Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Modélisation électro-mécanique de transmissions par engrenages : Applications à la détection et au suivi des avaries

La detection et le diagnostic des defauts d’engrenages ont ete traditionnellement bases sur l'analyse des signaux vibratoires et acoustiques. Mais, ces methodes peuvent etre couteuses suite aux difficultes techniques de mise en œuvre de capteurs sur des pieces en rotation. Dans ces travaux de these, une methode originale de detection de defauts locaux dans des engrenages entraines par des moteurs electriques est proposee en se basant sur le suivi des courants statoriques. Le systeme electromecanique est simule numeriquement en combinant un modele electrique dynamique de moteurs asynchrones (modele de Kron et modele des reseaux de permeances) et un modele mecanique dynamique d’engrenages droits et helicoidaux incluant les arbres et les paliers. Certains defauts classiques du moteur (excentricite du rotor) et des defauts d'engrenages (ecaillages sur les flancs actifs de dentures) sont consideres et une technique iterative de resolution est presentee qui permet de resoudre le probleme electromecanique couple. De nombreux resultats sont presentes qui illustrent la possibilite et la sensibilite de detection de defauts d’engrenages par mesure de courants electriques sur le moteur. Sur la base de ces simulations, il est conclu que l’analyse de la signature des courants du moteur apparait comme une methode suffisamment precise pour detecter et surveiller les defauts locaux d’engrenage comme les ecaillages.
Marine waters contaminated with domestic sewage: nonenteric illnesses associated with bather exposure in the United Kingdom.

OBJECTIVES This study identified possible dose-response relationships among bathers exposed to marine waters contaminated with domestic sewage and subsequent risk of nonenteric illness. METHODS Four intervention follow-up studies were conducted within the United Kingdom. Healthy volunteers (n = 1273) were randomized into bather and nonbather groups. Intensive water-quality monitoring was used to assign five bacteriological indices of water quality to individual bathers. Illnesses studied were acute febrile respiratory illness, and eye, ear, and skin ailments. RESULTS Fecal streptococci exposure was predictive of acute febrile respiratory illness, while fecal coliform exposure was predictive of ear ailments. Estimated thresholds of effect occurred at bather exposures above 60 fecal streptococci and 100 fecal coliform per 100 ml of water, respectively. Although no relationship was found between eye ailments and indicator organism exposure, compared with nonbathers, bathers were at higher risk for eye ailments. CONCLUSIONS Nonenteric illness can be transmitted via recreational contact with marine waters contaminated with sewage. These results argue against the use of a single indicator to establish water quality standards.
Analisis Pengaruh Permodalan, Pemasaran, Teknologi & Inovasi, Kecerdasan Spiritual dan Perencanaan Strategi Terhadap Kinerja Usaha Kecil Menengah (UKM) Mebel di Klaten Jawa Tengah

Small medium enterprises (SMEs) constitute a business activity that is able to expand employment and provide economic services broadly to society and can play a role in the process of Equalization and the increase in people's income, encouraging the growth of economy and play a role in realizing stability nationwide. The purpose of this research is to know the influence of the capital, marketing, technology and innovation, spiritual intelligence and planning strategy on performance of small medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) furniture in Klaten, Central Java. The object of the research done in the village of Dayan, Ceper, Klaten, Central Java. The methods used in this research are multiple linear regression by disseminating a questionnaire in directly. The results showed that capital, marketing, technology and innovation, spiritual intelligence and planning strategy of the influence on the performance of small and medium businesses (SMEs) furniture in the Klaten.
Strong antiapostatic selection against novel rare aposematic prey

The evolution of aposematism, a phenomenon where prey species conspicuously advertise their unprofitability to predators, is puzzling. How did conspicuousness evolve, if it simultaneously increased the likelihood of an inexperienced predator to detect the prey and presumably kill it? Antiapostatic selection, where rare prey is predated relatively more often, is considered as another major difficulty for aposematism to evolve. However, the risk of being conspicuous in low frequencies has not been experimentally tested. We designed an experiment to test how frequency (4%, 12%, 32%) of conspicuous aposematic prey and its dispersion type (solitary vs. aggregated) affect an initial predation risk of the prey and in avoidance learning of predators. Wild great tits (Parus major) were predators on artificial prey in a “novel world. ” The relative mortality of aposematic prey was antiapostatic, thus the frequency-dependent predation was most severe at low frequencies. In all frequencies, aggregated aposematic prey survived better than solitary prey. Surprisingly, learning was not determined by a fixed number of unpalatable prey eaten, but at low frequencies fewer aposematic individuals eaten generated predators' avoidance learning. However, per-capita risk for the prey remained highest at low frequencies. Our results underscore the problems of initial evolution of rare conspicuous morphs. Aggregated prey suffered less from predation, indicating selective advantage of aggregation over solitary living for a conspicuous individual.
Growing old disgracefully: New ideas for getting the most out of life

Make more knowledge even in less time every day. You may not always spend your time and money to go abroad and get the experience and knowledge by yourself. Reading is a good alternative to do in getting this desirable knowledge and experience. You may gain many things from experiencing directly, but of course it will spend much money. So here, by reading growing old disgracefully, you can take more advantages with limited budget.
Pengaruh Customer Value, Service Quality, Dan Brand Experience Terhadap Competitive Advantage Pada Bank Danamon Di Surabaya Melalui Brand Image Dan Brand Trust Sebagai Media Intervening

Indonesia's economic growth in 2010-2014 reached an average of 5.9% per year. It had a positive impact on the banking sector in Indonesia. To be able to win the competition, Danamon need the right strategy. Until now, Danamon is a financial institution that is registered and supervised by the Financial Services Authority.This study aims to analyze the influence of customer value, service quality and brand experience to the Bank's competitive advantage by considering the factor of brand image and brand trust. This study will be conducted by distributing questionnaires to 100 respondents customers of Bank Danamon. The analysis technique used is the technique of quantitative analysis by the method of path analysis and partial least squares (PLS).
The Adoption of Generative Customization as an Innovation Strategy in the U.S. Smartphone Market: A Case Study

With the pace of change and adoption of new products continuing to escalate, even leading edge companies are facing challenges in retaining market leadership. In this case study, the frustration of a talented product designer for a U.S. leader in Smartphone technology leads to bigger questions about his firm’s willingness and ability to adopt a new IT-enabled innovation in product design and generative customization. He enlists the aid of an IT support analyst to help convince his organization to consider this new approach to extend and expand the company’s existing significant sales growth and market dominance in an increasingly competitive environment. The company must also understand the impact on product design of human cognitive creativity leveraged by an emerging technology, the viability of its closed system model of innovation, and the organizational challenges associated with market volatility and innovation.
Germanium Quantum Wells for High-Performance Modulators in Silicon Photonics

Silicon electronics dominates information processing, and offers a remarkable technology for making very complex systems for very little cost. Many of the waveguide passive optical components that we use today in telecommunications, such as wavelength splitters, use the same technology base – the silicon, silicon dioxide and silicon nitride that are the semiconductors and insulators of electronics become the waveguides of optics. The idea of one platform that could integrate everything – electronics, optics, and optoelectronics – is particularly attractive and could transform the applications of photonics. But silicon technology has a major weakness: it does not have strong optoelectronic effects we can use for emitting or modulating light. The mechanisms in silicon are very weak compared to those we use routinely in optoelectronic devices made from the III-V semiconductors like GaAs, InP, and InGaAs. This weakness makes it difficult to put information onto light beams using silicon structures, either for telecommunications applications, or for emerging applications like dense optical interconnects.
Design factors in the development of an optical character recognition machine

Interest in optical character recognition has grown tremendously during the past several years. When one considers the volume of printed information that must be accessible both to human readers and to data processing machines, the increasing interest is not at all surprising. Many optical character recognition principles that appear to be quite powerful are impractical or too costly to implement with available technology. Other principles that appear relatively economical require an input quality that is impractical to generate. The field for commercial development falls somewhere between these two extremes. Many factors determine the character recognition principles to be utilized in the development of a machine system. Of primary importance are: 1) The shapes of the symbols to be sensed, 2) The number of different symbols to be discriminated, 3) The print quality range that must be accommodated, and 4) The required performance of the system. Unfortunately, in the present state of the art, the relationship of these factors to each other and to a given principle can be only qualitatively defined. This paper describes and discusses the development of a practical optical character recognition system, the character recognition portion of the IBM 1418 Optical Character Reader. The considerations involved are applicable to the development of any character recognition system.
Traction Control System for EV Based on Modified Maximum Transmissible Torque Estimation

Traction control system (TCS) of electric vehicles (EVs) without detecting vehicle velocity is drawing more and more attention. The most challenging problem in TCS is controlling the drive wheel with indirect control inputs. The maximum transmissible torque estimation (MTTE) method which is effective in terms of antiskid control has been proposed, however, this method is conservative because it cannot take sufficient advantage of adhesive force under constant torque condition even if the road is slippery. Therefore, a modified maximum transmissible torque estimation (M-MTTE) algorithm with a various relaxation factor is proposed in this paper. By analyzing and comparing the simulation results with prior control method, it is validated that M-MTTE is robust on antiskid control and achieves a better acceleration control effect.
Philosophy : principles and problems

This is a personal view of philosophy from a renowned critic and thinker. In it, Roger Scruton focuses on the ideas and arguments which have attracted him to the subject and which have engaged his attention. He attempts to show how philosophy is relevant not just to intellectual questions, but to life in the modern world. Philosophy - the "love of wisdom" - can be approached in two ways: by doing it, or, by studying how it has been done. The second way is familiar to university students, who find themselves confronted by the largest body of literature ever devoted to a single subject. This book follows a more ancient pattern. It attempts to teach philosophy by doing it. Although the author refers to the great philosophers, and in particular to Kant and Wittgenstein, who have been the greatest influence on his thinking, he gives no reliable guide to their arguments. The book makes no attempt to give either a history or a survey of the subject. Instead, it offers itself as a guide to the reader who is prepared to make a personal venture into philosophy. Its aim is to bring philosophy to life.
Identification of the Apical Membrane-targeting Signal of the Multidrug Resistance-associated Protein 2 (MRP2/cMOAT)*

The human canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (cMOAT), known as the multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (MRP2), is normally expressed in the liver and to a lesser extent in the kidney proximal tubules. In these tissues MRP2 specifically localizes to the apical membrane. The construction of MRP2 fused to the green fluorescent protein, and subsequent site-directed mutagenesis enabled the identification of a targeting signal in MRP2 that is responsible for its apical localization in polarized cells. The specific apical localization of MRP2 is due to a C-terminal tail that is not present in the basolaterally targeted MRP1. Deletion of three amino acids from the C-terminal of MRP2 (ΔMRP2) causes the protein to be localized predominantly in the basolateral membrane in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Interestingly, MRP2 expressed in a mouse leukemia cell line (L1210 cells) predominantly accumulates intracellularly with minimal cell membrane localization. In contrast, ΔMRP2 was shown to predominantly localize in the cell membrane in L1210 cells. Increased transport of 2,4-dinitrophenyl glutathione from L1210 cells expressing ΔMRP2 showed that the re-targeted protein retains its normal function.
An empirical study of E-Government barriers in Pakistan

E-Government initiatives help in providing governmental services to citizens at their doorstep. Different financial, organizational, and political constraints hinder in successful adoption of such initiatives. As a result EGovernment adoption is not uniform in every country resulting in digital divide. In this article we examine the EGovernment implementation barriers in Pakistan. In order to understand the hindrances in adopting E-Government initiatives in Pakistan we carried out an empirical study. In our study we found that in Pakistan mainly EGovernment services are used for information broadcasting, whereas transaction based services are scarce. We have discussed different governmental barriers and present some guidelines to solve these obstacles in local context. [Muhammad Bilal Abbasi, Umair Aziz, Saqib Saeed, Sher Afzal Khan. An Empirical Study of E-Government Barriers in Pakistan. Life Sci J 2013;10(6s):813-816] (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com. 128
Application of melanin-free ink as a new antioxidative gel enhancer in sardine surimi gel.

BACKGROUND The squid ink that is discarded as waste during processing can be effectively utilised as a gel enhancer in surimi gels, especially those prepared from dark-fleshed fish which have poor gel properties. It also acts as an antioxidant, inhibiting lipid oxidation. This investigation aimed to study the effect of melanin-free ink (MFI) from splendid squid (Loligo formosana) on properties and oxidative stability of surimi gel from sardine (Sardinella albella). RESULTS MFI (0-0.1 g kg(-1) surimi) increased the breaking force and deformation of sardine surimi gel in a dose-dependent manner (P < 0.05). The addition of MFI had no effect on whiteness of surimi gels (P > 0.05). The expressible moisture content of gels decreased as the levels of MFI increased (P < 0.05). Based on a microstructure study, gel added with MFI at a level of 0.08 g kg(-1) surimi was denser and finer than that of the control (without MFI). Surimi gels with MFI had lower peroxide values, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, nonanal and 2-decenal. CONCLUSION MFI could improve the properties of sardine surimi gel. Additionally, it was able to prevent lipid oxidation in surimi gels during refrigerated storage.
A comparison between the Beck's Depression Inventory and the Gotland Male Depression Scale in detecting depression among men visiting a drop-in clinic in primary care

Background: Anger attacks and alcohol use may mask depressive symptoms in men. Only the Gotland Male Depression Scale (GS) includes such items. Aims: To study the usefulness of the GS and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) in detecting depression among men in primary care. Methods: At a family doctor's drop-in clinic in Stockholm, Sweden, all men were invited into the study 2 days a week (opportunistic screening). On other days, the men who mentioned mental symptoms were invited (targeted screening). The men filled in BDI, GS and a social questionnaire. The doctor invited the men with BDI≥10 and /or GS≥13 to a repeat visit. The outcome was depression diagnosed according to DSM-IV and the severity was assessed with the Montgomery–Åsberg Depression Rating Scale. Results: 223 men were recruited, 190 by opportunistic and 33 by targeted screening. Seventeen per cent of the men reported an alcohol consumption that might put them at risk. In the opportunistic screening, 23% scored BDI≥10 and 14% scored GS≥13. The prevalence of depression in the opportunistic screening was 10.5%. The proportion of depressed men in the targeted screening was 60.6%. In total, 40 men were depressed, 63% had a mild and 35% moderate depression. The correlation between the scales was 0.80. The GS identified no additional cases. Conclusions: Clinical depression was quite common among those men who often had a high alcohol consumption, indicating an advantage for the GS when screening for depression among men. In primary care, a targeted screening procedure seems to be the most feasible method.
Research on Innovation Evaluation of Tourism E-commerce in the Process View

: By the theory of innovation diffusion, this paper proposes an assessment and measurement system of tourism E-commerce innovation diffusion in the process view. With the data collection of survey, tourism E-commerce innovation diffusion is analyzed comparatively by selecting Ctrip.com and Tuniu and other tourist enterprises. The findings shows that the proper order of affective importance on tourism E-commerce innovation diffusion is followed by Sale and After-sale, Product R&D, Production/Operation, Purchase/Supply. So enterprises should make corresponding investment according to the importance of each factor so as to promote the rapid development of tourism E-commerce.
Improving productivity, workflow management, and resource utilization in precast construction

Construction industry has long dealt with problems such as low productivity, unstable workflow in projects and low utilization rate of resources. Off-site construction, which is a hybrid of mass manufacturing and construction, has significant potential to address aforementioned problems. In order to realize this potential, off-site construction needs to avoid replicating the traditional subcontracting approach and therefore fragmented practice in the construction industry. The current research focuses on restructuring the interaction of resources by using cross-Training. Findings show that cross-Training resources results in transferring excess capacity from underutilized to over utilized resources in direct or indirect pathways. Such initiatives can significantly improve productivity, workflow management and resource utilization in precast construction that highly specialized resources are not required. The study contributes to the construction management literature by providing insight into dynamics of using multi-skilled resources in off-site construction.
Educating Women in America

Writing in 1974, historian Jill Conway issued a warning: the trend toward coeducation in institutions of higher education over the previous decade was fraught with dangers for women students, women scholars, and women graduates alike. The historical record (which had lain virtually unexamined during the recent campaigns) provided clear evidence that coeducational institutions had neither met women's intellectual needs nor fostered equality. The growth of coeducation over the previous century had, in fact, resulted in "a declining position for women scholars within the American university. "' By the early 1970s, political forces in higher education and the contemporary women's movement had converged on the issue of woman's place in the university. Conway's warning followed in the wake of dramatic developments: new federal amendments outlawing sex discrimination in university policy and procedures, vigorous efforts among women faculty to
Cochlear implantation with round window insertion in children less than 2 years

Abstract Conclusions: Cochlear implantation (CI) with round window insertion could be performed safely and effectively in children less than 2 years old, but it is a more challenging operation. Objective: To discuss the key surgical techniques of CI in children less than 2 years old with profound sensorineural hearing loss. Methods: This was a retrospective study of data collected from patients undergoing CI. CI was performed with round window insertion in children less than 2 years old in Anhui Provincial Hospital between January 2003 and May 2013. Results: CI was performed in a total of 85 children. Of these, 80 children (90%) had round window insertion. All children had full insertions of the electrode array, in which the CI went normally and the electrode array was protected well. All implant devices worked normally and all patients performed well during an average follow-up period of 6–36 months. No major or minor complications occurred, and there was no perioperative anesthetic complication.
Physical Activity is Related to Ankle/Brachial Index in Subjects Without Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease

The purpose of this study was to determine whether physical activity level was directly and independently related to the ankle/brachial systolic blood pressure index (ABI) in subjects without peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD). A total of 353 subjects between the ages of 38 and 88 years (63.7 ±9.1 years; mean ±standard deviation) who had ABI values ≥1.00 were studied. The sample consisted of 230 men and 123 women, of whom 274 were caucasian and 79 were African-American. Subjects were characterized on blood pressure, physical activity level from validated questionnaires, anthropometry, plasma lipoprotein lipids, and smoking history. The ABI (1.16 ±0.13) was related to physical activity obtained from the Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity (LTPA) ques tionnaire (r=0.413, P<0.001). Multiple regression analysis identified race, hyperten sion, current smoking status, and body mass index (BMI) as cardiovascular risk factors that were independently related to ABI. After controlling for these variables, the rela tionship between ABI and physical activity persisted (partial r=0.329, P<0.001). Thus, physical activity was positively related to ABI in subjects free of PAOD, and the relation ship between physical activity and ABI persisted after controlling for race, hypertension, current smoking status, and BMI. It is concluded that adopting a physically active lifestyle is associated with a reduced risk of developing PAOD.