Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A review of life-cycle assessment of windows

Buildings and building components, particularly windows, have been the subject of numerous studies seeking to recognize and quantify the environmental impacts caused by processes in the product life cycle. Life-cycle assessment (LCA) has provided a systematic scheme for evaluation and comparison of environmental burdens of complex production processes. The design of windows LCAs reflects two distinct considerations, the comparison of manufacturing effects caused by various frame materials as well as the justification of increased manufacturing effects for improved performance during use. In all LCAs that considered frame materials, wood had lower embodied energy than the market alternatives, PVC and aluminum (Citherlet et al. 2000, Asif et al. 2002, Menzies and Muneer 2003, Recio et al. 2005). Salazar and Sowlati (2008) did note that contemporary frame systems, PVC, aluminum clad wood, and fiberglass, are all comparable in cradle-to-gate emissions and that the primary determinant of a life cycle advantage stems from a longer service life and lower replacement frequency. The inclusion of use-phase energy amounts showed the relative insignificance of frame production (Entec 2000) and justified the increased resource use during manufacturing to achieve improved energy performance during occupancy (Citherlet et al. 2000, Asif et al. 2002, Kiani et al. 2004, Syrrakou et al. 2005).
Carcinomas with DNA Index of Solid Tumor Tissue1

The modal chromosome number of 13 non-small cell lung carcinomas placed into culture was compared to the DNA index of the tumor tissue as measured by flow cytometry in order to determine whether cytogenetic results from such cultures are representative of the original solid tumor. The modal chromosome number observed in culture, which ranged from 45-146, fell within the range of aneuploidy predicted from the DNA content of the original tissue in all 13 cases. In 7 cases, flow cytometry results showed that the aneuploid (,,(,â€žpopulation of the tumor tissue (DNA index of 1.5 or higher) represented 11-76% of the cells present, while diploid cells (presumably normal tissue) made up the remainder of the population. In these 7 cases, modal chromosome numbers of 61-92 were found in tumor cells cultured from the tissue. In 3 cases, only a diploid or near-diploid population was found by flowcytometry, consistent with the near-diploid modal chromosome number of cultured cells ob served (45-55). In 3 cases, the aneuploid Gi/G0 population (DNA index of 1.5, 1.6, and 3.2) of the original tissue represented only a small fraction of the solid tumor (1-5% of cells). Modal chromosome number found in cells cultured from these 3 cases was 64-69, 62-68, and 136-146, which is in close agreement with the aneuploid peak observed in the tissue. HistolÃ³gica! analysis of the tumor tissue in two of the latter cases showed large numbers of infiltrating lymphocytes and/or stromal tissue which could have dominated the measurement by flow cytometry. In the third case, tumor cells made up at least 75% of the specimen examined, implying that part of the population in the "diploid" peak contained tumor cells in this specimen. Only the aneuploid population was detected in culture of this tumor. Agreement between flow cytometry and cytogenetics was found in cases in which metaphase spreads Â»ereobtained within a few days of culture as well as after several months. These results indicate that highly aneuploid populations are found in many, but not all, non-small cell lung tumors. Although in some cases multiple populations may exist in the tumor which do not all proliferate in vitro, tumor cells which are found in culture of solid lung carcinomas are representative of the original tumor. Flow cytometry findings in the solid tumors confirmed the findings of aneuploidy observed by cytogenetic analysis.
Disability Defetishizing Disablement of the Iranian Survivors of the Iran-Iraq War by (Re)Telling their Resilient Narratives of Survival

: This article is part of a larger inquiry into the production of disabled bodies due to violence. I examine processes of disablement in the global south, namely Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan, by wars launched and nurtured by both the local nation-states in the Middle East as well as the global north - the United States, Russia, and Western Europe. Utilizing a dialectical and historical materialist approach, I studied the Iran-Iraq war, the longest war of the 20 th century. I explore how the disablement of global southern bodies in imperialist and nationalist wars is persistently naturalized – that is, attributed to the natural state of affairs in those regions, with the inevitable consequence that they cannot be connected to the violence of ongoing global and regional imperialism. This paper briefly touches upon the theoretical framework and methodology utilized to conduct this research, as well as the “problem” of disability in Iran. Subsequently, it goes on to extensively discuss the living conditions of the surviving Iranian veterans and surviving civilians of the Iran-Iraq war told through their own resilient voices. The veterans’ narratives expose their post-war experiences, including poverty, unemployment, inadequate medical-care, lack of medication due to the U.S.-imposed economic sanctions, and the presence of a dysfunctional disability-measurement system employed by the Iranian state. As a survivor of this war myself, I invite the reader to bear witness to how the violence of imperialism and nationalism not only renders people disabled, but also fetishizes their disablement by masking/mystifying the socio-political and economic relations that mediate the violent processes that render people disabled. By focusing on the veterans’ actual living conditions, this paper seeks to defetishize disablement, shifting the narrative of disabled veterans and civilians from tales of terrorism, heroism, living martyrdom, and patriotism, towards recognition of disability of/in human beings in need of care and support.
Dependence of Pit Occurrence Probability on Solar Wind Parameters

In order to clarify the properties of substorm occurrence, we statistically examine the conditions for the occurrence of Pit pulsations at Memambetsu (geomagnetic latitude 34.6°) using solar wind hourly value data for the period 1965-1990. The main results are: The Pit occurrence probability increases roughly linearly with decreasing Bz component of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) for the range Bz < 4 nT. It also increases with increasing solar wind velocity (V); the probability is approximately proportional to V3.15, and the exponent for Vbecomes larger as the dipole tilt angle (x) approaches zero. The probability is higher forpositive By of the IMF than for negative By when x is negative, and vice versa when x is positive. The solar wind density (D) increases the probability; the probability is approximately proportional to D0.81a The solar wind parameter dependence of the Pi2 occurrence probability shows a close similarity to that of the AL and am indices, which are considered to represent the substorm intensity, except for the density dependence. In order to understand the cause of the similarity, we suggest that the substorm occurrence probability is controlled by the rate of solar wind energy input into the magnetosphere and is enhanced as the rate increases.
The role of strategic alliances in gaining sustainable competitive advantage for firms

** This article offers a critical assessment of the role of strategic alliances in gaining sustainable competitive advantage through building knowledge assets. To do so, it devel-ops a conceptual model, in which three key concepts: the role of “ knowledge assets” in gaining “ sustainable competitive advantage” via “ strategic alliances” between firms are defined and related to each other. It argues core competencies and dynamic capabilities of firms depend on knowledge assets of the firm. In turn, knowledge assets of the firm determine its sustainable competitive advantage. Furthermore, it explicates how knowledge assets can be exploited or explored in a strategic alliance context. In addition, by offering a new conceptual model, this article contributes to our understanding of the linkages among knowledge building and collaborative ventures between firms and stimulates further research on strategic alliances.
Role of the p13 Tumor Suppressor Gene in the Tumorigenicity of Burkitt's Lymphoma Cells

Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) cell lines carry a translocated c-myc gene and, in 60â€”80%of cases, exhibit mutations in the p53 tumor suppressor gene. We examined the potential role ofthep53 gene in BL tumorigenicity using an in vitro assay that measures p53-dependent cell cycle arrest in the G1phase ofthe cell cycle and an in vivoathymic murine model that detects differences in the tumorigenicity of BL cell lines. A highly significant inverse correlation was found between the ability of BL cells to arrest in G1 after irradiation and their tumorigenicity in athymic mice, consistent increased tumorigenicity. Inactivation of wild-type (wt) p53 function by expression of the human papillomavirus E6 protein in the AGS76V BL cell line, which carries both wt and mutant p53 proteins, rendered the cell line significantly ofthe wtp53 gene into the p53 mutant and highly tumorigenic BL-41 cell line caused it to acquire wt p53 function and rendered it less tumongenic in mice. In addition to confirming a role for the loss of p53 function in tumor progression, the data demonstrate that wt p53 protein can reduce BL tumorigenicity in vivo.
Fast Fourier Transform Algorithm Formulation

A new unified formulation of the fast Fourier transform based on the unwrapping of a multi-dimensional array is presented. The decimation in time FFT algorithms is treated in detail. The decimation in frequency algorithms is then discussed. INTRODUCTION The fast Fourier transform (FFT) is an efficient algorithm for computing the discrete Fourier coefficients of a time series. The decimation in time FFT algorithm was discovered by Cooley and Tukey [ 1] . Subsequently five other algorithms [2-6] were derived by rearranging the positions of the nodes of the FFT flowgraph. Gentleman and Sande [ 3] have proposed a different type of FFT the decimation in frequency algorithms. Five similar algorithms [3-6] were subsequently derived. A systematic method for deriving all FFT algorithms was proposed by Sloate [6] Using matrix Kronecker products, Sloate showed how, with the proper factorization of the permutation matrix, any of the known algorithms can be derived. These matrix manipulations are however not intuitively obvious. In this paper we will present a new unified derivation of the FFT algorithms using a simpler algebraic formulation. DECIMATION IN TIME ALGORITHMS The discrete Fourier coefficients of a finite complex sequence are defined to be
Prevalence, Types, and Associated Factors of HPV Infection Among Women With Abnormal Cervical Cytology Screening at Ramathibodi Hospital

Background: Cervical cancer is the second leading cancer among Thai women. Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common cause of cervical cancer. HPV16 and HPV18 are the most prevalence types in women with cervical cancer. Objectives: To study the prevalence and types of HPV infection and its associated risk factors among women with abnormal cervical cytology screening. Methods: This cross-sectional study purposively recruited 376 women who had abnormal cervical cytology screening by liquid-based cytology at the outpatient clinic, Ramathibodi Hospital from August 2015 until March 2016. HPV genotyping was done by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Analysis of the personal characteristics was done using descriptive statistics. Results: The prevalence of HPV infection was 41.5%. Among them, a single infection was found in 78.8% of women. The most common genotypes were HPV16 (8.5%) and HPV52 (7.7%). But HPV18 was found in only 1.9%. The characteristic which was significantly associated with HPV infection was age, nulliparity, and high-graded dysplasia ( P < .05). Conclusions: High prevalence rate of HPV infection was found among women with abnormal cytology. High-risk HPV prevalence and type distribution may be useful for public health authorities in assessing the cervical screening program. Accepted:
The interferon production and 2 ' , 5 '-oligoadenylate-synthetase activity in rat spleen lymphocytes at hypoacidity evoked by omeprazole injection and at administration of multiprobiotic « SYMBITER ® »

The IFN production by rat spleen lymphocytes was shown to increase by 2.5 times in comparison to control against a background of hypoacidity evoked by 28-days of OM treatment (14 mg/kg). The activity of IFN-induced enzyme 2',5'-OAS declined by 16 % in these cells. The simultaneous administration of multiprobiotic SYM and OM resulted in IFN titer increase in comparison to hypoacidic animals. The 2',5'-OAS activity in spleenocytes didn’t change. SYM displayed interferonogenic properties via gastric microflora normalization and suppressing inflammation.
Trade unions and the restructuring of working class health care in South Africa : case studies in the clothing, leather and transport sectors, 1992-1996

Health care is an unusual issue for collective bargaining. It was forced onto the bargaining agendas of some unions in South Africa by a combination of failing and racially discriminatory public sector health care and inflationary private sector health care. Sick Funds arc industry-specific health insurance schemes in South Africa, which give their members access to specific and limited private sector medical benefits, sick pay and sometimes maternity pay. They are jointly funded and managed by employer and trade union representatives, through the collective bargaining structures of Industrial Councils. This research, a case study of three Sick Funds for clothing and leather workers, and a more elaborate health insurance scheme for workers in the public transport sector, examines the process of restructuring the content and delivery of medical services, and the management of the schemes. This is done in the context of dramatic political developments on the national stage from 1992, through the period of South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994, to 1996. The membership of the Sick Funds was highly homogeneous, comprising low-paid black workers, predominantly women. Recommendations for reform and expansion of the Sick Funds focused particularly on a shift from reliance on contracted doctors to the establishment of a network of neighbourhood-based worker health centres, with medical staff employed directly by the Funds. The other major recommendation was (the extension of benefits to dependants for the first time. The fourth case highlights the difficult process of transforming a much more elaborate scheme in a complex multi-union situation in a large publicly owned company facing privatisation. Membership of the transport scheme was much more heterogeneous: overwhelmingly male and predominantly black, there was a substantial minority of white members and a far greater range of income. The argument is that under certain conditions, trade unions can transform existing arrangements for health care for their members, imprinting a trade union character on both the services and their management. The projects achieved their aims to varying degrees. The thesis explores the conditions for success and failure. The studies do not produce a model, which can be extracted from its context and applied generally. The argument is that struggle is part of the model. Nevertheless, these projects raise crucial questions about proposals for mandatory social health insurance and have important implications for the national project of restructuring the health system for equity.
A CRITICAL REVIEW ON AVIPATHI CHOORNA- A UNIQUE FORMULATION FOR PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE

Avipathi choorna, Deepana, Pachana, Parinamasoola, Peptic ulcer. ABSTRACT Peptic-ulcer-disease is the ulceration of gasrtric or duodenal mucosa due to the digestive action of pepsin and stomach acid. Gastritis, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer are included under this. It can be correlated with the condition Parinamasoola mentioned in Ayurveda. Avipathichoornam is a famous Ayurvedic formulation, mentioned in the texts Ashtanga Hridaya and Sahasrayoga. Avipathi choorna exerts its effect in Peptic ulcer disease probably through Deepana, Pachana and Saraka actions by virtue of the pharmacological properties of the ingredients with which the vitiated Pitta can get normalized. It can be deducted that Avipathi choorna probably neutralize the excess acid secretion in the gastrointestinal tract and maintain a healthy pH. The formulation also probably acts by the anti inflammatory property of most of the ingredients which can help pacify the inflamed tissue layer of the gut. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate mode of action of Avipathi choorna in peptic ulcer disease by critically analyzing the pharmacological properties as well as chemical constituent of the ingredients.
Age-related Changes in the Proteoglycans of Human Skin SPECIFIC CLEAVAGE OF DECORIN TO YIELD A MAJOR CATABOLIC FRAGMENT IN ADULT SKIN*

Dramatic changes occur in skin as a function of age, including changes in morphology, physiology, and mechanical properties. Changes in extracellular matrix molecules also occur, and these changes likely contrib-ute to the overall age-related changes in the physical properties of skin. The major proteoglycans detected in extracts of human skin are decorin and versican. In addition, adult human skin contains a truncated form of decorin, whereas fetal skin contains virtually unde-tectable levels of this truncated decorin. Analysis of this molecule, herein referred to as decorunt, indicates that it is a catabolic fragment of decorin rather than a splice variant. With antibody probes to the core protein, decorunt is found to lack the carboxyl-terminal portion of decorin. Further analysis by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry conjugated to ovalbumin. Serum that had been clarified by centrifugation was used to probe immunoblots. Immobilon-N positively charged transfer membrane was obtained from Millipore, and octyl-Sepharose CL-4B was purchased from Sigma. Sam-*
Ya.K. Salal, S.M. Abdullaev MONITORING OF THE EDUCATION QUALITY AND IMPLEMENTING OF INDIVIDUAL LEARNING: DEMONSTRATION OF APPROACHES AND EDUCATIONAL DATA MINING ALGORITHMS

educational data. In these cases, only the forecasts with accuracies exceeding the relative frequency of the class of objects dominating in the sample of data can be considered as useful forecasts. The main advantage of the heterogeneous ensemble is the ability to transform the deterministic forecast into a probabilistic forecast, when instead of referring the object to a particular class, the probability of its belonging to individual classes is given. On this basis, we have proposed a new method of binary quantification, where individual probabilities of belonging to each of the classes of objects are summed up separately, and the resulting total probabilities are interpreted as relative frequencies of objects in the sample. As a result of experiments, it is shown that such ensemble binary quantification is significantly superior to the traditional "classify and count" method.
A fast and accurate technique for FSS and antenna designs based on the social spider optimization algorithm

This paper presents a fast, accurate, and multifunctional electromagnetic optimization bioinspired technique that uses the social spider optimization algorithm (SSO). The proposed technique is applied to the design of a frequency selective surface (FSS), with Vicsek fractal patch elements, and an ultra wideband antenna (UWB), consisting of a ring monopole. In the proposed (synthesis) technique, the use of a database or the construction of a neural network is not required. The SSO algorithm communicates via scripts directly with the Ansoft HFSS software tool, enabling a good flexibility in the number of parameters to be optimized and reducing the required computation time. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed technique is confirmed by comparison with experimental results and with other simulation techniques. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 58:1912–1917, 2016
Effect of Rhizospheres Bacteria Isolated from Kahramanmaraş Pepper Fields Against Phytophthora capsici

For the study, 36 soil samples with roots parts were taken from root zone of better grown healthy pepper plants from the pepper fields of Kahramanmaras province. Bacterial isolations were made from collected soil samples. Overall, 713 isolates were obtained from the bacteria colonies based on the morphological characteristics differences. By measuring the radius of inhibition zone, ZHA17 was determined to be most effective isolate. Fifteen isolates were selected from these bacteria in such a way to establish a zone to inhibit the growth of Phytophthora capsici and used in pot experiments under controlled conditions. The isolates were identified as Bacillus pumilus, B. subtilis ss subtilis, Mycobacterium confluentis, M. immunogenum, Paenibacillus castaneae, Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. viridilivida and Tsukamurella paurometabola bacteria species according to Biolog GEN III identification system. Research Article
Atypical &Adrenergic Receptor in 3T3-F442A Adipocytes PHARMACOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE HUMAN &ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR*

Expression of ligand binding properties for an atypical &adrenergic receptor W-AR) subtype was studied during the adipose differentiation of murine 3T3F442A cells and compared with that of the human &AR expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells stably transfected with the human 83-AR gene (CHO-B, cells) Emorine, L. J., Marullo, S. , Briend-Sutren, M. M. , Patey, G. , Tate, K. , Delavier-Klutchko, C. , and Strosberg, A. D. (1989) Science 245, 1118-1121). 3T3F442A adipocytes exhibited high and low affinity binding sites for (-)-4-(3-t-butylamino-2-hydroxypropo~y)[5,7-~H]benzimidazole-2-one ((-)-['H]CGP12177) (KO = 1.2 and 38.3 nM) and (-)-['2sI]iodocyanopindolol (['261]CYP) (KO = 47 and 1,610 PM). The high affinity sites corresponded to the classical B1and Bz-AR subtypes whereas the KO values of the low affinity sites for the radioligands were similar to those measured in CHO-Bs cells (KO = 28 nM and 1,890 PM for (-)-[3H]CGP12177 and ['2sI]CYP, respectively). These low affinity sites were undetectable in preadipocytes but represented about 90% of total &ARs in adipocytes. The atypical &AR and the human D3-AR had similarly low affinities (Ki = 3-5 PM) for (2)-(2(3-carbamoyl-4-hydroxyphenoxy)ethylamino-3)-(4(l-methyl-4-trifluormethyl-2-imidazolyl)-phenoxy)2-propanol methane sulfonate (CGP20712A) or erythro-(f)-l-(7-methylindan-4-yloxy)-3-isopropylaminobutan-2-01 (ICI118561), highly selective &and f12AR antagonists, respectively, in agreement with the poor inhibitory effect of the compounds on (-)-isoproterenol (1PR)-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity. Atypical @-AR and 83-AR had an affinity about 10-50 times higher for sodium-4-(2-[2-hydroxy-2-(3-chlorophenyl)ethylamino]propyl)phenoxyacetate sesquihydrate (BRL37344) than the B1-AR subtype. This correlates with the potent lipolytic effect of BRL37344 in adipocytes. The rank order of potency of agonists in functional and binding studies was BRL37344 > IPR < (-)-norepinephrine > (-)-epinephrine both in 3T3 adipocytes and CHO-B, cells. As in CHO-& cells, the classical B1and &-antagonists CGP12177, oxpreno-
Comparative Study of Airgap Field Modulation in Flux Reversal and Vernier Permanent Magnet Machines

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