Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Tectonics of the Kyushu-Ryukyu arc as evidenced from seismicity and focal mechanism of shallow to intermediate-depth earthquakes

Tectonic features of the Kyushu-Ryukyu arc have been investigated in detail, on the basis of seismicity and focal mechanism of shallow to intermediate-depth earthquakes with magnitudes around and greater than 5.0. All shallow earthquakes in the Hyuga-nada region east of Kyushu are characterized by low-angled thrust faulting, which may be directly related to the underthrusting of the Philippine Sea plate beneath southwest Japan. Their frequent occurrence, dissected fault regions and somewhat large stress drop, in comparison with great earthquakes along the Nankai trough, may be attributed either to local stress concentration due to the contortion of the subducting plate resulting from southwestward warping of the trough, or to heterogeneous structure extending northward from the Kyushu-Palau ridge.The shape of the Wadati-Benioff zone and the stress state within the descending lithosphere show marked differences between the northern and southern Ryukyu arcs bounded by the Tokara channel; the dip of the zone at depths below 100km reaches 70° in the northern arc, while it decreases to 40-50° in the southern section. Focal mechanisms of intermediate-depth earthquakes show down-dip tension and down-dip compression within the northern and southern parts of the lithosphere, respectively. Two interpretations may be possible of the above differential subduction, both of which are attributed to the difference in shear resistance to the subduction; one is due to a difference in the convergence plate velocities, and the other to that in the physical properties such as viscosity and density in the surrounding mantle in relation to volcanism. For lower resistance, the lithosphere will sink rather smoothly into the asthenosphere, which is dragged down by a gravitational pull with high dip angles and will be in a tensional state, whereas the subducting lithosphere will be subjected to compressional stress and have low dip angles if it receives higher resistance.
Four Distinct Membrane-bound Dipeptidase RNAs Are Differentially Expressed and Show Discordant Regulation with γ-Glutamyl Transpeptidase*

Membrane-bound dipeptidase (MBD) participates in the degradation of glutathione by cleaving the cysteinyl-glycine bond of cystinyl bisglycine (oxidized cysteinyl-glycine) following removal of a γ-glutamyl group by γ-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT). In the mouse, MBD RNA is most abundant in small intestine, kidney, and lung and is represented by four distinct RNA species. These are generated by transcription from two promoters located 6 kilobases apart in the 5′ flanking region of the gene and by the use of two different poly(A) addition sites. Promoter I is used primarily in small intestine and kidney, whereas promoter II is most active in lung and kidney. We found a discordance in the expected co-expression of MBD and GGT; as expected, MBD and GGT are both expressed at high levels in the kidney and small intestine. However, in the lung, MBD is expressed at high levels, whereas GGT is almost undetectable. The reverse is true in the seminal vesicles and fetal liver. Thus, although both enzymes may function in concert to metabolize glutathione in kidney and small intestine, in other tissues they appear to act independently, suggesting that they have independent roles in other biological processes.
Implementation of a reliable load sharing strategy between battery and ultra-capacitor on a prototype electric vehicle

In this study, a battery and ultra-capacitor (UC) hybrid electric vehicular system is proposed. The battery supplies the long term energy requirements of the vehicle while UC is employed for picking up the transient load variations that can seriously damage the electrochemical structure of the battery. An experimental assessment of the constructed vehicle prototype of such hybrid structure is realized under a real time drive cycle. The proposed system provides the advantages of eliminating of the supervisory control system necessity as well as realizing a more reliable local control approach based on voltage regulation compared to current based control approaches.
Hysteresis and scale in catchment storage, flow and transport

The closure problem of representing hydrological boundary fluxes given the state of the system has been described as the scientific ‘Holy Grail’ of hydrology. This relationship between storage state and flux should be hysteretic and scale dependent because of the differences between velocities and celerities in a hydrological system—effectively velocities are storage controlled, and celerities are controlled by storage deficits. To improve our understanding of the nature of these relationships a new hydrology model is used (the Multiple Interacting Pathways or MIPs model) to explore the influence of catchment scale on storage–flow–transport relationships, and their non‐linearities. The MIPs model has been shown to produce acceptable simulations of both flow and tracer, i.e. of both celerities and velocities, at the Gårdsjön catchment in Sweden. In this study the model is used to simulate scaled versions of the Gårdsjön catchment to allow us for the first time to investigate the influence of scale on the non‐linearities in storage–flow–transport relationships, and help us steer the quest for the scientific hydrological ‘Holy Grail’. The simulations reveal the influence of scale on flow response in the nature of storage–discharge hysteresis and its links with antecedent storage; fractal‐like systematic change of mean output travel times with scale; the effect of scale on input, output and storage residence time distributions; hysteric relations between storage and output travel times and links between storage and water table level hysteresis. © 2015 The Authors. Hydrological Processes published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
3D Object pose estimation from binarized images

This paper discusses a 3D object pose estimation problem in which binarized images are used. Assuming that a CAD model of the object of interest is available, minimization of the difference between the captured and rendered images is considered. To make this minimization feasible in the situation where only binarized images are available, we propose to render a higher-resolution image at first and then resize it to the original size with help of an anti-alias filter. The simulated results show that the proposed method performs well as long as the given image offers sufficient clues.
Quality assessment program as contribution for the SIBi/USP management.

It addresses the relevance of the quality assessment processes as instruments of support for managing information services. It describes the implementation of the Product and Service Quality Assessment Program (PAQ) of University of Sao Paulo’s Integrated Library System (SIBi/USP), reporting two phases performed so far. Phase one, performed in 2002, assessed products and services of SIBi’ libraries by means of questionnaires and interview for data collection. Five electronic questionnaires were applied comprising the SERVQUAL – tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy dimensions and an interview was applied to library users, using three questions. Phase two of PAQ was performed in 2005 by means of electronic form with a view to detecting the users’ needs as to SIBi Service Network resources SIBiNet (http://www.usp.br/sibi). The methodology adopted included the critical incident method for data collection and SERVQUAL dimensions for result categorization. The analysis has taken into account USP users, non-USP users and the System’s technical team. Results indicate the need of immediate improvement implementation in SIBi’s site and reassert the importance of the Program in adjusting SIBi/USP services to the users’ needs as a System’s managerial tool.
Information strategy and organization structure

Abstract. The information systems literature has taken little recognition of developments in the areas of organization structure and design. The concentration of professional practice has been on management information systems for ‘big business’ and ‘book‐keeping’ systems for smaller businesses. This is a very limited view of the overall needs for information in organizations. Organizations may take many forms, and the nature of information systems that are needed will vary depending upon the particular form taken. This paper works from the organization structure literature towards a theory of information systems structure and strategy. Illustrative cases that support the hypotheses are described.
[An influence of mental stress, related to parachute jumping, on ACTH and cortizol hormones concentration in blood serum].

AIM The purpose of this research was to estimate an influence of parachute jumps on the level of ACTH and cortizol hormones among professional soldiers from air-borne forces. METHODS The investigation was carried out on 46 professional soldiers from 16 Air-Borne Battalion, patients of the outpatient department--SPZOZ JW. 4495, men at 20 to 45 age, healthy--admitted to parachute jumping in air-borne forces. They were divided into groups according to their knowledge and an experience in parachuting. Venous blood samples were taken to examine the level of ACTH and cortizol hormones three times during experiment: on a free day, day of parachute jumping and 24hrs after jump. Additionally in order to estimate the level of nervous tension and mental stress, in every stage of the experiment, personal questionnaires in accordance with STAI were carried out. RESULTS The results show the influence of psychological stress related to parachute jumps on the level of ACTH and cortizol hormones depending on experience in parachuting.
Reliable Sensing for Crowd Management in Cloud-Centric Internet of Things

Modern technology is rapidly altering and enhancing all aspects of our lives. The communication sector has been improving continuously. The Cloud computing is a game changing phase of IT that promises several benefits but the challenges too need to be considered when planning for Cloud adoption. Cloud computing is aimed at providing IT as a service to the cloud users on-demand basis with greater flexibility, scalability, reliability and availability with utility computing model. Cloud computing model can enable provisioning of sensing services through mobile phones, namely Sensing-as aService (S 2 aaS). In this paper, we study S 2 aaS over socialnet working services for crowd management problem where malicious users report false sensor readings leading to severe disinformation at the crowd control platform. To this end, we propose Trustworthy Sensing for Crowd Management (TSCM)which is a reputation-based crowd management scheme over the cloud platform where sensing data is collected from smart phones based on an auction mechanism. Sensing-as-a-Service (S2aaS) is a cloud-inspired service model which enables access to the IoT. The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm denotes the pervasive and ubiquitous interconnection of billions of embedded devices that can be uniquely identified, localized, and communicated. IoT architecture can be implemented as either Internet centric or object centric. The former aims at provisioning services within the Internet, where data are contributed by the objects whereas the latter aims at provisioning services via network of smart objects. Scalability and cost efficiency of IoT services can be achieved by the integration of cloud-computing into the IoT architecture, i.e., cloud-centric IoT.
Ge CMOS: Breakthroughs of nFETs (Imax=714 mA/mm, gmax=590 mS/mm) by recessed channel and S/D

We report a new approach to realize the Ge CMOS technology based on the recessed channel and source/drain (S/D). Both junctionless (JL) nFETs and pFETs are integrated on a common GeOI substrate. The recessed S/D process greatly improves the Ge n-contacts. A record high maximum drain current (I<sub>max</sub>) of 714 mA/mm and trans-conductance (g<sub>max</sub>) of 590 mS/mm, high I<sub>on</sub>/I<sub>off</sub> ratio of 1×10<sup>5</sup> are archived at channel length (L<sub>ch</sub>) of 60 nm on the nFETs. Scalability studies on Ge nFETs are conducted in sub-100 nm region down to 25 nm for the first time. Considering the Fermi level (E<sub>F</sub>) pining near the valence band edge (EV) of Ge, a novel hybrid CMOS structure with the inversion-mode (IM) Ge pFET and the JL accumulation-mode (JAM) Ge nFET is proposed.
Regulation of the bgl operon of Escherichia coli by transcriptional antitermination.

The bgl operon of Escherichia coli encodes all functions necessary for the regulated uptake and utilization of aryl beta‐glucosides. The operon is unusual, however, in that it is cryptic in wild‐type strains, requiring activation by mutational events. The vast majority of these mutations are due to transposition of insertion elements into the promoter region of the operon. In this report we show that integration of IS5 into the vicinity of the bgl promoter (P0) enhances its activity by greater than 60‐fold thereby activating the operon. In the activated state the operon is subject to induction by substrate. Recent studies have shown that induction of the bgl operon by substrate involves antitermination within the leader of the operon. We now show that substrate‐dependent regulation involves specific termination/antitermination of transcription at two signal structures flanking the first gene of the operon, bglG. Antitermination is mediated by the product of gene bglG. In the absence of substrate this antitermination is prevented by the action of the product of gene bglF (the second gene of the operon), which encodes the beta‐glucoside‐specific transport protein (enzymeIIBgl of the phosphoenolpyruvate‐dependent phosphotransferase system, PTS) resulting in repression of the operon. The bgl promoter (P0) is not subject to substrate‐dependent regulation. The bgl operon has two additional promoters (P1 and P2) located within the terminators, which could also participate in regulation.
Association Analysis: Basic Concepts and Algorithms

Many business enterprises accumulate large quantities of data from their dayto-day operations. For example, huge amounts of customer purchase data are collected daily at the checkout counters of grocery stores. Table 5.1 gives an example of such data, commonly known as market basket transactions. Each row in this table corresponds to a transaction, which contains a unique identifier labeled TID and a set of items bought by a given customer. Retailers are interested in analyzing the data to learn about the purchasing behavior of their customers. Such valuable information can be used to support a variety of business-related applications such as marketing promotions, inventory management, and customer relationship management. This chapter presents a methodology known as association analysis, which is useful for discovering interesting relationships hidden in large data sets. The uncovered relationships can be represented in the form of sets of items present in many transactions, which are known as frequent itemsets,
Year : 2009 CompactPSH : An Efficient Transitive TFT Incentive Scheme for Peer-to-Peer Networks

Incentive schemes in Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks are necessary to discourage free-riding. One example is the Tit-for-Tat (TFT) incentive scheme, a variant of which is used in BitTorrent to encourage peers to upload. TFT uses data from local observations making it suitable for systems with direct reciprocity. This paper presents CompactPSH, an incentive scheme that works with direct and indirect reciprocity. CompactPSH allows peers to establish indirect reciprocity by finding intermediate peers, thus enabling trade with more peers and capitalizing on more resources. CompactPSH finds transitive paths while keeping the overhead of additional messages low. In a P2P file-sharing scenario based on input data from a large BitTorrent tracker, CompactPSH was found to exploit more reciprocity than TFT which enabled more chunks to be downloaded. As a consequence, peers are allowed to be stricter to fight white-washing without compromising performance.
Mitochondrial Function in Cell Wall Glycoprotein Synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC 625 (Wild Type) and [rho0] Mutants

ABSTRACT We studied phosphopeptidomannans (PPMs) of two Saccharomyces cerevisiae NCYC 625 strains (S. diastaticus): a wild type strain grown aerobically, anaerobically, and in the presence of antimycin and a [rho0] mutant grown aerobically and anaerobically. The aerobic wild-type cultures were highly flocculent, but all others were weakly flocculent. Ligands implicated in flocculation of mutants or antimycin-treated cells were not aggregated as much by concanavalin A as were those of the wild type. The [rho0] mutants and antimycin-treated cells differ from the wild type in PPM composition and invertase, acid phosphatase, and glucoamylase activities. PPMs extracted from different cells differ in the protein but not in the glycosidic moiety. The PPMs were less stable in mitochondrion-deficient cells than in wild-type cells grown aerobically, and this difference may be attributable to defective mitochondrial function during cell wall synthesis. The reduced flocculation of cells grown in the presence of antimycin, under anaerobiosis, or carrying a [rho0] mutation may be the consequence of alterations of PPM structures which are the ligands of lectins, both involved in this cell-cell recognition phenomenon. These respiratory chain alterations also affect peripheral, biologically active glycoproteins such as extracellular enzymes and peripheral PPMs.
Isolation and Characterization of Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) Produced by a Halo Tolerant Marine Bacterium Isolated from Coastal Sand Dune Plants

Halotolerant bacteria are capable of tolerating the presence of saline stress and can even survive in the absence of saline stress. This study was done to enhance Indole Acetic Acid production by media optimization and then to isolate the same. The work starts with sub culturing of the 46 halotolerant rhizobacterial (HTRB) strains from the culture collection of previously isolated bacteria. These HTRB strains were screened for the production of Indole Acetic Acid and further quantified with UV-VIS spectrophotometer. It has been found that strain AMET7041 has produced higher amount of IAA and hence was selected for further studies. Media parameters such as Carbon, Nitrogen, Tryptone and Salinity were altered for enhanced IAA production. The optimized parameters were used to mass culture strain AMET7041. Further, the IAA responsible for the plant growth promotion was also isolated, separated and authenticated via standard methodologies. The culture filtrate was concentrated and then components separated using silica gel column chromatography. The IAA was separated using various concentrations of solvents Hexane and Chloroform in silica gel column chromatography and its identity was confirmed in TLC as well as UV Visible spectroscopy.
Parallelizing Wavelet Transformation with a Reduction Style Framework

There is an increasing trend towards parallel processing and data processing using cloud environments. Simple APIs for expressing parallelism, such as map-reduce, are popular in cloud environments, but their expressibility is generally considered limited. This paper focuses on how a signal processing algorithm, wavelet transform, can be parallelized in a cloud environment comprising a cluster of multi-cores using a reduction-based framework. Particularly, we use a framework, FREERIDE, which has many similarities with map-reduce, but its API involves an explicit reduction object. We show how all communication in this algorithm can be managed using a reduction object. Besides programming with a simpler model, we also achieve good parallel efficiency, with a speedup of up to 42 on 64 cores.
The HRM of Foreign MNCs Operating in Europe

Europe has been a major destination for foreign direct investment as one of the triad economies with the USA and Japan. MNCs have brought not just financial resources but also human resources and, in many cases, particular ways of managing workforces from their home base. Transferring HRM practices could be highly complex and challenging, as human resources are the most country-bounded resources. Foreign MNCs operating in Europe face cross-national challenges stemming from the process of transfer and adaptation of HRM practices, due to the uniqueness of European traditions as well as the national diversity within Europe in relation to employment relations. This paper examines how MNCs from three different countries - the USA and Japan, the two other triad economies, and South Korea, a home base of emerging MNCs - have dealt with the challenges in managing human resources in their European operations within the given institutional contexts.
Back EMF based sensorless BLDC drive using filtered line voltage difference

In this paper, a position sensorless brushless direct current (BLDC) drive operation is described. Detection of back EMF zero crossing from line voltage difference is employed here for the sensorless drive operation. The line voltage difference gives an amplified version of back EMF which makes the sensorless operation possible. Low pass filters are used for eliminating the spikes in the wave form and to provide the necessary delay required for the proper commutation of switches. Neutral potential is not needed for obtaining the commutation pulses. Sample and hold circuit is also not needed since the use of filter eliminates the spikes. Proposed sensorless drive is simulated using MATLAB/ SIMULINK and effectiveness of the method is verified.
Study of Healthy Risks of Fertilizers on Biochemical Parameters in Workers

In order to evaluate the effects of the fertilizers NPK (nitrate, phosphate and potassium) toxicity, a study has been carried out on 34 workers of storage and distribution agricultural manures, exposed to phosphate and nitrate derivatives. The workers were divided into two groups according to age. Several biochemical parameters assay were measured. The results of assays are compared to standards and unexposed populations considered control. The results of biochemical parameters have shown not difference between control group and the exposed groups. Only, the results of biochemical parameters of TGP, creatinine reveals a significant increase and decrease of TGO in the two groups compared to the control.
Performance of optimum and suboptimum combining at the antenna array of a W-CDMA system

The performance of an array of antennas combined with a RAKE receiver at the base station of a wideband code division multiple access system with quaternary phase shift keying modulation is investigated for single-user reception. This receiver structure is also known as a multidimensional RAKE receiver. Expressions for the interference correlation matrix are derived, and subsequently, an analysis of the error probability is provided. With regard to antenna weights, the optimum combining linear receiver, which takes into account the spatial distribution of all the users in the system, is compared with the suboptimum combining receiver (SOC), which exploits knowledge of the desired user array vector only. It is shown how the two receivers, ideal in the sense that perfect channel estimation is assumed, achieve very similar performances under realistic conditions. Consequently, the investigated pilot assisted combining receiver, which estimates the channel based on limited overhead, calculates weights according to the SOC strategy by a very simple algorithm.