Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Understanding trading at all prices , v 4

This paper argues that we should understand human trading behavior as an equilibrium of heuristics. Demonstrating such an equilibrium requires that we apply agent-based modeling to experimental data. The steps include (i) simulating the successive sets of feasible actions from which human subjects select preferred actions; (ii) determining which heuristics predict the data best (both individual actions and aggregate patterns); and, (iii) determining whether these heuristics are ecologically rational. For trading at all prices in experimental Scarf economies, no configuration of heuristics has yet been identified that can explain all observed aggregate patterns. Issues and a research agenda are discussed.
Total phenolic and flavonoid content of membrane processed Aloe vera extract : a comparative study

The aim of the study was to compare the total phenolic and flavonoid contents of membrane processed Aloe vera extract. In ultrafiltration studies, both transmembrane pressure (tmp) of 0.2,0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 bar and membrane molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) of 10 and 30 kDa membranes were employed in this research work. In preliminary phytochemical screening, phenols, tannins, saponin, flavonoids, steroids, terpenoids were qualitatively analyzed. Based on presence of flavonoid and phenolic content in aqueous – methanolic extract were used for further study. Results indicate that, In phytochemical evaluation, 10 kDa MWCO, total phenolic content range from 0.07 and 0.03 mg Gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g. similarly, 30 kDa MWCO total phenolic content range from 0.05 – 0.027 mg GAE/g at 0.2 – 0.8 tmp. In case total flavonoid content, 0.05 – 0.01 mg quercetin/g in 10 kDa MWCO, 0.033 0.013 mg quercetin/g in 30 kDa MWCO respectively. Moreover, uniqueness of these study is, In the field of phytochemical quantification, there is no reports available in this membrane processed A. vera extract.
P 1 . 9 AIR-SEA FLUXES FROM SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR : AN UPDATE

Young et al. (2000) proposed and demonstrated a method to calculate diabatic wind speed and turbulence statistics from neutral wind speed imagery (Thompson and Beal, 2000) generated from synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Their method, referred to herein as the SAR method, is based on Monin-Obukhov and mixed layer similarity theory (Panofsky and Dutton, 1984; Stull, 1988). It relates the ratio of the mean to standard deviation wind speed, from the SAR-derived neutral wind speed imagery, to the static stability of the atmospheric surface layer. The scaling parameters arising from this relationship provide a stability correction to the neutral wind speed imagery in an iterative fashion. See Young et al. (2000) for an indepth review of their method. Upon completion of the stability correction, several
In vitro fermentation capacity of hindgut microbiota in pigs in relation to dietary fibre

As pigs compete with humans for high quality feed ingredients such as grains, alternative feed sources need to be found. These alternative feed ingredients are usually high in indigestible carbohydrates, consisting mainly of non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) and are less suitable for human consumption. In order to find the most suitable feed ingredients for pig nutrition, they need to be well characterized regarding their nutritional value. This is possible with in vitro methods which mimic the hindgut degradation of these mainly indigestible feed ingredients. These in vitro methods either use enzymes or faecal inocula to incubate the feed ingredient to be tested. However, there is a lack of information on some general aspects of in vitro methods with pigs, such as the number of animals to use for inocula preparation, influence of enzymatic pre-digestion of feed ingredients, repeatability of fermentation results, adaptation time of donor animals etc. The studies described in this thesis describe a number of experiments which were designed to test some of these above mentioned aspects in order to improve the in vitro procedure and therefore the predictability of feeding values of new feed ingredients (in the following called substrates). The first study compared two in vitro methods; one using enzymes and using inocula for fermentation and a combination of the two. The results showed a similar ranking order. Nonetheless, a combination of enzymatic pre-digestion with subsequent fermentation seems most suitable to best predict the nutrient availability of the tested substrate. The second study determined if 19 days of adaptation of donor animals is adequate to adapt them to a new diet, either high or low in NSP. The adaptation to the new diet was not completed and had the biggest influence on the slow fermentable substrate cellulose. The third study revealed that the results of a single fermentation run can be representative for the fermentation capacity of the donor animals. However, the optimal number of donor animals remains to be determined in order to receive results with a low variation coefficient. The last study compared the fermentation capacity of pigs raised on different organic farms. The results showed that animals across organic farms had a relatively similar and high fermentation capacity despite the different rations fed on single farms and varying farm management. This might be caused by the animals’ lifelong exposure to a high variety of fibre. The results of this thesis show that in vitro fermentation methods can be further improved and need further attention regarding the optimal number of donor animals and their nutrition. It would be of special interest to compare the differences of fermentation capacity and energy yield between animals that are fed diets either high or low in NSP. Pig diets based on an improved in vitro methodology have the potential to increase economic profit for feed industry and farmers, but also to increase animal health and welfare.
When Prohibiting Platform Parity Agreements Harms Consumers

We consider a three-level supply chain where a monopolistic seller distributes its product both directly through its own distribution channel and indirectly through platforms accessed by intermediaries competing for final consumers. In this setting, we examine the welfare effects of platform parity agreements, namely contractual provisions according to which the seller cannot charge different prices for the same product distributed through different platforms. We find that these agreements mitigate the marginalization problem both in a wholesale and an agency model. However, only in the former model platform parity unambiguously increases consumer surplus; in the latter, it also increases the commissions paid by the monopolist to the platforms, whereby exacerbating the marginalization problem. On the net, platform parity benefits consumers in the agency model when competition between direct and indirect distribution is sufficiently intense. Interestingly, in both models consumers' preferences are always aligned with the platforms' but not with the seller's.
Effect of Molybdenum Trioxide Nanoparticles on Ovary Function in Female Rats

1. Dept. of Pediatrics, Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran 2. Dept. of Pathology, Mousavi Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran 3. Dept. of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran 4. National Nutrition of Food Technology Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 5. Dept. of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran
Cumulative Effects of Sodium Arsenate and Diammonium Phosphate on Growth Performance , Hemato-Biochemistry and Protoplasm in Commercial Layer

Received: Revised: Accepted: Published online: September 29, 2016 March 16, 2017 April 18, 2017 July 17, 2017 Recently the frequent use of different synthetic compounds like pesticides, herbicides, arsenic, insecticides and fertilizers had led to contamination of environment. Therefore, the current experimental study was conducted to ascertain the concurrent impacts of sodium arsenate and diammonium phosphate in commercial layer. For this purpose a total of 90, day old Lohmann Selected White leghorn chicks of similar weight and sex were procured and kept into six groups. Sodium arsenate and DAP were administered to experimental birds in groups (B-F) alone and in different combination. Group A was kept as control group. Various clinical and behavioral alterations such as watery droppings, dullness, gasping, depression, tremors, anemic comb and wattle were evident in birds. The body weight and relative weight of different organs was reduced significantly. Extensive fatty infiltration, pyknosis of hepatocyte and coagulative necrosis in liver, increased urinary space, necrosis of tubular epithelial cells and congestion in kidneys was observed. The total erythrocytes counts, hemoglobin concentration, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration were significantly reduced. The plasma proteins, serum total proteins, albumin and globulins levels were significantly decreased while serum creatinine and different enzymes were significantly increased in birds. The incidence of erythrocyte with micronucleus, blebbed nucleus and binucleated erythrocyte was significantly increased at different experimental days. In conclusion the arsenic (25 mg/kg bw) and DAP (10%) alone and in combinations (15 mg/kg bw arsenic +6% DAP) were the most toxic to birds. ©2017 PVJ. All rights reserved
Co-Attentive Equivariant Neural Networks: Focusing Equivariance On Transformations Co-Occurring In Data

Equivariance is a nice property to have as it produces much more parameter efficient neural architectures and preserves the structure of the input through the feature mapping. Even though some combinations of transformations might never appear (e.g. an upright face with a horizontal nose), current equivariant architectures consider the set of all possible transformations in a transformation group when learning feature representations. Contrarily, the human visual system is able to attend to the set of relevant transformations occurring in the environment and utilizes this information to assist and improve object recognition. Based on this observation, we modify conventional equivariant feature mappings such that they are able to attend to the set of co-occurring transformations in data and generalize this notion to act on groups consisting of multiple symmetries. We show that our proposed co-attentive equivariant neural networks consistently outperform conventional rotation equivariant and rotation & reflection equivariant neural networks on rotated MNIST and CIFAR-10.
Neural System for Integrating Individual Recognition and Dominance Relationship in Crows

Neural system for integrating individual recognition and dominance relationship in crows Sub Title Author 伊澤, 栄一(Izawa, Eiichi) 西澤, 啓(Nishizawa, Kei) 渡辺, 茂(Watanabe, Shigeru) Publisher Centre for Advanced Research on Logic and Sensibility The Global Centers of Excellence Program, Keio University Publication year 2010 Jtitle CARLS series of advanced study of logic and sensibility Vol.3, (2009. ) ,p.4754 Abstract Crows, a highly social bird, live in a complex 'fission-fusion' society where individuals need to recognize identity of group members with forming social relationships such as dominance. Such social nature could predict the existence of the integrative brain mechanisms for individual recognition and dominance relationships. Despite a number of evidence for the sophisticated cognitive abilities of this species, little has been unknown on the neural basis for social cognition. In this study, to clarify how to integrate individual recognition, dominance, and behavioral expression, we investigated pallial-limbic system including association pallium, striatum, and hypothalamus by analyzing expression of immediate early gene ZENK, an indirect neuronal activity marker. Firstly, the formation of stable dominance relationships based on the individual recognition was confirmed between male jungle crows in a dyadic encounter paradigm. Then the neuronal activities during an exposure session where each subject crow was exposed to either of a familiar dominant, subordinate, or an unfamiliar 'stuff' crow as a stimulus. To evaluate the multiple contributions of each brain area to cognitive/behavioral aspects, ZENK expression was analyzed by means of a generalized regression model (GdML) base on multi-ple factors such as familiarity, dominance, and non-specific actions of the stimulus crow. Neuronal correlation to familiarity was found mainly in association pallium, whereas that to aggression was found in subpallial areas. Hippocampal complex and septal nuclei, furthermore, showed multiple contribution to the factors. Given those results together with the past anatomical studies, we could propose a hypothetical neural system, 'association pallium – parahippocampal – septal subdivisions,' for dominance recognition. Notes Part 1: Brain and Evolution Genre Research Paper URL https://koara.lib. keio.ac. jp/xoonips/modules/xoonips/detail.php? koara_id=KO12002001-2010033 1-0047
Length-Weight Relationships of Fishes in Eight Floodplain Lakes of Agusan Marsh , Philippines

Length-weight relationships (LWRs) of 16 fish species caught from eight floodplain lakes of Agusan Marsh in the Philippines in January 2014-2015 are reported. The species collected belong to nine families and were mostly introduced to the country. Samples were collected using five types of fishing gear. The “b” values in the LWR W= aLb ranged from 2.196 to 3.34 and showed a mean value of 2.95. These measurements of fishes from Agusan Marsh contribute baseline information for the management and conservation of this critical wetland. The dominance of introduced over the native species and the risks accompanying this scenario is discussed.
Transport of Hubbard-Band Quasiparticles in Disordered Optical Lattices

Quantum degenerate gases trapped in optical lattices are ideal testbeds for fundamental physics because these systems are tunable, well characterized, and isolated from the environment. Controlled disorder can be introduced to explore suppression of quantum diffusion in the absence of conventional dephasing mechanisms such as phonons, which are unavoidable in experiments on electronic solids. Recent experiments use transport of degenerate Fermi gases in optical lattices (Kondov et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 083002 (2015)) to probe a particularly extreme regime of strong interaction in what can be modeled as an Anderson-Hubbard model. These experiments find evidence for an intriguing insulating phase where quantum diffusion is completely suppressed by strong disorder. Quantitative interpretation of these experiments remains an open problem that requires inclusion of non-zero entropy, strong interaction, and trapping. We argue that the suppression of transport can be thought of as localization of Hubbard-band quasiparticles. We construct a theory of transport of Hubbard-band quasiparticles tailored to trapped optical lattice experiments. We compare the theory directly with center-ofmass transport experiments of Kondov et al. with no fitting parameters. The close agreement between theory and experiments shows that the suppression of transport is only partly due to finite entropy effects. We argue that the complete suppression of transport is consistent with Anderson localization of Hubbard-band quasiparticles. The combination of our theoretical framework and optical lattice experiments offers an important platform for studying localization in isolated many-body quantum systems.
Chapter 12 Aquaponics : Alternative Types and Approaches

Whilst aquaponics may be considered in the mid-stage of development, there are a number of allied, novel methods of food production that are aligning alongside aquaponics and also which can be merged with aquaponics to deliver food efficiently and productively. These technologies include algaeponics, aeroponics, aeroaquaponics, maraponics, haloponics, biofloc technology and vertical aquaponics. Although some of these systems have undergone many years of trials and research, in most cases, much more scientific research is required to understand intrinsic processes within the systems, efficiency, design aspects, etc., apart from the capacity, capabilities and benefits of conjoining these systems with aquaponics.
Follicular Mixed B-cell Lymphoma Arising in the Submandibular Gland

A follicular mixed B-cell lymphoma arising in the submandibular gland is reported. The patient was a 25-year-old woman, and other than the left submandibular lesion there were no symptoms such as lymph node swelling. After resection of the mass, it was diagnosed as malignant lymphoma, follicular B-cell, mixed type on the basis histopathological and immunohistochemical findings. LCA, L-26 and CD-10 were reactive and UCHL-1, CD-68 were negative. Proliferating centrocyte-like cells in the follicular lesions were also immunoreactive for Bcl-2. The patient is tumor-free after 2 years follow up. As primary malignant lymphoma of salivary glands is uncommon, we have reported the experiences with this case.
Visiting the museum together: Evaluating a programme at Auckland Museum for people living with dementia and their carers

Museums have an increasingly important role in supporting specialized groups including people with dementia. This practice-based report discusses the development, delivery and evaluation of a six-week programme for people living with dementia and their carers at Auckland Museum in 2014. The programme, delivered by specialist volunteers, was evaluated through observation during museum-based sessions followed by focus groups and interviews. Overall, the programme expanded the community opportunities available for people with dementia and their carers, and was considered a success in terms of socialization and through providing a positive and shared experience. Evaluation highlighted programme improvements for future iterations.
Plant growth promoting properties of a strain of Enterobacter ludwigii isolated from Lolium perenne L . rhizosphere

INTRODUCTION The interest in the use of biological approaches to replace chemical agents in fertilizing soils is at present in continuous growth. In this regards the use of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have a role in developing sustainable systems for crop production (Sturz et al., 2000). The aim of this investigation was to isolate strains from the rhizosphere of Lolium perenne L. and characterize them from the point of view of their putative capability of being a PGPR for L. perenne and other grasses.
SEXUAL MATURITY IN A POPULATION OF THE LACERTID LIZARD

The attainment of sexual maturity by males and females of the lacertid l izard Podarcis bocagei was studied in a population from NW Spain (La Corufia province). Two methods were used. The first method involved capture, marking and recapture of marked hatch l ings in a study p lot. The second method examined the development of sexual organs through dissection of l izard samples from the same locality. Sexual maturity was attained at a minimum size (females : 44-45 mm; males : 46-5 1 mm snout-vent length), not a minimum age. Some individual and seasonal variation was observed in this minimum size, which decreased as the reproductive season progressed. S l ightly fewer than half of the individuals from a given cohort (50 .0%44.4% in males and 47. 1 %-44.4% in females, from samples of 1 989 and 1 990 cohorts respectively) attained the minimum size and reproduced towards the end of the next reproductive period (at 1 1 1 2 months of age). The mature yearling individuals were those that hatched from the first clutches of the preceding year, most of them in July. By their second autumn, all specimens from the previous year ' s cohort had exceeded the sexual maturity-threshold size.
Evaluation of Proxemics in Dynamic Interaction with a Mixed Reality Avatar Robot

We present a mixed-reality avatar arm swing technique to subtly communicate the velocity of a robotic it is attached to. We designed and performed a series of studies to investigate the effectiveness of this method and the proxemics when humans have dynamic interaction with the avatar robot (Figure 3). Our results suggest that robot moving speed has a signiﬁcant effect on the proxemics between human and mixed-reality avatar robot. Attaching an avatar to the robot did not have a signiﬁcant inﬂuence on the proxemics compared to a baseline situation (robot only). Participants reported that this method helped improve perception and prediction on the robot state. Participants also commented favourably regarding its potential applications like noticing a tiny ground robot. Our work offers reference and guidelines for external expression of the robot state with mixed reality.
PMC-GANs: Generating Multi-Scale High-Quality Pedestrian with Multimodal Cascaded GANs

Recently, generative adversarial networks (GANs) have shown great advantages in synthesizing images, leading to a boost of explorations of using faked images to augment data. This paper proposes a multimodal cascaded generative adversarial networks (PMC-GANs) to generate realistic and diversified pedestrian images and augment pedestrian detection data. The generator of our model applies a residual U-net structure, with multi-scale residual blocks to encode features, and attention residual blocks to help decode and rebuild pedestrian images. The model constructs in a coarse-to-fine fashion and adopts cascade structure, which is beneficial to produce high-resolution pedestrians. PMC-GANs outperforms baselines, and when used for data augmentation, it improves pedestrian detection results.
Cutaneous manifestations of acute radiation dermatitis : a clinical study

Background: Radiotherapy can result in common, inevitable cutaneous side effects such as acute radiodermatitis, chronic radiodermatitis and radiation induced dermatoses. There is paucity of clinical studies on skin manifestations of radiotherapy in the literature available. Even though there are isolated case reports, there have been no clinical studies on this subject in India. Aims: The present study aims at studying the clinical pattern and manifestation of acute radiation dermatitis. Materials and methods: Fifty patients (17 males and 33 females) were included in the study. Dermatological evaluation was carried out before commencement, after 24 hours, and weekly, till the completion of radiotherapy and one month after completion of therapy. Necessary investigations like scraping for fungus, Gram’s staining and skin biopsy were carried out in selected patients. Results: Various cutaneous manifestations of acute radiation dermatitis were observed in our study. The commonest manifestation was hyperpigmentation (74%) followed by dry desquamation (72%), erythema (70%), hair loss (34%), erosions (10%), moist desquamation (10%), edema (10%), and pustule (4%). The mucosal changes observed were erythema (10%), pain (6%), erosions (6%), and hyperpigmentation (4%). Risk factors associated with acute radiation dermatitis in our study were anemia, post operative radiotherapy, radiation at skin folds, smoking, diabetes and tobacco chewing. Majority of the patients in this study showed features suggestive of grade I acute radiation dermatitis (84 %) followed by grade II (10 %), grade 0 (6 %) changes whereas none of the patients had grade III and grade IV changes as per acute radiation dermatitis classification. Conclusion: Hyperpigmentation and changes of grade I acute radiation dermatitis was the most commonly observed features of acute radiation dermatitis. Awareness of the signs and symptoms of acute radiation dermatitis is essential for better assessment and management.