Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Higher education governance in crisis: a critical reflection on the massification of higher education, graduate employment and social mobility

In the last few decades, higher education expansion is becoming increasingly a growing trend in the Asia and Pacific region. With strong conviction to produce more people better equipped with knowledge and skills for coping with the challenges of the globalizing economy, many governments in the Asia and Pacific region have increased higher education enrolments. The massification of higher education has generated significant pressure for graduate employment and eventually affected upward social mobility, with imbalanced supply and demand in terms of higher education graduates. This article sets out against the context highlighted above to critically examine the influence on Asian societies when these higher education enrolments are expanded, as well as its consequences to graduate employment and the impact on social mobility.
Electrically controllable optical switch based on one-dimensional photonic crystal

Electrooptical switch within narrow spectral range has been demonstrated. The switch consisting of one-dimensional photonic crystal with a nematic liquid crystal defect layer was placed between two crossed polarizers. Principle of operation is based on the interference of the ordinary and extraordinary light waves passed across the device due to the electric-field induced coincidence of their wavelengths.
The 'digital native' and 'digital immigrant': a dangerous opposition

This paper is presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) December 2007. Introduction The distinction between the digital ‘native’ and the digital ‘immigrant’ has become a commonlyaccepted trope within higher education and its broader cultural contexts, as a way of mapping and understanding the rapid technological changes which are re-forming our learning spaces, and ourselves as subjects in the digital age. Young people have grown up with computers and the internet, the argument goes, and are naturally proficient with new digital technologies and spaces, while older people will always be a step behind/apart in their dealings with the digital. What is more, young learners’ immersion in digital technologies creates in them a radically different approach to learning, one which is concerned above all with speed of access, instant gratification, impatience with linear thinking and the ability to multi-task. Teachers, we are told, have a duty to adapt their methods to this new way of learning – are required, in fact, to re-constitute themselves according to the terms of the ‘native’ in order to remain relevant and, presumably, employable (for example Prensky 2001, Oblinger 2003, Long 2005, Barnes et al 2007, Thompson 2007).
Parameter estimation and convergence analysis for a class of canonical dynamic systems by extended kalman filter

There were many researches about the parameter estimation of canonical dynamic systems recently. Extended Kalman filter (EKF) is a popular parameter estimation method in virtue of its easy applications. This paper focuses on parameter estimation for a class of canonical dynamic systems by EKF. By constructing associated differential equation, the convergence of EKF parameter estimation for the canonical dynamic systems is analyzed. And the simulation demonstrates the good performance.
Methods to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake With and Without a Decrease in Fat Intake: Compliance and Effects on Body Weight in the Nutrition and Breast Health Study

Dietary patterns that involve a decrease in fat and an increase in fruit and vegetable (FV) intake have been suggested to decrease cancer risks. In this study, intervention methods to selectively modify dietary fat and/or FV intakes were developed. Compliance to the diets and the effects on body weight are shown, because both of these dietary changes can impact on and be confounded by changes in energy intake. A total of 122 women with a family history of breast cancer were randomized onto one of four diets for 12 mo. Counseling methods were devised to increase amount and variety of FV consumed with or without a decrease in fat intake using modified exchange list diets. Women on the low-fat and combination low-fat/high-FV diet arms decreased their fat intakes to ~16% of energy. Women on the high-FV and the combination low-fat/high-FV diet arms increased FV intakes to ~11 servings/day. Despite counseling efforts to maintain baseline energy intakes, mean body weight increased significantly by 6 pounds in women in the high-FV diet arm and decreased significantly by 5 pounds in women in the low-fat diet arm. Percent body fat also was increased in the high-FV diet arm and decreased in the low-fat diet arm. Body weight and percent body fat in the combination diet arm did not change significantly. Control of energy intake, therefore, appears to have been achieved only when the addition of FV to the diet was balanced by a decrease in fat intake and both dietary components were enumerated daily. Maintenance of energy intake, therefore, did not appear to be attained intrinsically when individuals were counseled to make changes in the composition of their diets.
Serratia marcescens- a rare opportunistic nosocomial pathogen and measures to limit its spread in hospitalized patients.

BACKGROUND In November 2011, 6 patients who were in the ICU of the Sri Guru Ram Dass Institute of Medical Sciences and Research acquired an infection which was caused by Serratia marcescens. We investigated the cause of the increase in frequency of the isolation of Serratia marcesens from hospitalized patients. METHODS Various samples from patients and environmental sources, which were collected from the ICU of Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research during the 6 month period from November 2011 to April 2011, were included in the study. The isolates from the patients and the surrounding environmental sources were examined by using standard techniques. Further, the isolates of Serratia marcescens were identified, depending upon their biochemical and morphological characteristics. RESULTS Seven isolates of Serratia marcescens were identified (six from the patients in the ICU and one from the soap dispenser in the ICU) among a total of 327 isolates from the clinical samples and 84 isolates were identified from the environmental sources in the ICU. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION An outbreak of the Serratia marcescens infection in the ICU was traced to the extrinsic contamination of the soap dispenser in the ICU, as after the removal of the dispenser, no further case occurred.
Fast Complementary Filter for Attitude Estimation Using Low-Cost MARG Sensors

This paper proposes a novel quaternion-based attitude estimator with magnetic, angular rate, and gravity (MARG) sensor arrays. A new structure of a fixed-gain complementary filter is designed fusing related sensors. To avoid using iterative algorithms, the accelerometer-based attitude determination is transformed into a linear system. Stable solution to this system is obtained via control theory. With only one matrix multiplication, the solution can be computed. Using the increment of the solution, we design a complementary filter that fuses gyroscope and accelerometer together. The proposed filter is fast, since it is free of iteration. We name the proposed filter the fast complementary filter (FCF). To decrease significant effects of unknown magnetic distortion imposing on the magnetometer, a stepwise filtering architecture is designed. The magnetic output is fused with the estimated gravity from gyroscope and accelerometer using a second complementary filter when there is no significant magnetic distortion. Several experiments are carried out on real hardware to show the performance and some comparisons. Results show that the proposed FCF can reach the accuracy of Kalman filter. It successfully finds a balance between estimation accuracy and time consumption. Compared with iterative methods, the proposed FCF has much less convergence speed. Besides, it is shown that the magnetic distortion would not affect the estimated Euler angles.
The changing real estate market transparency in the European real estate markets

Purpose - – Real estate market transparency is an important factor in real estate investment and occupier decision making. The purpose of this paper is to assess real estate transparency over 2004-2014 to determine whether the European real estate markets have become more transparent in a regional and global context. Design/methodology/approach - – Using the JLL real estate transparency index over 2004-2014, changes in real estate market transparency are assessed for 102 real estate markets. This JLL real estate market transparency index is also assessed against corruption levels and business competitiveness in these markets. Findings - – Improvements in real estate transparency are clearly evident in many European real estate markets, with several of these European real estate markets seen to be the major improvers in transparency from a global real estate markets perspective. Practical implications - – Institutional investors and occupiers see real estate market transparency as a key factor in their strategic real estate investment and occupancy decision making. By assessing changes in real estate transparency across 102 real estate markets, investors and occupiers are able to make more informed real estate investment decisions across the global real estate markets. In particular, this relates to both investors and occupiers being able to more fully understand the risk dimensions of their international real estate decisions. Originality/value - – This paper is the first paper to assess the dynamics of real estate market transparency over 2004-2014, with a particular focus on the 33 European real estate markets in a global context to facilitate more informed real estate investment and occupancy decision making.
Impact of Indonesian Commitments and Other Policy Options Under the WTO on the Marcroeconomy, Agriculture and Household Income

This paper attempted to carry out an analysis of the actual impact of Indonesia's commitments including other policy options under the WTO. Using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, the study analyzed three policy options involving tariff reduction as follows: (1) The government adopts the existing reduction in applied tariff on agricultural and non agricultural sectors, (2) The government adopts only 50% of the existing tariff reduction, and (3) The government goes to full liberalization by removing tariff in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors, that is, tariff is set at zero level. Results showed that the tariff reduction generally caused an increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and aggregate output. However, some macroeconomic variables such as terms of trade, export price index, trade balance, and tariff revenues have been adversely affected. Likewise, output of some sectors in agriculture declined due to tariff reduction including the horticulture industry (fruits, vegetables), non-food agriculture (other crops), and beverage crops (rubber, sugarcane, coconut, oil palm, tobacco, coffee, tea, clove, fibre, and other estate crops). The tariff cut has also reduced the nominal household income. However, household consumption still increased due to lower prices following tariff reduction. Adoption of only 50% of the existing tariff reduction has less impact on the macroeconomy, agriculture and income of different household groups. In contrast, maintaining the present commitment on tariff reduction would have greater impact. The greatest impact would be when the government reduces applied tariff to zero on both sectors. This study suggests that the government should provide strong support to facilitate the development of the horticulture industry, non-food agriculture, and beverage crops sectors. Tariff reduction on these sectors should be undertaken gradually to minimize the social cost of adjustment. The government should provide compensation to household groups adversely affected by tariff reduction through either an increase in government transfers or a decrease in the personal income tax rate or both. Since these measures will affect the fiscal position of the country, the government should improve the competitiveness of agricultural export industries with high potentials for market expansion through the development of agricultural processing technology.
Integrated allelic, transcriptional, and phenomic dissection of the cardiac effects of titin truncations in health and disease

Truncating variants of the giant protein titin cause dilated cardiomyopathy when they occur toward the protein’s carboxyl terminus and in highly expressed exons. What Happens When Titins Are Trimmed? The most common form of inherited heart failure, dilated cardiomyopathy, can be caused by mutations in a mammoth heart protein, appropriately called titin. Now, Roberts et al. sort out which titin mutations cause disease and why some people can carry certain titin mutations but remain perfectly healthy. In an exhaustive survey of more than 5200 people, with and without cardiomyopathy, the authors sequenced the titin gene and measured its corresponding RNA and protein levels. The alterations in titin were truncating mutations, which cause short nonfunctional versions of the RNA or protein. These defects produced cardiomyopathy when they occurred closer to the protein’s carboxyl terminus and in exons that were abundantly transcribed. The titin-truncating mutations that occur in the general population tended not to have these characteristics and were usually benign. This new detailed understanding of the molecular basis of dilated cardiomyopathy penetrance will promote better disease management and accelerate rational patient stratification. The recent discovery of heterozygous human mutations that truncate full-length titin (TTN, an abundant structural, sensory, and signaling filament in muscle) as a common cause of end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) promises new prospects for improving heart failure management. However, realization of this opportunity has been hindered by the burden of TTN-truncating variants (TTNtv) in the general population and uncertainty about their consequences in health or disease. To elucidate the effects of TTNtv, we coupled TTN gene sequencing with cardiac phenotyping in 5267 individuals across the spectrum of cardiac physiology and integrated these data with RNA and protein analyses of human heart tissues. We report diversity of TTN isoform expression in the heart, define the relative inclusion of TTN exons in different isoforms (using the TTN transcript annotations available at http://cardiodb.org/titin), and demonstrate that these data, coupled with the position of the TTNtv, provide a robust strategy to discriminate pathogenic from benign TTNtv. We show that TTNtv is the most common genetic cause of DCM in ambulant patients in the community, identify clinically important manifestations of TTNtv-positive DCM, and define the penetrance and outcomes of TTNtv in the general population. By integrating genetic, transcriptome, and protein analyses, we provide evidence for a length-dependent mechanism of disease. These data inform diagnostic criteria and management strategies for TTNtv-positive DCM patients and for TTNtv that are identified as incidental findings.
Isolated rupture of teres major in a goalkeeper

A complete rupture of the teres major is an extremely rare injury and rarely described in the literature. We report the first case of an isolated rupture of the teres major in a professional football goalkeeper. The diagnosis requires a high degree of suspicion and complementation by image examinations. Conservative treatment has a high success rate with early return to sport.
Cerebrospinal fluid HIV-1 RNA during treatment with ritonavir/saquinavir or ritonavir/saquinavir/stavudine

ObjectiveTo assess the HIV-1-RNA response and drug concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum during treatment with saquinavir (SQV)/ritonavir (RTV) or SQV/RTV plus stavudine (d4T) in HIV-1-infected patients. DesignA multicentre, open-label, randomized controlled trial. MethodsA total of 208 protease inhibitor (PI) and d4T-naive, HIV-1-infected patients were treated with RTV 400 mg twice daily and SQV 400 mg twice daily with or without d4T 40 mg twice daily. Intensification with reverse transcriptase inhibitors was allowed if serum HIV RNA remained above 400 copies/ml after 12 weeks. In 27 volunteers, CSF and serum HIV RNA were measured at baseline, weeks 12 and 48, using the Roche Amplicor and the ultrasensitive assay. In 22 patients, serum and CSF drug concentrations were determined at week 12. ResultsThe median baseline serum and CSF HIV-RNA concentrations were 4.81 and 3.21 log10 copies/ml, respectively. A difference in the proportion of patients with a CSF HIV-RNA level below the limit of quantification (< LLQ) after 12 weeks was found: four out of 14 (RTV/SQV) versus 12 out of 13 (RTV/SQV/d4T) (P = 0.001). The same results were found using the ultrasensitive assay. Patients with a baseline HIV-RNA level < LLQ in CSF remained < LLQ, regardless of the treatment regimen. Treatment with RTV/SQV alone was the only independent predictor of a CSF HIV-RNA level > LLQ at week 12 in logistic regression analysis (P = 0.005). CSF RTV and SQV concentrations were < LLQ in most patients. ConclusionRTV/SQV alone cannot suppress detectable CSF HIV-1-RNA levels to < LLQ after 12 weeks of treatment in the majority of patients. CSF drug concentrations of RTV and SQV < LLQ may explain the suboptimal antiretroviral effect in the CSF.
FeRAM: Next Generation Challenges and Future Directions

Summary form only given: It has already been a couple of decades since FeRAM emerged as a nonvolatile memory with a business reality. The present status is however far away from the blue prints that we figured out in the past. The worldwide market size is still below billion dollars and there are only a few manufacturers actually playing in this field. But very recently, there are some encouraging signs of growth in specific applications such as electronic commerce cards and chips. FeRAM is now being accepted in such applications because of the unique competences that none of other memories have. Although the memory size is still much smaller, FeRAM works at extremely low power and high speed with a high security level. In addition, there is a potential need for a fast and low-power nonvolatile memory that can be integrated in the leading-edge system-on-a-chip (SoC) with the fewest additional mask layers. Here I would like to reconsider what is the difference between FeRAM and the others and how we can maximize the potential performances of FeRAM under the current technology available. In doing this, I believe that we can take a further step to increase business opportunities by changing the paradigm of FeRAM engineering strategy. From such considerations, I like to deduce the keys responsible for FeRAM transition from a niche to mainstream product.
Ocular and nasal irritation in operatives in Lancashire cotton and synthetic fibre mills.

OBJECTIVES--To document the prevalence of work related ocular (eyeWRI) and nasal (noseWRI) irritation in workers in spinning mills of cotton and synthetic textile fibres and to relate the prevalence of symptoms to atopy, byssinotic symptoms, work history, and measured dust concentrations in the personal breathing zone and work area. METHODS--A cross sectional study of 1048 cotton workers and 404 synthetic fibre workers was performed. A respiratory questionnaire was given to 1452 workers (95% of the total available population). Atopy was judged by skin prick tests to three common allergens. Work area cotton dust sampling (WAdust) was carried out according to EH25 guidelines in nine of the 11 spinning mills included in the study. Personal breathing zone dust concentrations were assessed with the IOM sampler to derive total dust exposure (PTdust) and a concentration calculated after the removal of fly (Pless). RESULTS--3.7% of all operatives complained of symptoms of byssinosis, 253 (17.5%) complained of eyeWRI and 165 (11%) of noseWRI. These symptoms did not relate to atopy or byssinosis, or correlate univariately with any measure of cotton dust exposure (noseWRI v WAdust r = 0.153, PTdust r = 0.118, eyeWRI v WAdust r = 0.029, PTdust r = 0.052). Both of these symptoms on logistic regression analysis were related to being of white origin (P < 0.001), female sex (P < 0.001), and younger age (P < 0.001). With regression analysis, there was a negative relation between dust concentration and prevalence of symptoms. CONCLUSION--Work related ocular and nasal irritation are the most common symptoms complained of by cotton textile workers. There was no relation between these symptoms and atopy, byssinosis, or dust concentration. It is likely that they relate to as yet unidentified agents unrelated to concentration of cotton dust.
V-band dipole phased array antennas on extended hemispherical dielectric lenses

A novel V-band 1 × 4 dipole phased array antenna on extended Hemi-spherical dielectric lenses using a microstrip Rotman lens is presented. This phased array antenna employs an integrated lens as a reflector to tilt the main beam in broadside direction. A prototype phased array system is designed with 7 beam ports, 4 array ports, and 8 dummy ports. A 60 GHz four element dipole linear array antenna is proposed with a nonplanar structure to scan over(−40°, +40°).
An efficient thermal energy harvesting and power management for μWatt wearable BioChips

This paper presents an efficient thermal energy harvesting IC (EHIC) that supports a battery-less μWatt system-on-chips. The EHIC consists of an inductor-based DC-DC converter that boosts a low input voltage to a suitable output voltage level. Further, a switched capacitor buck converter is utilized to regulate the boost converter output voltage and to support multiple output voltage levels, namely 0.6V, 0.8V and 1V. In low energy mode and to enhance the efficiency, the EHIC is capable of bypassing the switched capacitor so that the load is driven directly from the boost converter. The prototype chip is fabricated in 65nm CMOS and occupies an area of less than 0.46mm2. Measured results confirm an efficiency of 65% at 0.6V output voltage and 42μW. In addition, the end-to-end peak efficiency is 71% at 0.8V output voltage and 182μW.
Adapting to a Multicultural Future

Humans have an evolved propensity to think categorically about social groups. This propensity is manifest in cognitive processes that have broad implications for public and political endorsement of multicultural policy. Drawing on these principles, we postulate a cognitive-evolutionary account of human adaptation to social diversity. This account explains broad social trends marking a resistance to multiculturalism, while providing an important reorienting call for scholars and policy-makers seeking intervention-based solutions to the problem of prejudice.
Composition and Physical Properties of Enceladus' Surface

Observations of Saturn's satellite Enceladus using Cassini's Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer instrument were obtained during three flybys of Enceladus in 2005. Enceladus' surface is composed mostly of nearly pure water ice except near its south pole, where there are light organics, CO2, and amorphous and crystalline water ice, particularly in the region dubbed the “tiger stripes. ” An upper limit of 5 precipitable nanometers is derived for CO in the atmospheric column above Enceladus, and 2% for NH3 in global surface deposits. Upper limits of 140 kelvin (for a filled pixel) are derived for the temperatures in the tiger stripes.