Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Interannual Variation of a 12,760 km Transequatorial Ionospheric Channel Availability and Its Dependence on Ionization

The ionosphere provides a channel able for long-haul and Non-Line-Of-Sight (NLOS) communications. Nonetheless, the amount of ionization depends on the Sun activity, whose diurnal and seasonal cycles transform the channel constantly. La Salle and the Observatori de l’Ebre have been sounding a 12,760 km ionospheric channel from Antarctica (62.7°S, 299.6°E) to Spain (41.0°N, 1.0°E) in order to find this evidence and to analyze the characteristics of this particular channel. The final goal of the project is to establish a stable communications link to be used as backup or for low rate data transmission. The aim of this paper is to prove the relation between the channel availability and the Sun phenomena affecting the ionization in four consecutive sounding campaigns.
(Mis)understanding Classical Economics

In 1936, Keynes published The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, one of the most influential books in economics of the twentieth century. With this publication, Keynes has confused and will continue to confuse generations of economists as to what classical economics means. This short essay argues that the 'classical economists' whom Keynes referred to in The General Theory were actually those economists who primarily employed 'marginal methods' in economics.
Evaluation of Optimal Condition for Recombinant Bacterial Ghost Vaccine Production with Four Different Antigens of Streptococcus iniae-enolase, GAPDH, sagA, piaA

A vector harboring double cassettes; a heterologous gene expression cassette of pHCE-InaN-antigen and a ghost formation cassette of pλPR-cI-E lysis 37 SDM was constructed and introduced to E. coli DH5α. For the production of a bacterial ghost vaccine, bacterial ghosts from E. coli / Streptococcus iniae with four different types of antigens - enolase, GAPDH, sagA and piaA - were produced by the optimization of fermentation parameters such as a glucose concentration of 1 g/l, agitation of 300 rpm and aeration of 1 vvm. Efficiency of ghost bacteria formation was evaluated with cultures of OD 600 =1.0, 2.0 and 3.0. The efficiency of the ghost bacteria formation was 99.54, 99.67, 99.99 and 99.99% with inductions at OD 600 =3.0, 1.0, 2.0 and 1.0 for E. coli / S. iniae antigens enolase, piaA, GAPDH and sagA, respectively. Ghost bacteria as a vaccine was harvested by centrifugation. The antigen protein expressions were analyzed by SDS-PAGE and western blot analysis, and the molecular weights of the enolase, piaA, GAPDH and sagA were 78, 26, 67 and 26 kDa, respectively. The molecular weights of the expressed antigens were consistent with theoretical sizes obtained from the amino acid sequences.
Control of offset field and pinning stability in perpendicular magnetic tunnelling junctions with synthetic antiferromagnetic coupling multilayer

In a magnetic tunnelling junction (MTJ) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA), offset field (Ho) of the free layer is usually controlled by using a synthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) coupling structure, which is composed of an antiferromagnetic coupling (AFC) layer sandwiched by two ferromagnetic (FM) layers. However, Ho increases significantly as the size of MTJ devices shrinks to accommodate high density. In addition, magnetostatic field in PMA SAF structure tends to destabilize the antiferromagnetic (AFM) alignment of the SAF layers, in contrast to the in-plane anisotropy SAF, where the closed flux forms stable AFM magnetic configuration. Here, we present a double SAF structure to control Ho, while maintaining high magnetic stability of the reference layer (RL). The double SAF consists of FM1/AFC/FM2/AFC/FM3 multilayer. An AFM layer like PtMn is added to further stabilize the magnetic configuration of the double SAF. As the magnetization of other FM layers (FM1 and FM2) is aligned oppositely, the.
Necrosis in Human Cystic Echinococcosis: An Underrecognized Tissue Reaction Possibly Related to Host Response

Aim: As Echinococcosis stands out worldwide as an important zoonotic cestode infection caused by various Echinococcus species, histopathological features of the disease are worthy of in-depth study. Materials and Methods: Histopathological changes in adjacent parenchymal tissue in patients with cystic echinococcosis (CE) were evaluated. The study included 91 patients 4-80 years of age (mean age: 36.24 years). Results: The histopathological findings of 83 specimens were as follows: fibrosis: 77.11%; mono-nucleated cells: 71.08%; necrosis: 67.47%; eosinophils: 51.80%; giant cells: 31.33%; neutrophils: 8.43%. Fibrosis, eosinophils, neutrophils, and giant cell infiltration were observed significantly more often than mono-nucleated cell infiltration, germinal membranes, and protoscolex existence (P < 0.01). Necrosis was noted adjacent to the acellular laminated layer in host parenchymal tissue. Liver and kidneys were significantly more prone to necrosis than other localizations (P < 0.01). Necrosis was seen significantly more often in patients with higher IHA titration positivity (P < 0.01). Conclusions: As necrosis has not been previously considered in CE, histopathological examination in necrosis-dominant cyst walls should be evaluated for a differential diagnosis. One possible explanation for necrosis as a histopathological finding in CE could be that it occurs as a natural course of its immunopathogenesis.
The Role of Customer Relationship Management on Enhancing the Customers’ Satisfaction in the Banks in Palestine

The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of customer relationship management on customers’ satisfaction in the banks in Palestine. The primary data was collected from Palestinian Banking Employees. Based on the multiple regression analysis and person correlation tests, this paper finds these results that the regression indicated these two predictors: CRM system integration and Service quality explained 64.2% of the variance (R²= 0.642, F (5,223) =50.222, P< 0.05). The scholars’ found that service quality significantly predicted customers’ satisfaction (s=.191=, p=0.001), as did CRM system integration (s=.727=, p=0.000). In addition, study finds that there is a positive significant relationship between customer relationship management dimensions and customers satisfaction. Finally, this study recommended keeping the effective communication between CRM and the bank’s customers.
Inactivation Effects of Non-Thermal Atmospheric-Pressure Helium Plasma Jet on Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

The antimicrobial effects and mechanism of helium atmospheric-pressure plasma jet (APPJ) treatment on Staphylococcus aureus biofilms are evaluated in vitro. The S. aureus biofilms are more resistant to the plasma treatment than adherent bacteria. The APPJ-treated S. aureus biofilms disclose a depth/layer-related intra-bacterial ROS accumulation effect. Plasma exposure may induce bacterial oxidative stress and trigger the production of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the biofilms, which possibly contributes to bacteria death in addition to direct etching from the exterior of bacteria. The findings provide insights into the mechanism of biofilm inactivation by plasma reactive species and plasma-induced intracellular ROS.
Analysis of factors influencing reported housing maintenance costs in Sweden’s public and private rental sectors

The reported maintenance costs per unit area within the public rental housing sector in Sweden are consistently higher than those within the private rental sector. This paper uses crosssectional panel data analysis as well as a questionnaire survey sent to 196 managers in the private and public housing sectors to identify the factors that might explain this divergence. The findings indicate that “fundamental” factors such as the age of the houses or the composition of the tenants cannot explain the observed difference. However how the activities are classified and the timing of the measures are factors that can. The conclusions from the study are that the public companies should act more as the private sector in their accounting; wait longer than they currently do before carrying out some renovations; and that they should be more stringent when determining the resources to spend on large-scale maintenance and/or renovation projects.
Authentication of Voters using the Domain Driven Design (DDD) Architecture for Electronic Voting Systems

The primary goal of each voting system is to ensure that only the eligible voters should be able to cast their ballots to the respective candidates. Therefore, electronic voting systems need to provide a transparent and trusted authentication process. Traditional paper-based voting schemes involve manual authentication of voters and use paper ballots to cast by the voters. This manual procedure is susceptible to time wasting, ballot snatching, lacks voter privacy, and raises questions about the integrity of fair election. Thus, the electronic voting systems are becoming more demanding to overcome these flaws of paper-based voting schemes. This paper works on the authentication of the voter and proposes a new authentication process that is suitable for simultaneous access of millions of voters. In this authentication process, many voters can have simultaneous access to the voting web page without interruption while providing multifactor authentication. We particularly consider general elections in the populated countries like Bangladesh, China, and India where the number of voters is extremely high. The authentication process that is presented in this paper uses the Domain Driven Design (DDD) architecture. The voters’ mobile number, National Identification (NID) number and biometric serial number are verified during the authentication process. The voting web page is designed using the Active Server Page (ASP.NET). The ASP page is then connected to the Microsoft Structured Query Language (SQL) server database. The ASP page is served from an Internet Information Services (IIS) server.
Intelligent methods for active noise and vibration control

This paper presents an overview of intelligent soft computing techniques within the framework of active control of noise and vibration. Tools considered include genetic algorithms (GAs), neural networks (NNs) and fuzzy logic (FL). The paper highlights associated merits and potential benefits of the approaches in modelling and control of dynamic systems. These are demonstrated in the control of noise in free-field propagation and vibration suppression in 1D and 2D flexible structures. The paper shows that the potential benefits of the individual components can be exploited and approaches for design and development of hybrid soft-computing algorithms devised for modelling and control of dynamic systems. It is demonstrated that significant benefits in terms of performance can be gained with such hybrid algorithms. Keywords: active noise control, active vibration control, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, neural networks, modelling of dynamic systems.
QUANTIFICATION OF MACRODISPERSION IN LABORATORY- SCALE HETEROGENEOUS POROUS FORMATIONS

Solute transport in groundwater is significantly influenced by the heterogeneity associated with spatial distribution of the hydraulic conductivity. Understanding solute transport behavior in heterogeneous flow fields is fundamental to develop appropriate models in aquifer management. In this study, laboratory-scale two-dimensional tracer experiments were carried out in a 1 m length, 1 m height and 0.03 m thickness sandbox to quantify solute macrodispersion phenomena in heterogeneous porous formation. Dye tracer of Brilliant Blue FCF mixed with NaCl was applied as a pulse type source and subsequent transport behavior of dye was recorded with digital camera. In addition to the spatial moment approach, temporal moment approach was also applied to estimate the longitudinal macrodispersivity by means of NaCl concentrations at an observation point in the flow field. The experimental results indicated that longitudinal and transverse macrodispersivity were larger than those in homogeneous formation. Moreover, it was revealed that both macrodispersivities in longitudinal and lateral directions have a non-dependency of the regional flow rates. Laboratory study was extended by the comparison with other studies, indicating adequate results in a suitable quantification range.
Antioxidant activities of dithiol alpha-lipoic acid

Alpha-lipoic acid, a dithiol compound derived from octanoic acid, which acts as a coenzyme for several redox reactions in almost all the tissue of the body. It retains its protective functions in both oxidized and reduced forms. Alpha-lipoic acid reduces oxidative stress by redox generation of other antioxidants such as vitamin C, E and increasing the intracellular glutathione. Exogenous alpha-lipoic acid has been shown to increase ATP production due to its role in the oxidation of pyruvate and alpha-ketoglutarate in the mitochondria. Alpha-lipoic acid administration has been shown to be effective in preventing pathology in various experimental models in which reactive oxygen species have been implicated.
A Response to Vaithianathans the Failure of Corporitisation: Public Hospitals in New Zealand

Rhema Vaithianathan's article The Failure of Corporatisation: Public Hospitals in New Zealand (Agenda 6(4) 1999 325-338) argues that corporatisation of New Zealand's public hospitals failed to yield the expected efficiency results due to the failure to recognise that the change in formal authority from an executive team comprised of medical staff to one comprised of professional managers belied the unchanged nature of real authority which remained with medical staff and in particular with doctors.However this explanation fails to recognise that the model on which it was based has been applied successfully for many years in New Zealand's private nonprofit hospitals. These nonprofit hospitals are managed by professional managers are staffed in most instances by the same medical personnel as the state-owned hospitals and are constrained by essentially the same "political ownership" issues of separation of legal and beneficial ownership and real and formal control as the public system. Hence the issue is not one of failure of corporatisation per se but a fundamental failure by policy-makers to sufficiently scope and fully understand the range of stakeholders' rights impacted by the change.
Fetal Infant Mortality Review: The Next Step in Addressing Infant Mortality in Tarrant County

Objective: An examination of the Fetal Infant Mortality Review process to identify key components of existing programs to gather information for the creation of a Tarrant County FIMR. This report seeks to examine the FIMR model and the possible impact on infant mortality through the development and implementation of recommendations. Methods: This report collected information from surveys of FIMR sites on experiences and lessons learned. The main focus involves sites that developed and implemented recommendations. Results: Although there were differences in operations and infrastructure, the success of the FIMR model is attributed to the ability to implement recommendations. Conclusion: Implementing recommendations that are comprehensive and provide interventions on multiple levels can impact infant mortality within a particular community (Strobino, Misra, and Grason, 2004). Creating strong collaborations to obtain maternal/familial interviews appear to be an important factor can affect the recommendation process, and the overall effectiveness of the review
Evaluating and integrating corporate social responsibility standards: Implications for CSR concepts

Standards play a major role when concepts of corporate social responsiblity (CSR) ought to be implemented and corporate social performance (CSP) ought to be assessed. Ethical reasoning and stakeholders’ expectations help to measure companies’ intentions to implement CSR standards and to measure their efficiency. With different standards of CSR (company standards, industry standards, multi-stakehorder standards and independent standards) companies may implement we categorize and evaluate those standards and give advice which opportunities but also threats may arise for companies when implementing such codes within firm-specific CSR concepts. We suggest a combination of different standards and replenish them with firm-specific codes of conduct.
MONITORING CHANGES OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES SUPPLY AND DEMAND PATTERN IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LIAONING URBAN AGGLOMERATIONS, CHINA USING LANDSAT IMAGES

Abstract. Indentifying the spatio-temporal patterns of ecosystem services supply and demand and the driving forces is of great significance to the regional ecological security and sustainable socio-economic development. Due to long term and high-intensity development, the ecological environment in central and southern Liaoning urban agglomerations has been greatly destroyed thereafter has restricted sustainable development in this region. Based on Landsat ETM and OLI images, land use of this urban agglomeration in 2005, 2010 and 2015 was extracted. The integrative index of multiple-ecosystem services (IMES) was used to quantify the supply (IMESs), demand (IMESd) and balance (IMESb) of multiple-ecosystem services, The spatial patterns of ecosystem services and its dynamics for the period of 2005–2015 were revealed. The multiple regression and stepwise regression analysis were used to explore relationships between ecosystem services and socioeconomic factors. The results showed that the IMESs of the region increased by 2.93 %, whereas IMESd dropped 38 %. The undersupplied area was reduced to 2. The IMESs and IMESb were mainly negatively correlated with gross domestic product (GDP), population density, foreign investment and industrial output, while GDP per capita and the number of teachers had significant positive impacts on ecosystem services supply. The positive correlation between IMESd and GDP, population density and foreign investment were found. The ecosystem services models were established. Supply and balance of multiple-ecosystem services were positively correlated with population density, but the demand was the opposite. The results can provide some reference value for the coordinately economic and ecological development in the study area.
Expression of Claudin⁃1 in prostate cancer and its clinical pathological correlation

收稿日期:2017-03-22;接受日期:2017-04-04 基金项目:浙江省金华市科技局重点科研基金项目(2017-03-016) 作者简介:张春霆。 博士,副主任医师。 研究方向:前列腺疾病。 E⁃mail:zhangchunting11@ sina.com 通讯作者:孔 丽。 硕士,副教授。 研究方向:解剖学。 E⁃mail:183085520@ qq.com. Expression of Claudin⁃1 in prostate cancer and its clinical pathological correlation ZHANG Chun⁃Ting, ZHOU Guo⁃Hong, LU Rong, KONG Li Zhejiang University Jinhua Hospital, Jinhua Central Hospital, Jinhua 321000, China; Shanxi Eye Hospital, Taiyuan 030002, China; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jinhua People􀆳s Hospital, Jinhua 321000, China; Department of Anatomy, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, China
Foreign acquisition and plant survival

This paper analyses the effect of foreign acquisition on the survival probability using plant level data on the Swedish manufacturing industries during the period 1993-2002. The results, controlling for possible endogeneity of the acquisition dummy using an IV and propensity score matching approach, and also controlling for plant productivity and other plant and firm specific characteristics, suggest that acquisition by foreign owners increases the lifetime of the acquired plants by 15-20 percent as compared to non-acquired plants. An improvement as compared to previous studies is that we are able to separate the targeted plants into plants within Swedish MNEs, within Swedish exporting non-MNEs, and purely domestic firms before foreign takeover. The result indicates that plants of targeted Swedish exporting nonMNE have higher survival rates than non-acquired plants. However, plants of targeted Swedish MNEs and of purely domestic firms do not experience such positive survival effects.
Characterization of Ketoprofen/Methyl-β-Cyclodextrin Complexes Prepared Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Complexes of methyl-β-cyclodextrin and ketoprofen, a crystalline anti-inflammatory drug with poor water solubility, have been prepared for the first time in the presence of supercritical CO2 at 40°C and 20 MPa. The supercritical treatment allows these pharmaceutical formulations to be prepared without the use of any auxiliary agents or organic solvents. The treated samples were characterized through differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffractometry, and the Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy to exclude the presence of crystalline drug and check the formation of the complexes. The increase of the drug dissolution rate was investigated performing in vitro release tests in aqueous solutions. The results showed that the supercritical treatment can be an efficient method to obtain inclusion complexes with enhanced release kinetics. The operating methods of the release tests, that is, the “tablet method” or the “dispersed amount method,” affected both the dissolution rate and its dependence on the drug amount in the samples. On the contrary, the variation of the pH of the dissolution medium did not show any effect on the release rate of the supercritical complexes.
Port strategy in the era of supply chain management: the case of Hong Kong

This article studies port strategy from a supply chain perspective considering the case of Hong Kong. Hong Kong port used to be the world’s busiest container port, but it is now in danger of losing its hub status due to rising competition from neighboring lower-cost rivals. The analysis shows that Hong Kong’s free port status and world-class customs clearance offer the port a sustainable and considerable advantage to shorten transit time. The port is thus a strategic fit for the shipping of high-value and time-sensitive cargoes, and should pursue an agile strategy for a responsive supply chain. It is imperative for the port to strengthen its core competencies in agility by retaining a favorable position in port rotation with shipping lines and raising the efficiency of barging. Further reducing cost substantially would be beneficial, but might not be feasible and should not be the primary nor sole focus of policy makers and port operators.
Strong Long-Range Relaxations of Structural Defects in Graphene Simulated Using a New Semiempirical Potential

We present a new semiempirical potential for graphene, which includes also an out-of-plane energy term. This novel potential is developed from density functional theory (DFT) calculations for small numbers of atoms and can be used for configurations with millions of atoms. Our simulations show that buckling caused by typical defects such as the Stone–Wales (SW) defect extends to hundreds of nanometers. Surprisingly, this long-range relaxation lowers the defect formation energy dramatically—by a factor of 2 or 3—implying that previously published DFT-calculated defect formation energies suffer from large systematic errors. We also show the applicability of the novel potential to other long-range defects including line dislocations and grain boundaries, all of which exhibit pronounced out-of-plane relaxations. We show that the energy as a function of dislocation separation diverges logarithmically for flat graphene but converges to a constant for free-standing buckled graphene. A potential in which the atom.