Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Reconsidering the Mode 2 and the Triple Helix: A Critical Comment Based on a Case Study

This paper takes a critical stand towards the Mode-2 thesis and the Triple-Helix model as schemes to describe the association of university research with applied motives and commercial and industrial actors. By drawing from a case study of a plant-biotechnology research group, which transformed into a start-up company, the paper suggests that using these models as conceptual frameworks in the empirical analysis may run the risk of glossing over some vital conceptual insights. The first instance where more focused attention should be given is the analytic distinction between theoretical, methodological and applied dimensions of a local research program. By appreciating it, a central source of dynamic that formed the ground for the commercialization of the group’s research results is preserved. The second deficiency is that neither the Mode 2 nor the Triple Helix pays close enough attention to the problems and contradictions that come into the world as university research results are commercialized. In this respect, three problem areas are addressed: 1) the ownership of intellectual property rights, 2) the industrial collaboration and the difficulties of transferring the research results to the market, and 3) the failed attempt of creating a hybrid community between the research group and the spin-off company. Also these should be given a more central role in the models since they seem to be vital challenges for researchers-entrepreneurs as they move from academic to industrial focus.
GROWTH RESPONSE OF RICE AND WHEAT CROPS DURING RECLAMATION OF SALINE-SODIC SOILS

Productivity and internal drainage of saline-sodic soils can be restored by better management practices like combination of physical and chemical treatments. A field experiment was carried out for 3 years at two saline-sodic sites, in Punjab-Pakistan to improve soil physical/chemical properties and increase wheat and rice yields. The site 1 was highly deteriorated (bulk density 1.771.86 Mg m -3 ) followed by site 2 (bulk density 1.6-1.7 Mg m -3 ). Due to a very low infiltration rate at both sites, vertical drainage through auger holes that extend down to a permeable soil layer was suggested to flush down excess saline water thus minimizing temporary waterlogging and associated hypoxia. Gypsum as a source of calcium was applied @ 3.8-7.2 t ha -1 at site 1 and 3.611. 4 t ha -1 at site 2, to all vertical drainage treatments to replace excess sodium on soil exchanger and decrease dispersion. Saline-sodic tube well water, used to irrigate rice and wheat crops, also helped attain a significant decrease in soil salinity and sodicity within a reasonable time period. After harvesting the final wheat crop (6th in sequence), non-significant differences were observed between the vertical drainage/gypsum treatments and the control treatments regarding the final electrical conductivity, sodium adsorption ratio, and yields of crops. Detailed economic analysis indicated that at site 1, combination of gypsum and vertical drainage technique was the best, with benefit cost ratio of 8.0 while at site 2, the vertical drainage + gypsum treatments did not work. As the study was carried out with farmers’ participation approach, there seems a need to educate and train the farmers, as well as supply them with quality inputs, in time and space, to maximize the benefits from the projects dealing with the management of saline-sodic groundwater resources and saline-sodic soils.
Local climate zone mapping: a case study in Belgium

Classifying a city according to the local climate zone (LCZ) scheme can provide insights into the thermal issue of urban planning. The different zones of the LCZ scheme feature particular morphological properties in terms of terrain roughness class, aspect ratio, sky view factor, surface admittance, etc. Our goal is to define the values for remote sensing and/or GIS based properties that can be used to extract local climate zones in Brussels, Belgium. The results showed similar values for LCZ 2, LCZ 3, LCZ 6, LCZ 8, LCZ 9, LCZ A, LCZ B and LCZ D compared to the zone property threshold set in the LCZ datasheets. We were not able to delineated characteristic values for aspect ratio, terrain roughness, surface admittance, albedo and Anthropogenic heat flux. Overall we can conclude that this preliminary study shows good results for the city of Brussels. More research should be done to confirm these results and to explore the OBIA approach based on these results.
Celiac disease in patients with type-1 diabetes mellitus screened by tissue transglutaminase antibodies in southern Kerala, India

BACKGROUND: High prevalence rates of celiac disease (CD) in patients with type-1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) have been reported in several countries. However, the data regarding this association are scarce in Southern Kerala, India. In this study, we report the prevalence of CD in patients with T1DM in southern Kerala using tissue transglutaminase antibodies (tTGA) as a screening test. METHADOLOGY: One hundred patients with T1DM (58 women and 42 men) aged 21.8 ± 8.86 years (age range: 7-50 years) were compared with 150 healthy people (82 women and 68 men) aged 28.9 ± 9.07 years (age range: 4-50 years). All subjects were serologically screened for the presence of tTGA. Total immunoglobin A (IgA) was obtained to investigate IgA deficiency. Subjects positive for tTGA and deficient for IgA were submitted to upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. RESULTS: Eight patients with T1DM (8%) and three of the controls (2%) were positive for tTGA (P=0.023), while only 3% of the tTGA positive T1DM patients underwent duodenal biopsy and all of them showed partial or total villous atrophy. The mean age of tTGA, positive cases were significantly lower than tTGA negative ones (mean difference 7.17; 95% CI: 0.82-13.52). None of the tTGA positive T1DM patients had a history of chronic diarrhea, but one out of eight tTGA positives reported history of dermatitis (P=0.001). In addition, none of the tTGA positive subjects presented IgA deficiency. There was a significant difference in history of chronic diarrhea (P= 0.006) and autoimmune diseases (P =0.001) between patients with T1DM and controls. CONCLUSION: This study showed higher prevalence of CD in patients with T1DM than in general population of southern Kerala and the data lend support to recommend regular screening for CD in all patients with T1DM.
Linking Risk and Economic Assessments in the Analysis of Plant Pest Regulations The Case of U.S. Imports of Mexican Avocados

This study compares the effects of importing fresh Mexican Hass avocados into the United States under three scenarios for mitigating pest risks. The analysis finds that Scenario 1, adherence to the U.S. phytosanitary rule of November 2004—which removed all seasonal and geographic restrictions on Mexican avocados, while maintaining existing compliance procedures in Mexico—leads to low pest risks for U.S. producers and an estimated annual U.S. welfare gain of $72 million. In Scenario 2, if compliance measures specific to fruit fly control are eliminated along with seasonal and geographic restrictions, pest risks for U.S. producers remain low and there is an additional gain in net U.S. welfare of $1.7 million. Results for Scenario 3, which eliminates all control measures in Mexico, depends on the level of pest-risk estimated. With average risk, there is a gain in net U.S. welfare of about $8.5 million compared with eliminating only seasonal and geographic restrictions, but U.S. producers incur significant pest control costs. With maximum pest-risk estimates, the net gain in U.S. welfare is $16.2 million less than if only geographic and seasonal restrictions are eliminated, with larger pest control costs for U.S. producers and lower consumer welfare gains due to pest-related losses of U.S. avocados.
Numerical simulation of CIGS solar cell for defect modeling

Defect models are investigated for graded bandgap structured copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) cells, which are fabricated using a solution based process. We have numerically simulated the cell performances for Gaussian and tail defects in mid gap and forbidden bands of each layer of the CIGS solar cell by using a computer-aided design program. By comparing the simulation results with the measurements, it is found that the donor-type defects in the valence band of CIGS absorber need to be reduced to further improve the CIGS cells. Based on this result, high performance CIGS cells can be developed in the future.
Relativistic Lamé functions: the special case $g=2$

We study a class of eigenfunctions of an analytic difference operator generalizing the special Lam? operator , paying particular attention to quantum-mechanical aspects. We show that in a suitable scaling limit the pertinent eigenfunctions lead to the eigenfunctions of the operator in a finite volume. We establish various orthogonality and non-orthogonality results by direct calculations, generalize the `one-gap picture' associated with the above Lam? operator, and obtain duality properties for the hyperbolic, trigonometric and rational specializations.
Constant DC-Capacitor Voltage-Control-Based Reactive Power Control Strategy of Three-Level NPC Inverter-Based STATCOM

This paper proposes a constant de-capacitor voltage-control (CDCVC)-based reactive power control strategy of a static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) with a three-level neutral-point-clamped (NPC) inverter, where the source-side harmonic currents are also compensated simultaneously. The CDCVC-based reactive power control strategy uses only a CDCVC, which is always used in grid-connected inverters, STAT-COMs, etc. Calculation blocks of fundamental active, reactive and harmonic components are not required. Thus, the authors propose a simplified strategy for the source-side reactive power control with the source-side harmonic currents compensations. The instantaneous power flowing into a STATCOM shows that using the CDCVC-based strategy achieves sinusoidal source-currents with controlled source-side reactive power compensating the harmonic currents on the source side. Simulation and experimental results demonstrate that sinusoidal source-currents are obtained with the CDCVC-based strategy controlling the reactive power on the source side.
Enhanced Photocurrent from CdS Sensitized ZnO Nanorods

Structure and optical properties of cadmium sulphide-zinc oxide composite nanorods have been evaluated by suitable characterization techniques. The X-ray diffraction spectrum contains a series of peaks corresponding to reflections from various sets of lattice planes of hexagonal ZnO as well as CdS. The above observation is supported by the Micro-Raman spectroscopy result. The optical reflectance spectra of CdS-ZnO is compared with that of ZnO where we observe an enhanced absorption and hence diminished reflection from CdS-ZnO compared to that from only ZnO. A very small intensity of the visible photoluminescence peak observed at 550 nm proves that the ZnO nanorods have very low concentrations of point defects such as oxygen vacancies and zinc interstitials. The photocurrent in the visible region has been significantly enhanced due to deposition of CdS on the surface of the ZnO nanorods. CdS acts as a visible sensitizer because of its lower band gap compared to ZnO.
EXTENDED MAPTREE: A REPRESENTATION OF FINE-GRAINED TOPOLOGY ANDSPATIAL HIERARCHY OF BIM

Abstract. Spatial queries play significant roles in exchanging Building Information Modeling (BIM) data and integrating BIM with indoor spatial information. However, topological operators implemented for BIM spatial queries are limited to qualitative relations (e.g. touching, intersecting). To overcome this limitation, we propose an extended maptree model to represent the fine-grained topology and spatial hierarchy of indoor spaces. The model is based on a maptree which consists of combinatorial maps and an adjacency tree. Topological relations (e.g., adjacency, incidence, and covering) derived from BIM are represented explicitly and formally by extended maptrees, which can facilitate the spatial queries of BIM. To construct an extended maptree, we first use a solid model represented by vertical extrusion and boundary representation to generate the isolated 3-cells of combinatorial maps. Then, the spatial relationships defined in IFC are used to sew them together. Furthermore, the incremental edges of extended maptrees are labeled as removed 2-cells. Based on this, we can merge adjacent 3-cells according to the spatial hierarchy of IFC.
Experimental study on active noise and active vibration control for a passenger car using novel piezoelectric engine mounts and electrodynamic inertial mass actuators

Active noise control (ANC) is an efficient technique to reduce noise of passenger cars using a cancelling anti-noise waveform, which is introduced by additional secondary sources. In the same way, engine caused vibrations which are transferred from the mounts and the adjacent structures. This results in reduced driving comfort and can be enhanced either by active vibration control (AVC) or active noise control (ANC) strategies. To show the potential of AVC, a medium-class passenger car is equipped with an active engine mount featuring a piezoelectric actuator and three additional inertial mass actuators (IMAs) located at the mounting positions of the combustion engine. The active engine mount as well as the inertial mass actuators are used to compensate engine induced vibrations close to the source. Besides the AVC system, a loudspeaker based ANC concept for reduction of interior vehicle noise is investigated. Here, the conventional loudspeaker system is extended by a subwoofer mounted in the trunk. Due to the fact that the distortion is mainly correlated to the rotational speed of the engine, both concepts use a feedforward control algorithm in an adapted topology for the compensation of harmonic disturbances. The integration of both measures in a single test vehicle enables a comparison of different active concepts for the improvement of noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) under real driving conditions and an investigation of different strategies for the development and system integration of active NVH components. Experimental results for vehicle road tests of the AVC concept and the ANC concept are discussed in a comparative analysis. Key aspects of this experimental study are vibration reduction at the engines’ mounting positions and vehicle interior noise reduction. Based on these results an evaluation of the achievable benefit is carried out for both concepts.
A model for enhanced manufacturability of defect tolerant integrated circuits

Many factors contribute the the cost of manufacturing integrated circuits. These include the yield of the design IC, the complexity of its testing, the packaging cost, etc. and they all must be taken into account when designing a defect tolerant integrated circuit. The authors present a mathematical model which includes all major factors contributing to the cost of manufacturing ICs. This model allows the determination of the design which maximizes the expected profit rather than maximizing the yield. Numerical examples illustrating the proposed model are also presented. <<ETX>>
Fe[II], Cu[II] and Zn[II] chelating activity of buckwheat and buckwheat groats tannin fractions

Phenolic compounds were extracted from buckwheat and buckwheat groats into 80% acetone (v/v). The crude extracts were separated with Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography into low molecular weight phenolic compounds and tannin fractions. The tannin fractions were characterised by colour reaction with vanillin/HCI reagent, ability for protein precipitation as well as SE-HPLC method. Chelation of Cu(II) and Zn(II) by tannin fractions was determined by reaction with tetramethylmurexide (TMM) whereas Fe(II) chelation was investigated by forming complexes with ferrozine. The tannin fractions obtained from buckwheat and buckwheat groats gave similar results in vanillin test; A 500 /mg was 1.04. Also results obtained using precipitation method were comparable. SE-HPLC chromatograms showed that in tannin fraction of buckwheat groats polymers with molecular weight tannic acid were present. On the chromatogram of buckwheat tannins peaks were shifted to lower molecular weight compounds. Tannins of buckwheat were stronger chelators of all metal ions tested (Fe(II), Cu(II) and Zn(II)) than tannins of buckwheat groats. Ions of copper were chelated the most effectively; 1mg of buckwheat and buckwheat groats tannin fractions added per assay bound 86.0% and 72.9% of Cu(II), respectively. Buckwheat tannins used in the test at a level of 2.5 mg/assay bound approximately twice more Fe(II) than the same addition of buckwheat groats tannins. Zn(II) was chelated to the lowest extent, 17.2% was bound by buckwheat tannins and 13.5% by buckwheat groats tannins (5 mg of tannin/assay).
Building resilience after suffering from burnout syndrome: percieved changes in personality, views, values and behaviours connected with work

Burnout is recognized as a syndrome that has a long-term impact on the employee, on his/her peers at work, and also on the productivity and efficiency. Returning to work after suffering from burnout syndrome is a big challenge for the employee, and for the employer also. The person who recovered usually has changed personality, views, values, and behaviours connected with work. She or he has to receive the necessary support from co-workers and leaders, especially in terms of understanding him/her and partially adapting his/her responsibilities at work when they return. A part of building resilience consists of an inner strength, which is the sum of the personality traits that supports the employee to deal successfully with stressful situations once back to work. In Slovenia the study focused on building resilience after suffering from burnout syndrome was conducted. Its results indicated a need for implementing organized and systematic forms of assistance spread between leaders, peers, friends, family, and the system as a whole.
Effectiveness of Vegetative Filter Strips in Controlling Losses of Surface-applied Poultry Litter Constituents

Vegetative filter strips (VFS) have been shown to have high potential for reducing nonpoint source pollution from cultivated agricultural source areas, but information from uncultivated source areas amended with poultry litter is limited. Simulated rainfall was used in analyzing effects of VFS length (0, 3.1, 6.1, 9.2, 15.2, and 21.4 m) on quality of runoff from fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) plots (1.5 ¥ 24.4 m) amended with poultry litter (5 Mg/ha). The VFS reduced mass transport of ammonia-nitrogen (NH3-N), total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), ortho-phosphorus (PO4-P), total phosphorus (TP), chemical oxygen demand (COD), and total suspended solids (TSS). Mass transport of TKN, NH3-N, TP, and PO4-P were reduced by averages of 39, 47, 40, and 39%, respectively, by 3.1 m VFS and by 81, 98, 91, and 90%, respectively, by 21.4 m VFS. Effectiveness of VFS in terms of mass transport reduction was unchanged, however, beyond 3.1 m length for TSS and COD and averaged 35 and 51%, respectively. The VFS were ineffective in removing nitrate-nitrogen from the incoming runoff. Removal of litter constituents was described very well (r2 = 0.70 to 0.94) by a first-order relationship between constituent removal and VFS length.
music industry and the iPod generation: living labs to the rescue?. In Democratising Management (EURAM-2013). 13th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT 26 - 29 JUNE 2013 ISTANBUL CONGRESS CENTRE, ISTANBUL / TURKEY

Despite that research indicates that user input increases the chances of innovation success, a lot of this potential remains untapped. The Living Lab-approach provides a valuable alternative to the current approaches, allowing for a tailored integration of user feedback into the NPD-process. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate the added value of this approach. This will be illustrated based on three cases studies related to the music industry. These findings are discussed together with the best practices for this type of research.
Social Network Analysis of the Functional Meaning of the Term “Digital Economy”*

In this article digital economy is analyzed as a socially constructed concept. It is assumed that the digital economy can be an ideological term. Ideological terms, unlike instrumental ones, are located in the center of the network and define thematic directions, instrumental ones are located between the center and the periphery. Instrumentality or ideological character of the term was analyzed by building on the array of scientific articles and texts on the digital economy thematic trees in the Text Analyst environment and analysis of semantic networks. Social network analysis was used to verify the results of thematic modelling. The results of the analysis showed that the digital economy is more likely to be classified as an ideological concept rather than an instrumental one.
Deep Temporal Feature Encoding for Action Recognition

Human action recognition is an important task in computer vision. Recently, deep learning methods for video action recognition have developed rapidly. A popular way to tackle this problem is known as two-stream methods which take both spatial and temporal modalities into consideration. These methods often treat sparsely-sampled frames as input and video labels as supervision. Because of such sampling strategy, they are typically limited to processing shorter sequences, which might cause the problems such as suffering from the confusion by partial observation. In this paper we propose a novel video feature representation method, called Deep Temporal Feature Encoding (DTE). It could aggregate frame-level features into a robust and global video-level representation. Firstly, we sample enough RGB frames and optical flow stacks across the whole video. Then we use a deep temporal feature encoding layer to construct a strong video feature. Lastly, end-to-end training is applied so that our video representation could be global and sequence-aware. Comprehensive experiments are conducted on two public datasets: HMDB51 and UCF101. Experimental results demonstrate that DTE achieves the competitive state-of-the-art performance on both datasets.
It’s Not Only What You Say, But How You Say It: Investigating the Potential of Prosodic Analysis as a Method to Study Teacher’s Talk

In this study, we introduce new insights into prosodic analyses as an emerging method to study teacher talk. We claim that the prosodic aspects (features of speech such as intonation, volume, and pace) of talk are important, but under-represented in the learning sciences. These prosodic aspects may be used to complement, intensify or even reverse the linguistic content of speech. Thus far, most research on classrooms has focused on the content (what is said) rather than on understanding the meaning of the prosodic features (how it is said) of talk. In this study, we introduce prosodic analyses as a method to study classroom discussions. Our exploratory experiment focuses on the prosodic perspective of teacher’s talk to shed light on the features of classroom talk. We present a case in which we align prosodic features with the content of teacher's talk during a nine-week physics course. This article shows that prosodic analyses may have added value for research on learning and professional development. Namely, we illustrate that acting in an authentic classroom setting might trigger specific prosodic aspects in teacher's talk. We further found indications that the teacher applied different voice prosody regarding certain patterns of classroom talk. For the future, we suggest that a combination of content and prosodic analysis is a promising tool for gaining new insights into classroom talk.