Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Aalborg Universitet Correlation Coefficient Control For A Frequency Reconfigurable Dual-Band Compact MIMO Antenna Destined For

In this contribution, we are proposing a compact design for an implementation of a two element MIMO antenna destined for LTE smart phones. The antennas are collocated at one end of the PCB to minimize antenna volume. Each element is dual-band and frequency reconfigurable using tunable capacitors. The MIMO performance is investigated in two different channel models through efficiency, branch power imbalance and envelope correlation. The proposed antennas have acceptable levels of isolation between them, even in the low-bands, while having a good efficiency. Furthermore, the correlation coefficient is controlled by manipulating the ground currents between the antennas using a tunable capacitor. Nonetheless, using this mechanism to control the coupling between the antennas, the total efficiency is affected.
A Machine Learning Approach to Designing Guidelines for Acute Aquatic Toxicity

A support vector classification wrapper feature elimination approach was used to find the most relevant pairs of molecular features that adequately and accurately can predict acute aquatic toxicity. These pairs were then used to derive chemical thresholds or boundaries between chemical properties for toxic and nontoxic organic chemicals that can be used as a “rule of thumb” to design less toxic chemicals. The most relevant pairs were determined to be: Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) and Aqueous Solubility (QPlogS), Difference between the LUMO and HOMO (dE) and Octonal-Water Partition Coefficient (QPlogo.w), and Difference between the LUMO and HOMO (dE) and Van der Waals surface area of polar nitrogen and oxygen atoms (PSA). Projected hyper planes were constructed for each pair and the following thresholds were found: for Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) and Aqueous Solubility (QPlogS) they roughly correspond to QPlogS>-1 and LUMO>1, and for Octonal-Water Partition Coefficient (QPlogo.w) vs. difference between the LUMO and HOMO (dE) they roughly correspond to QPlogo.w 9. This study shows how a statistical approach such as support vector machines can be applied to the rational design of chemicals with reduced toxicity.
Obtaining Three-dimensional Information From Forests using Polarimetric Interferometry

In this paper we describe the principles of polarimetric radar interferometry (polinsar). This new mode of radar imaging provides three-dimensional information on the thickness of the forestry layer by gathering fullpolarisation imagery at either end of a coherent interferometer, and solving an interferometric coherence maximisation problem, yielding the dominant scattering modes and fixing the effective scattering centres for these modes. When several effective scattering centres are isolated the interferometric phase difference is related to the height difference between the top of the forest canopy and the ground. We demonstrate successful inversion of the polinsar polarisation-coherence relations, using test data of Baikal, Russia, from the 1994 SIR-C mission. The solution process was made more complicated by the non-reciprocal nature of the SIR-C test data. The forest height estimates are numerically sensitive to the precise implementation of the inversion methodology. Despite the numerical complexity, polinsar yields information that is difficult to achieve by other means.
An anthropological examination of virtues and character strengths and wellbeing: Imagining a good life in professional training

Since its inception, there has been a rapid growth in the number of studies on Peterson and Seligman’s (2004) classification of Positive Psychology’s (PP) strengths and virtues, linking them to wellbeing (Brdar & Kashdan, 2010). However, some authors have criticized this approach (Schwartz & Sharpe, 2006), arguing that this classification does not integrate a complete understanding of the Aristotelian virtue of practical wisdom. Building on this critique, the article aims to apply the theoretical framework of Gilbert Durand’s Anthropological Structures of the Imaginary (ASI) in order to provide a nuanced approach to understanding Positive Psychology’s concepts of strengths and virtues. We suggest that this approach will contribute to enhancing the implications of these concepts for the practice of supervision and psychotherapy. In the first section, we explore the notion of virtue from the Positive Psychology perspective and contrast it with the Aristotelian perspective. The comparison of these two perspectives lead to a rationale for proposing Durand’s ASI theory for greater understanding of the complexities inherent to the notion of virtues and their associated character strengths and their role in fostering a good life. In the second section, we briefly present an overview of Durand’s ASI theory. In the third section, we further demonstrate the links between the two theoretical frameworks (i.e., Durand’s ASI and PP’s strengths and virtues), by providing applications of the relevance of ASI to both Peterson and Seligman’s (2004) six virtues and 24 character strengths. Lastly, a case conceptualization is presented to articulate the clinical implications of this proposed approach.
Uncertainty shocks: it's a matter of habit

This paper provides empirical and theoretical evidence that uncertainty shocks have strong asymmetric effects on economic activity. Specifically, in the empirical analysis I find that uncertainty shocks dampen investment and consumption twice as much during recessions than in "normal" times. In the theoretical analysis I employ a sticky-prices general equilibrium model featuring external habit formation to show that the asymmetric effects of uncertainty shocks can be explained by countercyclical fluctuations in precautionary savings.
Inferring plant evolutionary history from molecular data

The rapid development of molecular methods during the 1980s has had a profound effect on the study of plant evolution. Molecular data have accumulated very rapidly, and this abundance of data poses new problems for data analysis. We illustrate three problem areas that arise in plant evolutionary inference. The first problem concerns the use of molecular data to analyse closely related plant species linked through reticulate evolution. The second problem arises from our ability to sample DNA sequences from alleles of a single genetic locus within plant species. We show how cumulative information on selection and random genetic drift can be extracted from such data. The third problem area concerns the limitations of current algorithms for phylogenetic inference when confronted with large sets of DNA sequence data. Based on a consideration of these problem areas, we conclude that: (1) asymmetric transmission of cpDNA markers is useful in resolving the parentage of hybrid plant taxa; (2) simple clustering algorithms can provide useful information on cultivar or variety relation- ships, despite intervarietal hybridisation, if genetic similarities are averaged over sufficient loci; (3) samples of complete DNA sequence data from plant nuclear genes can provide a new dimension of information on historical effective population sizes and on the mechanisms that generate allelic diversity; (4) analyses of the chloroplast gene rbcL, sampled from across the monocotyledon class, reveal large variation in relative rates of nucleotide substitution—these variations, in turn, have im- portant consequences for phylogeny estimation algorithms; and (5) the combined use of algorithms like parsimony and maximum likelihood may represent a more efficient approach to the phylo- genetic analysis of very large (>100) sets of DNA sequences.
Petrogenéza miocénno-pliocénnych granitoidov A-typu južného Slovenska

Petrogenetic association of post-orogenic A1-type granitoids genetically related to continental rifting and mantle- derived mafic magmas was recognized for the first time in the northern part of the Pannonian Basin. The variegated rock suite comprises syenite, orthopyroxene-rich, charnockite-resembling granite (pincinite), and subalkalic granite strongly enriched in Nb, Y and REE. Absence of rock-forming OH-bearing silicates in all rock types indicates water-deficient, hypersol - vus crystallization conditions and lacking overprint by deuteric hydrothermal alteration and/or subsequent metamorphic/ metasomatic reactions. U-Pb-(Th) dating of monazite and zircon proved that all rocks crystallized within a narrow time interval between 5.2 and 5.8 Ma (Late Miocene - Early Pliocene boundary). The suite of A1-type granitoids is peraluminous, albeit individual rock types exhibit strongly fluctuating alkalis-to-calcium ratios: pincinite belongs to calcic rocks, granites are calc-alkalic and syenites are alkalic. Except for magnesian pincinites, other rock types are ferroan. Syenites bear most geochemical features diagnostic of the A-type granites sensu stricto. They represent flotation cumulates from strongly differentiated alkalic basalt uncontaminated by the crustal material, as is indicated by the strontium and oxygen isotope ratios close to those in prevalent depleted mantle, strong enrichment in REE and Zr+Hf, moderate enrichment in Nb+Ta, and fluctuating distribution pattern of other elements. In contrast, a smoothed distribution pattern of trace elements in pincinites, enrichment in Ca, Ti, V, LREE, moderate depletion in Ba, Sr, absence of halogenides and siderophile elements are interpreted as reflecting a high-degree dehydration melting of amphibole triggered by latent heat from alkali basalt underplating the lower crust. The position within the field of OIB-like magmatic rocks rules out a substantial amount of felsic magmatic or sedimentary component in the zone of crustal anatexis. Sub-alkalic granites are provisionally interpreted as highly evolved residual melt originated by differentiation of alkalic basalt/trachybasalt modified by assimilation of a Ca-rich contaminant, or as a low-degree partial melt from a mafic source similar to that in the case of pincinite. Position of the granites within the field for OIB-like magmatic rocks also excludes the substantial amount of felsic magmatic and/or sedimentary crustal component. In spite of the affinity to the A1-type subgroup, the sub-alkalic granites contain surprisingly high concentrations of HFS elements, particularly Nb (up to 207 ppm). The coherent A1-subtype suite of early anorogenic granitoids is different from the A2-subtype post-orogenic granitoids of the Western Carpathians formed dominantly by partial melting of thin crust along continental margins during incipient Permian-Triassic rifting.
Sex Variations by Oral Diagnosis 82 Sex Variations by Linear Measurements of Palatal Bones and Skull Base Using 3 D Reconstructed Computed Tomographic Scan among Iraqi Sample

Background: The skull base and the hard palate contain many anatomical features that make them rich in information which are useful in sex differentiation; in addition to that they have the ability to resist the hardest environmental conditions that support them in making sex differentiation. Three dimensional computed tomographic techniques has important role in differentiation between sex since it offers images with very accurate data and details of all anatomical structures with high resolution. This study was made to study sex variations among Iraqi sample by craniometric linear measurements of the hard palate and the skull base using 3D reconstructed Computed Tomographic scan. Materials and methods: This study composed of 100 Iraqi subjects (50 male and 50 female) aged between 20-59 years. The sample collected from patients attending Al-Shaheed Ghazi hospital in Baghdad city to for spiral CT scanner. The craniometrical linear measurements of the hard palate and the skull base in this study were including: Maxillo-Alveolar Breadth, Maxillo-Alveolar Length, the distance between incisive foramen and greater palatine foramen (right and left), the distance between the incisor foramen and B point (the median point located at the anterior area of the magnum foramen), the distance between the incisor foramen and the anterior root of the mastoid notch on both sides (right and left), Maxillo-Alveolar Index and size of Palate. All these measurements were done by (mm) unit. Results: The statistical analysis of linear measurements of the hard palate and the skull base showed that the mean values of all measurements were significantly higher in males than females except for Maxillo-Alveolar Index was not significant and also showed that the size of the palate was the best indicator for sex variation and making the diagnosis of male with accuracy 93.3%. The age had none significant effect on these measurements. Conclusion: Three dimensional Computed Tomographic scanners is the best diagnostic tool for sex variation by the craniometrical linear measurements for the anatomical landmarks points of the hard palate and the skull base.
THE EFFECTS OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IMAGE AND PATRIOTISM ON CONSUMER PREFERENCE FOR DOMESTIC VERSUS IMPORTED BEEF

OF THESIS THE EFFECTS OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IMAGE AND PATRIOTISM ON CONSUMER PREFERENCE FOR DOMESTIC VERSUS IMPORTED BEEF Country of origin (COO) effect is a well-researched topic in the international marketing literature. It is well recognized that consumers are biased against imports, due to consumer ethnocentrism or patriotism tendency. However, the research on COO effects also suggests that consumers form certain image of origin countries (COO image) and favorable image, be it associated with the countries, their people, or general product quality, improves the evaluation and acceptance of foreign imports. The publications related to COO effects which focus on consumer durables are abundant. However, the contrasting COO effects on food products are much less investigated. This study surveys British consumers’ preference for domestic versus imported beef. Like previous studies, a strong preference for domestic beef was found. Furthermore, individual characteristics which potentially influence such preference were examined. Using scores on consumer patriotism and COO image perception as interacting individual characteristics in the choice models, it was found that stronger preference against imports was linked to higher level of the respondents perceived patriotic sentiment toward their home country, while better COO image improved the likelihood of the foreign country’s beef being selected. Marketing and policy implications are discussed.
Aging: A Little (Oxidative) Stress is Good for You

Aging: A Little (Oxidative) Stress is Good for You Heightened interest in the aging process by the public and scientific community has occurred due to the increase in percentage of elderly in the population and the increase in health care expenditures committed to the elderly. Due to this increased interest, current research into aging demonstrates it as a complex process that is the result of interplay between naturally occurring processes, such as changes in hormonal levels and gene transcription that occur during the biological timeline of human development, and the exposure of our body’s systems to environmental damage. At a physiological level, aging is the functional decay overtime of cells, organs and tissues, specifically through chemical damage of the cellular components proteins, DNA and lipids.
Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Myocardial Infarction: A New Risk Factor for Clopidogrel Resistance?

Aims: Mortality in acute coronary syndroms (ACS) complicated by right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) still remains high. The aim of this study was to determine the association between RVD in ACS and the platelet inhibitory effect of clopidogrel. Methods: In this single center observational study 50 patients with ACS were investigated, 38 with normal right ventricular function and 12 with RVD as determined by echocardiography and electrocardiography. The effect of clopidogrel was determined by the PRI/VASP-Index 24 hours after loading dose of 600 mg. PRI/VASP-Indices above 50% were claimed as clopidogrel non-responder. Results: PRI/VASP-Index was significant higher in the RVD-group compared to control (Median: 74.5% ± 12.3 vs. 26.5% ± 23.3, p<0.01). The percentage of patients with unsatisfactory effect was significantly higher in the RVD group compared to control (83.3% vs. 23.7%, p<0.01). There were no increased rates of adverse cardiac events in both groups. Conclusions: Patients with RVD complicating myocardial infarction show a significantly impaired response to clopidogrel. These patients suffer from congestive gastro- and enteropathy and liver dysfunction, in consequence resorption and metabolization of orally administered drugs including platelet-inhibitors like clopidogrel might be compromised.
BC-WASPT : Web Acess Sequential Pattern Tree Mining

In this paper, we explore a new sequence pattern technique called BC-WAPT (Binary coded Web Access pattern Tree). it eliminates recursive reconstruction of intermediate WAP tree during the mining by assigning the binary codes to each node in the WAPTree. Sequential Pattern mining is the process of applying data mining techniques to a sequential database for the purposes of discovering the correlation relationships that exist among an ordered list of events. Web access pattern tree (WAPtree) mining is a sequential pattern mining technique for web log access sequences, which first stores the original web access sequence database on a prefix tree, similar to the frequent pattern tree (FP-tree) for storing non-sequential data. WAP-tree algorithm then, mines the frequent sequences from the WAPtree by recursively re-constructing intermediate trees, starting with suffix sequences and ending with prefix sequences. An attempt has been made to modify WAP tree approach for improving efficiency. BCWAPT totally eliminates the need to engage in numerous reconstruction of intermediate WAP-trees during mining and considerably reduces execution time.
Pathways into Multiple Exclusion Homelessness in Seven UK Cities

This paper interrogates pathways into multiple exclusion homelessness (MEH) in the UK and, informed by a critical realist theoretical framework, explores the potential causal processes underlying these pathways. Drawing on an innovative multistage quantitative survey, it identifies five experiential clusters within the MEH population, based on the extent and complexity of experiences of homelessness, substance misuse, institutional care, street culture activities and adverse life events. It demonstrates that the most complex forms of MEH are associated with childhood trauma. It also reveals that the temporal sequencing of MEH-relevant experiences is remarkably consistent, with substance misuse and mental health problems tending to occur early in individual pathways, and homelessness and a range of adverse life events typically occurring later. The strong inference is that these later-occurring events are largely consequences rather than originating causes of MEH, which has important implications for the conceptualisation of, and policy responses to, deep exclusion.
Underwater Soundscape Monitoring and Fish Bioacoustics: A Review

Soundscape ecology is a rapidly growing field with approximately 93% of all scientific articles on this topic having been published since 2010 (total about 610 publications since 1985). Current acoustic technology is also advancing rapidly, enabling new devices with voluminous data storage and automatic signal detection to define sounds. Future uses of passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) include biodiversity assessments, monitoring habitat health, and locating spawning fishes. This paper provides a review of ambient sound and soundscape ecology, fish acoustic monitoring, current recording and sampling methods used in long-term PAM, and parameters/metrics used in acoustic data analysis.
Precision of cavity-enhanced optical rotation measurements

The signal to noise ratio in atomic magnetometry is fundamentally limited by the optical depth of the atomic ensemble. During the last decade, different technics for optical depth enhancement has been developed by several groups, some of them involving the implementation of an optical cavity. This thesis evaluates the performance of such an implementation by the polarization read out noise analysis of an optical cavity with similar characteristics as the already implemented by other groups. We obtained an estimated value for the signal to noise ratio enhancement with a cavity of 814 Finesse, and we studied the behaviour of the different sources of polarization noise in this system.
Dynamic Compressive Response of Polymeric Nanocomposites

Dynamic Compressive Response of Polymeric Nanocomposites W. Chen1 and B. Song1 Summary Polymeric nanocomposite materials present potentials in applications with highrate loading. In the experiments to determine the dynamic response of such nanocomposites, we used pulse shaping techniques on a split Hopkinson pressure bar (SHPB) for constant-strain-rate deformation under dynamically equilibrated stresses in specimens such that accurate stress-strain curves at various dynamic strain rates were obtained. Corresponding quasi-static stress-strain was also obtained to study the rate effects over a wide range. In this paper, the dynamic and quasi-static compression experimental results are presented and discussed on two types of polymeric nanocompositres: a polycarbonate (PC)/clay nano-composite and a set of epoxidized soybean oil (ESO)/clay nanocomposites with various nanoclay weights. Strain-rate and nanoclay weight effects on the compressive properties of the nanocomposites were experimentally determined.
Flexibiliteit van Motorische Representaties.

In dit onderzoek werd gezocht naar de flexibiliteit van motorische representaties. Om dit te bewerkstelligen werd er gebruik gemaakt van een verificatietaak. Proefpersonen kregen in random volgorde omkeerbare, onomkeerbare en controle situaties te lezen, gevolgd door een targetzin. Men moest op beide zinnen afzonderlijk reageren, of de aangeboden zin waar was of niet. Verwacht werd dat proefpersonen trager zouden reageren op targets die voorafgegaan werden door onomkeerbare situaties. De interne simulatie zou immers niet overeenkomen met de nieuwe situatie, wat zich zou uitten in langere reactietijden. Geen verschil in reactietijden tussen de condities werd echter geconstateerd. Na nader onderzoek werd alleen een priming effect waargenomen. Mogelijke oorzaak voor het uitblijven van een interferentie effect is dat men de zin sneller kan verifieren dan simuleren.
The Impact Of A Mega-Event On Host Region Awareness: A Longitudinal Study

A center or region which hosts a major event attracting global attention is affected in many positive and negative ways. From a tourism perspective, perhaps the major benefits sought by organizers are increased awareness and an enhanced imageforthe host region in the international marketplace. It is assumed that this increased awareness and enhanced image will, over the long term, provide a strongercompetitiveposition and greater benefits from tourism. The present research reports thefindings of a five year study to monitor and assess the extent to which one mega-event, the 1988 Calgary Olympic Winter Games, did impact on the international levels of awareness and the image of the host city. Data were collected annually from 1986 through 1989 in some 20 centers in the United States and Europe. The results indicate that, in this particular case, the event dramatically increased levels of awareness and substantially modified the image of the city of Calgary. However, there is also strong evidence that cities considering the staging ofsuch a mega-event must anticipate a significant rate of awareness and image decay, and take steps to counter it, if they wish to remain visible and competitive in the international marketplace.