Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Susceptibility of Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae

Abstract The susceptibility of Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) to selected strains of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin and Metarhizium anisopliae (Metschnikoff) Sorokin was evaluated through bioassays with direct immersion or foliar exposure under laboratory conditions. Results showed that A. planipennis adults were susceptible to B. bassiana and M. anisoplae. Significant time–mortality response was found for each isolates. Isolate B. bassiana GHA killed A. planipennis adults at a faster rate compared with other isolates tested, with the lowest average time-to-death values. The LC50 values estimated under direct immersion method ranged from 1.7 × 105 to 1.9 × 107, 3.5 × 104 to 5.3 × 105, and 4.1 × 103 to 2.9 × 105 conidia/ml for B. basissiana and from 3.2 × 106 to 1.1 × 107, 4.5 × 103 to 4.5 × 105, and 1.4 × 102 to 1.2 × 105 conidia/ml for M. anisopliae at 4, 5, and 6 d after treatment, respectively. By days 5 and 6, B. bassiana GHA outperformed all other isolates tested except ARSEF 7234, followed by ARSEF 7152, 6393, and 7180. Significant concentration–mortality response was also observed for two B. bassiana GHA formulations, BotaniGard ES and Mycotrol O, and M. anisopliae F52 when insects were treated through foliar exposure. The LC50 values ranged from 114.5 to 309.6, 18.4 to 797.3, and 345.3 to 362.0 conidia/cm2 for BotaniGard, Mycotrol, and M. anisopliae F52, respectively. Based on the results of these bioassays, the efficacy of both B. bassiana GHA formulations and M. anisopliae F52 were similar against adult A. planipennis. The potential use of entomopathogenic fungi for management of A. planipennis in North America is discussed.
The Arctic Soil Bacterial Communities in the Vicinity of a Little Auk Colony

Due to deposition of birds' guano, eggshells or feathers, the vicinity of a large seabirds' breeding colony is expected to have a substantial impact on the soil's physicochemical features as well as on diversity of vegetation and the soil invertebrates. Consequently, due to changing physicochemical features the structure of bacterial communities might fluctuate in different soil environments. The aim of this study was to investigate the bacterial assemblages in the Arctic soil within the area of a birds' colony and in a control sample from a topographically similar location but situated away from the colony's impact area. A high number of OTUs found in both areas indicates a highly complex microbial populations structure. The most abundant phyla in both of the tested samples were: Proteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Chloroflexi, with different proportions in the total share. Despite differences in the physicochemical soil characteristics, the soil microbial community structures at the phylum level were similar to some extent in the two samples. The only share that was significantly higher in the control area when compared to the sample obtained within the birds' colony, belonged to the Actinobacteria phylum. Moreover, when analyzing the class level for each phylum, several differences between the samples were observed. Furthermore, lower proportions of Proteobacteria and Acidobacteria were observed in the soil sample under the influence of the bird's colony, which most probably could be linked to higher nitrogen concentrations in that sample.
B Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis: From Pathogenic Players to Disease Biomarkers

The therapeutic benefit of depleting B cells in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has refocused attention on B cells with increasing awareness on their role in autoimmunity and their function beyond autoantibody production. The rapid increase in our comprehension of B-cell pathobiology is progressively opening novel perspectives in the area of B cell-targeted therapies with the expectation to define more specific approaches able to preserve the homeostasis of the humoral response while disrupting the pathogenic components. In parallel, B-cell activity in RA is starting to be explored in its clinical value, in search of novel biomarkers embedded in the pathogenic process that could help classifying the disease and predicting its heterogeneous outcome beyond inflammation dynamics. In this review, we summarize current knowledge on the multiple roles that B cells play in several aspects of RA. We also analyze their distribution and potential function in different anatomic compartments with specific reference to the main sites in which the disease may be sustained and exert its detrimental effects: the systemic circulation, synovium, bone marrow, and draining lymph nodes. We also highlight novel data encouraging further research in the field of biomarkers related to B cells and their regulatory factors.
Multi-focus Image Fusion Based on Stationary Wavelet Transform and Extended Spatial Frequency Measurement

In this paper, we propose a multi-focus image fusion approach based on Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT) and extended the Spatial Frequency Measurements (SFM). Our proposed approach, two fused images are firstly decomposed into four subbands, which are one approximation subband (LL) and three details subbands (HL, LH and HH). Next, each subband is partitioned into blocks and each block is identified the clearer regions by computing the focus measure using the extended Spatial Frequency Measurement (SFM). Finally, the recovered fused image is reconstructed by performing the Inverse Stationary Wavelet Transform. From the experimental results, we found that the proposed method outperforms the traditional Wavelet Transform and SFM based methods in terms of objective and subjective assessments.
Sensor Traffic Patterns in Target Tracking Networks

Traffic patterns for mobile communication networks are well known and accurately modelled. However, traffic generation behaviors for sensor networks are often lacking in research and not well understood. We investigate one class of sensor networks for a target tracking application using realistic sensing models and a general target motion model. Results show that the probability of arrivals for a tracking sensor network fits a quadratic curve.
THE SPECTROSCOPIC PROPERTIES OF Lyα-EMITTERS AT z ∼ 2.7: ESCAPING GAS AND PHOTONS FROM FAINT GALAXIES

We present a spectroscopic survey of 318 faint (  ∼ 27 ? > , L ∼ 0.1 L * ? > ), Lyα-emission-selected galaxies (LAEs) in regions centered on the positions of hyperluminous QSOs (HLQSOs) at 2.5 < z < 3 ? > . A sample of 32 LAEs with rest-frame optical emission line spectra from Keck/Multi-Object Spectrometer For InfraRed Exploration (MOSFIRE) are used to interpret the LAE spectra in the context of their systemic redshifts. The fields are part of the Keck Baryonic Structure Survey, which includes substantial ancillary multi-wavelength imaging from both the ground and space. From a quantitative analysis of the diverse Lyα spectral morphologies, including line widths, asymmetries, and multi-peaked profiles, we find that peak widths and separations are typically smaller than among samples of more luminous continuum-selected galaxies (Lyman-break galaxies and their analogs; LBGs) at similar redshifts. We find tentative evidence for an association between Lyα spectral morphology and external illumination by the nearby HLQSO. Using the MOSFIRE subsample, we find that the peak of the resolved (R ≈ 1300) Lyα line is shifted by +200 km s−1 with respect to systemic across a diverse set of galaxies including both LAEs and LBGs. We also find a small number of objects with significantly blueshifted Lyα emission, a potential indicator of accreting gas. The Lyα-to-Hα line ratios measured for the MOSFIRE subset suggest that the LAEs in this sample have Lyα escape fractions f esc , Ly &agr; ? > ≈ 30%, significantly higher than typical LBG samples. Using redshifts calibrated by our MOSFIRE sample, we construct composite LAE spectra, finding the first evidence for metal-enriched outflows in such intrinsically faint high-redshift galaxies. These outflows have smaller continuum covering fractions ( f c ≈ 0.3 ? > ) and velocities ( v ave ≈ ? > 100–200 km s−1, v max ≈ 500 ? > km s−1) than those associated with typical LBGs, suggesting that the gas covering fraction is a likely driver of the high Lyα and Ly-continuum escape fractions of LAEs with respect to LBGs. Our results suggest a similar scaling of outflow velocity with star formation rate (SFR) as is observed at lower redshifts ( v outflow ? > ∼ SFR0.25) and indicate that a substantial fraction of gas is ejected with v > v esc ? > . Further observations, including deep spectroscopy in the observed near-IR, will further probe the evolution and enrichment of these galaxies in the context of their gaseous environments.
hADA2a and hADA3 are required for acetylation, transcriptional activity and proliferative effects of beta-catenin

Beta-catenin is the key transcriptional activator of the Wnt pathway important for development and tissue homeostasis of multicellular organisms. Its deregulation contributes to many human cancers. The beta-catenin transcriptional activator complex continues to be defined, but already contains several proteins with chromatin remodeling activity. Here we show that two members of histone acetyltransferase complexes without enzymatic activity, hADA2a and hADA3, are required for full activity of beta-catenin. hADA2a and hADA3 physically interact with beta-catenin, and the interaction is mediated through Armadillo repeats 6 through 12 and the C-terminal transactivation domain of beta-catenin. Both hADA2a and hADA3 reside with beta-catenin at the enhancer for the Wnt target gene c-Myc. RNA interference-mediated reduction of hADA2a and hADA3 results in reduced beta-catenin acetylation, reduced activity in reporter gene assays and reduced activation of endogenous beta-catenin target genes. Overall, loss of hADA2a and hADA3 negatively impacts beta-catenin-mediated proliferation. Our studies identify hADA2a and hADA3 as crucial cofactors of beta-catenin that are likely involved in the assembly of transactivation-competent beta-catenin complexes at Wnt target genes.
Malignant Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Neoplasm of the Mediastinum and the Lung

AbstractA perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm (PEComa) in the chest is rare, let alone in the mediastinum and lung.A 63-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with chest pain for more than 2 months and was found to have an opacity in his mediastinum and lung for 3 weeks. Enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) revealed a mass in both the left upper lobe and central anterior mediastinum. To identify the disease, a CT-guided percutaneous transthoracic needle biopsy of the upper left lung lesions was performed. The pathology result was consistent with epithelioid angiomyolipoma/PEComa. After a standard preparation for surgery, the neoplasms in the mediastinum and left lung were resected. The operative findings revealed extensive mediastinal tumor invasion in parts adjacent to the pericardium, including the mediastinal pleura, left pulmonary artery and vein, and phrenic nerve. The left lung tumor had invaded the lung membranes. The final pathologic diagnosis was malignant epithelioid angioleiomyoma in the left upper lung and mediastinum. Later, the mediastinal tumor recurred. The radiography of this case resembles left upper lobe lung cancer with mediastinal lymph node metastasis. Because this tumor lacks fat, the enhanced CT indicated that it was malignant but failed to identify it as a perivascular epithelioid cell neoplasm.This case reminds clinicians that, although most PEComa are benign, some can be malignant. As the radiology indicated, chest PEComas lack fat, which makes their preoperative diagnosis difficult. Therefore, needle biopsy is valuable for a definitive diagnosis.
Growing closer on facebook: changes in tie strength through social network site use

Scientists debate whether people grow closer to their friends through social networking sites like Facebook, whether those sites displace more meaningful interaction, or whether they simply reflect existing ties. Combining server log analysis and longitudinal surveys of 3,649 Facebook users reporting on relationships with 26,134 friends, we find that communication on the site is associated with changes in reported relationship closeness, over and above effects attributable to their face-to-face, phone, and email contact. Tie strength increases with both one-on-one communication, such as posts, comments, and messages, and through reading friends' broadcasted content, such as status updates and photos. The effect is greater for composed pieces, such as comments, posts, and messages than for 'one-click' actions such as 'likes. ' Facebook has a greater impact on non-family relationships and ties who do not frequently communicate via other channels.
Ability of Offenders with Psychopathic Traits to Simulate Cognitive and Affective Empathy

The accurate assessment of psychopathy constitutes a critical component of forensic assessments addressing offender populations. Among the core characteristics of psychopathy, the interpersonal component of deception and empathic deficits are prominently observed in offenders with psychopathic traits. Given the negative consequences of being classified as a psychopath, offenders may be likely to minimize their psychopathic traits. In particular, no research has investigated whether offenders with psychopathic traits are able to simulate empathy in an effort to mask their cognitive or affective empathy deficits (e.g., lack of remorse about offenses). The present study aims to contribute to the literature with regard to the simulation of empathy. Using a mixed between- and within-subjects design, 81 male detainees were placed into (a) a low psychopathy group, (b) a moderate psychopathy group, or (c) a high psychopathy group based on the Psychopathy Checklist – Revised. For the within-subjects component, all offenders answered empathy questionnaires under genuine and simulation conditions. Results indicate the sample possessed cognitive empathy, but did not display affective empathy under genuine instructions. Under simulation instructions, participants significantly increased their scores on several empathy measures. The implications of simulated empathy and comparisons between groups regarding simulation abilities are discussed.
Chandra Observations of the X-Ray Jet in Centaurus A

We present high angular resolution X-ray images and spectra from two Chandra AXAF CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS-I) observations of the X-ray jet in the nearby radio galaxy Cen A. We find that the X-ray emission from the jet is composed of a low surface brightness diffuse component extending continuously from within at least 60 pc of the active nucleus into the northeast radio lobe 4 kpc from the nucleus, along with 31 discrete compact knots, most of which are extended at the resolution of our observation. We find that there are small but significant differences between the X-ray and radio morphologies of the inner jet at the arcsecond level, making it unlikely that a single, spatially coincident population of ultrarelativistic electrons is responsible for the emission in both energy regimes. We suggest that the X-ray knots of the inner jet are indeed the sites of particle acceleration and shocks and that the X-ray and radio knot offsets are caused by a combination of particle diffusion and energy loss. These offsets may be a common feature of all jets in radio galaxies, or at least jets in FR I galaxies, and may be fundamental to the physics of such jets. They are best observed in Cen A because the source is so close. Even though the X-ray and radio knots are offset in position and there are variations of more than a factor of 3 in the ratio of X-ray to radio flux density in the inner jet, the radio to X-ray two-point spectral indices at the X-ray knots are not unusually flat and are consistent with those observed in other X-ray jets seen in FR I galaxies such as M87 and 3C 66B. We find the width of the jet in the X-ray bandpass to be narrower than that measured in the radio along most of its length. The X-ray spectra of several regions of the jet are well fitted by absorbed power-law models with photon indices ~2.2-2.5, although the spectrum of one bright knot located ~1 kpc from the nucleus (knot B) is harder (photon index = 2.0).
Comorbidity of axis I disorders in patients with traumatic grief.

BACKGROUND Traumatic grief has been found to be a distinct disorder from both depression and anxiety; however, there is no information in the literature regarding comorbidity of traumatic grief with other psychiatric disorders. METHOD Twenty-three bereaved subjects who presented for treatment of traumatic grief symptomatology were included in this study. The Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG) was used to confirm the presence of traumatic grief and assess its severity. In addition, the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV was performed. RESULTS Most subjects met criteria for a current or lifetime Axis I diagnosis. Fifty-two percent (N = 12) met criteria for current major depressive disorder, and 30% (N = 7), for current posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ICG scores and functional impairment were higher among patients with more than one concurrent Axis I diagnosis. CONCLUSION Comorbid major depressive disorder and PTSD may be prevalent in patients presenting for treatment of traumatic grief.
Haptic Perception of Texture Gradients

To pick up 3-D aspects of pictures is arguably the most difficult problem concerning tactile pictorial perception by the blind. The aim of the experiments reported was to examine the potential utility of texture gradients in this context. Since there is no theoretical basis for predicting absolute values of 3-D properties from 2-D patterns read by the finger pads, the abilities of participants to perceive gradients lying between known maxima and minima were assessed. Experiment 1 involved blindfolded sighted participants making verbal magnitude estimations of texture-gradient magnitudes corresponding to plane surfaces at different slants. In experiment 2 the participants' task was to orient a surface at a slant corresponding to the texture gradients depicted tactually, and experiment 3 required early-blind participants to attempt the same task. The results revealed that participants can scale the magnitudes of texture gradients with high precision and that they can also accurately produce surface slants from depictions, providing the extreme conditions are clearly defined and there are opportunities for learning. Texture gradients appear as informative to the blind as they do to the sighted. To what extent these data can be generalised to other gradients and textures or to other projections of 3-D scenes remains to be investigated.
InnerView: Learning Place Ambiance from Social Media Images

In the recent past, there has been interest in characterizing the physical and social ambiance of urban spaces to understand how people perceive and form impressions of these environments based on physical and psychological constructs. Building on our earlier work on characterizing ambiance of indoor places, we present a methodology to automatically infer impressions of place ambiance, using generic deep learning features extracted from images publicly shared on Foursquare. We base our methodology on a corpus of 45,000 images from 300 popular places in six cities on Foursquare. Our results indicate the feasibility to automatically infer place ambiance with a maximum R2 of 0.53 using features extracted from a pre-trained convolutional neural network. We found that features extracted from deep learning with convolutional nets consistently outperformed individual and combinations of several low-level image features (including Color, GIST, HOG and LBP) to infer all the studied 13 ambiance dimensions. Our work constitutes a first study to automatically infer ambiance impressions of indoor places from deep features learned from images shared on social media.
Foreclosed Impartiality in Capital Sentencing: Jurors’ Predispositions Guilt-Trial Experience and Premature Decision Making

The bifurcation of the capital trial into separate guilt and sentencing phases is the most decisive and uniform change in the administration of the death penalty under the capital statutes approved in Gregg v. Georgia1 and companion cases. By law, jurors make the life or death sentencing decision at a separate penalty trial after the determination of guilt in accordance with carefully drawn sentencing instructions. These sentencing instructions are intended to guide the exercise of sentencing discretion by articulating those aggravating and mitigating considerations that are relevant to this decision. In this way, the exercise of capital sentencing discretion is to be guided and thus freed of constitutionally impermissible caprice, arbitrariness, and discrimination. The Supreme Court has underscored the importance of a separate and independent sentencing decision in Morgan v. Illinois,2 requiring that capital jurors give effect to the statutory considerations that are appropriate for the sentencing decision. 3
Incidence of dizziness and vertigo in Japanese primary care clinic patients with lifestyle-related diseases: an observational study

Objective Dizziness and vertigo are highly prevalent symptoms among patients presenting at primary care clinics, and peripheral vestibular disorder (PVD) is their most frequent cause. However, the incidence of PVD has not been well documented. This study aimed to investigate the incidence of dizziness, vertigo, and PVD among patients presenting at a primary care clinic. Design This was an observational study. Setting and participants Between November 2011 and March 2013, we observed 393 patients, all at least 20 years old, who had been treated for chronic diseases such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus for at least 6 months at a primary clinic (Oki Clinic) in Japan. Outcome The main outcome of interest was new incidence of dizziness, vertigo, and PVD events. During the 1-year follow-up period, the otorhinolaryngologist diagnosed and reported new PVD events. Results The mean age of the 393 participants at entry was 65.5 years. Of the study participants, 12.7%, 82.4%, and 92.6% had diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia, respectively. We followed up all the participants (100%). During the 662.5 person-years of follow-up, 121 cases of dizziness or vertigo (dizziness/vertigo) and 76 cases of PVD were observed. The incidence of dizziness/vertigo and PVD was 194.7 (95% confidence interval: 161.6–232.6) per 1,000 person-years and 115.7 (95% confidence interval: 92.2–142.6) per 1,000 person-years, respectively. There were 61 cases of acute peripheral vestibulopathy, 12 of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, and three of Meniere’s disease among the 76 PVD patients. Conclusion We reported the incidence of dizziness/vertigo among Japanese primary care clinic patients, which was higher than that usually observed in the general population. Furthermore, we described the incidence of PVD and found that it was a major cause of dizziness/vertigo.