Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
FeFET and NCFET for Future Neural Networks: Visions and Opportunities

The goal of this special session paper is to introduce and discuss different emerging technologies for logic circuitry and memory as well as new lightweight architectures for neural networks. We demonstrate how the ever-increasing complexity in Artificial Intelligent (AI) applications, resulting in an immense increase in the computational power, necessitates inevitably employing innovations starting from the underlying devices all the way up to the architectures. Two different promising emerging technologies will be presented: (i) Negative Capacitance Field-Effect Transistor (NCFET) as a new beyond-CMOS technology with advantages for offering low power and/or higher accuracy for neural network inference. (ii) Ferroelectric FET (FeFET) as a novel non-volatile, area-efficient and ultra-low power memory device. In addition, we demonstrate how Binarized Neural Networks (BNNs) offer a promising alternative for traditional Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) due to its lightweight hardware implementation. Finally, we present the challenges from combining FeFET-based NVM with NNs and summarize our perspectives for future NNs and the vital role that emerging technologies may play.
Monetary sovereignty, currency hierarchy and policy space: a post-Keynesian approach

This paper aims to reassess the concept of monetary sovereignty (MS) and its relationship with policy space from a post-Keynesian (PK) perspective. First, we address the debate in the PK literature that encompasses the neo-chartalist scholars and their critics. Second, we make a critical appraisal of this debate, arguing that this perspective cannot overlook both the PK approach on money and the dynamics of the current international monetary and financial system featured by a currency hierarchy and the so called financial globalization. Third, we propose a concept of MS coherent with the PK approach and discuss its relationship with the currency hierarchy and policy space in this setting. Finally, we present some final remarks.
802.11ad in Smartphones: Energy Efficiency, Spatial Reuse, and Impact on Applications

We present an extensive experimental evaluation of the performance and power consumption of the 60 GHz IEEE 802.11ad technology on commercial smartphones. We also compare 802.11ad against its main competitors in the 5 GHz band – 802.11ac and, for first time, 802.11ax, on mobile devices. Our performance comparison focuses on two aspects that have not been extensively studied before: (i) dense multi-client and multi-AP topologies and (ii) popular mobile applications under realistic mobility patterns. Our power consumption study covers both non-communicating and communicating modes. We also present the first study of the power saving mode in 802.11ad-enabled smartphones and its impact on performance. Our results show that 802.11ad is better able to address the needs of emerging bandwidth-intensive applications in smartphones than its 5 GHz counterparts. At the same time, we identify several key research directions towards realizing its full potential.
Gender Diversity and Organizational Performance of 3 Star Hotels in South-South,

This study examined the relationship between gender diversity and organizational performance of 3-star hotels in South-South, Nigeria. Primary data was generated through self-administered questionnaire. The target population of the study is all the 3-star hotels in South-South, Nigeria registered with the Nigeria Tourism Development Commission. Five managers were selected from each of the 60 hotels in the South-South giving a total of 300 managers. The sample size of 171 was determined using the Taro Yamane’s formula for sample size determination. The reliability of the instrument was achieved using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring coefficients above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Statistics. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant relationship between gender diversity and organizational performance of 3-star hotels in South-South, Nigeria. The study concludes that gender diversity significantly predicts organizational performance of 3-star hotels in South-South, Nigeria. The study recommends that organizations should endevour to remove every subtle obstacle that hinders women from climbing up the managerial ladder. All forms of organizational practices and processes which create difficulties and limitations for women attaining the highest position of their field must be effectively removed.
Cristaux et céramiques transparentes comme matériaux scintillateurs pour l'imagerie médicale

Les cristaux et les ceramiques transparentes sont tres largement utilises pour la scintillation. Et ceci est plus particulierement vrai pour l’imagerie medicale. Dans cet article, des travaux sur des matrices d’oxydes mixtes dopes terres rares (cerium et europium) sont rapportes. Un effort tout particulier est porte sur la qualite cristalline pour les cristaux et la transparence pour les ceramiques. Pour le volet des proprietes optiques, nous considerons attentivement la reduction de la luminescence persistante tout en conservant un rendement lumineux eleve.
Comparative antioxidant analysis of hexane extracts of Terminalia chebula Retz. prepared by maceration and sequential extraction method

The aim of this work is to compare the antioxidant efficacy and the phenolic content of two hexane extracts viz. ‘Hex 1’ and ‘Hex 2’ of fruits of Terminalia chebula prepared by maceration and sequential method, respectively. The extracts were tested for their relative levels of antioxidant activity and the total phenolic content using DPPH, deoxyribose, reducing power, chelating power, lipid peroxidation and Folin-Ciocalteu method. Furthermore, the UV–VIS spectrum of extracts and the correlation between total phenolic content were examined in order to give an orientation to the search of phytochemicals responsible for their activity. From the results, it was concluded that phenolic compounds were predominant in the ‘Hex 2’ prepared by sequential extraction method. The antioxidative potential of ‘Hex 2’ was also far superior to the ‘Hex 1’ prepared by maceration method. Such study would contribute to further knowledge relating to the extraction of plant materials by different methods. Key words: Terminalia chebula, extraction method, antioxidant activity, phenolic compounds.
Light Scattering and Absorption by Spherical Particles in an Absorbing Medium

Light scattering and absorption by spherical particles in an absorbing medium occur in the earthatmosphere system. Some examples are light scattering by cloud particles surrounded by the water vapor in the atmosphere, by biological particles in the ocean, and by air bubbles in the ocean and sea ice. It is important for many applications to understand the effects of the absorbing medium on the scattering and absorption of light by the particles.
In situ monitoring of palladacycle-mediated carbonylation by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Palladium-catalyzed carbonylation has emerged as one of the most potential approaches for the synthesis of carbonyl-containing molecules, however, the understanding remains challenging in many reactions partly because of a lack of robust monitoring methods. Herein, we report a novel surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) based strategy for the in situ monitoring of palladacycle-mediated carbonylation. The nanoplatforms integrated with SERS activity and reaction mediability were constructed through assembling new synthesized palladacycles (PCs) on the surface of gold nanoparticles. It was shown that, when carbon monoxide (CO) was introduced to the nanoplatform-containing system as a C1 source, palladacycle-mediated carbonylation was initiated, and the SERS spectra of the nanoplatforms changed concomitantly. With this SERS spectrum variation, the reaction mechanism could be investigated facilely, and the corresponding reaction was found to follow a pseudo-first-order kinetics rate law based on the relationship between the relative ratiometric peak intensities of I1319/I1338 and the reaction time. Therefore, using the proposed SERS approach, the carbonylation process could be directly monitored in situ without tedious pretreatments.
Short-Term Impacts of Weed Cutting on Physical Habitats in Lowland Rivers - the Importance of Initial Environmental Conditions

We studied the effects of weed cutting at 3 reaches in two Danish lowland rivers with the objectives of examining the response to cutting in rivers with contrasting physical conditions, macrophyte diversity, and assemblage patterns. Physical characteristics and abundance of macrophyte species were registered 3 or 4 times throughout the study period on all reaches. Weed cutting did not affect the total coverage of stone, gravel and sand and substratum homogeneity, and no common response was found among the reaches. This result is likely to reflect both initial differences in the physical environment among the reaches as well as differences in macrophyte coverage and assemblage patterns. Water depth, variability in current velocity and the coverage of stone and sand were affected by coverage independent of assemblage patterns, whereas the river bed substratum homogeneity was affected by coverage, as well as assemblage pattern. The analysis indicated that diverse macrophyte communities with several growth morphologies enhance the spatial variability in substratum characteristics compared to reaches with a less diverse and more homogeneous distribution of species.
EFFECT OF A GnRF VACCINE (IMPROVAC®) ON SLAUGHTER PERFORMANCE AND MEAT QUALITY OF BOARS

The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of a GnRF vaccine, Improvac (Pfizer), on the slaughter performance and meat quality of boars. At weaning, a total of 400 healthy male animals were selected for 2 treatment groups: a vaccinated treatment group (n=200, 10 replicates of 20 pigs in a pen) and a physically castrated group (n=200, 10 replicates of 20 pigs in a pen). The vaccinated pigs received Improvac twice, once at 14 weeks and again 21 weeks of age. At the end of the study, all pigs were weighed individually. A total 40 pigs were selected for meat quality and carcass measurements (2 pigs per pen the median and next heaviest). All pigs were slaughtered at 25 weeks of age. The longissimus muscles were collected to evaluate the meat quality. Compared to castration, vaccination significantly reduced the back fat depth (P<0.05); however lean meat yield was not significantly different between treatments. Vaccination had no significant effect on the objective meat quality parameters of pH45, pH24, L* value and a* value. The b* value was significantly lower in the vaccinated group (P<0.05). There was a trend for vaccinated boars to have a lower drip loss, lower shear force value, and a higher cooked meat rate than physically castrated boars, however these differences did not reach statistical significance(P>0.05). The results indicated that the GnRF vaccine could decrease the back fat depth, and improve the meat colour. In addition, it also has the tendency to improve the tenderness and the water holding capability. The results indicated that there were no adverse effects of the GnRF vaccine (Improvac) on slaughter performance and meat quality traits of boars.
Laccases involved in the DHN melanin biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus 1 are regulated by developmental factors and copper homeostasis 2 3

are regulated by developmental factors and copper homeostasis 2 3 Srijana Upadhyay, Guadalupe Torres and Xiaorong Lin * 4 5 Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA. 6 7 *Correspondence 8 Department of Biology, Texas A&M University 9 3258 TAMU 10 College Station, TX 77843-3258 11 Phone: 979-845-7274 12 Fax: 979-845-2891 13 Email: xlin@bio.tamu. edu 14 15 Running Title: regulation of melanin laccases in A. fumigatus 16 17 EC Accepts, published online ahead of print on 11 October 2013 Eukaryotic Cell doi:10.1128/EC.00217-13 Copyright © 2013, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Chloroferrate(III) Ionic Liquid as Recyclable Catalyst for the Acetylation of Alcohols and Phenols and for 1,1-Diacylation of Aldehydes

A Lewis acidic ionic liquid, [bmim][FeCl 4 ], was employed to catalyze acetylation of alcohols and phenols, and the conversion of aldehydes to corresponding 1,1-diacetates without conventional organic solvents. The catalyst is easily available, water-tolerant, recoverable and easy to handle.
Health benefits of barley for diabetes

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is one of the most prevalent metabolic disorders in the United States. Increased blood glucose levels and improper crucial metabolism ensuing from insulin action, insulin secretion defect, or both are characteristics of this disease. The risk of developing T2D is associated with many factors, including obesity, race, inactivity, and genetics. Increased whole-grain (WG) consumption has been reported to lower the risk of obesity and T2D. Among WGs, barley shows a comparative advantage in its fiber content, especially the soluble fiber, beta-glucan (β-glucan), an active component credited for this benefit. Barley also contains important phytochemicals, mostly intertwined with its fiber, reported to offer glycemic response benefits. The mechanism by which barley exerts these changes in glycemic response is not entirely understood. However, the physical properties of barley fiber, the function of microbial metabolites of fiber, short chain fatty acids, and the beneficial effects of its phytochemicals through multiple pathways have all been reported as the potential mechanisms for its antidiabetic effects. This review summarizes recent studies concerning the health-promoting benefit of barley in preventing and moderating the risk factors associated with diabetes and the potential underlying mechanisms.
Data Driven Molecule Generation Using Deep Learning

A crucial task in pharmacology, toxicology and drug development is to generate molecule libraries. These libraries are the starting point of all development projects and are typically screened for molecules with desired biological properties. The success of finding a novel drug depends on the design of the initial library. Recently, there has been increased interest in data-driven machine learning approaches for generating molecular libraries. In this work, we add to those advances and train recurrent neural networks (RNN) to generate molecules using the SMILES representation to describe structures. We confirm that RNNs are capable of learning the SMILES-syntax, improve the existing state-of-the-art method and create molecules similar to the ones in chemical databases, concretely ChEMBL. Our model outperforms previously published models in this task with respect to established performance measures. Additionally we point out the need for better performance measures, and we propose a new evaluation method, the Fréchet ChemblNet Distance (FCD), that can be used to assess generative models for molecules. This new metric relies on comparing the distributions of the activations of a neural network that is trained to predict bioactivities of molecules. The advantage of this new metric is that it takes into account chemical and biological information, as well as the diversity of generated molecules and combines everything into a single score. We show that the FCD can detect differences between sets of molecules by creating artificial datasets biased towards certain molecular properties. Apart from our novel contributions, the improvement of the state-of-the-art method and the introduction of a new evaluation criterion, we review existing research and point out inconsistencies and suggest potential improvements and further directions of research.
BIT ERROR NOTIFICATION AND ESTIMATION IN REDUNDANT SUCCESSIVE-APPROXIMATION ADC

The article is devoted to research on the possibilities to use redundant number systems for bit error notification in a successive-approximation ADC during the main conversion mode. The transfer function of a successive-approximation ADC with a non-binary radix is analyzed. If the radix is less than 2, not all possible code combinations appear on the converter output. The process of formation of unused combinations is investigated. The relationship between the bit’s deviations and the list of unused combinations is established. The possibilities of estimating the bit error value without interrupting the process of analog-to-digital conversion is considered.
Effect of season and different dietary protein level on production and reproductive performance and egg characteristics of indigenous Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) in the middle belt of Ghana

This study was undertaken to determine the impact of seasonal variations and different dietary protein levels on production traits, reproductive performance and egg characteristics of Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) in the Middle belt of Ghana. Twelve (12) males and forty-eight (48) females Pearl Guinea fowls of 12 weeks of age were subjected to isocaloric diet containing 16%, 18%, 20% and 22% crude protein levels.Each group was replicated three times and reared in three seasons (Dry-December-March, Major rains-April-July and Minor rains-August-November) in a 3x4 factorial experiment. Data were analyzed using General Linear Model procedure of SAS.Hen day egg production (HDEP) and egg mass increased (p0.05) with increasing dietary protein. Egg quality traits did not differ significantly (p>0.05) except egg yolk (p
A blind ATCA HI survey of the Fornax galaxy cluster

We present the first interferometric blind HI survey of the Fornax galaxy cluster, which covers an area of 15 deg2 out to the cluster virial radius. The survey has a spatial and velocity resolution of 67″ × 95″(∼6 × 9 kpc at the Fornax cluster distance of 20 Mpc) and 6.6 km s−1 and a 3σ sensitivity of NHI ∼ 2 × 1019 cm−2 and MHI ∼ 2 × 107 M⊙, respectively. We detect 16 galaxies out of roughly 200 spectroscopically confirmed Fornax cluster members. The detections cover about three orders of magnitude in HI mass, from 8 × 106 to 1.5 × 1010 M⊙. They avoid the central, virialised region of the cluster both on the sky and in projected phase-space, showing that they are recent arrivals and that, in Fornax, HI is lost within a crossing time, ∼2 Gyr. Half of these galaxies exhibit a disturbed HI morphology, including several cases of asymmetries, tails, offsets between HI and optical centres, and a case of a truncated HI disc. This suggests that these recent arrivals have been interacting with other galaxies, the large-scale potential or the intergalactic medium, within or on their way to Fornax. As a whole, our Fornax HI detections are HI-poorer and form stars at a lower rate than non-cluster galaxies in the same M⋆ range. This is particularly evident at M⋆ ≲ 109 M⊙, indicating that low mass galaxies are more strongly affected throughout their infall towards the cluster. The MHI/M⋆ ratio of Fornax galaxies is comparable to that in the Virgo cluster. At fixed M⋆, our HI detections follow the non-cluster relation between MHI and the star formation rate, and we argue that this implies that thus far they have lost their HI on a timescale ≳1−2 Gyr. Deeper inside the cluster HI removal is likely to proceed faster, as confirmed by a population of HI-undetected but H2-detected star-forming galaxies. Overall, based on ALMA data, we find a large scatter in H2-to-HI mass ratio, with several galaxies showing an unusually high ratio that is probably caused by faster HI removal. Finally, we identify an HI-rich subgroup of possible interacting galaxies dominated by NGC 1365, where pre-processing is likely to have taken place.
Optimal Coding Scheme and Resource Allocation for Distributed Computation with Limited Resources

A central issue of distributed computing systems is how to optimally allocate computing and storage resources and design data shuffling strategies such that the total execution time for computing and data shuffling is minimized. This is extremely critical when the computation, storage and communication resources are limited. In this paper, we study the resource allocation and coding scheme for the MapReduce-type framework with limited resources. In particular, we focus on the coded distributed computing (CDC) approach proposed by Li et al. We first extend the asymmetric CDC (ACDC) scheme proposed by Yu et al. to the cascade case where each output function is computed by multiple servers. Then we demonstrate that whether CDC or ACDC is better depends on system parameters (e.g., number of computing servers) and task parameters (e.g., number of input files), implying that neither CDC nor ACDC is optimal. By merging the ideas of CDC and ACDC, we propose a hybrid scheme and show that it can strictly outperform CDC and ACDC. Furthermore, we derive an information-theoretic converse showing that for the MapReduce task using a type of weakly symmetric Reduce assignment, which includes the Reduce assignments of CDC and ACDC as special cases, the hybrid scheme with a corresponding resource allocation strategy is optimal, i.e., achieves the minimum execution time, for an arbitrary amount of computing servers and storage memories.
Kinova Gen3-Lite manipulator inverse kinematics: optimal polynomial solution

A polynomial solution to the inverse kinematic problem of the Kinova Gen3 Lite robot is proposed in this paper. This serial robot is based on a 6R kinematic chain and is not wrist-partitioned. We first start from the forward kinematics equation providing the position and orientation of the end-effector, finally, the univariate polynomial equation is given as a function of the first joint variable $\theta_{1}$. The remaining joint variables are computed by back substitution. Thus, an unique set of joint position is obtain for each root of the univariate equation. Numerical examples, simulated in ROS (Robot Operating System), are given to validate the results, which are compared to the coordinates obtained with MoveIt! and with the actual robot. A procedure to choose an optimum posture of the robot is also proposed.
A new distance measure of Pythagorean fuzzy sets based on matrix and and its application in medical diagnosis

The pythagorean fuzzy set (PFS) which is developed based on intuitionistic fuzzy set, is more efficient in elaborating and disposing uncertainties in indeterminate situations, which is a very reason of that PFS is applied in various kinds of fields. How to measure the distance between two pythagorean fuzzy sets is still an open issue. Mnay kinds of methods have been proposed to present the of the question in former reaserches. However, not all of existing methods can accurately manifest differences among pythagorean fuzzy sets and satisfy the property of similarity. And some other kinds of methods neglect the relationship among three variables of pythagorean fuzzy set. To addrees the proplem, a new method of measuring distance is proposed which meets the requirements of axiom of distance measurement and is able to indicate the degree of distinction of PFSs well. Then some numerical examples are offered to to verify that the method of measuring distances can avoid the situation that some counter? intuitive and irrational results are produced and is more effective, reasonable and advanced than other similar methods. Besides, the proposed method of measuring distances between PFSs is applied in a real environment of application which is the medical diagnosis and is compared with other previous methods to demonstrate its superiority and efficiency. And the feasibility of the proposed method in handling uncertainties in practice is also proved at the same time.