Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Creative Street Regeneration in the Context of Socio-Spatial Sustainability: A Case Study of a Traditional City Centre in Podgorica, Montenegro

The physical structure of Podgorica was predominantly developed with a traditional planning concept, whereby public open spaces of the city are as important as the city’s architectural objects. The focus of this paper is the perception of a traditional street in the context of sustainable urban regeneration. The aim of this study is to submit a proposal, through the Urban Design course at the Faculty of Architecture in Podgorica, for the physical regeneration of twelve traditional streets (eight street directions) that define the central core of Podgorica, known as Mirkova Varoš. These streets are the sites of social processes, interpreters of cultural and identity values of the society, and primary keepers of collective memory. It was detected that the attractiveness of the case study streets is weakening due to inadequate social and professional engagement in the processes of preservation and regeneration over time and also due to new users’ needs. Global requirements reflect the weakened role of public open spaces as places of social interaction, in favour of primarily closed shopping centres that are the new urban artefacts of the 21st century city. The first phase of this study is related to the theoretical interpretation of regeneration and the role of public space in the context of socio-spatial sustainability. The second phase of the study is directed toward estimating the perception of the current state of the street area in Mirova Varoš, as seen by the case study area users and architecture students, using (1) visual, (2) tactile, and (3) auditory criteria. The obtained results serve as a platform for concrete urban design proposals for sustainable street regeneration that will reflect a stronger socio-spatial interaction between (1) user–place, (2) the place–city system, and (3) local processes–global flows.
Magnetostratigraphy and Tectonic Rotation of the Eocene-Oligocene Makah and Hoko River Formations, Northwest Washington, USA

The Eocene-Oligocene Makah Formation and subjacent middle Eocene Hoko River Formation of the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington, yield mollusks, crustaceans, foraminifera, and early neocete whales; their age has never been precisely established. We sampled several sections; most samples showed a stable single-component remanence held largely in magnetite and passed a Class I reversal test. The upper Refugian (late Eocene) and lower Zemorrian (early Oligocene) rocks at Baada Point correlate with Chron C13r (33.7–34.7 Ma) and Chron C12r (30–33 Ma). The Ozette Highway section of the Makah Formation spanned the early Refugian to late Refugian, with a sequence that correlates with Chrons C15r-C13r (33.7–35.3 Ma), and a long reversed early Zemorrian section that correlates with Chron C12r (30–33 Ma). The type section of the Hoko River Formation correlates with Chron C18r (40.0–41.2 Ma). The area sampled shows about of post-Oligocene counterclockwise tectonic rotation, consistent with results obtained from the Eocene-Oligocene rocks in the region.
SIRE-DP-2009-38 Optimal Martingales and American Option Pricing

Pricing American options is an interesting research topic since there is no analytical solution to value these derivatives. Di¤erent numerical methods have been proposed in the literature with some, if not all, either limited to a speci c payo¤ or not applicable to multidimensional cases. Applications of Monte Carlo methods to price American options is a relatively new area that started with Longsta¤ and Schwartz (2001). Since then, few variations of that methodology have been proposed. The general conclusion is that Monte Carlo estimators tend to underestimate the true option price. The present paper follows Glasserman and Yu (2004b) and proposes a novel Monte Carlo approach, based on designing "optimal martingales" to determine stopping times. We show that our martingale approach can also be used to compute the dual as described in Rogers (2002). Key Words: American options, Monte Carlo method JEL Classi cation: G10, G14
Crushing and plastic deformation of soils simulated using DEM

Cheng and co-workers showed how to make numerical simulations of crushable soils by the discrete element method (DEM). Stress-path tests on triaxial elements comprising crushable agglomerates have now been simulated. The plastic behaviour of this numerically generated soil closely resembles that of real sand. Crushing in the aggregate begins at stresses less than one tenth of the characteristic strength of single grains. The yield surfaces of isotropic ‘lightly overconsolidated’ DEM simulations are also contours of breakage, and are elliptical on Cambridge-style (q, p′) plots and symmetrical about the p′ axis. The points of maximum deviator stress at yield lie along lines of stress ratio My = ±0·8, but the plastic strain increments at yield are non-associated, giving more contraction than normality would allow. Significantly, therefore, the stress ratio My was found not to coincide with critical states. All stress-path simulations yielding with q/p′ > My were found to satisfy the requirements of stress–di.
Morphodynamics of the Lister Tief tidal basin

The Wadden Sea is characterized by barrier islands separated by tidal inlets consisting of a system of inter-tidal flats and channels. It is an ecologically valuable area. Accelerated sea-level rise due to climate change combined with human interference which may cause land subsidence can have significant impact on the Wadden Sea system. A major question of concern is how vulnerable the Wadden Sea system is to the relative sea-level rise. The present study focuses at the apparent deviant behaviour of the Lister Tief tidal basin compared to Dutch tidal basins in the Wadden Sea. All the tidal basins in the Dutch Wadden Sea appear to import sediment such that the deposition in the basins tend to cope with the low sea-level rise rate of about 20 cm/century at present. The Lister Tief, a tidal basin located between Germany and Denmark, appears to be eroding sediment despite the sea-level rise. Long-term modelling, needed for large scale systems like the Wadden Sea, can be done by the model ASMITA. It is a semi-empirical model which appears to be a powerful tool for simulating the long-term morphological development under influence of sea-level rise. In this study the Lister Tief basin is compared with the tidal basins in the Dutch Wadden Sea concerning aspects including the hypsometry and tidal asymmetry. Moreover, results of application of the ASMITA model are compared with the development of parameters representing hypsometry and tidal asymmetry under relative sea-level rise. The hypothesis was that the hypsometry of the Lister Tief could be the reason for the deviant behaviour of the Lister Tief tidal basin. From the analysis carried out in this study it appears that the Lister Tief tidal basin is not behaving differently than Dutch tidal basins under relative sea-level rise. The basin hypsometry does have a significant influence on the tidal asymmetry, but results from the analysis do not explain the loss of sediment in the Lister Tief tidal basin. From an analysis and the application of the ASMITA model it becomes clear that the model agrees with the development of parameters representing the basin hypsometry.
Effects of rice straw burning products on guinea pig lungs

This study aims to investigate rice open field burning and their deleterious effects which has become an obvious problem in Egypt, which apparently affects the Egyptians´ lungs and increased hospital admission for pulmonary complaints. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate this phenomenon by using guinea pigs which were subjected to rice straws burning products (RSBP). The effects of RSBP on differential leukocytic count in lung lavages, histopathological examination, malondialdehyde (MDA) content in lung tissues (marker of lipid peroxidation) and nitric oxide (NO) content in lung tissues were studied. Results of this study demonstrated that RSBP induced pulmonary emphysematous lesions are progressive with subsequent smoke exposures together with the sensitization of the lung in the present model. Changes in the count of macrophages, neutrophils and eosinophils in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of guinea pigs lungs compared to normal lavages. RSBP exposure has a potent potential capacity for being a source of reactive oxygen species and possibly oxidizing species which can lead to decrease nitric oxide content in lung tissue. Key words: Rice straws smoke guinea pigs total leukocytic count Neutrophil and Eosinophils count macrophages count nitric oxide content malondialdehyde content lung histopathological examination.
Palaeothermal and compaction studies in the Mochras borehole (NW Wales) reveal early Cretaceous and Neogene exhumation and argue against regional Palaeogene uplift in the southern Irish Sea

The North Atlantic continental margins have been subject to widespread exhumation, although the timing, magnitude and causes of this uplift and erosion are debated. Exhumation is thought to be most severe across the Irish Sea basin system (Western UK), and recent years have seen an increasing emphasis on the role of Palaeogene underplating as the primary mechanism of uplift. We present a study of palaeothermal and compaction data from the Mochras borehole (NW Wales). Located near the presumed locus of exhumation, Mochras penetrated thick successions of Lower Jurassic and Oligo-Miocene sediments. Our results indicate that both these successions experienced considerably deeper burial prior to early Cretaceous and Neogene exhumation, respectively. Apatite fission-track analysis (AFTA) and vitrinite reflectance data from the borehole reveal evidence for exhumation-related cooling episodes beginning during the Cretaceous (150–80 Ma) and Cenozoic (50–0 Ma). Regional AFTA results and stratigraphic constraints refine the timing estimates to the early Cretaceous (120–115 Ma) and Neogene (20–0 Ma). Estimates of exhumation magnitudes during these episodes based on palaeothermal and compaction data are c. 2.5 km and c. 1.5 km, respectively. Palaeothermal data provide no evidence for elevated Palaeogene palaeotemperatures indicative of deeper burial, and thus question the basis of Palaeogene exhumation.
A Unified Creep-Fatigue Equation with Application to Engineering Design

Background: Creep-fatigue damage occurs under cyclic loading at elevated temperature. The existing creep-fatigue models have limited ability to cover the full combination of creep and fatigue behaviours, except with extensive prior empirical testing. Consequently, they cannot effectively and efficiently be used for early engineering design. Approach: We present a strain-based unified creep-fatigue formulation that overcomes these limitations. We validate this equation against empirical data for multiple materials, and shows it is able to cover full ranges from pure fatigue to pure creep. A simplified formulation is developedwhere the coefficients are extracted through simple creep-rupture tests. We show how the equation may be used in a design situation, by application to a representative gas turbine blisk. Included here is a demonstration of how the equation may be integrated into finite element analysis, which is an important practical consideration in the design work flow. Outcomes: The results demonstrate that the unified equation evidences fidelity to empirical data for creep-fatigue behaviours for multiple metallic materials. The usefulness of this equation is the ability to identify candidate materials for creep-fatigue loading situations. The ability to achieve this at relatively early design stages is advantageous because of the economy and convenience provided.
COMPUTATIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF 13C NMR LINESHAPES OF CARBON DIOXIDE IN STRUCTURE I CLATHRATE HYDRATES

Nonspherical large cages in structure I (sI) clathrates impose non-uniform motion of nonspherical guest molecules and anisotropic lineshapes in NMR spectra of the guest. In this work, we calculate the lineshape anisotropy of the linear CO2 molecule in large sI clathrate cages based on molecular dynamics simulations of this inclusion compound. The methodology is general and does not depend on the temperature and type of inclusion compound or guest species studied. The nonspherical shape of the sI clathrate hydrate large cages leads to preferential alignment of linear CO2 molecules in directions parallel to the two hexagonal faces of the cages. The angular distribution of the CO2 guests in terms of a polar angle θ and azimuth angle  and small amplitude vibrational motions in the large cage are characterized by molecular dynamics simulations at different temperatures in the stability range of the CO2 sI clathrate. These distributions are used to calculate the NMR powder spectrum of CO2 at different temperatures. The experimental 13 C NMR lineshapes of CO2 guests in the large cages show a reversal of the skew between the low temperature (77 K) and the high temperature (238 K) limits of the stability of the clathrate. Good agreement between experimental lineshapes and calculated lineshapes is obtained. No assumptions regarding the nature of the guest motions in the cages are required.
The Hilbert Scheme of Space Curves of small diameter

This paper studies space curves C of degree d and arithmetic genus g, with homogeneous ideal I and Rao module M = H 1( ˜ I), whose main results deal with curves which satisfy 0Ext 2(M;M) = 0 (e.g. of diameter, diamM � 2, which means that M is non-vanishing in at most two consecutive degrees). For such curves C we find necessary and sufficient conditions for unobstructedness, and we compute the dimension of the Hilbert scheme, H(d;g), at (C) under the sufficient conditions. In the diameter one case, the necessary and sufficient conditions coincide, and the unobstructedness of C turns out to be equivalent to the vanishing of certain graded Betti numbers of the free graded minimal resolution of I. We give classes of obstructed curves C for which we partially compute the equations of the singularity of H(d;g) at (C). Moreover by taking suitable deformations we show how to kill certain repeated direct free factors ("ghost-terms") in the minimal resolution of the ideal of the general curve. For Buchsbaum curves of diameter at most 2, we simplify in this way the minimal resolution further, allowing us to see when a singular point of H(d;g) sits in the intersection of several, or lies in a unique irreducible component of H(d;g). It follows that the graded Betti numbers mentioned above of a generic curve vanish, and that any irreducible component of H(d;g) is reduced (generically smooth) in the diameter 1 case. AMS Subject Classification. 14C05, 14H50, 14B10, 14B15, 13D10, 13D02, 13D07, 13C40.
Gelişimsel Modeller Açısından Başlangıç Düzeyindeki Psikolojik Danışmanların Süpervizyonu ve Yaşadıkları Güçlükler ve Destekler*

MAKALE BİLGİ ÖZET Makale Tarihçesi: Alındı 26.08. 2017 Düzeltilmiş hali alındı 03.04. 2018 Kabul edildi: 04.06. 2018 Çevrimiçi yayınlandı 30.06. 2018 Ruh sağlığı uzmanları bireylerin farklı düzeydeki (bireysel, toplumsal) biyopsikososyal meselelerini kişileri etkin dinleyip onlara eşlik ederek meseleleri ele alıp yaşam kalitesini tüm düzeylerde olabildiğince artırmaya çalışan profesyonel kişilerdir. Bu profesyoneller hayattaki acıya yer açmaya, yaşanan ızdırabı dindirmeye ve/ya iyilik halini artırmaya çabalarlar. Bu yüzden, ruh sağlığı uzman adaylarının süpervizyon eğitimi çok önemlidir. Bu alan yazın tarama çalışmasında, başlangıç düzeyindeki psikolojik danışmanların gelişimsel düzeyini ele alan bilimsel araştırmalara odaklanılmıştır. Çalışmada, süpervizyonda gelişimsel modeller, başlangıç düzeyindeki psikolojik danışmanların yaşadığı genel zorluk ve destekler ve süpervizörler için genel uygulamalar hakkında bilgi sağlanmıştır. Araştırmacı Türkiye ve Amerika Birleşik Devletleri’nde (ABD) farklı merkezlerdeki psikolojik danışmanlık tecrübesinden de bahsederek süpervizyonun profesyonelce ele alınmasının gerekçelerini açıklamaktadır. Türkiye’de süpervizyonun neden daha fazla dikkati hak ettiği ve bağlamsal olarak duyarlı bazı yeni süpervizyon modellerinin ortaya çıktığı ele alınmaktadır. Türkiye’de son zamanlarda ortaya çıkan Yapılandırılmış Aktif Akran Süpervizyon Model’inin (YASAM) Türkiye bağlamı için neden daha uygun bir model olabileceği üstünde durulmaktadır. Çalışmada süpervizyon sürecindeki en önemli noktalardan biri olarak, süpervizörlerin eğitim alan psikolojik danışman adaylarının gelişimsel sürecine dikkat ederek onları pozitif, cesaretlendirici ve yapıcı geri dönüt ile desteklemesine dikkat çekilmekte, bu geribildirim sürecinde yaparak yaşayarak öğreten aktivitelerden faydalanmanın gerekliliği ifade edilmektedir. Ayrıca psikolojik danışman adaylarının bilişsel düzey ve yeteneklerini geliştirmek için yaptıkları ve öğrendikleri üzerine tefekkür etmelerinin ve böylece var olan kapasitelerini artırmak için kendi kendileriyle mücadeleye davet edilmelerinin önemi belirtilmektedir. Ruh sağlığı uzmanlarına araştırma, ders ve sosyo-politik bağlamda alanin etkin bir şekilde savunulması için öneriler sunulmaktadır. © 2018 AUJES. Tüm hakları saklıdır Anahtar Kelimeler: † Süpervizyon, psikolojik danışmanlık, eğitim, akıl ruh sağlığı, psikoterapi, pozitif psikoloji, pedagoji, gelişimsel modeler, akran eğitimi, aktif öğrenme Geniş Özet
Screening of Lactobacillus isolates for their adherence capabilities to mammalian cells and their acid and bile tolerance

Title: Screening of Lactobacillus isolates for their adherence capabilities to mammalian cells and their acid and bile tolerance. Background: Lactobacilli resemble a major part of the commensal human mucosal flora. The application of Lactobacilli as probiotics has increased during the last few years since a health promoting effect has been reported in addition to their long history of safe use. Methods and finding: In this study, fifty-two Lactobacillus isolates were recovered from dairy products or infant stools were examined in vitro for their probiotic potential. Their adherence capacities to Vero cells in addition to their acid and bile tolerance were evaluated. Only few isolates werenâ€™t able to adhere to Vero cells, while the other isolates have high to moderate adherence capacities. The majority of isolates were tolerant to acid and about 70% were tolerant to 0.3% bile salts. Conclusion: thirty two Lactobacillus isolates were found to possess desirable probiotic properties. These isolates are good candidates for further investigation in in vitro and in vivo studies for their potential health benefits and their application as novel Biotherapeutic agents.
Chlorotic spots on Clerodendrum, a disease caused by a nuclear type of Brevipalpus (Acari:Tenuipalpidae) transmitted virus

Manchas cloroticas e necroticas foram observadas em folhas de varias plantas de coracao-sangrento (Clerodendrum x speciosum) cultivadas em parques e jardins em Piracicaba, SP, associadas a infestacao pelo acaro tenuipalpideo Brevipalpus phoenicis. Exames preliminares de seccoes de tecido das manchas cloroticas ao microscopio eletronico revelaram a ocorrencia de efeitos citopaticos caracteristicos dos induzidos pelos virus do tipo nuclear, transmitido por acaros Brevipalpus (VTB). Brevipalpus phoenicis coletados de C. x speciosum sintomatico e transferidos para plantas sadias de C. x speciosum reproduziram as lesoes. O acaro tambem transmitiu o patogeno para C. thomsonae, Gomphrena globosa, Hibiscus cannabinus, H. coccineus, H. schizopetalus, Salvia leucantha, Spathiphyllum wallasi e Tetragonia expansa, as quais exibiram manchas cloroticas e/ou necroticas. O virus tambem foi transmitido mecanicamente para Chenopodium amaranticolor, C. quinoa, G. globosa, H. cannabinus, H. coccineus e T. expansa, alem de C. x speciosum. Plantas de C. amaranticolor e C. quinoa mantidas a 28 - 30oC desenvolveram infeccao sistemica. Em todos os tecidos sintomaticos das plantas-teste inoculadas, examinados ao microscopio eletronico, foram encontrados efeitos citopaticos do tipo nuclear causado por VTB. O virus foi purificado a partir de folhas com infeccao sistemica de C. amaranticolor e C. quinoa. Injecoes de preparacoes purificadas em coelho geraram um anti-soro policlonal que reagiu especificamente com o antigeno homologo em teste de ELISA. As evidencias obtidas indicam que as manchas cloroticas do Clerodendrum estao associadas a um VTB do tipo nuclear, tentativamente denominado de virus da mancha clorotica do Clerodendrum (Clerodendrum chlorotic spot virus- ClCSV).
In vitro propagation of Ananas comosus var. ananassoides (Baker) Coppens & F. Leal (Bromeliaceae)

Ananas comosus var. ananassoides (Baker) Coppens & F. Leal is a terricole ornamental bromeliad native of the Cerrado. Since this biome is threatened of extinction, studies about the cultivation of seedlings of this species are important and the in vitro culture can be a useful tool for its propagation. This work aimed to multiply A. comosus var. ananassoides in vitro, by means of nodal segments, and with the culture medium containing different nitrogen (N) concentrations. In obtaining the nodal segments, the plants remained in vitro in the dark for three months. In the other experiment, the seedlings were cultured in vitro in MS medium containing different N concentrations for six months. The results showed that 92% of the plants presented stem etiolation in the dark, each plant generat­ing three to four nodes, and these nodes gave rise to healthy plants. Moreover, in vitro multiplication with 15 mM and 30 mM N was found to be possible, yielding 1.5% and 3% multiplication, respectively, with each plant gene­rating one or two buds. It is concluded that the production of plants by nodal segments is indicated for the in vitro multiplication of this species and it is suggested to culture it in 15 mM N.
The Increased Effectiveness of Loaded Versus Unloaded Plyometric-Jump Training in 1 Improving Muscle

4 Purpose: This study examined the effects of loaded (LPJT) and unloaded (UPJT) plyometric jump 5 training programmes on measures of muscle power, speed, change-of-direction and kicking6 distance performance in prepubertal male soccer players. Methods: Participants (N=29) were 7 randomly assigned to a LPJT group (n=13; age=13.0±0.7 years) using weighted vests or UPJT 8 group (n=16; age=13.0±0.5 years) using body mass only. Before and after the intervention, tests 9 for the assessment of proxies of muscle power (i.e., countermovement-jump [CMJ], standing10 long-jump [SLJ]), speed (i.e., 5-m, 10-m, and 20-m sprint), change-of-direction (i.e., Illinois 11 change-of-direction test [ICoDT], modified 505 agility test), and kicking-distance test were 12 conducted. Data were analysed using magnitude-based inferences. Results: Within-group 13 analyses for the LPJT group showed large and very large improvements for 10-m sprint-time 14 (effect size [ES]=2.00) and modified 505 CoD (ES=2.83) tests, respectively. For the same group, 15 moderate improvements were observed in ICoDT (ES=0.61), 5and 20-m sprint-time (ES=1.00 for 16 both tests), CMJ (ES=1.00) and MKD (ES=0.90). Small enhancements in the SLJ (ES=0.50) test were 17 apparent. Regarding the UPJT group, small improvements were observed for all tests (ES=0.33 to 18 0.57) except 5-m and 10-m sprint-time (ES=1.00 and 0.63, respectively). Between-group analyses 19 favored the LPJT group for the modified 505 CoD (ES=0.61), SLJ (ES=0.50), and MKD (ES=0.57) 20 tests, but not for 5-m sprint-time (ES=1.00). Only trivial between-group differences were shown 21 for the remaining tests (ES=0.00 to 0.09). Conclusion: Overall, LPJT appears to be more effective 22 than UPJT in improving measures of muscle power, speed, change-of-direction and kicking23 distance performance in prepubertal male soccer players. 24