Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Assimilation, differentiation, and thickening during formation of arc crust in space and time: The Jurassic Bonanza arc, Vancouver Island, Canada

Continental arcs and island arcs, eventually accreted to continental margins, are thought to have been the locus of continental growth since at least the Proterozoic Eon. The Jurassic Bonanza arc, part of the Wrangellia terrane on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, exposes the stratigraphy of an island arc emplaced between 203 and 164 Ma on a thick preexisting substrate of noncontinental origin. We measured the bulk major- and trace-element geochemistry, and Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd isotope compositions of 18 plutonic samples to establish if differentiation involved contamination of the Bonanza arc magmas by the pre-Jurassic basement rocks. The 87Sr/86Sr and 143Nd/144Nd isotope ratios of the plutonic rocks at 180 Ma vary from 0.70253 to 0.7066 and 0.512594 to 0.512717, respectively. Assimilation–fractional crystallization modeling using trace-element concentrations and Nd and Sr isotope ratios indicates that contamination by a Devonian island arc in the Wrangellia basement is less than 10%. Rare earth element modeling indicates that the observed geochemistry of Bonanza arc rocks represents two lineages, each defined by two stages of fractionation that implicate removal of garnet, varying in modal proportion up to 15%. Garnet-bearing cumulate rocks have not been reported from the Bonanza arc, but their inference is consistent with our crustal thickness estimates from geological mapping and geobarometry, indicating that the arc grew to at least 23 km total thickness. The inference of garnet-bearing cumulate rocks in the Bonanza arc is a previously unsuspected similarity with the coeval Talkeetna arc (Alaska), where garnet-bearing cumulate rocks have been described. Geochronological data from the Bonanza arc show a continuum in plutonic ages from 203 to 164 Ma, whereas the volcanic rocks show a bimodal age distribution over the same span of time with modes at 198 and 171 Ma. We argue that the bimodal volcanic age distribution is likely due to sampling or preservation bias. East-west separation of regions of young and old volcanism could be produced by rollback of a west-dipping slab, forearc erosion by an east-dipping slab, or juxtaposition of two arcs along arc-parallel strike-slip faults.
Propagation of Talinum cuneifolium L. (Portulacaceae), an Ornamental Plant and Leafy Vegetable, by Stem Cuttings

This paper reports on the propagation of Talinum cuneifolium through stem cuttings. It is popularly known as Ceylon spinach and is used as a leafy vegetable in the tropics. In the present study, stem cuttings of T. cuneifolium were successfully propagated in soil and hydroponic media. Propagated plants flowered extensively within a week under both conditions. Stem cuttings of plants in hydroponic media initiated adventitious roots within a week. The growth and development of vegetative propagules, flowers and adventitious roots were determined at different periods of the experiment. Our study indicated that T. cuneifolium can be propagated through stem cutting within 7-days of culturing. Furthermore, hydroponically grown shoots with adventitious roots can serve as an ideal experimental system for toxicity bioassays (rhizofiltration) in the field of environmental research.
Fatores associados às alterações cérvico-uterinas de mulheres atendidas em um município polo do oeste catarinense Factors associated to uterine-cervix changes in women assisted in a pole town in western Santa Catarina

Objetivo: I dentificar as alteracoes cervico-uterinas nos exames citopatologicos e seus fatores associados. Metodos: Estudo retrospectivo realizado pela analises dos exames citopatologicos registrados no Sistema de Informacao do Câncer no sul do pais em 2014. A amostra final resultou em 1.157 laudos. Para a analise dos dados foi utilizado o software SSPP. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comite de Etica e Pesquisa com seres humanos da Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul sob CAAE no 46421815.0. 0000.5564. Resultados: Predominou nas amostras os lactobacilos como agentes microbiologicos e a Gardnerella vaginalis como agente infeccioso. O colo uterino alterado, a presenca de celulas metaplasicas associado ao diagnostico de metaplasia foi prevalente nas mulheres de 25 a 34 anos. As inflamacoes(18,9%), seguido dos achados citologicos(11,8%) foram as alteracoes mais frequentes. Conclusao: Associaram-se ao risco de ocorrencia das alteracoes celulares idade entre 25 a 64 anos, uso da pilula anticoncepcional, Terapia de Reposicao Hormonal e epitelio metaplasico.
Differential Responses to European Policies: A Comparison

Community legislation is unquestionably a factor to be reckoned with in member-state policy making. But the extent and mode of its impact on domestic policies and administrative structures will depend on the existing policy practices and the political and institutional structures of the country in question. In cases where there is a mismatch between an established policy of a member state and a clearly specified European policy mandate, there will be an expectation to adjust, which in turn constitutes a precondition for change. Assuming the existence of a need for change, the ability to adapt will depend on the policy preferences of key actors, and the capacity of institutions to implement reform, realize policy change, and administratively adjust to European requirements. The policy preferences of key actors are influenced by the distributional consequences of the policies to be adopted (Milner 1996); the capacity to change depends on the degree of integrated political leadership, caused by a lack of formal veto points (Tsebelis 1995), or a decisional tradition capable of surmounting formal and factual veto points by way of consensual tripartite decision making. Where there is a divergence of mismatch between European and national policies, and the policy preferences of political leaders are defined by a willingness to adapt, the absence of formal veto points and a cooperative decisional tradition will enhance the capacity to change and to adjust administrative structures in compliance with European policy mandates. The most far-reaching consequence - tantamount to innovation - is the replacement of old administrative structures with a comprehensive set of new ones. A less far-reaching form of adjustment occurs by "tinkering at the edges of old structures" (Lanzara 1998, 40), whereby new administrative units are patched onto existing organizational structures in order to accommodate the Europe-imposed policies. Another important measure of change is whether public actors, public and private actors, or only private actors are engaged in administering the sector and whether administrative functions pass from one form to another. By contrast, the existence of a high number of formal or de facto veto points, which are not compensated by consensual decision-making patterns, makes adjustment to European policy demands more difficult and administrative change less probable because bids for change are blocked by veto players. This poses no problem as long as there is a basic congruence between the national policy, its administrative implementation structures, and European policy demands, one that allows the latter to be smoothly absorbed into current procedures and structures. If, however, there is a clear mismatch between national policiesand European policy demands, political structures ridden with formal and factual veto points and the absence of cooperative decisional traditions will lead to non-implementation and in consequence to no, or only marginal, change in administrative structures.
A study on drug utilization pattern of fixed dose combinations in the department of medicine in Gauhati Medical College Hospital

Background: Fixed Dose Combinations (FDCs) are being widely used now-a-days. The use of FDCs has decreased the incidence of drug resistance, improved patient compliance, has made individual drugs more efficacious and there has been a decline on pill burden on patients. But there is an impending threat to health and economy sector of a country leading to drainage of resources due to irrational prescribing practice of FDCs. For limiting irrational FDCs prescribing, a proper prescription audit is mandatory. Objectives: This study is aimed to study about the drug utilization pattern of fixed dose combination and to evaluate the rationality of FDCs prescriptions in the department of Medicine in Gauhati Medical College and Hospital; Guwahati. Methods and Materials: This study is a prescription based non-comparative, observational prospective study. After taking permission from the Institutional Ethical Committee; a total of 600 prescriptions of patients were analysed for over a period of 6 months from 1st August 2016 to 31st January 2017.The rational use of FDCs was evaluated by analyzing the drug prescriptions. Data was analysed by descriptive studies. Results: Amongst the total 600 prescriptions evaluated, FDCs were prescribed in 524 (87.3%) prescriptions with an average of 1.8 per prescription. The age group in which FDCs were most commonly prescribed is 31 to 40 years (26.33%). FDCs were prescribed in higher number in case of male patients (54.58%). The most common route of administration of FDCs was oral route (54.45%). FDCs were most commonly prescribed for respiratory and gastro-intestinal system ailments. Out of the 944 FDCs only 23.41% FDCs were included in WHO Essential Medicines Lists (EML) (2017) and National List of Essential Medicines (2015). Nutritional supplements were the most commonly prescribed FDCs (66.53%). While evaluating the prescribed FDCs, 66.31% were irrational FDCs while 33.69% were considered as rational. Adverse drug reactions in the form of diarrhea (6 no. of cases) has been observed upon administration of Amoxycillin-Clavulanic acid. The management of these 6 cases have been done conservatively. Conclusion: Our study on FDCs have emphasized upon the fact that it is of utmost necessity both on the part of health care professionals as well as patients to follow proper prescription writing format, adhere to Essential List of Medicines, dispose proper dosages of FDC and prescribing generic names as far as practicable. Health care professionals should have regular orientation programme regarding recent upcoming changes in Essential List of Medicine and acquire recent inputs from relevant journals, newsletters and gather all sorts of recent information regarding drugs and their pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic properties and various interactions.
The moderating effects of group culture on the relationship between personality traits and customer oriented-behavior in the health tourism hospitals in Malaysia

The purpose of this paper is toexamine the moderating effect of group culture on the relationship between personality traits and customer-oriented behavior in the health tourism hospitals.This study involved 343 nurses in the 13 health tourism hospitals in Malaysia.Administered on-site questionnaire survey was used as the main method of data collection.Hierarchical regression analy sis wasperformed and found statistical significant relationship between personality traits and customer-oriented behavior as well as positive moderating effects of group culture.
Learning of courtship components in Drosophila mercatorum

Drosophila is a widely used animal model in various biological fields, including learning and memory studies. Many types of learning have been successfully demonstrated in these flies, and these results are increasing our understanding of the genetic basis of plastic behaviours (Wang et al. 2003; Manolli et al. 2005; Quinn 2006). Courtship behaviour is one of the most essential and complex behaviours in Drosophila, and presents an interesting paradigm to address evolutionary studies because of its immediate connection to reproduction (Spieth 1974; Hall 1994). Since there should be a high selection pressure for males to recognize and access putative mates (Reif et al. 2002), the ability to learn how to court females and mate should have an important role in a male fly’s fitness. Mating ability in drosophilids seems to be influenced by various factors, including prior experience and associative learning behaviour (Greenspan & Ferveur 2000). However, the manner by which social contact affects courtship is not completely clear. In a series of investigations into the development of sexual behaviour in semispecies of D. paulistorum, Kim et al. (1992, 1996a,b) showed that discriminatory abilities were reduced when individuals were totally isolated from their consemispecifics, but significantly Learning of courtship components in Drosophila mercatorum (Paterson & Wheller) (Diptera, Drosophilidae)
Marketing Simulation Results as Embedded Forms of Program Assessment

Marketing simulations have been gaining increasing entry into marketing curriculum because they facilitate experiential learning that enhances both quantitative and qualitative skills in marketing decision-making. Previous research has examined the impact of student characteristics, simulation execution, and ancillary pedagogical activities on student learning outcomes. This study, however, calls for an additional stream of research to examine benefits of marketing simulations that may be gaining significant attention in actual practice. The advent of web-based simulations allows publishers to gather data on the performance of the broad range of individual, teams, and schools that participate in their simulation at any one time. Web-based simulation publishers are recognizing that tracking output from simulations could provide benchmarks for program assessment purposes. With the benchmark data so readily available, much research is needed to evaluate how appropriately equipped simulations actually are for this purpose.
Asymptomatic Degenerative Mitral RegurgitationClinical Perspective Prognostic Significance of Exercise-induced Right Ventricular Dysfunction

American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 1941-9651. Online ISSN: 2013 Copyright © Avenue, Dallas, TX 72514 Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112. 000162 2013;6;167-176; originally published online January 28, 2013; Circ Cardiovasc Imaging Kenya Kusunose, Zoran B. Popovic, Hirohiko Motoki and Thomas H. Marwick Asymptomatic Degenerative Mitral RegurgitationClinical Perspective Prognostic Significance of Exercise-induced Right Ventricular Dysfunction in http://circimaging.ahajournals. org/content/6/2/167.full on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is located
HEAT KERNEL AND MODULI SPACE

In this paper we describe a proof of the formulas of Witten [W1], [W2] about the symplectic volumes and the intersection numbers of the moduli spaces of principal bundles on a compact Riemann surface. It is known that these formulas give all the information needed for the Verlinde formula. The main idea of the proof is to use the heat kernel on compact Lie groups, in a way very similar to the heat kernel proof of the Atiyah-Singer index formula and the Atiyah-Bott fixed point formula. The Reidemeister torsion comes into the picture, through a beautiful observation of Witten, as the symplectic volume of the moduli space. It plays the role similar to that played by the Ray-Singer torsion in the path-integral computations on the space of connections. The basic idea is as follows. Consider a smooth map between two compact smooth manifolds f : M → N . Let H(t, x, x0) be the heat kernel of the Laplace-Beltrami operator on N with x0 a fixed regular value of f . Because of the basic properties of the heat kernel, we know that for any continuous function a(y) on M , when t goes to zero, ∫
Testing Without Load Cells - Can Opening Shock Be Estimated From Video Data Only? ##

This paper investigates the accuracy of a new method for estimating the value of the peak inflation drag sustained by slow-landing cargo and personnel parachutes without ever using load cell or accelerometer data. The method is based on equations derived from the Momentum-Impulse Theorem, used together with the known steady-descent rate of the parachute-payload system and the known drop conditions. Most importantly, the calculation involves using also the value of the actual inflation time measured from the video of the inflation sequence. The method is validated by comparing with the load cell and video data of over 60 instrumented drops and jumps collected by the authors and by others.
Congenital Heart Disease (Atrial Septal Defect) With Rheumatic Heart Disease (Mitral Regurgitation)-A Rare Association

ABSTACT Mitral regurgitation (MR) associated with secundum atrial septal defect could exist as an coexistent lesion or as the result of hemodynamic change occurred in secundum atrial septal defect. The etiologies are rheumatic valve, prolapsed anterior leaflet, congenital abnormality, specific pathology complex, and chronic infective endocarditis. Here we report a case of 13 year old female child who was admitted to paediatric emergency department of MKCG medical college with complains of fast breathing and respiratory difficulty since last 7 days. On examination, there was paedal edema and murmur was heard at aortic and mitral area. On further investigations it was confirmed to be a case of Atrial septal defect (ASD) with Rheumatic heart disease (RHD). Like in Lutembacher syndrome a combination of congenital ASD and acquired almost always rheumatic mitral stenosis, we propose that this combination of congenital ASD with MR due to rheumatic origin should be recognized with a name.
Determinants of SME’s Employment Growth Relating to the Characteristics of the Manager

Considerable empirical research has been devoted to the study of the impact of the manager's characteristics on the growth of his firm. However, the majority of this work is centred on the analysis of one or of a limited number of predictors. Furthermore, no research has provided an exhaustive list of all of the variables previously studied. We have filled this gap and tested the potential influence on employment growth of 28 variables, grouped into 5 sub-categories. Our results show that employment growth within SMEs is uniquely influenced by certain variables linked to two sub-groups, namely, the expertise of the manager and his demographic characteristics. Psychological characteristics, motivations and the presence of a team of managers do not exert a significant impact on employment growth in the sample of Belgian SMEs that we studied.
Is Technology Stressful? (A Study of Indian Public Sector Banks)

Banking sector is rapidly adopting technology in every function to cope up with the increasing competition among the foreign, domestic and private players. The paper discusses the stress factors created due to the usage of technology in public sector banks. The results are based on both primary and secondary mode of research study. It covers the employees working in the branches of public sector banks in Punjab. The study is based on 7 point likert scale derived from the past literature. The objective of the present study is to understand the technological antecedents which induce stress among employees of public sector banks. Three hundred fifty respondents were interviewed through questionnaire from various public sector banks in Punjab. The demographic characteristics of the respondents show that majority of respondents were in the age group of 30 to 40 and 80% of them were males and the rest of them were females. The method of factor analysis has been used for grouping and summarization of factors creating technostress. The factors identified through the factor analysis are: role ambiguity, usefulness, complexity, reliability of technology, and work-home conflict.
Audiences , Journalists , and Forms of Capital in the Online

This study found divergence in how online journalists and student-audiences rated articles with varying popularity, as measured by audience metrics, and quality, as operationalized by winning a journalistic award. The findings revealed that while metrics and awards did not matter for young online news audiences, they were important for online journalists. But even among journalists, the importance of metrics and awards varied depending on whether the journalists were evaluating stories or their peers. For online journalists, popular stories were more newsworthy than those that were not. Awards did not influence their judgment of newsworthiness. But when evaluating the authors of the articles, online journalists rated authors of articles that won awards more favorably than authors of articles without awards. The popularity of stories did not matter in their evaluation of the authors.
Thermally stable and highly active cobalt precatalysts for vinyl-polyethylenes with narrow polydispersities: integrating fused-ring and imino-carbon protection into ligand design

A series of [2-(1-aryliminobenzylidene)-9-arylimino-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrocyclohepta[b]pyridyl]cobalt chlorides (aryl = 2,6-Me2Ph (Co1), 2,6-Et2Ph (Co2), 2,6-i-Pr2Ph (Co3), 2,4,6-Me3Ph (Co4), and 4-Me-2,6-Et2Ph (Co5)), incorporating a fused seven-membered ring and an imino C-phenyl group, was synthesized and characterized. Upon activation with methylaluminoxane (MAO) or modified methylaluminoxane (MMAO), Co1–Co5 all showed high activities toward ethylene polymerization with the Co4/MAO system showing the highest activity (8.65 × 106 g(PE) mol−1(Co) h−1). Significantly, these systems exhibited good thermal stability (up to 80 °C) as well as long catalytic lifetimes. The polyethylenes obtained all contained vinyl end-groups as well as narrow polydispersities. These phenyl-modified cobalt precatalysts provide a functional system for generating a unique class of vinyl-polyethylenes due to their ease of preparation, high catalytic activities and thermally stable polymerization.
Results from Diabetes MILES — Australia

Aims To investigate whether diabetes self-care attitudes, behaviours and perceived burden, particularly related to weight management, diet and physical activity, differ between adults with Type 2 diabetes who are severely obese and matched non-severely obese control subjects. Methods The 1795 respondents to the Diabetes MILES—Australia national survey had Type 2 diabetes and reported height and weight data, enabling BMI calculation: 530 (30%) were severely obese (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m; median BMI = 41.6 kg/m) and these were matched with 530 control subjects (BMI < 35 kg/m; median BMI = 28.2 kg/m). Diabetes self-care behaviours, attitudes and burden were measured with the Diabetes Self-Care Inventory—Revised. Withingroup and between-group trends were examined. A cc ep te d A rt ic le This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Results The group with BMI ≥ 35 kg/m was less likely to achieve healthy diet and exercise targets, placed less importance on diet and exercise recommendations, and found the burden of diet and exercise recommendations to be greater than the group with BMI < 35 kg/m. The group with BMI ≥ 35 kg/m was more likely to be actively trying to lose weight, but found weight control a greater burden. These issues accentuated with increasing obesity and were greatest in those with BMI > 45 kg/m. There were no between-group differences in other aspects of diabetes self-care: self-monitoring of blood glucose, use of medications and smoking. Moderateto-severe symptoms of depression were independently associated with reduced likelihood of healthy diet and physical activity, and with greater burden associated with diet, physical activity and weight management. Conclusions Severely obese people with diabetes demonstrated self-care attitudes, behaviours and burdens that infer barriers to weight loss. However, other important diabetes self-care behaviours are supported equally by severely obese and non-severely obese individuals.