Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Steps for a Complete Wind Integration Study

There have been many wind integration studies in recent years, and these efforts are expected to continue. Because power systems and data availability vary significantly, the results and methodologies used in these studies vary. This paper presents findings from international collaboration under IEAWIND Task 25 working towards Recommended Practices for Wind Integration studies. An overview of a complete wind integration study is presented as a flow chart. The setup of a study and main assumptions are important because they have a crucial impact on the results. The main steps in the simulations are presented with methodologies, which include the increase in reserve requirements, estimating impacts on other generation and balancing, capacity value of wind power and increase in transmission due to wind power.
All That Jazz! Festival-Specific Predictors of Service Quality, Satisfaction and Repurchase Intent

With growing consensus that performance-only constructs may serve as better predictors of service quality (SQ) than the original SERVQUAL scale, this research developed a FESTPERF instrument to investigate the questions of: whether the SQ factors at a jazz and blues festival were the same or similar to the generic SERVPERF factors; and, what festivalspecific SQ factors, if any, were predictors of overall service quality, visitor satisfaction and repurchase intent. Results of this study at the Brisbane Jazz and Blues Festival showed that FESTPERF with a three factor solution differed from the generic SERVPERF instrument and did not replicate the SERVQUAL factors. Here, the factors of Professionalism of festival organisers/personnel, the Core Service and the festival's Environment were salient. Of these, the two factors of Professionalism and the Environment predicted visitor satisfaction that might, in turn, lead to repurchase. The festival's Core Service (primarily musical performance) did not predict intent to revisit, either directly or through the mediating satisfaction variable.
Spontaneous Symmetry Breakdown without Massless Bosons

energy scattering requires these trajectories not to be associated with spin-zero particles. 2 This is by no means a drawback to our model; again, as in the case of the a n R.J.N. Phillips and W. Rarita, Phys. Rev. 139,B1336 (1965). meson, we remark that we do not expect to obtain all the known mesons out of the present model. The dynamical origin of spin-zero particles may very well be found in a different channel.
Supporting VCR Functions in P2P VoD Services Using Ring-Assisted Overlays

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have been shown to be a promising approach to providing large-scale video-on-demand (VoD) services over the Internet for their potential scalability. However, how to efficiently support VCR functions for VoD services in such networks remains a major challenge. In this paper we propose a novel ring-assisted overlay topology, called RINDY, to address this issue. In RINDY, a peer can implement fast relocation of random seeks by maintaining some near neighbors and remote neighbors in a set of concentric rings with power law radii. We explore several key problems in RINDY including ring organization, neighbor placement over rings and neighbor lookup for random seeks. We evaluate its performance through simulations and compare it with some existing approaches. The experimental results show that RINDY outperforms previous schemes in terms of control overhead, latency and quality of streaming, especially under frequent VCR operations.
Bilingualism Enriches the Poor

This study explores whether the cognitive advantage associated with bilingualism in executive functioning extends to young immigrant children challenged by poverty and, if it does, which specific processes are most affected. In the study reported here, 40 Portuguese-Luxembourgish bilingual children from low-income immigrant families in Luxembourg and 40 matched monolingual children from Portugal completed visuospatial tests of working memory, abstract reasoning, selective attention, and interference suppression. Two broad cognitive factors of executive functioning—representation (abstract reasoning and working memory) and control (selective attention and interference suppression)—emerged from principal component analysis. Whereas there were no group differences in representation, the bilinguals performed significantly better than did the monolinguals in control. These results demonstrate, first, that the bilingual advantage is neither confounded with nor limited by socioeconomic and cultural factors and, second, that separable aspects of executive functioning are differentially affected by bilingualism. The bilingual advantage lies in control but not in visuospatial representational processes.
Men’s perceptions and attitudes toward their wives experiencing menopause

In this study, we explore men's perceptions, experiences, and attitudes toward wives experiencing natural menopause. We interviewed 20 men using the oral history method. Descriptive categories of experiences, such as misconceptions about menopause overcome through coexistence and recognition of women's perspectives; recognition of women's needs and efforts to provide support; coping with changes in marital relations and need to start a new time in couple's life; and existence of several needs as husbands of women experiencing menopause were explored. A better understanding by men about the changes experienced by menopausal women fosters the development of a better emotional support for their wives, which improves the quality of marital relations.
The cognitive effects of modulating the glycine site of the NMDA receptor with high‐dose glycine in healthy controls

N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate (NMDA) receptors play an important role in learning and memory. Targeting the glycine modulatory site of the NMDA receptor has been suggested as a therapeutic strategy to improve cognition, although findings have not been convincing. We used the Cognitive Drug Research computerised assessment system to examine the effects of high‐dose glycine on a number of cognitive processes in healthy young subjects. The study was a randomised placebo controlled repeated measures design in which each subject received acute placebo or glycine (0.8 g/kg) orally, with treatment conditions separated by a 5‐day washout period. No significant effects of glycine were found on measures of working memory, declarative memory, attention or perceptual processing. These findings, together with those of previous studies, cast doubt over the ability of acute high‐dose glycine to improve cognitive function in healthy subjects and suggest that the optimum dose of glycine for improving cognition may vary between different populations, possibly due to differences in endogenous glycine levels and the functional status of NMDA receptors. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Long gamma-ray burst prompt emission properties as a cosmological tool

Recently, a tight correlation among three quantities that characterize the prompt emission of long Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) with known redshift z, was discovered (Firmani et al. 2006a). We use this correlation to construct the Hubble diagram (HD) with a sample of 19 GRBs in the broad range of z = 0:17 4:5, and carry out a full statistical analysis to constrain cosmological parameters (CPs). To optimally solve the problem of circularity, a Bayesian approach is applied. The main result is that the concordance CDM cosmology is fully consistent with the GRB data at the level of several tests. If we assume the cosmology, then we nd m=0:31 +0:09
Errata: Organizational Mortality in the Newspaper Industries of Argentina and Ireland: An Ecological Approach

This research was supported by NIMH Grant #2T232MH15149-03 to the Organizations Research Training Program at Stanford University and by NSF Grant #SOC78-12315 to Michael T. Hannan and Nancy Brandon Tuma. During part of the writing stage, Carroll was a guest professor at Zentrum fur Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen in Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany. We wish to thank Michael Hannan and John Meyer for comments on an earlier draft.
Corporate Social Responsibility in France

This article explores the dynamics of the discourse and practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in France to illustrate the interplay between endogenous and exogenous factors in the development of CSR in a country. It shows how the cultural, socioeconomic, and legal traditions influence the way ideas are raised, the kinds of questions considered relevant, and the sorts of solutions conceived as desirable and possible. Furthermore, the article traces how expectations and practices evolve as a result of various social and economic factors within a country and, increasingly, as a result of global influences such as the international academic discourse, the international practices of multinational companies, nongovernmental organizations and trade unions, and initiatives of supranational organizations. The article closes with reflections about what can be learned from the French experience with CSR and how to stimulate such cross-border learning.
FORMAL SOLUTION OF THE MASTER EQUATION VIA HPT AND DEFORMATION THEORY

We construct a solution of the master equation by means of standard tools from homological perturbation theory under just the hypothesis that the ground field be of characteristic zero, thereby avoiding the formality assumption of the relevant dg Lie algebra. To this end, we endow the homology H(g) of any differential graded Lie algebra g over a field of characteristic zero with an sh-Lie structure such that g and H(g) are sh-equivalent. We discuss our solution of the master equation in the context of deformation theory. Given the extra structure appropriate to the extended moduli space of complex structures on a Calabi-Yau manifold, the known solutions result as a special case.
The design and development of a finger joint simulator

Artificial finger joints lack the long-term clinical success seen with hip and knee prostheses. In part, this can be explained by the challenges of rheumatoid arthritis, a progressive disease which attacks surrounding tissues as well as the joint itself. Therefore, the natural finger joints’ biomechanics are adversely affected, and consequently, this imbalance due to subluxing forces further challenges any prosthesis. Many different designs of finger prosthesis have been offered over a period of greater than 50 years. Most of these designs have failed, and it is likely that many of these failures could have been identified had the prostheses been appropriately tested prior to implantation into patients. While finger joint simulators have been designed, arguably only those from a single centre have been able to reproduce clinical-type failures of the finger prostheses tested in them. This article describes the design and development of a finger simulator at Durham University, UK. It explains and justifies the engineering decisions made and thus the evolution of the finger simulator. In vitro results and their linkage to clinical-type failures are outlined to help to show the effectiveness of the simulator. Failures of finger implants in vivo continue to occur, and the need for appropriate in vitro testing of finger prostheses remains strong.
Differential Levels of Soluble Inflammatory Markers by Human Immunodeficiency Virus Controller Status and Demographics

Background. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 elite controllers (ECs) represent an ideal population to study the effects of HIV persistence on chronic inflammation in the absence of antiretroviral therapy (ART). Methods. Twenty inflammatory markers measured in cohorts of ECs, HIV suppressed noncontrollers, and HIV-uninfected controls were compared using rank-based tests and partial least squares discriminant analysis (PLSDA). Spearman correlations were determined among the inflammatory markers, residual viremia by the single-copy assay, and CD4+ T cell slope. Results. Significant differences were seen between cohorts in 15 of the soluble inflammatory markers. Human immunodeficiency virus-1 ECs were found to have the highest levels for all of the markers with the exception of RANTES. In particular, median levels of 7 inflammatory markers (soluble CD14 [sCD14], interferon [IFN]-γ, IFN-γ-inducible protein [IP]-10, interleukin [IL]-4, IL-10, sCD40L, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor) were twice as high in the HIV-1 ECs compared with either of the HIV-suppressed or uninfected groups. Multivariate PLSDA analysis of inflammatory markers improved differentiation between the patient cohorts, discerning gender differences in inflammatory profile amongst individuals on suppressive ART. Soluble markers of inflammation in ECs were not associated with either levels of residual HIV-1 viremia or CD4+ T cell decline. Conclusions. Despite maintaining relatively low levels of viremia, HIV-1 ECs had elevated levels of a set of key inflammatory markers. Additional studies are needed to determine whether ECs may benefit from ART and to further evaluate the observed gender differences.
Proteomics: a novel tool to unravel the patho-physiology of uraemia.

BACKGROUND Uraemic toxicity results in the dysfunction of many organ systems, provoking an increase in morbidity and mortality. To date, only approximately 90 uraemic retention solutes have been described. To examine unknown uraemic substances thoroughly, the identification of as many compounds as possible in the ultrafiltrate and/or plasma of patients would lead to a less biased definition of the uraemic retention process compared with what is proposed today. METHODS We describe the application of a novel proteomic tool for the identification of a large number of molecules present in ultrafiltrate from uraemic and normal plasma obtained with high- or low-flux membranes. Separation by capillary electrophoresis was coupled on-line to a mass spectrometer, yielding identification of polypeptides based on their molecular weight. RESULTS Between 500 and >1000 polypeptides with a molecular weight ranging from 800 to 10,000 Da could be detected in individual samples, and were identified via their mass and their particular migration time in capillary electrophoresis. In ultrafiltrate from uraemic plasma, 1394 polypeptides were detected in the high-flux vs 1046 in the low-flux samples, while in ultrafiltrate from normal plasma, 544 polypeptides vs 490 were found in ultrafiltrate from normal plasma obtained from membranes with comparable cut-off. In addition, polypeptides >5 kDa were virtually only detected in the uraemic ultrafiltrate from the high-flux membrane (n = 28 vs n = 5 with the low-flux membrane). To demonstrate the feasibility of further characterizing the detected molecules, polypeptides present exclusively in uraemic ultrafiltrate were chosen for sequencing analyses. A 950.6 Da polypeptide was identified as a fragment of the salivary proline-rich protein. A 1291.8 Da fragment was derived from alpha-fibrinogen. CONCLUSION The data presented here strongly suggest that the application of proteomic approaches such as capillary electrophoresis and mass spectrometry will result in the identification of many more uraemic solutes than those known at present. This could enable the introduction of more direct elimination strategies, since it is possible to obtain an extended appreciation of the removal capacities of particular dialyser membranes.
The GRB 060218/SN 2006aj event in the context of other gamma-ray burst supernovae

The supernova SN 2006aj associated with GRB 060218 is the second-closest GRB-SN observed to date (z = 0.033). We present Very Large Telescope, Liverpool Telescope, and Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope multi-color photometry of SN 2006aj. This supernova is found to be subluminous and rapidly evolving. Its early light curve includes an additional wavelength-dependent component, which can be interpreted as shock break-out. We compare the photometric evolution of multi-band light curves with the corresponding properties of the present sample of more than 10 GRB-SNe with precisely known redshifts. Using host-galaxy extinction measurements, we derive extinction-corrected GRB-SN luminosities and place SN 2006aj in the context of this GRB-selected supernova sample as well as in the context of local stripped-envelope supernovae.
Efficient optimal and suboptimal radio resource allocation in OFDMA system

A fast optimal algorithm for solving radio resource allocation (RRA) problems in orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems is proposed based on branch- and-bound (BnB) approach. The proposed algorithm offers the same performance as that achieved by some other existing optimal algorithms but with much reduced average computational complexity. As an effort in providing trade-off between performance and computational complexity, two suboptimal algorithms are also developed. Simulation results are shown to compare the performance and complexity of the proposed suboptimal algorithms with several existing algorithms.
The Firm But Untidy Correlativity of Rights and Obligations

The correlativity of rights and obligations is one of the few stock topics in the basic repertory of English-speaking philosophy th-t is considered suitable for assignment to philosophers specializing in political philosophy (even so it is a topic that must be shared with ethics). It is a topic perennially discussed, chiefly (I think) for reasons that have little to do with its importance: namely, just because it is a recognized topic and because it appears to be a safely tidy one that lends itself readily to being tidied up further by formal or quasi-formal considerations. For my part, I wish more effort went into discussing less tractable subjects like the individuation of rights and their delimitation vis-à-vis one another. What I have to contribute to the subject of correlativity, returning to the scene of my comments on David Lyons’ paper, “The Correlativity of Rights and Duties,” is mainly a stint of annual or biennial repair-work, designed to restore the obvious — the truth that rights do imply obligations and cannot be understood without accepting this implication.
Genetic variation at the NPC1L1 gene locus, plasma lipoproteins, and heart disease risk in the elderly[S]

Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 protein (NPC1L1) plays a critical role in intestinal cholesterol absorption. Our objective was to examine whether five variants (-133A>G, -18A>C, L272L, V1296V, and U3_28650A>G) at the NPC1L1 gene have effects on lipid levels, prevalence, and incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and lipid-lowering response to pravastatin. We studied 5,804 elderly participants from the PROSPER study, who were randomized to pravastatin 40 mg/day or placebo and were followed on average for 3.2 years. In the adjusted gender-pooled analyses, homozygous carriers of the minor alleles at four NPC1L1 sites (-18A>C, L272L, V1296V, and U3_28650A>G, minor allele frequencies 0.15–0.33) had 2–8% higher LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels at baseline than homozygous carriers of the common alleles (P < 0.05). Homozygotes for the rare alleles also had a significant increase in the risk of CHD events on trial (range of hazard ratios 1.50–1.67; P < 0.02), regardless of the treatment regimen. The -133 A>G polymorphism and not other variants was associated with 6 month LDL-C lowering (P = 0.02). Our data indicate that variation in the NPC1L1 gene is associated with plasma total and LDL-C levels and CHD risk.
PAX3 knockdown in metastatic melanoma cell lines does not reduce MITF expression

PAX3 and MITF are important transcriptional activators in the melanocyte lineage and PAX3 is thought to control MITF expression during normal melanocyte differentiation. However, it is not clear whether this is still true in melanoma and whether the effects of knockdown of PAX3 on the inhibition of melanoma growth or survival are by its regulation of MITF. By western blot and quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR, we investigated the relationship between PAX3 and MITF expression in 27 metastatic melanoma and one immortalized melanocyte cell lines. All lines were found to express both PAX3 and MITF proteins but levels varied by 15 fold and more than 100 fold, respectively. The expression of PAX3 protein was correlated with that of MITF (r=0.75; P<0.001) but the expression of PAX3 protein and MITF mRNA was not. Immunofluorescence microscopy showed that individual cells expressed widely differing relative amounts of PAX3 and MITF protein. By MTT cell proliferation and flow cytometry assays, both MITF and PAX3 proteins seemed to be functional, as knockdown with siRNA led to reduced proliferation and induction of apoptosis. However, knockdown of PAX3 with small interfering RNA did not decrease MITF expression and vice versa. In one cell line (NZM15), silencing of PAX3 induced terminal differentiation whereas silencing of MITF induced expression of FOXD3, a repressor of melanogenesis. The results suggest that the melanoma lines used in this study show considerable phenotypic variation of expression of these two transcriptional activators and reflect a deregulation of the developmental process operating in the genesis of the melanocyte lineage, and that they probably function independently to enhance the survival of melanoma cells.
Infection with Agents of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis, Lyme Disease, and Babesiosis in Wild White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Connecticut

ABSTRACT White-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus, were captured in southern Connecticut during 1997 and 1998 to determine the prevalence of infections caused by granulocytic Ehrlichiasp. , Borrelia burgdorferi, and Babesia microti. Of the 50 mice captured and recaptured, 25 of 47 (53.2%) and 23 of 48 (47.9%) contained antibodies to the BDS or NCH-1 Ehrlichiastrains, respectively, as determined by indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) staining methods. The majority (83.3%) of 48 mice also contained antibodies to B. burgdorferi, as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Moreover, 20 of 26 (76.9%) contained antibodies to B. microti by IFA staining methods. In nested PCR tests using the 16S rRNA gene, the DNA of the human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE) agent was detected in 17 of 47 mice (36.2%), but only 4 (23.5%) of these 17 mice were PCR positive at each capture. Antibody-positive reactions to granulocyticEhrlichia sp. organisms were detected in 17 of 23 (73.9%) of the PCR-positive mice. The sequences from PCR products from nine positive blood samples were identical to the HGE agent.Ehrlichia spp. were cultured from three of five mice captured in April 1998, including one that was PCR positive in April 1997. In addition, 2 of 14 larval Ixodes scapularis pools, which were attached to two PCR-positive mice, contained DNA of the HGE agent. A high percentage of white-footed mice are infected or have been infected naturally by the HGE agent with low-level persistent infection or frequent reinfection in some individual mice. However, the changes noted in the presence of DNA and antibodies in repeated blood and serum samples from individual mice over several months of field collection suggests that infection with granulocytic Ehrlichia is transient in most wild P. leucopus.
A Character-Word Compositional Neural Language Model for Finnish

Inspired by recent research, we explore ways to model the highly morphological Finnish language at the level of characters while maintaining the performance of word-level models. We propose a new Character-to-Word-to-Character (C2W2C) compositional language model that uses characters as input and output while still internally processing word level embeddings. Our preliminary experiments, using the Finnish Europarl V7 corpus, indicate that C2W2C can respond well to the challenges of morphologically rich languages such as high out of vocabulary rates, the prediction of novel words, and growing vocabulary size. Notably, the model is able to correctly score inflectional forms that are not present in the training data and sample grammatically and semantically correct Finnish sentences character by character.