Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Experimental Validation of a Whistling Criterion for Orifices in Air Pipe Flow

Philippe Testud , Yves Aurégan , Avraham Hirschberg , Pierre Moussou 1 Lab. de Mécanique des Structures Industrielles Durables, UMR CNRS – EDF 2832, 92141 Clamart, France, courriel : philippe.testud@edf.fr 2 Lab. d’Acoustique de l’Université du Maine, UMR CNRS 6613, 72085 Le Mans, France, courriel : yves.auregan@univ-lemans.fr 3 Fluid Dynamics Lab. , Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands
MOLECTJLAR DIAGNOSTICS FOR TIIE DETECTION OF STRAWBERRY \ [ RUSES

INTRODUCTION The supply of high-health, certified strawberry runners throughout Australia is dependent on the collections of nucleus plants maintained in Victoria and Queensland. Both collections are tested annually in spring using a biological indexing method of petiole grafting candidate tissue onto sensitive indicator species for several virus associated diseases. This method is reliable and sensitive only if done in spring or early surlmer. Biological indexing is also labour intensive, expensive and time consuming, taking 6-8 weeks to generate a result. Recent advances in reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) techniques have been published overseas for detection of Strawberry mottle sadwavirus (SMoY), Strawberry crinkle cytorhabdovirus (SCY), Strawberry mild yellow edge potexvirus (SlvtyE$, Strawberry vein banding caulimovirus (S\tsV), Beet pseudos yellows criniyirus (BPY! , and, Strawberry pallidosis associated cinivirus (SPaV). These RT-PCR tests were adopted from international, peer-reviewed literature (2,3,4,5) and developed on positive control plants, maintained 12 months of the year in glasshouse conditions at DPI, Victoria. [n2006/07 field surveys were done in Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia to validate the molecular tests under local conditions. The results of the survey are reported below.
A Markov-Switching Generalized Additive Model for Compound Poisson Processes , with Applications to Operational Losses Models

This paper is concerned with modeling the behavior of random sums over time. Such models are particularly useful to describe the dynamics of operational losses, and to correctly estimate tail-related risk indicators. However, time-varying dependence structures make it a difficult task. To tackle these issues, we formulate a new Markovswitching generalized additive compound process combining Poisson and generalized Pareto distributions. This flexible model takes into account two important features: on the one hand, we allow all parameters of the compound loss distribution to depend on economic covariates in a flexible way. On the other hand, we allow this dependence to vary over time, via a hidden state process. A simulation study indicates that, even in the case of a short time series, this model is easily and well estimated with a standard maximum likelihood procedure. Relying on this approach, we analyze a novel dataset of 819 losses resulting from frauds at the Italian bank UniCredit. We show that our model improves the estimation of the total loss distribution over time, compared to standard alternatives. In particular, this model provides estimations of the 99.9% quantile that are never exceeded by the historical total losses, a feature particularly desirable for banking regulators.
EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES OF SILICA NANOFIBERS FILLER LOADS ON MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOWABLE COMPOSITE RESINS

Dental composites are important in the spectra of restorative materials. Ability to match the color of natural dentition is an appealing characteristic of composite restorations. Additionally, they can be bonded physically to the tooth, which limits the amount of tooth preparation required and thereby conserves healthy tooth structure. In relation to other restorations like amalgams, non–metallic compositions of dental composites have exhibited good biocompatibility. The dental composites are composed of a resin matrix containing a blend of bis-GMA (bis-phenol A-glycidyldimethacrylate) or urethane dimethacrylate (UDMA) along with TEGDMA (tetraethylglycidylmethacrylate). Novel techniques for the reinforcement of these resinbased composites continue in a research and development phase, since the existing resinfiller systems may not be suitable for long term applications in large restorations. The nanofillers reinforced composite resins had shown promising results. Silica-based nanoparticles and clusters are blended with larger-sized fillers and are available commercially for restoring large posterior restorations. These nanoparticles, offer poor crack blunting ability due to their shape and very small diameters and also improves the stiffness of the composites. However, addition of fibers, by virtue of their geometry and very large aspect ratios, may provide better resistance to fracture. The objective of this
A Highly Secure Skin Tone Based Optimal Parity Assignment Steganographic Scheme Using Double Density Discrete Wavelet Transform

: Steganography is the art of hiding the existence of data in another transmission medium i.e. image, audio, video files to achieve secret communication. It does not replace cryptography but rather boosts the security using its obscurity features. The proposed method uses both Cryptography and Steganography to enhance the security of the message. The secret message is first encrypted using RSA algorithm and then randomized using OAEP[1]. This encoded message is then embedded in the bitmap cover image using frequency domain approach. For embedding the encrypted message, initially skin tone regions of the cover image are detected using HSV (Hue, Saturation, Value) model. Thereafter, a region from skin detected area is selected, which is known as the cropped region. In this cropped region secret message is embedded using DD-DWT (Double Density Discrete Wavelet Transform). DD-DWT overcomes the intertwined shortcomings of DWT (like poor directional selectivity, Shift invariance, oscillations and aliasing)[2]. Hence the image obtained after embedding secret message (i.e. Stego image) is far more secure and has an acceptable range of PSNR. The proposed method is much better than the previous works both in terms of PSNR and robustness against various noises (like Poisson, Gaussian, salt and pepper, rotation, translation etc.)
CHARACTERIZING THE TRADITIONAL RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.) CULTIVARS ON THE BASIS OF SEED MORPHOLOGY AND PROTEIN CHARACTERISTICS

Assessment of variability and genetic diversity of traditional rice cultivars of Kashmir (J&K) was carried out by analysing their morphological and protein specific characteristics. Most of the cultivars were found to have white belly type of chalkiness, with white spots occurring in the middle part of the caryopsis on the ventral side. The total protein content varied from 7.24% (Mushki kandi) to 8.85% (Teli zag) whereas the protein fractions, albumin varied from, 4.64% to 5.38%; glutelin, 81.52 to 82.82%; globulins; 7.51 to 10.82% and prolamins, 5.13 to 7.87%. The bands found in these cultivars were monomorphic and the size of the polypeptides bands as determined by SDS-PAGE was found ranging from 100 to 120 kDa. The number of scorable bands generated by the cultivars varied from 4 to 7 with an average number of bands produced by the cultivar equal to 5. The bands with RF values of 0.248, 0.291 and 0.344 were found present in red coloured Zag and sparsely red pigmented Gull zag and Teli zag rice cultivars, which accounted to the similarity of such cultivars in certain traits. The dendrogram obtained from the data of SDS-PAGE of proteins by using un-weighted pair group method with arithmetic averages (UPGMA) separated the analysed rice cultivars into three clusters containing 14%, 43% and 43% of the cultivars.
Hysteretic H ( S ) Curve Prediction : Comparison of Two Models

The prediction of the first-order wetting and drying scanning curves is attempted by two different methods. These are: Mualem model II and Poulovassilis and Kargas (P–K). Model II by Mualem was chosen deliberately as the most appropriate. Experimental (S) data obtained in the laboratory for a sand mixture and a real soil were used for the comparison. Moreover, data presented originally by Poulovassilis (1970) were also used for the same purpose. It is shown that the P–K method gives better results than Mualem’s model II. Some remarks on Mualem’s model are also included.
Numerical Investigation of Wind Influence on the Focused Wave Group

Wind and wave usually coexist in the real sea. Wind can greatly influence its kinematic and dynamic traits while the extreme wave occurs. In this study, a numerical model was developed to study the wind and extreme wave interaction based on potential flow theory. In the numerical model, the fully nonlinear kinematic and dynamic boundary conditions are satisfied on the instantaneous free surface. The extreme wave is generated at the certain spatial and temporal points using the wave focusing technique. Wind speed was introduced into the dynamic free surface boundary condition by making use of Jeffrey’s sheltering mechanism. Besides, the mixed EularianLagrangian technique was used to trace the transient free surface in the time-domain simulation. The boundary integral equation was founded based on the Second Green’s Identity and resolved with the higher-order boundary element method. The numerical model was validated in comparison with the published experimental data. Then numerical tests were performed to study the wind influence on the characteristics of the focused wave group including derivations of focal time and position, focused wave height, the evolution process of wave focusing and defocusing, etc.
Simulation of rectangular fluidised bed with Geldart D particles.

In this study, simulations are carried out using the Euler-Euler granular model in STAR-CCM+ for a gas-solid flow in a rectangular bubbling fluidized bed. The problem studied was announced as Small Scale Challenge Problem (SSCP-I) in 2013. Experiments for this problem were conducted by The Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). The objective of this numerical study is to evaluate the reliability of the kinetic theory based granular model (KTGF) in predicting the hydrodynamics of gas-solid flows. The experimental measurements of the bubbling fluidized bed investigated in this numerical study are 3"x9"x48". The bed material for the experiment is Geldart group D particles of uniform size and high sphericity. Simulations were performed for all the three gas superficial velocities (U = 2.19, 3.28 and 4.38 m/s) for which experiments were conducted. Results from numerical simulations are validated for vertical component of particle velocity, horizontal component of particle velocity, granular temperature and the mean axial pressure gradient. The effect of the treatment at wall boundaries and coefficient of restitution (particle-particle interactions) is studied on the results.
Lymphoid Cancers Glucocorticoids in Childhood Leukemia

Unlike other steroid hormone receptors, the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is not considered an oncogene. In breast cancer, the estrogen receptor (ER) drives cell growth, proliferation, and metastasis, and the androgen receptor (AR) plays a similar role in prostate cancer. Accordingly, treatment of these diseases has focused on blocking steroid hormone receptor function. In contrast, glucocorticoids (GCs) work through GR to arrest growth and induce apoptosis in lymphoid tissue. Glucocorticoids are amazingly effective in this role, and have been deployed as the cornerstone of lymphoid cancer treatment for decades. Unfortunately, not all patients respond to GCs and dosage is restricted by immediate and long term side effects. In this chapter we review the treatment protocols that employ glucocorticoids as a curative agent, elaborate on what is known about their mechanism of action in these cancers, and also summarize the palliative uses of glucocorticoids for other cancers.
Biosequestration potential of trees outside forest in the plains of Samba , J & K , India

2 from the atmosphere and store the carbon in their trunk, branches and biomass and carbon sequestered in the study area, sacred groves accounted for the /ha), biomass (257.13 t/ha) and carbon (123.43 t/ha) followed by agricultural 19 t/ha) and carbon (4.5 t/ha) whereas least in case, along defence stock, biomass and carbon followed by griculture fields, Defence ditches
Proactive Marketing Orientation in the U . S . Medical Manufacturing Industry

Many constructs have been put forth and analyzed to help explain, manage, and even predict an organization’s innovative ability. One such construct is that of proactive market orientation (Narver, Slater, & MacLachlan, 2004), which focuses uniquely on identifying future unmet needs of customers. This approach infers that a firm is committed to understanding its customers in ways that allow it to provide innovations that customers have not yet realized they need. Previous research on the topic of proactive market orientation is broadly applied to multiple industries. This study empirically evaluates the application of proactive market orientation within the U.S. medical manufacturing industry; specifically, whether organizations exhibiting a proactive market orientation perform better than their counterparts in terms of innovative products or finances.
EVALUATION OF IRAQI MONTMORILLONITE AS ADSORBENT FOR THE REMOVAL OF OXYTETRACYCLINE FROM WATER *

This work is a contribution to the global interest of scientific community in the field of cleaning the environment from drug and antibiotic residues which lead to the development of new generations of bacteria with improved resistance to antibiotics. The sorption of oxytetracyclin, OTC, on an Iraqi certified clay mineral, the montmorillonite, is used as indicative for the success of the used treatments. Batch equilibration experiments were carried out to follow the sorption behavior of OTC on the clay. The concentration of OTC was determined by spectral absorption at 360 nm which presented excellent correlation with high performance liquid chromatography, HPLC, method over a wide range of concentration (R 2 = 0.977). After equilibration of synthetic OTC solutions with the clay for various intervals of time and various pH values, the concentration of OTC was employed to estimate the sorption efficiency of montmorillonite. The pH of the solution has only minor effect on the sorption efficiency. The kinetic treatment of the sorption results indicated two distinctive steps for the adsorption of OTC on the clay. Montmorillonite was proved as a candidate sorption material for OTC ensuring a removal efficiency of (94-96%) even at low clay contents. Experimentally the OTC concentration could be decreased from 0.5 to 0.03 mol/L at a pH value of 5.5 by sorption onto 2.0 g clay (montmorillonite)/L.
Organizational Commitment Role in Mediating the Impact of the Organizational Culture Dimensions on Job Satisfaction for MFIs ' Employees in Palestine

The purpose of manuscript is to investigate the organizational commitment role in mediating the impact of organizational culture dimensions on job satisfaction for employees in Palestinian Microfinance Institutions. Main results prove that selected organizational culture dimensions are empirically correlated. This manuscript found that there is significant direct impact of organizational values on job satisfaction, and indirect impact using organizational commitment as a mediator. Moreover, there is no indirect impact of organizational beliefs, norms, and expatiations on job satisfaction using mediator.
SUBCHRONIC TOXIC EFFECTS OF DI-ETHYLHEXYL PHTHALATE ON OVARY AND TESTIS OF ADULT ALBINO RATS

Di-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) –a common type of phthalate plasticizershas become a major environmental toxic hazard to human health especially the reproductive system. This work aimed to assess the subchronic toxic effects of DEHP on adult albino rats' reproductive organs (ovary and testis) using body & reproductive organs weight parameter, combined with biochemical, histopathological and immunohistochemical methods. Forty adult male & female albino rats were divided as follows: male control groups (10 rats = “5 negative & 5 positive”); female control groups (10 rats= “5 negative & 5 positive”); male DEHP-treated group (10 rats) and female DEHP-treated group (10 rats), both were given DEHP dissolved in corn oil at a dose of 3gm/kg once daily for 4 weeks. The results of present study revealed the followings: a decrease in body weight and reproductive organs' weights (ovary and testis); hormonal disruption effects (decrease estrogen “estradiol” & testosterone serum levels in females & males respectively); histopathological and immunohistochemical changes in ovary and testis in DEHP-treated groups as compared to control groups. In conclusion, oral exposure of adult albino rats to DEHP at a dose of 3 g/kg daily for 4 weeks resulted in toxic hazards to male & female reproductive organs (ovary and testis).
SPECTRAL GAP ACTIONS AND INVARIANT STATES

We define spectral gap actions of discrete groups on von Neumann algebras and study their relations with invariant states. We will show that a finitely generated ICC group Γ is inner amenable if and only if there exist more than one inner invariant states on the group von Neumann algebra L(Γ). Moreover, a countable discrete group Γ has property (T ) if and only if for any action α of Γ on a von Neumann algebra N , every α-invariant state on N is a weak-∗-limit of a net of normal α-invariant states.
E Effectiveness Involving Multiple Queries

In information retrieval (IR), effectiveness is defined as the relevance of retrieved information to a given query. System effectiveness evaluation typically focuses on the problem of document retrieval: retrieving a ranked list of documents for each input query. Effectiveness is then measured with respect to an environment of interest consisting of the populations of documents, queries, and relevance judgments defining which of these documents are relevant to which queries. Sampling methodologies are employed for each of these populations to estimate a relevance metric, typically a function of precision (the ratio of relevant documents retrieved to the total number of documents retrieved) and recall (the ratio of relevant documents retrieved to the total number of relevant documents for that query). Conclusions about which systems outperform others are drawn from common experimental design, typically focusing on a random sample of queries, each with a corresponding value of the relevance metric. These individual measurements for each query must be aggregated across a sufficiently large sample of queries to draw conclusions with confidence.
Learning the Relation of Motion Control and Gestures Through Self-Exploration

This work presents an action execution system that uses as foundation very basic sensorimotor schemes. These schemes are learned as a product of the interaction with an agent with its environment. In the example experiment, a mobile agent learns an association between changes in its sensory perception and the movements it performs. Once it has this acquired knowledge, the agent is then capable of performing a mirror action to match an observed gesture. This is seen as a first step toward learning motor control strategies for a robot control task.
Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors A , C and D in Gastric Adenocarcinoma

Background : Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C and VEGF-D are novel growth factors that regulate lymphatic vessel growth. This study was designed to examine whether the expression of three VEGF family members, VEGF-A, VEGF-C and VEGF-D are associated with the clinicopathologic parameters, especially with lymph node metastasis, in advanced gastric carcinomas. Methods : Immunohistochemical staining was performed for VEGF-A, VEGF-C, and VEGF-D in the surgically resected specimens from 102 patients with advanced gastric carcinoma. The mRNA expressions of the three VEGF family members were assessed in 16 cases of tumor tissues and their corresponding non-neoplastic tissues. Results : Of the 102 gastric carcinomas, 74 (73%), 82 (80%), and 34 (33%) cases showed cytoplasmic immunoreactivity for VEGF-A, VEGF-C and VEGF-D, respectively. Both VEGF-A and VEGF-C expressions were associated with lymphatic invasion and lymph node metastasis (p<0.05), but the VEGF-D expression was not associated with them (p>0.05). In the tumor tissue, VEGF-C mRNA expression was greater, while VEGF-D mRNA expression was lower than in the nonneoplatic tissue adjacent to the tumor. Conclusions : VEGF-A and VEGF-C may play important roles for the lymphatic spread of gastric carcinoma. We suggest that neutralizing both VEGF-A and VEGF-C may be reguired to block lymph node metastasis.
BBSWP / 12 / 0002 Does monetary policy affect bank risk ?

We investigate the effect of relatively loose monetary policy on bank risk through a large panel including quarterly information from listed banks operating in the European Union and the United States. We find evidence that relatively low levels of interest rates over an extended period of time contributed to an increase in bank risk. This result holds for a wide range of measures of risk, as well as macroeconomic and institutional controls including the intensity of supervision, securitization activity and bank competition. The results also hold when changes in realized bank risk due to the crisis are accounted for. The results suggest that monetary policy is not neutral from a financial stability perspective.
Striking polymorphism among infertile helpers in the arboreal ant Gesomyrmex

Gesomyrmex (subfamily Formicinae) is a poorly known arboreal ant from the Oriental tropics. We sampled colonies in three localities (NE Thailand, peninsular Malaysia, and Sabah) and examined inhabitants of ten nests inside living branches. None of the nests had a reproductive dealate queen, indicating colonies are polydomous. We distinguished three sterile castes using discrete morphological traits, morphometry and total body size. Observations of behaviour are challenging in tree canopies, and we use functional morphology to predict the specialised functions of different castes. Disproportionately large eyes and piercing mandibles are consistent with workers being agile hunters. Soldiers and supersoldiers share robust mandibles, but the latter have a rectangular head and substantially larger body size, like the queens. This suggests both supersoldiers and queens have the muscular power necessary to chew entrance tunnels in healthy wood. Queens and supersoldiers also share frontal lobes (protection for antennal bases), suggesting that they block nest entrances with their heads. When founding a nest, newly mated queens need to chew an entrance tunnel that reaches the innermost soft pith. Supersoldiers are mostly restricted inside nests where they store nutrients in their gaster, but they may also chew the entrance tunnels of additional nests as the colony expands.
Revisiting the linkages between real estate and equity markets through the lens of a wavelet analysis

Understanding the relationship between real estate and equity markets is of paramount importance, even more after the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis in 2008 and as witnessed by the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). In this paper, we take a comprehensive perspective of those linkages by focusing on the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) segment and relying on continuous wavelet analysis and frequency causality.Using monthly data for the U.S. over the period January 1972 April 2014, we show that the co-movement between U.S. real estate and equity returns varies both across frequencies and over time, which can be informative about the existence of diversification benefits. Our empirical evidence also provides important insights about the direction of causality between the two asset returns, which sheds light about the hedging opportunities between them. It means that a dedicated equity-real estate portfolio would have to consider the effects of time and frequencies, in order to maximize the diversification benefits.