biological data to rational biological meanings. For instance, the GO annotations have served as a backbone for current OMICS data analysis. Currently over 300 biomedical ontologies have been stored in the Bioportal ontology repository of the National Center for Biological Ontology (NCBO): http://bioportal.bioontology. org/ontologies.
SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC, ATOMIC ABSORPTION AND CONDUCTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF TRAMADOL HYDROCHLORIDE

Six simple and sensitive spectroscopic and conductometric procedures (A-F) were developed for the determination of tramadol hydrochloride. Method A,B and C are based on the reaction of cobalt (II) thiocyanate with tramadol to form stable ternary complex, which could be measured by spectrophotometric (method A), atomic absorption (method B) or conductometric (method C) procedures. Method (D and E) depended on the reaction of molybdenum thiocyanate with tramadol to form stable ternary complex, measured by spectrophotometric means (method D), or by atomic absorption procedures (method E), while method F depends on the formation of an ion pair complex between the studied drug and bromothymol blue which is extractable into methylene chloride, Tramadol hydrochloride could be assayed in the range of 80-560 μg ml-1, 40-220 μg ml-1, 1-15 mg, 2.5-22.5 μg ml-1, 1.25-11.25 μg ml-1 and 5-22 μg ml-1 using methods A,B,C,D,E and F respectively. Various experimental conditions were studied. The results obtained showed good recoveries. The proposed procedures were applied successfully to the analysis of tramadol in its pharmaceutical preparations and the results were favorably comparable with the official method.
Enhanced turbulence driven by mesoscale motions and flow‐topography interaction in the Denmark Strait Overflow plume

The Denmark Strait Overflow (DSO) contributes roughly half to the total volume transport of the Nordic overflows. The overflow increases its volume by entraining ambient water as it descends into the subpolar North Atlantic, feeding into the deep branch of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. In June 2012, a multiplatform experiment was carried out in the DSO plume on the continental slope off Greenland (180 km downstream of the sill in Denmark Strait), to observe the variability associated with the entrainment of ambient waters into the DSO plume. In this study, we report on two high-dissipation events captured by an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) by horizontal profiling in the interfacial layer between the DSO plume and the ambient water. Strong dissipation of turbulent kinetic energy of O( math formula) W kg−1 was associated with enhanced small-scale temperature variance at wavelengths between 0.05 and 500 m as deduced from a fast-response thermistor. Isotherm displacement slope spectra reveal a wave number-dependence characteristic of turbulence in the inertial-convective subrange ( math formula) at wavelengths between 0.14 and 100 m. The first event captured by the AUV was transient, and occurred near the edge of a bottom-intensified energetic eddy. Our observations imply that both horizontal advection of warm water and vertical mixing of it into the plume are eddy-driven and go hand in hand in entraining ambient water into the DSO plume. The second event was found to be a stationary feature on the upstream side of a topographic elevation located in the plume pathway. Flow-topography interaction is suggested to drive the intense mixing at this site.
Assessment of antibacterial, thrombolytic and cytotoxic potential of Cassia alata seed oil

Cassia alata is a pan tropical shrub. It has been reported to have medicinal activities like laxative effect and active against ringworm, skin diseases and ulcer. The leaf extract of this plant has shown antibacterial activity. In this study, seed oil extracted from Cassia alata , was studied for Antibacterial, Thrombolytic and Cytotoxic activity by using in vitro techniques. Chloroform extract of the seed oil was tested for Antibacterial activity using disc diffusion method and that extract showed potent antibacterial activity against both Gram(+) and Gram(-) bacteria. DMSO extract of the seed oil was tested for Brine shrimp lethality bioassay using Brine shrimp nauplii. The LC50 of DMSO extract of Cassia alata seed oil was found to be 250µg/ml, indicates that the oil has moderate pharmacological action. The DMSO extract of the seed oil was also tested for in vitro thrombolytic activity. The extract showed reasonable thrombolytic activity against negative control (water). Further investigation on the plant is required to confirm their pharmacological activity and thereby utilizing them as useful medicinal plant.
Paropsis charybdis defoliation of Eucalyptus stands in New Zealand's Central North Island.

Paropsis charybdis, the most serious pest of Eucalyptus in New Zealand, was controlled with the introduced Australian egg parasitoid Enoggera nassaui in the late 1980s. Using frass traps to monitor P. charybdis populations, we report that pest outbreaks still occur, resulting in heavy defoliation of susceptible Eucalyptus species. The results suggest that the presence of large larval populations and commensurate defoliation result from poor spring parasitism by the parasitoid. A second wave of P. charybdis oviposition is effectively attacked, preventing late season defoliation by larvae. A climatic mismatch of E. nassaui is suspected to be the cause of this poor performance.
Virtual Learning Approach in Vocational Initial Teacher Training

Virtual Electronic Learning in Vocational Initial Teacher Training project aims to develop th e use and management of virtual learning environments in the area of vocational teacher training, drawing on a w ell established international partnership of institutio ns providing both technical and educational expertise. This paper gives an overall picture of results and produ cts of the collaboration. We touch upon the aims, the assessments and the learning process of using "Basic teaching skills" module in detail. The main coopera tive and collaborative devices are presented in virtual learning environment. The communication during collaborative learning, the structured debate on discussion board and the efficiency of collaborativ e learning in VLE are interpreted at the end of this paper.
The metal–insulator transition in the strongly correlated layered compound NaγCoO2 induced by dilute Mn doping

Structure, transport and magnetic properties have been investigated for the layered materials NaγCo1−xMnxO2 (). With increase of the Mn concentration, the in-plane lattice parameter a decreases while the lattice parameter c increases. 3% Mn doping can result in a metal–insulator transition. The temperature dependence of the magnetization of the samples obeys the Curie–Weiss law and the effective moment of the magnetic ions increases with doping. Electron energy-loss spectroscopy measurement shows that the Co valence is about 3.3 and remains unchanged upon doping. However, the valence of Mn increases rapidly with doping and reaches 3.7 ± 0.1 for the sample with x = 0.5. The results are discussed in terms of the disorder effect induced by doping of magnetic ions. This work demonstrates that the structure, transport and magnetic properties of NaγCoO2 are very sensitive to doping with magnetic ions.
Design and optimization of self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems of simvastatin aiming dissolution enhancement

The aim of this work was to improve the in vitro dissolution of simvastatin through development of self-nanoemulsifying tablets. Various modified oils, surfactant and co-surfactant mixtures were used to prepare different self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems (SNEDDS) whose composition was optimized using drug-solubility, ternary phase diagram, system stability and droplet size distribution studies. Optimized SNEDDSs, with acceptable surfactant ratio, stability and particle size (nano-range) upon dilution with simulated gastric fluid (SGF, pH 1.2) under gentle agitation conditions, were loaded onto microcrystalline cellulose and nano-size colloidal silicon dioxide powders using loading factor (Lf) = 0.2 and excipient ratio (R) = 20. Prepared powders were compressed into tablets and the in vitroperformance of the prepared self-nanoemulsifying tablets was investigated. Results revealed that systems with 10% relatively polar oils (C8), 60% Cremophore® RH 40 (surfactant), and 30% Transcutol® HP (co-surfactant), acquired good self-nanoemulsification properties either in liquid or tableted forms. Prepared self-nanoemulsifying tablets demonstrated significantly higher dissolution rates, compared to direct compression tablets (DCT) and marketed tablet (Zocor®). In conclusion, self-nanoemulsifying tablets were able to introduce simvastatin successfully in a unique immediate-release solid dosage form. Key words: Simvastatin, self-nanoemulsifying tablets, self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems (SNEDDS), droplet size.
Design of a multi-electrode array to measure cardiac conductivities

Accurate determination of cardiac tissue parameters is essential in bidomain models that simulate the electrical activity of the heart and thereby contribute to understanding cardiovascular disease. Recent experimental work indicated the need for six parameters, which measure electrical conductivity in two domains (extracellular and intracellular), along and across the cardiac fibres within a sheet and also between sheets. This is in contrast to the available experimentally determined conductivities, which are sets of four values, where it is assumed that conductivities across the fibres within a sheet and between the fibre sheets are equal. This study presents a mathematical model that incorporates six bidomain conductivities. It also discusses the design of a multi-electrode array and inversion method to retrieve these
USP 1 deubiquitinase : cellular functions , regulatory mechanisms and emerging potential as target in cancer therapy

Reversible protein ubiquitination is emerging as a key process for maintaining cell homeostasis, and the enzymes that participate in this process, in particular E3 ubiquitin ligases and deubiquitinases (DUBs), are increasingly being regarded as candidates for drug discovery. Human DUBs are a group of approximately 100 proteins, whose cellular functions and regulatory mechanisms remain, with some exceptions, poorly characterized. One of the bestcharacterized human DUBs is ubiquitin-specific protease 1 (USP1), which plays an important role in the cellular response to DNA damage. USP1 levels, localization and activity are modulated through several mechanisms, including protein-protein interactions, autocleavage/degradation and phosphorylation, ensuring that USP1 function is carried out in a properly regulated spatio-temporal manner. Importantly, USP1 expression is deregulated in certain types of human cancer, suggesting that USP1 could represent a valid target in cancer therapy. This view has gained recent support with the finding that USP1 inhibition may contribute to revert cisplatin resistance in an in vitro model of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Here, we describe the current knowledge on the cellular functions and regulatory mechanisms of USP1. We also summarize USP1 alterations found in cancer, combining data from the literature and public databases with our own data. Finally, we discuss the emerging potential of USP1 as a target, integrating published data with our novel findings on the effects of the USP1 inhibitor pimozide in combination with cisplatin in NSCLC cells.
Automated , web-based environment for daily fire risk assessment in New Caledonia

In New Caledonia, the increasing number, frequency, and extent of fires represent both a danger to human life and a threat to ecosystems conservation in an area considered to be a sanctuary of biodiversity. A four-year study was carried out in the framework of the INC research project to better understand why fires start and to improve fire prevention. Based on satellite observations, a model was built to calculate the risk of fire ignition, together with a Bayesian network to link data on social, environmental, and climatological risk factors. The model and environmental, geological, and topographical data can be used to assess the impacts of fire on biodiversity and erosion. The purpose of this paper is to present a tool designed to produce on-the-fly maps showing fire risk obtained. This web-based tool implements the model built during the research project and provides fire risk maps every day thanks to an automated recovery of climate data. The user only has to select the date of interest in order that the tool manages all the process of maps creation and display. Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) is an international organization in which governments, trade research, and non-profit structures collaborate to implement open standards related to services and geospatial content, as well as GIS data processing and sharing. The presented tool has been made with some standards specified by OGC (Geography Markup Language, Web Map Service), allowing it to be interoperable with other systems that implements OGC standards. An online tool that exploits live results of the model and automated filling of a database enables identification of high fire risk sites. It then facilitates the task of land and environmental management by combining geographic data on location of water resources and roads that can be used to reach the potentially dangerous sites of fires.