Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Facing up to the storm : how local communities can cope with disaster : lessons from Orissa and Gujarat [ 2003 ]

This disaster management book identifies how people, even in the poorest parts of the developing world, can survive disasters if they are involved in all aspects of managing disasters from response to prevention. It focuses on the supercyclone in Orissa and the earthquake in Gujarat.Gujarat show that there is almost no preparedness and little evidence of anything learned from previous mistakes. Responses are often uncoordinated, late and unmindful of initiatives taken in different parts of the country. In Orissa, one of India’s most disaster-prone states, there was no contingency plan. Even now, three years after the supercyclone, only a third of district collectors have satellite phones; of the required 500 cyclone shelters, there are funds for only 60.This report argues that it is not necessary for so many people to die in disasters. Communities must be prepared. When they are prepared, not just through government dictat but through community organisation, people survive. India has a legacy of years of bureaucratisation and a directive approach to development planning. The people who live in the path of disaster (and therefore have the biggest stake in an effective response to it) have no say in the design or implementation of disaster management plans. The report argues that bureaucratisation has atrophied traditional community capabilities.The report concludes that effective disaster mitigation and preparedness, as well as the response to emergencies, Access the full text: PDF
Analysis of Obesity Prevalence among Adults in the Southern Regions of Kazakhstan by Body Measurements

Obesity is an unresolved public health problem, but it causes a variety of serious medical complications, reduces the quality of life and leads to increased morbidity and premature death. The article aimed to identify current epidemiological data on the prevalence of obesity by body composition measurements among adults older 15 years in the Southern regions of Kazakhstan. Research was conducted within the framework of scientific and research work "Comprehensive prevention of overweight and obesity epidemics in Kazakhstan". For present research we randomly selected 30 households from each of 18 Southern Kazakhstan Region clusters, making together 540 households. Body composition measurements include body mass index based on reported weight, height and additional measurements: waist and hip circumference
6 . 8 WEATHER CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH JET ENGI NE POWER LOSS AND DAMAGE DUE TO INGESTION OF ICE PARTICLES : WHAT WE ’ VE LEARNED THROUGH 2009

The aviation industry has now connected a number of jet engine power-loss and damage events to the ingestion of ice particles. Ice particle icing related jet engine power-loss and damage events (which will be referred to as “engine events” from here forward) are occurring during flights of large transport aircraft, commuter, and business jets. These events have only recently been recognized as occurring in regions of ice particles aloft within convective clouds. The events have included engine surge, stall, flameout and rollback, as well as engine compressor damage due to ice shedding (Mason et al. 2006). All have been shown to have occurred during flight near convective weather mostly at high altitude. These clouds are thought to contain high concentrations of ice particles. In the mid-1990s, a commuter aircraft manufacturer conducted a flight program which showed that the engine rollback occurred during flight in completely glaciated cloud (Mason et al. 2006). Further, it showed that ice particles do not form accretions on engine parts which are colder than freezing. Rather, the icing occurs in the engine core. As ice reaches locations in the engine where temperatures are warmer than freezing, some ice is melted, and mixed phase conditions are produced. Surfaces that experience impinging mixed phase conditions are cooled to the freezing point and ice can begin to form. More recently, researchers have hypothesized that it is high ice water content (HIWC), which is needed to cool engine surfaces to freezing for ice to form. A previous study suggested that supercooled liquid in the atmosphere is not a requirement for engine events and the ice formation phenomenon is largely driven by ice particles (Mason et al. 2006). In 2005, an industry and government working group identified the technology gaps currently existing in the understanding of the ice particle icing phenomenon. This group recognized that very little is known about the nature of these convective clouds, in particular the ice water content, particle size and horizontal extent needed to create a design standard for engines.
The Determination of Lipide- Soluble Vitamin Contents of Some Astragalus Taxa by Using HPLC

The goal of current study is to contribute the biochemical studies of five Astragalus (Astragalus anthlloides, Astragalus hirsutus, Astragalus campylorhynchus, Astragalus cephalotes var. cephalotes, Astragalus odaratus) species by determining the lipide-soluble vitamin contents based on HPLC analyse. Current study showed that A. anthlloides (208,95±4,09 μg/g) and A. hirsutus (200,9±2,8 μg/g) have high Υ-tocopherol content. Also, D3 vitamin content of studied Astragalus species were found between 2,94±0,18 μg/g (Astragalus odaratus) and 12,53±,495 μg/g (Astragalus anthlloides). On the other hand, α-tocopherol content of Astragalus species have detected between 3,99±0,14 μg/g (Astragalus campylorhynchus) and 11,9±0,66 μg/g (Astragalus cephalotes var. cephalotes). However, it was found that A. hirsutus only have beta caroten content (3,55±0,43 μg/g) among studied species. On the other hand, it was found that r-tocopherol, a-tocopherol acetate, D2, K1, retinol and retinol acetate contents were lowest amounts or absent.
SPECTRA OF TENSOR TRIANGULATED CATEGORIES OVER CATEGORY ALGEBRAS

Let C be a finite EI category and k be a field. We consider the category algebra kC. Suppose K(C) = Db(kC-mod) is the bounded derived category of finitely generated left modules. This is a tensor triangulated category and we compute its spectrum in the sense of Balmer. When C = G ∝ P is a finite transporter category, the category algebra becomes Gorenstein so we can define the stable module category CMk(G ∝ P), of maximal Cohen-Macaulay modules, as a quotient category of K(G ∝ P). Since CMk(G ∝ P) is also tensor triangulated, we compute its spectrum as well. These spectra are used to classify tensor ideal thick subcategories of the corresponding tensor triangulated categories, despite the fact that the previously mentioned tensor categories are not rigid.
The SPEER Solar Cell – Simulation Study of Shingled Bifacial PERC-Technology-Based Stripe Cells

Increasing the output power density of a photovoltaic module is a reliable way of lowering electricity production costs. Besides increasing the solar cells’ conversion efficiency, a further option is lowering electrical and optical cell to module losses. The method of shingling singulated monofacial solar cell stripes is known since Dickson Jr.’s patent in 1956. First, it increases the packing density of active cell area in the module. Second, the active cell area is busbar-less reducing shading losses. Third, due to the reduced area of the solar cell stripes, the generated current per cell is less which results in a reduction of the overall series resistance of the cell interconnection within the module. We call our cell concept for this approach – which is based on the p-type silicon bifacial passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) concept – “shingled passivated edge, emitter, and rear” – or “SPEER”. These cells are then to be interconnected by shingling the p-busbar of the first cell onto the n-busbar of the second cell, constituting the first bifacial shingled module of its kind. Each adjacent shingle covers the busbar with active cell area and minimizes spacing losses in the module. This work covers the optimization of the SPEER concept on cell level with the simulation tool Quokka3. The optimized cell provides the basis for full usage of the cell-to-module gains compared to standard modules. Key issues for optimizing the SPEER cells, which will form the module, concern the characteristics and amount of recombination at their cut edges. This directly affects the question of ideal contour-toarea ratio and thus, the width of the SPEER cells. Using latest experience from bifacial PERC cells and literature values for edge recombination as simulation input, we are able to define a region of interest between 15 mm and 25 mm stripe width for building the first SPEER prototypes. We identify the need for edge treatment, be it an emitter window or edge passivation, as crucial for the success of stripe cells against more conventional cell layouts.
Hansson : Population structure of Birgus latro The population structure of Birgus latro ( Crustacea : Decapoda : Anomura : Coenobitidae ) on Christmas Island with incidental notes on behaviour

We report on the population size and structure of Birgus latro on Christmas Island, Australia. Density estimates varied seasonally from 4.3 crabs ha–1 to 41 crabs ha–1 on the mid plateau, whilst numbers on the coastal plateau peaked at 47.3 crabs ha–1 and recorded a low of 16.3 crabs ha–1. These densities are much lower than previously recorded on the island in similar habitats, suggesting that there may have been substantial declines in the population since the late 1970s. However, methods for collecting count data varied considerably between previous studies and ours and as the population is highly mobile it is difficult to make accurate comparisons. Size sexual dimorphism was apparent, with males reaching much larger sizes compared to females. There were few crabs ≤25 mm in size despite targeted searches for this size group and this may indicate a lack of recruitment in recent years. At a minimum, our results highlight the necessity to implement an accurate monitoring programme on Christmas Island, which can effectively assess the population’s trajectory and investigate the potential causes of any declines.
EXPLORATION OF BASIN STRUCTURE BY MICROTREMOR ARRAY TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATION OF LONG-PERIOD GROUND MOTION

1 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan 2 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan 3 Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Abiko, Japan 4 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan 5 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan 6 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan 7 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan 8 Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan EXPLORATION OF BASIN STRUCTURE BY MICROTREMOR ARRAY TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATION OF LONG-PERIOD GROUND MOTION
Optical Properties of a Symmetric Coupled Quantum Dot Nanostructure

We theoretically study the optical response of a symmetric double quantum dot nanostructure. We assume that each quantum dot contains only two energy levels and that the effect of tunneling is only included in the coupling of the upper levels. We then derive the optical susceptibility of the system under weak field excitation and under general initial conditions. The formula we obtain extends that of a previous work, as the effects of an initial superposition of the two lower states of the system are accounted for. We also present the form of the susceptibility for different initial states of the system. Keywords—Semiconductor quantum dot, optical susceptibility, tunneling, superposition of states.
Cross-media color reproduction using the frequency-based spatial gamut mapping algorithm based on human color vision

Due to the increasing globalization of printing industry, remoting proofing will become the inevitable development trend. Cross-media color reproduction will occur in different color gamuts using remote proofing technologies, which usually leads to the problem of incompatible color gamut. In this paper, to achieve equivalent color reproduction between a monitor and a printer, a frequency-based spatial gamut mapping algorithm is proposed for decreasing the loss of visual color information. The design of algorithm is based on the contrast sensitivity functions (CSF), which exploited CSF spatial filter to preserve luminance of the high spatial frequencies and chrominance of the low frequencies. First we show a general framework for how to apply CSF spatial filter in retention of relevant visual information. Then we compare the proposed framework with HPMINDE, CUSP, Bala’s algorithm. The psychophysical experimental results indicated the good performance of the proposed algorithm.
Stability Analysis for a Flexible Rotor on Active Magnetic Bearings subject to Aerodynamic Loads

The development of advanced control algorithms to guarantee stability and high performance of a rotor-AMB system subject to uncertainties and disturbances is an active area of research. The model based control paradigm entails consideration of the dynamics of all components that will affect the stability and performance of a system. Control design for a flexible rotor supported on active magnetic bearings provides an additional challenge since uncertainties such as the magnitudes of cross-coupled stiffness forces strongly affect the stability of the closed-loop system. Recent work has highlighted the use of sensitivity functions in determining stability margins for AMB supported turbomachinery. The output sensitivity function provides a means of quantifying the disturbance rejection and reference command tracking properties of the closed-loop system. Our work presents an analysis of the closedloop AMB sensitivity functions of the rotor-AMB system. We present simulations of the effects of varying mid-span aerodynamic cross-coupled stiffness on stability and performance of several μ-optimal controllers designed in a mixed-sensitivity framework, measurements of experimental sensitivity functions from the levitated rotor, and recommendations on the selection of weighting functions to improve the performance.
Assessing the Probability of Failure by Using Altman’s Model and Exploring its Relationship with Company Size: An Evidence from Indian

Corporate failure is the situation when a firm becomes unable to pay debts when they come due and the market value of assets becomes lower than its total liabilities. The purpose of the paper is to explore the relationship between firm size and probability of failure for Indian steel sector companies by employing regression model. Altman’s Z-score model has been used to derive the firm’s probability of failure, whereas total assets and total sales are utilized as indicators for firm’s size. The results indicate that size is inversely related to the probability of failure. With an increase in the size of the firm; probability of failure decreases and vice-versa. JEL Classification codes:
Application of Wavelet Packet Transformation in EEG Signal Processing

In this paper, the feature extraction method based on the WPT (wavelet packet transformation) is proposed according to ERD/ERS phenomenon in the motor imagery EEG signals. The method takes the data of the 2005 braincomputer interface competition as the process object. Firstly, EEG signals are preprocessed. Then the average energy difference of wavelet coefficients in the specific frequency bands between C3 and C4 channels extracted with WPT is taken as feature vector. Finally, BP neural network is adopted to classify motor imagery EEG signals of right and left hands.
Autonomous Trash Collecting Robot

In this present era, people live a very busy life. In such a situation, a person will always finding the way to saving time. Especially for working women it becomes difficult to handle both home and office work together. So proposing an autonomous robot this can collect waste from an environment. Then it will discharge the waste to the area which is already predefined autonomously. The robot tested in a designed region. It performs the task like avoiding the static and dynamic obstacles, sucking of waste mechanism. Combination of S-shaped algorithm and wall follow algorithm is used to clean the entire room efficiently.
Schermuly Right ventricular function in pulmonary ( arterial ) hypertension

The right ventricle (RV) is the main determinant of prognosis in pulmonary hypertension. Adaptation and maladaptation of the RV are of crucial importance. In the course of disease, RV contractility increases through changes in muscle properties and muscle hypertrophy. At a certain point, the point of “uncoupling,” the afterload exceeds contractility, and maladaptation as well as dilation occurs to maintain stroke volume (SV). To understand the adaptational processes and to further develop targeted medication directly affecting load-independent contractility, an accurate and precise assessment of contractility and RV–pulmonary artery (PA) coupling should be performed. In this review, we shed light on existing methods to assess RV function, including the gold standard measurement of contractility and RV–PA coupling, and we evaluate existing surrogates of RV–PA coupling.
Lab-in-a-cell : Using Individual Cells as Experimentation Platforms

There are many efforts today trying to mimic the pr operties of single cells in order to design chips that are a s efficient as cells. However, cells are nature’s nanotechnology engineer i g at the scale of atoms and molecules. Therefore, it might be better to envision a microchip that utilizes a single cell as an experim ntation platform. A novel so-called Lab-in-a-Cell (LIC) concept is desc ribed, where advantage is taken of micro/nanotechnological tools to enable precise control of the biochemical cellular environment and the possibility to analyze the composition of single cells.
Eliminating Parasitic Oscillation between Parallel MOSFETs

Parasitic oscillation is a problem that unfortunately has not gone away as MOSFETs have evolved over the years and remains one of the main problems that can occur when paralleling MOSFETs. Parasitic oscillation can however be effectively eliminated with the use of a ferrite bead combined with a resistor on the gate of each MOSFET. This application note describes the nature of parasitic oscillation and explains why the ferrite bead solution is so effective. Although only MOSFETs are discussed, the phenomenon of parasitic oscillation and techniques for its elimination equally affect IGBTs.
Advances in Numerical Modeling of Heat Exchanger Related Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer

The rapid development of numerical solution methods for non-linear differential equations and advances in computers during recent years have gradually enabled predictions of flow and temperature fields as well as associated heat fluxes and stresses in engineering applications. However, turbulence modeling still presents a problem as accurate reliable predictions of flow separation; reattaching, impinging and recirculating flow regions are required. In addition, experimental investigations are needed to verify the computations. In several circumstances numerical investigations might be useful supplements to experimental testing methods, e.g., in providing details of local phenomena and fundamental mechanisms. For heat exchangers for both laminar and turbulent flows are of important and in addition the geometry is commonly more or less complex and sometimes of small dimensions. This paper considers current CFD methods including turbulence modeling, associated problems and limitations as well as providing examples of applications of CFD in a variety of heat exchanger problems. Narrow ducts of complex geometries will be of main concern. These will include wavy ducts, cross-corrugated surfaces, finned surfaces, and ducts with bumps. Copyright © AJESTR, all rights reserved.
Identification of K 232 A mutant allele of DGAT 1 Gene Encoding Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase Enzyme

DGAT1 gene encodes Diacylglycerol acyltransferase enzyme that plays a key role in triacylglycerol (triglyceride) synthesis. DGAT1 is a quantitative trait locus (QTL) that has an effect on increasing milk fat content in the centromeric region of bovine chromosome 14. Lysine (K)→Alanin (A) mutation that resulted in AA genotypes decreases milk fat rate and increases milk yield. The substitution of lysine amino acid to alanin at position 232 was identified with CfrI enzyme. The aim of this study was to identify both K232A mutation and the frequency of K and A alleles among Brown Swiss and Holstein cattle breeds which belong to Education Research and Application Farm of Istanbul University Veterinary Faculty. RFLP was used to distinguish KK, KA and AA genotypes. PCR products were screened by 2% agarose gel electrophoresis. K allele and A allele frequencies among 54 Holstein and 44 Brown Swiss cattle breeds were 0.287 and 0.713, 0.091 and 0.901 respectively. This research article constitutes the pre-study of frequency determination of DGAT1 K and A alleles in Turkish native cattle breeds.
SIMULATOR OF OBSTACLE DETECTION AND TRACKING

This paper describe the development of a simulator designed for obstacle detection using a laser scanner. This simulator take into account some parameters like the number of vehicles in the scene, their speed,. Then, the traffic is simulated which give us synthetics measures from the laser. These data are then treated by an algorithm based on Dempster-Shafer theory. The detected obstacles are localized and we follow their movement. A belief mass is computed for each detected car which indicate how does the car has been detected and followed.
Revenue sharing on hierarchies

We consider a model of joint venture where agents are organized on a hierarchical network and each agent produces her revenue through collaborating with her superiors. The problem is to allocate the total revenue among agents, when a hierarchy is represented by a directed tree. We investigate superiors-reallocation-proof allocation rules that are robust to reallocation of revenues within any coalition that includes all the superiors of its members. We obtain characterizations of superiors-reallocation-proof allocation rules imposing standard axioms in the literature of fair allocation theory.
A Hybrid Approach for Word Sense Disambiguation Using Data Mining Techniques

Natural Language Processing is a core component of artificial intelligence. In NLP, solving the ambiguities is an important topic. The reason for this when a sentence translated automatically understand the meaning of the sentence or correct senses of the words is required. The goal has been to discover interesting rules between context and senses of ambiguous word. WordNet was discovered as a potentially useful source for knowledge about terms appearing in textual documents. We use a hybrid approach to fulfil this aim. The work in paper has tried to improve the results by further enriching the semantic value of the terms extracted from the different texts.
A Method to insert Objects in a Polarimetric SAR Signal

This paper proposes a simple efficient method to introduce an object in a High Resolution Polarimetric SAR image (HR-POLSAR). More exactly, this technique relies on the generation of a signal adapted to the observing SAR device by the way of a ground based active generator. In a first step, our interest focuses on point like objects (vehicle), and then we study the possibility to insert spread objects (texture). This proposed APT (Acquisition / Processing / Transmission) method allows to insert the signature of an object into the synthesized SAR image at the ground location of the transceiver.