Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Fractional Order Generalization of HP Memristor Based Chaotic Circuit with Dimensional Consistency

Abstract For studying the practical memristor-based chaotic circuit with fractional-order dynamic and asserting the importance of dimensional consistency awareness, the dimensional consistency aware fractional-order generalization of a Hewlett Packard (HP) memristor-based chaotic circuit with the physical meaning of fractional time component assigned has been proposed in this work. The simplest chaotic circuit based on such practical memristor has been chosen as the candidate circuit. A novel window function dedicated to HP memristor with fractional-order dynamic i.e. fractional-order HP memristor has been adopted for modelling the boundary effect. For the dynamical analysis, the revisited version of Jumarie’s modified Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative and nonlinear transformation has been used. The generalized circuit which has been found to be the simplest fractional-order HP memristor-based chaotic circuit displays a chaotic behavior with significant differences from those of its conventional integer-order prototype and its dimensional consistency ignored counterpart; thus, the importance of dimensional consistency awareness is asserted. The realization of the generalized circuit by using the fractional-order elements is indicated. The circuit emulator has also been presented.
Public Administration and Democracy: The Virtue and Limit of Participatory Democracy as a Democratic Innovation

The expansion of public bureaucracy has been one of the most significant developments that has marked societies, particularly Western liberal democratic societies. Growing political apathy, citizen disgruntlement and the ensuing decline in electoral participation reflects the political nature of governance failures. Public bureaucracy, which has historically been saddled with derogatory and pejorative connotations, has encountered fierce assaults from multiple fronts. Out of these sharp criticisms of public bureaucracy that have emanated from both sides of the ideological spectrum, attempts have been made to popularize and advance citizen participation in both policy formulation and policy implementation processes as innovations to democratize public administration. Despite their virtue, empowering connotations and spirit-uplifting messages to the public, these proposed practices of democratic innovations not only have their own shortcomings and are conducive to exacerbating the conditions that they are directed to ameliorate but they also have the potential to undermine the traditional administrative and political accountability mechanisms.
Influence of pull factors on the travel motivation of foreign tourists towards Bodrum-Turkey destination

The pull factors play an important role in effectively marketing a tourist destination. Therefore, the purpose of the study was to determine the pull factors that affected the foreign tourists' choice of Bodrum as their holiday destination. The study used the questionnaire technique in order to collect the data from the foreign tourists visiting the Bodrum destination in 2019. The frequency analysis and statistical tests such as reliability analysis, factor analysis, t-test and variance analysis were applied to the data obtained through the survey. As a result of the factor analysis, the pull factors affecting the foreign tourists' preferences of Bodrum were found out as being price, accessibility, promotion and marketing, service quality, safety and security. Among these pull factors that affected the choice of holiday destination for foreign tourists, safety and security were identified as the most important factor. This result suggests that the pull factor of safety and security were effective in choosing Bodrum as a tourist destination.
Zeolitic imidazole framework (ZIF) – zinc oxide nanocomposite: synthesis and ultrasound-assisted pollutant removal from the binary system

Nowadays, the overuse of dyes and their presence in wastewater can be considered as an environmental concern. In this study, zeolitic imidazole framework-8 (ZIF-8), zinc oxide (ZnO), and their composite (ZnO-ZIF-8) were synthesized and characterized by scanning electron microscopy, Fourier transform infrared, X-ray diffraction, and zeta potential techniques. The synthesized materials were used for the removal of Malachite green (MG) from aqueous media via a batch adsorption process. The adsorption isotherm, and the effects of operational parameters, including adsorbent dosage, initial dye concentration, time, and pH on dye removal, were comprehensively studied. The adsorption capacity of the composite was 3,654 mg/g. The results showed that the experimental data were fitted by the Freundlich isotherm model with a high correlation coefficient (0.9676). Moreover, the ability of the prepared adsorbents (ZIF-8, ZnO, and ZnO-ZIF-8) for the removal of dyes from binary systems containing MG and Rhodamine-B (Rh-B) was evaluated.
Effect of pH on performance of ultrafiltration

The aim of this investigation was to study the effect of pH variation on performance of ultrafiltration.The reduction in pH of raw water can decrease apparent size and enhance the hydrophobic for organics,hence the ability of adsorption onto membrane was enhanced and severe fouling was resulted.When the coagulation was used as pretreatment,the reduction in pH was useful for removal organics and mitigation of fouling.
A Review on Production, Reproduction and Disease Resistance Traits on Deoni Cattle

ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 10 Number 01 (2021) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas. com Deoni is a dual purpose medium sized heavy breed among 50 well established cattle breed of India mostly found in Marathwada region of Maharashtra, Bidar district of Karnataka and some part of Medak district in Telangana state which are mostly drought prone areas. On the basis of morphological characteristics, Deoni breed is classified into three strains i.e. Balankya (pure white body colour), Waghya (white and black Spots on the body) and Wannera (animals with black face covering both the side of face and complete white Body). Present work was undertaken to study its production, reproduction and disease resistance traits. On the basis of earlier study it was reported that the average lactation milk yield was recorded as 910.95±27.62 Kg to 238.86±76.00 Kg, Daily milk yield 2.91±0.05 Kg to 2.17±0.07 Kg, Peak milk yield 4.68±0.05 Kg to 2.28±0.24 Kg, Average Fat percentage 4.3±0.14 percent, Lactation length 293.3±2.9 days to 185.79±4.35 days, Dry period 282.77±12.85 days to 103.66±19.78 days, Age at first calving 1628.4±0.2 days to 1070.80±17.17 days, Inter-calving period 566.10±13.63 days to 395.87±3.38 days and Service period 286.57±13.38 days to 116.04±3.21 days respectively. Review was taken on Genetic study conducted by using disease resistance genes like TLR-2, TLR-4 production and reproduction associated genes like CYP11B1 (Cytochrome P45011 beta hydroxylase 1) and PPARGC1A (Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma Co-activator 1 Alpha) genes and it was observed that there was strong significant association between CRS exon 2-1 of TLR-2 gene and significant association of exon 3.3 of TLR-4 gene with somatic cell count and significant effect of CYP11B1 (p.Val30Ala) and PPARGC1A (c.3359A>C) genes with first lactation milk yield. In contrast exon 1 and exon 2 of TLR-2 gene showed lack of association with somatic cell count. Interferonstimulated gene 15 (ISG 15) gene expressions is upregulated during 16–18 days of pregnancy and could be useful as an early pregnancy marker. Exon 2, 3 and 14 of Lactoferrin gene showed polymorphism and useful as a strong genetic marker for selecting Deoni cattle for udder health and immunity. Glutathione S-transferase Pi (GSTP1) gene showed effect on Age at first calving, Lactation length and Lactation yield. Study on β-casein gene (CSN2), showed, A2 allele is fixed in Deoni cattle. K e y w o r d s Deoni, Lactoferrin, Milk yield, Marathwada, Polymorphism, TLR-2 gene Accepted: 18 December 2020 Available Online: 10 January 2021 Article Info Int.J.Curr.Microbiol. App.Sci (2021) 10(01): 2950-2958
C–C bond forming reactions catalyzed by chiral metalloporphyrins

Porphyrins are abundant in nature facilitating many enzymatic reactions by being present in the active sites of many enzymes. Consequently, over the years, a number of chiral metalloporphyrins have been synthesized and have proved efficient in catalyzing C–C bond forming reactions. Herein, we review the synthesis of chiral metalloporphyrins and their catalytic activity in cyclopropanation, cyclopropenation, and C–H insertion reactions.
Bundles and Hotspots of Multiple Ecosystem Services for Optimized Land Management in Kentucky, United States

Ecosystem services are benefits that the natural environment provides to support human well-being. A thorough understanding and assessment of these services are critical to maintain ecosystem services flow through sustainable land management to optimize bundles of ecosystem services provision. Maximizing one particular ecosystem service may lead to reduction in another. Therefore, identifying ecosystem services tradeoffs and synergies is key in addressing this challenge. However, the identification of multiple ecosystem services tradeoffs and synergies is still limited. A previous study failed to effectively capture the spatial interaction among ecosystem services as it was limited by “space-to-time” substitution method used because of temporal data scarcity. The study was also limited by using land use types in creating ecosystem services, which could lead to some deviations. The broad objective of this study is therefore to examine the bundles and hotspots of multiple ecosystem services and their tradeoffs in Kentucky, U.S. The study combined geographic data and spatially-explicit models to identify multiple ecosystem services bundles and hotspots, and determined the spatial locations of ecosystem services hotspots. Results showed that the spatial interactions among ecosystem services were very high: of the 21 possible pairs of ecosystem services, 17 pairs were significantly correlated. The seven ecosystem services examined can be bundled into three groups, geographically clustered on the landscape. These results support the hypothesis that some groups of ecosystem services provision can present similar spatial patterns at a large mesoscale. Understanding the spatial interactions and bundles of the ecosystem services provides essential information for evidence-based sustainable land management.
NoPUF: A Novel PUF Design Framework Toward Modeling Attack Resistant PUFs

With the rapid development and globalization of the semiconductor industry, hardware security has emerged as a critical concern. New attacking and tampering methods are continuously challenge current hardware protection methods. Combating these powerful attacks is of great importance in securing hardware devices. This paper proposes a novel framework to protect Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) against modeling attacks, denominated as Noisy PUF (NoPUF). NoPUF exploits structural unpredictability to improve overall security. We present several PUF architectures under the proposed framework that could reconfigure a conventional reliable PUF to a noisy PUF. The reconfigured PUF becomes inherently unreliable and hence achieves a higher resistance against modeling attacks. Moreover, since only a small portion of the Challenge-Response Pairs (CRPs) are required for authentication, the designer can use the information obtained from the initial reliable PUF configuration to find CRPs, which are still reliable in the noisy PUF configuration for authentication. Exploiting such information asymmetry between designer and attacker is the nexus of the proposed NoPUF design methodology. Experimental results show that we can achieve a maximum attacker and designer accuracy difference of 44.79% for a 64-stage NoPUF candidate architecture while ensuring high reliability for selected challenges.
Pensioned off? Evaluating the UK's National Insurance scheme

IMPACT Policy-makers frequently neglect the ways in which social policies are funded through taxation. This relationship is of critical importance because misalignment can cause social policy failure and tax injustice. This is evident with National Insurance (NI): a tax used primarily to fund the UK’s state pension entitlement. This paper explains how NI is failing women and poorer people, prompting questions of why such a poorly designed, unfair and ineffective tax has persisted for so long in the UK. The paper proposes a radical solution: the payment of a universal basic pension and the abolition of NI, with consequential adjustments in income and corporation taxes to compensate for revenue losses. ABSTRACT This paper makes a rare contribution to understanding how taxation is used to fund social welfare, and the implications of that relationship. In the UK, National Insurance (NI) is a hypothecated tax used primarily to fund state old age pensions—a contributory welfare benefit. Through historical analysis, and the exemplar of the raising of the state pension age for women, this paper demonstrates that NI fails women and poorer people more than men and the better-off: creating serious problems of social equity. A solution is proposed: the abolition of NI with consequential adjustments to income and corporation taxes, and the introduction of a universal basic pension.
CS⋯I halogen bonding interactions in crystalline iodinated dithiole-2-thiones and thiazole-2-thiones

The propensity of the sp2 sulfur atom in thiones to act as a halogen bond (XB) acceptor is well established with dihalides (I2, IBr or ICl) as XB donors, but has been more rarely explored with organic XB donors. The crystal structures of four iodinated heterocycles, namely, the mono- and diiodo derivatives of 1,3-dithiole-2-thione and N-ethylthiazole-2-thione, offer an opportunity to evaluate the strength and directionality of such C–I⋯S interactions. We describe here the original synthesis of 3-ethyl-5-iodothiazole-2(3H)-thione and 3-ethyl-4,5-diiodothiazole-2(3H)-thione and the solid state structures of the four compounds, with specific attention to the halogen bonds (C–I⋯SC) and hydrogen bonds (C–H⋯I,S) taking place in the crystals, in connection with the peculiarities of the calculated electrostatic surface potential (ESP) of the four molecules. The thione sulfur atoms in thiazole-2-thiones appear as better XB acceptors than in dithiole-2-thiones, with a notable deformation of the charge concentration area. The mono-iodinated derivatives, 4-iodo-1,3-dithiole-2-thione and 3-ethyl-5-iodothiazole-2-thione, are characterized by hydrogen atoms with positive extremum of the electrostatic surface potential comparable to those of the neighboring iodine atoms, illustrating the parallelism between C–I⋯S halogen bonds and the so-called weak C–H⋯I,S hydrogen bonds.
Low pressure plasma-jet systems and their application for deposition of ceramic thin films

We applied the single and the double hollow cathode plasma jet systems for deposition of Ba x Sr 1-x TiO 3 (BSTO) thin films on Si and on multi-layer Si/SiO 2 /TiO 2 /Pt substrates. Two ceramic inserts in a single nozzle or two separate nozzles made of BaTiO 3 (BTO) and SrTiO 3 (STO) ceramics were reactively sputtered in the RF modulated plasma jet. The substrate was simultaneously heated on approximately 500 °C. Plasma parameters during the deposition process were determined by time-resolved measurements over the working (active pulse) and the idle part of the period. Electron density and electron effective temperature at the substrate position were determined by Langmuir probe technique, temperature of neutral particles and ratio of sputtered atoms (especially Ba and Sr) were estimated by optical emission spectroscopy. Elemental composition of the deposited films was estimated by electron microprobe analysis. Measured electron concentration in the substrate position reached value 2x10 16 m -3 during the active part of the duty cycle and resulting effective electron temperature was approximately 5 eV. Temperature of neutral particles measured by means of rotational temperature of OH radicals was lower than 500 K and high correlation between ratio of spectral intensity of Ba and Sr lines and ratio of Ba and Sr atoms in BSTO thin film was observed. Knowledge of this correlation was used for deposition of compositional gradient BSTO thin films. XRD diffraction confirmed presence of BSTO and STO perovskite phase in the films.
Study on the impact of different processing methods on the polysaccharide content and peulustrin content in Chuanmingshen

Objective: Investigate the influences of different processing methods on the contents of polysaccharide and peulustrin in chuanmingshen to provide references for scientific processes of chuanmingshen. Method: Water reflux extraction and Phenol-sulphuric acid method were used to measure the content of polysaccharide in Chuanmingshen. Methanol reflux extraction and HPLC method were used to measure the content of peulustrin. Result: The contents of polysaccharide and peulustrin in chuanmingshen using different processing methods varied widely. The highest polysaccharide content was 2.77 times than the lowest, while the highest peulustrin content was 8.4 times than the lowest. Conclusion: The results of the research lay a foundation for scientific evaluation of the influence on the quality of chuanmingshen using different processing methods and optimization of chuanmingshen producing area processing method.
Determination of the mean velocity of mudflows (debris flows) taking into account their life cycle

The paper is about calculation of the mean velocity of the mudflows. A mudflow is unsteady, non-uniform two-phase flows with high concentration of solid particles. Basic characteristics (depth, width, particle mean concentration and diameter) of a mudflow change in wide range (in time and in space), thus should be considered as a dynamic system. Existing empirical formulas for the mean velocity not for its. However, the principle of calculating the mean velocity must change for each phase of the lifecycle. Comparison of the calculated formulas and search for the closest ones to the measured also discussed. We give recommendations for calculating mean velocity of mudflows at any time during its moving.
Cooperative Caching for Ultra-Dense Fog-RANs: Information Optimality and Hypergraph Coloring

This work considers cache placement for ultra-dense fog radio access networks (F-RANs). In an F-RAN, the fog access points (F-APs) form overlapping clusters based on their geographical locations. A cluster of F-APs then acts as a distributed cache to cooperatively serve user requests. The fronthaul traffic minimization problem is formulated in information-theoretic terms. For the $k$ -association networks, cache placement can be optimized by concatenating an MDS code with a repetition code. By repeating the same packet in some F-APs, multicasting over the fronthaul link can be done in cache placement, which saves energy and bandwidth. Such an idea is applied to both uncoded and coded caching schemes based on hypergraph coloring. Their associated optimization problems are shown to be NP-complete. For the uncoded case, a suboptimal algorithm is proposed, which carefully repeats the subfiles. For the coded case, a heuristic algorithm that minimizes the field size requirement of the MDS repetition scheme is proposed. Simulation results demonstrate the outstanding performance of the proposed uncoded and coded caching schemes during both the cache placement phase and content delivery phase in reducing fronthaul traffic load and energy consumption.
Improved symptoms following bumetanide treatment in 1 children aged 3 to 6 years with autism spectrum disorder: 2 a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial 3

41 With the drug therapy for the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) currently 42 limited, here we reported a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to investigate 43 the efficacy, safety, and potential neural mechanism of bumetanide in children with ASD 44 aged 3 to 6 years old. There were 120 children entered into the study and randomly assigned 45 to either 0.5mg bumetanide or placebo. In the final sample, 119 received at least one dose of 46 bumetanide (59 children) or placebo (60 children). The primary outcome was the score 47 reduction of Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and the secondary outcomes were the 48 score of Clinical Global Impressions Scale (CGI) -Global Improvement (CGI-I) at 3 months 49 and the change from baseline to 3-month in Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule 50 (ADOS). Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) was used to measure γ -aminobutyric acid 51 (GABA) and glutamate neurotransmitter concentrations in the insular cortex (IC) before and 52 after the treatment. As compared with the placebo, bumetanide treatment was significantly 53 better in reducing severity. No patient withdrew from the trial due to adverse events. The 54 superiority of bumetanide to placebo in reducing insular GABA, measured using MRS, was 55 demonstrated. The clinical improvement was associated with the decrease in insular GABA 56 in the bumetanide group. In conclusion, this trial in a large group of young children with 57 predominantly moderate and severe ASD demonstrated that bumetanide is safe and effective 58 in improving the core symptoms of ASD. However, the clinical significance remains 59 uncertain and future multi-center clinical trials are required to replicate these findings and 60 confirm the clinical significance using a variety of outcome measures. mixed permutation-based and of the treatment for sex,
Geriatric Depression and Cognitive Impairment—An Update

Background: Depression and cognitive impairment often coexist in older adults. The relation between depression and cognitive impairment is complex. The objective of this article is to review recent literature on cognitive impairment in older adults with depression and provide clinicians an update. Methods: We searched PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, and Psych Info for the articles published in the English language related to late-life depression (LLD)/geriatric depression and cognitive impairment. We considered original research articles, relevant systematic reviews, chapters, and important conceptual articles published in the last 9 years (2011–2019). We selected relevant articles for this narrative review. Conclusion: The concept pseudodementia, indicating depression with cognitive impairment mimicking dementia, is now seen only as a historical concept. The current literature strongly agrees with fact that cognitive deficits often exist in LLD. The cognitive deficits in depression were initially seen as trait marker; however, some recent studies suggest that cognitive deficits persist even in the remission phase. There is heterogeneity among the studies in terms of the nature of the cognitive deficits, but higher number of studies reported impairment in attention and executive function. LLD with cognitive deficits is at a higher risk of progression to dementia. In older adults, depression with cognitive impairments requires a comprehensive evaluation. Electroencephalography, event-related potentials, fluorodeoxyglucose–positron emission tomography, amyloid positron emission tomography, and CSF amyloid will supplement clinical evaluation in differentiating functional depressive disorder with cognitive impairment from depression with an underlying degenerative condition.