Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A NOVEL AND COMPACT UWB BANDPASS FILTER USING MICROSTRIP FORK-FORM RESONATORS

A novel and compact ultra wideband (UWB) bandpass filter (BPF) with two transmission zeros near both passband edges of lower and higher frequency is proposed by using a new structure of fork-formresonators. The fork-formresonator generates a attenuation pole at the higher passband edge, lower insertion loss, wider bandwidth and compacter dimension, as compared with the traditional parallel unilateral-coupled resonator. A microstrip bandpass filter cascaded by two stages fork-formresonators with a 3-dB fractional bandwidth of 128% (from1.0 GHz to 4.6 GHz) is designed, fabricated, and tested. The measured characteristics of the filter agree with the theoretical simulations, and the measured results show good specifications which are very low insertion loss 0.5 ± 0.3 dB within the passband and good return loss less than −15 dB from1.5 GHz to 4.0 GHz, respectively.
Schizophrenia Prediction Using Integrated Imaging Genomic Networks

In order to increase the diagnosis accuracy of schizophrenia (SCZ) disease, it is essential to comprehensively employ complementary information from multiple types of data. It is well known that a network is a general method for analyzing relationships between patients, with its nodes representing patients and its edges showing relationships between them. In this study, we constructed a fused network using three types of data including genetic, epigenetic and neuroimaging data from a study of schizophrenia patients. We developed a network-based prediction approach taking advantage of the whole network of patients rather than just individual clusters in the network. The majority neighborhood of a node in the network was exploited as a feature for discriminating SCZ from healthy controls. Compared with other 9 graph-based label prediction methods, our network-fusion based label prediction method shows the best performance according to the prediction accuracy. The prediction power of our proposed method was also tested under di ff erent parameters settings and an optimal parameter was found for achieving the best performance. The method is also computationally e f fi cient and can be extended to identify other clinical outcomes.
Optimal Decision "Build-or-Buy" for Component Selection for a Modular Software System

Software Architecture is a complex process where architects have to face very challenging task of building the software that meet the constraints on quality, cost and reliability etc. After the advent of object oriented software, the dynamics of the software development has changed tremendously. Decision to choose the right components become extremely difficult because of the number of parameters to be considered while making the decision. If suitable components are not available, then the decision becomes very difficult further on whether to build the component in-house or to get this from the vendor. This paper focuses on the formulation of the optimization model that supports the decision whether to buy software components or to build them in-house upon designing a software structure. This paper presents an optimization model of software system. We devise a Bi-criteria optimization model based on decision variables indicating the set of structural components to buy and to build in order to minimize the software cost with simultaneously maximizing the system reliability.
University Choice: Implications for Marketing and Positioning

The research upon which this paper was based was aimed at find ing out the factors students consider important in their college choice decision and to provide marketing implications for educational ad min istrators. Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM), General Cert ificate of Education Advanced Level (GCE A -Level), Un ited Examination Cert ificate (UEC), d iplo ma holder and university foundation year participated in the study. Four hundred sixty three questionnaires were used for analysis of which the survey was based on five-point Likert scale. Results suggested that prospective students consider programme, cost (financial aid), location, high school personnel, peers and friends and campus visit as important criteria in their college choice decision. The findings have imp licat ions for private higher education institutions (PHEIs) positioning in a recruit ment market, and for a reconsideration of marketing and recruit ment strategy at institutional levels. Future research suggested to be carried out is on other aspects that influence student college choice decision such as university ranking, academic achievement, educational consultant, and accreditation. Also, future studies can explore a med iating variable such as parents' expectation and encouragement on college choice decision. Lastly, exploring the college choice decision research in a qualitative manner would also be a direction of future research.
Material Storage Mechanism in Porous Nanocarbon – Comparison between Experiment and Simulation

We present first MD simulation results of C60 adsorption inside a single-walled carbon nanohorn. The assumed carbon nanohorn model and the values of the force field parameters lead to relatively good agreement between simulation and experiment. We show that the confinement of water and ethanol inside a carbon nanohorn strongly changes the properties of confined liquids leading to a decrease in the number of hydrogen bonds, and diffusion coefficients in comparison to bulk. The appearance of C60 inside the nanohorn leads to further decrease in diffusion coefficients of confined solvents.
INVESTIGATION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TOOL IN DFX SHELL THROUGH LITERATURE SURVEY: DESIGN FOR TPM

In Indian manufacturing environment today total productive maintenance (TPM) is popular philosophy; already has been adopted by many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) particularly in automobile sector. For vendors of these OEMs either it is recommended or made mandatory to adopt the TPM concepts. With all these activities going in industries major portion of the entire manufacturing sector has become familiar with the TPM concepts. Many of the activities carried in these industries are observed parallel and repetitive type. This includes small modifications in equipment done on the shop floor as part of TPM implementation. Strangely even in some newly purchased equipment also modifications are observed on the shop floor. It clearly indicates that at design stage only customer requirement for adaptation of equipment in TPM culture; has to be considered by equipment manufacturer. On the other side these requirements has to be identified before procurement of equipment by the equipment buyers. With these background observed the need for development of new tool Design for TPM.
Widespread hybridisation and bi-directional introgression

4 Hugo B. Harrison, Michael L. Berumen, Pablo Saenz-Agudelo, Eva Salas, David H. 5 Williamson, Geoffrey P. Jones 6 7 8 9 1 Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, 10 Townsville QLD 4811, Australia. 11 2 Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, 12 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia. 13 3 Instituto de Ciencias Ambientales y Evolutivas, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile 14 4 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, 100 15 Shaffer road, Santa Cruz, California 95060, USA 16 5 California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA 17 6 College of Marine & Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, 18 Australia. 19 20 21
Melatonin prevents ischemia - reperfusion injury following superior mesenteric artery occlusion in the rat

Background: Free radicals derived from molecular oxygen have been reported to be responsible for changes in motility and mucosal damages observed in intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion (I/R) injury. Melatonin has been considered as an antioxidant that prevents injuries resulting from Ischemia/Reperfusion in various tissues. This study was designed to determine the effects of melatonin at a dose dependent manner in intestinal I/R damages by contractile responses of Malondialdehyde (MDA), a product of lipid peroxidation in rats. Material and methods: A total of 36 young male Wistar - Albino rats (80 - 120 g) were divided equally in to 6 groups and subjected to different concentration of melatonin (10, 20, 30 mg/Kg) . Group 1 was control, group 2 was sham that were subjected to surgical process for Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA) dissection. Groups 3, 4, 5 and 6 were I/R that were given melatonin at 0, 10, 20 and 30 mg/kg respectively. After laparatomy, a microvascular traumatic clip was placed across the SMA under general anesthesia, and following ischemia for 30 minutes it was removed. The first dose of melatonin was administrated before, and the second dose was administrated just after reperfusion, and the third dose was administrated on the second day, all by intramuscular route. On the third day of the experiment all rats were killed, and their bowels were removed. Results: The levels of tissue malondialdehyde were found to be significantly lower in group 4 compared to group 3 (P < 0.05). There was significant differences in histopathological patterns of group 4 compared with group 3 (P < 0.01). MDA levels, in groups 5 and 6, showed no significant changes in comparison to I/R group. Conclusion: These results showed that Melatonin at dose of 10 mg/Kg has antioxidant effects and prevents rat intestinal ischemia - reperfusion damages.
On the role of Gittins index in singular stochastic control: semi-explicit solutions via the Wiener-Hopf factorisation.

This paper examines a class of singular stochastic control problems with convex objective functions. In Section 2, we use tools from convex analysis to derive necessary and sucient rst order conditions for this class of optimisation problems. The main result of this paper is Theorem 9 which uses results from optimal stopping to establish the link between singular stochastic control and Gittin’s index without the need to appeal to the representation result in [5]. In sections 3-5 we assume the singular control problem is driven by a L evy process. Expressions for the Gittin’s index are derived in terms of the Wiener-Hopf factorisation. This allows us to broaden the class of parameterised optimal stopping problems with explicit solutions examined in [6] and derive explicit solutions to the singular control problems studied in Section 2. In Section 4, we apply our results to the ‘monotone follower’ problem which originates in [7] and [28]. In Section 5, we apply our results to an irreversible investment problem which has been studied in [9], [35] and [40].
Introduction: Fostering the Cultural Aspects of Doing Research

Framing the 14 contributions included in this special issue on "Advances in Qualitative Research in Ibero America" within the cultural complexity of our current world is the objective of this introduction. The particularity of doing qualitative research in specific local, national, and even language contexts should not be overlooked. A brief description of each article is provided to introduce this new issue on qualitative research practices in some of the peripheries of our globalized academic world. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0902192
TRANSLATING PROPER NAMES IN A LITERARY TEXT: A CASE OF HARRY POTTER NOVEL IN VIETNAM

Translating literary proper names is regarded as one of the challenging but inspiring issues in the field of Translation Studies. Given this context, the present paper aims to analyze the strategies undertaken by the translator when rendering proper names from the English literary text “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (2014) into its Vietnamese translation “Harry Potter và Hòn đá phù thuỷ” (2016). To fulfill the research purpose, a descriptive and comparative analysis was made between the source and target text. The analysis of translation strategies was grounded on the theoretical frame of Davis (2003). The findings reveal that the translator adopted the strategy of preservation for most of the proper names in the chosen literary text. Several recommendations for translating proper names in the literary texts are finally drawn out.
Monte Carlo Simulations for Gamma Measurements in Monitoring and Emergency Situations

The changing security situation with respect to threats posed by radioactive materials necessitates a degree of fl exibility with respect to the ability to measure radioactive isotopes in a wide variety of environments. This report details the application of Monte Carlo based techniques to the widely used technique of gamma-ray spectrometry for both monitoring and emergency response measurements. The techniques are introduced, applied to a gamma detection system and the results analysed with respect to a number of relevant parameters.
INTERSTELLAR AND EJECTA DUST IN THE CAS A SUPERNOVA REMNANT

Infrared continuum observations provide a means of investigating the physical composition of the dust in the ejecta and swept up medium of the Cas A supernova remnant (SNR). Using low-resolution Spitzer IRS spectra (5–35 μm), and broad-band Herschel PACS imaging (70, 100, and 160 μm), we identify characteristic dust spectra, associated with ejecta layers that underwent distinct nuclear burning histories. The most luminous spectrum exhibits strong emission features at ∼9 and 21 μm and is closely associated with ejecta knots with strong Ar emission lines. The dust features can be reproduced by magnesium silicate grains with relatively low Mg to Si ratios. Another dust spectrum is associated with ejecta having strong Ne emission lines. It has no indication of any silicate features and is best fit by Al2O3 dust. A third characteristic dust spectrum shows features that are best matched by magnesium silicates with a relatively high Mg to Si ratio. This dust is primarily associated with the X-ray-emitting shocked ejecta, but it is also evident in regions where shocked interstellar or circumstellar material is expected. However, the identification of dust composition is not unique, and each spectrum includes an additional featureless dust component of unknown composition. Colder dust of indeterminate composition is associated with emission from the interior of the SNR, where the reverse shock has not yet swept up and heated the ejecta. Most of the dust mass in Cas A is associated with this unidentified cold component, which is ≲ 0.1 M☉. The mass of warmer dust is only ∼0.04 M☉.
VISTA OF CLEFT LIP AND PALATE IN INDIA

Congenital craniofacial anomalies like orofacial clefts are of concern for the entire health organisation all over the world. World Health Organisation (WHO) has started its own surveys and is analysing the data available from various countries. WHO has standardised the process of collection of data and has provided a multidisciplinary approach for the treatment of such cases. Surveys, research and application of multidisciplinary treatment strategies are successful on the urban Indian population but a lot needs to be done in terms of rural areas of India (which constitutes 70% population of India) and is posing a serious challenge of overall objective of health for all.
Can the Internet Help Combat Obesity at the Workplace

Approximately 66 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, 32 percent are obese, and 5 percent are extremely obese. Obesity was associated with approximately 112,000 deaths in the year 2000 in the United States. The rate of overweight and obesity among American adults continues to rise each year, and, unfortunately, behavioral treatments are generally ineffective unless maintained indefinitely.
Research on Classification and Application of SportsImage based on Net Cluster and SIFT Algorithm

Image classification plays a fundamental role in computer vision as a requisite step in such tasks as object detection, classificationand tracking. In this paper, a SIFT-based image classification method has been proposed and we apply this method to sporting images classification.As is known to all, sports image in color, texture, shapeand spatial relationships are different from the general image characteristics. The method extracts feature points from images, then use net cluster and K-Means algorithms to analyse feature data to obtain data that best represent Sportsimage features. SportsImages are classified with these data. According to the results of experiments and analysis, we obtain that the proposed method possesses advantages of speed and precision.
Chemical analysis of king oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) fruitbodies

King oyster mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) is a worldwide cultivated mushroom of appreciated nutritional and medicinal quality. Aims of these investigations were to give new comparative data for the better evaluation of P. eryngii. Results of our investigations can be summarized as follows: P. eryngii has higher (crude protein, crude fat) or at least the same concentrations (chitin and total carbohydrate) of organic nutritive components than the common cultivated Pleurotus hybrid (‘HK-35’). Regarding the classical protein fractions: albumins are the highest content in both mushrooms, but the quantity and the proportion in P. eryngii is better than in ‘HK-35’ hybrid. Occurrence and proportion of protein fractions is more valuable in P. eryngii, while the NPN contents of both mushrooms are the same. The investigated soluble oligo- and polysaccharides were present in high amounts in both mushrooms, but the free radical scavenging activity seems to be markedly higher in king oyster mushroom, making it more valu.
A Conceptual DFT Study of the Chemical Reactivity of Magnesium Octaethylporphyrin (MgOEP) as Predicted by the Minnesota Family of Density Functionals

The Minnesota family of density functionals has been assessed for the calculation of the molecular structure and electronic properties of a Mg(II)-porphyrin, namely Magnesium Octaethylporphyrin (MgOEP). Several global descriptors arising from Conceptual DFT have been calculated through a ∆SCF procedure, and by means of the HOMO and LUMO frontier orbitals. On the basis of the obtained Conceptual DFT indices, a series of descriptors have been devised in order to verify the fulfillment of the ”Koopmans’ theorem in DFT” procedure. It is shown that the density functionals that verify this approximation with a certain degree of accuracy are only those denoted as range-separated hybrids (RSH), while the usual GGA-hybrids and the local density functionals fail completely.
X-Band Circularly Polarized HMSIW U-Slot Antenna

In this paper, a circularly polarized U-slot halfmode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) antenna is proposed. It is based on a combination of U-shaped slot etched in the HMSIW top wall and a shorting via placed between the area bounded by the slot and the HMSIW bottom wall. The antenna is designed for the operating frequency of 10 GHz, parametrically studied, fabricated and experimentally verified. Experimental results prove that the fabricated prototype radiates a left handed circularly polarized (LHCP) electromagnetic wave and it achieves the impedance bandwidth of 11.9% for the reflection coefficient less than –10 dB, the axial ratio (AR) bandwidth 2.2% for AR less than 3 dB, and the LHCP peak gain of 6 dBi. The proposed antenna combines attractive features like low profile, low weight and low cost fabrication process.
Growth rates of freshly nucleated atmospheric particles in Atlanta

[1] During the Atlanta ANARChE Study of July and August 2002, atmospheric aerosol size distributions from 3 to 2000 nm were measured continuously with 5-min resolution. Sulfuric acid vapor concentrations were also measured. During regional nucleation events these data showed the presence of a nucleation mode that grew at rates ranging from 3 to 20 nm h−1. In this paper we compare these measured modal growth rates with calculated rates that account for sulfuric acid condensation, intramodal coagulation of nucleation mode particles, and extramodal coagulation of nucleation mode particles with preexisting particles. Data collected during six time intervals were amenable to analysis. Calculated and measured growth rates were in reasonable agreement for the four events that involved growth below 40 nm (ratios of measured to calculated growth rates = 1.0, 2.1, 0.68, 0.60). Two of the three afternoon events involved growth above 40 nm, and in these cases, measured rates substantially exceeded calculated rates by factors of four to five, suggesting that our model did not account for all growth processes. We also compared observed rates of change in nucleation mode number concentration with calculated coagulation rates during these six time intervals. During the sub-40 nm growth events, particle concentrations changed at rates that were significantly below calculated coagulation rates. In two of these cases, particle concentrations increased during the growth period, suggesting that a source of particles was present. Measured size distributions suggest that particle production by nucleation continued during these events and contributed to this discrepancy. Concentrations during the super-40 nm events decreased at rates that exceeded calculated coagulation rates.
Investment-Specific and Multifactor Productivity in Multi-Sector Open Economies: Data and Analysis

In the last half of the 1990s, labor productivity growth rose in the U.S. and fell almost everywhere in Europe. We document changes in both capital deepening and multifactor productivity (MFP) growth in both the information and communication technology (ICT) and non-ICT sectors. We view MFP growth in the ICT sector as investment-specific productivity (ISP) growth. We perform simulations suggested by the data using a two-country DGE model with traded and nontraded goods. For ISP, we consider level increases and persistent growth rate increases that are symmetric across countries and allow for costs of adjusting capital-labor ratios that are higher in one country because of structural differences. ISP increases generate investment booms unless adjustment costs are too high. For MFP, we consider persistent growth rate shocks that are asymmetric. When such MFP shocks affect only traded goods (as often assumed), movements in `international' variables are qualitatively similar to those in the data. However, when they also affect nontraded goods (as suggested by the data), movements in some of the variables are not. To obtain plausible results for the growth rate shocks, it is necessary to assume slow recognition.
Indirect Microwave Holographic Imaging of Concealed Ordnance for Airport Security Imaging Systems

In this paper, indirect microwave holographic imaging of concealed ordnance is demonstrated. The proposed imaging technique difiers from conventional microwave imaging methods in that it does not require the direct measurement of the complex fleld scattered from the imaged object but mathematically recovers it from intensity-only scalar microwave measurements. This brings the advantages of simplifying the hardware implementation and signiflcantly reducing the cost of the imaging system. In order to demonstrate the ability of the proposed technique to reconstruct good quality images of concealed ordnance, indirect microwave holographic imaging of a metallic gun concealed in a pouch is carried out for airport security imaging applications. It is demonstrated that good resolution amplitude and phase images of concealed objects can be recovered when back-propagation is applied.