Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Silicon carbide thyristors for electric guns

The feasibility of using silicon power thyristors for electric gun pulsers has been established. The advantages of solid state switches are highly significant for electric gun systems. Nevertheless, the size and weight of a solid state pulser built using silicon devices is non-optimal due to limited device performance. The improved material properties of silicon carbide offer the potential of reducing the size and weight of the pulser by increasing device power density and di/dt capabilities. Studies have estimated the improvement to be a significant 60% reduction in both volume and weight, mainly due to improvement in di/dt capability. This improvement is highly desirable to build a solid state pulser capable of meeting the size and weight constraints of a tactical system. In this paper, we present a quantitative theoretical assessment of high-power silicon carbide (SiC) thyristor capabilities for EML applications based on the experimental evaluation of high power density prototype SiC thyristors and the design and performance modeling of a 4 kV SiC thyristor. This information provides the technical background to assess device performance improvement and claims for reduced pulser size and weight. This study confirms that a current density of 6 kA/cm/sup 2/ is feasible, and that a di/dt improvement of 2.5 times is a reasonable expectation, and further indicates the potential to operate SiC thyristors at current densities above 10 kA/cm/sup 2/ and at much higher di/dts.
Wandel der Betriebslandschaft in West- und Ostdeutschland : Ergebnisse aus dem IAB-Betriebspanel 2014

"The introduction of a national minimum wage on 1 January 2015 took place in a fundamentally positive economic environment. There are still differences in the characteristics of establishments in East- and West Germany. For example, differences in the distribution of employment across sectors and classes of establishment size still exist in 2014. In particular, the low importance of manufacturing industry and the underrepresentation of large establishments are characteristic of East Germany. Hence establishments in both parts are affected by the minimum wage legislation in a different extent. The data from the IAB Establishment Panel also show that last year twelve percent of establishments paid at least one employee less than EUR 8.50 gross per hour. There were clearly more establishments doing so in East Germany (23 percent) than in West Germany (nine percent). In these establishments 31 percent of employees are affected by minimum wages. Moreover there are also differences in industry sectors. The share of women in top management positions has not changed during the last decade. Compared to their employment proportion women are still underrepresented - especially in first-level management. In East Germany participation of women in first- or second-level management, is higher than in West Germany. The overall increase in employment in recent years has led to a sustained high level in the demand for skilled labour. Establishments have mainly been able to fill the vacancies for skilled. Though, there have been major differences between sectors. In particular establishments from the area of industry-related services and the construction sector have had major problems. In 2014 the participation of establishments in vocational training remained at the same level as previous years. Around half of the establishments were authorized to provide vocational training actually. In East Germany the level of participation in training was approximately ten percentage points below West Germany. In 2014 increasing problems in filling the training vacancies can also be observed. As in previous years, primarily very small establishments were affected by this. After the decrease of further training in times of the financial and economic crisis in 2009/2010 establishments' participation in further education has now exceeded the pre-crisis level and is maintaining the upward trend. Participation in further training was nearly identical in West and East Germany. " (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
Antibody Characterization Report for RNA-binding protein FUS

Author(s): Walaa AlshafieϮ,1, Maryam FotouhiϮ,1, Zhipeng You2, Thomas M. Durcan2, Peter S. McPherson1* and Carl Laflamme1* Ϯ Authors contributed equally and are listed alphabetically 1 Tanenbaum Open Science Institute, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada 2 Early Drug Discovery Unit (EDDU), Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Canada * Corresponding authors: carl.laflamme@mcgill.ca, peter.mcpherson@mcgill.ca
Mitigation of Earthquake Liquefaction Hazards: A Review of Physical Modelling Studies

Physical model tests have proven to be a valuable source of data due to the difficulty of obtaining detailed field data on the performance of various structures under seismic loading. These studies have attempted to simulate the effect of a range of ground improvement techniques, such as gravel drains or stone columns, compaction, and in-ground walls. In some cases, structural elements such as sheet pile walls have been combined with drainage elements to improve performance. This paper presents a summary and review of some physical model test data relating to simulation of the above methods and describes the observed performance in mitigating liquefaction-induced damage in these tests.
Effects of Wood Dust on Cardiopulmonary Functions and Anthropometric Parameters of Carpenters and Non-Carpenters in Sabon Gari Local Government Area, Kaduna State, Nigeria

The aim of the study is to assess the blood pressure, pulse rate, peak expiratory flow rate, Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 sec (FEV1), and Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) of carpenters and non-carpenters in Sabon- Gari local government area, Zaria. Their Body Mass Index (BMI) and other anthropometric data were also obtained. 200 males between the ages of 18 and 35 were used for this research. 100 were carpenters and 100 were non carpenters. As regard to the pulse rate there was no significant change in the carpenters when compared with the non-carpenters. In relation to the systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure, there was a significant increase (p<0.05) in the carpenters when compared with the non-carpenters. Regarding the Forced Vital Capacity (FVC), Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 sec (FEVI), (FEV1%), and peak expiratory flow rate, there was a significant decrease (p<0.05) in the carpenters when compared with the non-carpenters. Also, in the anthropometric parameters measured (height, weight, and BMI) there was no significant change in the carpenters when compared with the non-carpenters. In conclusion, the effect of wood dust on carpenters increases the arterial blood pressure, decreases the forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in 1 sec and peak expiratory flow rate.
The Impact of Low Self-control on Past and Future Cyber Offending

© 2020 International Journal of Cyber Criminology (Diamond Open Access Journal). Under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License 106 Copyright © 2020 International Journal of Cyber Criminology – ISSN: 0974–2891 January – June 2020. Vol. 14(1): 106–120. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3742075 Publisher & Editor-in-Chief – K. Jaishankar / Open Access (Authors / Readers No Pay Journal).
COMMON-SENSE SUPPORT FOR AUTONOMOUS AND ROBUST DECISION MAKI NG

Future space science mission will involve unmanned spacecrafts performing in hazardous environment at far distance from Earth. We therefore theoretically address the problem of making autonomous and robust decisions wrt inconsistent and uncertain information. To achieve such decisions, we propose to equip a spacecraft with the paraconsistent probabilistic reasoning, which is a new technique to infer information from inconsistent and probabilistic knowledge bases. This technique satisfies several principles indented to define the common sense. We also proposeto designthe programmedspacecraftbehaviours in a synchronous language; such language are utilised to develop, verify, and certify safety-critical embedded system. By injecting some common sense into decision systems, we hope to make them more trustworthy.
TFRC for Congestion Control in Real Time Applications

Abstract: The amount of traffic generated by Real Time Applications (RTA) has increased substantially over the years. RTA will face congestion while there's any form of bottleneck restricting traffic, this can lead to packet loss or delayed traffic that is unacceptable for RTAs. Therefore it is desirable for RTA to implement congestion control mechanism to improve the steadiness of networks. The congestion problem has been addressed successfully by Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). TCP is connection oriented protocol that presents reliable and ordered delivery of packets and also presents end-to-end congestion control mechanism. But its congestion control mechanism does not suit the characteristics of the RTA. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) applications can send data at constant bit rate. It is non TCP based protocol. It cannot adjust its flow rate when congestion is detected and it continues to send at original rate. So these non TCP applications don't have congestion control mechanism and don't share bandwidth fairly with TCP based applications. A new congestion control protocol for datagram transport was defined i.e., TCP Friendly Rate Control (TFRC) standardized by Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). TFRC is a congestion control algorithm that supplies a smooth transmission rate for RTAs. TFRC is a congestion control mechanism for unicast flows functioning in a best effort Internet environment. It's reasonably fair when competing for bandwidth with TCP flows in congested network, although encompasses a lot of lower variation of throughput over time compared with TCP.
An adjustable parameter model for tracking a manoeuvring target

Abstract An adjustable parameter model for tracking manoeuvring targets is presented using a modified variable variance intensity technique. This model is based on the Singer model but with modifications to its fixed manoeuvre statistical characteristics. Meanwhile, a ‘current model’ concept is adapted to describe the statistical distribution of the target's acceleration. Since the variance intensity of the proposed model is calculated using a variable manoeuvring probability density function with adequate covariance, it exhibits a strong adaptive ability for tracking a manoeuvring target and a reduced steady estimation bias in tracking a non-manoeuvring target. Computer simulation results show that a Kalman estimator based on this model can track both manoeuvring and non-manoeuvring targets with greater accuracy than either the Singer model or the interacting multiple model method and is suitable for online processing.
The Psychomotor and Affective Learning in Navigation Science Using Simulation Technology

This paper is to discuss on the effective used of simulation technology in the teaching and learning in Navigation Science. This methodology is used to improve the level of taxonomy in psychomotor and affective domains for the teaching and learning at Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). It also enables the evaluation of students' generic skills in the areas of practicals, communications, leadership, teamwork, work ethics, attitudes, professionalism, critical thinking, problem solving and decision making. The use of simulation technology is a contemporary way as compared to the traditional method of lecture, tutorial and laboratory works at IHL. This paper will discuss on the use of Ship's Navigation Simulator in the teaching and learning of Navigation Science in the Bachelor of Science in Maritime Technology at National Defence University of Malaysia. This alternative method is found to be effective in producing quality graduates to meet the human resources requirement in the shipping and maritime operation.
stella: Convolutional Neural Networks for Flare Identification in TESS

Nearby young moving groups are kinematically bound systems of stars that are believed to have formed at the same time. With all member stars having the same age, they provide snapshots of stellar and planetary evolution. In particular, young (< 800 Myr) stars have increased levels of activity, seen in both fast rotation periods, large spot modulation, and increased flare rates (Ilin, Schmidt, Davenport, & Strassmeier, 2019; Zuckerman, Song, & Bessell, 2004). Flare rates and energies can yield consequences for the early stages of planet formation, particularly with regards to their atmospheres. Models have demonstrated that the introduction of superflares (> 5% flux increase) are able to irreparably alter the chemistry of an atmosphere (Venot, Rocchetto, Carl, Roshni Hashim, & Decin, 2016) and expedite atmospheric photoevaporation (Lammer et al., 2007). Thus, understanding flare rates and energies at young ages provides crucial keys for understanding the exoplanet population we see today.
Women in Conflict Areas: Insights from Temsula Ao's These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone

author of Literary of India’s Northeast: Naga Writings in English area of includes cultural studies, oral tradition, indigenous writings, writings from India’s Northeast, modernist and post-colonial literatures. Abstract In times of war and conflict, sexual violence against women is often reported. Such measures are also used as weapons of war against the opposing forces. In the 1950s and 60s the confrontation between the Indian armed forces and the Naga undergrounds peaked, resulting in lots of deaths, including innocent civilians. Temsula Ao's collection of short stories entitled These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone captures some of the poignant moments of the troubled times. This paper analyses two stories from the volume which deals with sexual violence against women. While on one hand the narratives recount the trauma faced by the Nagas in the hands of the Indian armed forces, it also highlights the universality of the subject of women's suffering in times of conflict in different parts of the world. Another thrust of the paper is also to argue that women in patriarchal society are doubly marginalized. In the case of the Nagas too, the patriarchal structures often silences the narratives of women from emerging to the fore. But the active campaigns of the Naga Mothers Association and other like-minded organizations have risen to fight for dignity and justice.
Instantaneous Identification of Degrading Hysteretic Oscillators Under Earthquake Excitation

This article presents a technique for the structural identification of hysteretic oscillators that are characterized by degradation in stiffness. The main assumption of the proposed procedure is that it is possible to replace the expression of the time derivative of the restoring force with a polynomial approximation, characterized by time-varying coefficients. The work aims at generalizing a method that the authors have proposed for hysteretic nondegrading systems: system parameters are evaluated from instantaneous estimates of the time-varying coefficients. The instantaneous estimation, based on optimization techniques, is made possible through the temporal localization of frequency components, i.e., the representation in the joint time—frequency domain. A numerical application consisting of the instantaneous identification of a Bouc-Wen model with stiffness degradation under earthquake excitation is presented and discussed. Although the sensitivity of the estimation to exogenous noise is greater than in the nondegrading case, the global accuracy of the identification is satisfactory.
A double H-shaped resonator and its use as an isotropic ENG metamaterial

This paper presents a new planar particle that shows negative effective permittivity under irradiation by an electromagnetic wave. The mutual coupling between the couples of these particles is studied in particular. The response of this particle sensitive to an electric field is strongly anisotropic. The particle is aimed to be used to compose an isotropic epsilon-negative metamaterial in two forms. First, a unit cell of the metamaterial consists of a cube bearing six particles on its faces, located with specific orientations. The experiments showed that this unit cell is suitable for manufacturing an isotropic epsilon-negative metamaterial obtained by arranging these cells in a 3D cubic periodic system. The second form of an epsilon-negative metamaterial with an isotropic response consists of the planar particles themselves, distributed quasi-randomly, composing a 2D system and/or of particles placed in spherical shells and distributed fully randomly in a hosting material forming a 3D system. The isotropy of these systems was verified by measurements in a rectangular waveguide.
Multiscale Simulation of Gas Flow in Subject-Specific Models of the Human Lung

Variation in the individual airway geometry makes subject-specific models essential for the study of pulmonary air flow and drug delivery. Recent evidence also suggests that early exposure to environmental pollutants has chronic, adverse effects on lung development in children from the age of ten to 18 years [1]. Thus, the capability of predicting air flow and particle deposition in the subjectspecific breathing lungs is highly desirable for understanding the correlation between structure and function and for assessing individual differences in vulnerability to airborne pollutants. Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that a strong interaction exists between lung geometry and gas properties [2]. The interaction has major implications in determining gas delivery to and clearance from the lung periphery during ventilation imaging through X-ray computed tomography (CT)
Factors Affecting Capital Structure of Small-Medium Enterprises Listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange

This study aims to analyze the factors that influence the capital structure of SMEs, by examining the effect of the independent variables of profitability, growth of opportunity, collateral, corporate tax, tax shield, non-debt tax shield, liquidity, earnings volatility, and cash flow volatility; to the capital structure of SMEs as the dependent variable. As for anticipation of bias, the study uses size, company age, GDP, interest rates, inflation, and market capitalization as control variables. The data used in this study is a combination of cross-sectional and time-series, which is called panel data. The number of samples in this study was 53 SMEs listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2016-2020. The result of this study shows that profitability has a significant negative effect on DAR, but has no effect on DER. Growth of total assets has no effect on DAR and DER, growth of tangible assets has no effect on DAR and DER, and growth of market value has a significant positive effect on DAR, but has no effect on DER. Collateral harms DAR and DER. Corporate tax does not affect DAR but has a significant negative effect on DER. Tax shield has a significant negative effect on DAR and DER. Non-debt tax shield does not affect DAR but has a significant negative effect on DER. Liquidity has a significant negative effect on DAR and DER. Earnings volatility has a significant positive effect on DAR and DER. Cash flow volatility does not affect DAR and DER. Company size has a significant positive effect on DAR and DER. Company age has a significant positive effect on DAR but has a significant negative effect on DER, gross domestic product (GDP) has a significant positive effect on DAR and DER, loan interest rates do not affect DAR, but harm DER. Inflation has no effect on DAR but harms DER, and market capitalization has a significant negative effect on DAR and DER. This study implies that for investors, it is necessary to conduct a thorough assessment of financial performance and the factors that influence the capital structure before deciding to invest. A high capital structure can reduce potential profits and increase the risk of default. Thus, investors need to pay attention to the factors that have a negative and significant effect with a large level of influence on the capital structure, because if these factors increase, the capital structure will decrease. This will create efficient and effective use of capital and avoid the high cost of equity or cost of debt so that it can be utilized optimally to provide maximum benefits for SMEs and investors
Pengaruh Trust (Kepercayaan) dan Online Shopping Experiences (Pengalaman Berbelanja Online) terhadap Perilaku Konsumen dalam Berbelanja Online: Prespektif Konsumen di Indonesia

Abstract: The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between trust and onlineshopping experience with people behavior in online shopping. The impact of these twodimensions (trust dan online shopping experience) would be explored in this study. Thisstudy applied Theory Planned of Behavior (TPB) and incorporates with two other dimensions.A research model was developed for this study. The research model consists of sixhypotheses that describe the relation between variables. Research and hypotheses was validatedby online survey that conducted in online shopping group in Indonesia and participatedby 215 respondents. Data collected from the survey was analyzed using StructuralEquation Model (SEM) with Smart PLS software. This research reveals that people in Indonesiawhile perform online shopping is affect by trust dimension, however online shoppingexperience dimension was found has no affect to people behavior in perform their next onlineshopping activity Keywords: trust, online shopping experience, online shopping behavior, theory plane ofbehavior
EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR LIQUID MANURE APPLICATION ON GRASSLAND

Four different techniques for applying liquid manure on grassland were evaluated in two grass fields to examine the impact of each technique on the environment and agronomic response. The techniques studied were injection (IJ), sub–canopy banding using a sleighfoot (SF), incorporation using an aerator (AR), and surface banding using a dribble bar (DB). The environmental impact of each technique on the odor concentration and ammonia volatilization was assessed, and agronomic responses were measured by grass damage and grass yield. Among the four techniques, the IJ resulted in lower ammonia and odor concentrations on the land surface immediately after manure application. However, its odor concentration was significantly higher than the background value because of the manure pooling on the soil surface. The injector had the potential to cause grass damage associated with its soil cutting action. However, an over 100% increase in grass yield was achieved when the injection was used, in comparison to the control plot. This increase in yield can be attributed to the efficiency of the injection in placing the manure in the soil where the nutrients present in the manure can be made readily available. The availability of nutrients compensated the loss of yield associated with the cutting action of the injector. The yield response for the SF, AR, and DB was comparable to that of the IJ, except for the SF in one field having a lower yield owing to the grass damage caused by raking during the operation. The AR technique was the only one, which showed yield response at the earlier harvest. The DB and AR techniques resulted in the highest and second highest level, respectively, of ammonia concentration from the soil surface.
Intelligent vehicle routing system

In this research, an "intelligent" vehicle routing system is developed. Applications of the system are considered for the stochastic vehicle routing problem (demand at the nodes is treated as a random variable and the actual demand value is known only after the visit to the node). The developed "intelllgent" system makes "online" decisions as to whether to reject or include a new node into developing vehicle route. The results are found to be very close to the best solution assuming that the future node demand pattern is known. The system applications appear to be very promising.