Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect of Propionibacteria Supplementation on Yield of Milk and Milk Components of Dairy Cows

A well-managed, high-producing commercial dairy herd was used to test the impact of dietary propionibacteria (Propionibacteria freudenreichii, P169) supplementation (6 × 1010 cfu/d per cow). Inclusion of propionibacteria in the diet increased (P 201 DIM). Daily DMI were excellent considering the summer heat and humidity during the study (23.16 vs. 22.39 kg/d per cow consumed by propionibacteria and control cows, respectively). Pregnancy rate was numerically greater (P = 0.12) with propionibacteria supplementation (15 vs. 23% for control vs. treatment). Feeding a specific propionibacteria (P169) at 6 × 1010 cfu/d per cow had beneficial effects on high producing dairy cows. Further research is needed to better understand the complete mode of action.
Arg506–Gln mutation in factor V and risk of thrombosis during pregnancy

Seventy women with thrombosis in pregnancy were investigated for the presence of APC resistance and the associated Arg506–Gln mutation in coagulation factor V. The mutation was found in 46% of the investigated women. Carriers of the mutation were more prone to develop thrombosis in the first pregnancy (OR (odds ratio) = 3.41; P < 0.05) and had a higher probability of recurrence (OR = 3.86; P < 0.05) compared to non‐carriers. The incidence of miscarriage was not related to the mutation but its probability increased in women with thrombosis in a second or subsequent pregnancy (P < 0.025). Negative dynamics of APC response during pregnancy was observed in 20/22 women; eight of them developed APC resistance de novo. The suppression of APC response was independent of the mutation.
Intercomparison of On-Orbit Calibration Consistency Between Terra and Aqua MODIS Reflective Solar Bands Using the Moon

Two nearly identical Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensors, one on the Terra and the other on the Aqua satellite, are currently operating in space, making continuous global observations in 36 spectral bands: 20 reflective solar bands (RSBs) and 16 thermal emissive bands. For MODIS RSB with wavelengths from 0.41 to 2.1 mum, the sensor-specified calibration-accuracy requirements are plusmn2% for reflectance and plusmn5% for radiance products. They are calibrated on-orbit by a solar diffuser (SD) and an SD stability monitor. In addition, lunar observations are scheduled regularly to monitor the RSB radiometric calibration stability. This letter describes an intercomparison method developed for evaluating the calibration consistency between Terra and Aqua MODIS RSBs and calibration differences among detectors in each spectral band. It presents intercomparison results derived from Terra and Aqua MODIS lunar observations made over their overlapped mission operation. This method uses predicted lunar irradiances derived from a lunar model to remove lunar-viewing-geometry differences among different observations made by each sensor. The results, excluding the bands which either have electronic crosstalk or saturate during lunar observations, show that the Terra and Aqua MODIS RSBs have been consistently calibrated to within plusmn1%. For the detectors within any one spectral band, the calibration differences are less than plusmn0.5%. The methodology developed here can be applied to other sensors for intercomparison studies.
Multimodal redundancy across handwriting and speech during computer mediated human-human interactions

Lecturers, presenters and meeting participants often say what they publicly handwrite. In this paper, we report on three empirical explorations of such multimodal redundancy -- during whiteboard presentations, during a spontaneous brainstorming meeting, and during the informal annotation and discussion of photographs. We show that redundantly presented words, compared to other words used during a presentation or meeting, tend to be topic specific and thus are likely to be out-of-vocabulary. We also show that they have significantly higher tf-idf (term frequency-inverse document frequency) weights than other words, which we argue supports the hypothesis that they are dialogue-critical words. We frame the import of these empirical findings by describing SHACER, our recently introduced Speech and HAndwriting reCognizER, which can combine information from instances of redundant handwriting and speech to dynamically learn new vocabulary.
Bending Properties of Anisotropic Conductive Films Assembled Chip-in-Flex Packages for Wearable Electronics Applications

In this paper, a chip-in-flex (CIF) assembly that has an excellent bending performance, including a minimum bending radius without a chip fracture and the capacity to withstand dynamic bending, is developed. Chip-on-flex (COF) and CIF assemblies are fabricated using anisotropic conductive films (ACFs) as interconnection materials. The COF package is composed of 40-μm-thin silicon chips, ACF, and flexible substrates. The CIF package is fabricated by attaching a cover adhesive film and a polyimide film on the COF package to encapsulate the silicon chip. Through static bending tests, the optimal thickness of the cover adhesive film is established. The optimized CIF assembly allows a minimum bending radius of 4 mm without a chip fracture, while the chip in the COF assembly fractures at a bending radius of 10 mm. A finite-element analysis of the static bending test is performed to understand the internal stress state of the assemblies. A bending reliability test of the CIF package is also conducted at a bending radius of 7.5 mm for 160k cycles, by measuring the daisy-chain resistance during the test. The effect of the elastic modulus of the ACF resin on the fatigue endurance is investigated through the bending fatigue test. The higher modulus of the ACF resin resulted in excellent fatigue reliability with stable ACF joints showing neither delamination nor resin crazing after 160k cycles of bending.
Tape-strip sampling for measuring dermal exposure to 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate.

OBJECTIVES This study describes the development and evaluation of a method for sampling layers of the stratum corneum for the quantitation of dermal exposure to 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate (HDI). METHODS HDI deposited on skin was collected by the removal of stratum corneum with adhesive tape, derivatized with 1-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazine, and quantitated as the urea derivative (HDIU) by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). This LC-MS method was tested by analyzing tape spiked with HDI-containing products, then applied to tape samples collected from the skin of an auto-body shop worker exposed to polyurethane paint aerosols. RESULTS The limits of detection and quantitation were 20 and 50 fmol per injection, respectively. The recovery of HDI from the tape was 99.3% [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 97.1-102]. HDIU was stable at -40 degrees C, degrading by 0.28% (95% CI 0.10-0.46) per day. Quantifiable amounts of HDI were observed in 42.6% of the first three successive tape-strip samples collected from 36 different sites on the skin of the worker. The amount of HDI recovered from the collection sites on skin, measured by summing the levels collected with three successive tape-strips, ranged from nondetectable to 1874 pmol. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that HDI on skin can be collected with tape-strips and quantified at occupational levels using LC-MS.
Supersymmetry at Large Distance Scales

We propose that the UV/IR relation that underlies the AdS/CFT duality may provide a natural mechanism by which high energy supersymmetry can have large distance consequences. We motivate this idea via (a string realization of) the Randall-Sundrum scenario, in which the observable matter is localized on a matter brane separate from the Planck brane. As suggested via the holographic interpretation of this scenario, we argue that the local dynamics of the Planck brane - which determines the large scale 4-d geometry - is protected by the high energy supersymmetry of the dual 4-d theory. With this assumption, we show that the total vacuum energy naturally cancels in the effective 4-d Einstein equation. This cancellation is robust against changes in the low energy dynamics on the matter brane, which gets stabilized via the holographic RG without any additional fine-tuning.
A New L1-Lower Semicontinuity Result

The aim of this work is to prove a chain rule and an L1-lower semicontinuity theorems for integral functional defined on BV (Ω). Moreover we apply this result in order to obtain new relaxation and Γ-convergence result without any coerciveness and any continuity assumption of the integrand f(x, s, p) with respect to the variable s. Sunto. L’obiettivo di questo lavoro e quello di dimostrare una nuova regola di derivazione per funzioni composte e un teorema di semicontinuita inferiore rispetto alla topologia L1 per un funzionale integrale definito su su BV (Ω). Si applica poi quest’ultimo risultato per ottenere nuovi risultati di rilassamento e Γ-convergenza in assenza di coercivita e in assenza di continuita della funzione integranda f(x, s, p) nella variabile s. AMS 2004 Subject Classification: 49J45, 49Q20, 49M20
Effect of rhizobial strain and host plant on nitrogen isotopic fractionation in legumes.

Lotus pedunculatus L. , Medicago sativa L. , Macroptilium atropurpureum, Glycine max, and Trifolium repens L. were grown in a N-free medium and inoculated with one of ten Rhizobium strains. Dry matter, N content, and delta(15)N values were determined for various plant parts.Nodules, with the exception of those from lucerne, were enriched in (15)N relative to atmospheric N. Considerable variation was found in delta(15)N values of plant herbage (-4.5 to +0.8). The extent of isotopic discrimination was dependent on both the host plant and the infecting rhizobial strain. This further complicates, but does not invalidate, the use of small variations in the natural abundance of (15)N to estimate the contribution of symbiotically fixed N(2) to the N in legume herbage. Some other implications of the observed differences are also discussed.
Comprendre et prédire les stratégies d'auto-handicap revendiqué dans le domaine du sport : une approche interactionniste

Ce travail s’est interesse a l’apparition de l’auto-handicap revendique en sport en adoptant une approche interactionniste. L’effet de la propension a l’auto-handicap revendique et du niveau d’estime de soi des sportifs sur la quantite d’obstacles qu’ils revendiquent avant d’effectuer une tâche motrice a ete observe dans quatre situations qui se distinguent par la menace du soi qu’elles generent (non menacante, menacante, echec-significatif et succes-significatif). Les resultats revelent que la propension a l’auto-handicap et l’estime de soi (physique ou globale) sont pertinentes et complementaires pour anticiper l’apparition de cette strategie et qu’elles entrent en interaction avec la menace situationnelle. Ils indiquent egalement que tout sportif, quelle que soit sa propension a l’auto-handicap ou son niveau d’estime de soi, peut etre amene a recourir a l’auto-handicap revendique avant un test menacant pour son image de competence. En outre, les forts handicapeurs et les sportifs a faible estime de soi emploient meme l’auto-handicap revendique avant d’effectuer un test sans valeur diagnostique (condition non menacante). L’Echelle d'Auto-handicap Revendique en Sport (EARS), developpee dans le premier chapitre et employee dans les chapitres III, IV et V pour mesurer la propension a l’auto-handicap revendique des sportifs, a temoigne de qualites psychometriques et d’une validite predictive satisfaisante. L’ensemble des resultats suggere l’existence d’autres mecanismes de revendication que celui qui consiste a manipuler strategiquement les attributions causales.
Testing Closed-Source Binary Device Drivers with DDT

DDT is a system for testing closed-source binary device drivers against undesired behaviors, like race conditions, memory errors, resource leaks, etc. One can metaphorically think of it as a pesticide against device driver bugs. DDT combines virtualization with a specialized form of symbolic execution to thoroughly exercise tested drivers; a set of modular dynamic checkers identify bug conditions and produce detailed, executable traces for every path that leads to a failure. These traces can be used to easily reproduce and understand the bugs, thus both proving their existence and helping debug them. We applied DDT to several closed-source Microsoft-certified Windows device drivers and discovered 14 serious new bugs. DDT is easy to use, as it requires no access to source code and no assistance from users. We therefore envision DDT being useful not only to developers and testers, but also to consumers who want to avoid running buggy drivers in their OS kernels.
On the Distributed Implementation of LOTOS

This paper presents an approach to the distributed implementation of multiple rendezvous, including dynamic process creation, as defined by the specification language LOTOS. The approach is based on a so-called activity tree which reflects the dynamic relationships between the active processes within the system, and a virtual ring algorithm for the distributed implementation of a set of rendezvous, which was originally developed for a static set of processes. A new dynamic ring establishment algorithm is presented which serves as a bridge between the activity tree and the virtual ring algorithm. When growing the activity tree, the algorithm establishes for each LOTOS gate a virtual ring over which the virtual ring algorithm is applied.
Gender differences in defining infidelity

iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.v TABLE OF CONTENTS. vi LIST OF TABLES. viii CHAPTER I: Introduction and Literature review.1 Emotional Infidelity . 2 Infidelity and the Internet.3 Gender Differences in Attitudes to Infidelity . 4 Gender Differences in Attitudes to Online Infidelity . 5 Theories about Infidelity.6 Evolutionary Theory . 6 Double Shot Hypothesis . 7 Definitions of Infidelity . 8 CHAPTER II: Statement of the Problem.9 Present Study . 12 Hypotheses.12 CHAPTER III: Method.13 Participants.13 Instrumentation . 14 Procedure . 15 Risks.16 vii CHAPTER IV: Results . 17 CHAPTER V: Discussion.27 Theoretical Context.29 Clinical Implications.31 Limitations and Suggestions for Future Research . 33 Conclusion . 35 REFERENCES . 36 APPENDIX A. Infidelity Questionnaire.42 APPENDIX B. Demographic Information . 44 APPENDIX C. SPSS Syntax for Power Analysis . 46 APPENDIX D. Informed Consent Page for Students Participating for Class Requirements or Extra Credit.49 APPENDIX E. Informed Consent Page for Students Completing the Data through surveymonkey.com . 51 APPENDIX F. Debriefing Page . 53
Hierarchical Dirichlet Processes

We consider problems involving groups of data where each observation within a group is a draw from a mixture model and where it is desirable to share mixture components between groups. We assume that the number of mixture components is unknown a priori and is to be inferred from the data. In this setting it is natural to consider sets of Dirichlet processes, one for each group, where the well-known clustering property of the Dirichlet process provides a nonparametric prior for the number of mixture components within each group. Given our desire to tie the mixture models in the various groups, we consider a hierarchical model, specifically one in which the base measure for the child Dirichlet processes is itself distributed according to a Dirichlet process. Such a base measure being discrete, the child Dirichlet processes necessarily share atoms. Thus, as desired, the mixture models in the different groups necessarily share mixture components. We discuss representations of hierarchical Dirichlet processes in terms of a stick-breaking process, and a generalization of the Chinese restaurant process that we refer to as the “Chinese restaurant franchise. ” We present Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms for posterior inference in hierarchical Dirichlet process mixtures and describe applications to problems in information retrieval and text modeling.
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy: current and emerging treatments

Proliferative vitreoretinopathy is a disease process that follows the proliferation of ectopic cell sheets in the vitreous and/or periretinal area, causing periretinal membrane formation and traction, in patients with rhegmatogenous retinal detachments. Currently, vitreous surgery is the standard treatment; however, the results aren’t satisfactory given the vision loss that ensues and that redetachment is relatively common. It is becoming clearer that there exists an interplay between various cytokines/growth factors, matrix proteins, and the different cell types that drive the undesirable formation of periretinal membranes. This fundamental understanding is aiding in identifying different adjunct agents that can block the cellular events intrinsic to proliferative vitreoretinopathy. In this review, we describe the current understanding on the pathogenesis and discuss how the fundamental understanding of the biochemical/molecular events is instrumental in developing the novel treatment strategies that are also highlighted.
Evaporative instabilities in climbing films

We consider flow in a thin film generated by partially submerging an inclined rigid plate in a reservoir of ethanol– or methanol–water solution and wetting its surface. Evaporation leads to concentration and surface tension gradients that drive flow up the plate. An experimental study indicates that the climbing film is subject to two distinct instabilities. The first is a convective instability characterized by flattened convection rolls aligned in the direction of flow and accompanied by free-surface deformations; in the meniscus region, this instability gives rise to pronounced ridge structures aligned with the mean flow. The second instability, evident when the plate is nearly vertical, takes the form of transverse surface waves propagating up the plate. We demonstrate that the observed longitudinal rolls are driven by the combined influence of surface deformations and alcohol concentration gradients. Guided by the observation that the rolls are flattened, we develop a quasi-two-dimensional theoretical model for the instability of the film, based on lubrication theory, which includes the effects of gravity, capillarity and Marangoni stresses at the surface. We develop stability criteria for the film which are in qualitative agreement with our experimental observations. Our analysis yields an equation for the shape of the interface which is solved numerically and reproduces the salient features of the observed flows, including the slow lateral drift and merging of the ridges.
Hyperfunctioning Solid/Trabecular Follicular Carcinoma of the Thyroid Gland

A 68-year-old woman with solid/trabecular follicular thyroid carcinoma inside of an autonomously functioning thyroid nodule is described in this paper. The patient was referred to our clinic for swelling of the neck and an increased pulse rate. Ultrasonography showed a slightly hypoechoic nodule in the right lobe of the thyroid. Despite suppressed TSH levels, the 99mTc-pertechnetate scan showed a hot area corresponding to the nodule with a suppressed uptake in the remaining thyroid tissue. Histopathological examination of the nodule revealed a solid/trabecular follicular thyroid carcinoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of hyperfunctioning follicular solid/trabecular carcinoma reported in the literature. Even if a hyperfunctioning thyroid carcinoma is an extremely rare malignancy, careful management is recommended so that a malignancy will not be overlooked in the hot thyroid nodules.
WFPC2 Filters after 16 Years on Orbit

Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) was installed on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in December 1993 during Servicing Mission 1 by the crew of Shuttle Mission STS-61. WFPC2 replaced Wide Field Planetary Camera 1 (WFPC1), providing improved UV performance, more advanced detectors, better contamination control, and its own corrective optics. After 16 years of exceptional service, WFPC2 was retired in May 2009 during Servicing Mission 4 (SM4), when it was removed from HST in order to allow for the installation of Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). WFPC2 was carried back to Earth in the shuttle bay by the crew of Shuttle Mission STS-125. In a joint investigation by Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), the Selectable Optical Filter Assembly (SOFA) of WFPC2 was extracted and the filter wheels removed and examined for any on-orbit changes. The filters were inspected, photographed and scanned with a spectrophotometer at GSFC. The data have been analyzed at STScI with a view towards understanding how prolonged exposure to the HST space environment affected the filters and what the resultant impacts are to WFPC2 calibrations. In this paper, we present our early results from these post-SM4 laboratory studies, including comparisons of preto post-mission filter transmission measurements for F343N, F160AW, F160BW, F450W, and F170W.
Eruption chronology of the first deciduous teeth in children born prematurely with birth weight less than 1500g

Objective: To describe the eruption chronology of the first deciduous teeth in premature infants with birth weight less than 1500g and to compare it according to gender and nutritional status at birth. Methods: Longitudinal study including 40 low birth weight premature infants of both genders. The tooth was considered erupted when the crown went through the gum and became part of the oral environment. The comparison of the eruption chronology in relation to gender and among children appropriate or small for gestational age was done by Student's t-test, being significant p<0.05. Results: The eruption of the first tooth (teeth) occurred, on average, with 11.0±2.1 months of chronological age and with 9.6±1.9 months corrected for prematurity. The first erupted teeth were the lower central incisors. The average eruption for males was 9.7±1.9 and, for females, 9.5±1.9 months, both corrected for prematurity (p=0.98). The average eruption in children with birth weight appropriate for gestational age was 10.1±1.4 months; for small for gestational age, it was 9.4±2.2, also corrected for prematurity (p=0.07). Conclusions: The average eruption age of the first teeth, corrected for prematurity, was 9.6 months. Sex and nutritional status at birth did not change the eruption chronology.