Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
PERANCANGAN MUROTTAL OTOMATIS MENGGUNAKAN MIKROKONTROLLER ARDUINO MEGA 2560

The research Scheme of Automatic Murottal Use Microkontroller Arduino Mega 2560 designed to facilitate work of custodian of mosque when seedang not residing in place so that when time of sholat have almost arrive hence appliance of ni can turn around holy sentence bouncing movement Al Qu'An automatically. Research Laboratory of Hardware Study Program Computer Engineering Faculty Computer Science University of Dehasen Bengkulu, In July - September 2015. Data method which used in this research Method Documentation, Observation, and Study Book.Result of from this research obtained Conclusion that is automatic murottal can use Application Ianguage of Program Visual Basic 6.0 can be by 2 the way of that is: Automatically and Manual, Automatically by chosening letter to turning around and lead the time twiddling before adzan fill the air, while manually will be controlled to Application appearance with clicking one of the button exist in application of interface computer. Keyword: Real Time Clock (RTC), Microkontroller Arduino Mega 2560, Ianguage of Visual Basic 6.0 program
New Partnerships for Efa: Building on Experience

Global Education Initiative have launched a new programme, “Partnerships for Education”(PfE). PfE aims to create a global coalition for multistakeholder partnerships for education, including the private sector, in order to advance progress towards the objectives of Education for All (EFA). To this end, PfE will carry out studies and develop tools and frameworks for the establishment, implementation and evaluation of multi-stakeholder partnerships. It will build capacity for implementation at the country, regional and global levels, through decision support, sharing of good practice, advocacy, evaluation, and the mobilization of practitioners, donors, governments and experts. This study was commissioned to help lay the groundwork for PfE in complement to a set of case studies and the development of a database to document good practice. It defines basic concepts and surveys the hopes, expectations, needs and pitfalls in partnerships for education. It provides recommendations for action as well as avenues for reflection. It is intended for development practitioners at the international and country levels.
Condensed Matter and Interphases

A review of the literature is devoted to the patterns of the electrodeposition of zinc-nickel alloys including the kinetics of cathodic reduction of zinc, nickel, and zinc-nickel alloys in ammonium chloride, sulphate, and glycinate deposition electrolytes. We studied the data on the effectiveness of the corrosion resistance of zinc-nickel coatings and summarised the principal patterns of selective dissolution of the Zn-Ni alloys. The role of the addition of glycine to an ammonium chloride deposition electrolyte was determined in the modification of the morphological and anticorrosive properties of the coatings.
Electrophoretic Deposition of Hydroxyapatite

The purpose of this study was to investigate the deposition of the hydroxyapatite (HA) coating via the electrophoresis procedure. The HA deposition was performed in an ethanol, methanol, acetone and isopropanol suspension. Methanol was found to be the best deposition media. Among the different environmental conditions, including the encapsulation of the samples under two vacuum types of pressure (10 -5 -10 -4 and 2×10 -2 Torr) and also the purge of the argon gas in the tube-like furnace, the optimum environment was the one demonstrating the encapsulation under the vacuum pressure of 2×10 -2 Torr (washing with argon gas of 99.9% purity). After the examination of 3 sintering temperatures (1020, 1050 and 1100 oC), the sintering temperature at 1050 oC illustrated the most desired results. The samples sintered under these conditions were apparently intact, most of the interfacial part of the coating was found to be attached to the substrate surface irregularities and no single cracks were observed.
The palaeozoic palynostratigraphy of the Karoo supergroup and palynofacies insight into palaeoenvironmental interpretations, Kalahari Karoo Basin, Botswana

Late Carboniferous to Permian strata of the Lower Karoo sequence in the Kalahari Karoo Basin, Botswana, contains suitably preserved palynomorphs for biostratigraphic classifications. All taxa described from eight out of the nine coreholes sampled for the study comprise sixty-eight genera made of one hundred and sixty-five miospore species, eleven arcritarchs species, seven prasinophytes species, and 1 chlorophyte species. Two wellsampled coreholes, namely STRAT 1 and CKP6, have lacial facies, to warm and drier conditions during deposition of the lower Ecca sequences. Palaeoclimatic conditions ultimately turned wet during middle Ecca times generating coal-forming settings. Palaeoenvironmental interpretations based on palynofacies data indicate a predominantly proximal palaeo-depositional setting for the entire Lower Karoo sequence at STRAT 1 borehole. The broader depositional environment transformed from glacial sub-environments, during deposition of the Dwyka Group, into a relatively wider basin punctuated by some rare marine incursions, in the early Ecca Group, and ultimately developing into a deltaic system.
Freezing of Biological Tissues During Cryosurgery Using Hyperbolic Heat Conduction Model

This paper considers hyperbolic heat conduction model for biological tissue freezing during cryosurgery with non ideal property of tissue, metabolism and blood perfusion. Mathematical model is solved numerically using finite difference method to obtain temperature distribution and phase change interfaces in tissue during freezing. The effects of phase lag of heat flux in hyperbolic bio-heat model on freezing process are studied. Comparative study of parabolic and hyperbolic bio-heat models is also made here.
La inflación permanente y latente en España: una perspectiva macroeconómica

Permanent and latent inflation in Spain: A macroeconomic approach Direct use of price indices may make it difficult to distinguish between changes in relative prices and the sustained overall price rises that define an inflationary situation. To tackle this problem, several approaches are commonly used. They range from excluding specific index components to the use of univariate signal extraction techniques. In this paper, the analysis is multivariate and we adopt an structural dynamic model with long run identify- ing restrictions. We estimate, for the period 1970-1993, two measures of trend inflation:
Collaborative Ranking With 17 Parameters

The primary application of collaborate filtering (CF) is to recommend a small set of items to a user, which entails ranking. Most approaches, however, formulate the CF problem as rating prediction, overlooking the ranking perspective. In this work we present a method for collaborative ranking that leverages the strengths of the two main CF approaches, neighborhood- and model-based. Our novel method is highly efficient, with only seventeen parameters to optimize and a single hyperparameter to tune, and beats the state-of-the-art collaborative ranking methods. We also show that parameters learned on datasets from one item domain yield excellent results on a dataset from very different item domain, without any retraining.
Information access. Building a "GenBank" of the published literature.

Since the time of the great library of Alexandria, scholars have recognized the value of central repositories of knowledge. As scientists, we are particularly dependent on ready and unimpeded access to our published literature, the only permanent record of our ideas, discoveries, and research results, upon which future scientific activity and progress are based. The growth of the Internet is changing the way we access this literature, as more scientific journals produce online editions to supplement or replace printed versions. We urge journal publishers, their editors, and all working scientists to join together to create public, electronic archives of the scientific literature, containing complete copies of all published scientific papers.
Rapid molecular assays for the detection of the four dengue viruses in infected mosquitoes [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]

The pantropic emergence of severe dengue disease can partly be attributed to the co-circulation of different dengue viruses (DENVs) in the same geographical location. Effective monitoring for circulation of each of the four DENVs is critical to inform disease mitigation strategies. In low resource settings, this can be effectively achieved by utilizing inexpensive, rapid, sensitive and specific assays to detect viruses in mosquito populations. In this study, we developed four rapid DENV tests with direct applicability for low-resource virus surveillance in mosquitoes. The test protocols utilize a novel sample preparation step, a single-temperature isothermal amplification, and a simple lateral flow detection. Analytical sensitivity testing demonstrated tests could detect down to 1,000 copies/µL of virus-specific DENV RNA, and analytical specificity testing indicated tests were highly specific for their respective virus, and did not detect closely related flaviviruses. DENV-1 test showed 90% diagnostic sensitivity (55.50% to 99.75%, n=10) together with 100% diagnostic specificity (CI: 48–100%). Our tests reduce the operational time required to perform mosquito infection status surveillance testing from > two hours to only 35 minutes, and have potential to improve accessibility of mosquito screening, improving monitoring and control strategies in low-income countries most affected by dengue outbreaks.
PULSED VACUUM OSMOTIC DEHYDRATION OF GARLIC BULBS FOLLOWED BY MICROWAVE DRYING

The combination of pulsed vacuum osmotic dehydration and microwave drying of garlic bulbs were examined. The response surface methodology (RSM) was used to determine the effect of NaCl concentration (8%-20%), osmotic solution temperature (25-65°C), operation pressure (240-830 mbar), immersion time (20-300 min) and microwave power level (100-600 W) on water loss (WL), solids gain (SG), weight reduction (WR), hardness and shrinkage of samples. Analysis of the results showed that by increasing the osmotic solution concentration, temperature and immersion time, WL and WR will increase. The effect on SG was almost the same as WL except the effect of temperature. Increasing temperature resulted in an initial increase in SG for a period of time, followed by a decrease. NaCl concentration, temperature and immersion time showed the significant influence on hardness.
Deoxycorticosterone Acetate Salt Hypertension in Apolipoprotein E−/− Mice Results in Accelerated Atherosclerosis: The Role of Angiotensin II

Previous studies have shown that administration of angiotensin II to atherosclerosis-prone animal models results in an increase in the extent of atherosclerosis and that this effect may be independent of changes in blood pressure. We sought to determine whether atherosclerosis was increased in the setting of a low renin model of hypertension. Apolipoprotein E–deficient mice were made hypertensive using the deoxycorticosterone acetate salt model. We found that this resulted in a dramatic increase in the atherosclerotic lesion area in the setting of either a low- or high-fat diet. In the hypertensive animals, we observed an increase in angiotensin II staining that was localized to the adventitial macrophages. The increase in atherosclerosis was inhibited by administration of an angiotensin receptor antagonist, an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor, or a renin inhibitor. In addition, blood pressure reduction, with either a calcium channel blocker or hydralazine, reduced the extent of atherosclerosis indicating an important contribution of the mechanical effects of elevated blood pressure. These data suggest that, even in the setting of hypertension that is not associated with activation of the systemic renin-angiotensin system, local generation of angiotensin II within the arterial wall may be of pathophysiological relevance to the development of atherosclerosis.
Semantic Journal Mapping for Search Visualization in a Large Scale Article Digital Library

In this paper we examine the scalability and utility of semantically mapping (visualizing) journals in a large scale (5.7+ million) science, technology and medical article digital library. This work is part of a larger research effort to evaluate semantic journal and article mapping for search query results refinement and visual contextualization in a large scale digital library. In this work the Semantic Vectors software package is parallelized and evaluated to create semantic distances between 2365 journals, from the sum of their full-text. This is used to create a journal semantic map whose production does scale and whose results are comparable to other maps of the scientific literature.
Association of polymorphisms in the CSN2, CSN3, LGB and LALBA genes with milk production traits in Holstein cows raised in Turkey

A polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) test was performed on DNA samples extracted from blood samples of 189 Holstein Friesian cows to detect genotypic distribution of polymorphic markers in the bovine beta-casein (CSN2), kappa-casein (CSN3), beta-lactoglobulin (LGB) and alfa-lactalbumin (LALBA) genes responsible for milk production traits. Statistical analysis was carried out using least square methods of the general linear model (GLM) procedure. CSN2 locus was significantly associated with the following traits: 305-day milk yield, days before peak milk production, fat percentage and protein yield. There was no significant effect of CSN3, LGB and LALBA markers on the traits analysed. These results suggested that CSN2 marker may be evaluated in selection programmes regarding not only milk content but also milk production.
Holocene peatland development and hydrological variability inferred from bog‐pine dendrochronology and peat stratigraphy – a case study from southern Sweden

Dendrochronological analysis was applied to subfossil remains of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) buried in a South Swedish peat deposit. In combination with peat stratigraphy, this approach was explored for its potential to provide information on the local hydrological and depositional history at the site, forming the basis for a regional palaeohydrological analysis. A 726‐year ring‐width chronology was developed and assigned an absolute age of 7233–6508 cal a BP (5284–4559 BC) through cross‐dating with German bog‐pine chronologies, whereas two short additional records of older ages were radiocarbon dated. Registration of growth positions of individual trees allowed assessment of the spatial dynamics of the pine population in response to hydrological changes and peatland ontogeny. Annually resolved growth variability patterns in the pine population reveal several establishment and degeneration phases, probably reflecting fluctuations in bog‐surface wetness. A major establishment phase at 7200–6900 cal a BP reflects the onset of a period of lowered groundwater level, also indicated by increased peat humification, and a development consistent with regional temperature and lake level reconstructions revealed from other proxies. This study demonstrates that subfossil bog‐pine populations may provide annually to decadally resolved reconstructions of local groundwater variability, which are highly relevant in a long‐term palaeoclimatic context. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Land Cover Based Landscape Pattern Dynamics of Anhui Province Using GlobCover and MCD12Q1 Global Land Cover Products

The development and free distribution of global land cover (GLC) products have greatly assisted in the evolution and analysis of relationships between land cover and landscape pattern. In this study, GlobCover and MCD12Q1 GLC datasets of 2005 and 2009 were comparatively used to analyze the variation of land cover in Anhui Province, China at both the class and landscape scale. The land cover classification schemes of both datasets were firstly reclassified to six types of forestland, grassland, wetland, cropland, artificial area, and others, and then FRAGSTATS was used to calculate the landscape indices. The results showed that from 2005 to 2009, the area density of ‘cropland’ landscape decreased, and it increased for ‘wetland’ and ‘artificial area’. The landscape fragmentation of ‘forestland’ and ‘grassland’ were larger. Moreover, over the same period, the class edge (CE) of ‘cropland’ was diminished; while the CE of ‘wetland’ was enhanced and the aggregation became larger. Conversely, the aggregation and shape complexity of ‘artificial area’ remained the same. The clumpiness index (CLUMPY) of ‘cropland’ varied from 0.8995 to 0.9050, indicating a higher aggregation and more concentrated distribution. The heterogeneity index (HT) value of MCD12Q1 and GlobCover datasets varied, respectively, from 0.9642 to 0.9053 and from 0.8867 to 0.8751, demonstrating that the landscape heterogeneity of Anhui Province was reduced from 2005 to 2009. Driving force analysis (DFA) was just performed for ‘artificial area’, ‘cropland’, and ‘wetland’ according to the 2005–2009 statistical yearbook data, because they were apt to be affected by human activities over a relatively short period of time.
The local, the global, and the authentic: Language change and the construction of authenticity in Bequia

Abstract This paper examines processes of authentication in Paget Farm, one of the communities in creole-speaking Bequia (St Vincent and the Grenadines). The study is based on sociolinguistic interviews with two generations of Bequia speakers, adolescents and their grandparents, recorded in the course of semiethnographic fieldwork. Several variants of past temporal reference were analysed: bare verbs (I go yesterday) vs. inflected verbs (I went yesterday), and preverbal been (I been go yesterday) - a stigmatised, “old-fashioned”, basilectal form (Patrick 1999). This paper not only shows that authenticity, rather than being a constant quality of a speech community, is linguistically and socially constructed, but also considers speakers’ motivations behind this process. Crucial to authentication are the social meanings of linguistic variables, local ideologies, as well as the larger socio-economic context. Moreover, I demonstrate that creole speaking communities, where the relationship between the global and the local is particularly strong, provide an especially fruitful area for research on authenticity
Digital Array Radar for Ballistic Missile Defense and Counter-Stealth Systems Analysis and Parameter Tradeoff Study

Abstract : United States Navy (USN) sources indicate a need for long-range shipboard radar for the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program to augment and expand the USN's current capabilities. The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) conducted a study on radar architecture research based on a digital Opportunistic Array (OA) integrated into a ship's hull. Our research defined the operational and technical requirements for the system, called the Digital Array Radar for BMD and Counter-stealth (DARBC). Initial analysis included characterization of the threat and definition of the Concept of Operations (CONOPS). Basic operational Key Performance Parameters (KPPs) were defined. Based on a notional ballistic missile Radar Cross Section (RCS), a radar technical parameters study derived the technical requirements for the radar necessary to meet the KPPs. Related research topics included radar parameter sensitivity, cooling, search pattern options, Electronic Attack (EA), ship flexure, topside array layout, supportability, and cost. Finally, reaction time modeling was conducted to quantify the increase in search volume and decision making time using the DARBC.
Profile of phenolic compounds, DPPH-scavenging and anti α-amylase activity of black rice bran fermented with Rhizopus oligosporus.

Fermentation by the solid state fermentation (SSF) technique is an alternative method that may increase bioactive compounds and their functionality due to enzymatic activities. This study evaluated the effect of the fermentation time of black rice bran on the bioactive compound profile and the antioxidant and anti-α-amylase activities of the compounds. Fermentation was performed by using Rhizopus oligosporus (R. oligosporus) for 0, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours. Fermented rice bran samples were collected every 24 h. The results showed that the bioactive compounds in black rice bran significantly increased (p < 0.05) during fermentation. Further significant increases were found for DPPH free radical scavenging activity (76.91 ± 0.06%) and α-amylase inhibition (73.05 ± 0.25%) in fermented (96 h) black rice bran compared to those in non-fermented bran (0 h). It was confirmed that fermentation had a significant effect on increasing the amount and activity of bioactive compounds in black rice bran.
Phonon Dynamics in Parent and Superconducting FeAs Compounds

R. Mittal,1, 2, ∗ M. Zbiri,3 S. Rols,3 Y. Su,2 Y. Xiao,4 S. L. Chaplot,1 H. Schober,3 M. Johnson,3 T. Chatterji,5 S. Matsuishi,6 H. Hosono,6 and T. Brueckel2, 4 Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai 400 085, India Juelich Centre for Neutron Science, IFF, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Outstation at FRM II, Lichtenbergstr. 1, D-85747 Garching, Germany Institut Laue-Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France Institut fuer Festkoerperforschung, Forschungszentrum Juelich, D-52425 Juelich, Germany Juelich Centre for Neutron Science, Forschungszentrum Juelich, Outstation at Institut Laue-Langevin, BP 156, 38042 Grenoble Cedex 9, France Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan (Received April 12, 2010)
P-Wave Scattering in the Earth's Crust and Upper Mantle

Summary The codas which follow P-phase onsets on seismic records can be interpreted in terms of waves scattered from random inhomogeneities in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. In particular, the so-called precursors to PP have travel times and slownesses consistent with the interpretation of these signals as waves scattered from direct P-waves incident at the Earth's surface at distances greater than about 20° from either the source or receiver. Significant differences between recordings at the Warramunga array of PP precursors from two Novaya Zemlya explosions are extremely difficult to account for on any interpretation previously suggested, but are fully consistent with the random variations to be expected on the proposed scattering mechanism. The present interpretation accounts for the major observed features of P codas, including their durations and the variations in slowness along the trains. Precursors to P°P can also be interpreted as scattering phenomena. Thus the interpretation removes the need to postulate sharp reflecting discontinuities in the uppermost few hundred kilometres of the upper mantle.