Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Developing a State of the Art Methodology & Toolkit for ICS SCADA Forensics

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems are used in different Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), including Electric Power, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Utility, Transportation services and others. The underpinning control systems have unique characteristics such as being real-time and safety critical. Therefore interference and disruption of the services from cyber attack poses a significant risk to; the environment, properties, economies and human lives. Responding to such events in not trivial, and recovering the required forensic evidence to understand the cause and consequence of such an event is key. Further, developing a suitable incident response methodology to identify evidential artefacts of the causes of disruption is crucial, should security mechanisms fail. In this paper we present the state of the art methodology forensic toolkit for cyber incident response on Industrial Control System (ICS) environment of SCADA plus evaluate the applicability of current IT forensic tools and the requirements of an ‘ICS forensic toolbag’. The research work presents an experimental case study of a malware USB device based attack, a man in the middle attack and a remote access attack.
Security evaluation of glucose monitoring applications for Android smartphones Research Project 1 Master Security and Network Engineering University of Amsterdam Project report Version : 1 . 0

Smartphone applications support diabetic patients with glucose monitoring, which improves quality of life. These applications process sensitive medical data, while smartphone applications have previously been proven to likely be insecure. We selected three popular smartphone applications for glucose monitoring. We tested these applications with well known tools to discover security flaws. The security flaws that were found were categorised by the Open Web Application Security Project mobile top 10 framework. Data storage was found to be the largest security risk in most applications, as sensitive data was found to be stored in Android system logs and local data was unencrypted. Insecure authentication was another large security risk, as password policies did not enforce the use of strong passwords and authentication tokens were not generated randomly and not invalidated regularly. There was at least one method found to obtain sensitive data in each of the analysed applications. A way to alter medical data was found in two out of three analysed applications. While the reviewed applications were found to be secure on many aspects, all of them had some security flaws.
A case study e Regulation and functional mechanisms of cancer cells and control its activity using plants and their derivatives

Novel exploiting to the understanding of conventional medicine was followed by the findings of many unique secondary metabolites and its biological property and is highly required for treating of many endemic diseases. The plants have been a long background in ethno pharmacological knowledge for treatment of endemic and non-endemic diseases. Such plants are traditionally used in different form of paste, extraction and powder to treat seasonal diseases. Nowadays main uses of some medicinal plants have been a great deal with cure and control various chronic diseases such as cancer, AIDS, hepatitis, neurogenic disorders and acute kidney diseases. Cancer is molecular dysfunction and disarrangement in DNA base pairs it leads to change the human physiological and biochemical behavior of the system. Apoptotic mechanisms are regulating by two distinct pathways in which basic creeds perform in common to all eukaryotes. The key components in apoptosis especially mitochondrial intracellular organelles are identified (DNA, protein and ATP, Ca2þ). These components control the next cellular binder step and participate in effecting cell suicide mechanisms. The diverse aspects of mitochondria involved in apoptosis include dealing with other proceedings such as release of protein or enzymes to effective for cell death. In these mechanism plants and related natural products using alternative therapeutic management, very less toxicity and cost benefits. Plant extracts and its biomass has revealed the existing of various pharmacologically active compounds like steroids, polyphenols, polysaccharides, saponins, alkaloids, tannins and terpenoids. The reliable natural products are acting as high sources for anticancer drugs. The natural derived compounds are the prolongation of life span of the zeolites and decrease of malignancy cell formation in the cellular system. Copyright a 2013, JPR Solutions; Published by Reed Elsevier India Pvt. Ltd. All rights
Cloning and characterization of a human orthologue of testis-specific succinyl CoA : 3-oxo acid CoA transferase ( Scott ) cDNA

Succinyl CoA: 3-oxo acid CoA transferase (scot; EC 2.8.3.5) is a key enzyme for metabolism of ketone bodies. Previously, we have cloned a testis-specific succinyl CoA: 3-oxo acid CoA transferase (scot-t) cDNA from a subtracted cDNA library of mouse testis and demonstrated its expression to be specific to late haploid male germ cells. In this study, the human orthologue of mouse scot-t was cloned and characterized. The entire coding region of the mRNA and the deduced amino acid sequence of human Scot-t (h-Scot-t) showed 75.4 and 75.8% identity with mouse scott respectively. The mRNA was exclusively expressed in the testis, and the protein was localized to the midpiece of ejaculated spermatozoa where mitochondria exist. We showed that the h-Scot-t gene was intronless by using a polymerase chain reaction technique and that a non-functional pseudogene, 98% similar to h-Scot-t, was also located on the human genome (1p33-34.3). Furthermore, the genomic structure of the actual h-Scot-t transcription unit was found to be located in an intron (1p34.1–35.3) of the bone morphogenetic protein 8 (BMP8) gene. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that h-Scot-t is a single intronless gene specifically expressed in the testis.
Biological control of p CO 2 at station L 4 in the Western English Channel over 3 years

EMMER J. LITT1,2,3*, NICK J. HARDMAN-MOUNTFORD1,3, JERRY C. BLACKFORD1,3, GAY MITCHELSON-JACOB2,3, ANDREW GOODMAN1, GERALD F. MOORE1, DENISE G. CUMMINGS1 AND MOMME BUTENSCHÖN1 1 PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY, PROSPECT PLACE, PLYMOUTH, DEVON PL1 3DH, UK, SCHOOL OF OCEAN SCIENCES, COLLEGE OF NATURAL SCIENCES, BANGOR UNIVERSITY, ANGLESEY LL59 5AB, UK AND NATIONAL CENTRE FOR EARTH OBSERVATION (NCEO), PROSPECT PLACE, PLYMOUTH, DEVON PL1 3DH, UK
Clinical Trials for the Treatment of Secondary Wasting and Cachexia Special Considerations in the Design of Trials Involving Children 1

There are important differences from adults that must be taken into account in considering children for clinical trials and clinical research. The two most important of these are that children are minors who are not entirely able or qualiﬁed to make decisions for themselves. Secondly, we expect that children will grow and develop physically. The latter, there-fore, provides tools for the assessment of effects of experimental therapy that are not available in adults. This presentation will consider ethical concerns regarding participation of children in clinical trials, and will address some of the questions that need to be considered before involving children as research subjects. Additionally, I will summarize the value of assessing growth and physical development in determining the effects of experimental therapies. Finally, I will examine the value of measurement of peptides in the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system in assessing experimental therapies for catabolic conditions.
A Study of BO Lyn, a neglected HADS star

uvby − β photometry of the high amplitude δ Scuti (HADS) star BO Lyn allowed us to determine its physical characteristics. A secular period variation was established through the O-C of all the available times of maximum light and those newly acquired through CCD photometry. In the present study we have demonstrated that BO Lyn is pulsating with one stable varying period whose O-C residuals show a sinusoidal pattern compatible with a light-travel time effect.
Analysis of vegetable ’ s peels as a natural source of vitamins and minerals

Peels of vegetables and fruits are considered waste products and thrown into the environment. However, some researches on the peels of fruits revealed the presence of important phytochemicals having diverse biological activities. In the current study, peel samples of seven underground vegetables namely, Beta vulgaris, Brassica rapa, Daucus carota, Ipomoea batatas, Raphanus sativus, Solanum tuberosum and Zingiber officinale were evaluated for vitamin and mineral contents. The vitamin C content of the peels ranged between 43.6 to 122.5 mg/100g, while riboflavin, thiamin and niacin levels were between 0.3 to 0.8 mg/100g, non-detection to 0.4 mg/100g and 0.2 to 1.6 mg/100g, respectively. Appreciable amounts of various minerals such as calcium, sodium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, potassium and phosphorus were detected in the peel samples. The overall findings confirmed that peels are rich source of minerals and vitamins and can be utilized as food, feed and dietary ingredients after appropriate processing.
Role of family in HIV prevention : systematic reviews and qualitative investigation of young Thai women in Bangkok

Young women are particularly vulnerable to HIV. Despite the successful HIV prevention efforts in Thailand in the past, young Thai women are at increased HIV risk and in urgent need of effective HIV interventions. Numerous studies have emphasised the importance of family in determining young people’s sexual behaviour. This thesis explores the roles of family in shaping young people’s sexual decisions and examines the potential of family-involved HIV interventions (FIHIs) for young Thai women. The thesis systematically examines studies across settings to determine whether involving family in HIV interventions could influence young people’s sexual behaviour. The findings suggest that FIHIs have a potential in shaping young people’s condom use practices. It identifies several key characteristics of effective FIHIs that can potentially be valuable for future HIV development in other contexts. Qualitative data collected from focus groups of young Thai women in Bangkok are analysed using the framework developed from the systematic review of qualitative studies. The findings highlight several challenges for future FIHIs for young Thai women. These are barriers to parent-child communication, a tension of coexistence of two divergent sexual norms - traditional/Thai versus modern/globalised, alternative sources of sexual health and HIV knowledge, the importance of family relationships, and the different circumstances and needs of young Thai women from different backgrounds. Future FIHIs for young Thai women should consider a comprehensive, structural and eco-developmental approach, simultaneously targeting both individuals and the wider environment. This thesis offers a new contribution to the HIV prevention and sexual health education literature and identifies the potential effectiveness of FIHIs tailored to young Thai women,constituting an important step in addressing the public health problems of HIV/AIDS infections in Thailand.
Formulation and evaluation of anti-dandruff polyherbal powder shampoo

Dandruff is a common disorder affecting the scalp condition caused by yeast Pityrosporum. Dandruff cannot be completely eliminated but can only be managed and effectively controlled. Shampoo is a hair care product used for the removal of oils, dirt, skin particles, dandruff, environmental pollutants and other contaminant particles that gradually build up in hair. Herbal anti-dandruff shampoos were formulated using herbal based ingredients like Lemon Grass Oil, Neem oil, Henna, Aloe Vera gel and other ingredients for preparing base shampoo. The formulated shampoos were subjected to evaluation parameters like visual inspection, pH, viscosity, Percentage of solids contents, Dirt dispersion, Surface tension, Foaming ability and foam stability. The main objective of this study was to eliminate harmful synthetic ingredient from anti-dandruff shampoo formulation and substitute them with a safe natural ingredients.
Object-Oriented Modeling and Querying of Hypermedia Documents

This paper presents an object model of hypermedia documents and proposes a language to query them. The main idea is to use standard concepts of OODB such as encapsulation, relationships, inheritance, and path traversal. Documents, composed by using the HyTime standard I are transformed and stored in a hypermedia OODB using an HyTime interpreter. They can then be retrieved using extensions of the OQL query language not only by content-based but also by structure-based queries. Especially the inheritance mechanism is used between application classes and the system classes where common attributes and operations are defined to provide the capability of structural queries. We also propose additional query features to extend the quantifiers of the OQL language for hyper-documents. The 00 DBMS 02 is used to implement a prototype of the proposed system.
The effects of perceived risks on destination image and intention to revisit disaster stricken Japan: A conceptual paper

This study draws new insights on international travel vacation to a disaster-stricken destination. The paper highlights the types of factors of perceived risks (socio-psychological risk, physical risk, financial risk, health risk, disaster risk and radiation risk) that may affect repeat tourists’ image reformation of the destination (cognitive image, affective image, induced image, organic image, autonomous image and country image). This paper sets forth a conceptual framework, followed by a discussion of its main contributions.
Detection and characterization of denitrifying bacteria from a permanently ice-covered Antarctic

Denitrifying bacterial strains were isolated from Lake Bonney, a permanently ice-covered and chemically stratified lake in the McMurdo dry valley region of Antarctica, using complex media at 4 C. Three strains, identified as denitrifiers by their ability to produce nitrous oxide using nitrate or nitrite as a respiratory substrate, were characterized as to their temperature and salinity optima for aerobic growth in batch culture; all three were psychrophilic and moderately halophilic. Maximum growth rates of near 0.024 h 1 were measured for all three strains. Growth rates projected to occur at in situ temperature and salinity imply generation times on the order of 100 h. Species specific polyclonal antisera were prepared against two of the strains, ELB 17 (from the east lobe of the lake at 17 m) and WLB20 (from the west lobe at 20 m). Both strains were subsequently detected and enumerated in the lake using the antisera. ELB17 was present in both lobes below the chemocline, while WLB20 was present in the west lobe below the chemocline but only in surface waters of the east lobe. These distributions are related to the observed chemical distributions which imply the occurrence of denitrification in the west lobe of the lake and not in the east lobe.
Key Role of STAT 4 Deficiency in the Hematopoietic Compartment in Insulin Resistance and Adipose Tissue Inflammation

Visceral adipose tissue (AT) inflammation is linked to the complications of obesity, including insulin resistance (IR) and type 2 diabetes. Recent data from our lab showed that germline deficiency in STAT4 reduces inflammation and improves IR in obese mice. The objective of this study was to determine the contribution of selective STAT4 deficiency in subsets of hematopoietic cells to IR and AT inflammation. To determine the contribution of hematopoietic lineage, we sublethally irradiated Stat4C57Bl6mice and reconstituted themwith bone marrow cells (BMC) from Stat4+/+C57Bl6 congenic donors. We also established the contribution of selective STAT4 deficiency in CD4+ or CD8+ T cells using adoptive transfer in Rag1−/− mice. All mice received a HFD for 15 weeks (n = 7–12 mice/group). BMC that expressed STAT4 induced increases in glucose intolerance and IR compared to STAT4-deficient cells. Also, AT inflammation was increased and the numbers of CD8+ cells infiltrating AT were higher in mice with STAT4 expressing BMC. Studies in Rag1−/− mice further confirmed the prominent role of CD8+ cells expressing STAT4 in insulin resistance and AT and islet inflammation. Collectively our results show specific and dominant contribution of STAT4 in the hematopoietic compartment to metabolic health and inflammation in diet-induced obesity.
Exploratory Study of Developing a Synchronization-Based Approach for Multi-step Discovery of Knowledge Structures

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0 Bilateral Home Bias : New Perspective , new Findings

While it is generally agreed that international diversification improves portfolio performance, many countries hold puzzling low levels of foreign assets. The difference between optimal and observed (far too low) foreign holdings is known as the home bias puzzle (see French & Poterba, 1991). The academic literature has proposed several possible explanations for the home bias puzzle. The prime targets were transaction costs such as fees, commissions and higher spreads (see Glassman & Riddick, 2001; Tesar & Werner, 1995; Warnock, 2001) and direct barriers to international investment (see Black, 1974; Errunza & Losq, 1985; Stulz, 1981). Evidence in Tesar & Werner (1995) and more recently Glassman & Riddick (2001) and Warnock (2001), however, rules out transaction cost as an important driver of the equity home bias. Moreover, the home bias puzzle persists even in times when most direct obstacles to foreign investment have disappeared. Important contributions focus on differences in the amount and quality of information between domestic and foreign stocks (see Brennan & Cao, 1997; Gehrig, 1993; Veldkamp & Van Nieuwerburgh, 2006), on hedging of non-traded goods consumption as a motive for holding domestic securities (see Adler & Dumas, 1983; Cooper & Kaplanis, 1994; Stockman & Dellas, 1989), and more recently on psychological or behavioral factors (see Coval & Moskowitz, 1999; Grinblatt & Keloharju, 2000; Huberman, 2001). However, also these alternative explanations do not fully account for the observed home bias in international financial markets (see Ahearne et al., 2004, among others). A relatively new surge in cross-border equity holdings works towards narrowing the gap and the documented decline in home bias (see Baele et al., 2007) suggests that countries are taking steps towards optimizing their international equity portfolios. Until recently, available data only allowed for a comparison between domestic equity holdings and (aggregated) rest-of-the-world foreign holdings. The International Monetary Fund’s Coordinated Portfolio Investment Survey (CPIS) collects information regarding the foreign equity holdings of 74 countries and territories, detailed by issuing country. Fidora et al. (2007) use this database available for the years 1997, 2001, 2002 and 2003 in order to compute bilateral home bias and show the contribution of real exchange volatility to explaining the well-known preference for local assets. This chapter combines the (increasingly extensive) CPIS database for the period 2001-2009 to compute bilateral home bias together with a new perspective on optimal investment "benchmarks" in order to explore the dynamics of bilateral home bias and the importance of
A pipeline for the creaton of progressively rendered web 3 D scenes

We present an end-to-end pipeline for the export of 3D scenes from content creaton tools to a real-tme rendering engine in an embeddable web-page, including a novel system for compression/decompression of textured polygonal meshes. We show that the compression/decompression outperforms the best state-of-the-art non-progressive alternatve, especially as bandwidth increases, showing that web-specifc techniques should consider the whole user pipeline. Our pipeline also includes progressivity, which is paramount for a good interactve user experience, and permits full user interacton with lower resoluton versions of the 3D scenes, while progressively higher resoluton data is downloaded. Finally, we discuss how our method may be used in the future to facilitate the transfer of animated meshes.
JOB SATISFACTION AND TURNOVER AMONG WORKERS OF SMALL SCALE AGRO- ALLIED FIRMS IN SOUTHWEST NIGERIA

The research work was set to study various factors that determine workers’ satisfaction and analyze the rate of labour turnover on the profitability of small scale agro-allied firms in Southwest, Nigeria. Primary data were collected through a set of structured questionnaire on 308 workers of small scale agroallied firms that were selected using multi-stage random sampling procedure. The analytical techniques employed include descriptive statistics, probit model and tobit regression analysis. The results revealed that male workers participated more in small scale agro-allied businesses than their female counterparts. Amount paid to workers, mode of payment, hours work per day, overtime pay, adequate working tools and bonus received per month were the major determinants that cause workers’ satisfaction while quantity of good, price, salary/wage, number of workers, workers’ turnover, worth of investment, governmental due, rent and education were the major factors that determine the profitability of small scale agro-allied firms. Workers’ turnover significantly increased the profitability of small scale agro-allied firms in southwest Nigeria. Policy implication requires that workers should be provided with enabling environment that will enhance staying on the job.
Neuro-fuzzy models in tasks of intelligent data processing for detection and counteraction of inappropriate , dubious and harmful information

The paper considers methodological approaches aimed at optimizing the operation of intelligent systems of analytical processing of digital network content in order to detect and counteract inappropriate, dubious and harmful information. An approach is proposed to eliminate uncertainty, incompleteness and inconsistency of evaluation and categorization of semantic content of information objects for analyzing network content. The approach uses neuro-fuzzy models and relies on processing of incomplete, conflicting and fuzzy knowledge. At the same time, the importance of the features of inappropriate, dubious and harmful information is determined taking into account the uncertainty – ambiguity (fuzziness) and unreliability (insufficiency, incompleteness) of the original information. The results of computational experiments to determine the membership functions of unwanted information signs on the basis of the neuro-fuzzy network are presented. The use of neural-fuzzy models in tasks of intelligent data processing for detection and counteraction of inappropriate, dubious and harmful information will significantly increase the reliability and efficiency of the decisions taken to detect and counter information of this class.