Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Methadone Detoxification versus Traditional Gradual Decrease in the Consumed Amount of Refined Opium Dross (Shireh): The Preferred Method for Controlling Withdrawal Syndrome

Background: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of methadone detoxification with traditional method of gradual decrement in the abused amount of the refined opium dross (Shireh) to control withdrawal syndrome in Shireh-addicted patients. Methods: In this study, two groups of Shireh addicts were compared. The first group was treated by methadone and the second group by gradual decrement in the amount of consumed Shireh. Those experiencing the adverse effects of the treatment were excluded from the study. Methadone dose was calculated based on the amount of the Shireh consumed and detoxification was performed during a 21-day period. In the second group, the amount of the consumed Shireh was gradually decreased within 21 days and some of the withdrawal symptoms were selected as indicators for patient evaluation. Results: A total of 35 patients (16 versus 19 patients in the first and second groups) were evaluated. Their mean age was 43 ± 4 years and all were male. A statistically significant difference was found between these two groups in terms of severity and duration of withdrawal symptoms within the first five days and their duration after the 21 st day of the onset of detoxification (P< 0.05). Conclusion: In comparison with methadone detoxification, traditional method of gradually decreasing the consumed amount of Shireh controls the severity and duration of withdrawal symptoms better in the course of detoxification. Keywords: Detoxification, methadone, refined opium dross, Shireh addict, withdrawal syndrome. IJT 2012; 638-641
Integrated approach for accurate localization of optic disc and macula

The location of three main anatomical structures in the retina namely the optic disc, the vascular arch, and the macula is significant for the analysis of retinal images. Presented here is a novel method that uses an integrated approach to automatically localize the optic disc and the macula with very high accuracy even in the presence of confounders such as lens artifacts, glare, bright pathologies and acquisition variations such as non-uniform illumination, blur and poor contrast. Evaluated on a collective set of 579 diverse pathological images from various publicly available datasets, our method achieves sensitivity > 99% and normalized localization error < 5% for optic disc and macula localization.
Development of Neuro Fuzzy Algorithm for Load Sensor

This paper presents the development of load sensor by using neuro-fuzzy algorithm. Neuro-fuzzy system combines the learning capabilities of neural networks and control capabilities of fuzzy logic system. It is two inputs and one output model, inputs and output are taken from the optical fiber sensor. Load and displacement are taken as inputs for load sensor and voltage is taken as output. The model is simulated using ANFIS Edit GUI Toolbox and simulation results are shown in this paper
Investigation of Lightweight Composite and Hybrid Primary Aircraft Structures

The main problems of weight saving for composite airframes are considered and substantiated in this paper. A new complex program for fast and confident composite structure weight estimation on the basis of the multilevel approach is described. The relationship between the composite aircraft structure weight and the physical characteristics of the resin was obtained on the basis of numerical and experimental results. An investigation of alternative “black metal” and “Frame” structure concepts for a flying wing aircraft has shown that the “frame” concept has more potential in weight saving for the resin currently available.
Spectroelectrochemical Study of Electron Transfer Steps at ITO Electrode Modified by Molecular Layer with Viologen Moieties with and without Pt Complexes [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review]

Title Spectroelectrochemical Study of Electron Transfer Steps at ITO Electrode Modified by Molecular Layer with Viologen Moieties with and without Pt Complexes [an abstract of dissertation and a summary of dissertation review] Author(s) Kurniawan, Cepi Issue Date 2016-03-24 Doc URL http://hdl.handle. net/2115/61837 Rights(URL) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/jp/ Type theses (doctoral abstract and summary of review) Additional Information There are other files related to this item in HUSCAP. Check the above URL. File Information Cepi_Kurniawan_abstract. pdf (論文内容の要旨)
Comparative Micro Life Cycle Assessment of Physical and Virtual Desktops in a Cloud Computing Network with Consequential, Efficiency, and Rebound Considerations

The interest in cloud computing is overwhelming and the efficiency/cost gains are thought to be large. Here the potential electricity savings and CO2e emission are estimated for office usage of physical desktops (PD) and virtual desktops (VD) in a theoretical cloud network. For PD and VD the LCA results are 331‐502 and 221‐288 kg CO2e/user/year, respectively. Annually the VD is 18‐74% and 20‐55% lower than PD for electricity usage and CO2e emissions, respectively. The normalised numbers for VD for data are 0.30‐ 0.34 kWh electricity/GByte and 0.29‐0.38 kg CO2e/GByte. The allocation of the VD impact to sending and receiving a 500 kByte e-mail was attempted with reasonable results (0.14‐1.34 Wh/e-mail). The 2020 global consequential marginal electricity production, dominated by coal and gas, has a slightly higher CO2e/kWh than the historical global average attributional electricity. Using the consequential marginal electricity does not change any conclusions of the present case study. Electricity efficiency improvements of 5% per year during five years can reduce the VD CO2e by 11%. Rebound effects for electricity usage off-set somewhat the electricity efficiency improvements. Green powered data centers can reduce VD CO2e by 20%. Soft clients represented by tablets would reduce VD CO2e by 1‐9% and electricity usage
Service Gaps of a Banking System: A Case Study on Basic Bank

Financial liberalization has led to intense competitive pressures and private banks dealing in retail banking are consequently directing their strategies towards increasing service quality level which fosters customer satisfaction and loyalty through improved service quality. This article examines the influence of perceived service quality on customer satisfaction. In this paper, we have used SERVQUAL as a technique to measure service quality and identify gaps in a BASIC Bank. The results of this study showed that there are service quality gaps between customers’ expectations and their perceptions in six dimensions. In this issue paying attention to the effective factors on customers’ expectations and its relationship with services quality is one of the important issues of the evaluation of services quality. For this purpose, the recent research was performed based on gap analysis model with the purpose of investigating the quality of banking services on the level of BASIC Bank. It was concluded after determining the desirable services from the standpoints of the customers (investigating customers’ expectations) and its effective factors and also the examination of the current status of services quality (customers’ understandings) that BASIC Bank responses to customers’ expectations in all of the branches under investigation and the understood services quality has been always more than services quality expected by the customers.
Extraction of shrimp waste oil and its fortification with shrimp waste pigments

The oils of marine products such as shrimp have high content of polyunsaturated fatty acid in particular omega-3. In this study, shrimp waste oil was obtained by solvent extraction. The second stage, carotenoids of shrimp waste was separated by trypsin. The equal volumes of solution of extracted carotenoids and shrimp waste oil were centrifuged. The carotenoids from the second stage carried from the solution of extracted carotenoids to shrimp waste oil. Shrimp waste oil containing carotenoids and shrimp waste oil alone was separately exposed to oxidant agent. Inhibition of lipid per-oxidation was evaluated by measuring levels of MDA. This inhibition was significantly more than shrimp waste oil containing carotenoids. The inhibition in this group was 3.02±0.72 nmol/ml (compared with shrimp waste oil alone group, 5.43±0.24 nmol/ml). Carotenoids have an adequate protective effect against oxidation changes.
Adapting the Law of Armed Conflict to Autonomous Weapon Systems

As increasingly automated – and in some cases fully autonomous – weapon systems enter the battlefield or become possible, it is important that international norms to regulate them head down a path that is coherent and practical. Contrary to the claims of some advocates, autonomous weapon systems are not inherently illegal or unethical. The technologies involved potentially hold promise for making armed conflict more discriminating and causing less harm on the battlefield. They do pose important challenges, however, with regard to law of armed conflict rules regulating the use of weapons. Those challenges demand international attention and special processes for adapting existing law to meet those challenges. Rather than seeking to impose, up front, a new set of prohibitory rules or seeking to suspend development of autonomous weapon systems pending a comprehensive agreement on rules to govern them, international regulation of autonomous weapons systems should begin with the premise that the law of armed conflict provides an appropriate general framework. States should work to build on that framework through continually-improving interpretive standards and agreed-upon best practices. We propose a three-tiered approach to emerging automation and autonomous weapon technologies: (i) an international agreement that makes clear the applicability of baseline law of armed conflict rules and that codifies standards, practices, and interpretations that states have converged upon over a long period of actual development of systems, in tandem with discussion among states informally, and informed by sufficiently transparent and open sharing of relevant information; (ii) state-level development and inter-state discussion of weapon review practices, tailored to these specific weapons and their battlefield environments; and (iii) close coordination among weapons designers, developers, manufacturers, and military end-users of these systems, with lawyers responsible for legal weapons review, at each granular stage of design, development, and testing. The integration of these three levels can assist to appropriately and realistically shape advancing military technologies while improving adherence to core law of armed conflict principles.
High-temperature macroscopic entanglement

In this paper, we intend to show that macroscopic entanglement is possible at high temperatures. We have analysed multipartite entanglement produced by the η-pairing mechanism, which features strongly in the fermionic lattice models of high Tc superconductivity. This problem is shown to be equivalent to calculating multipartite entanglement in totally symmetric states of qubits. It is demonstrated that we can conclusively calculate the relative entropy of entanglement within any subset of qubits in the overall symmetric state. Three main results are then presented. First, the condition for superconductivity, namely existence of the off-diagonal long-range order (ODLRO), is dependent not on two-site entanglement but just classical correlations as the sites become more and more distant. Secondly, the entanglement that does survive in the thermodynamical limit is the entanglement of the total lattice and, at half-filling, it scales with the log of the number of sites. It is this entanglement that will exist at temperatures below the superconducting critical temperature, which can currently be as high as 160 K. Finally, it is proved that a complete mixture of symmetric states does not contain any entanglement in the macroscopic limit. On the other hand, a mixture of symmetric states possesses the same two qubit entanglement features as the pure states involved, in the sense that the mixing does not destroy entanglement for a finite number of qubits, albeit it does decrease it. Furthermore, maximal mixing of symmetric states does not destroy ODLRO and classical correlations. We discuss generalizations to the subsystems of any dimensionality (i.e. higher than spin-half).
AUTOMATED MEASUREMENT SETUP FOR MICROCONTROLLERS AND MAGNETIC SENSORS

In această lucrare se vor prezenta rezultatele obţinute in urma dezvoltării unor programe de automatizare a măsurătorilor. Acestea au fost folosite pentru demonstrarea tehnicilor legate de consumul de putere. Pentru validarea dar si pentru demonstrarea versatilităţii tehnicilor folosite vor fi prezentate si rezultatele obţinute in cazul măsuratorilor unui senzor magnetic pentru care se realizează si o corelare cu rezultatele simulărilor. In this paper there will be presented the results obtained after the implementation of an automated measurement setup. These were used to prove the proposed methods of power consumption. To validate and to demonstrate the versatility of the techniques used, there will also be a presentation of the results obtained for measuring a magnetic sensor for which a correlation with the simulation results is also performed.
Angular inflation in multi-field α-attractors

We explore the dynamics of multi-field models of inflation in which the field-space metric is a hyperbolic manifold of constant curvature. Such models are known as α-attractors and their single-field regimes have been extensively studied in the context of inflation and supergravity. We find a variety of multi-field inflationary trajectories in different regions of parameter space, which is spanned by the mass parameters and the hyperbolic curvature. Amongst these is a novel dynamical attractor along the boundary of the Poincare disc which we dub “angular inflation”. We calculate the evolution of adiabatic and isocurvature fluctuations during this regime and show that, while isocurvature modes decay during this phase, the duration of the angular inflation period can shift the single-field predictions of α-attractors. For highly curved field-space manifolds, this can lead to predictions that lie outside the current observational bounds.
Different subcellular locations of secretome components of Gram-positive bacteria

Gram-positive bacteria contain different types of secretion systems for the transport of proteins into or across the cytoplasmic membrane. Recent studies on subcellular localization of speciﬁc components of these secretion systems and their substrates have shown that they can be present at various locations in the cell. The translocons of the general Sec secretion system in the rod-shaped bacterium Bacillus subtilis have been shown to localize in spirals along the cytoplasmic membrane, whereas the translocons in the coccoid Streptococcus pyogenes are located in a microdomain near the septum. In both bacteria the Sec translocons appear to be located near the sites of cell wall synthesis. The Tat secretion system, which is used for the transport of folded proteins, probably localizes in the cytoplasmic membrane and at the cell poles of B. subtilis . In Lactococcus lactis the ABC transporter dedicated to the transport of a small antimicrobial peptide is distributed throughout the membrane. Possible mechanisms for maintaining the localization of these secretion machineries involve their interaction with proteins of the cytoskeleton or components of the cell wall synthesis machinery, or the presence of lipid subdomains surrounding the transport systems.
Theoretical Studies of Substituted N-(1H-Benzimidazol-2ylmethyl)-5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-8-Quinolinamines as CXCR4 Antagonists: QSAR Approach

To identify the essential structural requirements in 2D chemical space for the modulation of the CXCR4 antagonists of Substituted N-(1H-benzimidazol-2ylmethyl)5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-8-quinolinamines. The statistically significant model showed an internal predictive power of 81 % and a predictivity for the external test set of about 79%. It reveals that carbon chain connected should be directly attached with benzimidazole ring for maximal determining activity. Three QSAR models were developed for substituted tetrahydro-8-quinolinamines derivatives based on theoretical molecular descriptors calculated solely from the structures of substituted tetrahydro-8-quinolinamines compounds. The QSAR results showed satisfactory statistical quality.
Differential calculus: the impact of group norms,social values and identity on altruism

In this study, we played the dictator game with more than 1,200 nursing students and economics students in three lowand middle-income countries: Kenya, South Africa and Thailand. We found significant differences in altruistic behaviours between subject pools, with nursing students being more altruistic dictators than economics students, and systematic differences across countries. Dictators‟ generosity increased with the perceived deservingness of the recipient, but the sense of moral obligation varied across subject pools in unexpected ways. Our results caution against generalising experimental results based on standard subject pools, and originating from specific contexts. JEL classification: C91 Laboratory, Individual Behavior; D64 – Altruism
Microbiological evaluation and its impact on Indian traditional fermented foods

Traditionally for several centuries man has adopted fermentation as a means of food preservation and also found them to have nutritional and therapeutic advantages. In developing and under developed countries fermented foods play a main socio-economic role and it contributes to fulfill the nutritional requirements of populations. Food is the major factor which affects the human health and cause food borne diseases. In this research, seven fermented food samples like idli, dhokla, chenna, kulcha, dosa, yogurt and probiotic drink were selected for microbiological analysis. Plate count analysis on the basis of CFU/g initial load in dosa was found to be 8.5± 1.5 – 0 CFU/g, in kulcha initial load was found to be 10± 1 – 0 CFU/g, in dhokla, idli, fermented yogurt the initial load was found to be 56± 6 – 0, 189.5± 10.5 – 0, 23.5± 1.5 – 0 CFU/g. On the basis of log10CFU/g highest contamination was observed in dhokla followed by fermented yogurt and moderate risk of contamination was observed in idli. The results of most probable number (MPN) count technique used to estimate the bacterial counts on different media, which indicates the risk of contamination and involvement of pathogenic microorganisms in the fermented food products in less, moderate and high levels. Another test was performed for the detection of pathogenic bacteria i.e., biochemical characterization of specific microorganism for their identification which came out to be negative. All fermented foods are related to with a unique group of microflora which increases the levels of proteins, vitamins, essential amino acids and fatty acids. Traditional fermented foods are made under primitive conditions, which result in low yield and poor hygienic quality. Hence, they serve as vehicles for the transmission of pathogenic microorganism associated with human diseases. This is an attempt to make a bridge between conventional and Non-conventional preparation methods by using advance approach from field of food microbiology.
The ontogeny of foraging behaviour in desert ants , Cataglyphis bicolor

1. Individually foraging desert ants, Cataglyphis bicolor, exhibit short foraging lives (half lifetime, i.e. half-time of the exponential decay function: 4.5 days), in which they perform 3.7 1.9 foraging runs per day. 2. During their short lifetime foraging period the ants increase the duration of their foraging round trips (up to 40.0 24.6min per run), the maximal distance of individual foraging runs (up to 28.2 4.1m), and their foraging success, i.e. the ratio of successful runs to the total number of runs (up to 0.70). 3. The parameter that increases most dramatically during a forager’s lifetime is direction fidelity, i.e. the tendency to remain faithful to a particular foraging direction. 4. A model based on some simple behavioural rules is used to describe the experimental findings that within an isotropic food environment individual ants develop spatial foraging idiosyncrasies, and do so at a rate that increases with the food densities they encounter. 5. Finally, it is argued that in functional terms direction fidelity is related to the navigational benefits resulting from exploiting familiar (route-based) landmark information, and hence reduces round-trip time and by this physiological stress and predatory risk.
Evaluation of E-cadherin (CDH1) Gene Polymorphism Related To Gastric Cancer In Kurdish Population

Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) infection induces inflammation in gastric mucosa that may progress to gastric cancer that causes of much mortality. This cancer is a multistage process involved changes in environmental, genetic and epigenetic factors. Polymorphism in promoter of CDH1 gene is associated with reduced E-cadherin protein expression. Gastric cancer is associated with multiple changes nucleotides in CDH1 gene. Aimed: We were evaluating -160 (C>A) CDH1 gene polymorphism associations with gastric cancer in Kurdish population. Methods: A total of 306 biopsies taken from corpus of 144 gastric cancer patients and 162 nonulcer dyspepsia patients were classified as H.pylori-infected and H.pylori-uninfected. All diagnoses confirmed pathologically and molecularly. Polymorphism in -160(C>A) CDH1 was evaluated by PCR-RFLP. Results: Polymorphism of -160 (C>A) CDH1 in H.pylori-uninfected and H.pylori-infected groups were not associated with gastric cancer (p > 0.05). Also there was not relationship between -160(C>A) CDH1 genotypes and H.pylori infection susceptibility (p > 0.05). We found significant relationship between CC genotype and survival time among gastric cancer patients (p = 0.01). Conclusion: -160(C>A) CDH1 polymorphism may regardless of presence or absence of H.pylori, don't influences gastric cancer sensibility in Kurdish population. In other hand CC genotype, as a good trait, increases period of life for Kurdish cancer patients. ( Mohammad Nazir Menbari, Seyed Ali Rahmani, Abbas Ahmadi, Farid Zandi, Nader Bagheri , Akbar Jalili, Neda Menbari, Alireza Gharib, Ali Jalili. Evaluation of E-cadherin (CDH1) Gene Polymorphism Related To Gastric Cancer In Kurdish Population. Life Sci J 2013;10(12s): 212-216). (ISSN:1097-8135). http://www.lifesciencesite. com . 37