Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Age-related Changes in 5-HT2 Serotonin Receptor on Human Platelets

Numerous studies suggest that serotonergic nervous system may be involved in the neurophysiological processes in age-related learning and memory. A reduction in biochemical markers of serotonergic synapses also has been reported. Besides the central nervous system, 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) is also found in blood platelets. Platelets and serotonergic nerve endings share many morphological, biochemical and pharmacological characteristics. The present experiment is performed by using platelet as a model for 5-HT neuron activity. By using radioligand binding technique, 5-HT2 serotonin receptor subtype has been identified and characterized in human platelet membrane. [3HJ-spiperone in various concentrations (0.2- 10 nM) used as radioligand whereas ketanserin, a selective 5-HT2 serotonin antagonist was used to determine the non-specific binding. The association binding was reached to equilibrium within 30 min and remained constant for at least two hr. The saturation experiment revealed a single binding site with a dissociation equilibrium constant (Kd) of 3.41±0.95 nM and a receptor density (Bmax) of 86.59 ± 9.09 f mol/mg protein. Several drugs were used to compete with [ 3 H]-spiperone binding having the descending order of potency: ritanseriroprazosin >pipamperone >pirenperone >ketanserin >spiperone > methysergide > chlorpromazine > haloperidol > sulpiride >serotonin> imipramine. The results indicate that human platelets contain 5-HT2 serotonin receptor binding. The Bmax value of the elderly is significantly reduced when compared with young adult subjects (39.96 ± 5.42 f mol/mg protein, 86.59 ± 9.09 f mol/mg protein, respectively), whereas the Kd value is non-significant different between these two groups, elderly healthy and young adult subjects, (2.84 ± 0.48 and 3.41±0.95 nM respectively).
Controlled synthesis of copper telluride nanostructures for long-cycling anodes in lithium ion batteries

Copper telluride nanocubes, nanosheets, and nanoparticles were prepared by a solvothermal method under the protection of an inert atmosphere. The influence of reaction parameters, including precursor concentration, precursor ratio, precursor type, reaction time, reaction temperature, solvent, and organic ligands, on the size, morphology, crystalline structure, and composition of the resultant copper telluride nanostructures was comprehensively investigated. The results showed that the crystal structure and composition of the resultant nanostructures varied case by case, demonstrating the complexity of copper tellurides, despite their simple molecular formula. The obtained copper telluride nanostructures were tested as anodes in lithium ion batteries. The assembled Li/LiPF6/CuxTe cells exhibit extremely high cycling stability (up to 5000 cycles) and their highest specific capacity is 280 mA h g−1. The results also showed better performance of the Cu2−xTe nanosheet electrodes than those of electrodes made from nanoparticles and nanocubes, demonstrating the importance of controlling the morphology of copper telluride during preparation.
Adsorption of Polymer Molecules at Low Surface Coverage

A statistical‐mechanical treatment of a polymer molecule adsorbed on a solid surface is given. The surface coverage by adsorbed molecules is assumed to be sufficiently low that the interactions of the adsorbed polymer molecules with each other may be neglected. The partition function is derived for a polymer molecule with sequences of repeating units adsorbed at an interface and with other sequences (loops) held at the surface only at their ends. The assumption of Gaussian statistics for the loops leads to a formulation equivalent to that used for the helix‐coil region in DNA molecules. A broad distribution of loop sizes is found, in contrast to Silberberg's theory in which a sharply peaked distribution is assumed. The latter theory predicts also small loops for all values of the adsorption free energy. In contrast, our theory predicts large loops and few units adsorbed for small adsorption free energies and small loops and more units adsorbed for larger adsorption free energies when the chains are suffic.
The design of supply chains: A literature study and a preliminary model

Argues stability is a design objective for supply chain design alongside cost, lead time and responsiveness. Performs an extensive literature study on supply chain design, identifies methods, theories and objectives in the existing literature. Describes the concept external specificity and how it’s used to design supply chains. Using the concept upstream, archetypes of risk minimal and maximal design are identified. Downstream the concept describes two viable scenarios, one minimizing the impact, the other minimizing the probability of (intended) departure of a supply chain partner. Finally, principles for supply chain design are described and managerial outlined.
New Developments in Activation Analysis for Material and Environmental Sciences

Activation analysis in general and mainly reactor neutron activation analysis (NAA) has been used extensively for measuring trace elements in high purity materials, particularly semiconductor materials. The advantages of NAA in determination of trace elements differ from one semiconductor material to another. For all of them the inherent properties of activation analysis especially those of non contamination with the reagents, low blanks and high sensitivity are the reasons for the choice of NAA as the main analytical procedure. These inherent properties are essential for analysis of high-purity materials where concentrations of ppb's and sub ppb's have to be measured. NAA is specially suitable for the determination of trace elements in silicon due to the very short lived very low activity induced by neutron reaction in silicon. This enables easy instrumental (i.e. without chemical separations) determination of trace elements in silicon. In the HFR reactor at Peten, Netherlands, a special facility was constructed for irradiation of silicon samples of Philips, in which silicon wafers of up to 15 cm diameter can be irradiated with 4 × 1013n. cm−2. sec−1 and the irradiation is done for 72–96 hours. using large Ge(Li) detectors (100 to 150cc) and long counting time (8–16 hours) they measured 22 elements in concentrations below ppb and 10 others between ppb and 300 ppm. Trace elements in germanium have been determined both instrumentally after very long decay time (100 days) or after short decay time removing the activities from the matrix by chemical separation. Trace elements in GaAs are determined only after chemical separtion. Several other semiconductor material such as Sc, Te, GaP and CuInS2 were also determined by NAA. Some trace elements cannot be determined by neutron activation. Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen are determined by activation with protons, alphas or 3He particles. Boron and hydrogen are determined by prompt emission induced by charged particle activation, which gives not only the total concentration but also the depth profile. Carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and phosphorus were also determined by prompt proton activation analysis. The environmental samples studied by activation analysis can be divided into three categories: atmospheric aerosols, water samples and solid wastes. NAA of atmospheric aerosols have been used for their posible toxicological hazards, their source identification and for studies of atmospheric transport processes.
XANES and ELNES in Ceramic Science

Both X-ray absorption near edge structures (XANES) and electron energy loss near edge structure (ELNES) are important tools in ceramic science offering information on local environment of selected elements not only in crystals but also in amorphous materials. Recent technological progress enables measurements of XANES of ppm-level dopants using modern synchrotron facilities. Combined with transmission electron microscopy, ELNES can be used to analyze the local structures with subnanometer spatial resolution. First principles methods to reproduce and interpret the spectra have been established just recently. When a core-hole is adequately taken into account, most of K-edge spectra can be well reproduced using a modern band-structure method within one-electron approximation. The same is true for 1,2,3-edge spectra of non-transition metal compounds. However, multi-electron calculations are mandatory to reproduce 7-2,3-edge spectra of 3d transition-metal elements because of strong electronic correlations. In this paper, some recent results obtained in our group by the combination of XANES/ELNES experiments and theoretical calculations are reviewed.
Measuring minus diffusion from gas to mineral oil using laser heterodyne interferometer

Recently, in oil hydraulic systems, depressing of vibration and noises, which is caused by bubbles in the working liquid, has been becoming an important subject of study while quick and refining controlling is becoming an urgent demand. Diffusion from gas to oil is the primary physical phenomenon to form these bubbles. It is necessary, therefore, to study the diffusion behavior between gas and the mineral oil which was used in hydraulic systems. In this study, first, equations were derived to calculate the diffusion volume of the gas into mineral oil individually or into an oil-rubber double layer. On the other hand, a method was proposed to measure the minute change of the gas volume, which was caused by diffusion, using an installation consists of laser heterodyne interferometer and a U-tube. Then the gas diffusion volumes to oil or to the oil-rubber double layer were measured respectively and compared to the values calculated from the equations mentioned above. As a result, the experimental values were good agreed with the ones calculated from the theoretical equation. Furthermore, the diffusion volume was affected because the rubber layer was added.
Selective Adaptation of End-to-End Speech Recognition using Hybrid CTC/Attention Architecture for Noise Robustness

This paper investigates supervised adaptation of end-to-end speech recognition, which uses hybrid connectionist temporal classification (CTC)/Attention architecture, for noise robustness. The components of the architecture, namely the shared encoder, the attention decoder’s long short-term memory (LSTM) layers, and the soft-max layers of the CTC part and attention part, are adapted separately or together using limited amount of adaptation data. When adapting the shared encoder, we propose to adapt only the connections of the memory cells in the memory blocks of bidirectional LSTM (BLSTM) layers to improve performance and reduce the time for adapting the models. In within-domain and cross-domain adaptation scenarios, experimental results show that adaptation of end-to-end speech recognition using the hybrid CTC/Attention architecture is effective even when the amount of adaptation data is limited. In cross-domain adaptation, substantial performance improvement can be achieved with only 2.4 minutes of adaptation data. In both adaptation scenarios, adapting only the memory cells of the BLSTM layers in the shared encoder yields comparable or slightly better performance while yielding smaller adaptation time than the adaptation of other components or the whole architecture, especially when the amount of adaptation data is less than or equal to 10 minutes.
COMPARISON OF AN ACID AND AN ALKALINE EXTRACTING SOLUTION FOR MEASURING AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS IN ALBERTA SOILS

Two extracting solutions, 0.03 NH4F + 0.03 N H2SO4 and 0.5 M NaHCO3, were used to extract available phosphorus from 79 Alberta soils. Of these soils, 23 had a pH above 7.0 and 18 contained free CaCO3. A barley test crop was grown in the greenhouse on these soils with and without added phosphorus fertilizer.The amounts of available phosphorus extracted by the NH4F + H2SO4 solution were highly correlated with the amounts extracted by the NaHCO3. The NaHCO3 solution extracted about 40 per cent as much phosphorus as the NH4F + H2SO4.The available phosphorus levels determined by both methods were highly correlated with barley growth in the greenhouse. The correlation coefficient for per cent yield and available phosphorus by the NaHCO3 method was slightly higher than that for per cent yield and available phosphorus by the NH4F + H2SO4 method. However when the check yield (yield of the treatment not receiving phosphorus fertilizer) was used as the measure of plant growth, the correlation between yield and avail.
Molecular basis of laccase bound to lignin: insight from comparative studies on the interaction of Trametes versicolor laccase with various lignin model compounds

Laccase, a type of multicopper oxidase, is capable of efficiently degrading lignin. Until now, the molecular basis of laccase interacting with lignin is still poorly understood. Here, five lignin model compounds (2,6-dimethoxyphenol, ferulic acid, guaiacol, sinapic acid and vanillyl alcohol) were selected to demonstrate the key binding mechanisms between Trametes versicolor laccase and lignin. The results showed that the interaction energies of the lignin model compounds with laccase varied widely, which suggested the different molecular efficiencies of laccase in degrading various components of lignin. This was in full agreement with experimental reports. Hydrophobic interactions seemed to be necessary to the interaction of the lignin/lignin model compounds with laccase, while H-bonds were not essential. The molecular basis revealed by this study was helpful in designing highly efficient laccases against lignin waste to achieve environmental protection.
A dangling‐silicon‐bond defect in topaz

Fast neutron bombardment of natural topaz crystals creates an optically active point defect with an absorption peak near 2 eV, coloring the crystal blue. This blue color anneals near 500 °C. The optical absorption is strongly dichroic, with a maximum when E is along the a direction in the orthorhombic lattice. We identify the defect as an oxygen vacancy in an isolated SiO4 tetrahedron, in the form of a doubly occupied dangling silicon bond. The defect is nonmagnetic, but electron spin resonance of its Frenkel partner implies an average oscillator strength f=0.012. A natural blue topaz is colored by this same defect, and electron and gamma irradiations produce a similar blue, but with strikingly different polarization dependences.
Initial Studies on the Anaerobic Sequencing Batch Reactor

This research focuses on an evaluation of the performance of a new process being called the “anaerobic sequencing batch reactor” (ASBR). The ASBR operates on an intermittent, fill and draw regimen. This results in alternating high substrate/low substrate (feast/famine) conditions. The high substrate conditions right after feeding results in high rates of substrate conversion to biogas. The low substrate concentration near the end of the react sequence results in efficient bioflocculation and solids separation.
Laser spectroscopy of strontium and calcium monoalkylamides

The reaction of strontium and calcium vapors with primary amines was studied in the gas phase. These reactions produce the metal monoalkylamides CaNHR and SrNHR. The C tilde/sup 2/A/sub 1/(/sup 2/A')-X tilde/sup 2/A/sub 1/(/sup 2/A'), B tilde/sup 2/B/sub 1/(/sup 2/A'')-X tilde/sup 2/A/sub 1/(/sup 2/A'), and A tilde/sup 2/B/sub 2/(/sup 2/A')-X tilde/sup 2/A/sub 1/(/sub 2/A') electronic transitions were observed by laser excitation spectroscopy. Some Ca-N and Sr-N stretching frequencies were assigned from the electron transitions.
Designing environmentally benign modified silica resin coatings with biomimetic textures for antibiofouling

Siloxane modified acrylic resin coatings with positive and negative replication textures were successfully fabricated by biomimicking the surface structures of natural lotus leaf and white crab shell via a replication method. The physical and chemical properties of the as-prepared coatings were systematically characterized by FT-IR spectroscopy, SEM, AFM and contact angle measurements. Moreover, the antifouling (AF) property of the biomimetic textured surfaces was tested via the settlement assay with two microalgae of different sizes. The results indicated that the micromastoids and microdimples of the lotus leaf and white crab shell could significantly inhibit the settlement of microalgae. Both biomimetic textured coatings with positive and negative lotus leaf morphology can reduce 73% attachment of Closterium and 74% attachment of Navicula. Both biomimetic textured coatings with positive and negative white crab shell morphology could reduce over 65% attachment of Closterium and Navicula. Different antifouling mechanisms of the biomimetic textured coatings were analyzed based on three key factors, including surface wettability, morphology, and algae size.
The Impact of the Internet on Buyer Behavior in Globalization : The Case of Thai Telecommunication

ายงานฉบับนี้มุงหมายที่นําเสนอ ผลกระทบของ อินเทอรเน็ตที่มีตอพฤติกรรมการซื้อของผูบริโภค โดยเนนการศึกษาไปที่ บริ การ e-se rv ice ของธุรกิจโทรคมนาคมในประเทศไทย เนื่องจาก ผลกระทบของอินเทอรเน็ตดังกลาว รายงานนี้นําเสนอการ พัฒนาแบบจําลองเพื่อเขาใจพฤติกรรมการซื้อของผูบริโภค กรณีบริการ e-service ของกิจการโทรคมนาคม โดยจากการ ศึกษาที่ผานมา รายงานฉบับนี้ ไดแสดงปจจัยที่จะมีผลตอ พฤติกรรมการซื้อของผูบริโภคขณะเชื่อมตออินเทอรเน็ต บนพื้นฐานของความเขาใจเกี่ยวกับประสบการณและการรับรู เกี่ยวกับบริการ e-service นอกจากนี้ในแบบจําลองดังกลาว ยั งแสดงถึ งการ เชื่ อม โยงขององคความรู อั น เกิ ดจาก ประสบการณของผูซื้อที่เปนเสมือนวงรอบแหงการเรียนรูเพื่อ เขาใจพฤติกรรมของผูบริโภคในธุรกิจโทรคมนาคม ABSTRACT
Synthesis of TS-1 Films on Porous Supports for Epoxidation of Allyl Chloride by Hydrogen Peroxide

Titanium silicalite-1 (TS-1) films were synthesized on stainless steel plate, glass slide and monolith supports via an in-situ hydrothermal method. Characterization data showed that the formation of TS-1 films was easier on the porous flat support with rough surface such as monolith than on the smooth non-porous supports like glass slide and stainless steel plate. The film on the monolith had the highest uniformity and smallest size of crystals. The catalytic property of monolith- supported film was tested for epoxidation of allyl chloride (ACH) by H 2O2 in a fixed bed reactor. Under the condition of a methanol (solvent)/ACH (90%)/H2O2 (30%) ratio of 12:1:1, a LHSV of 1.35 h -1 and a temperature of 318 K, the conversion of allyl chloride and the selectivity to epichlorohydrin reached 79 % and 51 %, respectively.
Advantages of Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor in comparison with Light Water Reactor

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) is an innovative design for the thermal breeder reactor that has important potential benefits over the traditional reactor design. LFTR is fluoride based liquid fuel, that use the thorium dissolved in salt mixture of lithium fluoride and beryllium fluoride. Therefore, LFTR technology is fundamentally different from the solid fuel technology currently in use. Although the traditional nuclear reactor technology has been proven, it has perceptual problems with safety and nuclear waste products. The aim of this paper is to discuss the potential advantages of LFTR in three aspects such as safety, fuel efficiency and nuclear waste as an alternative energy generator in the future. Comparisons between LFTR and Light Water Reactor (LWR), on general principles of fuel cycle, resource availability, radiotoxicity and nuclear weapon proliferation shall be elaborated.
Just a One-Trick Pony? An Analysis of CTA Risk and Return

In light of the recent popularity of products based on alternative risk premia, the authors examine the ability of these products to capture the returns of the commodity trading advisor (CTA) sector. The empirical analysis indicates that CTAs have heterogeneous return series that cannot be easily replicated through factor investing. Using a novel method, the authors generate the longest bias-free track record for CTAs, running from January 1987 to July 2015 and show consistently positive returns for the industry across the period. Finally, the authors show that CTAs with significant exposure to time series momentum (trend-following) have significantly better returns than those without this exposure.
Syngas production by simultaneous splitting of H2O and CO2via ceria redox reactions in a high-temperature solar reactor

Solar syngas production from H2O and CO2 is experimentally investigated using a two-step thermochemical cycle based on cerium oxide redox reactions. A solar cavity-receiver containing porous ceria felt is directly exposed to concentrated thermal radiation at a mean solar concentration ratio of 2865 suns. In the first endothermic step at 1800 K, ceria is thermally reduced to an oxygen deficient state. In the second exothermic step at 1100 K, syngas is produced by re-oxidizing ceria with a gas mixture of H2O and CO2. The syngas composition is experimentally determined as a function of the molar co-feeding ratio H2O:CO2 in the range of 0.8 to 7.7, yielding syngas with H2:CO molar ratios from 0.25 to 2.34. Ten consecutive H2O/CO2-splitting cycles performed over an 8 hour solar experimental run are presented.
Measuring Customers’ Affective-Cognitive Experience and Predicting the Market Success of New Products or Services

Measuring customers’ experience to predict their collective preference toward new products or services is very difficult: focus groups and cognitive self-reports, while often employed in marketing and consumer research, are not accurate predictors of future marketplace success. The authors present a new affective-behavioral-cognitive (ABC) framework to evaluate customers’ liking and wanting and predict their marketplace decisions. In this framework, we measure the usual cognitive questionnaire information and behavioral information together with new affective information (skin conductance and facial valence) while a customer makes repeated selections in a random-outcome two-option decision task to figure out which option is more likely to provide the preferred product. The application of our framework in beverage taste tests shows that the affective measure reveals something important not captured by the cognitive and behavioral measures and increases the discriminability of telling which product people like more. Moreover, this increased discriminability leads to better marketplace prediction. DRAFT: PLEASE DO NOT CIRCULATE WITHOUT PERMISSION 3
Effect of GA3 and BR on the florescence and chlorogenic acid of honeysuckle.

Different concentration GA3 and BR solution were sprayed in the initial bud period of honeysuckle to study their effects on the florescence and chlorogenic acid of honeysuckle.The result indicated that GA3 solution might cause the start bloom of honeysuckle 3-5 days ahead of time,and postponed 2-6 days by applying BR solution.After spraying GA3 and BR solution,the average increment of thousand buds weight was 2.17,2.53 g,respectively.1000 mg·L-1 GA3 solution and 0.5 mg·L-1 BR solution could make the chlorogenic content increase from 3.38%(CK) to 5.62%,4.90%. Suitable concentration GA3 and BR soulotion could effectively improve the weight and quality of honeysuckle buds,and make the florescence ahead of time or postpone,which provided reference to solve the problem that the poor harvest yield although honeysuckle grew very well due to the grower of honeysuckle with no time to pick because of busy farming in spring.