Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Two-Write and Two-Read Multi-Port SRAM with Shared Write Bit-Line Scheme and Selective Read Path for Low Power Operation

This paper proposes a two-write and two-read (2W2R) bit-cell for a multi-port (MP) SRAM design to improve the static noise margin (SNM) and solve the write-disturb issues of nanoscale CMOS technologies. Using an additional Y -access MOS (column-direction access transistor), the 2W2R MP SRAM adopts a scheme of combining the row access transistor and sharing write bit-line with an adjacent bit cell. This scheme halves the write bit-line number and mitigates the write current consumption caused by pre-charging the bit-line to VDD. This paper also proposes a selective read path structure for read operation. Replacing the ground connection in the read port with a virtual VSS controlled by a Y -select signal reduces read-port current consumption. Results show that the proposed design reduces both the write current and read current consumption by 30%, compared to the conventional MP structure, from 1.3 V to 0.6 V VDD. The proposed 8 Kb 2W2R MP SRAM was fabricated on the test chip using TSMC 40 nm CMOS technology.
Static polarizability of clusters of Ionic Liquid

We evaluate static polarizability of small ionic liquid clusters by means of molecular dynamics simulations, using the DL POLY package. The polarizability is obtained in two ways: by the direct evaluation of the dipole moment induced as a response to a static electric field and by means of the fluctuation-dissipation relation applied to a zero-field numerical experiment. Advisor: Prof. Giovanni Onida Co-Advisor: Dr. Nicola Manini
Le développement perturbé du langage : retard ou trouble spécifique ? : Coordination JoËlle Pojé-Crétien, Gérard Vergnaud

L'examen detaille de la dynamique du developpement du langage au cours de la periode prescolaire, l'analyse cognitive des differents traitements du langage dans leurs differentes composantes (phonologie, lexique, morphosyntaxe) de la perception a la production, la determination de periodes critiques, la prise en compte des rythmes dans les acquisitions, s'inscrivent dans la problematique de l'evaluation du langage chez le jeune enfant. Les etudes longitudinales sur le devenir scolaire des troubles du langage permettent de differencier d'une part les deficits qui, sans laisser de sequelles invalidantes, vont se combler entre trois et six ans, d'autre part les formes plus severes. Les premiers peuvent etre qualifies de retards simples ou d'acquisition tardive. Les seconds appartiennent aux Troubles specifiques du developpement du langage (TSDL).
When to Finish? Optimal Beam Search for Neural Text Generation (modulo beam size)

In neural text generation such as neural machine translation, summarization, and image captioning, beam search is widely used to improve the output text quality. However, in the neural generation setting, hypotheses can finish in different steps, which makes it difficult to decide when to end beam search to ensure optimality. We propose a provably optimal beam search algorithm that will always return the optimal-score complete hypothesis (modulo beam size), and finish as soon as the optimality is established. To counter neural generation’s tendency for shorter hypotheses, we also introduce a bounded length reward mechanism which allows a modified version of our beam search algorithm to remain optimal. Experiments on neural machine translation demonstrate that our principled beam search algorithm leads to improvement in BLEU score over previously proposed alternatives.
Etika bisnis Islami: Tataran teoritis dan praktis

Bisnis merupakan aktivitas kerja (sa’yun) dari kehidupan manusia. Aktivitas bisnis dapat terjadi di kalangan masyarakat dalam berbagai strata sosial, di manapun dan kapan saja. Masyarakat tradisional, transisional, dan modern tidak akan lepas dari aktivitas bisnis, karena bisnis itu sendiri merupakan bagian dari sebuah pilihan profesi yang berfungsi untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup manusia. Semakin maju peradaban manusia, berkecenderungan semakin maju bisnis yang dilakukan, terlebih lagi di era globalisasi yang dipacu oleh kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi, dan informasi seperti sekarang ini.
Prediction of Alzheimer’s Disease Based on Bidirectional LSTM

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a common disease in the elderly. It affects human life seriously and is difficult to cure, so if you can predict the occurrence of the disease and the development trend in advance, you can prevent or treat Alzheimer’s disease as soon as possible. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a syndrome that occurs in the preclinical phase of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is a transitional state between normal aging and early AD and may be an early sign of AD. This article uses the basic information of the patient’s neuropsychological test scale data, genetic data and tomographic data in first, six and twelve months as input data and bidirectional LSTM plus Attention mechanism as a model to obtain a three-dimensional model. The output of the vector is divided into normal (NL), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The experimental results can predict the development of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and determined the model has a good performance.
Scholar Agent: Auction Mechanisms for Efficient Publication Selection on Congresses and Journals

Congresses and journals (CJ) can be like displays which can be used as a publishing medium of scholarly works when space is a scarce resource, and it is desirable to expose many papers, posters and communications (adverts of scientific work) to as wide a scientific audience as possible who will eventually cite them. Although the efficiency of such publishing systems can be improved if the CJ are aware of the identity and interests of the audience, this knowledge is difficult to acquire when users are not previously identified or inscribed in the CJ. To this end, we present Scholar Agent, an intelligent public agent, which helps CJ to select and display papers, posters and communications in response to scientists inscribed to particular sessions or tracks in the audience. Here, scientists are identified and their CJ review history tracked. Within Scholar Agent we have designed an agent system that utilises a new currency and an auction-based marketplace to efficiently select papers for the display. We show, by means of an empirical evaluation, that the performance of this auction-based mechanism when used with bidding strategy, efficiently selects the best paper in response to the audience presence (inscribed). This may have utility both presential or on-line CJ. We show how our scholarly publishing agents (Scholar Agents) will behave accordingly the private value of the paper by the scientist and how to link this initial private value with the own private value of the agents that are bench-marked with two other commonly applied selection methods for displaying papers in CJ.
Seroepidemiological Studies of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Iraq

Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector borne disease caused by a protozoan of Leishmania donvani complex. After malaria VL is the second-largest parasitic killer in the world. A prospective study was done on patients with VL attending to Al-Karamah Teaching Hospital and Health Centers in different parts of Iraq, during the period from June 2012 to May 2013. The aims of this study are to assess the current situation of VL distribution and some of epidemiological aspects of the disease using immunochromatographic dipstick strip (rK39), Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) and indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) in some areas of Iraq. Peripheral blood samples were collected from 365 VL suspected patients before treatment initiation. Sera were separated and kept at 20oC until used. The diagnosis of VL was done based on clinical signs and symptoms and serological tests. The serum samples were first checked using rK39 dipstick and the positive samples were checked by ELISA and IFAT tests. The results of rK39 dipstick showed that 172 of 365 suspected patients were positive. The age of majority of the patients (69, 40.1 %) was less than one year and although not significant but the rate of rK39 dipstick positive was more in males (93, 54.1%) than females (79, 45.9%). The ELISA and IFA tests were used to check the serum samples of 172 rK39 positive patients and the results showed that 96 (85.4%) and 96 (81.25%) of the serum samples were positive by ELISA and IFAT, respectively. Eighty three (48 %) of the VL patients were resident of central parts of Iraq. The rare of VL patients were more in winter and the more common clinical manifestation was fever in all of the patients and splenomegaly was seen in 158 (91.9 %) of the patients.
NKG2D Expression on HIV-Specific CD8+ T cells Is Reduced in Viremic HIV-1–Infected Patients but Maintained in HIV Controllers

Abstract:NKG2D mediates an important costimulatory pathway in CD8+ T cells. In HIV infection, the authors found that NKG2D expression on both total CD8+ and HIV-specific CD8+ T cells was significantly lower in viremic patients than in HIV controllers. Antiretroviral therapy partially restored NKG2D expression on HIV-specific CD8+ T cells. The authors observed a negative correlation between the respective expression levels of CD38 and NKG2D on total CD8+ and HIV-specific CD8+ T cells. The maintenance of NKG2D expression on CD8+ T cells in HIV controllers may contribute to better cell function.
A speed-sensorless IM drive with decoupling control and stability analysis of speed estimation

A new sensorless drive based on a decoupling control and an adaptive full-order observer is developed. A modified decoupling control is introduced and integrated with the adaptive observer to reduce the complexity of the whole system. The speed estimation based on adaptive control theory is analyzed and the necessary and sufficient conditions for stability of the speed estimation are analytically derived. It is indicated that the system can be unstable in the low-speed region with regenerative loads. However, assigning an appropriate feedback gain to the adaptive observer can restore the stability and reduce the unstable region. Sensitivity of the sensorless drive against parameter and measurement errors is also qualitatively discussed. Simulation and experimental results are then given to verify the validity of the theoretical results.
Interprofessional Education for Pre-Service School-Based Professionals: Faculty and Student Collaboration

Recommended Citation Strunk, Julie; Kipps-Vaughan, Debi; Pavelko, Stacey L. ; Allen-Bronaugh, Dannette; Myers, Karen; Gilligan, Tammy; Kielty, Michele; Richardson, Elizabeth; and Tacy, Joseph (2019) "Interprofessional Education for Pre-Service School-Based Professionals: Faculty and Student Collaboration," Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences & Disorders: Vol. 3 : Iss. 1 , Article 9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.30707/TLCSD3.1Strunk Available at: https://ir.library. illinoisstate.edu/tlcsd/vol3/iss1/9
Der Einfluss der Aufmerksamkeits- und Konzentrationsleistung auf den Handproximitätseffekt : Eine alters- und leistungsgruppendifferenzierte Analyse der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion

Kurzfassung: Die Steuerung eines Computers per Maus, per Touchberührung oder mittels Gestik hat unterschiedliche Auswirkungen auf die Aufgabenbearbeitung. Untersuchungen zeigten, dass die Nähe der Hände zu einem Stimulus Veränderungen in der menschlichen Perzeption hervorrufen (Handproximutätseffekt). Diese Veränderungen zeigen, dass die Tendenz besteht, visuelle Reize, die sich in der Nähe der Hand befinden, genauer zu evaluieren. In Abhängigkeit des untersuchten Aufgabentyps kann dies voroder nachteilig sein. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, den Handproximitätseffekt im Hinblick auf die Aufmerksamkeitsund Konzentrationsleistung zu untersuchen und eine altersdifferenzierte Analyse durchzuführen.
A Handbook of Living Primates

Now that books purporting to show that man is just an ape at heart, and in other ways, are making the best seller lists, a handbook of the tribe itself should command more than ordinary interest. The idea of this book seems an excellent one: it indeed appears to meet its objective as a useful, working volume (a little bit on the bulky side) of the living primates. Falling between Osman Hill's multivolume, The Primates and something like Ivan Sanderson's, The Monkey Kingdom, it can be stated that the illustrations are good to excellent and the information conveyed to the reader (in tele-grafese) is quite abundant. Obviously specialists in one or a few primate forms may be unhappy with the coverage. However, the reviewer, as an old (lapsed) Tarsiologist was glad to catch up with recent literature on this wonderful little beast. Only a very few primate forms are at all well studied in any systematic way and it is a measure of our relative neglect of our non-kissing cousins that of the 56 listed genera even the gestation periods are unknown in 26 and only approximately known in another 13. This makes for a large body of ignorance of the endocrinology of the primates, to mention but one area, and generalizations about their sexual behavior tenuous indeed. Identification of species is greatly enhanced by the compendious list of common, generic and specific names, and the volume would be a useful accompaniment on a visit to the monkey house of a good zoo were it not for the deplorable job of binding delivered by the Academic Press. A word about the reference list and index. Considerable reliance on secondary sources means that the reader must fight his way to the originals by a devious route. Figure 3 on p. 41 is a strictly personal example. It is astonishing that Ruch's Bibliographia Primatologica could escape documentation except on grounds of over-familiarity. On the other hand, Goodman's excellent papers on primate immunochemistry (and taxonomy) are all listed but tracing them into the text is a major task and the index is no help. I suspect that other such nuggets are lurking in the references, but not in the index. This reviewer is constantly surprised by the sheer energy expended in compiling longevity records of animals in captivity-and by their almost total meaninglessness. A more useful addition to Part III, the Appendix, would …
Fingerprint-Based Document Image Retrieval

Most of the documents use fingerprint impression for authentication. Property related documents, bank checks, application forms, etc., are the examples of such documents. Fingerprint-based document image retrieval system aims to provide a solution for searching and browsing of such digitized documents. The major challenges in implementing fingerprint-based document image retrieval are an efficient method for fingerprint detection and an effective feature extraction method. In this work, we propose a method for automatic detection of a fingerprint from given query document image employing Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT)-based features and SVM classifier. In this paper, we also propose and investigate two feature extraction schemes, DWT and Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT)-based Local Binary Pattern (LBP) features for fingerprint-based document image retrieval. The standardized Euclidean distance is employed for matching and ranking of the documents. Proposed method is tested on a database of 1200 document images and is also compared with current state-of-art. The proposed scheme provided 98.87% of detection accuracy and 73.08% of Mean Average Precision (MAP) for document image retrieval.
What Is the Limit of Redundancy Reduction with Divisive Normalization?

Divisive normalization has been proposed as a nonlinear redundancy reduction mechanism capturing contrast correlations. Its basic function is a radial rescaling of the population response. Because of the saturation of divisive normalization, however, it is impossible to achieve a fully independent representation. In this letter, we derive an analytical upper bound on the inevitable residual redundancy of any saturating radial rescaling mechanism.
A Mercury Free Dopamine Dithiocarbamate Modified Electrode For Pb (II) Determination by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry

A mercury free dopamine dithiocarbomate (DDTC) modified electrode has been proposed for the anodic stripping voltammetric (ASV) determination of Pb (II). DDTC synthesized from dopamine and carbon disulfide. An ethanolic solution of this compound was drop casted on paraffin impregnated graphite electrode to prepare the modified electrode. This electrode was used for Pb (II) determination by ASV. Various parameters such as background electrolyte, pH and preconcentration time were optimized. Under optimized condition, the stripping method provided a linear range from 0.33 to 35 μM for the determination of Pb (II) by ASV. The proposed method is simple, sensitive and selective for the determination of Pb (II) by ASV.
Editorial: Tox21 Challenge to Build Predictive Models of Nuclear Receptor and Stress Response Pathways As Mediated by Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and Drugs

Citation: Huang R and Xia M (2017) Editorial: Tox21 Challenge to Build Predictive Models of Nuclear Receptor and Stress Response Pathways As Mediated by Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and Drugs. Front. Environ. Sci. 5:3. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017. 00003 Editorial: Tox21 Challenge to Build Predictive Models of Nuclear Receptor and Stress Response Pathways As Mediated by Exposure to Environmental Toxicants and Drugs
Dynamic release of nuclear RanGTP triggers TPX2-dependent microtubule assembly during the apoptotic execution phase

During apoptosis, the interphase microtubule network is dismantled then later replaced by a novel, non-centrosomal microtubule array. These microtubules assist in the peripheral redistribution of nuclear fragments in the apoptotic cell; however, the regulation of apoptotic microtubule assembly is not understood. Here, we demonstrate that microtubule assembly depends upon the release of nuclear RanGTP into the apoptotic cytoplasm because this process is blocked in apoptotic cells overexpressing dominant-negative GDP-locked Ran (T24N). Actin–myosin-II contractility provides the impetus for Ran release and, consequently, microtubule assembly is blocked in blebbistatin- and Y27632-treated apoptotic cells. Importantly, the spindle-assembly factor TPX2 (targeting protein for Xklp2), colocalises with apoptotic microtubules, and siRNA silencing of TPX2, but not of the microtubule motors Mklp1 and Kid, abrogates apoptotic microtubule assembly. These data provide a molecular explanation for the assembly of the apoptotic microtubule network, and suggest important similarities with the process of RanGTP- and TPX2-mediated mitotic spindle formation.
Ultra-fast all-optical integrated differentiators in Bragg gratings

In this work we present the design and first experimental demonstration of integrated-waveguide, ultra-fast all-optical differentiator based on π-phase-shifted Bragg gratings. Such a photonic device was achieved in deeply-side-etched Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) ridged waveguides. High coupling coefficient, up to 1.15∗ 105 m−1, achieved in fabricated set of devices, allows for the wide operational bandwidth, resulting in terahertz-processing speeds, experimentally obtained on sub-millimetres length scales. Moreover, using our device, we have managed to generate sub-picosecond Hermite-Gaussian pulse waveforms. The proposed optical element, allowing for complete operations to be performed on a single chip, is a subject for many potential applications in ultra-fast data processing and analysis, giving inter alia a possibility for analog solving of differential equations. It can be also used in optical ultra-fast coding, sensing, pulse shaping and communications.
poptotic effects of a high performance liquid chromatography ( HPLC ) fraction of ntrodia camphorata mycelia are mediated by down-regulation of the expressions f four tumor-related genes in human non-small cell lung carcinoma A 549 cell

Aim of the study: Antrodia camphorata (niu-chang-chih) is a fungus native to Taiwan which is believed to be effective in preventing diseases. Recent reports demonstrate that Antrodia camphorata products induce the apoptosis of various kinds of tumor cells. In this study we determined the inhibitory effects of alcohol extract and individual fractions of alcohol extract on the proliferation of human non-small cell lung carcinoma A549 cell and clarified the mechanism underlying the anti-cancer activities. Materials and methods: Alcohol extracts of Antrodia camphorata mycelia were prepared by the serial extraction with the solvents with increasing polarity and fractionated using HPLC. Cell viability was determined by MTT assay. Apoptosis detection was carried out by subG1 analysis and annexin V/propidium iodide staining using flow cytometry. The impacts of HPLC fractions on the expression levels of apoptosisand cancer-related proteins were evaluated by western blotting. Results: Three HPLC fractions, fractions 5–7, had robust inhibition of human A549 cells and among them fraction 6 (Fr-6) possessed the most potent effectiveness. Apoptotic assay showed that Fr-6-induced human A549 cell apoptosis by triggering the mitochondrial pathway and endothelium reticulum (ER) stress. Immunoblotting results demonstrated that Fr-6 possibly activated ER stress by lowering the expression level of calpain 1/2 small subunit and Fr-6-mediated decrease in cell proliferation might attribute to the suppressive effect on the Erk 1/2 pathway, which arose from Fr-6-derived low galectin-1 expression. Furthermore Fr-6 could diminish Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor (RhoGDI) expression and subsequently activated c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway, which is linked to cell apoptosis. Fr-6 also could decrease the production level of eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A, which is a potential cancer intervention target. Conclusion: These results suggested that the anti-cancer activity of Antrodia camphorata might be due to es, w multiple active metabolit
α,α′‐Disubstituted Amino Acids with Silylated Side Chains as Lipophilic Building Blocks for the Synthesis of Peptaibol Analogues

New α,α′‐disubstituted amino acids with silylated side chains have been synthesized in racemic form. Starting from a Schiff base of glycine tert‐butyl ester, a large variety of α,α′‐dialkylated amino acids has been obtained, depending on the alkylating reagents. The application of a hydrosilylation methodology enabled the synthesis of the same unnatural amino acids in an enantiomerically pure form. The ability of these bulky amino acids to be incorporated into peptides by solution‐phase methodology has also been demonstrated, since constrained silylated dipeptides have been synthesized. These new lipophilic building blocks could be useful and innovative in the design of peptaibol analogues.
Effects of success/failure and extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation using a competitive motor task.

Abstract Female high school students participated in a motor task to assess the effects of success/failure and extrinsic rewards on intrinsic motivation. A questionnaire was administered to check for the degree of satisfaction after participation under each experimental condition. A significant change in intrinsic motivation was found to be due to the effects of success and failure, but not to the effect of the tangible reward. Those groups receiving success feedback persisted longer at the voluntary play situation than did those receiving failure feedback. As well, the task was deemed more satisfying for the success feedback groups. Results tend to indicate the potency of success over failure feedback in inducing intrinsic motivation and are interpreted in terms of cognitive evaluation versus the overjustification hypothesis.