Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THz Reflection Spectroscopy of Explosives Measured by Time Domain Spectroscopy

10)THzhasfocusedattentionofscientistsforyearsbe-causeofmanyinterestingfeaturesincludingexistenceofspectralﬁngerprintsofmanymaterials(alsoexplosives),through clothing imaging and safety for human being.Such advantages are of great importance for biochemi-cal,defenseandsecurityrelatedapplications.Scanning of pure explosives in transmission mode islimitedtosampleswiththicknesslessthanabout1mm,whichisconnectedwithrelativelyhighattenuationespe-ciallyinabsorptionpeaksregions. Incaseofthickersam-plesoneshouldconsiderareﬂectionwayofmeasurement. We examined 100% pure samples made of explosives:hexogen (RDX), penthryte (PETN), octogen (HMX),their mixtures (RDX+PETN, RDX+HMX) as well assugarandsimulantsofexplosives—L-tartaricacidand4-aminobenzoicacid(PABA). Spectrawereacquiredus-ing commercial time domain spectroscopy (TDS) setupfrom TeraView (TPS Spectra 3000) with appropriateaccessories in atmosphere with humidity less than 1%. We carried out our experiments using 3 conﬁgurations:transmission,specularreﬂectionwithincidentangle 45
Constitutive secretion of β‐trace protein by cultivated porcine choroid plexus epithelial cells: Elucidation of its complete amino acid and cDNA sequences

Primary porcine choroid plexus epithelial cells cultivated in chemically defined medium maintain their epithelial characteristics and form confluent monolayers. They produce a fluid the composition of which resembles cerebrospinal fluid. The present study demonstrates constitutive secretion of large amounts of β‐trace protein. This intrathecally synthesized protein is a prominent polypeptide constituent of natural cerebrospinal fluid. According to the identity of amino acid sequences it has previously been tentatively identified as a prostaglandin‐D synthase and as a member of the lipocalin protein family. β‐Trace was purified from cell culture supernatants and was subjected to tryptic digestion and amino acid sequencing of the resulting peptides. The complete primary structure of the protein was obtained by additional isolation of the cDNA from cultured epithelial cells. The porcine 163‐amino acid polypeptide showed 69% identity with the human β‐trace and contained two N‐glycosylation sites occupied by complex‐type oligosaccharides as is the case for the human protein. The amino acid sequences around the N‐glycosylation sites of mammalian β‐trace proteins (porcine, human, murine, and rat) were highly conserved. The nucleotide sequence was found to be less conserved; the porcine cDNA had a strikingly high GC‐content (67%). The constitutive secretion of β‐trace protein from the in vitro cultivated porcine choroid plexus epithelial cells demonstrates that the cells have retained their major in vivo physiological properties: secretion of cerebrospinal fluid proteins. Therefore, this in vitro culture system may be used as a versatile tool for studying the regulation of the formation of cerebrospinal fluid. © 1996 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Top managers' confidence, ultimate controller and firm value: An empirical study based on panel data of a shares on Shanghai stock exchange

In this paper, with the use of 2010-2012 Shanghai A-shares panel data, we divide the original sample into two groups: overconfidence group and appropriate confidence group based on the changes of top managers' shareholding ratio. Then we respectively analyze their impact on firm value, particularly explore the moderate effect of ultimate controller type. The results show that the overconfidence of top managers has a significant negative effect on firm value, and this influence is more outstanding in state controlled companies; while top managers' appropriate confidence has a positive effect on firm value, but ultimate controller type has no significant moderate effect on it.
Security Challenges with LTE-Advanced Systems and Military Spectrum

LTE is universally recognized as the world-wide standard for next-generation mobile broadband services. Operating LTE in military spectrum has recently been proposed for a variety of use cases. First, due to the lack of available commercial spectrum, commercial operators are seeking to leverage underutilized military bands to offer improved commercial service. Second, given the ability for LTE to operate at high data rates in multipath environments, the technology could provide the military with more resilient communications in tactical environments. However, these proposed use cases for LTE are non-standard and certain military requirements cannot be immediately supported within the scope of the 3GPP standards. Emerging features within LTE-Advanced provide the initial building blocks for supporting LTE operations in heterogeneous environments that may include hostile interferers. LTE operation in military bands may be possible through the use of distributed spectrum sensing, spectrum allocation databases, carrier aggregation with non-military bands, and real-time radio resource management to cope with interference.
A surface antigen influenza vaccine. 1. Purification of haemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins

Summary Influenza virus was centrifuged in a KII rotor through a sucrose gradient containing Triton N101, a non-ionic surfactant. The micelles of surfactant formed a band in the gradient. As virus particles passed through the surfactant, the haemagglutinin and neuraminidase proteins were stripped from the surface and remained near the surfactant micelles. The residual virus particles sedimented into a denser region of the gradient and were thus separated from the haemagglutinin and neuraminidase antigens. Fractions containing the surface antigens were pooled and Triton was removed by phase-separation at the cloud point.
Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma of the breast: role of comprehensive molecular pathology in characterization of an entity

Immunohistochemical analysis of E‐cadherin has changed the way lobular neoplasia is perceived. It has helped to classify difficult cases of carcinoma in situ with indeterminate features and led to the identification of new variants of lobular carcinoma. Pleomorphic lobular carcinoma (PLC) and pleomorphic lobular carcinoma in situ (PLCIS), recently described variants of invasive and in situ classic lobular carcinoma, are reported to be associated with more aggressive clinical behaviour. Although PLC/PLCIS show morphological features of classic lobular neoplasia and lack E‐cadherin expression, it is still unclear whether these lesions evolve through the same genetic pathway as lobular carcinomas or are high‐grade ductal neoplasms that have lost E‐cadherin. Here we have analysed a case of extensive PLCIS and invasive PLC associated with areas of E‐cadherin‐negative carcinoma in situ with indeterminate features, using immunohistochemistry, chromogenic in situ hybridization, high‐resolution comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and array‐based CGH. We observed that all lesions lacked E‐cadherin and β‐catenin and showed gain of 1q and loss of 16q, features that are typical of lobular carcinomas but are not seen in high‐grade ductal lesions. In addition, amplifications of c‐myc and HER2 were detected in the pleomorphic components, which may account for the high‐grade features in this case and the reported aggressive clinical behaviour of these lesions. Taken together, these data suggest that at least some PLCs may evolve from the same precursor or through the same genetic pathway as classic lobular carcinomas. Copyright © 2005 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Standard Quality Banking Services of Islamic Banks

This research discusses in detail the theoretical aspect of the quality standards of banking services of traditional Islamic banks. The criterion of "Shari'ah Compliance" was added by the researcher to the importance and role of dealing with Islamic banks, the definition of this standard and its importance, how to test it for banks as well as how, without the legitimate commitment of these banks to what is classified as Islamic from the foundation, we focus on the importance of the existence of a legal commitment to any Islamic bank to achieve the quality of Islamic banking services of high quality in accordance with Islamic law and laws to achieve a high confidence in the customers who belong to him and deal with his Conspiracy.
On the Injectivity of the Kudla-Millson Lift and Surjectivity of the Borcherds Lift

We consider the Kudla-Millson lift from elliptic modular forms of weight (p + q)/2 to closed q-forms on locally symmetric spaces corresponding to the orthogonal group O(p, q). We study the L2-norm of the lift following the Rallis inner product formula. We compute the contribution at the Archimedian place. For locally symmetric spaces associated to even unimodular lattices, we obtain an explicit formula for the L2-norm of the lift, which often implies that the lift is injective. For O(p, 2) we discuss how such injectivity results imply the surjectivity of the Borcherds lift.
Soil texture‐depending effects of doxycycline and streptomycin applied with manure on the bacterial community composition and resistome

ABSTRACT Veterinary antibiotics, bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance determinants located on mobile genetic elements and nutrients are spread on agricultural soil using manure as fertilizer. However, systematic quantitative studies linking antibiotic concentrations and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) in manure and the environment are scarce but needed to assess environmental risks. In this microcosm study, a sandy and a loamy soil were mixed with manure spiked with streptomycin or doxycycline at five concentrations. Total‐community DNA was extracted on days 28 and 92, and the abundances of ARGs (aadA, strA, tet(A), tet(M), tet(W), tet(Q), sul1, qacE/qacE&Dgr;1) and class 1 and 2 integron integrase genes (intI1 and intI2) were determined by qPCR relative to 16S rRNA genes. Effects on the bacterial community composition were evaluated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of 16S rRNA gene amplicons. Manure application to the soils strongly increased the relative abundance of most tested genes. Antibiotics caused further enrichments which decreased over time and were mostly seen at high concentrations. Strikingly, the effects on relative gene abundances and soil bacterial community composition were more pronounced in sandy soil. The concept of defining antibiotic threshold concentrations for environmental risk assessments remains challenging due to the various influencing factors.
Implementation of a personal health monitoring system in cardiology application

In this paper, we present a personal health monitoring system that is specialized in monitoring cardiac disorder events. The proposed system comprises the design and implementation of hardware as well as software, which include three subsystems, (1) the electrocardiograph (ECG) acquisition node, (2) the Android-based processing and communication device, and (3) the healthcare box. The ECG acquisition node embeds ECG acquisition front-end circuits, MSP430 micro-processor and the Bluetooth (BT) module. It can be put on patients to acquire ECG signals and relay them back to any Android-based device (e.g., Android phones and PDAs) for display and storage. The healthcare box is a PC-based surveillance system which can perform more advanced ECG signal processing from the acquired ECG signals. Combining with the three subsystems, including hardware and software, remote patients can receive seamless and ambient high quality health care service in cardiology.
Système d'interrogation à distance de grandeurs physiques à base de capteurs à ondes élastiques de surface pour mesures paramétriques sur une gamme de température étendue (-196 / +650ºC)

Ce memoire presente l’etude et la conception d’electroniques d’interrogation de capteurs passifs de grandeurs physiques a base d’ondes elastiques se propageant a la surface de materiaux (SAW) piezoelectriques mono-cristallins. L’objectif consiste a realiser une electronique d’interrogation capable de sonder la reponse d’un resonateur SAW au travers d’une liaison radiofrequence (RF) sans fils pour en extraire une information de temperature. [. ] Les electroniques presentees dans ce manuscrit fonctionnent sur l’analyse de la puissance retro-diffusee par le capteur en s’inspirant de l’architecture d’un analyseur de reseau a balayage de frequence. Deux electroniques d’interrogation sont presentees. La premiere utilise une synthese de frequence directe. La souplesse de generer un signal RF pour exciter le resonateur a donnee naissance a divers algorithmes pour optimiser les performances de la mesure. La vitesse a laquelle le lecteur est capable de sonder le capteur permet l’interrogation de capteurs places sur un support mobile (axe de moteur). La resolution de mesure obtenue atteint le dixieme de degre Celsius. La seconde electronique vise a realiser une electronique compacte dans le but de reduire le nombre et la consommation des composants en integrant les chaines d’emission et de reception. Cette electronique est construite autour d’un radio-modem : ce composant combinant fonctionnalites RF et numeriques est detourne de sa fonction principale de communication numerique dansle but d’interroger un resonateur SAW. Les contraintes associees aux constantes de temps,a l’isolation necessaire et a l’acces a l’etage de reception d’un radio-modem necessitent une etude prealable approfondie. L’algorithme developpe pour ce composant a necessite l’utilisation de techniques de traitement RADAR pour obtenir la temperature resultante d’un capteur differentiel bi -resonateurs. Cette electronique a permis de mesurer une temperature
The evolution of sphincter-saving surgery in patients with low rectal cancer

in patients with low rectal cancer. I.B. Shchepotin, O.O. Kolesnik, V.V. Prymak, A.P. Beznosenko, A.I. Yatsina, I.P.Yerko, S.B. Balabushko. National Cancer Institute, Kyiv, Ukraine Сhernigiv regional oncologycal dispancer, Chernigiv, Ukraine Summary. The comparative analysis of different methods in the sphincterpreserving surgical interference efficiency in treatment of 205 patients with low rectal cancer depending on the method of bowels reconstruction was carried out. The advantages of proctectomy with formation of anastomosis under the developed in clinic methodology and low anterior resections of rectum with formation of colorectal anastomosis using a linear stapling device were proved to ameliorate the ultimate and functional results of treatment and patients' quality of life improvement in comparison with standard abdominal-anal resections. Key word: low rectal cancer, sphincter-saving surgery, method of reconstruction.
The incidence of oesophageal adenocarcinoma in non-dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus: a meta-analysis

Introduction The risk of oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) in non-dysplastic Barrett's oesophagus (BO) may have been overestimated. The objective was to estimate the incidence of OAC in patients with BO without dysplasia. Methods The authors searched MEDLINE and EMBASE from 1966 to 2011 and performed a bibliographic review of previous publications, excluding abstracts, non-peer-reviewed publications and those not published in English, for prospective or retrospective studies of the incidence of OAC in patients with BO. They excluded patients with any degree of dysplasia at baseline and those without documented intestinal metaplasia. Studies were independently reviewed by two individuals. 57 of 3450 studies were included. The authors extracted information on number of patients with BO, length of follow-up, incident cases of OAC, mean age of patients, country of origin, whether prospective or retrospective, mean length of BO segments and mortality from causes other than OAC. Study quality was assessed by the Ottawa Newcastle criteria. Results The 57 included studies comprised 11 434 patients and 58 547 patient-years of follow-up. The pooled annual incidence of OAC was 0.33% (95% CI 0.28% to 0.38%). Among 16 studies that provided appropriate information on mortality, there were 56 incident cases of OAC but 684 deaths from apparently unrelated causes. Among 16 studies that provided information on patients with short-segment BO, the annual incidence of OAC was only 0.19%. Conclusions The incidence of OAC in non-dysplastic BO is around 1 per 300 patients per year. The incidence of OAC in short-segment BO is under 1 per 500 patients per year.
Rethinking the concept of the IS organization

Do conceptualizations of the information systems (IS) organization reflect findings from research studying requirements for successfully harnessing information, systems and technology to achieve operational and strategic objectives? This paper addresses this question, reporting on an analysis of articles published in leading academic and practitioner journals. It describes how the IS organization is portrayed in these studies and examines the results of this analysis through a sensitizing lens constructed from research that has studied how organizations generate business value from IS. The lens depicts this objective as a quest to harness knowledge that is distributed enterprise wide. The analysis suggests that conceptualisations of the IS organization used by researchers do not reflect the requirements for generating business value from information technology that have been identified in the literature. Whilst highlighting that definitions are vague or more often absent, it challenges the dominant orthodoxy of the IS organization as a separate organizational unit suggesting that it is a more pervasive construct. The implications of this conclusion for practice, research and teaching are considered.
Activity of nitric oxide-generating compounds against encephalomyocarditis virus

Nitric oxide (NO) generated by two NO donors (sodium nitroprusside or S-nitroso-L-glutathione) was shown to exert a dose-dependent inhibition of encephalomyocarditis virus growth in L-929 cells. This activity was not due to the cytotoxic or direct virucidal effects of NO donors. L-929 cells were shown to produce NO endogenously, but this low level of production did not counter encephalomyocarditis virus replication.
A Hemorrhagic Factor (Apicidin) Produced by Toxic Fusarium Isolates from Soybean Seeds

ABSTRACT Fifty-two isolates of Fusarium species were obtained from soybean seeds from various parts of Korea and identified asFusarium oxysporum, F. moniliforme, F. semitectum, F. solani, F. graminearum, orF. lateritium. These isolates were grown on autoclaved wheat grains and examined for toxicity in a rat-feeding test. Nine cultures were toxic to rats. One of these, a culture ofFusarium sp. strain KCTC 16677, produced apicidin, an antiprotozoal agent that caused toxic effects in rats (including body weight loss; hemorrhage in the stomach, intestines, and bladder; and finally death) when rats were fed diets supplemented with 0.05 and 0.1% apicidin. The toxin was toxic to brine shrimp (the 50% lethal concentration was 40 μg/ml) and was weakly cytotoxic to human and mouse tumor cell lines.
Risk of death in elderly users of conventional vs. atypical antipsychotic medications.

BACKGROUND Recently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an advisory stating that atypical antipsychotic medications increase mortality among elderly patients. However, the advisory did not apply to conventional antipsychotic medications; the risk of death with these older agents is not known. METHODS We conducted a retrospective cohort study involving 22,890 patients 65 years of age or older who had drug insurance benefits in Pennsylvania and who began receiving a conventional or atypical antipsychotic medication between 1994 and 2003. Analyses of mortality rates and Cox proportional-hazards models were used to compare the risk of death within 180 days, less than 40 days, 40 to 79 days, and 80 to 180 days after the initiation of therapy with an antipsychotic medication. We controlled for potential confounding variables with the use of traditional multivariate Cox models, propensity-score adjustments, and an instrumental-variable analysis. RESULTS Conventional antipsychotic medications were associated with a significantly higher adjusted risk of death than were atypical antipsychotic medications at all intervals studied (< or =180 days: relative risk, 1.37; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.27 to 1.49; <40 days: relative risk, 1.56; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.37 to 1.78; 40 to 79 days: relative risk, 1.37; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.19 to 1.59; and 80 to 180 days: relative risk, 1.27; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.14 to 1.41) and in all subgroups defined according to the presence or absence of dementia or nursing home residency. The greatest increases in risk occurred soon after therapy was initiated and with higher dosages of conventional antipsychotic medications. Increased risks associated with conventional as compared with atypical antipsychotic medications persisted in confirmatory analyses performed with the use of propensity-score adjustment and instrumental-variable estimation. CONCLUSIONS If confirmed, these results suggest that conventional antipsychotic medications are at least as likely as atypical agents to increase the risk of death among elderly persons and that conventional drugs should not be used to replace atypical agents discontinued in response to the FDA warning.
Analysis of complex oligogenic disease

Our analysis of GAW10 problem 2 data set consisted of linear regression analysis followed by linkage analysis. The linear regression analysis allowed some exploration of the relationships between the quantitative variables. Furthermore, it isolated some of the components of certain quantitative variables that were not due to a major locus and facilitated the linkage analysis that followed. For the linkage analysis, we used MAPMAKER/SIBS and the SIBPAL program from S.A. G.E. We found linkage of Q4 to chromosome 8. Analysis using the residuals of Q1 and Q3 showed linkage to chromosomes 5 and 4, respectively. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Determinants of mobile consumers' perceived value of location-based advertising and user responses

This study examines factors affecting mobile consumers' perceived advertising value of latest location-based mobile advertising LBA and its relationship with user responses. Data was collected from a nationally representative web survey of 605 respondents who fit the demographic quotas of mobile consumers in Singapore. Partial least squares results show that privacy concerns have a stronger negative effect on perceived LBA value than perceived sacrifice, while perceived utility, utilisation of contextual information and trust positively predict perceived LBA value. Moreover, perceived LBA value increases consumers' responses to purchase advertised brands, followed by searching for brand information and passing LBA to others. Implications for mobile advertising theories and practices are discussed.