Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Meta Process model: A new distributed shared memory programming model

This paper proposes a new parallel programming model named Meta Process model and MpC language for its API. The Meta Process model is based on a hierarchical shared memory model and is characterized by its explicit parallelism description. On these points, this model is different from either the shared memory model (SMM) or the message passing model (MPM). Meta Process is a coined term that represents a group of cooperative processes to achieve a single application. The Meta Process model introduces shared data that can be accessed by all processes in the Meta Process and distinguishes process-local and process-shared data clearly with using scopes. Processes in a Meta Process share a single address space for shared data. Shared data are maintained by a relaxed memory consistency model. A programmer describes process interactions explicitly using shared data access and synchronizing operations, such as a barrier or a lock/unlock. So this model enables us to write a wide variety of parallel programs, not only SPMD programs like OpenMP/HPF but also irregular and asymmetric programs. The Meta Process model provides us both flexible parallelism description of the MPM and good program readability/writability of the SMM. An actual installation scheme for this model on the software DSM is also described.
DEMOCRACY AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY: ACCOUNTING FOR TRANSMISSION CHANNELS

This paper contributes to the controversial literature on democratic institutions and environmental quality. Despite an extensive literature, studies have not focused on the transmission channels by which democracy affect environmental quality. Using panel data from 1960 to 2008 in 122 developed and developing countries, results are as follows: First democratic institutions have opposite effects on environmental quality: a positive and direct effect on environmental quality and a negative indirect effect through domestic investments and income inequality. Second, the positive effect of democracy on environmental quality is higher in developed countries than in developing countries.
Problem-based learning: effects on student’s scientific reasoning skills in science

This research aimed to develop instructional package of problem-based learning to enhance student’s scientific reasoning from concrete to formal reasoning skills level. The instructional package was developed using the Dick and Carey Model. Subject of this study was instructional package of problem-based learning which was consisting of lesson plan, handout, student’s worksheet, and scientific reasoning test. The instructional package was tried out on 4th semester science education students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo by using the one-group pre-test post-test design. The data of scientific reasoning skills was collected by making use of the test. The findings showed that the developed instructional package reflecting problem-based learning was feasible to be implemented in classroom. Furthermore, through applying the problem-based learning, students could dominate formal scientific reasoning skills in terms of functionality and proportional reasoning, control variables, and theoretical reasoning.
HUMAN ECHO LOCATION: THE EFFECT OF OBJECT SIZE, DISTANCE AND THE AUDITORY ANGLE

Both blind and sighted persons may use echoes for detecting objects. The effect of object size on echolocation was tested in a listening experiment with 15 sighted participants. Noise burst of 500-ms were generated and recorded in an ordinary room, with and without a reflecting object. The diameter of the reflecting object was 0.25 or 0.50 m, and it was located at a distance of 0.5, 1, 2, 3 m from the microphones. Pairs of sounds, one with and one without the object, were presented to the listeners. Their task was to decide which of the two sounds that were recorded with the reflecting object. The results showed that it was harder to detect the 0.25 than the 0.5 m object, and that performance generally decreased with distance. The auditory angle, which is a function of the size to distance ratio, was found to predict detection performance fairly well.
The prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis and associated risk factors in Mareka Woreda of Dawuro Zone, Southern Ethiopia

A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis, to identify predominant trypanosome species and some associated risk factors,in purposively selected areas of Mareka district of Dawuro zone, southern Ethiopia from November 2015 to April 2016. For this purpose, a total of 384 blood samples were collected from cattle using systematic random sampling methodconsidering different age, body condition and coat color; as well as both sex groups of cattle. The packed cell volume (PCV) of each sampled animal was measured using hematocrit reader after centrifugation at 12,000 rpm for five minutes. Buffy coat technique was used to determine prevalence of trypanosomal parasites and species was further confirmed by Giemsa stained thin smear. The overall prevalence of bovine trypanosomosis was found to be 8.3% (32/384). The predominant trypanosome species wereTrypanosoma congolense (62.5%) followed by T. vivax (37.5%) with significant statistical variation (P 0.05). In conclusion bovine trypanosomosis is one of the major livestock diseases posing continuous threats to the production and productivity of livestock sub-sector in the study area, thus it requires due attention to strengthen an integrated trypanosomosis and vector control. Key words: Bovine, Ethiopia, Mareka, prevalence, risk factors, trypanosomosis.
Synthesis of Bio-Silver Nanoparticles Using Desert Isolated Streptomyces Intermedius and Its Antimicrobial Activity

In this study, a haloalkaliphilic actinobacterial strain was employed for the biosynthesis of nanosized silver particles. We used Streptomyces intermedius isolated from the saline desert of Kachchh as a bionanofactory for the production of bio-active silver nanoparticles in an eco-friendly and inexpensive manner. The bio (AgNPs) showed unique physicochemical and biochemical properties. The properties of the biosynthesized silver nanoparticles were studied using spectroscopic techniques, Nanoparticle tracking analysis and electron microscopy approaches. The UV-visible peak was found at 430 nm. BioAgNPs was found to be spherical shaped with an average particle size of 55nm and zeta potential value of -20.4mV. The obtained nanoparticles were crystalline and stable in nature. The antimicrobial efficacy was evaluated using the resazurin assay against both Bacillus subtilis (Gram-positive) and Escherichia coli (Gram-negative) bacteria. The antimicrobial assay of the silver nanoparticles showed a higher activity against Bacillus subtilis than Escherichia coli.
TIME-VARYING COEFFICIENT TAYLOR RULE AND CHINESE MONETARY POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM THE TIME-VARYING COINTEGRATION

No consensus has been reached about whether the Taylor rule performs well in China. Most studies have either ignored the nonstationarity of the variables in the Taylor rule model or assumed a constant cointegrating vector. China is a transition economy, undergoing gradual reform. Consequently, the fixed coefficient cointegration approach is unable to capture the long-run relationship among interest rate, inflation gap, and output gap. Therefore, this paper develops a time-varying coefficient Taylor rule and estimates it using a smooth time-varying cointegrating approach. The results show a time-varying long-run relationship among the variables in the Taylor rule. The coefficient on the inflation gap is significantly less than 1, indicating that the nominal interest rate’s response to inflation is inadequate. Moreover, the coefficient on the output gap is significantly greater than 0, implying that the response of the nominal interest rate to the output gap is sensitive. The People’s Bank of China should adjust the short-term interest rate should be more flexible especially to changes in inflation.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) Revisiting the evidence of collapsing boundaries and urgency signals in perceptual decision-making

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EXTRAORDINARY MANIFESTATION OF THE KURDJUMOV-LIKE EFFECT AND THE SPILLOVER-LIKE ONE , RELEVANCE TO THE PROBLEM OF THE EFFICIENT HYDROGEN STORAGE IN GRAPHITE NANOFIBERS

Юрий Сергеевич Нечаев Yury S. Nechaev Сведения об авторе: д-р физ. -мат. наук, профессор, главный научный сотрудник Института металловедения и физики металлов им. Г. В. Курдюмова, ЦНИИчермет им. И. П. Бардина. Образование: Московский институт стали и сплавов (МИСиС). Область научных интересов: физическое материаловедение. Публикации: www.scopus. com.scopeesprx. elsevier.com/results (Scopus – Results: AU-ID (“Nechaev,Yu.S.”7005536791).
Beyond anorexia and bulimia nervosa : what ’ s “ new ” in eating disorders ?

Journal of Psychopathology 2015;21:415-423 Summary Despite the fact that awareness of eating disorders (EDs) has grown during the past decades, the conceptualisation, psychopathological characterisation and clinical diagnosis of EDs has proven to be problematic for both researchers and clinicians. Presently, diagnostic criteria employed for anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN) are unable to account for an exceedingly high number of individuals with clinically significant eating symptoms or to properly address new clinical prototypes of ED. The aim of this paper is to describe the developments and current limitations of EDs diagnoses, and to recapitulate the recent literature on emerging phenotypes. Descriptions of the symptoms and behaviours of ED patients with diabulimia, orthorexia, muscle dysmorphia, drunkorexia and nocturnal eating disorders are featured with special focus on psychopathological classification and diagnostic ambiguity issues. An overview of non-specific eating and feeding disorders (EDNOS) in the newly released DSM-5 eating and feeding disorders section is also provided. Given the frequent transition between different phenotypes in patients with EDs and the common occurrence of individuals with clinically significant eating symptoms who evade diagnostic criteria, a better understanding and categorization of emerging EDs is required to guide psychiatric research and improve clinical outcomes.
A HIGHER-ORDER MULTIDIMENSIONAL UPSTREAM SCHEME FOR THE SIMULATION OF TWO-PHASE FLOWS IN POROUS MEDIA

2 Department of Renewable Energy Engineering UFPB , BR 230, km 21 s/n, CEP: 58059900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil , souza2105@gmail.com 2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, UFPE , Av. Acadêmico Hélio Ramos s/n, CEP: 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil , ferlicapac@gmail.com 3 Department of Mechanical Engineering, UFPE , Av. Acadêmico Hélio Ramos s/n, CEP: 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil , dkarlo@uol.com. br
1 Bubble Magnetometry of Nanoparticle Heterogeneity and Interaction

1 Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA 2 Maryland NanoCenter, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA 3 National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544, USA 4 Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA 5 Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, USA
Regulating creativity and management constraints in design practice

Managers and producers regard designers are people difficult to work with, in particularly when it comes to the balancing of creativity, budgeting, timing and producing. It is not new to see designers at work may take advantage of stretching their time to the fullest to generate idea, waiting for the particular spark for inspiration and intuition. This empirical study examines whether there is a system applicable to design practices and how it would nurture design students to self-regulate creativity and management constraints. For a better understanding of the issue, interviews were conducted with design practitioners, design teachers and students. Findings reveal that the major management constraint that hinders creativity is time. Respondents further show that budget, work environment, client, management and communication style have significant influences on creativity. Implications of this research suggest that the “Stage-gate model”: a management method commonly adopted in the new product development industry resemblances design process and has its significances during the planning, developing and controlling stages in design practice. Thus, stage-gate model should be introduced to design students to raise their awareness of the constraints and limitations when working with different stakeholders.
Information seeking behaviour of law students in a developing country : A literature review

The purpose of this study is to examine the information seeking behaviour of undergraduate law students in a developing country. In this paper, we review literature on the information seeking behaviour and ICT utilisation skills of law students, using Nigerian universities’ undergraduate law students as a case study. The review focuses on legal information, library information and its relevance to lawyers and law students, Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the legal profession, information services for legal professionals, information needs of law students, the information seeking strategy of law students, ICT utilisation skills of law students, law students’ utilisation of digital libraries, challenges and problems of digital libraries, and legal information seeking behaviour and ICT skills of law students in Nigeria. The analysis indicates that law students (or lawyers) do not fully utilise library information resources while seeking information, due to a lack of exposure to ICT equipment and/ or the traditional teaching method used in law classes, which does not encourage them to harness legal information from the university law libraries. Some of the literature reveals a poor electricity power supply; lack of professional and skilled staff; lack of a maintenance culture and lack of commitment by staff as some of the problems that cause the poor utilisation of ICTs. It also reveals the lack of library resources and staff training deficiencies as some of the challenges faced and as the other contributory factors as to why lawyers or law students lack interest in making use of the law libraries to seek information. Furthermore, law students have a misconception of the roles and values of law libraries and the information professionals in their studies, which results in the adoption of other information seeking strategies that exclude the use of libraries and the library staff in the process of seeking information.
HUMAN SKELETAL REMAINS: DEVELOPMENT OF DNA EXTRACTION AND TYPING METHODS

In forensic cases human remains are often the only biological material available for identification of missing persons or unknown remains found in different circumstances such as mass disasters, wars or socio-political events and to solve paternity issues. DNA extracted from bones is often present in low copy number (LCN) and in various states of degradation due to chemical and physical damages produced by intrinsic and extrinsic bone characteristics. Efficient DNA extraction procedures, as well as accurate DNA amplification, are critical steps involved in the process of successful DNA analysis of skeletal samples. Unfortunately, at present there is not an infallible method to recover DNA from very degraded samples due to variations in DNA yield from larger bone fragments that may be attributed to heterogeneity within a bones. In this study different types of human bones ranging in age from few months to 90 years post mortem, found in various states of preservation and conserved in different places, were analyzed. We developed a modified silica based spin columns protocol, consisting in an initial separation of DNA from proteins and waste material, by using phenol-chloroform to better purify samples. Moreover, as the recovery of information from these degraded samples is enhanced by the use of smaller PCR products (Mini Short Tandem Repeats) rather than conventional STRs, eight STR markers included in available commercial multiplex PCR kits, were redesigned by moving forward and reverse primers in close proximity to the STR repeat region. Two PCR quadruplexes were assembled to obtain PCR products less than 130 bp in size. Our modified protocol was successfully employed to extract DNA from long bones of different ages and preservation state. Importantly the use of phenol chloroform consistently increased the amount of DNA that could be extracted from long bones, because it allowed to clean samples preventing that waste material interferes with columns or magnetic beads. Environmental conditions under which remains were exposed, had stronger influence on the state of DNA quality than the age of skeletal remains. Moreover the use of miniSTRs has proposed here could be used in addition to commercial kits, to increase as much as possible the number of markers analyzed. Using amplification commercial kits and the two new mini-STR quadruplex systems we always obtained genetic profiles of at least 12 STR from DNA typing of femur samples. The improvement of DNA extraction methods and the inclusion of robust and powerful miniSTR loci in addition to the commercial available kits, are effective solutions for forensic practices of degraded DNA samples because ensure that difficult casework samples with low amounts of degraded DNA can be fully typed.
A Three-dimensional Hydrodynamic Model of Inland Marine Waters of Washington State , United States , for Tidal Resource and Environmental Impact Assessment

Inland coastal waters of the State of Washington, United States, are fjord-like in character and feature many passages where substantial tidal currents with speeds up to three meters per second or greater occur. Combined with close proximity to the major metropolitan area of Seattle and easy access to the power grid, the region is a prime candidate within the United States where tidal power generation can play a significant part in the energy portfolio. The Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center is developing a three-dimensional model of tidal and subtidal circulation of these waters. The model is based on Stanford University’s SUNTANS code, is nonhydrostatic, and allows wetting and drying of tidal flats. It covers the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Puget Sound, San Juan and Channel Islands, and the southern Georgia Basin with an unstructured triangular mesh of 250m average resolution. The model is forced with adjusted tidal currents from WebTide along open boundaries in the Straits of Georgia and Juan de Fuca. In this paper the barotropic tidal response of the model is reported. The model is calibrated against compiled tidal data for the region. Tidal currents in the channels are characterized in terms of velocity and energy density, and the system response is characterized in terms of the sea surface height variability. Future plans for the model include incorporation of baroclinic processes and representation of in-stream energy conversion arrays, assessment of the impact of the arrays on barotropic and internal tides, and of mixing and flushing of waters in the basins.
A TWO-EQUATION HEAT TRANSFER MODEL FOR WALL TURBULENT SHEAR FLOWS

t t k   heat transfer model does not suffer from numerical stiffness problems since natural boundary conditions for the variables t k and t  are used ( t k = t  =0 at y=0). The proposed model is assessed by application to fullydeveloped turbulent channel flows under different wall thermal conditions with different values of Reynolds numbers. The results for all cases examined showed good agreement with those of the direct numerical simulation data.
Segmentation and Representation of Function Words in Preverbal French-Learning Infants

This study examines French-learning infants’ segmentation and phonetic encoding of function words. In Experiment 1 six-month-olds were familiarized with a functor, either des or la, and tested with phrases containing des versus phrases containing la. Infants looked significantly longer while listening to phrases containing the familiarized target, suggesting that they succeeded in segmenting the target. When familiarization targets were phonetically similar la or ta (Experiment 2), six-month-olds showed no difference in listening time for phrases containing the target versus the non-target. In a separate dishabituation task (Experiment 3), however, six-month-olds did discriminate la and t a, suggesting that their non-differential response in Experiment 2 was at the level of word-form encoding. In Experiment 4 eight-month-olds were tested on the segmentation of la and ta (as in Experiment 2). Unlike six-month-olds, older infants showed a preference for phrases containing the familiarized target when they were familiarized with la, but showed no difference when familiarized with ta. The superior performance for la may be due to its higher frequency of occurrence in the input compared to ta. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that segmentation of function words begins to emerge at six months of age, and that infants’ phonetic encoding of functors progresses from being underspecified to being fully specified within the first year of life. Frequency appears to be a determining factor in this process. The ability to extract function words from continuous speech and to encode their specific forms may play a crucial role in infants’ subsequent lexical and syntactic acquisition.
Ethnic variation in osteoporosis risk factors : dietary calcium , vitamin D intake and body mass index ( BMI )

Osteoporosis is the most common bone disease in humans, representing a major public health problem. Few studies have investigated osteoporosis risk factors such as calcium and vitamin D intake, quality of life and body mass index (BMI) among multi-ethnic adults in the Malaysian context. This study aimed to determine the ethnic variation in osteoporosis risk factors among students in Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). A cross-sectional study via a self-administrated questionnaire was carried out among 198 respondents aged 19 to 25 years from UMT. The data in the present study included a three -day food record and anthropometric measurements. Nutritionist Pro analysis software version 5.3 was used to calculate dietary calcium and vitamin D intake from the diet histories, based on the Nutrient Composition of Malaysian Food Database guidance for the dietary calcium intake and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for vitamin D intake. The data were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney and ChiSquare tests. The findings indicate the median calcium intake was 348.3 mg/day while for vitamin D intake was only 1.37 μg/day. Indian participants had a significantly lower intake level of calcium (243.5 mg/day), followed by Chinese (362.3 mg/day) and Malays (440.4 mg/day). The median vitamin D intakes of Malay, Chinese, and Indian adults were 2.15 μg/day, 1.37 μg/day and 1.14 μg/day, respectively. Furthermore, the BMI among respondents at 20.88 (6.4) kg/m categorized as normal weight. It was found that there was no significant difference (p> 0.05) in BMI across ethnicity. Lastly, there was a significant association (p< 0.05) between ethnicity and calcium intake (p = 0.001).