Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Performance of electrical spectroscopy using a RESPER probe to measure salinity and water content of concrete and terrestrial soil

This paper discusses the performance of electrical spectroscopy using a RESPER probe to measure the salinity s and volumetric content θ W of the water in concrete or terrestrial soil. The RESPER probe is an induction device for spectroscopy which performs simultaneous and non invasive measurements of the electrical RESistivity 1/σ and relative dielectric PERmittivity e r of a subjacent medium. Numerical simulations establish that the RESPER can measure σ and e with inaccuracies below a predefined limit ( 10% ) up to the high frequency band (HF). Conductivity is related to salinity and dielectric permittivity to volumetric water content using suitably refined theoretical models which are consistent with the predictions of Archie’s and Topp’s empirical laws. The better the agreement, the lower the hygroscopic water content and the higher s ; so closer agreement is found with concrete containing almost no bonded water molecules provided these are characterized by a high σ . A novelty of the present paper is the application of a mathematical–physical model to the propagation of errors in the measurements, based on a sensitivity functions tool. The inaccuracy of salinity (water content) is the ratio (product) between the conductivity (permittivity) inaccuracy, specified by the probe, and the sensitivity function of salinity (water content) relative to conductivity (permittivity), derived from the constitutive equations of the medium. The main result is the model’s prediction that the lower the inaccuracy for the measurements of s and θ W (decreasing by as much as an order of magnitude from 10% to 1% ), the higher σ ; so the inaccuracy for soil is lower. The proposed physical explanation is that water molecules are mostly dispersed as H + and OH - ions throughout the volume of concrete but are almost all concentrated as bonded H 2 O molecules only at the surface of soil.
A CTC-MICROSEPARATOR FOR ISOLATION OF CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS USING LATERAL MAGNETOPHORESIS AND MAGNETIC NANOBEADS

This paper introduces a high-speed high-performance CTC-microseparator for isolation of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from human peripheral blood. The isolation is achieved through lateral magnetophoresis [1], generated by a ferromagnetic wire array inlaid on a glass substrate, and magnetic nanobeads, specifically binding to epithelial-derived CTCs. From healthy peripheral blood spiked with CTCs, the CTC-microseparator isolated 78.7% of the spiked CTCs and its purity was >95%. The overall isolation procedure was completed within 10 min per 1 ml blood. In addition, RT-PCR amplifications using the isolated CTCs were successfully performed. From peripheral blood of patients in breast and lung cancers, CTCs were isolated and identified through an immunofluorescent image analysis. From the experiment, we observed that all the cells isolated by the CTC-microseparator are CTCs.
Three-dimensional Thermal Imaging in Medicine

The digital medical thermal imaging is valuable qualitative tool for detection of inflamed or necrotic areas, but it lacks the ability of quantification. The new 3D scanning system RoScan composed from robotic manipulator, laser scanner, color camera and thermal imager is presented, extending medical thermal imaging with possibility of quantification, allowing specific ROI selection and bringing higher thermal resolution in resulting outputs. It helps to solve the current problem of medical quantification, which permeates through the many medical sectors. The advantages of RoScan are demonstrated on sample experiment, which shows the benefits of proposed device.
CO 2 Emission Reduction potential through improvements in technology from Civil Aviation Sector in India - A Case of Delhi-Mumbai air route

Modern aircraft and engine technologies achieve fuel efficiencies of 3.5 litres per 100 passenger-kilometers. The A380 and B787 aircrafts are aiming for 3 litres per 100 passenger-kilometers. However, most airlines already use advanced technology and processes, making additional fuel efficiency improvement more difficult. But, India lags deeply in technological management system. A study by Down to Earth says that the flights that travel between Delhi-Mumbai are delayed for an hour and the delay cost per day is about 44 lakhs. The working paper deals with the emission reduction potential from Delhi-Mumbai Air route which is supposed to be the sixth busiest route in the world with more than 700 flights a week through improved technological options. Air craft and engine technologies have proved to be one of the best options for mitigating emissions from civil aviation sector. The traffic between the national and financial capitals contributes to over 50 per cent of the total Indian air traffic and enjoys load factors between 75-80 per cent through the year. According to a study by Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) the average fuel wastage per flight in this route is 30% to 40%. Aviation fuel, produces about 2.158 kg of CO2 emissions per litre consumed. So in this regard this route has been taken up as priority for the study. According to base study 1 , the route generated 5.62 Million Tonne(MT) of CO2, 3.03 MT of NOx, 0.57 MT of N2O and 0.15 MT of CH4 for the study period (2005-09) from 93481 flights that operated for that period. It was also found that the emissions from the direct flights in the route is higher than that of via flights due to the reason that the number of direct flights (77357) are more than that of via flights (14915) for the same period. The scope of the paper is to find out the CO2 emission reduction potential through three strategies in technological improvement which are installation of blended winglets, installation of dryers, and installation of air units while studying the various technological options available across the globe. The three strategies have been identifed after studying several strategies prevalent Internationally which can be applicable to Indian environment and state of affairs.
The effects of N-methyl-citalopram (NMC) on serotonergic systems and antidepressant-like behavior

Depression is projected to be the 2 leading cause of disability adjusted life years by 2020. Current forms of treatment come in the form of drugs that target monoaminergic systems, for example selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), which elicit their effects through unknown mechanisms. The mechanisms, if better understood, could improve treatment efficacy and reduce side effects of SSRI drugs in depressed patients. Prior research from our lab has revealed that an ancient thermoregulatory peripheral spinoparabrachial pathway, which projects to serotonergic neurons in the brain, may be defective in depressed patients. We predicted that restoration of this pathway would reduce depression-like symptoms. In this study we tested the hypothesis that N-methyl-citalopram (NMC), a novel compound that does not appear to cross the blood-brain barrier, would produce antidepressant-like behavior in rats through peripheral activation of the spinoparabrachial pathway projecting to the brain. Rats received injections of varying dosages of NMC or a saline control and were then introduced to forced swim testing. Afterwards rat brains were removed and prepared for immunohistochemical detection of the immediate-early gene c-Fos (as a marker for neuronal activation) and TPH (a marker for serotonergic neurons). Our data suggest that NMC increased expression of the immediate-early gene, c-Fos, within serotonergic neurons in specific subregions of the dorsal raphe nucleus (DR); a region shown to have dense populations of serotonergic neurons that project to forebrain limbic structures implicated in the pathophysiology of major depression. Therefore, it is apparent that NMC has implications for antidepressant-like effects, likely through peripheral activation of the spinoparabrachial pathway projecting to the dorsal raphe nucleus. This suggests a novel therapeutic alternative to currently used, centrally acting SSRI treatments.
Study on Mediator as a regulator of heterochromatin assembly

Title Study on Mediator as a regulator of heterochromatin assembly [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review] Author(s) 大屋, 恵梨子 Issue Date 2013-09-25 Doc URL http://hdl.handle. net/2115/53916 Rights(URL) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/jp/ Type theses (doctoral abstract and summary of review) Additional Information There are other files related to this item in HUSCAP. Check the above URL. File Information Eriko_Oya_review. pdf (「審査の要旨」)
The equivalence of ∞-groupoids and crossed complexes

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The Transcriptome of the Implant Biopsy Identifies Donor Kidneys at Increased Risk of Delayed Graft Function

aDivision of Nephrology and Transplantation Immunology, Department of Medicine, bDepartment of Public Health Sciences, School of Public Health, cDivision of Urology, Department of Surgery, dDepartment of Computing Sciences and Biological Sciences, eLaboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada fDepartment of Medicine, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, IL ∗Corresponding author: Thomas F. Mueller, tmueller@ualberta.ca
DISPERSIA OMOGENĂ A NANOPULBERILOR DE M/ZnO ÎN SĂRURI ALCALINE ALE COPOLIMERULUI ANHIDRIDĂ MALEICĂ-STIREN THE HOMOGENEOUS DISPERSION OF M/ZnO NANOPOWDERS IN ALKALI SALTS OF STYRENE-MALEIC ANHYDRIDE COPOLYMERS

Dispersia pigmentului este foarte importantă în industria de vopsele, hârtie sau mase plastice. Pentru obţinerea de caracteristici multifuncţionale precum rezistenţa la umezeală şi proprietăţi antibacteriene sau de autocurăţare a fost investigată abilitatea de dispersie a două săruri alcaline ale copolimerului anhidridă maleică-stiren (StMa-X, X=Na, K). S-a demonstrat faptul că aceşti copolimeri au dispersat excelent nanopulberi de tip M/ZnO (M = Ag, Au şi Pt). De asemenea, pentru studiul compatibilităţii dintre nanopulberile de tip M/ZnO şi copolimeri s-au realizat teste de sedimentare. În plus, pentru evaluarea caracterului antibacterian al acestor materiale s-a apelat la metoda de contact cu placă cu agar. Experimentele s-au realizat cu ajutorul următoarelor bacterii: Escherichia coli CCM 3954, Pseudomonas aeruginosa CCM 3955 şi Staphylococcus aureus CCM 6188. Examinarea cantitativă a activităţii bacteriene a fost estimată prin gradul de distrugere al bacteriilor calculată din numărul de celule bacteriene viabile care formează colonii pe plăcile cu agar. Rezultatele obţinute sunt discutate pentru justificarea aplicării acestor materiale ca şi materiale de acoperire cu proprietăţi superioare. Pigment dispersion properties are extremely important for paint, papermaking or plastic industries. To obtain multifunctional features like moisture resistance, antibacterial and self-cleaning properties, the dispersing ability of two alkali-modified styrene-maleic anhydride copolymers (StMa-X, X=Na, K) was studied. It was found that these copolymers showed excellent dispersion action on the M/ZnO (M = Ag, Au and Pt) nanopowders. Sedimentation tests were also performed to observe the compatibility between the M/ZnO nanopowders and copolymers. In addition, an agar plate method was used for the evaluation of antibacterial effect of these materials. Experiments were carried out using the following bacteria: Escherichia coli CCM 3954, Pseudomonas aeruginosa CCM 3955 and Staphylococcus aureus CCM 6188. The quantitative examination of bacterial activity was estimated by the antibacterial rate as calculated from the number of viable cells, which form colonies on the nutrient agar plates. The obtained results are discussed in order to justify their possible application in the field of coating materials with superior properties.
Characterization of composted chicken manures discharged from farms in South Korea

In this study, the characteristics as well as the maturity and stability of chicken manure collected from nine chicken farms in South Korea during the summer and winter seasons of 2014 are evaluated. The physicochemical parameter values of the manure, such as BOD, NO₃-N and PO₄-P etc. were determined using the Korea Standard test Method, HPLC, and APHA standard methods. The results showed that the alkalinity content and COD concentration in winter chicken manure were higher than those of summer chicken manure. The moisture content of summer manure was positively correlated with almost all of the other parameters of the manure, whereas it was negatively correlated with almost all of the other parameters in the winter manure. According to the criterion of C/N ratio, chicken manure indicated good quality compost. However, composted chicken manure showed immature and unstable compost when considering the criteria of the NH₄-N/NO₃-N ratio and NH₄-N concentrations.
Theoretical and Numerical Analysis of the Mechanical Erosion in Steam Turbine Blades. Part II

In the low pressure section of the steam turbines the damages are pronounced becoming remarkable in all the stages, since the generation of water liquid microparticles implies the impact on the blades having majors problems of erosion in the last stages by the increase of the humidity. In the first part of this work, the calculation presented of the transonic velocity field for the stream frictionless and the drops in the flow line, on the basis of the frictionless, two-dimensional, stationary, transonic and homogenous flow, give an approximate movement of the droplets and its accumulation on the stator blades, flowing through the steam. In order to understand the causes that originate the erosion on the blades of the last stages in low pressure section of steam turbines, the previous procedure is developed in a code in Fortran and the obtained results of velocity distribution in the output of blades that have flow conditions of wet steam are presented.
Nostalgia in Transition, 1780-1917

Referred to long ago as a "disease" of Swiss soldiers and Highland regiments far from home, nostalgia became known in the 1920s as more of a fleeting rather than debilitating condition. Yet, what caused this shift in our collective understanding of the term? In "Nostalgia in Transition, 1780-1917", Linda M. Austin traces the development of nostalgia from a memory disorder in the eighteenth century to its modern formulation as a pleasant recreational distraction. Offering a paradigm for and analysis of nostalgic memory as it operates in various attempts to reenact the past, Austin explains both the early and the modern understanding of this phenomenon. Beginning with an account of nostalgia's transformation from an acute form of melancholia and homesickness into elegiac expression and idyllic representation, Austin goes on to examine an array of texts, from poetic meditations on nostalgia in the first half of the nineteenth century to the popular adult souvenirs of childhood in the second half. She shows how, in novels by Hardy; in elegies and lyrics by Arnold, Tennyson, and Emily Bronte; in illustrations by Kate Greenaway and Helen Allingham; and in late Victorian cultural histories of the cottage, nostalgia acts as a collective, rather than an individual reenactment of an invented, rather than a remembered, past or place. For students and scholars interested in the Victorian era, as well as in Romanticism and modernism, "Nostalgia in Transition" provides a well-rounded perspective on how and why our understanding of nostalgia has changed over time.
Open Innovation: Can Modern ICT-Tools Facilitate Customer Integration Into the Fuzzy Front End of the Innovation Process?

This paper addresses the integration of customers into the innovation front-end focusing specifically on the role of potential ICT-support. Applying a two-step approach the initial analysis describes the process steps of early customer integration. Based on these results a conceptual outlook is given pointing at possibilities to facilitate customer integration into the FFE through modern ICT-tools. Our study shows that there are several levels of ICT-support for early customer integration out of which the operational one has been looked at more closely. Some of the already existing approaches to support certain aspects of co-operative innovation activities with customers are described shortly: ICT-based marketing activities, user tool kits for innovation and wikis. Our findings fit the broader context of an open innovation paradigm that suggests that co-operative innovation processes are imperative for success. Further research areas should be aimed at developing specific tools for co-operative FFE activities together with customers.
Determinants of seasonal food insecurity in the ‘ green famine ’ belt of Ethiopia : The case of households in Belo-jiganfoy District , Benishangul-gumuz region

Despite enormous body of literature on household food insecurity and its determinants in the nongreen belt of Ethiopia, such a research is scanty or nonexistent in the ‘green famine’ belt. The objective of this study was to examine factors determining household food insecurity in the ‘green famine’ belt of Ethiopia. Logistic regression model was employed to analyze the data collected through crosssectional survey of 220 households selected from Belo-jiganfoy district. The study revealed that food insecurity was significantly determined by demographic, socioeconomic and technological factors. The effects of household size, participation in local labor unions and farming systems on food insecurity were positive while that of the use of extravagant consumption, small-scale irrigation, aggregate production, and education of household head were negative. Therefore, the study recommended that interventions should target at these most significant variables when attempting to build household resilience to food insecurity.
Action Research for Curriculum Development: An Alternative Approach in the Algerian Centralised Framework

La Litterature dans le domaine du curriculum s'interroge sur la mesure dans laquelle les enseignants devraient ou pourraient participer au processus de developpement du curriculum qu'ils adoptent. Etant les praticiens, les enseignants sont ceux qui transmettent la theorie en pratique. Cependant, ils ne sont pas seulement des consommateurs de connaissances des ‘curriculums’, mais aussi des producteurs importants de cesderniers. , mais aussi des producteurs importants de ce dernier. Ainsi, la participation active des enseignants principaux intervenants dans le processus d'elaboration des programmes est une necessite. L’article decrit une approche pour la participation des enseignants a l'elaboration des programmes, ce qui est la recherche-action. L'objectif principal de cet article comporte deux volets: en premier lieu, il explore la litterature sur les curriculums, le developpement du curriculum et la recherche-action; et en second lieu, il met en valeur la predominance de la participation et de la recherche des enseignants dans l'elaboration des programmes, en accordant une attention particuliere a la reforme de l'enseignement secondaire en Algerie, qui est tres controle et centralise Mots cles: recherche-action, reforme de l'education algerienne, la centralisation, curriculum, developpement des curriculums.
Arbeitskreis Quantitative Steuerlehre Quantitative Research in Taxation – Discussion Papers

We investigate the effect of taxation on gains and losses on the investment behavior of investors. Based on the insights of both economic research on the influence of taxation on investment behavior and psychological concepts dealing with the descriptive decision behavior of investors we expect investors to react to taxation of investment alternatives they face with behavioral and affective changes. By conducting a laboratory experiment with a total of 72 participants based on the experimental design of Fochmann, Kiesewetter, and Sadrieh (2012) that allows to quantify the reactions of investors to taxation on gains and loss deduction independent of their individual risk preferences and additionally measuring the affective reactions of our participants, we explore the role of affect in the relation of taxation and decision making. Hence, we are able to show that affective reactions to the taxation situations, in particular the perceived valence of these situations, influence the change in behavior of investors when confronted with taxation on gains and limited loss deduction.
Coadjoint orbits of the special Euclidean group

In this report we classify the coadjoint orbits for compact semisimple Lie groups by establishing a correspondence between orbits and subsets of Dynkin diagrams. Particular attention is given to the special unitary and orthogonal groups for which the orbits are complex flags and real Hermitian flags respectively. The orbits for non-compact and nonsemisimple affine groups are discussed and in the example of the special Euclidean group a geometric bijection between adjoint and coadjoint orbits is found.
Relationship between Background Characteristics and Neighborhood Satisfaction of Iranian Homeowners in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This study examined the relationship between background characteristics and neighborhood satisfaction of Iranian homeowners in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Data was collected from 235 respondents using self-administered questionnaire. Pearson’s correlation analysis revealed number of income earner, monthly income first income earner, and total earned income earner, had positive significant relationship with neighborhood satisfaction of homeowners in the study area. However, there was no significant relationship between age, size of household, number of children, Tim owners have been in Malaysia, time owners been living in current house, price of the residential unit, and neighborhood satisfaction of the homeowners. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that neighborhood satisfaction differed between level of income of the respondent, while neighborhood satisfaction did not differ between levels of education and level of price of residential unit. Independent t-test revealed that there was significant difference between sex and neighborhood satisfaction of the respondents. These relationships indicate that those who are female, higher income are more satisfied. It is recommended that policy makers and planning authorities should give more emphasis on the improvement of income households to enhance their neighborhood satisfaction. Keywords: Background characteristic, neighborhood satisfaction, housing, neighborhoods, immigrant’s homeowners
Observateurs pour systèmes à retard variable et inconnu

Observateurs pour systemes a retard variable et inconnu Alexandre Seuret, Thierry Floquet, Jean-Pierre Richard LAGIS, CNRS UMR 8146, Ecole Centrale de Lille, BP 48, 59651 Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex, France. seuret.alexandre@ec-lille.fr, thierry.floquet@ec-lille.fr, jean-pierre.richard@ec-lille.fr Resume— La synthese d’observateurs pour les systemes a re- tards inconnus, variables et bornes, sur l’etat et l’entree, constitue toujours un probleme ouvert. Dans cet article, nous presentons une methode pour le resoudre en utilisant une approche d’observateur a modes glissants combinee avec une fonctionnelle de Lyapunov-Krasovskii adequate. Le re- sultat, qui necessite que le systeme veriﬁe certaines condi- tions structurelles, est mis sous forme d’inegalite matricielle lineaire. Un exemple est propose a titre d’illustration. Mots-cles— Observateurs a modes glissants, Systemes a re- tard inconnu, Inegalite Lineaire Matricielle. I. Introduction L’observation est un theme majeur de l’etude des sys- temes lineaires et non lineaires. Cet article concerne plus speciﬁquement l’observation de systemes lineaires a retards inconnu