Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Role of Small Caves as Bat Hibernacula in Iowa

Small caves provide habitat for a variety of species, including bats. Past research on cave bats in Iowa has focused on a few large caves. Large caves are uncommon and represent only a portion of the known caves in the state. Since few hibernacula are protected in Iowa and no assessment of small caves has been done, bat census data were compared to cave morphology to determine the significance of small caves as hibernacula. Twelve years of census data (1998–2009) were reviewed for small caves (# 50.0 m in length) where hibernating bats had been documented. Four morphological features were compared against the data: entrance aspect, entrance size, cave length, and internal surface area. Student’s t-test and Spearman rank correlation were used to test for relationships between the presence and abundance of each species and each of the four morphological features. The eastern pipistrelle occurred in 68% of the caves, and the little brown bat in 24%. Student’s t-test showed a significant correlation with cave length for eastern pipistrelles. Spearman rank correlation showed a significant negative correlation with entrance aspect and significant positive correlations for cave length and internal surface area for eastern pipistrelles. The results are different from previous studies on larger Iowa caves, which showed big brown bats and little brown bats as the most abundant species. Eastern pipistrelles preferred larger caves with vertical entrances. However, large is a subjective term, and the results indicate that small caves are an important source of hibernacula for the eastern pipistrelle.
Streptococcus iniae sp. nov., a Beta-Hemolytic Streptococcus Isolated from an Amazon Freshwater Dolphin, Inia geoffrensis

Evidence is presented for the recognition of a new species of Streptococcus isolated from abscess foci in an Amazon freshwater dolphin, Inia geoffrensis. The organism appears to be immunologically distinct from members of the recognized Lancefield groups of streptococci. Antigens prepared by five different extraction procedures do not react with antisera to Streptococcus groups A to U, whereas antisera prepared against the new isolate react well with the extracted homologous antigens but not with antigens from groups A to U. Based on cultural, morphological, biochemical, and serological results, it is suggested that this isolate belongs to a new species for which we propose the name Streptococcus iniae. The type strain of this new species is strain PW (=ATCC 29178).
' The Artificial Intelligence and Psychology Project ' % : AUG 2 3 1 W 0

How is complex sequential material acquired, processed, and represented when there is no intention to learn ? We report on two experiments exploring a choice reaction time task. Unbeknownst to subjects, successive stimuli followed a sequence derived from a "noisy" finite-state grammar. After considerable practice (60,000 exposures) with Experiment 1, subjects acquired a compIPx kNdy n, procedural knowledge about the sequential structure of the material. Experiment 2 attempted to identify limits on subjects' ability to encode the temporal context by using more distant contingencies that spanned irrelevant material. Taken together, the results indicate that subjects become increasingly sensitive to the temporal context set by previous elements of the sequence, up to three elements. Responses are also affected by priming effects from recent trials. A PDP model that incorporates sensitivity to the sequential structure and to priming effects is shown to capture key aspects of both acquisition and processing. The model also accounts for the interaction between attention and sequence structure reported by Cohen, Ivry and Keele (1990). Learning Sequential Structure
Exploring budgetary slack: The influence of organizational commitment and job-related tension

The variables of organizational commitment and job-related tension have been given much individual attention in studies of organizational behaviour, but little consideration has been given to the joint effect of both on budgetary behaviour. This paper reports a study of the effects of organizational commitment and job-related tension on the propensity of managers to create budgetary slack under conditions of high and low levels of budgetary participation. The results indicate that, in a situation of high budgetary participation, highly committed managers who report low job-related tension are associated with a reduced propensity to create budgetary slack, whereas lower committed managers with higher job-related tension are associated with a greater propensity to create slack. Additionally, the study finds that organizational commitment and job-related tension, in the low-participation situation, have no effect on propensity to create budgetary slack. The implications of the results for design of control systems and personnel management are considered.
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, SEXUAL LIFE, BODILY EXPERIENCE AND ON-LINE ACTIVITY: a comparative study between adolescent and young adult cosplayers and non-cosplayers.

We have conducted a comparative study between a population of Italian young adults who practise the Cosplay and a group of 'non-cosplayers', exploring several topics such as interpersonal relationships, on-line activity, sexual life and bodily experience in order to contribute to the nationwide understanding of this phenomenon which is still at its beginning. The cosplayers of the studied sample are aged between 15 and 23, with an average of 19.8 years. They are mainly female and are composed of "average" subjects whose principal activity is, as observed, to tailor their own costumes as well as to share their practice within the group. Comparing the two examined groups, the cosplayers reveal a more considerable complexity with regard to their sexual life and their interpersonal relationships experienced, the latter, mainly through virtual platforms. Moreover there's a significant difference between these two groups on how they protect their body. This aspect has been investigated by the test Body Investment Scale (Orbach, Mikulincer, 1998).
Teramobile: A mobile femtosecond-terawatt laser and detection system

We describe the Teramobile system, a new mobile femtosecond multi-terawatt laser and detection system based on a state-of-the art CPA laser system embedded in a standard freight container, as well as a mobile detection unit allowing a characterization of the nonlinear propagation of high power laser pulses over long horizontal distances. The unique mobility feature of the whole system opens the way to previously unreachable applications for high-power laser pulses in the field of atmospheric research (lidar, laser-triggered lightning), which are also briefly reviewed.
The relationship between LMX and performance: the mediating role of role breadth self efficacy and crafting challenging job demands

This paper explores the relationship between leader-member exchange (LMX), role breadth self-efficacy (RBSE), a specific job crafting behavior such as increasing challenging job demands (ICJD) and overall work performance (OP). Thanks to a threepath mediation model, we show that RBSE and ICJD mediate sequentially the relationship between LMX and OP. This result contributes to research on LMX by showing that its positive effect on work performance depends on its influence on both motivational and behavioral variables. It is also shown that the influence of self-efficacy on performance becomes significant only when it is translated into specific proactive behaviors. Finally, this paper also contributes to current job crafting literature by providing evidence about job crafting antecedents and outcomes.
Causes Of Heart Failure As Seen In Kumasi Ghana

This study was done to determine the aetiological factors underlying heart failure in patients seen at the Department of Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Kumasi, Ghana. Patients above twelve years admitted to the medical wards with diagnosis of heart failure were recruited. Detailed history was obtained. Clinical examination, electrocardiography, Chest X-ray, echocardiography and haematological tests were done. One hundred and sixty seven patients were studied; 86 males and 81 females, aged 13 90 years with the mean 51.1 (+/21.1) years. The main causes of heart failure were hypertension (42.5 %; n=71), rheumatic heart disease (RHD) (21.6 %; n=36), and cardiomyopathy (17.4 %; n=29). Other conditions seen in the patients were electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy (ECG LVH) (66.5 %) and anaemia (47 %). In conclusion, the two most frequent causes of heart failure in our patients were hypertension and RHD. ECG LVH and anaemia were two major conditions seen in the patients.
The role of loyalty programs in behavioral and affective loyalty

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to analyze the behavioral and affective loyalty of retailer customers in order to establish the role played by loyalty programs in the development of these variables.Design/methodology/approach – Research data were taken from a survey carried out on 750 customers from a Spanish supermarket chain. Several ANOVAs are employed to compare the two loyalty dimensions among participants and non participants in loyalty programs.Findings – The results show that participants in loyalty programs are more behavioral and affectively loyal than non participants. Nevertheless, most customers do not change purchase behavior after joining a loyalty program. The strategy is therefore to retain loyal customers and to achieve the reinforcement of affective bonds linking the customer to the retailer.Practical implications – Companies should focus their efforts on developing a reward plan as adapted as possible to concrete needs of each participant in the program to achieve true loyalty.Origi.
COMPARISON THEOREMS FOR CONJUGATE POINTS IN SUB-RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY

We prove sectional and Ricci-type comparison theorems for the existence of conjugate points along sub-Riemannian geodesics. In order to do that, we regard sub-Riemannian structures as a special kind of variational problems. In this setting, we identify a class of models, namely linear quadratic optimal control systems, that play the role of the constant curvature spaces. As an applica- tion, we prove a version of sub-Riemannian Bonnet-Myers theorem and we obtain some new results on conjugate points for three dimensional left-invariant sub-Riemannian structures.
COMBINED APPLICATIONS OF NIR, RS, AND GIs FOR SUSTAINABLE SUGARCANE PRODUCTION

NEAR Inflared Reflectance WIR) and Remote Sensing (RS) were used to gather detailed informatioa on soil and crop conditions that play an impoi-tant role in sustainable sugarcane production. The NIR system was also used to measure not only sucrose but also P, K, and Mg simultaneously. Large quantities of data collected using the NIR system were combined in a Geographic Information System (GIs) in order to execute spatial analyses. Mapping of the information on cane quality and minerals in the juice and soils was cairied out for all cane fields in Minaini-Daito and Kita-Daito Islands. The results of analyses showed the presence of high levels of K in the cane juice and that fields needed adjustments in the application rates of K to insure optimum sugar yields. As a complement to NIR, high-resolution satellite images, such as those developed by the IKONOS system, were used to evaluate the cane growth conditions and to prepare field maps. The combined applications of NIR, RS and GTS are proving effective in improving management practices on individual farms.
The role of environmental and computational parameters in the development and impact of the forward-flank gust front in supercell thunderstorms

Conceptual understanding of the forward-flank region of a supercell thunderstorm has remained relatively unchanged over the past 20 years. Hazards associated with in-situ data collection in the forwardflank and the limited number of high resolution dualDoppler studies of supercell thunderstorms have minimized scientific advances (Wakimoto 2002; Shabbott and Markowski 2006). Therefore, most of our understanding of the forward-flank has been gained through numerical model simulations. Yet, many of these modeling studies have shown that a product of the forwardflank, the forward-flank gust front (FFGF), may play an integral role in the production of the low-level mesocyclone. However, some dual-Doppler studies have raised questions regarding the strength and even existence of a FFGF. In light of these findings, there is a need for further research regarding the forward flank, and specifically the FFGF, in order to solidify the dynamics involved in the development of low-level vertical vorticity within supercell thunderstorms.
Non-response behaviour in the Bank of Italyï¿½s Survey of Household Income and Wealth

This paper aims to describe non-respondents in the Bank of Italyi? ½s Survey of Household Income and Wealth (SHIW) and to measure the underestimation of income and wealth attributable to non-response. The evidence confirms that non-response is not random, since it is more frequent among wealthier households. Therefore exclusive use of poststratification procedures based on demographic characteristics only, which are commonly employed, cannot properly adjust for the selection process observed in the SHIW. As to the estimates of average aggregates, the bias seems to be greater for financial assets (the adjusted estimates are from 15 to 31 per cent higher than the unadjusted) than for income (for which the adjustments vary from 5 to 14 per cent, probably owing to a greater asymmetry in the distribution of wealth.
Response of Juvenile Coho Salmon and Steelhead to Placement of Large Woody Debris in a Coastal Washington Stream

Abstract Many fish habitats have been altered in Pacific Northwest streams and rivers over the past century by a variety of land use practices, including forestry, urbanization, agriculture, and channelization. There are research and management needs for evaluation of the effectiveness of rehabilitation projects intended to enhance stream fish habitat recovery. The response of populations of juvenile coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch and steelhead O. mykiss to addition of large woody debris (LWD) was tested in North Fork Porter Creek (NFPC), a small coastal tributary of the Chehalis River, Washington. The NFPC was divided into three 500-m study sections; two sections were altered with two approaches (engineered and logger's choice) to adding LWD, and the third was kept as a reference site. Immediately after LWD addition, the abundance of LWD pieces was 7.9 times greater than the pretreatment level in the engineered site and 2.7 times greater in the logger's choice site; abundance was unchanged in the refer.
ACETIC ACID ENHANCED PURIFICATION OF CRUDE CELLULOSE FROM SUGARCANE BAGASSE: STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION

Crude cellulose prepared from alkali-extracted sugarcane bagasse was subjected to a rapid purification treatment with a mixture of 80% acetic acid-68% nitric acid (10/1, v/v) at 120 °C for 15 min. The yields of the preparations decreased slightly from 57.3%-58.6% in the crude cellulose preparations to 50.3%-51.9% in the purified cellulose samples. The purification treatment removed large amounts of resistant hemicelluloses strongly associated to the cellulose. XRD analysis revealed that the structure of both the crude and purified cellulose was cellulose I. Compared to the crude cellulose, a slight increase in the crystallinity index of the purified cellulose was observed by FTIR, XRD, and CP/MAS 13C NMR analyses. In addition, SEM showed that the macrofibril surface of the crude cellulose was almost free of trenches, but many terraces, steps, and kinks formed in the preparations after the purification.
Enhanced Luminescence of Sr2SiO4:Dy3+ by Sensitization (Ce3+/Bi3+) and Its Composition-Induced Phase Transition.

Ce3+/Bi3+ codoped Sr2SiO4:Dy3+ phosphors are prepared by solid state reactions of Dy2O3, SrCO3, SiO2, Ce(NO3)3, Bi2O3, and Li2CO3 using NH4Cl as a flux (1000 °C, 4 h).
In vitro establishment and early development of barueiro (Dipteryx alata Vogel)

O barueiro (Dipteryx alata Vog.) e uma especie frutifera nativa do Cerrado que possui multiplas possibilidades de utilizacao. Por estar em estado praticamente selvagem, seu cultivo e dificultado. Alem disso, encontra-se ameacada de extincao. A cultura de tecidos vegetais constitui uma importante ferramenta para a conservacao de germoplasma, alem de proporcionar a rapida propagacao de mudas de qualidade em larga escala. Porem, esta tecnica nao vem sendo utilizada em barueiro, mas pode ser aplicada de forma valiosa contribuindo para seu processo de domesticacao. O meio de cultivo mais utilizado e o MS, considerado um dos mais completos nutricionalmente. O meio WPM e indicado para a propagacao de especies lenhosas, porem nao ha relatos da sua utilizacao para o cultivo do barueiro. Plantas lenhosas apresentam grandes problemas com oxidacao em fase de estabelecimento in vitro. O carvao ativado atua como coadjuvante na adsorcao desses compostos fenolicos, atenuando os seus efeitos no meio. Diante disso, o objetivo desse trabalho foi testar quatro doses de carvao ativado (0, 2, 4 e 6 g L-1) e tres meios de cultivo: MS, WPM e AA (agua mais agar), no estabelecimento in vitro de barueiro. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado (DIC), esquema fatorial 4x3, com tres repeticoes. Aos 60 dias apos a inoculacao dos explantes foram avaliados: massa seca, massa fresca, diâmetro do caule, comprimento da parte aerea, numero de folhas, comprimento da maior raiz, taxa de germinacao e teores de clorofilas. O meio MS acrescido de 3,0 g L-1 de carvao ativado mostra-se mais promissor para o estabelecimento in vitro de barueiro.
The Metal-Insulator Transition in Mn-Substituted Sr 3 Ru 2 O 7 by a photoemission study

We have studied the metal-insulator transition (MIT) in Mn-substituted Sr3Ru2O7 by x-ray photoemission (XPS) and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). In XPS, both the surfaceand bulk-sensitive spectra show a two-peak structure, corresponding to the well screened and the unscreened excitations. The evolution of the well screened peak with Mn is that the higher the concentration of Mn impurities, the lower the intensity of the peak, indicating that the screening channels are determined by the metallic property of a system. In ARPES, a strong doping dependence is also observed for the Fermi surface, which loses the 2D sheet associated with the dxy band and reduces to the 1D dxz/yz Fermi surfaces, as the system changes from metal to a Mott insulator. As for the band dispersion, we see that the dxy band shifts in energy toward the chemical potential, becoming degenerate with the dxz/yz bands, to the point of being indistinguishable. A nesting vector qαβ=(0.33, 0.33, 0) has been determined from the Fermi surface of the 10% Mn doped sample, as in response to-or alternatively inducing-a charge/orbital ordering across the Mott transition. The opening of an energy gap is observed below the MIT both as a function of temperature and Mn substitution. To obtain a microscopic understanding of the MIT, we have performed a local-density approximation calculations for the electronic structures of Sr3Ru2O7 and found that spin-orbital coupling induces an unexpected magnetic anisotropy. This might play a key role in the emergence of the MIT and magnetic superstructure in Mn-substituted Sr3Ru2O7, as well as the nematic behavior in the parent compound.
Use of a fertility simulation model to refine measurement techniques

A stochastic model involving the recurrent events (births, foetal deaths, etc.) associated with human reproduction is defined. Its simulation by means of a Monte Carlo program is described. The model is used to investigate the role of chance in producing biases in certain demographic measurements, particularly as regards the estimation of sterility, foetal death and stillbirth ratios, and birth intervals.
The Application of Computer Techniques to the Taxonomy of the Root-nodule Bacteria of Legumes

SUMMARY: The application of computer techniques to study a group of organisms comprising 83 strains of the genus Rhizobium and 38 strains belonging to the genera Agrobacterium, Chromobacterium, Beijerinckia and Bacillus is described. One hundred different features including vitamin, carbohydrate and nitrogen nutrition, antibiotic sensitivities, morphological and colonial characteristics, and infective attributes were used to determine the relationships between these organisms. Members of the genera Chromobacterium, Bacillus and Beijerinckia showed little affinity with the other species studied, or with each other. The results obtained for the genus Rhizobium indicate the need for major taxonomic changes. These changes would include: (1) the consolidation of R. trifolii, R. leguminosarum and R. phaseoli into a single species, R. leguminosarum; (2) The consolidation of A. radiobacter and A. tumefaciens and their inclusion as R. radiobacter in the genus Rhizobium. The creation of a new genus Phytomyxa to contain strains of slow-growing root-nodule bacteria is also proposed.
Defining the earliest Aurignacian in the Swabian Alp : the relevance of the technological study of the Geißenklösterle (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) lithic and organic productions

The Geisenklosterle cave site (Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) has achieved celebrity for having yielded several rich Aurignacian occupation levels, among the earliest in central Europe. Recently, the coherence of J. Hahn's archaeostratigraphic subdivisions has been called into question, and doubts raised about the validity of the earliest Aurignacian assemblage (reconstructed level III). The paper presents the first results of a fresh technological approach to the lithic and organic productions of the seven Aurignacian levels. These results add support to J. Hahn's interpretations and speak in favour of the existence of a genuine Aurignacian predating the split-based points facies.
Processing style and person recognition: Exploring the face inversion effect

It has frequently been reported that recognition performance is impaired when faces are presented in an inverted rather than upright orientation, a phenomenon termed the face inversion effect (FIE). Extending previous work on this topic, the current investigation explored whether individual differences in global precedence—the propensity to process nonfacial stimuli in a configural manner—impacts memory for faces. Based on performance on the Navon letter-classification task, two experimental groups were created that differed in relative global precedence (i.e., strong global precedence [SGP] and weak global precedence [WGP]). In a subsequent face-recognition task, results revealed that while both groups demonstrated a reliable FIE, this effect was attenuated among participants displaying WGP. These findings suggest that individual differences in general processing style modulate face recognition.