Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Entwurf von Nanosystemen für Ambient Intelligence (Designing Nano-Scale Systems for the Ambient-Intelligence World)

Summary While process technologists are obsessed to follow Moore´s curve down to nanoscale dimensions, design technologists are confronted with gigascale complexity required for the smart objects of the ambient-intelligence world of tomorrow. This world requires zero cost, zero energy yet software programmable novel system architectures to be sold in huge volumes and be designed in exponentially decreasing time. What are these novel silicon architectures? What challenges in research does this create? How to create the necessary tools and skills and how to organise research and education in a world driven by shareholders value? Let us try to make some educated guesses about these questions.
Integration of permanent magnet motor technology

Studies begun in the 1990s by General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) and its partners determined that permanent magnet (PM) radial field propulsion motors offer a relatively mature, low risk technology with significant near-term advantages for improving torque density, efficiency, and reliability. Although electric powered ships have been built throughout the 20th century, the majority of ships used mechanical drives for propulsion, due to adverse torque density, reliability, and maintenance aspects of electric propulsion alternatives. The EB stepped approach has built and tested 17 hub and three rim-driven PM motors up to 4.47 MW and 107 kN-m of torque to validate the technology and design toolsets for preliminary designs of large 21st Century PM propulsion motors. Conceptual designs of commercial external rim-driven PM motors integrated with advanced propulsors also offer millions of dollars in potential fuel savings compared to conventional hub-driven propulsion pods.
Ankle Mortise Stability in Weber C Fractures: Indications for Syndesmotic Fixation

Summary A Weber type C ankle fracture was sequentially reproduced in 12 cadaver lower extremities and an external rotation torque was applied at each interval. The fractures were then repaired in staged fashion and the rotational stability of the mortise evaluated. Maximum external rotation of the talus within the mortise averaged 7.7° in the intact ankle and increased by 311% to 31.8° after creation of a Weber C injury. Rigid fixation of the fibular fracture restored 32% of the rotational stability, whereas isolated fixation of the medial malleolus reconstituted 57%. Fibular fixation combined with a syndesmotic screw restored 51% of original stability, and the addition of medial malleolar fixation improved stability to 101%. Bimalleolar fixation without a syndesmotic screw yielded 73% of the original rotational stability. The results of this study suggest that when rigid medial and lateral osteosynthesis can be achieved, syndesmotic fixation may not be necessary.
On-Line Load Balancing with Task Buffer

On-line load balancing is one of the most important problems for applications with resource allocation. It aims to assign tasks to suitable machines and balance the load among all of the machines, where the tasks need to be assigned to a machine upon arrival. In practice, tasks are not always required to be assigned to machines immediately. In this paper, we propose a novel on-line load balancing model with task buﬀer, where the buﬀer can temporarily store tasks as many as possible. Three algorithms, namely LPTCP 1 α , LPTCP 2 α , and LPTCP 3 β , are proposed based on the Longest Processing Time ( LPT ) algorithm and a variety of planarization algorithms. The planarization algorithms are proposed for reducing the diﬀerence among each element in a set. Experimental results show that our proposed algorithms can eﬀectively solve the on-line load balancing problem and have good performance in large scale experiments.
[VEGF111: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde?].

> Le VEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) est l’un des principaux facteurs contrôlant le développement et le maintien de l’arbre vasculaire chez l’homme. Des thérapies pro-angiogènes utilisant le VEGF sont actuellement en phase d’essais précliniques et cliniques pour le traitement de pathologies très diverses [1]. C’est le cas de maladies ischémiques, pour lesquelles le bénéfice d’une revascularisation des tissus est évident, mais également d’autres pathologies associées à un déficit en VEGF comme l’éclampsie et la sclérose latérale amyotrophique. Le gène codant pour le VEGF contient 8 exons (Figure 1). Jusqu’à récemment, tous les variants décrits étaient codés par les exons 1 à 5, et différaient dans l’épissage (voir Encadré) précis des exons 6 à 8. Les exons 1 et 2 codent pour le peptide signal, impliqué dans la sécrétion de la protéine dans le milieu extracellulaire, les exons 3 et 4 pour les sites de liaison aux récepteurs et pour un site de glycosylation, et les exons 6 et 7 pour les séquences de liaison à la matrice extracellulaire et aux neuropilines. Ainsi les variants 206 et 189 sont peu biodisponibles en raison de leur liaison élevée à la matrice extracellulaire, alors que le variant 121 est actif et librement diffusible. Le variant 165 a des propriétés de liaison intermédiaires. Un variant utilisant un exon alternatif 8b présente des propriétés anti-angiogènes. L’exon 5 code pour les sites principaux de clivage par la plasmine et les métalloprotéases matricielles ([2, 3] et IruelaArispe, communication personnelle).
Accounting for Goodwill: Does the Measurement Date Matter?

When equity securities are issued as consideration in a business combination, for accounting purposes the main issue is to choose the date on which to measure the fair value of the securities (measurement date). The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we discuss models designed to determine the measurement date, i.e., the agreement date model of SFAS 141 (2001) and the acquisition date model of of IFRS 3 (2008) and SFAS 141 (2007). Secondly, using a sample of 424 US-American and European stock financed M&A transactions, we empirically investigate how the choice of the measurement affects the accounting outcome of business combinations. We find significant differences in the goodwil amounts between the agreement date and the acquisition date, suggesting that the date chosen to value the securities has a significant impact on the measurement of the underlying transaction. This study contributes to the literature by focussing on an important yet unresearched issue and by identifying a major factor affecting the amount of goodwill recognised. JEL-Classifications: G34, M40, M41.
Relationships among net primary productivity, nutrients and climate in tropical rain forest: a pan-tropical analysis.

Tropical rain forests play a dominant role in global biosphere-atmosphere CO(2) exchange. Although climate and nutrient availability regulate net primary production (NPP) and decomposition in all terrestrial ecosystems, the nature and extent of such controls in tropical forests remain poorly resolved. We conducted a meta-analysis of carbon-nutrient-climate relationships in 113 sites across the tropical forest biome. Our analyses showed that mean annual temperature was the strongest predictor of aboveground NPP (ANPP) across all tropical forests, but this relationship was driven by distinct temperature differences between upland and lowland forests. Within lowland forests (< 1000 m), a regression tree analysis revealed that foliar and soil-based measurements of phosphorus (P) were the only variables that explained a significant proportion of the variation in ANPP, although the relationships were weak. However, foliar P, foliar nitrogen (N), litter decomposition rate (k), soil N and soil respiration were all directly related with total surface (0-10 cm) soil P concentrations. Our analysis provides some evidence that P availability regulates NPP and other ecosystem processes in lowland tropical forests, but more importantly, underscores the need for a series of large-scale nutrient manipulations - especially in lowland forests - to elucidate the most important nutrient interactions and controls.
Sequences of optimal identifying codes

Locating faulty processors in a multiprocessor system gives the motivation for identifying codes. Denote by l the maximum number of simultaneously malfunctioning processors. We show that if l/spl ges/3, then the problem of finding the smallest cardinality of a (1, /spl les/l)-identifying code in a binary hypercube is equivalent to the problem of finding the smallest size of a (2l-1)-fold 1-covering. This observation yields infinite sequences of optimal identifying codes for every l (l/spl ges/3).
A physical analysis of the relation between threshold and interpolar length in the electric excitation of medullated nerve

MANY observations, both ancient and recent, have been made upon the current necessary to excite different lengths of medullated nerve, and there is now unanimity of opinion that, whether the nerve is in air or in fluid, the current necessary to excite is greater the closer together the electrodes. When the interpolar length is greater than about 20 mm. there is no further lowering of threshold however great the distance, and I have verified this statement upon the nerves of the American bull frog, where distances of 100 mm. and more can easily be obtained.
Faecal occult blood screening for colorectal cancer at Nottingham: details of the verification process

Cause specific mortality statistics derived from death certificates are highly dependent upon the accuracy of certification by the attending physician. In the Nottingham colorectal cancer screening trial, there were 12 624 deaths among the screening group and 12 515 among the control group during the period under consideration. There was no significant difference in all cause mortality rate (excluding deaths due to colorectal cancer) between the two study groups (rate ratio = 1.01, 95% confidence interval = 0.99 to 1.03). Disease specific mortality rates did not differ significantly between the two groups either. Overall, the agreement between verified and certified cause of death was 86%. Using the certified cause of death would have resulted in an underestimation bias of 6.27% for colorectal cancer deaths.
The Mechanisms of How Abusive Supervision Impacts on Employee Silence

This study tried to examine the effect of abusive supervision on employees' silence behavior in Chinese organizational context.Data were obtained from 214 employees from enterprises and institutions located in the Pearl River Delta region.Results of structural equation modeling analysis indicated that abusive supervision had significant positive effect on employees' silence behavior,and this effect was fully mediated by trust in supervisor.Results of moderated regression analysis suggested collectivism significantly moderated the relationship between abusive supervision and employees' trust in supervisor.Abusive supervision was more strongly associated with employees' trust in supervisor when employees' collectivism was high.
Horizontally Explicit and Vertically Implicit (HEVI) Time Discretization Scheme for a Discontinuous Galerkin Nonhydrostatic Model

AbstractA two-dimensional nonhydrostatic (NH) atmospheric model based on the compressible Euler system has been developed in the (x, z) Cartesian domain. The spatial discretization is based on a nodal discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method with exact integration. The orography is handled by the terrain-following height-based coordinate system. The time integration uses the horizontally explicit and vertically implicit (HEVI) time-splitting scheme, which is introduced to address the stringent restriction on the explicit time step size due to a high aspect ratio between the horizontal (x) and vertical (z) spatial discretization. The HEVI scheme is generally based on the Strang-type operator-split approach, where the horizontally propagating waves in the Euler system are solved explicitly while the vertically propagating waves are treated implicitly. As a consequence, the HEVI scheme relaxes the maximum allowed time step to be mainly determined by the horizontal grid spacing. The accuracy of the HEVI scheme is r.
BEHAVIORAL TRAINING AND HYDRAULIC CHUTE RESTRAINT ENABLES HANDLING OF ELAND ANTELOPE (TAUROTRAGUS ORYX) WITHOUT GENERAL ANESTHESIA

Abstract Difficulties and risks associated with restraining large nondomestic ungulates are limiting factors toward developing and applying assisted reproductive technologies, such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer. In this study on 10 female eland (Taurotragus oryx), we evaluated the use of behavioral training and handling handling in a hydraulic chute to perform transvaginal ultrasound-guided oocyte retrieval and other clinical procedures. Nine females were conditioned to associate specific sound cues with food treats. The interval from the audio cue until acceptance of handheld treats varied among females (1.8–58.3 min). Animals also differed in their response to training for voluntary entry into the chute. Handling eland for oocyte retrieval in the hydraulic chute required xylazine sedation. During sedation and handling, eland undergoing oocyte retrieval procedures had higher blood glucose levels (14.4 ± 3.1) than females handled similarly but without oocyte retrieval (9.3 ± 2.7 mmol/L). Plasma osmotic pressure, hematocrit, and creatine phosphokinase activity were similar between these two groups. Females that were more difficult to train had higher blood glucose levels than the more cooperative animals. Cooperative females had fewer vertical stripes on their sides. More than 40 procedures were conducted without complications or mortality. The combination of behavioral conditioning–training and restraint of sedated eland in a hydraulic chute was a reliable and repeatable method for performing minimally invasive assisted reproductive techniques.
Ambient RF Energy Scavenging: GSM and WLAN Power Density Measurements

To assess the feasibility of ambient RF energy scavenging, a survey of expected power density levels distant from GSM-900 and GSM-1800 base stations has been conducted and power density measurements have been performed in a WLAN environment. It appears that for distances ranging from 25 m to 100 m from a GSM base station, power density levels ranging from 0.1 mW/m2 to 3.0 mW/m2 may be expected. First measurements in a WLAN environment indicate even lower power density values, making GSM and WLAN unlikely to produce enough ambient RF energy for wirelessly powering miniature sensors. A single GSM telephone however has proven to deliver enough energy for wirelessly powering small applications on moderate distances.
Preparation and Properties of Antibodies to GD3 and GM1 Gangliosides

Abstract: Gangliosides GD3 and GM1 were coupled to proteins by their car‐boxyl groups and antisera were raised against the complexes. Anti‐ganglioside antibodies were isolated by affinity chromatography on ganglioside‐amino‐propyl silica gel columns and the specificity of the antibodies was determined by a quantitative microcomplement fixation assay. Antibodies to GD3 were highly specific and did not crossreact with GM3, lactosyl ceramide, or other glycolipids. Purified antibodies to GM1, in contrast, crossreacted with asialo‐GM1, GD1b and to a lesser extent, GM2 and asialo‐GM2. A derivative of GM1, containing a C‐7 sialic acid residue produced by periodate oxidation, reacted with the anti‐GM1 antibodies almost as readily as with GM1. The specificities of anti‐GM1 antibodies elicited by the covalent ganglioside‐protein complexes were similar to those produced by immunization with noncovalent complexes of GM1 and methylated bovine serum albumin. The ganglioside‐protein complexes described here should be useful for preparing antibodies to polysialo‐gangliosides that contain neuraminidase‐sensitive linkages.
Linearization Technique for Source-Degenerated CMOS Differential Transconductors

A supplementary linearization technique for CMOS differential pairs with resistive source degeneration is proposed. The approach exploits an auxiliary (degenerated) differential pair to drive the bulk terminals of the main pair. Transistor-level simulations on a design using a 0.25-mum process and powered with 2.5 V and 1 mA, show that total harmonic distortion (THD) in the voltage-to-current conversion is decreased by 10 dB (for an input differential signal with a peak amplitude of 0.5 V and for frequencies up to 100 MHz) compared to the traditional source-degenerated transconductor. This THD improvement is achieved with a negligible increase in power consumption.
CRABP2 and FABP5 identified by 2D DIGE profiling are upregulated in human bladder cancer

DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20130786 Department of Urology (Jin BY, Fu GH and Pan H), Key Lab of Combined Multi-Organ Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health; Key Lab of Organ Transplantation; Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery (Zhou DK, Wei XY, Zhou L and Zheng SS), First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China Department of Nephrology, Hangzhou Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China (Jiang X) Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (Lee C) Correspondence to: ZHENG Shu-sen, Key Lab of Combined Multiorgan Transplantation, Ministry of Public Health; Key Lab of Organ Transplantation; Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China (Tel: 86-571-87236601. Fax: 86571-87236884. Email: shusenzheng@zju.edu.cn) This work was supported by grants from Major Program of Science and Technology Bureau of Zhejiang Province (No. 2009C14015). Short communication
An Overview on ANS Methods: Who Is a Dominant for the Seamless Vertical Handover Decision through Heterogeneous Networks

The Next Generation Wireless Systems (NGWSs) consists of heterogeneous wireless access networks such as UMTS, Wi-Fi, WiMAX and LTE where Mobile Users (MUs) can access these technologies and services using a single device. This device is equipped with multiple radio interfaces include devices capable of supporting multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs) by incorporating several interface cards and appropriate software for switching between multiple access systems (Vertical Handover (VHO)). The Access Network Selection (ANS) regarding the transferring between different RATs is based on network conditions, mobile conditions, user preferences, Quality of Service (QoS) requirements and service cost. This paper overviews VHO approaches proposed in the literature and classify them into three categories based on ANS methods for which their characteristics are presented. Finally, a conclusion about who is a dominant ANS method for seamless VHO is given. Keywords— Access Network Selection (ANS), Vertical Handover (VHO), Heterogeneous Networks
Some comments on Wallenberg's lateral medullary syndrome

Dt7RINC DETERMINATION Of the prognosis Of certain of the brain stem vascular syndromes,’ some detail had been gathered concerning that of the posterior inferior cerebellar artery ( Wallenberg’s? retroolivary or lateral medullary syndrome), This unique neurologic entity has attracted the attention of generations of neurologists since the first report of Alexander Marcet? in 1813, who described the case of another physician who recounted his own symptoms. The list of those who have written since on this subject is extensive, as revealed in the detailed bibliography given by LouisBar.4 It became evident that, in spite of the many reports of this syndrome in the literature and a few detailed analyses, there was much that was unexplained and of interest. Therefore, a further study of our cases was carried out from the point of view of symptomatology and anatomic localization. What follows is a detailed analysis of the symptoms in relation to each other and to the presumed location of the infarct. The ideas presented are gained strictly from clinical analysis and anatomic reasoning; no pathologic correlation was available for the present group of cases. Of the original 75 patients with syndromes of the superior, anterior inferior, and posterior inferior cerebellar arteries, the 2 with involvement of the anterior inferior cerebellar artery were automatically excluded. In addition, close analysis of the cases classified previously1 as syndromes of the superior cerebellar artery disclosed that it would be more logical to consider these as atypical examples of the lateral medullary syndrome. Of the total of 62 cases of retroolivary syndrome and 11 that were previously attributed to superior cerebellar artery
Complex Character - Model for a Non Player AI Character for Interactive Narrative Discourse

Non Player Characters (NPC) in Interactive Drama, Façade, are built based on the Believable Agent model. This model is made for effectively managing character behaviour, as believability is expressed by visible actions. Yet NPCs in Façade do not render their ’rich characters. ’ The dialogues do not respond well enough to express any complexities the characters may have. For dramatic narratives, authors in Interative Narrative (IN) need ways to reveal complex characters. How can AI be used to build a complex character for interaction? More importantly, how should these complexities be revealed to the reader? This paper proposes design contexts for a complex Non Player Character (NPC) for the interactive comics framework, Cyber Comix.
Nonselective Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Initiated Soon After the Onset of Myocardial Infarction May Deteriorate 24‐Hour Survival

&NA; To investigate the effects of endothelin blockade initiated immediately after the onset of myocardial infarction on survival and left ventricular remodeling, treatment with the nonselective receptor antagonist TAK‐044 (n = 22) or saline (n = 19) for 3 weeks was initiated immediately after coronary ligation in rats. The 24‐h survival rate was significantly lower in the TAK‐044 group than in the saline group. The systolic blood pressure 24 h after the onset of myocardial infarction was similar in the saline and TAK‐044 groups, although it was significantly lower in the TAK‐044 group during the 3‐week protocol. Heart weight/tibial length was significantly increased in the TAK‐044 group compared with the saline group. As all deaths in the TAK‐044 group occurred within 24 h after myocardial infarction, we performed additional experiments using a separate group of rats 12–16 h after myocardial infarction. Plasma and myocardial endothelin‐1 levels were significantly increased, and a bolus injection of TAK‐044 significantly reduced left ventricular dP/dtmax in these rats that had had a myocardial infarction compared with sham‐operated rats. Endothelin receptor blockade initiated immediately after the onset of myocardial infarction may deteriorate acute‐phase survival and left ventricular remodeling. Inhibition of the positive inotropic action of endothlin‐1 may partially explain the increased 24‐h mortality.
Competition, Productivity, Organization and the Cross Section of Expected Returns

This paper studies a model of industry oligopoly, in which firms face stochastic demand, differ in their unit production costs, and have access to the same partially reversible investment technology. We characterize firms’ investment behavior explicitly, as average-Q rules that depend on the industry’s concentration, as measured by the Herfindahl index, and capital intensity. The model predicts that the relation between expected returns and book-to-market is strong and monotonic within industries, but weak and non-monotonic across industries, providing a theoretical basis for the claims of Cohen and Polk (1999). The data strongly support these predictions: the value premium appears to be driven by intra-industry differences in firms’ production efficiencies, not by cross-industry differences in firms’ dependence on bricksand-mortar.