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A Computational Study on the Magnetic Resonance Coupling Technique for Wireless Power Transfer

Non-radiative wireless power transfer (WPT) system using magnetic resonance coupling (MRC) technique has recently been a topic of discussion among researchers. This technique discussed more scenarios in mid-range field of wireless power transmission reflected to the distance and efficiency. The WPT system efficiency varies when the coupling distance between two coils involved changes. This could lead to a decisive issue of high efficient power transfer. This paper presents case studies on the relationship of operating range with the efficiency of the MRC technique. Demonstrative WPT system operates at two different frequencies are projected in order to verify performance. The resonance frequencies used are less than 100MHz within range of 10cm to 20cm.
Passivity and Power Based Control of a Robot with Parallel Architecture

Abstract This paper presents the design and implementation of two Passivity-based controllers (PBC) to the problem of trajectory tracking of a robot manipulator with a parallel architecture, one called IDA-PBC (Interconnection and Damping Assignment) and the other called Power-Shaping. For the first controller is used the model system described as a Port-controlled Hamiltonian (PCH), which provides the system be described in a appropriate form for applying balancing of energy. For the second controller, it is used a model described by Brayton-Moser equations, which describes the system for implementing the balancing of power. Through these two methods, at the end, it is obtained the same controller known as PD with gravity compensation, which is implemented in the manipulator in study.
LTE D2D - Challenges and Perspective of Mobile Operators

Managing the tremendous data traffic is a main concern for mobile network operators in IoT environment. The growing of wireless network demand makes a burden to mobile network traffic and LTE D2D is regarding as a solution for the spectrum problem. LTE D2D will bring an impact on providers to share spectrum and on mobile environment. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the role and relationship of key players in changed mobile environment, caused by LTE D2D. The solutions for mobile operators were drawn through the literature review and in-depth interview of experts. The results of this study show that the profit source is going to become a main issue among key players and mobile operators. Thus, for mobile operators, it is important to measure communication details or data usage with certain software to prevent unilateral loss from free business model.
Recent Replica Placement Algorithms in P2P Networks - A Review

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems provide a platform for large internet scale distributed applications with no dedicated infrastructure. In P2P systems, applications are developed by dividing them across individual systems termed peers which take the role of both client as well as server. Popularity of objects in such a system can change rapidly, which demands the need for a rapid and light weight content replication strategy which considers this dynamic popularity changes. While considering P2P in distributed file sharing applications, data availability has significant impact on the system's performance. In addition to optimized availability, the replica placement should guarantee reduced search and data access latency. It should be dynamically adaptable to instantaneous query arrival rate as well as dynamic membership of individual peers. Also, it should provide good performance with reduced number of control messages. Thus an intelligent placement of replicas considering various factors of the system always outperforms a random placement of replicas on random peers. This paper reviews and compares various recent replica placement algorithms for structured as well as unstructured P2P networks.
Generalized Control Allocation Scheme for Multirotor Type of UAVs

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are autonomous or remotely guided aircraft, which can potentially carry out a wide range of tasks. Multirotor type of UAV has unique ability to perform vertical take-off and landing (VTOL), a stationary and low-speed flight where certain configurations can achieve very complex and precise movements. Therefore, they are suitable for performing tasks such as delivery of first aid kit, firefighting, infrastructure inspection, aerial video, and many others. In this chapter, a generalized control allocation scheme for a multirotor UAV is presented, which des- cribes the mapping of rotor angular velocities to the control vector of the aircraft. It enables control and design of multirotor configurations with diverse geometrical arrangement and characteristics of the propulsion subsystem depending on the task, which multirotor has to carry out. The inverted scheme, which is implemented as a motor mixer, maps the control inputs into a set of aircraft actuator outputs.
Marketing Strategy Development of Mobile Money Services in Indonesia

In August 2014, Bank Indonesia launched Gerakan Nasional Non Tunai (Non-Cash National Movement) to increase people's awareness in using non-cash payment instruments in order to create 'less cash society' within the nation. However, out of 250 million people in Indonesia, only 30% of them own bank account which is relatively low compared to cellular phone penetration that reached 123,1% in 2014. Learning the fact, Telkomsel launched its mobile money, T-Cash so that customers can make financial transactions using mobile phones. However in its implementation, mobile money in Indonesia still has some issues, including awareness, regulations, and low rate of industry attractiveness. This research is conducted to understand the business environment of T-Cash in Indonesia and to develop a business and marketing strategy for T-Cash Tap, Telkomsel's new product innovation for in-store purchase payment in order to increase its usage among customers. Qualitative approach is used in this research by conducting interviews to mobile money players and consultant. In addition, secondary data is also used to support the analysis which taken from published reports, journals and articles regarding mobile mone. Following the management strategy process, business and marketing strategy is developed to be implemented by Telkomsel in aim for the growth of its mobile money usage.
Chronic pain in the elderly over the age of 65 – a review of selected research tools

Chronic pain is a frequent health issue among the el-derly. The assessment thereof often becomes a significant prob-lem for researchers due to the lack of measuring tools that are adequate for older people. The elderly constitute a specific popu-lation group as far as pain assessment is concerned, since their reliability may be questionable due to superficial identification and control of the experienced pain.
Extracts from germinating seeds of two onion culti- vars differing in susceptibility were fractionated by TLC for their content of antifungal compounds follow- ing inoculation with two Aspergillus niger isolates char-

Extracts from germinating seeds of two onion cultivars differing in susceptibility were fractionated by TLC for their content of antifungal compounds following inoculation with two Aspergillus niger isolates characterised by different degrees of virulence. Three antifungal fractions absorbing ultraviolet light were detected from healthy germinating seeds of the less susceptible cv. ‘Rossa Savonese’ whereas no fractions were observed from tissues of the more susceptible cv. ‘Bianca Agostana’. Inoculation with both isolates resulted in the induction of several fungitoxic compounds. The antifungal profile of ‘Rossa Savonese’ appeared to be more complex, suggesting a possible causal relationship between antifungal compound profile and resistance. Detected onion fractions exerted antifungal activity against both isolates. Our results suggest a role of fluorescent compounds in resistance to A. niger during onion seed germination, when the tissues are particularly exposed to attack by seedand soilborne pathogens.
Does Growth Cause Financial Deregulation in China? An Instrumental Variables Approach

Following Miguel et al. (2004), we use temperature and hours of sunshine variations as instrumental variables for economic growth in 27 Chinese provinces during 1981--98. Our 2SLS (Two-stage least squares) regression finds that growth has no significant effect on financial deregulation after controlling for predetermined home-bias political variable, population size, and time and province effects. Moreover, the home-bias political variable has a significant effect on financial deregulation, which shows that political and cultural factors are important driving forces in determining the path and logic of Chinese financial deregulation. The results hold up when we use GMM (Generalized method of moments) to deal with heteroskedasticity. The results are also robust in LIML (Limited information maximum likelihood) estimation that deals with weak instruments.
Estimation of the inventory of 14C and other key radionuclides in irradiated RBMK-1500 graphite based on limited measurements and full 3D core modeling

ABSTRACT Ignalina NPP contains two Units with RBMK-1500 reactors. After shutdown, several Unit 1 systems and equipment were radiologically characterized and dismantled. The highest volume of reactor structures is attributed to the graphite stack of the reactor core, radiological characterization of which has not yet been performed. The stack can be visualized as a vertical cylinder 8 m high and 14 m diameter, made up of 2488 columns where each column is made up from several graphite blocks. The total mass of the graphite stack blocks is about 1700 tonnes. Therefore, the main goal of work reported in this paper was to estimate the inventory of 14C and other key radionuclides in the irradiated graphite by a combination of activity measurements and full 3D reactor graphite stack neutron activation modeling. Obtained results show that, based on the combination of modeling and measurement techniques, the total inventory of 14C in graphite stack is estimated at 3.22×1014 Bq at 9 years after Unit 1 reactor final shutdown. 14C activity is the highest among the analyzed radionuclides; the second highest is 60Co (~6 times lower).
Influence of Musical Experience of Blind and Visually Impaired Young Persons on Performance in Selected Auditory Tasks

The impact of musical experience on results concerning sound perception in selected auditory tasks, such as pitch discrimination, pitch-timbre categorization and pitch memorization for blind and visually impaired children and teenagers is discussed. Subjects were divided into three groups: of those with no experience of music, with small musical experience and with substantial musical experience. The blind and visually impaired subjects were investigated, while sighted persons formed reference groups. To date no study has described impact of musical experience on results of such experiments for blind and visually impaired children and teenagers. Our results suggest that blind persons with musical experience may be more sensitive to frequency differences and differences in timbre between two signals as well as may have better short-term auditory memory than blind people with no musical experience. Musical experience of visually impaired persons does not necessary lead to better performance in all conducted auditory tasks.
Exploration and analysis of massive mobile phone data : a layered visual analytics approach

— We present a system for the exploration and analysis of massive mobile phone data that enables users to gain insight. First we identify user tasks and develop a system following a visual analytics approach by tightly integrating visualization, interaction and algorithmic support. The system is then evaluated by exploring a massive mobile phone data set containing 2.5 billion calls and SMS exchange between around 5 million users located in Ivory Coast over a period of 5 months. From the use cases a number of ﬁndings are gathered, such as localized increase and decrease of calls due to major events.
MICROARRAY IMAGE GRIDDING USING GRID LINE REFINEMENT TECHNIQUE

An important stage in microarray image analysis is gridding. Microarray image gridding is done to locate sub arrays in a microarray image and find co-ordinates of spots within each sub array. For accurate identification of spots, most of the proposed gridding methods require human intervention. In this paper a fully automatic gridding method which enhances spot intensity in the preprocessing step as per a histogram based threshold method is used. The gridding step finds co-ordinates of spots from horizontal and vertical profile of the image. To correct errors due to the grid line placement, a grid line refinement technique is proposed. The algorithm is applied on different image databases and results are compared based on spot detection accuracy and time. An average spot detection accuracy of 95.06% depicts the proposed method’s flexibility and accuracy in finding the spot co-ordinates for different database images.
Busy Customer Portfolio Management (BCPM)

Customer portfolio management (CPM) is a relatively new concept in marketing, which is gaining popularity in both academic research and industrial practices. CPM builds on the notion that there are different types of customer-firm relationships and each relationship contributes to a firm‟s profitability. This research tries to introduce a novel customer portfolio, which emphasizes on busy customers by increasing individual today‟s customer value to maximize the overall value of the busy customer portfolio. Busy customers, have some factors and behavioral properties, which should research. Therefore, due to their vital and valuable role in today markets, in this paper we suggest creating a distinguished customer portfolio, specifically for busy customers.
Surface water conditions and calcium carbonate preservation in the Fram Strait during marine isotope stage 2, 28.8–15.4 kyr

[1] We present a high-resolution record of calcium carbonate preservation alongside the distribution pattern of planktic foraminifera from the Fram Strait. The record covers the marine isotope stage (MIS) 2, 28.8 to 15.4 kyr, including the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the early deglaciation in multidecadal temporal resolution. The investigation is based on the distribution patterns of planktic foraminifera, stable isotopes, mean shell weight of Neogloboquadrina pachyderma, the degree of fragmentation of planktic shells, CaCO3 content, and geochemical and sedimentological data. The dissolution proxies indicate long-lasting periods of markedly reduced preservation of calcium carbonate at ~28.8–27.2, ~24.1–23.2, and ~16.6–15.4 kyr in addition to a number of short-lasting periods (< 300 year) during the LGM. These periods are accompanied by a simultaneous and significant reduction in specimens of subpolar planktic foraminifera indicating a southward expansion of Arctic surface water masses. Prolonged periods with high abundances of subpolar foraminiferal species and good preservation of calcium carbonate are attributed to increased influence of Atlantic water masses, which appears to persist throughout most of the MIS 2. Comparison to Holocene (MIS 1) shell weight records shows that the preservation during MIS 2 was overall better, even during the events of dissolution. This was probably a reflection of the low concentration of atmospheric CO2 at the time.
Effect of the Knowledge Acquisition on the Strategic Decision-Making of Industrial Units' Managers

Is the knowledge acquisition related to the strategic and non-strategic decision-making of companies' managers? The explanation of answer for this question is the aim of this research. Research Methodology This research is based on the practical result, "explanatory" aim, "sectional" time, relationship among the variables of "correlation" and the method of survey. Population members of the research sample are 350 managers of companies established in the industrial towns of two Mazandaran and Golestan provinces. Instrument of the data collection is a questionnaire containing 54 questions in Likert range. The data analysis has been conducted by the techniques of descriptive and inferential statistics and Amos 22 and LISREL statistical software SPSS. Results and Findings Results of testing hypotheses and analyzing answer of the research questions shows that the knowledge acquisition has a positive and significant effect on the strategic decision-making (decision-making by the rational and intuitive styles), but hasn’t a significant effect on the non-strategic decision-making (decision-making by the dependent, instantaneous and avoidant styles).
A Comparative Study on the Efficiency of Locally Made Low Cost Brooders for Brooding Chicks

An experiment was carried out with day-old "Sonali" (♂RIR×♀Fayoumi) chicks to investigate the efficacy of locally made low cost brooders for brooding chicks in rural areas. Three types of indigenous brooders viz. charcoal, haricane and sawdust brooders were used for brooding chicks throughout the experimental period of 28 days. The efficiency of the brooders was observed in respect of their ability to maintain temperature, fluctuation in temperature during operation and cost effectiveness. Following initial trial of temperature maintenance for 48 h, the chicks were put under the brooder stoves and brooded up to 28 days. The experimental birds were fed on chick starter diet. Maintenance of temperature with sawdust brooders was found satisfactory and optimum for brooding the chicks at different stages of brooding and at the same time involved least cost for brooding in comparison with charcoal and haricane brooders which did not perform well in generating heat necessary for brooding and were not economically feasible for poor farmers. On the other hand, performance of charcoal brooders was better in respect of temperature maintenance during initial stage (when the brooder was started) but the temperature fluctuated rapidly, whereas fluctuation of temperature was gradual in sawdust brooders. Body weight gain and feed conversion were best in sawdust brooders. Survivability was highest in sawdust brooders and lowest in haricane brooders. Sawdust brooders may be appropriate for brooding chicks in rural areas, where electricity is not available. (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2004. Vol 17, No. 11 : 1586-1590)
Measuring intercultural sensitivity: A case study of the REU program at UPRM

The National Academy of Engineering’s call to educate global engineers has sparked a number of globalizing programs and coursework at different institutions. Nevertheless, there is a need to quantify the extent to which the ability of recent graduates to understand, appreciate, and accept differences among cultures is being influenced by globalizing programs and coursework. In other words, how do these emerging programs improve the intercultural sensitivity scale of engineering graduates? In 2009, NSF funded a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) site at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez (UPRM) named Educating a culturallysensitive Industrial Engineer: A complex interdisciplinary systems perspective to global IE issues. The summer component of this REU site takes advantage of the unique location of Puerto Rico, with a distinct Hispanic-Caribbean culture and a highly industrialized manufacturing environment, to expose intercultural teams of participants to some of the challenges associated with working in a global economy. In addition to research activities, this REU includes cultural and professional activities aimed at providing students with an opportunity to foster their culturally-sensitive management skills. By the end of the summer internship, students gained not only critical scientific knowledge and expertise in different research areas, but also the experience of working in intercultural teams. Nevertheless, did this exhaustive intercultural program have an effect in the students’ intercultural skills? Are there any differences in the way it impacted students coming from USbased institution versus the way it impacted UPRM students? To answer all these questions, we used the Intercultural Sensitivity Scale (ICSS) by Chen and Starosta on a cohort of 43 students from the 2010-2012 UPRM-REU summer programs. Feature selection, using analysis of variance, indicates that the factors that contribute more heavily toward changes in the students’ intercultural sensitivity are (1) the experience of going through the REU summer program and (2) whether the student went to school at UPRM or not. Both of these factors also have a statistically significant two-way interaction with the different ICSS constructs. Non-parametric paired analyses were used to test whether the experience had a positive effect in the participant’s intercultural scale. At a 0.05 significant level, every REU summer program was able to trigger a statistically significant improvement in the interaction confidence and interaction enjoyment constructs of the ICSS. Overall, the REU program also had a statistically significant (α = 0.05) effect in the interaction engagement and respect for cultural differences constructs of the ICSS. Lastly, results indicate that the UPRM program has been responsible for the overall improvement in the intercultural sensitivity scale of 21 participants of the REU program.
Probing the complex between the factor for inversion stimulation and DNA using a nanofluidic device

Every living cell on the planet uses DNA to store information. Some of this information is used to make proteins and also for cell division. Many processes in the cell are controlled and regulated by interactions between DNA and proteins. Nanofluidic devices with fluorescence microscopy have been used to study single DNA molecules for almost a decade and the purpose of this thesis was to investigate if this technique can be used to study interactions between DNA and proteins. In order to do this, a small nucleoid protein called the Factor for Inversion Stimulation (FIS) was used as a model system. The nanofluidic device was coated with a lipid-bilayer to prevent the protein from sticking to the channel walls and the extension of the DNA-FIS complex was investigated in nanochannels to determine how the physical properties of DNA changed when FIS was bound. The results showed that it was possible to study the extension of the DNAFIS complex and a sequence specific binding to GC-rich regions, that seemed to be affected by salt concentration, was observed. The physical properties of DNA were shown to change when FIS was bound since the extension of the complex did not change in different salt concentrations. The decreased emission intensity from the DNA-FIS complex with time seemed to be due to bleaching of the dye and no dissociation of FIS could be confirmed. This study shows that a nanofluidic device coated with a lipid-bilayer can be used to study a DNA associating protein. This was an initial study and one of the first times a DNA associated protein was studied in a nanofluidic device. More experiments need to be performed in order to better understand the DNA-FIS interaction.
Cathode innovations for enhanced H2 production through microbial electrolysis

Met een microbiele elektrolysecel (MEC) kan waterstof worden gewonnen uit organische reststromen. Aan de bioanode van een MEC zetten elektrochemisch actieve bacterien organisch materiaal om in stroom, welke vervolgens aan de kathode wordt omgezet in waterstof. Dit proces behoeft een aangelegd voltage van zo’n 0.4 tot 1.0 V. Dit proces combineert dus de omzetting van reststromen met de productie van een waardevol product; waterstof. Binnen dit onderzoek is gekeken naar goedkope alternatieven voor de platinakathode. Door gebruik te maken van, voor dit proces, innovatieve kathoden zoals kathoden gebaseerd op niet-edele metalen blijkt het mogelijk om de waterstofproductie aanmerkelijk te verhogen en tegelijkertijd de MEC kosten te verlagen. Daarmee is een grote stap gezet richting de ontwikkeling van een rendabele MEC.