Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fabrication of carbon nanotube‐based field‐effect transistors for studies of their memory effects

Carbon nanotube‐based field‐effect transistors (CNTFETs) have been fabricated using nanometer thin dielectric material as the gate insulator film. The demonstrated fabrication technique is highly suitable for preparing devices with low contact resistances between the electrodes and the carbon nanotube, down to 14 kΩ. Electronic transport measurements of the fabricated devices have been conducted on more than 70 FETs. Hysteretic behavior in the transfer characteristics of some CNTFETs was observed. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
The synthesis of beaverite

The plumbojarosite beaverite series was synthesized at l30oC from solutions containing 2.0 M Li2SO4, added to increase Pb2+ incorporation in the jarosite structure at the expense of H3Or. Although in all cases the synthetic jarosite contains some hydronium ion, a formula ratio Pb:Cu of 0.937:0973 was attained for synthetic beaverite as compared with l:l for the theoretical end-member. Leastsquares refinements of X-ray powder-diffraction patterns indicate that the c rlimension increases rapidly with Pb2+ incorporation, but that the same trend also is present for Cu2+. The increases in c are compensated by decreases in d, so that little change in the cell volume occurs throughout the series.
Melt-Sonocrystallization: A Novel Particle Engineering Technique for Solubility Enhancement.

Melt sonocrystallization a novel particle engineering technique to enhance dissolution of hydrophobic drugs and to study its effect on crystal properties of drug. It forms Valdecoxib agglomerates with number of shallow circular pits on the surface leads to increase solubility. Melt sonocrystallization process was developed for valdecoxib in which valdecoxib melt was poured in deionized water maintained at 60 0 C and simultaneously subjected to ultrasonic energy. The agglomerates obtained after solidification of dispersed droplets were separated by filtration and dried at room temperature. The agglomerates obtained were evaluated by using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray powder diffractometry (XRPD), Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and solubility. The irregular agglomerates having porous surface were obtained. The agglomerates comprised of crystals having different crystal habits as needles, plates, and some hollow tubes. Saturation solubility increased with the treatment of ultrasonic energy. SEM and XRPD confirmed crystal habit changes.
Design of a dual‐band GPS antenna using a coupled feeding structure for high isolation in a small array

This article proposes a novel feeding mechanism to improve the isolation characteristics in the GPS L1 and L2 bands for electromagnetically small arrays (aperture diameter < λ). In the mechanism, a feeding patch is sandwiched between two radiating patches and excited by two pins with a 90° phase difference. To improve the isolation, ceramic with a high dielectric constant is used as the antenna substrate, and then four identical antennas are mounted on the ground platform. The results prove that the proposed design approach can achieve high isolation in the arrays. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:359–362, 2014
Probation and Suspended Sentence

This report will deal chiefly with adult probation, its present development and status, its needs and future. It will have little to say of suspended sentence, which we regard, when properly used, as merely preliminary to probation or applicable only to trivial offenses. We regard it of far less importance at this time to deal with the legal aspects of this topic than to consider and submit recommendations regarding the practical administration of the probation system. 1. Probation accepted. The term probation properly used covers all the social as distinguished from the legal and judicial work of the courts. It includes the social investigation of defendants as well as the supervision of convicted offenders released under suspended sentence. The time is past when it is necessary to defend the probation system as such. Adverse criticism today (and this has increased in some quarters due to the so-called "crime wave") upon analysis is found to be almost wholly due to the inadequate equipment of probation offices, and the consequent laxness of investigation or supervision, or else to the misuse of its principles and functions. Few, if any, innovations in criminal procedure and administration have commanded as much approval, both from the well informed student of criminology and from the general public, as has the establishment and rapid extension of the probation system. It commends itself in theory to all except those ultra-legalistic and reactionary minds who see in the criminal courts only instruments for the conviction and punishment of crime. Humanitarian principles and the development of the social sciences have conspired together to "socialize" the courts and there can be no turning back. 2. The subject limited. We shall not in this report, however, discuss the theory of probation, but its present practice and tendencies. Granted that the principles behind probation are sound, let us ask ourselves: Is probation work in the courts as developed to date successful and beneficial to
BODY IMAGE PSYCHOTHERAPY IN ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA NERVOSA – AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH: APPLICATION OF PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHODRAMATIC TECHNIQUES

Objectives: The article presents proposal of of implementing an integrative approach to body image therapy for patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa. The integrative approach proposes to consider techniques of the psychodynamic therapeutic paradigm as well as psychodrama and/of cognitive-behavioral techniques. The sample consisted of 121 females with eating disorders (bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, binge eating disorder). Methods: Psychometric and clinical methods: the Contour Drawing Rating Scale by K. Thompson and the Gray Eating Disorder Inventory by D. Garner (by C. Żechowski) the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Scale — 3, SATAQ-3 by K. Thompson. Results: The study identified 4 psychological types of females with eating disorders (i.e. neurotic, youth/narcissistic, impulsive and perfectionist). Common elements as well as differences were found in the body image psychotherapy of females in the sample. Conclusions: The work also includes considerations for providing therapy to the mentioned four types of females who suffer from eating disorders.
Ontology Based Image Retrievalin the Compressed Domain

: Image Ontology based image retrieval has been presented in this paper, the work also present visualization approach that aims to building effective image retrieval with high accuracy. In order to calculate the accuracy of image retrieval, the work used a method called accuracy classified. Accuracy classified can be defined as item classified correctly divided by multiply by 100%. In this research DataGenie used ODBC to connect to a MySQL database.The research demonstrates that accuracy for each class greater than 50 % except for cat and emu classes which have of Life Object Super Class. In additional to demonstrating potential for high accuracy, the Image ontology proposed can also be used to visualize the relationship of each instance with its slot. The useful feature of protégé demonstrated in this work was its ability to migrate any relational database into it. Furthermore the image ontology can also be saved as XML or HTML files so they can be used by any web application
Comparing heterogeneous consumption in U.S. and Japanese meat and fish demand

This article uses national, quarterly data to conduct an empirical analysis of pre-committed meat and fish demand by U.S. and Japanese households using the generalized almost ideal demand system (GAIDS). Pre-committed demand represents the component of demand that is insensitive to both income and price adjustments. U.S. consumers are found to hold significant positive pre-committed demand for beef and pork, while Japanese consumers appear to possess significant, positive pre-committed demand for beef and fish. This provides evidence to partially explain observed differences in Japanese and U.S. consumer reactions to nonprice and nonincome effects in beef, pork, poultry, and fish. In addition, based on in- and out-of-sample performance, the more general GAIDS is preferred to the almost ideal demand system (AIDS) for both the U.S. and Japanese demand systems. Results lend to improved demand modeling efforts and more complete understanding of true market forces at hand in meat and fish markets for these culturally diverse consumer groups.
Diurnal Habitat Selection and Home-range Size of Female Black Bears in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma

bears averaged 14.5 and 21.0 km 2 as estimated by minimum convex polygon and adaptive kernel methods, respectively. Based on compositional analysis, pine-hardwood and oak-hardwood poletimber stands were the highest-ranked habitat types at the study-area scale annually and during summer, whereas sawtimber of shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata), regeneration areas, and oak-hardwood sawtimber were the highest-ranked habitats at the home-range scale. Selection varied on a seasonal basis and by scale, but bears consistently avoided pine-hardwood sawtimber stands. The unusual preference for pine stands by black bears in our area may be tied to local forest management practices, which include thinning and burning. © 2007 Oklahoma Academy of Science
Evolving Humanoids: Using Artificial Evolution as an Aid in the Design of Humanoid Robots

This chapter presents a survey of the state of the art in evolutionary humanoid robotics, focusing mainly, but not exclusively on the use of evolutionary techniques for the design of a variety of interesting behaviours in humanoid robots; both simulated and embodied. It will discuss briefly the increasing importance of setting robot standards and of benchmarking mobile and service robot performances, especially in the case of future humanoid robots, which will be expected to operate safely in environments of increasing complexity and unpredictability. We will then describe a series of experiments conducted by the author and his colleagues in the University of Limerick involving the evolution of bipedal locomotion for both a simulated QRIO-like robot, and for the Robotis Bioloid humanoid robot. The latter experiments were conducted using a simulated version of this robot using an accurate physics simulator, and work is ongoing in the transfer of the evolved behaviours to the real robot. Experiments have been conducted using a variety of different environmental conditions, including reduced friction and altered gravity. The chapter will conclude with a look at what the future may hold for the development of this new and potentially critically important research area.
Implementing aad Sustaining Executive Information Systems : Influencing Factors in a M ining Industry Context

Research on Executive Information Systems (EIS) in Australia and overseas has been fairly limited, and even less has focused on the factors associated with EIS success. The successfir use of an EIS may be dependent on a number of factors in the EIS implementation phase and another set of factors in the sustaining phase. In this case-based research study the impact of these factors has been investigafcd in two large organisations in the Australian minerals and energy sector. The results of this exploratory study reveal that some of the factors were indeed related to successful EIS use and recommendations for firther research to generalise these results are presented
Area preserving pl homeomorphisms and relations in K2

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The Newest Vital Sign: Frequently Asked Questions

doi:10.3928/24748307-20180530-02 The Newest Vital Sign (NVS) is one of the most widely used health literacy screening instruments (Shealy & Threatt, 2016; Weiss et al., 2005). The original version of the NVS was developed in English and Spanish and validated in the United States for identifying people with limited health literacy skills (Weiss et al., 2005). Since then, the NVS has been adapted and validated for use in other languages and countries, including the United Kingdom (Rowlands et al., 2013), the Netherlands (Fransen et al., 2014), Japan (Kogure et al., 2014), Italy (Capecchi, Guazzini, Lorini, Santomauro, & Bonaccorsi, 2015), Kuwait (Al-Abdulrazzaqa, Al-Haddadb, AbdulRasoula, Al-Basarib, & Al-Taiara, 2015), Brazil (Rodrigues, de Andrade, González, Birolim & Mesas, 2017), China (Xue et al., 2018), and Canada (Mansfield, Wahba, Gillis, & Weiss, 2018). It has also been adapted for administration in American Sign Language (McKee et al., 2015). To administer the NVS, a person is presented with a nutrition label from a container of ice cream and asked six questions about the label. Correct responses require the ability to identify and interpret basic text and perform simple mathematical computations. The assessment takes 2 to 3 minutes (Eubanks et al., 2017; Johnson & Weiss, 2008; Welch, VanGeest, & Caskey, 2011), and the probability of a person having limited health literacy is estimated by counting how many of the six questions are answered correctly. With 0 to 1 correct answers, people are scored as having a high likelihood (50% or more) of limited health literacy. With 2 to 3 correct answers, a person has a possibility of limited health literacy. A score of 4 to 6 almost always indicates adequate health literacy using the Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults as the reference standard (Weiss et al., 2005). As lead author on the article (Weiss et al., 2005) that reported the original development and validation of the NVS, I receive inquiries regularly asking about proper methods for administration and interpretation from investigators planning to use it in their work. In this article, I list frequently asked questions and provide answers based on the original validation study (Weiss et al., 2005), firsthand administration of the tool, and published reports and communications from investigators around the world who have used the NVS.
New Roles for Marriage in Urban Africa

This paper explores two new and important roles that the marriage institution could potentially play in urban Africa: facilitating kin and ane networks that find jobs for their members when information problems are present in the labor market and regulating non-marital sexual activity in a high HIV/AIDS environment. Using new data from Kisumu, Kenya, and controlling for selection into marriage, we find that marriage significantly increases employment levels and incomes in our sample of migrants, while at the same time increasing the remittances that they send to their rural homes, consistent with the view that the benefits of the network come with additional social obligations. In contrast, entry into the marriage institution appears to have no eect
Confusion over Cholesterol Testing Physicians must stay upto-date on changes in clinical treatment guidelines

A thorough discussion of Mr. Fitzpatrick's family history does not reveal any significant conditions or diseases occurring at abnormally young ages in his relatives (eg, heart disease or cancer). The physical exam is likewise unremarkable, except for slightly elevated blood pressure on 2 separate readings (138/89 mm Hg and 140/89 mm Hg). Dr. Anderson counsels Mr. Fitzpatrick on several lifestyle changes that could affect his blood pressure, including reducing his salt intake and increasing exercise. Dr. Anderson frequently sees patients with elevated cholesterol in his family practice clinic, so he is quite cognizant of the need to monitor HDLand LDL-cholesterol levels as well as triglycerides. He asks Mr. Fitzpatrick to return for a fasting blood test to check his total cholesterol, HDL, and triglycerides. Though reluctant because of work demands, Mr. Fitzpatrick agrees.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Clinical Use

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are expected to be a novel cell source for regenerative medicine. Although iPSCs represented a significant breakthrough, there were many initial obstacles for their clinical use such as exogenous sequence insertions, inefficient cell reprogramming, tumorigenic properties, and animal-derived culture components. However, much progress has been made in iPSC generation since their development. The first human trial of iPSC-derived cell transplantation was conducted in September 2014, in which iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelial cells were transplanted to a patient with macular degeneration. Because multiple clinical trials using iPSCs are expected in the near future, preparation of guidelines for generating and selecting iPSC lines suitable for clinical application is a pressing issue. For clinical use of iPSCs, many examinations for evaluating iPSC lines must be conduct‐ ed before transplantation. Different combinations of reprogramming factors, gene derivation vehicles, and types of donor cells can affect the quality of iPSCs, and guidelines for selecting the most appropriate iPSC lines for clinical use are under development. Furthermore, development of time- and cost-effective selection methods is essential for expanding iPSC transplantation therapy. In this chapter, we review methods for preparing human iPSCs before clinical use and the issues that are important for defining standard‐ ization of clinical-grade iPSCs.
Error analysis for full discretizations of quasilinear parabolic problems on evolving surfaces

Convergence results are shown for full discretizations of quasilinear parabolic partial differential equations on evolving surfaces. As a semidiscretization in space the evolving surface finite element method is considered, using a regularity result of a generalized Ritz map, optimal order error estimates for the spatial discretization is shown. Combining this with the stability results for Runge–Kutta and backward differentiation formulae time integrators, we obtain convergence results for the fully discrete problems. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 32: 1200–1231, 2016
A cost reduction method in SQA by using inspection and static analysis tool

Quality and cost have close relationship in software development process. That's why quality has to be better and cost must to be lower for a software developer organization. In our paper, we are presenting an approach that will give details analysis how cost can be reduced by detect defection in code using static analysis tool and formal inspection together with. Our proposed method will help software industry to think acutely about cost reduction by defect detection in code. Keywords- Cost reduction, Code inspection Quality assurance, Static analysis tool, inspection.
Hemispheric insolation forcing of the Indian Ocean and Asian monsoon: Local versus remote impacts

Insolation forcing related to the earth’s orbital parameters is known to play an important role in regulating variations of the South Asian monsoon on geological time scales. The influence of insolation forcing on the Indian Ocean and Asian monsoon is studied in this paper by isolating the Northern and Southern Hemispheric insolation changes in several numerical experiments with a coupled ocean–atmosphere model. The focus is on the response of South Asian summer rainfall (monsoon strength) with emphasis on impacts of the local versus remote forcing and possible mechanisms. The model results show that both Northern Hemisphere (NH) and Southern Hemisphere (SH) summer insolation changes affect the Indian Ocean and Asian monsoon as a local forcing (in the same hemisphere), but only the SH changes result in remote (in the other hemisphere) forcing. The NH insolation change has a local and immediate impact on NH summer monsoons from North Africa to South and East Asia, while the SH insolation change has a remote and seasonal-scale delayed effect on the South Asian summer monsoon rainfall. When the SH insolation is increased from December to April, the sea surface temperature (SST) in the southern tropical Indian Ocean remains high from January to July. The increased SST produces more atmospheric precipitable water over the southern tropical Indian Ocean by promoting evaporation from the ocean. The enhanced precipitable water over the southern Indian Ocean is transported northward to the South Asian monsoon region by the lower-tropospheric mean cross-equatorial flows with the onset of the Asian monsoon increasing precipitable water over South Asia, eventually leading to the increase of Indian summer monsoon precipitation. Thus, these model experiments, while idealized and not fully representing actual orbitally forced insolation changes, confirm the broadscale response of northern monsoons to NH summer insolation increases and also illustrate how SH summer insolation increases can have a delayed influence on the Indian summer monsoon.
Extracellular phytase production by solid-state cultures of Malbranchea sulfurea and Aspergillus niveus on cost-effective medium.

Malbranchea sulfurea and Aspergillus niveus were selected as potent phytase producers during a previous study. The first is a true thermophile, while the second is thermotolerant. Under solid substrate culture conditions; M. sulfurea and A. niveus were screened for phytase production on agricultural by-products (wheat bran, corn bran, soybean meal and cotton-seed meal). The results showed that wheat bran added to fermentation medium in the ratio of (1:1, w/v) was the best substrate for cultivation of M. sulfurea and corn bran added to fermentation medium in the same ratio was the best substrate for cultivation of A. niveus. The inoculum of 2.6 ×10 CFU/ml and 4.4×10 CFU/ml 5 5 were the best for M. sulfurea and A. niveus, respectively. Six days was the best incubation period for maximal production of phytase by the two experimental fungi. Using of yeast extract, malt extract, corn steep liquor, cane molass, beet molass, crude whey and whey permeate increase the production of phytase by both M. sulfurea and A. niveus.Maximum phytase production (2.84 U/g substrate and 3.4 U/g substrate for M. sulfurea and A. niveus respectively) was obtained in a cheap natural medium containing 3 treated cane molass and optimized basal solution (OBS) in the ratio (1:3 v/v): (sucrose, 3.0%; NaNO , 4 2 4 2 0.4%; yeast extract, 0.25%; MgSO .7H O, 0.05%; KCl, 0.05% and FeSO .7H O, 0.001) in case of M. sulfurea. Whey permeate and OBS in the ratio (3:1 v/v) (glucose, 3.0%; peptone, 0.3%; malt extract, 4 2 4 2 0.1%, MgSO .7H O, 0.05%; KCl, 0.05% and FeSO .7H O, 0.001%) for A. niveus. The crude enzyme was precipitated by ammonium sulphate (60%) for both M. sulfurea and A. niveus. The enzyme was partially purified by ion exchange chromatography on bentonite (2.5%). The temperature and pH optima of partially purified phytase from M. sulfurea and A. niveus were 70 oC and 5.6, respectively. Thermostability over a wide range of temperature (40-75 oC) and pH stability over a wide range of pH (4.6-5.6). Zn , Fe and Fe enhanced the phytase activity of M. sulfurea while Na , Li , Mg , Hg , 2+ 2+ 3+ + + 2+ 2+ Mn and Cd inhibited its activity , Fe enhanced the phytase activity of A. niveus while Mg , Mn , 2+ 2+ 3+ 2+ 2+ Hg , Cd , Zn and Fe inhibited its activity. The enzyme was stored at 0, 4, 30, 45 oC and the 2+ 2+ 2+ 2+ activity was assayed after 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 days. The enzyme was stable when stored at 4 oC for 30 days for the two experimental fungi.