Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Design and fabrication of an outer rotor permanent magnet synchronous generator with fractional winding for micro‐wind turbines

: Permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) have been widely used in micro-wind turbines (MWTs) for direct-drive applications. The generating maximum power from the PMSGs used in the MWTs is desired. However, cogging torque (CT) and design form of the PMSGs prevent this. Therefore, various methods are applied to reduce the CT of PMSGs in the literature. Some of them are inapplicable and some are the ones that cause power loss. In this study, to overcome the expressed causes, a new design, fabrication, and application of an outer rotor PMSG with fractional winding having a slot–pole combination technique for MWTs have been suggested, designed, and implemented on an MWT. As a result of the new design combination of ±1 or ±2 between the numbers of stator slot ( N S ) and the number of pole-pairs (2p), the ratio of the CT value to the nominal torque value in the new prototyped outer rotor PMSG was found as 6.25%. Finally, the operating power can generate 1029 W through the prototype PMSG with fractional winding having a slot–pole combination technique integrated into the direct-drive MWT system.
Violencia en la pareja en jóvenes mexicanos del mismo sexo: Un estudio exploratorio

Same-sex intimate partner violence is a phenomenon that until recently had not attracted attention in the scientific community, especially in regions such as Latin America, due factors such as heterocentrism, social stigmas and poor visibility contribute to the lack of research about this problem. Therefore, the present investigation was developed with the objective of exploring and describing the presence of violence committed and suffered in same-sex couples. Twenty-nine people participated, 14 women who indicated they were lesbians and 15 men who said they were gay, to whom the Inventory of Violence in Teen Courts (VADRI) was applied. The results show that both sexes tend to be victims and perpetrators of violence within their relationships, which agrees with findings obtained in other researches carried out with heterosexual couples, a result that could indicate that the dynamics of violence do not differ between homosexual and heterosexual couples, since both seem to have a bidirectional nature. In the violence manifested through control, it was found that both sexes are victims and perpetrators, through technological means and social networks, which agrees with findings obtained in studies carried out in heterosexual couples where their high frequency and possible normalization are highlighted.
Corticosteroid Utilization Pattern: A Prospective Study at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital

Objectives: This study aimed to explore the prescribing pattern of steroids among patients from different departments and study the most commonly prescribed corticosteroid medications and the assessment of patient knowledge about the use of corticosteroids. Method: We conducted a prospective observational study on 120 patients receiving corticosteroids in the department of General medicine, Respiratory and Orthopedic in a tertiary care teaching hospital for the period of 6 months. Inpatients between 18-60 years receiving corticosteroid therapy were included in the study, exclusion of those patients who were under critical condition, lactating and nursing mothers and those not willing to sign on inform consent form. Key Findings: The study involved 120 patients to evaluate the appropriate use of corticosteroids. The analysis of prescription was done and 24% of the prescriptions were found with drug interactions the majority of drug interactions were minor (72%), followed by moderate (26%) and no severe interaction was found and 76% were without interactions. Total 29(24.1%) side effects were found in the study due to corticosteroid use, hypertension was detected in 8 (28%), hyperglycemia in 7 (24%), sleep disturbance in 5 (17%), weight gain in 5 (17%) and gastrointestinal upset in 4 (14%). The use of inhaler was improved in patients from 55% to 83%. Conclusions: The study was found to be rational as the majority of interactions were minor, followed by moderate and no severe interaction was found. Greater awareness for use of corticosteroids is essential; therefore, strategies to improve drug safety and better patients outcome. Prevention of side effects and rational prescribing can be better achieved by clinical pharmacist’s intervention in patient care.
Splitting and jetting of cavitation bubbles in thin gaps

We study the dynamics of cavitation bubbles and induced jets in a thin liquid gap bounded by two rigid walls. The bubbles are generated experimentally with a focused laser pulse and are compared to simulations. The gap height $H$ and the distance of the position of bubble nucleation $h$ with respect to the nearest wall are varied. The bubble dynamics is recorded at 500 000 frames per second and is compared to simulation results from the compressible volume of fluid solver based on OpenFOAM that takes into account viscosity and surface tension. Good agreement of the spatio-temporal bubble dynamics between experiments and simulations is obtained. The findings are that the parameter space consists of three regions with distinct jetting dynamics that are characterized by two dimensionless parameters: the normalized gap height, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D702}=H/R_{max}$, where $R_{max}$ is the spherical equivalent radius of the bubble at maximum expansion, and the normalized stand-off distance of the bubble measured from the centre of the gap, $\unicode[STIX]{x1D701}=(H/2-h)/R_{max}$. The three qualitatively distinct jetting behaviours are the transferred jet impacting on the distant wall, the double jet as a result of a bubble splitting and impacting on both walls and the directed jet from a conically shaped bubble impacting on the closest wall. The impact velocity of the liquid jets onto the walls can reach more than $200~\text{m}~\text{s}^{-1}$ and strongly depends on the gap height and bubble position. The simulations reveal that the viscous boundary layers affect the bubble splitting and therefore the directions of jetting. Additionally, we found that with increasing length of the thin gap $L$ the bubble oscillation period increases and converges for sufficiently large gaps.
AISLAMIENTO Y CARACTERIZACIÓN DE UNA BACTERIA HIDROCARBONOCLÁSTICA DE LA REGIÓN DE VALPARAÍSO Y SU APLICACIÓN EN BIORREMEDIACIÓN DE HIDROCARBUROS

Bioremediation is a technology to remove contaminants from polluted sites. This process is usually carried out by degrading bacteria that were isolated based on their catabolic capabilities. The bioremediation of hydrocarbons has been studied as an effective and low-cost approach for the removal of contaminants. The objective of this thesis was to isolate and characterize a novel hydrocarbon-degrading strain and its application in bioremediation of soils contaminated with diesel. It was proposed as hypothesis: From a soil from the Valparaíso Region contaminated with diesel and subjected to a bioremediation process, a hydrocarbon-degrading bacterial strain can be isolated. The specific objectives were : (1) Isolate and identify a hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial strain from a soil contaminated with diesel and subjected to bioremediation; (2) Characterize the isolated hydrocarbonoclastic bacterial strain by microbiological and genetic techniques; (3) Evaluate the hydrocarbons catabolic capabilities of the bacterial isolate. The isolate was obtained from samples of a soil contaminated with diesel. The isolated strain B7 was identified as Achromobacter sp. showing ̴ 99% identity with Achromobacter spanius LMG 5911 with 16S rRNA gen. Strain B7 is able to grow in presence of up to 6% NaCl. The bacteria grew in aromatic hydrocarbons such as biphenyl and naphthalene. Growth was also observed on specific alkanes such as octane, hexane and hexadecane, and on diesel. The phenotypic and genotypic characterization of the bacterial strain B7 suggests that it belong to Achromobacter piechaudii. The degradation of diesel components was monitored by gas chromatography with flame ionization detector (GC-FID). Growth was monitored by measuring colony forming units and turbidity. The degradation of the system inoculated with the B7 strain shows ̴ 95% diesel degradation based on the total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), whereas in the abiotic system 50% diesel removal was achieved. High degradation of hydrocarbons of the C15 C21 range was observed. Due to its hydrocarbon degrading capabilities, strain B7 has the potential to be used as part of a consortium or individually for the bioremediation of hydrocarbons.
Sonar Image Translation Using End to End Network for Underwater Recognition

With the rapid development of sonar technology, the classification of underwater sonar images is of great significance. In order to recognize underwater sonar images more effectively, side scan sonar is used for data acquisition. After pre-processing, six types of sonar images are selected. Combining with the characteristics of underwater sonar images, relevant theories and methods of convolutional neural network are studied to establish an underwater sonar CNN recognition model, which achieves 98.5% recognition success rate. Experiments show that the recognition model can improve the accuracy, speed and robustness of underwater sonar image classification, and can meet the practical application requirements.
Investigations into the role of Trunk in the activation of Torso during the establishment of Drosophila embryonic terminal pattern

Investigations into the role of Trunk in the activation of Torso during the establishment of Drosophila embryonic terminal pattern Samantha Jeanne Chang, M.A. The University of Texas at Austin, 2016 Supervisor: David S. Stein Anterior-posterior polarity in the Drosophila embryo is defined by spatially regulated activation of the transmembrane tyrosine kinase receptor Torso, which is uniformly distributed throughout the early embryo's plasma membrane. How the activation of Torso is restricted only to the termini of the embryo, however, remains largely unknown. Previous studies have shown that the putative Torso ligand, Trunk, contains multiple cleavage sites, and is likely processed into an active ligand in a spatially restricted manner; however, no forms of untagged, native cleaved Trunk products have been detected to date. Additionally, Torso activation is dependent on another protein, Torso-like, but the exact role Torso-like plays in Torso activation has yet to be determined. Here, we provide evidence that the putative ligand for the Torso receptor, Trunk, is likely processed in order to become an active ligand in a spatially restricted manner. Additionally, our data suggest that a disulfide bond exists between two cysteines in the Trunk protein, and that this disulfide bond likely acts to position the putative loop structure of Trunk into a specific confirmation; thus, these structural
Sprint speed is not reduced by exaggerated male weapons in a flower beetleDicronocephalus wallichii

Exaggerated sexually selected traits are assumed to decrease the mobility of bearers. However, previous empirical studies have often failed to support this assumption, possibly because locomotor performance represents the integration of numerous morphological, physiological and behavioural traits. Males of a flower beetle Dicronocephalus wallichii Pouillaude 1914 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) possess elongated forelegs and a pair of exaggerated horns, which are used as dual weapons in male–male competition for mates. We investigated whether these two sexual traits impede the maximum sprint speed on bamboo branches with different angles and thicknesses under laboratory conditions. Our results suggested that no negative relationship exists between relative foreleg length or horn length and sprint speed. Elongated forelegs and horns may entail negligible locomotor costs. Males with longer horns and forelegs were found to have longer midlegs and hindlegs independent of body size. Thus, elongated midlegs and hindlegs in males may enhance balance, stabilize running on bamboo branches and compensate for the locomotor costs of bearing exaggerated weapons. Furthermore, a positive relationship was found between horn length and sprint speed on a horizontal branch. Males with longer horns probably have more energy and/or invest more heavily in appendage musculature. As is known in other animals, male horns of D. wallichii may act as honest indicators of body condition.
Design, Fundamental Principles of Fabrication and Applications of Microreactors

This study highlights the development of small-scale reactors, in the form of microstructures with microchannel networking. Microreactors have achieved an impressive reputation, regarding chemical synthesis ability and their applications in the engineering, pharmaceutical, and biological fields. This review elaborates on the fabrication, construction, and schematic fundamentals in the design of the microreactors and microchannels. The materials used in the fabrication or construction of the microreactors include silicon, polymer, and glass. A general review of the application of microreactors in medical, biological, and engineering fields is carried out and significant improvements in these areas are reported. Finally, we highlight the flow patterns, mixing, and scaling-up of multiphase microreactor developments, with emphasis on the more significant industrial applications.
Thérapie génique de la dystrophie musculaire de duchenne : utilisation de transgènes de la dystrophine chez le modèle canin

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease affecting 1 out of every 3500 boys. This X-linked pathology is characterised by the absence of dystrophin in myofibers. This lack of dystrophin leads to a progressive muscular degeneration. DMD patients die between 17 and 30 years of age. There are currently no curative treatments for this disease. An approach to restore dystrophin in DMD patients is to introduce a transgene coding for this protein into their muscles. This can be done by gene therapy, particularly by ex vivo gene therapy or by electroporation. Even if these 2 techniques have shown good results in mouse models, they have not been used in the dystrophic dog. Two different isoforms of the dystrophin were used in our experiments: the full length dog dystrophin and a shorter version, the dog micro-dystrophin, introduced in a lentivirus backbone. Myoblasts were transduced with this lentivirus and transplanted successfully in immunodeficient mouse. However, the autotransplantation of genetically modified dog myoblasts led to a specific rejection of the grafted cells. A non viral gene therapy (electroporation, i.e., injection of a plasmid followed by a sequence of electric pulses) was used to introduce these two different isoforms of dystrophin in mouse and (normal and dystrophic) dog muscles. The two transgenes were electroporated with success in these muscles. However, a specific immune response was found in some myofibers expressing the transgene in the normal dog (using micro-dystrophin) and in the dystrophic dog (using full length dystrophin). Although the results obtained with the ex vivo gene therapy and with the electroporation were relatively effective in the mouse model, those obtained with the dog model were much lower. Thus, lots of improvements remain to be made in order to consider these two techniques as potential approaches to restore dystrophin in a large animal model and eventually in DMD patients.
High-quality genome assemblies of plant species using third generation genomic technologies and comprehensive genotypic characterization of Arabis inter-species introgression lines

Genomsequenzen sind fur viele molekulare Studien von grundlegender Bedeutung. In den letzten Jahren wurden immer wieder neue kosten- und zeitsparende Losungen gesucht, um Genomsequenzierung zu effizient und korrekt wie moglich zu gestalten. Die Entwicklung der DNA-Sequenzierungsverfahren ging dabei von der traditionellen Sanger-basierten Sequenzierung uber die sogenannten Sequenzierungen der zweiten Generation bis zu den vor kurzem eingefuhrten Technologien der dritten Generation. Genom-Assemblierung mit der ursprunglichen Sanger-basierten Methode war zeitaufwandig und teuer, bzw fuhrte basierend auf der zweiten Generation der Technologien zu fragmentierten Genomsequenzen. Die neuesten Technologien der dritten Generation, also Technologien, die lange DNA Molekule auslesen konnen, versprechen schnelle, kostengunstige Assemblierung von nahezu vollstandigen Genomsequenzen. Sequenzierungsmethoden wie PacBio’s Single Molecular Real-Time (SMRT) und Oxford Nanopore’s MINION Sequenzierungen generieren dabei DNA-Sequenzen mit einer durchschnittlichen Lese-Lange von etwa 10 kb. Daruber hinaus konnen Genomkartierungs-Technologien wie Optische Kartierung und Chromatin-Kontakt-Sequenzierung Strukturinformation uber mehrere hundert kb oder mehrere Mb erstellen. In dieser Arbeit werde ich zunachst die genomischen Technologien der dritten Generation und ihre Anwendungen auf die Pflanzengenom-Assemblierung zusammenfassen und diskutieren, wie sie die besonderen Herausforderungen von heterozygoten und polyploiden Pflanzengenomen in Einleitung uberwinden konnen. In meinem ersten Projekt, beschreibe ich, wie ich zwei der neuen Genomekartierungs-Technologien im Kontext von der Genomassemblierung von drei Verwandten der Modell-Pflanze Arabidopsis thaliana verglichen habe. Beide Technologien fuhrten zu ahnlichen Verbesserungen der Assemblierungsqualitat. Daruber hinaus habe ich Workflows entwickelt, um beide Technologien zu integrieren, umso die Assemblierung nochmals zu verbessern. Im zweiten Projekt stelle ich die Genomassemblierung und Annotation von Arabis montbretiana vor. A. montbretiana ist eine einjahrige Schwester der mehrjahrigen Pflanze A. alpina (deren Genomassemblierung in meinem ersten Projekt beschrieben ist). Die beiden hochwertigen Arabis-Genom-Assemblierungen ermoglichten es uns, die genomische Basis zu untersuchen, die der unterschiedlichen Evolutionen der beiden Pflanzen zugrunde liegt. Interessanterweise zeigte die vergleichende genomische Analyse zwischen A. montbretiana und A. alpina wesentliche genomische Umlagerungen, darunter uber 1.200 translozierte Gene, die heterogene Variationen in den Nachkommen einer Kreuzung aus den beiden Arten erzeugt.
High‐resolution neutron and X‐ray refinement of vitamin B12 coenzyme, C72H100CoN18O17P.17H2O

High-resolution neutron and X-ray diffraction data for vitamin B~2 coenzyme have been obtained with the objective of elucidating the water organization in this crystalline system. Here, details of the data collection and refinement of the individual models are described. Neutron data: Mr = 1939 (assuming exchange of 19 coenzyme H atoms by D atoms and 17 D20 solvent molecules) P~2~212~, a = 27.849 (6), b=21.736 (4), c= 15.368 (3) ~, U=9303 (2) ~s, Z = 4, Dr,, = 1.381 (15), Dx = 1.360 Mg m -3, pyrolyric-graphite monochromator, A = 1.67 ~, /. t = 0.024 mm -~, F(000)=34.13, T=279 (1) K, final R = 0.085 for 5601 significant reflections. X-rayl data: Mr=1939, P212121, a=27.701(7), b=21.608(6), c=15.351(4) A, U=9189(2) A 3, Z=4, Din= 1.381 (15), Dx = 1.401 Mg m -3, Cu Ket radiation, A =
Microstructure Characterization and Corrosion Resistance of Zinc Coating Obtained in a Zn-AlNiBi Galvanizing Bath

The article examines the impact of the addition of Al, Ni, and Bi to a zinc bath on the microstructure and corrosion resistance of hot dip galvanizing coatings. The microstructure on the surface and the cross-section of the coatings obtained in the Zn-AlNiBi bath were examined. The corrosion resistance of the coatings was assessed by the standard neutral salt spray test (EN ISO 9227), the sulfur dioxide test in a humid atmosphere (EN ISO 6988), and the electrochemical test. The corrosion resistance of Zn-AlNiBi coatings was compared with the corrosion resistance of coatings attained in the bath of “pure” zinc. The corrosion tests showed higher corrosion wear of the coating obtained in the Zn-AlNiBi bath and a higher value of the corrosion current density for this coating. It was found that the cause of the reduction of the corrosion resistance of the coating, in contrast to the coating obtained in the “pure” zinc bath, may be the presence of bismuth precipitates in the coating, which may form additional corrosion cells.
Wettability of welded wood-joints investigated by the Wilhelmy method: part 1. Determination of apparent contact angles, swelling, and water sorption

Abstract This study presents a novel application of the Wilhelmy plate method on welded joints of Scots pine sapwood and beech. Welding resulted in an increase in the contact angle (increased hydrophobicity) as well as a decrease in the water uptake and swelling of the welded pine-joint compared to non-welded pine. When the welding time was extended from 4 to 5 s, these properties were further pronounced. Welding of beech, on the other hand, led to an increase in the contact angle and a decrease in the water uptake, but an increase in the swelling. Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy showed that welding increased the aliphatic C–H and unsaturated C=C stretching absorption bands in pine and beech. Scanning electron microscopy showed a dense structure at the welded joints of the both species, giving evidence of a lower porosity that leads to a lower permeability as a result of the welding.
The Wringin Lawang Concept in the Border Gapura of Malang City through Fractal Geometry Synthesis

The era of the Majapahit kingdom was the forerunner of gapura. In those days, the gapura has a function as the entrance to the kingdom. Nowadays, the function of gapura shifted into a marker towards the inclusion of a city, including Malang. The entrance gapura of Malang City is identified with a character similar to one of Majapahit relic temple, Gapura Wringin Lawang, located in Mojokerto, East Java. This study aims to visualize the suitability of geometric characters in the city of Malang with Gapura Wringin Lawang. The pairing of four border gapura with the Gapura Wringin Lawang was analyzed by identifying the physical characteristics of the arch to demonstrate the visual suitability between the entrance gapura in Malang City with Gapura Wringin Lawang. To strengthen the results of the analysis, continued synthesis by using the method of fractal geometry assisted by a box-counting method. This method divides the visual image from visible buildings into squares of varying sizes. This method is used to evaluate the fractal dimensions to find out the suitability between the existing buildings and the initial concept of the design. In the future, this concept can help the designer to interpret the idea as well as widen creativity in designing similar buildings.