Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: modelling of the luminosity and colour dependence in the Data Release

We investigate the luminosity and colour dependence of clustering of CMASS galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey Data Release 10, focusing on projected correlation functions of well-defined samples extracted from the full catalogue of ∼540 000 galaxies at z ∼ 0.5 covering about 6500 deg. The halo occupation distribution framework is adopted to model the measurements on small and intermediate scales (from 0.02 to 60 h−1 Mpc), infer the connection of galaxies to dark matter haloes and interpret the observed trends. We find that luminous red galaxies in CMASS reside in massive haloes of mass M ∼ 1013–1014 h−1 M and more luminous galaxies are more clustered and hosted by more massive haloes. The strong small-scale clustering requires a fraction of these galaxies to be satellites in massive haloes, with the fraction at the level of 5–8 per cent and decreasing with luminosity. The characteristic mass of a halo hosting on average one satellite galaxy above a luminosity threshold is about a factor of 8.7 larger than that of a halo hosting a central galaxy above the same threshold. At a fixed luminosity, progressively redder galaxies are more strongly clustered on small scales, which can be explained by having a larger fraction of these galaxies in the form of satellites in massive haloes. Our clustering measurements on scales below 0.4 h−1 Mpc allow us to study the small-scale spatial distribution of satellites inside haloes. While the clustering of luminosity-threshold samples can be well described by a Navarro– Frenk–White profile, that of the reddest galaxies prefers a steeper or more concentrated profile. Finally, we also use galaxy samples of constant number density at different redshifts to study the evolution of luminous red galaxies, and find the clustering to be consistent with passive evolution in the redshift range of 0.5 z 0.6.
FRW Solutions and Holography from Uplifted AdS/CFT

Starting from concrete AdS/CFT dual pairs, one can introduce ingredients which produce cosmological solutions, including metastable de Sitter and its decay to non-accelerating FRW. We present simple FRW solutions sourced by magnetic flavor branes and analyze correlation functions and particle and brane dynamics. To obtain a holographic description, we exhibit a time-dependent warped metric on the solution and interpret the resulting redshifted region as a Lorentzian low energy effective field theory in one fewer dimension. At finite times, this theory has a finite cutoff, a propagating lower dimensional graviton and a finite covariant entropy bound, but at late times the lower dimensional Planck mass and entropy go off to infinity in a way that is dominated by contributions from the low energy effective theory. This opens up the possibility of a precise dual at late times. We reproduce the time-dependent growth of the number of degrees of freedom in the system via a count of available microscopic states in the corresponding magnetic brane construction.
Do Distinct Cosmological Models Predict Degenerate Halo Populations?

Using cosmological N-body simulations, we investigate the influence of the matter density parameter Ωm and the linear theory power spectrum P(k) on statistical properties of the dark matter halo population—the mass function n(M), two-point correlation function ξ(r), and pairwise velocity statistics v12(r) and σ12(r). For fixed linear theory P(k), the effect of changing Ωm is simple: the halo mass scale M* shifts in proportion to Ωm, pairwise velocities (at fixed M/M*) are proportional to Ω, and halo clustering at fixed M/M* is unchanged. If one simultaneously changes the power spectrum amplitude σ8 to maintain the "cluster normalization" condition σ8Ω = const, then n(M) stays approximately constant near M ~ 5 × 1014 h-1 M☉, and halo clustering and pairwise velocities are similar at fixed M. However, the shape of n(M) changes, with a decrease of Ωm from 0.3 to 0.2, producing a ~30% drop in the number of low-mass halos. One can preserve the shape of n(M) over a large dynamic range by changing the spectral tilt ns or shape parameter Γ, but the required changes are substantial—e.g., masking a decrease of Ωm from 0.3 to 0.2 requires Δns ≈ 0.3 or ΔΓ ≈ 0.15. These changes to P(k) significantly alter the halo clustering and halo velocities. The sensitivity of the dark halo population to cosmological model parameters has encouraging implications for efforts to constrain cosmology and galaxy bias with observed galaxy clustering, since the predicted changes in the halo population cannot easily be masked by altering the way that galaxies occupy halos. A shift in Ωm alone would be detected by any dynamically sensitive clustering statistic; a cluster normalized change to σ8 and Ωm would require a change in galaxy occupation as a function of M/M*, which would alter galaxy clustering; and a simultaneous change to P(k) that preserves the halo mass function would change the clustering of the halos themselves.
Uncovering cognitive and affective sources of satisfaction homogeneity in work teams

Shared satisfaction in teams is crucial for team functioning and performance. However, it is still unclear how and why team members’ job satisfaction transforms into a shared team property. Based on affective events theory, I test hypotheses about situational, dispositional, and social antecedents of satisfaction homogeneity with a comprehensive model. Path analyses based on data from 415 team members working in 110 teams suggest that job satisfaction homogeneity primarily depends on characteristics of the working environment. Experiencing similar affective job events increased the likelihood of shared satisfaction by inducing shared affect. Team members’ personality traits (core self-evaluations) had indirect and small effects on satisfaction homogeneity. Unlike earlier studies, there was no evidence that social interaction leads to agreement in job satisfaction. Additionally, I partly replicated the finding that satisfaction homogeneity moderates the team-level satisfaction–team performance relationship.
Analysis of rate optimized throughput for large-scale MIMO-(H)ARQ schemes

In this paper, we consider throughput and rate optimized throughput for large-scale MIMO-(H)ARQ systems in i.i. d. complex Gaussian block fading channels. Exact analysis of large-scale MIMO is generally intractable, yet the field of random matrix theory has provided asymptotic expressions for the instantaneous channel capacity, which we propose for studying MIMO-(H)ARQ systems. Even with those expressions, closed-form results for the maximum throughput and optimal rate are not known. We therefore provide i) tight asymptotic lower and upper bounds, with a diminishing gap, for the optimal rate that is useful for the design of practical link adaptation algorithms, and ii) a tight asymptotic lower bound for the maximized throughput, suggesting the practical sufficiency of MIMO-ARQ, without any packet combining, over more complex MIMO-HARQ methods.
Insights into the Roles of Gut Microbes in Obesity

Obesity is a major public health issue as it enhances the risk of suffering several chronic diseases of increasing prevalence. Obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure, associated with a chronic low-grade inflammation. Gut microbes are considered to contribute to body weight regulation and related disorders by influencing metabolic and immune host functions. The gut microbiota as a whole improves the host's ability to extract and store energy from the diet leading to body weight gain, while specific commensal microbes seem to exert beneficial effects on bile salt, lipoprotein, and cholesterol metabolism. The gut microbiota and some probiotics also regulate immune functions, protecting the host form infections and chronic inflammation. In contrast, dysbiosis and endotoxaemia may be inflammatory factors responsible for developing insulin resistance and body weight gain. In the light of the link between the gut microbiota, metabolism, and immunity, the use of dietary strategies to modulate microbiota composition is likely to be effective in controlling metabolic disorders. Although so far only a few preclinical and clinical trials have demonstrated the effects of specific gut microbes and prebiotics on biological markers of these disorders, the findings indicate that advances in this field could be of value in the struggle against obesity and its associated-metabolic disorders.
PENGARUH LOCUS OF CONTROL DAN PERILAKU KEPEMIMPINAN SITUASIONAL TERHADAP PRESTASI KERJA AUDITOR DENGAN KEPUASAN KERJA SEBAGAI VARIABEL INTERVENING

This study aimed to prove the impact locus of control and situational leadership behavior to auditor job performance through job satisfaction. This study uses a quantitative approach that focused on testing the hypothesis. Independent variables are locus of control (LOC), situational leadership behavior (PKS), while the dependent variable are job satisfaction (KK) and job performance (PKA). Data collection procedures in this study was done by a survey using a questionnaire. The respondent was the auditor in accounting firm in East Java. Data analysis techniques to test the research hypotheses are conducted using multiple linear regression analysis. Based on the test, the conclusions obtained are locus of control and situational leadership behavior simultaneously have a significant impact on job satisfaction. Partially, locus of control has no significant influence on job satisfaction but situational leadership behaviors has a significant influence on job satisfaction. Locus of control and situational leadership behavior simultaneously effect significantly on auditor job performance. Partially, locus of control has a significant effect on job performance, but the situational leadership behavior has no significant effect on job performance. Job satisfaction has a significant effect on auditor job performance. The study of locus of control effect on job performance through job satisfaction is not proven. The study proves that there is an indirect effect situational leadership behavior to auditor job performance through job satisfaction as an intervening variable.
An empirical examination of the extent of software process improvement in software SMEs

Although earlier studies revealed much about software process improvement (SPI) in software small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), no earlier research set out to determine the full extent of SPI being implemented in software SMEs. Therefore, this study was designed from the outset to elicit all instances of SPI, which we term SPI events – no matter how small or informal. We make the important new discovery that SMEs initiate a considerable amount of SPI, albeit in varying quantities in different organisations. No earlier study reported that the practice of SPI was so widespread in software SMEs, and this is perhaps related to the extensive scope of the enquiry adopted in this study. Our study also finds that the significant majority of SPI in software SMEs is minor or moderate in nature, sometimes leveraging the human capital via improvements in tacit knowledge. Software development is an intrinsically human intensive activity, and it therefore follows that the maximisation of the human capital in an organisation is a source of competitive advantage. However, contemporary process maturity frameworks and quality management standards do not fully exploit the capacity of human capital and may therefore diminish rather than improve the competitive advantage of software SMEs. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
The Position of Sagittarius A*. II. Accurate Positions and Proper Motions of Stellar SiO Masers near the Galactic Center

In 1979, Menten and coworkers accurately determined the position of Sgr A* on an infrared image by aligning the infrared image with positions measured for SiO masers, associated with infrared-bright evolved stars, at radio wavelengths. We now report greatly improved radio positions and, for the first time, proper motions of many stellar SiO masers at the Galactic center. These positions and motions, coupled with better infrared imaging, allow a much improved location of Sgr A* on infrared images. With current data, infrared stars can be placed in a reference frame tied to Sgr A*, to an accuracy of ≈10 mas in position and ≈1 mas yr-1 in motion. The position of Sgr A* is, within uncertainties, consistent with stellar accelerations and the measured orbital focus of the star S2. The star S2 was observed within 16 mas (≈130 AU in projection) of Sgr A* on 2002 May 2. Finally, we find that the central stellar cluster moves with Sgr A* to within ≈70 km s-1.
CALL FOR PAPERS Exercise Training in Cardiovascular Disease: Mechanisms and Outcomes Dynamic exercise training prevents exercise pressor reflex overactivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats

Masaki Mizuno, Gary A. Iwamoto, Wanpen Vongpatanasin, Jere H. Mitchell, and Scott A. Smith Department of Health Care Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; and Hypertension Section, Cardiology Division, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis Is Associated with Improved Attention Performance in Children: The Allergic Rhinitis Cohort Study for Kids (ARCO-Kids)

Background It has been well known that pediatric allergic rhinitis was associated with poor performance at school due to attention deficit. However, there were no cohort studies for the effect of treatment of allergic rhinitis on attention performance in pediatric population. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether attention performance was improved after treatment in children with allergic rhinitis. Methods In this ARCO-Kids (Allergic Rhinitis Cohort Study for Kids), consecutive pediatric patients with rhinitis symptoms underwent a skin prick test and computerized comprehensive attention test. According to the skin prick test results, the children were diagnosed as allergic rhinitis or non- allergic rhinitis. All of the patients were regularly followed up and treated with oral medication or intranasal corticosteroid sprays. The comprehensive attention tests consisted of sustained and divided attention tasks. Each of the tasks was assessed by the attention score which was calculated by the number of omission and commission errors. The comprehension attention test was repeated after 1 year. Results A total of 797 children with allergic rhinitis and 239 children with non-allergic rhinitis were included. Initially, the attention scores of omission and commission errors on divided attention task were significantly lower in children with allergic rhinitis than in children with non-allergic rhinitis. After 1 year of treatment, children with allergic rhinitis showed improvement in attention: commission error of sustained (95.6±17.0 vs 97.0±16.6) and divided attention task (99.1±15.8 vs 91.8±23.5). Meanwhile, there was no significant difference of attention scores in children with non-allergic rhinitis. Conclusions Our study showed that management of allergic rhinitis might be associated with improvement of attention.
Automatic Sarcasm Detection in Twitter Messages

In the past decade, social media like Twitter have become popular and a part of everyday life for many people. Opinion mining of the thoughts and opinions they share can be of interest to, e.g., companies and organizations. The sentiment of a text can be drastically altered when figurative language such as sarcasm is used. This thesis presents a system for automatic sarcasm detection in Twitter messages. To get a better understanding of the field, state-of-the-art systems for detecting sarcasm in Twitter messages are explored. Many such systems already exist, and a common theme among them is the use of automatically annotated data for both training and testing. In addition to presenting a system for detecting sarcasm, this thesis also looks into the use of manually annotated data for testing. To this end, a dataset of tweets manually annotated with respect to the presence of sarcasm was built. The result was very similar to that of a previously made set, and both of them showed considerable deviation from automatic annotation. This implies that using automatically annotated data for the task of sarcasm detection in tweets is a mediocre approximation. Experiments with both of the manually annotated datasets also gave very similar results, showing that they are well annotated and reasonably representative for sarcasm detection in tweets.
Communication self-efficacy in optometry: the mediating role of mindfulness

The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between optometry students’ communication self-efficacy and their level of mindfulness and empathy. The study had a cross-sectional design. The sample included qualified optometrists in their first year of the Masters’ degree programme. The students reported level of communication self-efficacy, empathy and mindfulness by responding to three questionnaires: Ammentorp’s Clear-Cut Communication with Patients, Jefferson Scale of Empathy, and Mindful Attention Awareness Scale. Thirty-three students participated. The communication self-efficacy sum score was 111 (95% CI 106 to 116), the empathy sum score was 107 (95% CI 103 to 111) and the mindfulness sum score was 52 (95% CI 103 to 111). There was a significant positive correlation between communication self-efficacy and mindfulness (r = 0.295, n = 29, p = 0.029), but not between communication self-efficacy and empathy. Mindfulness correlates with communication self-efficacy. Mindfulness could therefore be important in training communication skills and could contribute to the effect of communication skills training. Most optometrists provide services in a retail setting, linking person-centred communication and care, evidence-based medicine, product technology and customer service. Further studies should explore how communication self-efficacy, explicit and tactic knowledge, empathy, mindfulness, emotional intelligence, patient satisfaction and customer service relate to communication and patientcentred care.
Wake Vortex Algorithm Scoring Results

This report compares the performance of two models of trailing vortex evolution for which interaction with the ground is not a significant factor. One model uses eddy dissipation rate (EDR) and the other uses the kinetic energy of turbulence fluctuations (TKE) to represent the effect of turbulence. In other respects, the models are nearly identical. The models are evaluated by comparing their predictions of circulation decay, vertical descent, and lateral transport to observations for over four hundred cases from Memphis and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airports. These observations were obtained during deployments in support of NASA's Aircraft Vortex Spacing System (AVOSS). The results of the comparisons show that the EDR model usually performs slightly better than the TKE model.
Teachers' Perceptions of Contextual Influences on Instructional Decision-Making Regarding The Use of Educational Technology in Secondary Social Studies

ix Half-Title Page. 1 Chapter 1: Introduction. 2 Statement of the Problem. 4 Conceptual Lens. 5 Statement of Purpose. 9 Research Questions. 10 Chapter 2: Review of the Literature. 11 Social Studies Pedagogy and Educational Technology. 11 The Teaching Context. 27 Instructional Decision-Making in the Teaching Context. 43 Conclusion: Teacher Gatekeeping Decisions Regarding Educational Technology in the Classroom Space. 51 Chapter 3: Methodology. 55 Theoretical Framework. 56 Design. 62 Ethical Considerations. 69 Limitations and Delimitations. 74 v Chapter 4: Findings. 76 Study Environment. 77 Introduction of Participants. 80 Case 1: Martha’s Information Ecology. 81 Case 2: Mary’s Information Ecology. 97 Case 3: Paul’s Information Ecology. 111 Cross-Case Analysis. 129 Conclusion. 141 Chapter 5: Implications. 143 Discussion of Key Implications. 144 Leadership Implications Across Contextual Layers. 152 Limitations. 159 Recommendations for Future Research. 159 Conclusions. 161 Appendix A: Consent Form. 163 Appendix B: Primary Participant Interview Guide. 166 Appendix C: Staff Interview Guide. 168 Appendix D: Observation Protocol. 170 Appendix E: Sample Member Check. 171 Appendix F: Standard Technology Resources. 175 Appendix G: List of Codes. 177 References. 179 vi Vita. 201
New insights into the 2012 Emilia (Italy) seismic sequence through advanced numerical modeling of ground deformation InSAR measurements

We provide new insights into the two main seismic events that occurred in 2012 in the Emilia region, Italy. We extend the results from previous studies based on analytical inversion modeling of GPS and RADARSAT‐1 InSAR measurements by exploiting RADARSAT‐2 data. Moreover, we benefit from the available large amount of geological and geophysical information through finite element method (FEM) modeling implemented in a structural‐mechanical context to investigate the impact of known buried structures on the modulation of the ground deformation field. We find that the displacement pattern associated with the 20 May event is consistent with the activation of a single fault segment of the inner Ferrara thrust, in good agreement with the analytical solution. In contrast, the interpretation of the 29 May episode requires the activation of three different fault segments and a block roto‐translation of the Mirandola anticline. The proposed FEM‐based methodology is applicable to other seismic areas where the complexity of buried structures is known and plays a fundamental role in the modulation of the associated surface deformation pattern.
The Long-Term Effects of Prematurity and Intrauterine Growth Restriction on Cardiovascular, Renal, and Metabolic Function

Objective. To determine relative influences of intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) and preterm birth on risks of cardiovascular, renal, or metabolic dysfunction in adolescent children. Study Design. Retrospective cohort study. 71 periadolescent children were classified into four groups: premature small for gestational age (SGA), premature appropriate for gestational age (AGA), term SGA, and term AGA. Outcome Measures. Systolic blood pressure (SBP), augmentation index (Al), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) following protein load; plasma glucose and serum insulin levels. Results. SGA had higher SBP (average 4.6 mmHg) and lower GFR following protein load (average 28.5 mL/min/1.73 m2) than AGA. There was no effect of prematurity on SBP (P = .4) or GFR (P = .9). Both prematurity and SGA were associated with higher AI (average 9.7%) and higher serum insulin levels 2 hr after glucose load (average 15.5 mIU/L) than all other groups. Conclusion. IUGR is a more significant risk factor than preterm birth for later systolic hypertension and renal dysfunction. Among children born preterm, those who are also SGA are at increased risk of arterial stiffness and metabolic dysfunction.