Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Conductive Membranes Based on Cotton Fabric Coated with Polymers for Electrode Applications

This paper presents the evaluation of some electrodes based on polymeric conductive membranes (polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG)) for sensor applications. The electrodes were developed using textile support (weave structure-based 100% cotton yarns) and applying conductive membrane layers deposited on the textile surface. Coating the fabrics with thin layers of conductive membranes could generate new surfaces with the electrical resistance specific to conductive samples. Laboratory tests evaluated the physicomechanical and electrical properties. The surface resistance was investigated using a digital surface resistance meter by neglecting electrode polarization impedance. In addition, the correlation coefficients between the physicomechanical and electrical parameters obtained by the laboratory were analyzed. These conductive samples can be used to and develop flexible electrodes for moisture, temperature and strain sensors.
Uncertainty in future projections of precipitation decline over Mesopotamia

For millennia, Mesopotamia was blessed by enough water supplied by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. However, the dwindling freshwater resource is no longer enough. In the future, climate change coupled with a growing population could considerably exacerbate the current water deficit. Based on simulations by carefully selected global and regional climate models, we conclude that these river basins may possibly face further water shortages (mainly due to a reduction in spring-season precipitation) in the next few decades (2021-2050) under a scenario of high- emission of greenhouse gases. However, there is no consensus among models regarding these near-term (2021-2050) projections of change in precipitation, and society is likely to face the challenge of how to prepare for this uncertain future. The story is different for the late decades of this century: we project, with significantly more confidence, a robust decrease in wet-season (winter to spring) precipitation over the headwaters of these river basins, worsening future water deficits and implying a century-long drying trend over Mesopotamia. Possible physical mechanisms are proposed and discussed. As global warming progresses, higher sea-level pressure, centered on the Mediterranean Sea, will likely make upstream storms less frequent and weaker, leading to drying over Mesopotamia. Further, projections show a poleward migration of the fewer Mediterranean storm tracks, decreasing the frequency of storms that penetrates into Mesopotamia. Implementing a global net-zero carbon emissions policy by mid-century could mitigate the severity of the projected droughts in this region.
COPING MECHANISM MAHASISWA TINGKAT AKHIR DALAM MENYELSAIKAN SKRIPSI PADA MASA PANDEMI : STUDI KASUS DI PAGUYUBAN KELUARGA MAHASISWA BANDUNG UNIVERSITAS PADJADJARAN

Penelitian ini dilakukan pada mahasiswa tingkat akhir yang tergabung dalam Paguyuban Keluarga Mahasiswa Bandung Universitas Padjadjaran (Gamaban Unpad). Peneliti melakukan penelitian tentang bagaimana informan melakukan coping mechanism ketika menghadapi stresornya, khususnya dalam menyelesaikan skripsi di masa pandemi COVID-19. Perubahan dan adaptasi kebiasaan baru yang terjadi di masa pandemi menyebabkan mahasiswa kesulitan untuk melakukan penyesuaian, termasuk dalam penelitian skripsi mereka. Oleh karena itu, perlu adanya coping mechanism untuk mengatasi stresor tersebut. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bentuk dan aspek coping mechanism yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa tingkat akhir yang diwawancarai dan bagaimana peran Gamaban Unpad dalam coping mechanism mahasiswa sebagai sumber dukungan sosial. Penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa metode yang paling umum dalam coping mechanism yang digunakan oleh mahasiswa tingkat akhir anggota Gamaban Unpad adalah mencari dukungan sosial dan menerima tanggung jawab. Kesimpulannya, untuk mengatasi stresornya, mahasiswa membutuhkan dukungan sosial dari lingkungannya melalui kegiatan pertemanan, keluarga, dan organisasi serta menerima tanggung jawab akademiknya dengan tetap mengerjakan skripsi penelitiannya sehingga dapat menjalankan keberfungsian sosialnya dengan baik.
IT Use and Identity: A Review and a Research Agenda

Over the last 40 years, IT use has become essential to how individuals interact with the world. From ordering meals to taking classes and even consulting a physician, so many aspects of daily life are bound up with IT that eﬀective participation in the world demands IT use. The ubiquity of IT in work and personal lives has created a shift from IT as a tool to IT as a basis of identity formation and veriﬁcation. In a genuine sense, IT use has become fundamental to how we see ourselves and act in the world. The essential role of IT use in all aspects of daily life and social interactions has drawn IS researchers’ focus to identity issues. In this stream, IS scholars have examined relationships between IT use and social, role, and person identities and, more recently, IT use as identity (IT identity). Within IS, there is substantial research interest in understanding the complex and constantly changing relationship between
Of supranodes and socialwashing: network theory and the responsible innovation of social media platforms

Abstract Social media networks are expanding rapidly, increasing the spread and scale of information diffusion. Researchers have highlighted distinguishing features of social media network platforms: network structure transparency, public self-monitored digital profiles, homogenized network connections, and node-created digital content. These features, while adding utility to social media platform providers and users, can also be exploited to manipulate users’ behavior and overall network outcomes. This paper posits the importance of network theory as critical foundational “laws” upon which the responsible innovation of social media can be built to minimize such manipulation, how such theory can be used to predict the potential impacts of new network innovations, and the resulting difficulty this framing suggests for self-governance on the part of platform providers. Through a case study analysis of Russian social media interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the value of a network theoretic lens is highlighted. The concept of “supranodes”, social media nodes empowered via theoretical knowledge and network awareness to socially engineer network structures and outcomes, is developed and the network theoretic features they exploit discussed.
Tailoring optical response of a hybrid comprising a quantum dimer emitter strongly coupled to a metallic nanoparticle

We study theoretically the optical response of a nanohybrid comprising a symmetric quantum dimer emitter coupled to a metal nanoparticle (MNP). The interactions between the exitonic transitions in the dimer and the plasmons in the MNP lead to interesting effects in the composite's input-output characteristics for the light intensity and the absorption spectrum, which we study in the linear and nonlinear regimes. We find that the exciton-plasmon hybridization leads to optical bistability and hysteresis for the one-exciton transition and enhancement of excitation for the two-exciton transition. The latter leads to a significant decrease in the field strength needed to saturate the system. In the linear regime, the absorption spectrum has a dispersive (Fano-like) line shape. The spectral position and shape of this spectrum depend on the detuning of the dimer's one-exciton resonance relative to the plasmon resonance and the ratio of the exciton-plasmon coupling constant to the exciton dephasing rate. When the applied field intensity to the nonlinear regime is increased, the Fano-like singularities in the absorption spectra are smeared and they disappear due to saturation of the dimer, which leads to the MNP dominating the spectrum. The above effects, for which we provide physical explanations, allow one to tailor the Fano-like shape of the absorption spectrum, by changing either the detuning or the input power.
IMGT® Nomenclature of Engineered IGHG Variants Involved in Antibody Effector Properties and Formats

The constant region of the immunoglobulin (IG) or antibody heavy gamma chain is frequently engineered to modify the effector properties of the therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. These variants are classified in regards to their effects on effector functions, antibody-dependent cytotoxicity (ADCC), antibody-dependent phagocytosis (ADCP), complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) enhancement or reduction, B cell inhibition by the coengagement of antigen and FcγR on the same cell, on half-life increase, and/or on structure such as prevention of IgG4 half-IG exchange, hexamerisation, knobs-into-holes and the heteropairing H-H of bispecific antibodies, absence of disulfide bridge inter H-L, absence of glycosylation site, and site-specific drug attachment engineered cysteine. The IMGT engineered variant identifier is comprised of the species and gene name (and eventually allele), the letter ‘v’ followed by a number (assigned chronologically), and for each concerned domain (e.g, CH1, h, CH2 and CH3), the novel AA (single letter abbreviation) and IMGT position according to the IMGT unique numbering for the C-domain and between parentheses, the Eu numbering. IMGT engineered variants are described with detailed amino acid changes, visualized in motifs based on the IMGT numbering bridging genes, sequences, and structures for higher order description.
Voltage Source Inverter Filter with Improved Proportional
Gain for Dynamic Power and Melodies Mitigation in
Three-Phase Three-Wire Distribution Systems

The purpose of this report is to examine the religious affiliations of High quality power is achieved by keeping the voltage on the distribution bus, which supplies most of the building, constant and at the specified frequency and magnitude. The creation of harmonics has a significant impact on this. Power quality may be diminished because to harmonic currents and excessive reactive power consumption by electronic and non-linear devices, despite their adaptability, low cost, and high efficiency. In order to adjust for a wide variety of nonlinear loads, researchers have investigated a family of distinct shunt hybrid active power filters in both shunt and series configurations. They increase the power factor and eliminate harmonic current by injecting current in a regulated manner at the source end of the electrical system. This study demonstrates how to improve a shunt active power filter to enhance power quality. The suggested subject features the use of a PI controller, a filter hysteresis current control loop, and a dc link capacitor. Using hysteresis current controller methods, the filter's switching signals are generated. Total harmonic distortion is reduced by this shunt active power filter's several elements. The PI control approach is implemented, and the resulting source current, compensatory current, and THD values are analysed. Beginning with the transfer function of the tiny signal system, the PI feedback compensation design is developed. Then, to improve the Shunt-responsiveness APF's to compensating harmonics of linear and non-linear loads, a suggested constant of PI is incorporated. Based on the findings, it is clear that present harmonic distortion may be mitigated by using compensation. The compensation speed of the outer loop that controls the dc bus voltage of the filter determines the magnitude of the voltage swings. The current harmonics are effectively compensated for by the suggested shunt active filter architecture, which employs a balanced linear and non-linear load. The harmonic in the source current is decreased thanks to the MATLAB/SIMULINK model.
Mixed Samples Data Augmentation with Replacing Latent Vector Components in Normalizing Flow

Data augmentation mixing two samples has been acknowledged as an effective regularization method for various deep neural network models. Given that images mixed by popular methods (e.g., MixUp and CutMix) are unnatural to the human eye, we hypothesized that generating more natural images could achieve better performance as data augmentation. To verify this, we propose a new mixing method that synthesizes images in which two source images coexist naturally. Our method performs a mixing operation in latent space through a normalizing ﬂow, and the key is how to mix two latent vectors. We preliminarily observed that there exists a dependency between the dimensions in input space and those in latent space in transformation with normalizing ﬂows. Based on this observation, we designed our mixing scheme in latent space. We show that our method yields visually natural augmented images and improves classiﬁcation performance.
Exosomes as Biochemistry Tools for Stem Cell Differentiation: A Novel Cell-Based Treatment for Diseases

: For tissue engineering and clinical translation strategies, it is essential to have a reliable and safe lineage-specific differentiation of stem cells. To deal with several problems caused by growth factor delivery systems and growth factors, exosomes have been used as biomimetic tools to trigger the differentiation of stem cells. It is believed that cell type-specific exosomes can induce lineage-specific differentiation of stem cells. Exosomes trigger cell viability, cell proliferation and differentiation, embryonic implantation, and migration. They have been used successfully in regenerative medicine, such as liver fibrosis, renal diseases, cardiac ischemia, stroke, and skin injuries. The findings highlighted the necessity to take into account the condition and source of exosome donor cells before selecting them for therapeutic use.
Cancer-Associated Membrane Protein as Targeted Therapy for Bladder Cancer

Bladder cancer (BC) recurrence is one of the primary clinical problems encountered by patients following chemotherapy. However, the mechanisms underlying their resistance to chemotherapy remain unclear. Alteration in the pattern of membrane proteins (MPs) is thought to be associated with this recurrence outcome, often leading to cell dysfunction. Since MPs are found throughout the cell membrane, they have become the focus of attention for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Identifying specific and sensitive biomarkers for BC, therefore, requires a major collaborative effort. This review describes studies on membrane proteins as potential biomarkers to facilitate personalised medicine. It aims to introduce and discuss the types and significant functions of membrane proteins as potential biomarkers for future medicine. Other types of biomarkers such as DNA-, RNA- or metabolite-based biomarkers are not included in this review, but the focus is mainly on cell membrane surface protein-based biomarkers.
Progress in Data Acquisition of Wearable Sensors

Wearable sensors have demonstrated wide applications from medical treatment, health monitoring to real-time tracking, human-machine interface, smart home, and motion capture because of the capability of in situ and online monitoring. Data acquisition is extremely important for wearable sensors, including modules of probes, signal conditioning, and analog-to-digital conversion. However, signal conditioning, analog-to-digital conversion, and data transmission have received less attention than probes, especially flexible sensing materials, in research on wearable sensors. Here, as a supplement, this paper systematically reviews the recent progress of characteristics, applications, and optimizations of transistor amplifiers and typical filters in signal conditioning, and mainstream analog-to-digital conversion strategies. Moreover, possible research directions on the data acquisition of wearable sensors are discussed at the end of the paper.
Processing Compostable PLA/Organoclay Bionanocomposite Foams by Supercritical CO2 Foaming for Sustainable Food Packaging

This article proposes a foaming method using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) to obtain compostable bionanocomposite foams based on PLA and organoclay (C30B) where this bionanocomposite was fabricated by a previous hot melt extrusion step. Neat PLA films and PLA/C30B films (1, 2, and 3 wt.%) were obtained by using a melt extrusion process followed by a film forming process obtaining films with thicknesses between 500 and 600 μm. Films were further processed into foams in a high-pressure cell with scCO2 under constant conditions of pressure (25 MPa) and temperature (130 °C) for 30 min. Bionanocomposite PLA foams evidenced a closed cell and uniform cell structure; however, neat PLA presented a poor cell structure and thick cell walls. The thermal stability was significantly enhanced in the bionanocomposite foam samples by the good dispersion of nanoclays due to scCO2, as demonstrated by X-ray diffraction analysis. The bionanocomposite foams showed improved overall mechanical performance due to well-dispersed nanoclays promoting increased interfacial adhesion with the polymeric matrix. The water uptake behavior of bionanocomposite foams showed that they practically did not absorb water during the first week of immersion in water. Finally, PLA foams were disintegrated under standard composting conditions at higher rates than PLA films, showing their sustainable character. Thus, PLA bionanocomposite foams obtained by batch supercritical foaming seem to be a sustainable option to replace non-biodegradable expanded polystyrene, and they represent a promising alternative to be considered in applications such as food packaging and other products.
Influence of PVB Interlayer Mechanical Properties on Laminated Glass Elements Design in Dependence of Real Time-Temperature Changes

Most used laminated glass is composed of float glass plies bonded together with a viscoelastic Polyvinyl Butyral (PVB) interlayer. The shear stiffness of the polymeric interlayer is the key factor in the behavior of laminated glass. Structural engineers in the past were designing laminated glass regardless of the shear coupling of the plies. This approach with a high level of reliability led to expensive laminated glass structures due to insufficient knowledge of foil properties. Most of the current standards suggest methods that consider the shear coupling of the plies. This paper presents the experimental data from a static loading test performed on a laminated glass panel exposed to changing temperatures. The deformations were observed for 48 h. The measured results were compared with the known analytical design approaches and in addition with the finite element modeling (FEM) analysis in the available software for laminated glass design. A simplified design approach that simulates foil behavior in dependence on load duration and temperature change was adopted in this study. Design approaches that use effective thickness calculations are used with the Young and shear relaxation modulus provided by the foil producer. The imprecision of the Eurocode standards for glass design, and the propensity to change the approach to the calculation by introducing more precise parameters were expounded. The results when combining the time-temperature superposition (TTS) and the Wölfel–Bennison approach were found to be in very good agreement with the FEM analysis of 3D solid elements in Abaqus and measured data.
Dry eye-related quality of life among type 2 diabetes patients: a hospital-based cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Background To investigate the impact of dry eye syndrome (DES) on dry eye-related quality of life (QoL) in patients with type 2 diabetes. Research design and methods Evaluation of DES included assessment of meibomian gland function, tear breakup time (TBUT), Schirmer test, fluorescein ocular surface staining, and Ocular Surface Disease Index (OSDI) scores. DES diagnosis was based on OSDI score ≥13, TBUT < 10s, and fluorescein staining. Results After adjusting for age, duration of diabetes, drug usage, and comorbidities, severity of DES symptomatology and signs resulted in poorer QoL of patients when comparing cases and controls. TBUT, meibum quality, and ocular surface staining were the objective clinical tests that significantly correlated with QoL. Poor QoL was also associated with the presence of eyelash and eyelid anomalies (eyelash: aOR = 2.58, CI = 1.49–4.47, p = 0.001; eyelids: aOR = 1.66, CI = 1.01–2.71, p = 0.04). Patients who had been previously diagnosed and treated for DES registered improved QoL measures. Conclusions Symptoms or clinical signs of DES resulted in poorer QoL in a clinical sample of type 2 diabetes patients, stressing the need for clinicians to evaluate such signs and symptoms in order to improve QoL.
Density-functional embedding using a plane-wave basis

The constrained electron density method of embedding a Kohn-Sham system in a substrate system (first described by P. Cortona, Phys. Rev. B {\bf 44}, 8454 (1991) and T.A. Wesolowski and A. Warshel, J. Phys. Chem {\bf 97}, 8050 (1993)) is applied with a plane-wave basis and both local and non-local pseudopotentials. This method divides the electron density of the system into substrate and embedded electron densities, the sum of which is the electron density of the system of interest. Coupling between the substrate and embedded systems is achieved via approximate kinetic energy functionals. Bulk aluminium is examined as a test case for which there is a strong interaction between the substrate and embedded systems. A number of approximations to the kinetic-energy functional, both semi-local and non-local, are investigated. It is found that Kohn-Sham results can be well reproduced using a non-local kinetic energy functional, with the total energy accurate to better than 0.1 eV per atom and good agreement between the electron densities.
Human Resource Management Practices of Foreign Manufacturing Companies in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study

This study aims to investigate and compare human resource management (HRM) practices among the foreign manufacturing subsidiaries operating in Bangladesh. We interviewed 36 managerial employees from three types of companies based on their country of origin: two Japanese, two British and two American. The findings reveal that a blend of HRM practices has been adopted by the foreign subsidiaries, executed by imitating home and host country practices. Results found that Japanese subsidiaries are heavily influenced by their parent company, which affects the core HRM practices of their companies in Bangladesh. On the other hand, the subsidiaries of the United Kingdom and the United States in Bangladesh have taken a different route. They have adapted and adjusted the HRM practices from the host country and implemented them with their internationalisation stages. This study further suggests that the home and host country debate through the framework of national culture may need to be re-examined. This research fills the knowledge gap in the literature on cross-cultural HRM practices, convergence–divergence debate among MNC firms’ HRM practices and foreign subsidiaries’ relationships by analysing the socio-cultural and institutional influences of the host countries.
Moments of nuclear and nucleon structure functions at low Q 2 and the momentum sum rule

New nuclear structure function data from Jefferson Lab covering the higher x and lower Q{sup 2} regime make it possible to extract the higher order F{sub 2} moments for iron and deuterium at low four-momentum transfer squared Q{sup 2}. These moments allow for an experimental investigation of the nuclear momentum sum rule and a direct comparison of the non-singlet nucleon moment with Lattice QCD results.