Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Compact Spatial Triple‐Band‐Stop Filter for Cellular/PCS/IMT‐2000 Systems

We propose a novel spatial multi‐band‐stop filter using modified multiple loop array elements to block electromagnetic waves or signals of mobile phones in public facilities. It operates at the following frequency bands: Korean cellular (824 MHz to 894 MHz), Personal Communication Service (PCS) (1.75 GHz to 1.87 GHz), and IMT‐2000 (1.92 GHz to 2.17 GHz). Two frequency selective surfaces with modified multiple‐loop elements are printed on the top and bottom of a pair‐glass pane, which is a pair of glass panes with an air gap between them. A modified multiple‐loop element with a meander line is used to make the size of the filter compact. The simulated and measured results show good agreement, which confirms the usefulness of the proposed tri‐band spatial filter.
Tiny and Blurred Face Alignment for Long Distance Face Recognition

Applying face alignment after face detection exerts a heavy influence on face recognition. Many researchers have recently investigated face alignment using databases collected from images taken at close distances and with low magnification. However, in the cases of home‐service robots, captured images generally are of low resolution and low quality. Therefore, previous face alignment research, such as eye detection, is not appropriate for robot environments. The main purpose of this paper is to provide a new and effective approach in the alignment of small and blurred faces. We propose a face alignment method using the confidence value of Real‐AdaBoost with a modified census transform feature. We also evaluate the face recognition system to compare the proposed face alignment module with those of other systems. Experimental results show that the proposed method has a high recognition rate, higher than face alignment methods using a manually‐marked eye position.
Title Consumer Response to the 1994 Tax Cut : Evaluating Japan ' s First Tax Cut in the 1990 s

This paper explores the reaction of Japanese consumers to the 1994 tax cut, the first administered by the Japanese government in the 1990s. Microlevel data from the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) is used to evaluate the e#ect of the 1994 tax cut on consumption. The estimates weakly suggest that tax cuts undertaken to stimulate the weak economy in 1994 had some e#ect on consumption of non-durables or semi-durables. An MPC of 0.1 0.2 is estimated right after implementation, but the positive e#ect was substituted immediately in subsequent months. In other words, consumers reacted to the temporary tax cut, but its e#ect was small and transitory.
Reliability Design of Source/Drain Adaptive Layers in an HV Power nLDMOS

Reliability issues are very important especially for the high-voltage (HV) devices. Unfortunately, an HV nLDMOS is often damaged by a latch-up (LU) problem when it triggered by a transient noise and a bias condition VDDmax is greater than that of the device holding-voltage (Vh). The snapback phenomena of the new adding adaptive layers in the source/drain ends of an nLDMOS are investigated in this paper. It is a novel method to reduce the surface field, control the trigger voltage and holding voltage. Experimentally, the right-shifting characteristic of snapback I-V curves depends on new adding Pad, LPad, Nad, and LNad parameters, respectively. Eventually, these source/drain adaptive layers of an nLDMOS can effectively improve the LU immunity under an HV operation.
Current perspectives on cadherin-cytoskeleton interactions and dynamics

Cells are linked together dynamically by adhesion molecules, such as the classical cadherins. E-cadherin, which mediates epithelial cell–cell interactions, plays fundamental roles in tissue organization and is often perturbed in diseases such as cancer. It has long been recognized that the biology of E-cadherin arises from cooperation between adhesion and the actin cytoskeleton. A major feature is the generation of contractile forces at junctions, yielding patterns of tension that contribute to tissue integrity and patterning. Here we discuss recent developments in understanding how cadherin junctions integrate signaling and cytoskeletal dynamics to sense and generate force.
Connectivity-Guided EEG Biofeedback for Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence of Neurophysiological Changes

Recent studies have linked neural coherence deficits with impairments associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The current study tested the hypothesis that lowering neural hyperconnectivity would lead to decreases in autistic symptoms. Subjects underwent connectivity-guided EEG biofeedback, which has been previously found to enhance neuropsychological functioning and to lessen autistic symptoms. Significant reductions in neural coherence across frontotemporal regions and source localized power changes were evident in frontal, temporal, and limbic regions following this treatment. Concurrently, there were significant improvements on objective neuropsychological tests and parents reported positive gains (decreases in symptoms) following the treatment. These findings further validate EEG biofeedback as a therapeutic modality for autistic children and suggest that changes in coherence anomalies may be related to the mechanism of action.
Genetic polymorphism and cluster analysis on blood protein ( enzyme ) of five meat sheep breeds

Four types of blood proteins (Hb, Alb, Tf, Es) in serum samples from one hundred seventy Gansu meat sheeps (including Borderdale, Poll Dorset, Mongolian sheep, Tan sheep and Small Tail Han sheep) were detected on polymorphism by vertical plate discontinuous polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(PAGE). Genotype frequencies, allele frequencies and genetic heterozygosity of four proteins sites were calculated and the genetic distance and the relationship between different groups were discussed through cluster analysis. The results indicated that four blood proteins (enzymes) sites were of polymorphism in varying degrees. The statistical results showed that the average heterozygosity (H) of four proteins (enzymes) sites in Borderdale, Poll Dorset, Mongolian sheep, Tan sheep and Small Tail Han sheep were 0.434 1, 0.417 6, 0.339 3, 0.332 5 and 0.371 0, respectively. The cluster analysis suggested that the genetic distance between Poll Dorset and Borderdale was the closest, while which between Poll Dorset and Tan sheep was the farthest. The genetic distance between three indigenous breeds and two introduced breeds was relatively farther.
Ricci polynomial gravity

We study a novel class of higher curvature gravity models in $n$ spacetime dimensions which we call Ricci polynomial gravity. The action is consisted purely of a polynomial in Ricci curvature of order $N$. In the absence of the second order terms in the action, the models are ghost free around the Minkowski vacuum. By appropriately choosing the coupling coefficients in front of each terms in the action, it is shown that the models can have multiple vacua with different effective cosmological constants, and can be made free of ghost and scalar degrees of freedom around at least one of the maximally symmetric vacua for any $n>2$ and any $N\geq 4$. We also discuss some of the physical implications of the existence of multiple vacua in the contexts of black hole physics and cosmology.
Mitigation of salt stress in radish (Raphanus Sativus l.) by plant growth promoting rhizobacteria

The effects of Staphylococcus kloosii EY37 and Kocuria erythromyxa EY43 on some agro­ physical properties such as shoot­root fresh weight, shoot­root dry weight, emergence percent (EP), chlorophyll content, leaf number per plant (LNPP), leaf relative water content (LRWC), electrolyte leakage (EL) and ionic composition of leaves of radish were tested under saline conditions. Seeds were soaked in the bacterial suspension incubated at 27 0 C for 2 h. After incubation the seeds were air­dried before use. Salinity treatments were established by adding 0 and 80 mM of NaCl to a base complete nutrient solution. In control, salt treatment significantly decreased shoot and root fresh­dry weight, EP, LNPP, LRWC, chlorophyll and mineral content, but increased EL. However, EY37 and EY43 treatments under saline conditions significantly increased shoot fresh weight (79.5%, 56.2%), root fresh weight (100.0%­52.2%), shoot dry weight (108.1%­97.0%), root dry weight (150.6%­ 157.4%), LNPP (34.1­12.8), LRWC (37.0%­20.6%), EP (17.2%­14.1%) and chlorophyll content (21.2%­24.9%), but decrease EL (19.5%­26.9%) compared to the control (without plant growth promoting rhizobial bacteria (PGPR)). Ionic compositions of the leaves of radish plants were significantly affected by salinity and bacterial inoculations. All nutrient element contents investigated were significantly decreased except for Na and Cl under salt stress, which were significantly increased by salt treatment. Bacterial inoculation under salinity conditions usually increased plant nutrient element (PNE) contents of the leaves. It can be concluded from the study that treatment with EY37 and EY43 strains can ameliorate the deleterious effects of salt stress on nutrition and on the growth parameters of radish plants under salinity conditions; PGRB treatment could offer an economical and simple application technology to alleviate the moderately salt sensitive radish production problems in arid soil caused by high salinity.
Will Unions Make Us Less Professional

Opponents of faculty unionization and collective bargaining have a large assortment of arguments which, although typically not supported by any substantial evidence, are of sufficient merit to deserve close attention. Paul L. Dressel and William H. Faricy, in Keturn to Responsibility, have written what can be taken as a standard critique of unionism among professors.1 To begin with, they say, unionism will create an unhealthy schism between professors and students aid/or professors and administrators, and may even tarnish the professor's image in the public mind. Such disunity could occur even among unionized professors if, as is the case in the City University of New York, full-time and part-time professors are represented by two competitive, jealous unions. And if unity is an important dimension of a professional community, then a second and broader consequence of unionism is its alleged tendency to undermine "professional integrity. " The issue of the supposed incompatibility between unionism and professionalism is one of complexity and is interpreted in different ways by the authors who have written on the subject. In the words of Dressel and Faricy:
Political Contingency and the Implementation of Qatarization

This paper represents an exploratory study that examines political contingency in a less liberal regulatory regime such as the ‘positive state’ or the ‘developmental state’. As an example of a state-led policy, the implementation of a workforce localization policy is examined through an intensive case study on the oil- and gas-based industries (OGBI), the most significant economic sector in Qatar. In particular, the paper identifies the strategies and mechanisms that the government utilizes in its efforts to gain commitment from public enterprises to replace its expatriate workforce with nationals. The empirical analysis focuses on two main themes: state influence on public organizations and the HR practices that are used to enhance workforce localization. The findings reveal that the government has adopted some innovative control strategies that are not widely acknowledged within the literature. These include its continuous re-shuffling and replacement of decision-makers and key personnel in state enterprises. Moreover, the government dominates by playing an active role in forming OGBI strategies through appointing the Minister of Energy to the highest hierarchical positions such as chairman and managing director in the industries. However, state enterprises’ reactions to the state-led localization policy vary considerably. The study provides new evidence that public organizations do not always comply with politically-determined policies. The evaluation of the implementation of localization strategy shows that there are three approaches toward what may be called ‘Qatarization’, namely, strategic adaptation; pragmatic acceptance, and implicit avoidance. The approaches are strongly associated with understanding the policy aims and linking the policy to HR practices.
Investigating the Finnish Elderly People’s Attitudes and Motivation towards Digital Game-Based Physical Exercises

Attitudes and motivation towards physical exercises play a vital role for elderly people’s adherence to exercise. In recent years, digital games have been used to enhance elderly people’s experiences in physical exercises. However, there is a limited number of studies regarding elderly people’s attitudes and motivation towards digital game-based exercises. In this study, we aim at investigating the Finnish elderly people’s attitudes towards physical and digital game-based exercises, as well as their motivation in the gameplay. Furthermore, we intend to investigate if digital games can be an alternative way of exercising for elderly people. We conducted a user experience test of the “Skiing Game” with 21 elderly participants in Finland. We applied both qualitative (e.g. interview) and quantitative (e.g. questionnaires) methods to collect data from the participants. Then, we analyzed the data by using SPSS and Nvivo. The findings show that the Finnish elderly people’s attitudes towards physical exercises are more positive than digital game-based exercises. However, their attitudes towards digital games have become more positive after the gameplay. Their in-game and post-game user experiences were moderately positive. Their motivation to play digital game-based exercises was moderately high after the gameplay. Their feedback towards the Skiing game was positive. They recommend that digital game-based exercises can be an effective way of exercising. Based on these findings, we recommend that digital games are promising to be used as an alternative way of exercising for the Finnish elderly people. The discussion in this study can help researchers gain insights about using digital games for promoting elderly people’s participation in physical exercises.
Nutrients (N, P and K) dynamics associated with the leaf litter of two agroforestry tree species of Bangladesh

Abstract: Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Dehnh.) and Swietenia macrophylla (King.) are not native to Bangladesh, but they are widely used in agroforestry practices for their commercial values. Selection of tree species with efficient return of nutrients is a vital challenge in agroforestry practices to maintain the soil fertility for sustainable crop production. Therefore, a comparative study was conducted on nutrients (N, P and K) leaching from leaf litter of E. camaldulensis and S. macrophylla in laboratory condition. The initial dry weight of leaf litter of E. camaldulensis and S. macrophylla were significantly (p N>P) release during the leaching process. Nutrients (N, P and K) concentration in leaf litter of these species showed significant (p<0.05) negative exponential curvilinear relationships with the weight loss. Result of this study suggests that E. camaldulensis is the best in terms of N return and S. macrophylla the best in terms of P and K return.
TOGA-TAO and the 1991–93 El Niño Southern Oscillation Event

scale fluctuations . T H E EL N~r~o-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) phenomenon is an interannual perturbation of the climate system characterized by aperiodic weakening of the tradewinds and warming of the surface layers in the equatorial Pacific Ocean every 4-7 years. The impacts of ENSO are felt worldwide through disruption of the atmospheric general circulation and associated global weather patterns (Rasmusson and Wallace, 1983; Ropelewski and Halpert, 1987). ENSO also affects the ecosystem dynamics in the Pacific Ocean, particularly the higher trophic levels of the food chain on which fisheries depend (Barber and Chavez, 1983). The widespread and systematic influence of ENSO on the ocean-atmosphere system led to initiation of the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere (TOGA) Program, a 10-y study (1985-1994) of climate variability on seasonal to interannual time scales. Key to the success of TOGA is the accurate determination of basin scale fluctuations in surface winds, sea surface temperature (SST), upper ocean heat content, near-surface currents, and sea level in the tropical Pacific. Measurement of these oceanographic fields is required to describe fully the variability related to ENSO, to understand the physical processes responsible for that variability, and to initialize and verify shortterm climate prediction models. Plans for TOGA in the early 1980s called for an ocean observing system that would rely on an increased utilization of satellite products, in particular for SST, surface winds and sea level, and on the development of a "thin monitoring" array of in situ measurements based on an enhancement of existing capabilities. The in situ array would include specifically a volunteer observing ship (VOS) expendable bathythermograph (XBT) program, a tide gauge network, a drifting buoy pro-
Thermodynamic Limit in Statistical Physics

The thermodynamic limit in statistical thermodynamics of many-particle systems is an important but often overlooked issue in the various applied studies of condensed matter physics. To settle this issue, we review tersely the past and present disposition of thermodynamic limiting procedure in the structure of the contemporary statistical mechanics and our current understanding of this problem. We pick out the ingenious approach by N. N. Bogoliubov, who developed a general formalism for establishing of the limiting distribution functions in the form of formal series in powers of the density. In that study he outlined the method of justification of the thermodynamic limit when he derived the generalized Boltzmann equations. To enrich and to weave our discussion, we take this opportunity to give a brief survey of the closely related problems, such as the equipartition of energy and the equivalence and nonequivalence of statistical ensembles. The validity of the equipartition of energy permits one to decide what are the boundaries of applicability of statistical mechanics. The major aim of this work is to provide a better qualitative understanding of the physical significance of the thermodynamic limit in modern statistical physics of the infinite and "small" many-particle systems.
4 - REGULAR INTEGRAL GRAPHS AVOIDING ±3 IN THE SPECTRUM

We determine all connected 4-regular integral graphs avoiding ±3 in the spectrum. There are exactly 16 bipartite and 8 nonbipartite such graphs. The smallest bipartite one is K4,4, while the largest has 32 vertices. Among these graphs there are two triplets of cospectral nonisomorphic graphs and two pairs of cospectral nonisomorphic graphs. The smallest nonbipartite one is K5, and the largest has 15 vertices. Among these graphs there is a pair of cospectral nonisomorphic graphs.
The Orders of Elliptic Curves y(2) = x(3) + b, b ∈ F(* q)

This paper particularly deals with elliptic curves in the form of E(x, y) = y(2) − x(3) −b = 0, b ∈ F(* q) , where 3 divides q−1. In this paper, we refer to the well-known twist technique as x-twist and propose y-twist. By combining x-twist and y-twist, we can consider six elliptic curves and this paper proposes a method to obtain the orders of these six curves by counting only one order among the six curves.
EXPRESSION OF VIRULENCE GENES OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES IN FOOD

ABSTRACT In the present study, the development of reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction protocols for three virulence genes (plcA, iap and hly) and the sigB stress response gene that may be applied for the determination of the virulence gene expression of Listeria monocytogenes in situ was reported. When applied to L. monocytogenes strains of different origin (#3, isolated from meat; National Collection of Type Cultures 10527, a collection strain; and #162, isolated from cheese) and to four different food matrices (fermented sausage, soft cheese, ultrahigh temperature milk and minced meat), stored at 4 and 12C, significant heterogeneity in their expression was recorded. By statistical analysis of the data, it was possible to determine a significant effect on the gene expression by the food matrix, especially for the strain #162. This work showed that environmental factors may influence the virulence expression of L. monocytogenes providing better insights to the physiology of the microorganism grown in foods. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS The ability to rapidly determine the virulence potential of Listeria monocytogenes in food is a challenge. This study adds new information regarding the heterogeneity within this species. Moreover, it highlights the need to better understand the influence of the different food matrices on the expression of virulence and stress response genes in L. monocytogenes. The reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction approach developed and exploited in this study has the potentials to be applied in the field of food safety in order to provide additional insights regarding the virulence of L. monocytogenes. Such information could be useful in implementing control strategies.
Students’ Perception of HR Competencies

Abstract Background and purpose: Human resource professionalism receives considerable attention in terms of the competence of individual. In this article, we want to bridge the existing competencies of students and the perceived competencies that they assume will be developed and obtained during their studies. The purpose of our paper is a) to present competencies in general, b) to determine the meaning of the development of competencies in the field of higher education, and c) to present the role of competencies in human resource management. The aim of this paper is to examine the human resource competencies among students, and their judgments regarding the competencies they have already received during their studies. Methodology: The questionnaire was distributed to full-time students of the Faculty of Organizational Science, University of Maribor, in such a way that both genders, both undergraduate and graduate studies, and all years of study were represented. We have measured students’ opinions concerning their current and future perceptions about professional competencies in the HR field. Results: Based on the self-assessment of fifteen HR competencies, we used hierarchical clustering performed with Ward's method and standardized variables and got two clusters. A t-test was used according to low or high levels of students’ current competencies. The positive association between satisfaction with study programme and student's opinion on development of competencies during their studies was confirmed with one-tailed Pearson correlation coefficient. Conclusion: The majority of students believe that they possess significant HR competencies. They have expressed a need for further education and training in that field. The students have assessed that the study programme allows them to acquire and develop the competencies for a successful task performance of the HR professional.