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High Performance and Low power Monolithic Three-Dimensional Sub-50 nm Poly Si Thin film transistor (TFTs) Circuits
Authors: Wu Tsung-Ta , Huang Wen-Hsien , Yang Chih-Chao , Chen Hung-Chun , Hsieh Tung-Ying , Lin Wei-Sheng , Kao Ming-Hsuan , Chen Chiu-Hao , Yao Jie-Yi , Jian Yi-Ling , Hsu Chiung-Chih , Lin Kun-Lin , Shen Chang-Hong , Chueh Yu-Lun , Shieh Jia-Min 
Published: April 2017

AbstractDevelopment of manufacture trend for TFTs technologies has focused on improving electrical properties of films with the cost reduction to achieve commercialization. To achieve this goal, high-performance sub-50 nm TFTs-based MOSFETs with ON-current (Ion)/subthreshold swing (S.S.) of 181 µA/µm/107 mV/dec and 188 µA/µm/98 mV/dec for NMOSFETs and PMOSFETs in a monolithic 3D circuit were demonstrated by a low power with low thermal budget process. In addition, a stackable static random access memory (SRAM) integrated with TFTs-based MOSFET with static noise margins (SNM) equals to 390 mV at VDD = 1.0 V was demonstrated. Overall processes include a low thermal budget via ultra-flat and ultra-thin poly-Si channels by solid state laser crystallization process, chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) planarization, plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (ALD) gate stacking layers and infrared laser activation with a low thermal budget. Detailed material and electrical properties were investigated. The advanced 3D architecture with closely spaced inter-layer dielectrics (ILD) enables high-performance stackable MOSFETs and SRAM for power-saving IoT/mobile products at a low cost or flexible substrate.
Majorana fermions in the nonuniform Ising-Kitaev chain: exact solution
Authors: Narozhny Boris 
Published: April 2017

AbstractA quantum computer based on Majorana qubits would contain a large number of zero-energy Majorana states. This system can be modelled as a connected network of the Ising-Kitaev chains alternating the “trivial” and “topological” regions, with the zero-energy Majorana fermions localized at their interfaces. The low-energy sector of the theory describing such a network can be formulated in terms of leading-order couplings between the Majorana zero modes. I consider a minimal model exhibiting effective couplings between four Majorana zero modes – the nonuniform Ising-Kitaev chain, containing two “topological” regions separated by a “trivial” region. Solving the model exactly, I show that for generic values of the model parameters the four zero modes are localized at the four interface points of the chain. In the special case where additional inversion symmetry is present, the Majorana zero modes are “delocalized” between two interface points. In both cases, the low-energy sector of the theory can be formulated in terms of the localized Majorana fermions, but the couplings between some of them are independent of their respective separations: the exact solution does not support the “nearest-neighbor” form of the effective low-energy Hamiltonian.
Ocular Pathology of Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome of Lowe: Novel Mutations and Genotype-Phenotype Analysis
Authors: Song Emilie , Luo Na , Alvarado Jorge A. , Lim Maria , Walnuss Cathleen , Neely Daniel , Spandau Dan , Ghaffarieh Alireza , Sun Yang 
Published: April 2017

AbstractMutations in the OCRL1 gene result in the oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe, with symptoms including congenital bilateral cataracts, glaucoma, renal failure, and neurological impairments. OCRL1 encodes an inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase which preferentially dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositide 4,5 bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2). We have identified two novel mutations in two unrelated Lowe syndrome patients with congenital glaucoma. Novel deletion mutations are detected at c.739-742delAAAG in Lowe patient 1 and c.1595-1631del in Lowe patient 2. End stage glaucoma in patient 2 resulted in the enucleation of the eye, which on histology demonstrated corneal keloid, fibrous infiltration of the angle, ectropion uvea, retinal gliosis, and retinal ganglion cell loss. We measured OCRL protein levels in patient keratinocytes and found that Lowe 1 patient cells had significantly reduced OCRL protein as compared to the control keratinocytes. Genotype-phenotype correlation of OCRL1 mutations associated with congenital glaucoma revealed clustering of missense and deletion mutations in the 5-phosphatase domain and the RhoGAP-like domain. In conclusion, we report novel OCRL1 mutations in Lowe syndrome patients and the corresponding histopathologic analysis of one patient’s ocular pathology.
Controllable design of super-oscillatory lenses with multiple sub-diffraction-limit foci
Authors: Li Muyuan , Li Wenli , Li Haoyong , Zhu Yechuan , Yu Yiting 
Published: April 2017

AbstractThe conventional multifocal optical elements cannot precisely control the focal number, spot size, as well as the energy distribution in between. Here, the binary amplitude-type super-oscillatory lens (SOL) is utilized, and a robust and universal optimization method based on the vectorial angular spectrum (VAS) theory and the genetic algorithm (GA) is proposed, aiming to achieve the required focusing performance with arbitrary number of foci in preset energy distribution. Several typical designs of multifocal SOLs are demonstrated. Verified by the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical simulation, the designed multifocal SOLs agree well with the specific requirements. Moreover, the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the achieved focal spots is close to λ/3 for all the cases (λ being the operating wavelength), which successfully breaks the diffraction limit. In addition, the designed SOLs are partially insensitive to the incident polarization state, functioning very well for both the linear polarization and circular polarization. The optimization method presented provides a useful design strategy for realizing a multiple sub-diffraction-limit foci field of SOLs. This research can find its potentials in such fields as parallel particle trapping and high-resolution microscopy imaging.
Modulation of van der Waals and classical epitaxy induced by strain at the Si step edges in GeSbTe alloys
Authors: Zallo Eugenio , Cecchi Stefano , Boschker Jos E. , Mio Antonio M. , Arciprete Fabrizio , Privitera Stefania , Calarco Raffaella 
Published: April 2017

AbstractThe present work displays a route to design strain gradients at the interface between substrate and van der Waals bonded materials. The latter are expected to grow decoupled from the substrates and fully relaxed and thus, by definition, incompatible with conventional strain engineering. By the usage of passivated vicinal surfaces we are able to insert strain at step edges of layered chalcogenides, as demonstrated by the tilt of the epilayer in the growth direction with respect of the substrate orientation. The interplay between classical and van der Waals epitaxy can be modulated with an accurate choice of the substrate miscut. High quality crystalline GexSb2Te3+x with almost Ge1Sb2Te4 composition and improved degree of ordering of the vacancy layers is thus obtained by epitaxial growth of layers on 3–4° stepped Si substrates. These results highlight that it is possible to build and control strain in van der Waals systems, therefore opening up new prospects for the functionalization of epilayers by directly employing vicinal substrates.
SSGA and MSGA: two seed-growing algorithms for constructing collaborative subnetworks
Authors: Ji Xiaohui , Chen Su , Li Jun Cheng , Deng Wenping , Wei Zhigang , Wei Hairong 
Published: April 2017

AbstractThe establishment of a collaborative network of transcription factors (TFs) followed by decomposition and then construction of subnetworks is an effective way to obtain sets of collaborative TFs; each set controls a biological process or a complex trait. We previously developed eight gene association methods for genome-wide coexpression analysis between each TF and all other genomic genes and ﻿then﻿ constructing collaborative networks of TFs but only one algorithm, called Triple-Link Algorithm, for building collaborative subnetworks. In this study, we developed two more algorithms, Single Seed-Growing Algorithm (SSGA) and Multi-Seed Growing Algorithm (MSGA), for building collaborative subnetworks of TFs by identifying the fully-linked triple-node seeds from a decomposed collaborative network and then growing them into subnetworks with two different strategies. The subnetworks built from the three algorithms described above were comparatively appraised in terms of both functional cohesion and intra-subnetwork association strengths versus inter-subnetwork association strengths. We concluded that SSGA and MSGA, which performed more systemic comparisons and analyses of edge weights and network connectivity during subnetwork construction processes, yielded more functional and cohesive subnetworks than Triple-Link Algorithm. Together, these three algorithms provide alternate approaches for acquiring subnetworks of collaborative TFs. We also presented a framework to outline how to use these three algorithms to obtain collaborative TF sets governing biological processes or complex traits.
The first Late Triassic Chinese triadophlebiomorphan (Insecta: Odonatoptera): biogeographic implications
Authors: Zheng Daran , Nel André , Wang He , Wang Bo , Jarzembowski Edmund A. , Chang Su-Chin , Zhang Haichun 
Published: April 2017

AbstractThe clade Triadophlebiomorpha represents a morphological ‘link’ between the Paleozoic griffenflies (Meganisoptera) and the modern taxa. Nevertheless they are relatively poorly known in the body structures and paleobiogeography. The Triassic dragonfly is extremely rare in China with only one previously recorded. A new family, Sinotriadophlebiidae Zheng, Nel et Zhang fam. nov., for the genus and species Sinotriadophlebia lini Zheng, Nel et Zhang gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Upper Triassic Baijiantan Formation of Xinjiang, northwestern China. It is the second Chinese Triassic odonatopteran and the second largest Mesozoic representative of this superorder in China. The discovery provides new information for the clade Triadophlebiomorpha during the Late Triassic and expands its distribution and diversity in Asia. The find reflects a close relationship between the two Triassic entomofaunas from Kyrgyzstan and the Junggar Basin, and provides a Carnian age constraint on the lowermost part of the Baijiantan Formation.
Complex multifractal nature in Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome
Authors: Mandal Saurav , Roychowdhury Tanmoy , Chirom Keilash , Bhattacharya Alok , Brojen Singh R. K. 
Published: April 2017

AbstractThe mutifractal and long range correlation (C(r)) properties of strings, such as nucleotide sequence can be a useful parameter for identification of underlying patterns and variations. In this study C(r) and multifractal singularity function f(α) have been used to study variations in the genomes of a pathogenic bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Genomic sequences of M. tuberculosis isolates displayed significant variations in C(r) and f(α) reflecting inherent differences in sequences among isolates. M. tuberculosis isolates can be categorised into different subgroups based on sensitivity to drugs, these are DS (drug sensitive isolates), MDR (multi-drug resistant isolates) and XDR (extremely drug resistant isolates). C(r) follows significantly different scaling rules in different subgroups of isolates, but all the isolates follow one parameter scaling law. The richness in complexity of each subgroup can be quantified by the measures of multifractal parameters displaying a pattern in which XDR isolates have highest value and lowest for drug sensitive isolates. Therefore C(r) and multifractal functions can be useful parameters for analysis of genomic sequences.
Heat-up synthesis of Cu2SnS3 quantum dots for near infrared photodetection
Authors: Dias Sandra , Kumawat Kishan Lal , Biswas Shinjini , Krupanidhi S. B. 
Published: April 2017

Cu2SnS3 quantum dots were synthesized using a heat-up method and the infrared photoresponse was studied under infrared lamp, 1150 and 1064 nm lasers.
Short‐term forecasting of ionospheric total electron content over a low‐latitude global navigation satellite system station
Authors: Sivavaraprasad Gampala , Ratnam D. Venkata 
Published: April 2017

The prediction and forecasting of ionospheric delay at equatorial and low‐latitude regions is an essential contribution for improving the global positioning system services. In this study, hybrid auto‐regressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models are implemented based on wavelet transform (WT) and empirical mode decomposition (EMD) for 1 h ahead forecast of ionospheric total electron content (TEC). The performance of ARIMA and hybrid models, WT and EMD in combination with ARIMA (WARIMA and EARIMA) is evaluated during various seasons and March geomagnetic storm conditions in 2013 and 2015. The proposed models are validated with empirical global TEC models and results show that the EARIMA has less error measurements compared with ARIMA and WARIMA models. The EARIMA ionospheric forecasting model can be useful for developing an early warning ionospheric space weather system over low latitudes.
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: Effect of Mesenchymal Stem Cell with PPAR-γ Agonist or Exendin-4
Authors: Wassef Mohamed , Tork Ola , Rashed Laila , Ibrahim Walaa , Morsi Heba , Rabie Dina 
Published: April 2017

AbstractTherapy targeting mitochondria may provide novel ways to treat diabetes and its complications. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) agonists and exendin-4; an analog of glucagon-like peptide-1 have shown cardioprotective properties in many cardiac injury models. So, we evaluated their effects in diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM) in relation to mitochondrial dysfunction. This work included seven groups of adult male albino rats: the control group, the non-treated diabetic group, and the treated diabetic groups: one group was treated with MSCs only, the second with pioglitazone only, the third with MSCs and pioglitazone, the forth with exendin-4 only and the fifth with MSCs and exendin-4. All treatments were started after 6 weeks from induction of diabetes and continued for the next 4 weeks. Blood samples were collected for assessment of glucose, insulin, and cardiac enzymes. Hearts were removed and used for isolated heart studies, and gene expression of: myocyte enhancer factor-2 (Mef2), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator1-alpha (PGC1α), nuclear factor kappa B (NFKB) and autophagic markers: light chain 3 (LC3) and beclin by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. The cardiac mitochondrial protein levels of cardiolipin and uncoupler protein 2 (UCP2) were assessed by ELISA and western blot technique, respectively. Treated groups showed significant improvement in left ventricular function associated with improvement in the cardiac injury and myopathic markers compared to the non treated diabetic group. NFKB was down-regulated while cardiolipin, PGC1α, LC.3 and beclin were up-regulated in all treated groups. These data suggest that the cardioprotective effects of MSCs, exendin-4 or pioglitazone based on their ability to improve mitochondrial functions through targeting inflammatory and autophagy signaling. The co- administration of pioglitazone or exendin-4 with MSCs showed significant superior improvement compared with MSCs alone, indicating the ability to use them in supporting cardioprotective effects of MSCs.
Effect of electric current pulse on preparation of nano Y2O3
Authors: Xu C. Z. , Dai W. B. , Jia D. B. , Yu J. K. , Liu Z. Y. , Tang G. P. 
Published: April 2017

The effect of electric current pulse (ECP) on preparing nano Y2O3 powder was initially investigated in this paper. From the determination of thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction, it was revealed that the composition of non-calcined precursor had changed due to the application of ECP. In addition, the scanning electron microscope results indicated that Y2O3 powders fabricated by ECP treatment had less aggregate and were in nano size. Therefore, the ECP treatment is a promising way to prepare nano Y2O3 powder. This paper is part of a themed issue on Materials in External Fields.
Recommendations for Stocking Gizzard Shad in a Large Upper Midwest Reservoir
Authors: Fincel Mark J. , Smith Mike J. , Hanten Robert P. , Radigan William J. 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum, a pelagic detritivore found throughout the USA, are an important prey fish for many sport fish species and are often stocked in an attempt to bolster sport fish growth and condition. To date, there has been little research on how many or at what density prespawn adult Gizzard Shad should be stocked in order to produce a year-class suitable for sport fish consumption within that year. In Lake Oahe, South Dakota, Gizzard Shad are an important prey resource for Walleyes Sander vitreus and other sport fish when the number of Rainbow Smelt Osmerus mordax is low. However, severe winters in 2009–2011 extirpated the Gizzard Shad population in Lake Oahe (or reduced its abundance to below the detectable limit). Thus, Gizzard Shad were stocked in 2012 and 2013 to improve short-term prey fish production. During this time, we sought to identify how many or at what density prespawn adult Gizzard Shad need to be stocked in select embayments of Lake Oahe to achieve larval Gizzard Shad production similar to that in years when natural reproduction took place. Although the results were quite variable, we found positive linear relationships between the density of larval Gizzard Shad and the number and density of adult stockings, with the number of adults stocked providing a better indication of later larval production than adult stocking density. In general, stocking 150 prespawn adult Gizzard Shad would produce larval densities ≥5.0 fish/100 m3 in select embayments of a large Midwest reservoir.
Received November 8, 2016; accepted February 15, 2017 Published online April 27, 2017
Body composition and inflammatory markers in pubertal girls: Comparison between athletes and non‐athletic controls
Authors: Jürimäe Jaak , Võsoberg Kristel , Tamm Anna‐Liisa , Maasalu Katre , Remmel Liina , Tillmann Vallo 
Published: April 2017

AbstractVarious inflammation parameters are increased with childhood obesity, but few comparable data are found in lean growing athletes. This study aims to characterize differences in 12 simultaneously measured inflammatory parameters between pubertal rhythmic gymnasts (RG) and untrained controls (UC), and to examine the relationship between body composition and inflammatory markers. Sixty 10–12‐year‐old girls were divided into RG (n = 30) and UC (n = 30). Fat mass (FM) and fat free mass (FFM) were measured by dual‐energy X‐ray absorptiometry. Leptin and 12 inflammatory parameters (interleukin [IL]‐2, IL‐4, IL‐6, IL‐8, IL‐10, vascular endothelial growth factor, interferon‐gamma [IFN‐γ], tumor necrosis factor‐alpha, IL‐1α, IL‐1β, monocyte chemotactic protein‐1 and epidermal growth factor) were measured from fasting blood samples. No differences were seen in 12 inflammatory markers between studied groups. As expected, leptin (RG: 2.4 ± 1.1; UC: 7.6 ± 4.2 ng ml−1) and FM (RG: 7.3 ± 2.3; UC: 11.8 ± 5.1 kg) were lower (p < .05) in RG compared to UC. In the whole group of lean pubertal girls, 69.0% of the variability in body FM was determined by leptin, and 11.2% of the variability in body FFM was explained by IFN‐γ. In conclusion, measured 12 inflammatory biomarkers were not different between RG and UC, despite lower leptin and FM in RG. In lean pubertal girls, IFN‐γ was independently associated with FFM, and leptin with FM.
SnapDock—template-based docking by Geometric Hashing
Authors: Estrin Michael , Wolfson Haim J 
Published: April 2017

Abstract

Motivation
A highly efficient template-based protein–protein docking algorithm, nicknamed SnapDock, is presented. It employs a Geometric Hashing-based structural alignment scheme to align the target proteins to the interfaces of non-redundant protein–protein interface libraries. Docking of a pair of proteins utilizing the 22 600 interface PIFACE library is performed in &lt; 2 min on the average. A flexible version of the algorithm allowing hinge motion in one of the proteins is presented as well.

Results
To evaluate the performance of the algorithm a blind re-modelling of 3547 PDB complexes, which have been uploaded after the PIFACE publication has been performed with success ratio of about 35%. Interestingly, a similar experiment with the template free PatchDock docking algorithm yielded a success rate of about 23% with roughly 1/3 of the solutions different from those of SnapDock. Consequently, the combination of the two methods gave a 42% success ratio.

Availability and implementation
A web server of the application is under development.
RIblast: an ultrafast RNA–RNA interaction prediction system based on a seed-and-extension approach
Authors: Fukunaga Tsukasa , Hamada Michiaki 
Published: April 2017

Abstract

Motivation
LncRNAs play important roles in various biological processes. Although more than 58 000 human lncRNA genes have been discovered, most known lncRNAs are still poorly characterized. One approach to understanding the functions of lncRNAs is the detection of the interacting RNA target of each lncRNA. Because experimental detections of comprehensive lncRNA–RNA interactions are difficult, computational prediction of lncRNA–RNA interactions is an indispensable technique. However, the high computational costs of existing RNA–RNA interaction prediction tools prevent their application to large-scale lncRNA datasets.

Results
Here, we present ‘RIblast’, an ultrafast RNA–RNA interaction prediction method based on the seed-and-extension approach. RIblast discovers seed regions using suffix arrays and subsequently extends seed regions based on an RNA secondary structure energy model. Computational experiments indicate that RIblast achieves a level of prediction accuracy similar to those of existing programs, but at speeds over 64 times faster than existing programs.

Availability and implementation
The source code of RIblast is freely available at https://github.com/fukunagatsu/RIblast.

Supplementary information
Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
Out-of-Category Brand Imitation: Product Categorization Determines Copycat Evaluation
Authors: van Horen Femke , Pieters Rik 
Published: April 2017

Abstract
Copycat brands imitate the trade dress of other brands, such as their brand name, logo, and packaging design. Copycats typically operate in the core product category of the imitated brand under the assumption that such “in-category imitation” is most effective. In contrast, four experiments demonstrate the benefits of “out-of-category imitation” for copycats, and the harmful effect on the imitated brand. Copycats are evaluated more positively in a related category, because consumers appraise the similarity between copycat and imitated brand more positively than in the core category, independent of the perceived similarity itself. This is due to a reduced salience of norms regarding imitation in the related category. Moreover, the results show a damaging backlash effect of out-of-category imitation on the general evaluation of the imitated brand and on its key perceived product attributes. The findings replicate across student, MTurk, and representative consumer samples; multiple product categories; and forms of brand imitation. This research demonstrates that out-of-category brand imitation helps copycat brands and hurts national leading brands much more than has so far been considered, which has managerial and public policy implications.