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Study of permeability characteristics of membranes Quarterly report, 9 May - 9 Aug. 1969
Demineralizing gear pump system with mixed bed ion exchange columns for salt and volume transport experimen
Study of permeability characteristics of membranes Quarterly report, 9 Feb. - 9 May 1969
Permeability characteristics of membrane
Improved Bidirectional GAN-Based Approach for Network Intrusion Detection Using One-Class Classifier
Existing generative adversarial networks (GANs), primarily used for creating fake image samples from natural images, demand a strong dependence (i.e., the training strategy of the generators and the discriminators require to be in sync) for the generators to produce as realistic fake samples that can “fool” the discriminators. We argue that this strong dependency required for GAN training on images does not necessarily work for GAN models for network intrusion detection tasks. This is because the network intrusion inputs have a simpler feature structure such as relatively low-dimension, discrete feature values, and smaller input size compared to the existing GAN-based anomaly detection tasks proposed on images. To address this issue, we propose a new Bidirectional GAN (Bi-GAN) model that is better equipped for network intrusion detection with reduced overheads involved in excessive training. In our proposed method, the training iteration of the generator (and accordingly the encoder) is increased separate from the training of the discriminator until it satisfies the condition associated with the cross-entropy loss. Our empirical results show that this proposed training strategy greatly improves the performance of both the generator and the discriminator even in the presence of imbalanced classes. In addition, our model offers a new construct of a one-class classifier using the trained encoder–discriminator. The one-class classifier detects anomalous network traffic based on binary classification results instead of calculating expensive and complex anomaly scores (or thresholds). Our experimental result illustrates that our proposed method is highly effective to be used in network intrusion detection tasks and outperforms other similar generative methods on two datasets: NSL-KDD and CIC-DDoS2019 datasets.Publishe
Spin-density-wave transition of (TMTSF)PF at high magnetic fields
The transverse magnetoresistance of the Bechgaard salt (TMTSF)PF has
been measured for various pressures, with the field up to 24 T parallel to the
lowest conductivity direction c. A quadratic behavior is observed in
the magnetic field dependence of the spin-density-wave (SDW) transition
temperature . With increasing pressure,
decreases and the coefficient of the quadratic term increases. These results
are consistent with the prediction of the mean-field theory based on the
nesting of the quasi one-dimensional Fermi surface. Using a mean field theory,
for the perfect nesting case is estimated as about 16 K. This
means that even at ambient pressure where is 12 K, the SDW
phase of (TMTSF)PF is substantially suppressed by the
two-dimensionality of the system.Comment: 11pages,6figures(EPS), accepted for publication in PR
Vapor-liquid critical and interfacial properties of square-well fluids in slit pores
Vapor-liquid phase equilibria of square-well (SW) fluids of variable interaction range: ??=1.25, 1.75, 2.0, and 3.0 in hard slit pores are studied by means of grand-canonical transition-matrix Monte Carlo (GC-TMMC) simulation. Critical density under confinement shows an oscillatory behavior as slit width, H, reduced from 12 to 1. Two linear regimes are found for the shift in the critical temperature with the inverse in the slit width. The first regime is seen for H>2.0 with linear increase in the slope of shift in the critical temperature against inverse slit width with increasing interaction range. Subsequent decrease in H has little consequence on the critical temperature and it remains almost constant. Vapor-liquid surface tensions of SW fluids of variable well extent in a planar slit pore of variable slit width are also reported. GC-TMMC results are compared with that from slab based canonical Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics techniques and found to be in good agreement. Although, vapor-liquid surface tension under confinement is found to be lower than the bulk surface tension, the behavior of surface tension as a function of temperature is invariant with the variable pore size. Interfacial width, , calculated using a hyperbolic function increases with decreasing slit width at a given temperature, which is contrary to what is being observed recently for cylindrical pores. Inverse scaled interfacial width (/H), however, linearly increases with increase in the scaled temperature (Tc,bulk -T) / Tc,bulk.open121
Novel Phases in the Field Induced Spin Density Wave State in (TMTSF)_2PF_6
Magnetoresistance measurements on the quasi one-dimensional organic conductor
(TMTSF)_2PF_6 performed in magnetic fields B up to 16T, temperatures T down to
0.12K and under pressures P up to 14kbar have revealed new phases on its P-B-T
phase diagram. We found a new boundary which subdivides the field induced spin
density wave (FISDW) phase diagram into two regions. We showed that a
low-temperature region of the FISDW diagram is characterized by a hysteresis
behavior typical for the first order transitions, as observed in a number of
studies. In contrast to the common believe, in high temperature region of the
FISDW phase diagram, the hysteresis and, hence, the first order transitions
were found to disappear. Nevertheless, sharp changes in the resistivity slope
are observed both in the low and high temperature domains indicating that the
cascade of transitions between different subphases exists over all range of the
FISDW state. We also found that the temperature dependence of the resistance
(at a constant B) changes sign at about the same boundary. We compare these
results with recent theoretical models.Comment: LaTex, 4 pages, 4 figure
Grapefruit Seed Extract as a Natural Derived Antibacterial Substance against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria are increasing due to the abuse and misuse of antibiotics, and nosocomial infections by MDR bacteria are also increasing. The aim of this study was to
identify new substances that can target MDR bacteria among 12 plant extracts that are known to have
antibacterial effects. The experiments were performed by the disk diffusion test and microdilution
minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) test, as described by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards
Institute (CLSI). By screening against methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA), grapefruit
seed extract (GSE) was selected from 12 plant extracts for subsequent experiments. GSE showed
antibacterial effects against methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant S. aureus
(VRSA) in the disk diffusion test. Even at the lowest concentration, GSE showed antibacterial activity
in the microdilution MIC test. As a result, we can conclude that GSE is a naturally derived antibacterial substance that exhibits a favorable antibacterial effect even at a very low concentration, so it is a
good candidate for a natural substance that can be used to prevent or reduce nosocomial infections
as coating for materials used in medical contexts or by mixing a small amount with other material
Spatiotemporal correlations of handset-based service usages
We study spatiotemporal correlations and temporal diversities of
handset-based service usages by analyzing a dataset that includes detailed
information about locations and service usages of 124 users over 16 months. By
constructing the spatiotemporal trajectories of the users we detect several
meaningful places or contexts for each one of them and show how the context
affects the service usage patterns. We find that temporal patterns of service
usages are bound to the typical weekly cycles of humans, yet they show maximal
activities at different times. We first discuss their temporal correlations and
then investigate the time-ordering behavior of communication services like
calls being followed by the non-communication services like applications. We
also find that the behavioral overlap network based on the clustering of
temporal patterns is comparable to the communication network of users. Our
approach provides a useful framework for handset-based data analysis and helps
us to understand the complexities of information and communications technology
enabled human behavior.Comment: 11 pages, 15 figure
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