Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A N OVEL DESIGN OF A HUMAN -ROBOT FINGER CONTROLLER ——————————————————————————————————————————————-————

Over the years, robots have been used in many areas of our lives. Robots are used for assistance at home, office, hospital, industrial plant, educational institution and waste disposal facility, among other places. Many of these working robots are either self-guided without human interference (autonomous) or human-operated with a remote controller (tele-operated). Many of these robots do not have dual operational modes that allow effective human-robot interactions. The objective of this study was to provide a unique and novel perspective for designing and building a human-robot finger controller that has dual operational modes for controlling the robot. The finger controller is a custom-made controller that is capable of controlling the robot using only two fingers on the left hand and two fingers on the right hand. Commands are communicated wirelessly to control a robot through an Arduino microcontroller and an XBee shield.
Archiving of mutations in HIV‐1 cellular reservoirs among vertically infected adolescents is contingent with clinical stages and plasma viral load: Evidence from the EDCTP‐READY study

Globally, HIV‐related adolescent deaths have increased about 50%, especially for those who are vertically infected. This could be driven by archived drug resistance mutations (DRMs) as children grow up, which might jeopardize antiretroviral therapy (ART). Our objective was to compare HIV‐1 genotypic variation between plasma RNA and proviral DNA of vertically infected adolescents (aged 10–19 years) failing ART.
South Asian Epidemic of Antifungal Therapeutic Failures: Congress Proceedings and Take-home Messages. First International Congress of SAARCUM: South Asian Alliance against Recalcitrant CUtaneous Mycosis. 17 November 2018, Medanta – The Medicity, Gurugram, India

© 2019 Indian Dermatology Online Journal | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow The nuisance of widespread failure of antifungal pharmacotherapy in the treatment of superficial cutaneous mycosis, especially dermatophytic infections has become daunting for practitioners across South Asia. Although multiple sporadic attempts at the regional/national level have been conducted to find a solution to this menace in India, the need of the hour was the formation of a dedicated international alliance that eventuated in the creation of the South Asian Alliance against Recalcitrant CUtaneous Mycosis (SAARCUM), coordinated by Dr Sidharth Sonthalia (Dermatologist) from India, and involving participation from South Asian countries including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Singapore. The second essential aspect of such an alliance i.e. involvement of medical specialists other than dermatology was also ensured. Today, SAARCUM is a conglomeration of dermatologists, microbiologists, epidemiologists, senior scientists involved in mycology research, internists, pediatricians, and psychiatrists.
Technical Paper No.2 - The Difference Between CAD and GIS

Although there are some similarities between CAD and GIS there are many more differences. The most fundamental difference is that GIS models the world as it exists, whereas CAD models artif-acts yet to be produced. As a result the data that GISs manipulate is an order of magnitude larger and more complex than CAD systems have to deal with, and the nature of the data, its sources and its uses, are quite different. This paper compares the two fields in terms of their technology, data, market, user applications and vendor organisations.
Single-Cells Isolation and Molecular Analysis: Focus on HER2-Low CTCs in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Simple Summary While the concept of HER2-low expression is gaining momentum in the scientific landscape of breast cancer research, HER2-low circulating tumor cells (CTCs) also have promising relevance as biomarkers. Unveiling the biological features behind this recently highlighted evidence on CTCs might achieve both goals of speeding up the interpretation of the general understanding of HER2-low expressing breast cancer and declaring their independent biological and predictive value. If, on the one hand, studying CTCs allows to drill down more easily to a single cell resolution, on the other hand, CTC collection still remains a challenging procedure. In order to improve and standardize this process, we developed a structured pipeline for HER2-low CTC detection and collection. We defined and validated the optimal thresholds to select this specific subtype of CTCs using breast cancer cell lines of known HER2 expression. Our study represents the technical and procedural milestone that will allow a standardized collection process for future molecular investigations. Abstract Although the detection of CTCs expressing HER2 at low intensity (HER2-low CTCs) has been shown to have a negative prognostic value in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients, the biological intrinsic nature of HER2-low CTCs remains unexplored. Considering the technical challenges behind the selective collection of immunophenotype-specific CTCs, we developed a pipeline to individually capture HER2-low CTCs. Four different breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231, T47D, MDA-MB-453, and SKBR3), that are known to express HER2 at different immunohistochemistry levels (respectively classified as 0, 1+, 2+, and 3+), were spiked in healthy donor blood tubes (7.5 mL) and processed with the CellSearch® (Menarini Silicon Biosystems, Bologna, Italy) for enrichment and the DEPArray NxT™ for single cell selection. The HER2 signal-intensities of each cell line was compared using the nonparametric Mann–Whitney U test. The optimal cut-offs to distinguish HER2 1+ from 0 and 2+ cells were calculated performing the Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. Median HER2 signal-intensities detected with the DEPArray NxT™ were: 2.59 (0), 3.58 (1+), 5.23 (2+) and 38.37 (3+). DEPArray NxT efficiently differentiated each single cell line (p < 0.001). The area under the ROC curve was 0.69 and 0.70 (respectively 0 vs. 1+ and 1+ vs. 2+) and the optimal calculated cut-offs were 2.85 (lower) and 4.64 (upper). HER2-low CTCs can be detected and separately collected using predetermined intensity cut-offs. This study will allow standardized single-cell or pooled collection of HER2-low CTCs for downstream molecular analyses.
Integrated CMOS RF transmitter with a single‐ended power amplifier

This article presents a highly integrated CMOS RF double‐sideband (DSB) transmitter (TX) including an active input balun and a single‐ended power amplifier (PA) for a ultrahigh frequency radiofrequency identification (RFID) system‐on‐chip reader. The conventional TX architecture, including an up‐conversion mixer and a balanced PA, requires an output balun to create the needed single‐ended load. Compared to the conventional TX architecture, the proposed system provides a more compact circuit and uses a smaller chip area because the active balun and the single‐ended PA have a much smaller size than those using a passive balun and a differential PA. In addition, the gain of the active balun, which is generally larger than unity, can be a benefit in the system design budget. The designed TX IC is fabricated using a 0.13 μm CMOS process on a small area of 780 × 560 μm2 (including pads). The TX IC exhibited an overall conversion gain of 41.7 dB, an output P1dB of 18 dBm, an OIP3 of 28 dBm, a DSB noise figure of 14.8 dB, and a power consumption of 284.4 mW, including the 42.9 mW consumed by the local oscillator buffer stages. The implemented TX IC complied with the spectral mask for the DSB amplitude‐shift keying signal of the RFID reader at an output power of 15.5 dBm. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:205–210, 2013; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.27257
Identifikasi Pemborosan Aktivitas di Lantai Produksi PSR Menggunakan Process Activity Mapping dan Waste Assessment Model

Salah satu produsen ban terbesar di Indonesia dalam proses produksinya memiliki beberapa family produk seperti Passenger Tires, Commercial Tires, dan Industrial Tires. Passenger Tires atau PSR merupakan family produk dengan penjualan terbesar, akan tetapi dalam perkembangannya terdeteksi adanya penurunan performa produksi yang mempengaruhi optimalisasi penjualan perusahaan. Berdasarkan studi pendahuluan teridentifikasi adanya beberapa aktivitas pemborosan di lini produksi ban PSR. Mapping aktivitas bertujuan untuk menemukan jenis waste yang tepat pada setiap departemen produksi maupun workstation. Mapping dilakukan dengan menggunakan diagram Swimlane dan Process Activity Mapping (PAM). Hasil mapping mengidentifikasi aktivitas yang tidak memberikan nilai tambah dengan persentase aktivitas sebesar 48%. Waste assessment model (WAM) dipakai untuk menentukan peringkat seven waste. Dari hasil analisis dengan menggunakan metode WAM diperoleh tiga waste kritis utama yaitu waiting, motion, dan overproduction dengan proporsi masing-masing waste sebesar 22%, 18%, dan 16%. Setelah diketahui waste kritis maka dilakukan analisis akar masalah penyebab waste dengan menggunakan fishbone chart diagram dan root cause analysis.
Synthesis for sidelobe suppression of linear array based on improved grasshopper optimization algorithm with adaptive chaotic strategy

In view of the shortcomings of grasshopper optimization algorithm(GOA), such as insufficient exploration ability in the early stage and insufficient development ability in the later stage, this paper proposes a new adaptive chaotic GOA (ACGOA) by using curve adaptive adjustment strategy to replace the existing linear adaptive strategy, and using uniform chaos optimization to update the grasshopper position, so as to further improve the comprehensive ability of grasshopper swarms in the early exploration and later development, and better realize the balance between global search and local optimization ability. The effectiveness and stability of ACGOA in optimization calculation are tested by using a variety of single/multi peak benchmark function to get the extremum, and then applied to pattern synthesis of linear array for the first time, the target optimization performance of ACGOA is verified by suppressing the maximum SLL of linear array. The results show that compared with other existing algorithms, the algorithm has lower maximum sidelobe level and narrower first null beam width. The ACGOA results and convergence test show that the algorithm has superior applicability in antenna optimization.
Electronically Tunable Impedance-Matching Networks for Intelligent RF Power Amplifiers

This paper presents the simulation and optimization design of the electronically tunable impedance-matching networks for intelligent RF power amplifiers in a cognitive radio system. Reconfigurable elements, such as varactors and RF switches are utilized to achieve the dynamic impedance matching both in the input and output matching circuit, providing coarse and fine tuning of the target impedances with low loss and excellent impedance coverage from 500MHz to 800MHz. The topology of varactor model is illustrated to ensure the precision of simulation. In addition, high-precision bias voltage controlling system is designed to improve the nonlinear problem caused by the varactor. The simulation results demonstrate the excellent performance of the tunable networks, satisfying the requirement of the cognitive radio systems.
Clinical Implications of the Newly Defined Concept of Ventilator-Associated Events in Trauma Patients

http://www.jtraumainj. org eISSN 2287-1683 pISSN 2799-4317 Copyright © 2021 The Korean Society of Traumatology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Clinical Implications of the newly defined Concept of Ventilator-Associated Events in Trauma Patients
The complete mitochondrial genome of the Tennessee Dace (Chrosomus tennesseensis)

Abstract The Tennessee Dace, Chrosomus tennesseensis (Starnes and Jenkins 1988), is a small minnow (Cypriniformes: Leuciscidae) found in the upper Tennessee River watershed and Graves Creek, in the Mobile River watershed. Chrosomus tennesseensis occurs sporadically throughout its range and has been listed as vulnerable by the IUCN (NatureServe). Until recently, C. tennesseensis had been known only to occur in the upper Tennessee River watershed, however, it has been discovered in headwaters of the Black Warrior River of the Mobile River watershed. We sequenced the mitochondrial genome of C. tennesseensis collected in the Mobile River watershed to better understand the colonization of the Mobile River watershed and the interspecific relationships of Chrosomus. Furthermore, the availability of the mitochondrial genome will assist in designing specific environmental DNA (eDNA) primers that will allow for less intrusive sampling of threatened and endangered Chrosomus species.
Is Your University Ready For the Ne(x)t-Generation?

At Graz University of Technology a survey about the hardware equipment and the Web2.0 skills among students of the first semester took place for the second time. This paper reflects the results of that two years evaluation. It answers the questions whether the net- generation already has arrived at universities or not and which consequences this fact has on the teaching and learning behaviors as well as infrastructural aspects of a university. Although young students are technologically increasingly well equipped they do not exhaust the potential of their devices or the potential of uncommon Web2.0 applications yet. Nevertheless the applications and communicational ways of a student's average usage are signals not to be ignored by a university management. They not only indicate a dawning basic change of a typical student's life but demand a rethinking of essential structural elements at universities right now.
An Improved Rasa for Load Balancing in Cloud Computing

Cloud is specifically known to have difficulty in managing resource usage during task scheduling, this is an innate from distributed computing and virtualization. The common issue in cloud is load balancing management. This issue is more prominent in virtualization technology and it affects cloud providers in term of resource utilization and cost and to the users in term of Quality of Service (QoS). Efficient procedures are therefore necessary to achieve maximum resource utilization at a minimized cost. This study implemented a load balancing scheme called Improved Resource Aware Scheduling Algorithm (I-RASA) for resource provisioning to cloud users on a pay-as-you-go basis using CloudSim 3.0. 3 package tool. I-RASA was compared with recent load balancing algorithms and the result shown in performance evaluation section of this paper is better than Max-min and RASA load balancing techniques. However, it sometimes outperforms or on equal balance with Improved Max-Min load balancing technique when using makespan, flow time, throughput, and resource utilization as the performance metrics.
A MOS gate drive with resonant transitions

A resonant gate-drive circuit for MOS power transistors is described. The gate drive provides quasi-square-wave gate-to-source voltage with low impedance between gate and source terminals in both on and off states. Input capacitance of the power MOS transistor is charged and discharged in a resonant circuit so that switching losses in the gate drive are eliminated. This is particularly important in high-frequency and low-power applications. A detailed loss analysis yields closed-form solutions for gate-drive and total switch losses. These results are used to select the MOS power transistor with minimum losses, and to compare the gate drive with resonant transitions against the conventional gate drive. <<ETX>>
Research scholars’ opinion on e-resources in University of Madras (India) – A case study

The main aim of this paper is to create awareness among the researchers about online resources and to promote effective access to electronic products. Twenty five factors were included in this study to know how the level of utilizations of online resources and the facilities made available for researchers. A well structured questionnaire was employed to test the variables using statistical tools. This initiative will stress the authorities to give due importance to enhance the electronic collections and to provide services to the research scholars. This research work will bring out tremendous changes in the working style of the libraries.
Biopolymer-based polycaprolactone-hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

Abstract This work synthesized Hydroxyapatite (HA) from common cockle shells using a precipitation method and fabricated nanofiber scaffolds of polycaprolactone (PCL)-HA composites with combinations of several polymers (i.e., gelatin, chitosan, and collagen) using electrospinning. The synthesized HA had a small agglomerate shape, solid structure, and few interconnected micropores. Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDS) analysis revealed that the synthesized HA exhibited a Ca/P molar ratio of 1.68. All nanofiber samples were nontoxic with cell viability values of 70.46–91.78%. The PCL-HA-Gelatin nanofiber was the best mechanical properties of the scaffold with the high values of tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and breaking-point elongation at (9.80 ± 1.36) MPa, (0.81 ± 0.09) MPa, and (61.5 ± 7.75) %, respectively. There was no significant difference in the average cell viability of the samples. Nanofiber scaffolds of PCL-HA polymer have the potential for bone tissue engineering applications by satisfying their mechanical property and cytotoxicity assay criteria. Graphical Abstract
Human head effects on the planar inverted-F antenna performances

With the current expansion and the anticipated further increase in the use of cellular telephones and other wireless communication devices, considerable research effort is devoted to investigations of interactions between antennas on handsets and the human body. This interaction significantly changes the antenna characteristics from that in free space or even on the device (handset, laptop). In this paper and in order to study this problem, firstly a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) was designed and simulated to operate over the frequency 2,45 GHz , then the influence of the human head on the return loss and on the radiation efficiency of the antenna has been studied.
Building trust into utility cloud computing

We introduce three new mechanisms that allow trust to be built into cloud computing called the Private Virtual Infrastructure (PVI), the Locator Bot (LoBot), and the Trusted Virtual Environment Module (TVEM). Cloud computing requires that organizations trust that a service provider’s platforms are secured and provide a sufficient level of integrity for the client’s data. Once a client’s sensitive data are released into the cloud under the control of a third party, a significant level of risk is placed on the security and privacy of the data. PVI, LoBot, and TVEM provide a means for clients to establish trust in cloud platforms, thus reducing their risk exposure. PVI is a new management and security model that shares the responsibility of security management in cloud computing between the service provider and client, decreasing the risk exposure to both. The PVI datacenter’s security posture is set by the client, while the cloud’s configuration is under control of the service provider. Clients can then protect their information independently of the cloud configuration. The LoBot pre-measures the cloud for security properties which can be used to determine the integrity and trustworthiness of the destination platform. LoBot then provides secure provisioning and live migration for the virtual datacenter. LoBot protects information by preventing data from being placed in malicious environments. The TVEM helps solve the core security challenge of cloud computing by establishing trust in a virtualized cloud computing environment. The TVEM is a software appliance that merges trust from multiple sources, typically the information owner and service provider, to derive a root of trust for a virtual environment on a remote host. A unique Trusted Environment Key (TEK) combines trust from the information owner and the service provider to create a dual root of trust for the TVEM that is distinct for every virtual environment and separate from the host platform’s trust. PVI, Locator Bot, and TVEM can be used individually or combined to provide a foundation for trust in cloud computing. They enable organizations to maintain control of their information in the cloud and realize benefits of cloud computing.
Interactive Effects of Nitrogen and Potassium Fertilizers on Quantitative-Qualitative Traits and Drought Tolerance Indices of Rainfed Wheat Cultivar

Increasing global food requirements and global warming are two challenges of future food security. Water availability and nutrient management are two important factors that affect high-yield and high-quality wheat production. The main and interactive effects of nitrogen and potassium fertilizers on quantitative-qualitative properties and drought tolerance of an Iranian rainfed cultivar of wheat, Azar-2, were evaluated. Four rates of nitrogen (N0, N30, N60, and N90 kg/ha), along with four concentrations of potassium (K0, K30, K60, and K90 kg/ha), were applied in rainfed (drought stress) and non-stress conditions. The interactive effect of N × K was significant on nitrogen and protein contents of grains at 5% and 1% probability levels, respectively. Different trends of SSI, STI, K1STI, and K2STI indexes were observed with the interactive levels of nitrogen and potassium. The lowest SSI index (0.67) was observed in N30K30, whereas the highest STI (1.07), K1STI (1.46), and K2STI (1.51) indexes were obtained by N90K60 and N90K90. The obtained results could be useful to increase yield and quality of winter rainfed wheat cultivars under drought stress with cool-rainfed areas. N60K30 and N90K60 can be recommended to increase the grain yield and protein content of rainfed wheat under drought stress and non-stress conditions, respectively.
Control Theoretic Approach for Attitude Control of High Altitude Scientific Stationary Platforms

Author(s): Mao, Yao-Ting | Advisor(s): Auslander, David M | Abstract: Scientific exploration of near-earth space and high altitudes within earth's atmosphere greatly enhance our knowledge of how the earth functions and how it interacts with the sun. These missions have the platforms and need the controller to achieve the specific attitude necessary with limited sensors and actuators. This dissertation introduces the dynamics of the scientific platforms with suitable control rules under various environments and constraints. Three kinds of science platforms are discussed here: (1) the spin rate and the attitude control of a rigid body, (2) the strategy for the stabilization and the modeling of a multibody system in the space, and(3) the pointing control of a multibody system at the stratosphere. This dissertation also provides the designs and verification procedures for the control software in the embedded system. The simulations and experiments are presented to verify the performance of the attitude controllers.