Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evaluación conductual de la regulación emocional: la habilidad en revaluación y supresión y su relación con el control ejecutivo-semántico y la inteligencia emocional

Se realizo una tarea experimental de las estrategias de regulacion emocional revaluacion y supresion, mediante la presentacion de videos inductores de asco, diversion y emocion neutra. Se utilizo un diseno entre-grupos, quedando conformados 3 grupos que realizaron supresion, revaluacion, y solo atencion al estimulo. Cada grupo estuvo compuesto por 18 estudiantes universitarios de sexo femenino entre 18 y 25 anos de Edad. Se utilizaron como medidas dependientes autoinformes afectivos categoriales y dimensionales y el registro filmico de las expresiones faciales. Se aplicaron pruebas de procesamiento ejecutivo-semantico (pruebas de Fluidez Verbal, la tarea de Control Ejecutivo Semantico Emocional), y escalas que evaluan, de manera autoinformada, el uso cotidiano de estrategias de regulacion (ERQ), la inteligencia emocional autopercibida (TMMS) y la ansiedad-rasgo (STAI-R). Los resultados obtenidos sugieren una diferencia significativa entre la habilidad efectiva y medida para la regulacion emocional y el uso autoinformado de las estrategias de regulacion emocional. El auto reporte de uso de estrategias de regulacion y la capacidad auto percibida de control emocional se relacionaron con una menor ansiedad-rasgo. Para un futuro estudio multivariado se encontro que la Inteligencia Emocional podria ser moderadora del desempeno en la regulacion hacia-abajo de las emociones negativas. Por ultimo, la habilidad para la revaluacion se asocio con las de procesamiento ejecutivo-semantico en mayor medida que la habilidad para la supresion. Palabras clave: revaluacion, supresion, funciones ejecutivas, inteligencia emocional, regulacion emocional.
Quantum corrections and wall-crossing via Lagrangian intersections

This article introduces the past and ongoing works on quantum corrections in SYZ from the author’s perspective. It emphasizes on a method of gluing local pieces of mirrors using isomorphisms between immersed Lagrangians, which is an ongoing joint work with Cho and Hong. It gives a canonical construction of mirrors and generalizes the SYZ setting.
NBO analysis and theoretical thermodynamic study of ( 5 , 5 ) & ( 6 , 6 ) armchair carbon nanotubes via DFT method

INTRODUCTION ABSTRACT: In the present work, the structural and electronic properties, and conductivity of (5,5) and (6,6) Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in the ground state have done by using the Hartree-Fock and density functional theory DFT-B3LYP/6-31G* level. Delocalization of charge density between the bonding or lone pair and antibonding orbitals calculated by NBO (natural bond orbital) analysis. These methods are used as a tool to determine structural characterization CNTs in the gas phase. The total electronic energy, dipole moment, natural atomic orbital energies, charge density, density of state (DOS), highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO), lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energies, HOMO-LUMO energy bond gaps, the global index includes hardness (η), electronegativity (χ), electrophilicity index (w), chemical softness (S) and electronic chemical potential (μ) were calculated. We have reported our investigation on the conductivity and electronic structures of pure (5,5) and (6,6) SWCNTs. The calculated HOMO-LUMO energy bond gap show that charge density transfer occurs within the molecule and the results indicate that the conductivity of the CNTs, and also the semi conductivity could be justified.
Chaos and Synchronization in Delayed System : Applications to Laser Networks

We discuss recent results on chaos synchronization of delayed systems. We investigate the limit of large coupling delays and discuss how in this limit the stability problem for the synchronized solution is drastically simplified. We use these results to derive rigorous conditions for chaos synchronization of all-optically coupled laser networks. In laser systems the optical coupling phases have to be taken into account and give rise to interference conditions. We show that the relative phases between lasers can be used to optimize the effective coupling matrix.
Kajekar, Avin J. and Dodamani, B.M. and Isloor, Arun M. and Karim, Zulhairun Abdul and Cheer, Ng Be and Ismail, A.F. and Shilton, Simon J. (2015) Preparation and characterization of novel PSf/PVP/PANI-nanofiber nanocomposite hollow fiber ultrafiltration membranes

In the present study, PANI (Polyaniline)-nanofibers were synthesized by interfacial polymerization technique, dispersed in n-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidone (NMP) solvent and blended with PVP (Polyvinylpyrrolidone)/PSf (Polysulfone) for preparing the novel hollow fiber membrane by dry-wet spinning technique. The newly prepared nanocomposite ultrafiltration hollow fiber membrane is characterized by Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Contact Angle, Zeta Potential and Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC). Filtration studies are conducted to measure the membrane Pure Water Flux (PWF), rejection of Hazardous Dye (Reactive Red 120) and Fouling Resistance. The maximum rejections are obtained for M 0.5 membrane with 99.25 % rejection of RR120 hazardous dye at 2 bar pressure. The pure water flux, percentage rejection, antifouling property and thermal resistance increased with increase in PANI-nanofiber concentration. The contact angle of the membrane decreased with increasing PANI-nanofiber concentration, which indicated increased hydrophilicity of the
Small is big: Is Nanoamorphous Better than Amorphous Solid Dispersion and Nanocrystalline in Pharma?

Small is big: Is Nanoamorphous Better than Amorphous Solid Dispersion and Nanocrystalline in Pharma? Keat Theng Chow1, David Cheng Thiam Tan2, and Rajeev Gokhale3 1Abbott Laboratories, Established Pharmaceuticals Division, 1 Pesek Road, Jurong Island 627833, Singapore 2Drug Product Development, Research and Development, Abbvie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Road, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA 3*Roquette Singapore Pte Ltd., 11 Biopolis Way, Helios # 05-06, 138667, Singapore
Conductance of a single molecule anchored by an isocyanide substituent to gold electrodes

The effect of anchoring group on the electrical conductance of a single molecule bridging two Au electrodes was studied using disubstituted [isocyanide (CN–), thiol (S–), or cyanide (NC–)] benzene. The conductance of a single Au/1,4-diisocyanobenzene/Au junction anchored by isocyanide via a C atom (junction with the Au–CN bond) was 3×10−3G0(=2e2∕h). The value was comparable to 4×10−3G0 of a single Au/1,4-benzenedithiol/Au junction with the Au–S bond. The Au/1,4-dicyanobenzene/Au molecular junction with the Au–NC bond did not show well-defined conductance values. The metal-molecule bond strength was estimated by the distance over which the molecular junction was stretched before breakdown. The stretched length of the molecular junction with the Au–CN bond was comparable to that of the Au junction, indicating that the Au–CN bond was stronger than the Au–Au bond.
Technical Note: Automatic river network generation for a physically-based river catchment model

Abstract. SHETRAN is a physically-based distributed modelling system that gives detailed simulations in time and space of water flow and sediment and solute transport in river catchments. Standard algorithms for the automatic generation of river channel networks from digital elevation data are impossible to apply in SHETRAN and other similar models because the river channels are assumed to run along the edges of grid cells. In this work a new algorithm for the automatic generation of a river channel network in SHETRAN is described and its use in an example catchment demonstrated.
Frequency of Hyperlipidemia in Patients Presenting with Ischemic Stroke

Objective: To determine frequency of hyperlipidemia in patients presenting with ischemic stroke. Study design: Cross sectional study. Place and duration of study: Department of Medicine Unit I, Nishtar Hospital Multan. Six months from 5 th October 2010 to 4 th April 2011. Methodology: One hundred and seventy eight patients fulfilling inclusion criteria were selected through Emergency Department after identification of clinical features of stroke including sudden onset of dizziness, double vision or eye movement abnormalities, weakness affecting leg or arm or sensory loss for pain and touch on affected side confirmed on CT. All the patients were having fasting lipid profile [serum triglycerides, low density lipoprotein (LDL), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), and high density lipoproteins (HDL)], blood sugar levels, fasting lipid profile and serum homocystein levels. These were obtained from central laboratory, Nishtar hospital Multan by providing blood sample. Findings of these were noted in proforma. Results: Frequency of hyperlipidemia in our study was 37.1%. Frequency of diabetes mellitus was 9.6% whereas frequency of hypertension was 10.1%. Conclusion: Frequency of hyperlipidemia was 37.1% in patients with ischemic stroke which is quite high in our set up.
Carbon Nanotubes Supported Metal Nanoparticles for the Applications in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs)

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), as an important alternative energy source with great potentials for use in applications ranging from cellular phones, laptops, digital camera and other conventionally battery driven devices to long-term stationary monitoring electronics, have been extensively investigated (K. Matsumoto et al., 2009; P. Xing et al., 2004). In a PEMFC, the conversion of chemical energy to electrical energy occurs via a direct electrochemical reaction, and its efficiency is directly dependent upon the catalysts used (X. Wang et al., 2004). To be commercially viable, it is generally required that these catalysts have high durability, low cost and higher activities in oxygen reduction and/or fuel oxidation reaction (Kundu et al., 2009). Currently, the most widely used catalysts in the PEMFCs are metal nanoparticles (NPs), mainly Pt and/or Pt based alloys (W.Z. Li et al., 2002, 2003, 2004; Prabhuram et al., 2006; X. Wang et al., 2005). These metal NPs are usually characterized with high activities in oxygen reduction and/or fuel oxidation reaction due to their high surface to volume ratio and improved Fermi levels for redox reactions (W.Z. Li et al., 2006; S.Y. Wang et al., 2009; B.H. Wu et al., 2009; Y. Zhao et al., 2007). However, individual metal NPs are usually unstable and prone to loss of their catalytic activity due to their irreversible aggregation during the electrochemical processes. For practical uses, therefore, specific supports are mostly used to mobilize and prevent these metal NPs from aggregation. Among various types of supports, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are undoubtedly the most widely used. CNTs are allotropes of carbon with a cylindrical nanostructure, and are characterized as elongated fullerenes with diameters ranging from 1-100 nm (Wunderlich, 2007) and lengths of up to several microns. They can be single walled (called as single walled CNTs, SWCNTs) or multiple walled (called as multiple walled CNTs, MWCNTs) (Cassell et al., 1999; Iijima, 1991; Ijima & Ichihashi, 1993; Journet et al., 1997; Thess et al., 1996). These cylindrical carbon molecules have unique properties, such as high-surface area, good electronic conductivity, strong mechanical properties and high-chemical stability, which make them potentially useful in many applications in nanotechnology, electronics,
Off-the-Person Electrocardiography

Electrocardiography (ECG) methods are still mostly bound to hospital and short-time data acquisition settings. Still, a paradigm shift is emerging, in which everyday technology is increasingly capable of measuring ECG signals in a more pervasive manner. This is paving the way for systems that can better analyze and adapt to perceived changes in the health status or behavior of the user. In this paper we present a taxonomy for the intrusiveness of ECG data acquisition systems, describe a sensor design for what we call the ”off-the-person” approach, and provide a discussion of the main challenges posed by these new methodologies. Our work is targeted at pervasive electrocardiography through signal acquisition at the hand palms or fingers, by providing a simplified sensor setup that can be integrated into virtually any object with which the person interacts with. Experimental results show that data acquired using our proposed approach is highly correlated with data obtained through conventional methods.
Spatial Scaling of Species Composition: Body Masses of North American Land Mammals

We describe the nonrandom assembly of the North American terrestrial mammalian fauna based on body size and spatial scale. The frequency distribution of body masses among species for the entire continental fauna was highly modal and right skewed, even on a logarithmic scale; the median size of the 465 species was approximately 45 g. In contrast, comparable frequency distributions for 24 small patches of relatively homogeneous habitat were essentially uniform, with approximately equal numbers of species in each logarithmic size class; the median sizes of the 19-37 species ranged from approximately 100 to 2,500 g. Frequency distributions for 21 biomes (large regions of relatively similar vegetation) were intermediate between the continental and local assemblages. This pattern of assembly indicates that species of modal size (20-250 g) tend not to coexist in local habitat patches and they replace each other more frequently from habitat to habitat across the landscape than species of relatively large or small size. We hypothesize that three mechanisms are necessary and possibly sufficient to produce this result: competitive exclusion of species of similar size within local habitats, differential extinction of species of large size with small geographic ranges, and greater specialization of modal-sized species owing to energetic and dietary constraints.
Flow Data Collection in Large Scale Networks

In this chapter, we present flow-based network traffic monitoring of large scale networks. Continuous Internet traffic increase requires a deployment of advanced monitoring techniques to provide near real-time and long-term network visibility. Collected flow data can be further used for network behavioral analysis to indicate legitimate and malicious traffic, proving cyber threats, etc. An early warning system should integrate flow-based monitoring to ensure network situational awareness.
Speech Communication with Humanoids: How People React and How We Can Build the System

Robots are expected to help increase the quality of our life. Robots are already widely used in industry to liberate humans from repetitive labour. In recent years, entertainment is getting more momentum as an application in which robots can be used to increase peoples quality of life (Moon, 2001)(Wada et al., 2002). We have been developing the robot TAIZO as a demonstrator of human health exercises. TAIZO encourages the human audience to engage in the health exercise by demonstrating (Matsusaka et al, 2009). When demonstrating, TAIZO, the robot and the human demonstrator will stand in front of the human audience and demonstrate together. For this to work, the human demonstrator has to control the robot while they themselves are demonstrating the exercise to the audience. A quick and easy method for controlling the robot is required. Furthermore, in human-robot collaborative demonstration, the method of communication used between the human and robot can be used to affect the audience. In this chapter, we will introduce the robot TAIZO, and it’s various functions. We also evaluated the effect of using voice commands compared to keypad input during the robot-human collaborative demonstration. In Section 2 we explain the social background behind the development of TAIZO. In Section 2.5 we will discuss about effects of using voice commands compared to key input in human-robot collaborative demonstration. In section 2.6 we present an overview of the system used in TAIZO. In Section 2.7 is the evaluation and discussion of the results from experiments in which weaĂĂmeasured the effect of using voice commands through simulated demonstrations. Finally, in Section 2.10 and Section 2.11 we will discuss about the benefits and problems of using humanoid robot to this application. In latter part of the chapter, we will discuss how to develop the communication function for the humanoid robot. Recently, “behavior-based” scriptingmethod is applied inmany practical robotic systems. The application presented by Brooks (1991) used hieratical structuremodel, the recent applications (Kaelbling, 1991) (Yartsev et al, 2005) uses state transition model (finite state automata) to model the situation of the system. The developer incrementally develop the script by adding each behaviors which fits to each small situations. Diverse situation understanding ability can be realized as a result of long-term incremental development. The behavior-based scripting method can also be applied to communication robots by incorporating speech input with the situation model. Application of the behavior-based Speech Communication with Humanoids: How People React and How We Can Build the System
Effect of Agency Banking on Financial Inclusion in Kenya

This study sought to evaluate the effect of agency banking on financial inclusion in Kenya. The objectives of this study were to analyze the effects of agency banking on financial inclusion in Kenya. Analyze and evaluate whether effects of cash deposit, payment of retirement and social benefits by customer, payment of bills and banking agencies engaged through agency banking transactions on financial inclusion in Kenya.The study was based on secondary data from the CBK. The sample size was Kenya Banking sector comprising of 13 banks out of 44 commercial banks as at December 2014.Data analysis entailed collection of data, compilation and editing of data for completeness using e-views statistical software. The study used inferential statistics, normality test, correlation analysis regression analysis, unit root test and error correction model to investigate the relationship between financial inclusion and agency banking. From the findings, agent banking had a positive and insignificant relationship with the financial inclusion. There was no causality between the variables. It was concluded that the financial inclusion initiative had no effect to agency banking on financial inclusion in Kenya. It was recommended that government to implement and always asses’ impact of agency banking on financial inclusion initiative and policies to be analysed frequently. The study recommended future research to investigate other financial inclusion initiatives.
DESIGN OF MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING ( MPPT ) BASED PV CHARGER

Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) is used in photovoltaic systems to maximize the photovoltaic array output power, irrespective of the temperature, irradiation conditions and electrical characteristics of the load. A new MPPT system is developed, consisting of DC to DC converter, which is controlled by a microcontroller based unit. There are two charging stages for the proposed PV charger. At the beginning of the charging process, a continuous MPPT-charging scheme is adopted. When the State of Charge (SOC) of battery reaches a given condition, a pulse-current-charging scheme with an adaptive rest period is applied to obtain an average charging current with an exponential profile. During the charging period, the MPPT function is retained to achieve high charging efficiency. Overcharging of the battery can be avoided using the pulse-charging scheme with adaptive rest period. The main difference between the method used in the MPPT system and other techniques used in the past is that the PV array output power is used to directly control the DC to DC converter, thus reducing the complexity of the system.
Myopia, Fiscal Federalism, and Unemployment Insurance: Time to Reform UI Financing

As commentators and Congress have recognized, the U.S. system of financing its unemployment insurance program is seriously dysfunctional. Extant reform proposals, however, do not fully diagnose the causes of current failures. In particular, other commentators neglect the role of fiscal myopia in state officials’ failures to save for future UI needs. For instance, reformers mostly propose offering rewards or penalties that will take effect only far in the future. These incentives have only small effects on myopic officials.I show here with a simple model of time-inconsistent preferences that alternative mechanisms (detailed herein) that would offer immediate incentives would be considerably more cost-effective. This result also implies that the chance to forgive current state debts to the federal government represents an irreplaceable opportunity to leverage ex ante incentives; Congress should not forgive these debts without demanding significant state progress towards future stability.
AWARD NUMBER: W81XWH-07-1-0250 TITLE: Development of Augmented Leukemia/Lymphoma-Specific T-Cell Immunotherapy for Deployment with Haploidentical HematopoieticProgenitor- Cell Transplant

Non-viral integrating vectors can be used for expression of therapeutic genes. To improve gene transfer efficiency, we and others have used transposon/transposase systems from Sleeping Beauty to integrate desired transgenes, such as chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), into primary T cells. To determine whether transposition of CARs is adaptable to other systems, we now show that the piggyBac (PB) can be adapted to express a CD19specific CAR in human T cells. We demonstrate that T cells electroporated to introduce PB transposon and transposase stably express CD19-specific CAR upon propagation on CD19 artificial antigen presenting cells and maintain a diverse repertoire of endogenous T-cell receptors consistent with efficient gene transfer. The numerically expanded T cells display a phenotype associated with both memory and effector T-cell populations and exhibit CD19-dependent killing of tumor targets. The electro-transfer of PB transposon to express the CAR was not associated with genotoxicity based upon fluorescent in situ hybridization and chromosome analysis. PB transposition of human T cells to redirect specificity to a desired target such as CD19 is a new approach with therapeutic implications for generating T-cell therapy for B-lineage malignancies.