Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Contemporary tendencies in third party logistics

Contemporary third party logistics (3PL) companies tend to broaden their competences in different fields and apart from traditional logistics services provide various value-added services to their customers. An inductive analysis of 3PL related literature is required, in order to define possible directions for development of contemporary 3PL companies. The purpose of this paper is, foremost, to discover contemporary tendencies of 3PL activities through investigation of literature. Second, to systematically classify 3PL activities discussed in scientific literature. Third, discover areas that require further development. The paper is based on systematic review and classification of articles related to 3PL activities that were published in scientific journals and databases. This paper is organized as follows. First part contains quantitative analysis of literature and description of authors’ developed directions of 3PL activities. Subsequent sections contain qualitative review of modern 3PL tendencies by each of pre-defined areas. Last section aims at providing conclusions and suggestions for further research. The key findings are following. Majority of studies of 3PL activities are based on particular business case or survey that does not allow to make conclusion about industry in general. Main emphasis in contemporary research is done on knowledge-based services. It is agreed that core logistics services are tended to be replaced by value-added services. Contemporary third party logistics (3PL) companies tend to broaden their competences in different fields and apart from traditional logistics services provide various value-added services to their customers. An inductive analysis of 3PL related literature is required, in order to define possible directions for development of contemporary 3PL companies. The purpose of this paper is, foremost, to discover contemporary tendencies of 3PL activities through investigation of literature. Second, to systematically classify 3PL activities discussed in scientific literature. Third, discover areas that require further development. The paper is based on systematic review and classification of articles related to 3PL activities that were published in scientific journals and databases. This paper is organized as follows. First part contains quantitative analysis of literature and description of authors’ developed directions of 3PL activities. Subsequent sections contain qualitative review of modern 3PL tendencies by each of pre-defined areas. Last section aims at providing conclusions and suggestions for further research. The key findings are following. Majority of studies of 3PL activities are based on particular business case or survey that does not allow to make conclusion about industry in general. Main emphasis in contemporary research is done on knowledge-based services. It is agreed that core logistics services are tended to be replaced by value-added services. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/cbme.2017. 023
Small Medium Business in Surabaya and Surrounding Neighbour City on using Internet Technology while facing MEA

Facing MEA or AEC, small medium business in these ASEAN countries member are now facing competition among itself. The Organisations need to adopt new technologies where resources are limited, limited on knowledge, so organisation need to be innovative and creative or they will perish if nothing to be improved. This study emphasize on the importance of SME (Small Medium Enterprise) in Surabaya city region and the analyses combining the TAM Model, TOE Framework as well as two sample test on 246 respondent especially on using The Internet Technology. The conclusions created further study on environment context and other technology adoption by SME
A MICROPOROUS METAL–ORGANIC FRAMEWORK WITH OPEN METAL SITES FOR SELECTIVE SENSING Fe, CrO4

A 3D network with the (4·6·8) topology of metal-organic framework possessing an open 1D channel was synthesized by rigid and planar tetracarboxylic acid 5,5’-(1H-2,3,5-triazole-1,4-diyl)diisophthalic acid (H4L). The luminescent properties of 1 shows highly sensitive response to nitrobenzene, Fe 3+ and CrO4 2through luminescence quenching effects, making it a promising luminescent sensor for nitro aromatic compounds, Fe and CrO4 .
A Sampled Voltage Reference

A sampled voltage reference aims to achieve both low-power and low-noise by storing the output of a voltage reference on a capacitor for a long time. This allows the reference to be switched off during the hold period, which leads to lower average power. At the same time, all the voltage reference's noise is pushed down into a bandwidth determined by the refresh frequency, while the buffer can be made low-noise by auto-zeroing. The design of a continuous-time auto-zeroed buffer with low-noise and low-offset is presented. Various techniques have been used to reduce the transients created by auto-zeroing. In simulation the transients are below 1 µV peak-to-peak, but the effectiveness of the techniques could not be evaluated in measurements. The design of a low leakage sample and hold circuit is also presented. This uses bootstrap techniques to maintain zero potential across critical parasitic diodes. It is shown to be effective, resulting in a drift of about 5 µV per second. A mechanism is found which explains how the buffer's residual offset is transferred to the hold capacitor. A special slow-chopping technique is presented and implemented to try to reverse the leakage due to this residual offset. The final implemented design suffers from a large coupling between the high frequency reference clock and the output. It is shown that this causes a much higher residual offset than expected, which in turn increases the leakage of the hold capacitor. With a measured residual offset in the order of several 100 µVs and an auto-zeroing frequency of 2 kHz, the leakage in 1 s is 34 mV. Via simulation it is shown that with a lower residual offset, the leakage can be greatly reduced. Methods of improving the current design have been investigated. A new clocking scheme is proposed and simulated. Improvements to the buffer are also proposed, which should lower its 1/f noise corner. This would allow for a lower auto-zeroing frequency, which in turn will further reduce the leakage.
Test stand for determining parameters of microbolometer camera

In order to objectively compare the two infrared cameras ones must to measure and compare their parameters on a laboratory. One of the basic parameters for the evaluation of the designed camera is NEDT (noise equivalent delta temperature). In order to examine the NEDT ,parameters such as sensitivity and pixels noise must be measured. To do so, ones should register the output signal from the camera in response to the radiation of black bodies at two different temperatures. The article presents an application and measuring stand for determining the parameters of microbolometers camera. In addition to determination of parameters of a cameras the measuring stand allow to determine defective pixel map, the non uniformity correction (NUC) coefficients: 1-point and 2-point. Additionally, developed test stand serves as a test system to read the raw data from microbolometer detector. Captured image can be corrected with calculated non-uniformity correction coefficients. In a next step the image is processed and visualized on a monitor. Developed test stand allows for an initial assessment of the quality of designed readout circuit. It also allows for efficient testing and comparison of the number of sensors or readout circuits.
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE OF INNOVATIVE STARTUPS. COOPERATION OR COMPETITION: Is this the question?

The communities of practice literature offer the potential cooperation space for the development of the open innovation, principally to the organization likes the startups that suffer from lack of resources to deal with the risks and uncertainties related to their project. This cooperation logic can, however, meet the competition logic confronting this population. In this paper, we investigate how communities of practice of innovative startups manage the challenge of this paradoxical logic related to the coopetition. The multilevel analysis of the communities of practice of San Pedro Valley in Brazil allows us to understand the effects of coopetition on the community functioning, but also at the innovation ecosystem and across the city in which this evolves.
Study on the Relationship of Moral Development, Ethical Evaluation and Ethical Intention

Recent business and accounting scandals (e.g., Enron, WorldCom, Merck, Xerox.etc.) and the related downfall of the world’s largest public accounting firm, Arthur Andersen, have crumbled the public’s confidence in the honesty and ethical standards of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) (Coleman, Kreuze, & Langsam, 2004). Bad moral judgments and unethical decision-making appear to have been at the core of these immoral behaviors. With the goal of regaining and maintaining public trust in the profession’s honesty and ethics, the CPAs must adhere to high levels of moral behavior. Hence, the underlying problem concerns the CPAs’ need for a high level of public trust, and the concomitant recent diminution of this trust in the face of accounting scandals. In focusing on individuals’ ethical behavior, there is a need to understand their current state of moral development and the way individuals resolve ethical dilemmas. Results indicated that there is a strong correlation existed between ethical intention and moral-development. Results also indicated that no correlation existed between moral development and ethical awareness, except in one of the vignettes of the bank
Diversity of virulence phenotypes among annual populations of wheat leaf rust in <fc>I</fc>srael from 1993 to 2008

Leaf rust, caused by the fungus Puccinia triticina, is the most common rust disease of wheat in wheat-producing areas worldwide. The Israeli population of wheat leaf rust has been consistently monitored since 1993. A total of 840 single urediniospore isolates from Triticum aestivum (567), T. dicoccoides (119) and T. durum (154) were analysed during 1993–2008. The structure of the pathogen population has changed to a large extent since 1993. The annual populations of P. triticina were separated into two distinct groups: 1993–1999 and 2000–2008. Differentiation among the annual pathogen populations, as well as between the overall populations of the 1990s and 2000s, could be mainly attributed to the following forces: (i) migration of leaf rust urediniospores from neighbouring regions; and (ii) selection pressure of new yellow rust-resistant wheat cultivars that have been introduced into Israel since 1997. Genetic multiplicity of wild emmer contributes to P. triticina variability in Israel. Leaf rust populations collected from common wheat, wild emmer and durum wheat differed. The population that originated from T. durum was rather stable during the years of the survey, whereas that from T. aestivum changed significantly from the 1990s to the 2000s. Diversity within the annual populations of P. triticina was highest in 1994 when many new pathotypes and associations between virulences were observed. Single-step derivatives of the new pathotypes became dominant after 2000. Significant changes in virulence frequency to a number of Lr genes (e.g. Lr2a, Lr15, Lr17, Lr21, Lr26) were also registered in 2000–2008.
Validation of BGP Paths using ICMP Traceback

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), the Internet's global routing pro tocol, lacks basic authentication and monitoring functionality. Thus, false routing information can be introduced into the Internet, which can cause the total collapse of packet forwarding and lead to denial-of-service or misdirected traffic. While it may be impossible to prevent such an attack, we seek to provide the routing infrastructure with a mechanism for identifying false paths through efficient validation, proper recording and forensic analysis of routing data. Towards this end, we propose a novel BGP path verification technique using ICMP traceback messages that has been extended to include AS-PATH and link connectivity in formation. The approach can be easily deployed as it does not require modifications to BGP.
Penerapan CMMI Roadmaps dalam

Pengembangan produk perangkat lunak merupakan salah satu faktor penting bagi organisasi untuk menghasilkan layanan produk digital yang berdampak pada digitalisasi proses pengembangannya. Banyak organisasi sistem informasi di Indonesia menghadapi tujuan itu dan berusaha mengevaluasi proses pengembangan perangkat lunak (PPL) dibuktikan dengan pembahasan penelitian tentang topik tingkat kematangan. Dalam penelitian ini dilakukan pada salah satu organisasi perusahaan telekomunikasi Indonesia sebagai penyedia produk digital. Hal ini bertujuan untuk menilai tingkat kematangan proses PPL saat ini sebagai titik awal peningkatan proses pengembangan organisasi untuk menghasilkan kualitas produk terbaik tanpa cacat. Organisasi perlu menilai dan mengevaluasi tingkat kematangan dalam meningkatkan dan kualitas produk serta analisis kematangan dapat digunakan untuk mengungkap kelemahan proses. Hasilnya, organisasi saat ini pada capability level 2 (CL2) atau Managed, sedangkan untuk CL3 belum terpenuhi semua process area dengan pendekatan CMMI Roadmaps sebagai langkah berikutnya untuk mencapai capability level 3 (CL3). Beberapa rekomendasi juga diusulkan untuk meningkatkan sisa process area yang belum memenuhi speci c process.
Design and development of a prototype for a web-based interface for online material for Tanzanian youth

A prototype of a web-based interface for an online database was developed to be used by youth organizations in Dar-es-Salaam. A participatory approach involving secondary students in the identification of user interface requirements, in designing and testing the prototype was used. A questionnaire was designed and manned in seven secondary schools in Dar-es-Salaam to estimate the Internet usage. Interviews were conducted to countercheck the questionnaire responses. The interview and the questionnaire helped to come up with a set of user requirements for the web-based interface of an online information search. From the specifications of the user requirements the author was able to create a youth-friendly web based prototype that can be used by youth groups in Dar-es-Salaam.
Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Proteins in Human Breast Cancer Tissue1

Breast tumor cell lines have been shown to secrete at least five dis tinct insulin-like growth factor (IGF) binding proteins (IGFBP), the secretion being related to the estrogen receptor (ER) content. In this study we investigated IGFBP mRNA expression and IGFBP content in relation to ER content in human breast tumors. Tissue specimens from 47 breast cancers were studied. In five cases the adjacent histologically normal tissue was also analyzed. IGFBP content in tissue homogenates was studied by Western ligand blot analysis, using [I2SI| IGF-I as a label, and IGFBP mRNA expression by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. The results show that human breast tumors express mRNAs encoding IGFBP-1, IGFBP-2, IGFBP-3, IGFBP-4 and IGFBP-5. The pattern of IGFBPs in different tumors varies. No corre lation exists between ER content and IGFBPs with molecular weights 24,000 Mr, 28,000 Mr, 34,000 Mr or 43,000 Mr, whereas the 49,000 Mr IGFBP was more abundant in ER negative tumors (/' < 0.05). The IGFBP content was significantly (/' < 0.05) higher in five tumors than in their adjacent normal tissues suggesting that increased content of IGFBPs is a feature typically associated with the malignant transfor mation of breast tissue.
PERANCANGAN DAN REALISASI ANTENA MIKROSTRIP ARRAY INSET-FED REKTANGULAR DENGAN U-SLOT UNTUK APLIKASI RADIO OVER FIBER PADA FREKUENSI 10 GHZ DESIGN AND REALIZATION INSET-FED RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP ANTENNA ARRAY WITH U-SLOT FOR RADIO OVER FIBER AT 10 GHZ FREQUENCY

The increasing need for telecommunication, optical network telecommunication also developed by the functionality of radio waves with light waves in Radio over Fiber network. Radio over fiber known as technology which use optical fiber with wireless communication. This networks requires a receiver antenna to support the process of capturing radio waves, then modulated by light waves. Antenna in Radio over Fiber can work at 10 GHz frequency of WPAN communication. Wireless frequency which captured by the antenna can modulated directly and distributed through an optical fiber as needed. Antenna spesification that must be fullfilled are small size, have a good level of matching, only consuming a little electrical current, and has a unidirectional radiation pattern. In this final project, using electromagnetic simulator, designed and simulate inset-fed microstrip rectangular array antenna with U‐slot for Radio over Fiber applications in WPAN communication that can be used optimally at a 10 GHz frequency. The result of simulate with optimum performance then implemented and observed at a 10 GHz frequency. The results of the design and realization is inset fed rectangular microstrip array antenna with U‐slot that worked at 10 GHz frequency with unidirectional radiation pattern; gain ≥ 3dBi; input impedance = 50Ω; and VSWR ≤ 1.5.
Independent group delay and amplitude manipulation based on a micro-ring resonator for optical microwave beam-steering

: Optical microwave beam-steering (OMBS) is of interest for broadband wireless communication and phased array radar. Traditionally the optical all-pass filter (OAPF) based on micro-ring resonator (MRR) can only be used to manipulate group delay. Moreover, the requirement of lossless condition of the OAPF limits its potential of monolithic integration on InP platform. To overcome this limitation and also to provide freedom for amplitude manipulation, a novel loss-control MRR is proposed for both group delay and amplitude manipulation. A mathematical model is built up for analysis and then a simulation is carried out to study the proposed design.
Cyclic ADP-Ribose Requires FK506-Binding Protein to Regulate Intracellular Ca Dynamics and Catecholamine Release in Acetylcholine-Stimulated Bovine Adrenal Chromaffin Cells

The present study was undertaken to elucidate whether cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) mediates the amplification of Ca signaling and catecholamine release via the involvement of FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs)/ryanodine receptor (RyR) in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. cADPR induced Ca release in digitonin-permeabilized chromaffin cells and this was blocked by FK506 and rapamycin, ligands for FKBPs; 8Br-cADPR, a competitive antagonist for cADPR; and antibody for FKBP12 /12.6, while it was enhanced by cyclosporin A. Ryanodine-induced Ca release was not affected by 8Br-cADPR and was remarkably enhanced by FK506, rapamycin, cyclosporin A, and cADPR. FK506 binds to FKBP12.6 and removes it from RyRs, but cADPR did not affect the binding between FKBP12.6 and RyR. In intact chromaffin cells, 8Br-cADPR, FK506, and rapamycin, but not cyclosporin A attenuated the sustained intracellular free Ca concentration ([Ca2+]i) rise induced by acetylcholine (ACh). 8Br-cADPR, FK506, and SK&F 96365 reduced the Mn entry stimulated with ACh only when Ca was present in the extracellular medium. 8Br-cADPR, FK506, and rapamycin concentration-dependently inhibited the ACh-induced catecholamine (CA) release. Here, we present evidence that FKBP12.6 associated with RyR may be required for Ca release induced by cADPR in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells. cADPR-mediated Ca release from endoplasmic reticulum in ACh-stimulated chromaffin cells is coupled with Ca influx through the plasma membrane which is essential for ACh-stimulated CA release.
Strain-Dependence of Electron Transport in Bulk Si and Deep-Submicron MOSFETs

The strain-dependence of electron transport in bulk Si and deep-submicron MOSFETs is investigated by full-band Monte Carlo simulation. On the bulk level, the drift velocity at medium field strengths is still enhanced above Ge-contents of 20% in the substrate, where the low-field mobility is already saturated, while the saturation velocity remains unchanged under strain. In an n-MOSFET with a metallurgical channel length of 50nm, the saturation drain current is enhanced by up to 11%, but this maximum improvement is essentially already achieved at a Ge-content of 20% emphasizing the role of the low-field mobility as a key indicator of device performance in the deepsubmicron regime.
Low component merged cells cascaded-transformer multilevel inverter featuring an enhanced reliability

Requiring lots of components is the main demerit of multilevel inverters. This problem makes them expensive, bulky, and with a high possibility of failure. Therefore, the issue of components reduction in multilevel topologies is of great importance. Cascaded transformers multilevel inverter (CTMI) is a converter that employs only one DC-source, thus it eliminates the need for several DC-sources. Same as the other multilevel inverters, CTMI consists of lots of components. This disadvantage of CTMI has been resolved through a new reduced components topology introduced in the present work. This topology uses almost half the number of switching elements, such as power switch and gate driver, which are required to construct a conventional CTMI for the same output voltage levels. Furthermore, to the end of enhancing the reliability of CTMI, this paper, using Markov reliability evaluation approach and evaluating the reliability and the Mean Time To Failure (MTTF) of the converters, has investigated the reliability of both the conventional and the proposed structures. Additionally, in order to prove the feasibility and correctness of the suggested topology computer aid simulation results along with the experimental results have been provided.
Singular spectrum analysis in acquiring ballistocardiogram signals

Author(s): Hsu, Patrick Tai | Advisor(s): Cheng, Chung-Kuan | Abstract: In recent years, numerous technological advancements have revived a new interest in the study of Ballistocardiography (BCG). Ballistocardiography has many potential applications in the health field and has recently been integrated into various home health monitoring devices which allow users to consistently track information about their cardiovascular health. Despite these recent advancements, BCG signals are still very susceptible to noise due to the fact that the sensors must be sensitive enough to measure small mechanical movements of the body, unlike electrocardiography signals which are obtained from the body’s electrical activity. This paper focuses on examining two new techniques for processing BCG signals: Singular Spectrum Analysis and Savitzky-Golay filters. Multiple accelerometers are used to simultaneously collect data from varying locations of the body, and the strength of the BCG signal at these locations are independently analyzed. We determine the necessary parameters to enable each method to effectively and successfully remove noise and other artifacts from BCG data. Our results show that SSA is a powerful technique capable of separating the desired BCG signal from the numerous artifacts more effectively than standard techniques. Also, although BCG signals can be detected throughout the body, the sternum and parietal bone tends to contain the most distinguished signals.
PVY, a novel recombinant strain of Potato virus Y predominating in potato fields in Syria

M. Chikh Ali*, T. Maoka, T. Natsuaki and K. T. Natsuaki Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Utsunomiya University, Mine-machi 350, Utsunomiya 321-8505, Japan; General Organization for Seed Multiplication (GOSM), Aleppo, Syria; National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region (NARCH), Hitsujigaoka 1, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 062-8555, Japan; and Graduate School of Agriculture, Department of International Agricultural Development, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Sakuragaoka 1-1-1, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8502, Japan