Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Diversityofmicrobial communities colonizing thewalls ofaKarstic cave inSlovenia

Karstic cave systems in Slovenia receive substantial amounts of organic input from adjacent forest and freshwater systems. These caves host microbial communities that consist of distinct small colonies differing in colour and shape. Visible to the naked eye, the colonies cover cave walls and are strewn with light-reflecting water droplets. In this study, the diversity of prokaryotes constituting these unusual microbial communities in Pajsarjeva jama cave was examined. A molecular survey based on small subunit rRNA diversity showed a high diversity within the Bacteria, while members of Archaea were not recovered. A total of eight bacterial phyla were detected. The application of various species richness estimators confirmed the diverse nature of the microbial community sample. Members of Gammaproteobacteria were most abundant in the clone libraries constructed and were followed in abundance by members of Actinobacteria and Nitrospira. In addition, members of Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria and Deltaproteobacteria as well as Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Planctomycetes, Chloroflexi and Gemmatimonadetes were identified in clone libraries. The high number of clones most closely related to environmental 16S rRNA gene clones showed the broad spectrum of unknown and yet to be cultivated microorganisms inhabiting these cave systems.
Behavioral Learning Equilibria in the New Keynesian Model

We introduce the concept of behavioral learning equilibrium (BLE) into a high dimensional linear framework and apply it to the standard New Keynesian model. For each endogenous variable, boundedly rational agents use a simple, but optimal AR(1) forecasting rule with parameters consistent with the observed sample mean and autocorrelation of past data. The main contributions of our paper are fourfold: (1) we derive existence and stability conditions of BLE in a general linear framework, (2) we provide a general method for Bayesian likelihood estimation of BLE, (3) we estimate the baseline NK model based on U.S. data and show that the relative model fit is better under BLE than REE, (4) we analyze optimal monetary policy under BLE and show that it differs from REE. In particular, we find that the transmission channel of monetary policy is stronger under BLE at the estimated parameter values.
Thermal Oxidation of Ethanol : Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Ignition Chemistry of Ethanol-Air Mixtures in Shock-Heated Gases

The present work proposes a detailed kinetic model for the thermal oxidation of ethanol/air mixtures at intermediate temperatures and high pressures, validated against ignition delay times measured in a shock tube behind reflected shock waves. Ignition delay times were measured under stoichiometric conditions at 10, 30, and 50 bar and from 650 to 1220 K. From a multiple linear regression analysis using ln(τ) as the dependent variable and (1/T ) and ln(p) as independent variables an expression of τ/μs = 10−1.79 exp(+12400 K/T ) (p/bar)−0.83 was curve fitted for the measured range of temperature, pressure and stoichiometric mixture. The kinetic model was built up by incorporating available submechanisms for ethanol chemistry (Marinov) as well as C3-chemistry (Konnov), taken as central kernel. Additionally, other key reactions obtained from computational chemistry and available on the literature (Lin) were included. For improvement of the model, the sensitivity of each reaction on temperature, OH, H2O2, and C2H5OH concentrations was determined using a perfectly-stirredreactor assumption for temperatures of 1100, 950, and 800 K at all pressures and stoichiometric mixture. The sensitivity analysis identified a set of important reactions involving the H-atom abstraction from the ethanol molecule by the hydroperoxy radical (HO2), giving CH3CHOH, acetaldehyde and H2O2. The model predicts the global trend with temperature and pressure as well as the lower sensitivity of the ignition delay time with pressure at higher pressures.
A new species of Pista ( Annelida : Polychaeta : Terebellidae ) from shallow waters of Shizugawa Bay , Sanriku Coast , Japan

We have studied the terebellids from Shizugawa Bay, Sanriku coast, Tohoku region, northern Honshu, Japan (Fig. 1). We collected eight species of the family, of which three or four species are probably new to Japan, and one species is new to science. We report here on the new taxon of Terebellidae from the shallow water of Shizugawa Bay, Japan. Seven species of Pista have been recorded from Japanese waters: P. atypica Hessle, 1917; P. cristata (Muller, 1776); P. elongata Moore, 1909; P. fasciata sensu Marenzeller, 1885; P. fasciata sensu MacIntosh, 1885; P. microlobata Hessle, 1917; P. robustiseta Caullery, 1915 (Imajima and Hartman, 1964; Uchida, 1992). These records and descriptions are brief and provide limited information on the features distinguishing these species. A revision of the Japanese species is required. SCIENTIA MARINA 70S3 December 2006, 139-144, Barcelona (Spain) ISSN: 0214-8358
Intrahousehold Productive Inefficiency in Burkina Faso : Can Experimental Inefficiency Measures Explain Differences in Household Income ?

I conduct an artefactual experiment in which married individuals make several sets of dichotomous choices between payments given to their spouses and payments given to themselves. Some individuals are revealed to value their spouses’ earnings and own earnings equivalently, some prefer their own earnings, while others prefer their spouses’ earnings. The different household types revealed experimentally explain part of the differences in real-world household income, which mainly comes from household production in this context. Controlling for household productive asset levels and other covariates, households where either spouse equivalently values the spouse’s earnings and her own earnings have a significantly higher conditional income than the remaining households. Such a result is consistent with predictions from a non-cooperative Cournot-Nash model of household production, where individuals’ marginal rates of substitution of their spouses’ production profits for their own profits, if different from one, drive a wedge between their individual ∗I’m very grateful to Travis Lybbert, Michael Carter and Steve Vosti for their guidance throughout all stages of the project. The larger project, whose household survey data I use in this paper, the iLiNS-Zinc project, is funded by a grant to the University of California, Davis by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. For the intrahousehold experimental project, I appreciate the generous support of the BASIS Innovation Lab, Hewlett Foundation, H. A. Jastro Shields Awards, and Erika C. H. Meng Scholarship Fund, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis. I thank the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS) in Burkina Faso, and its Director, Jean Bosco Ouedraogo, for leadership and support in the context of management of the iLiNS-Zinc project as well as the intrahousehold experimental project. Special thanks go to the large and efficient data collection team in the field in Bama, Burkina Faso, particularly to Rosemonde M. Guissou, Shea Antrim, Djeneba Ouédraogo, and Mando Mohamed. I also thank Pierre Mérel, Thomas Barre, Quentin Stoeffler, Isabel Call, Emilia Tjernström, Jon Einar Flatnes, Asare Twum-Barima, and Abbie Turiansky for helpful discussions that greatly benefited the project; Katherine Adams, Eliana Zeballos, Yingying Xu for sharing of data preparation. All errors are my own. Contact: Wenbo Zou, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Davis; wbzou@ucdavis.edu.
Contribution Interactions Between Race / Ethnicity and Anthropometry in Risk of Incident Diabetes The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

This study examined how adiposity influences racial/ethnic differences in diabetes incidence by exploring whether relations between anthropometric measures and incident diabetes vary by race/ethnicity. Data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis initiated in 2000 (n 1⁄4 5,446 US men and women aged 45–84 years) were analyzed by using proportional hazards and Poisson regression. The diabetes incidence rate was 2/100 personyears (n 1⁄4 479 cases). Interactions were present between race and anthropometry (P-interaction(race 3 body mass index) 1⁄4 0.002). The slope of incident diabetes per anthropometric unit was greatest for Chinese, less for whites and Hispanics, and still less for blacks. For small waist, risk of incident diabetes was <1/100 person-years for all racial/ ethnic groups. At intermediate waist levels, Chinese had the highest and whites the lowest rates of incident diabetes. At the respective 95th percentiles of waist circumference, risk of incident diabetes per 100 person-years was 3.9 for Chinese (104 cm), 3.5 for whites (121 cm), 5.0 for blacks (125 cm), and 5.3 for Hispanics (121 cm). Adiposity influenced relative diabetes occurrence across racial/ethnic groups, in that Chinese had a steeper diabetes risk per unit of adiposity. However, the generally low level of adiposity in Chinese led to a relatively low diabetes occurrence.
Comparison between NMT and PBSMT Performance for Translating Noisy User-Generated Content

This work compares the performances achieved by Phrase-Based Statistical Machine Translation systems (PB-SMT) and attention-based Neuronal Machine Translation systems (NMT) when translating User Generated Content (UGC), as encountered in social medias, from French to English. We show that, contrary to what could be expected, PBSMT outperforms NMT when translating non-canonical inputs. Our error analysis uncovers the specificities of UGC that are problematic for sequential NMT architectures and suggests new avenue for improving NMT models.
The combination of IDH 1 mutations and MGMT methylation status predicts survival in glioblastoma better than either IDH 1 or MGMT alone

Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (R.J.M., C.J.F.v.N.); Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (F.E.B., D.V., W.P.V.); Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Oncogenomics Center, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment, University of Torino Medical School, Candiolo, Italy (S.La., C.Z., A.B., F.E.B.); Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands (J.W.M.J., S.H.E.B.-S., P.W.); Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (P.W.); Department of Neurogenetics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (T.J.M.H.); Department of Neuropathology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (D.T., A.A.v.T.); Neurosurgical Center Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (W.P.V.); Department of Neurosurgery, St. Elisabeth Hospital Tilburg, The Netherlands (S.Le.); Department of Neurosurgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (S.Le.); FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy (A.B.)
EURASIAN JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE

The concept of corporate capital structure is dynamic in nature as the changing economic and business situations influence on it. Financial crisis of 2007-2008, among other things, have led companies to bring important changes in their capital structure. In turn, capital structure has also influenced corporate risks and the weighted average cost of capital of the firms. However, this topic is under-researched in general and in the context of Nordic countries, in particular. This paper examines the determinants that have affected firm-level corporate capital structure across Nordic countries during the financial crisis sub-period (2007-10). In addition, we also study and compare the same phenomenon during the pre (2003-06) and post financial crisis (2011-17) subperiods. The principal finding of the study underlines that during the pre-financial crisis period, firms producing high accountingand market returns borrow less, thus rendering their capital structure more towards equity capital as more debt increases fixed cash outflows in the form of debt servicing. However, during and post financial crisis sub-periods firms giving better performance, with reference to the same benchmarks, borrow more. Several factors can be attributed this finding such as high risk premium to the equity investments due to adverse equity investment climate, falling interest rates during the financial crisis and increasing non-performing assets accumulated with banks. The current paper contributes to the body of knowledge, both academic and practitioners, in several ways. First, the study identifies the key determinants affecting capital structure in the pre, during and post financial crisis sub-periods and thus portraying a comprehensive and in-depth picture. Second, the study explores how the capital structure affects the risk and weighted average cost of capital (WACC).
Analysis of the suspended sediment yield at different time scales in Mediterranean watershed , case of Wadi El Maleh ( North-West of Algeria )

The present paper aims to estimate and analyse the variability of the suspended sediment transport in Wadi El Maleh watershed at different time scales. The used data sets consist of the measured instantaneous water flow discharge QL and suspended sediment concentration C, which have been recorded in the gauging station situated at the outlet of the watershed during 17 years. The obtained results show that the sediment rating curve explains more than 74% of the variance for the whole pairs data (QL-C). The estimated specific soil erosion is about 294.29 103 kg/km2/year. The analysis of the sediment yield and sedimentary quantification has shown that the major part of the sediment transport occurs mainly during extreme events, the floods contributes on average about 64% in the total annual sediment yields, a single flood in January 1988 generated more than 92% of the annual sediment yield rate. In wet season, we recorded 78% of the total soil loss rate, the most part of sedimentary dynamics for Wadi El Maleh is observed in winter with 45.41%. The suspended sediment transport in this season remains the highest, significantly exceeding the other seasons. These values are comparable to those reported in other regions with similar climate.
SYNOPTIC-SCALE ANALYSIS OF TORNADO-PRODUCING TROPICAL CYCLONES ALONG THE GULF COAST

Composite mean synoptic analyses are presented for seven different meteorological variables to distinguish between landfalling tropical cyclones along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that are substantially tornadic (tropical cyclones that produce at least four tornadoes) and those that are not substantially tornadic (tropical cyclones that produce no more than one tornado). From 1985 to 2006, 15 landfalling tropical cyclones were identified as being substantially tornadic, while an additional 15 were identified as being non-substantially tornadic. These 30 tropical cyclones are considered separately amongst three sectors along the Gulf Coast in computing mean synoptic variables. Some findings for substantially tornadic tropical cyclones were: (1) the southeastern United States was broadly located within the right entrance region of an upper-level jet streak centered over the northeastern United States; (2) organized, large, and directionally-symmetric 850-hPa flow was maximized in the northeastern semicircle of the cyclonic envelope; (3) a distinct, organized, and symmetric mean sea level pressure pattern over the Gulf was associated with the tropical cyclones; (4) a strong 600-hPa relative humidity gradient was present in the northeastern semicircle of the cyclone; and (5) a dry intrusion was found in the eastern semicircle in some cases of substantially tornadic tropical cyclones. These commonalities associated with the substantially tornadic tropical cyclones were not found to be associated with the non-substantially tornadic tropical cyclones. Corresponding Author: Ariel Cohen National Weather Service, Jackson MS Weather Forecast Office 234 Weather Service Dr. Flowood, MS 39232 e-mail: Ariel.Cohen@noaa.gov Currently with the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK SYNOPTIC-SCALE ANALYSIS OF TORNADO-PRODUCING TROPICAL CYCLONES ALONG THE GULF COAST
A comparison of bleeding patterns and cycle control using two transdermal contraceptive systems : a multicenter , open-label , randomized study ☆ , ☆ ☆ , ★ , ★ ★

Objective(s): To investigate the bleeding pattern and cycle control parameters of a contraceptive patch containing 0.55 mg ethinyl estradiol (EE) and 2.1 mg gestodene (GSD) compared with a patch containing 0.6 mg EE and 6 mg norelgestromin (NGMN). Study design: In this phase III, open-label, randomized, parallel-group trial, healthy women aged 18–35 years (smokers aged 18–30 years) received either the EE/GSD patch (n=200) or the EE/NGMN patch (n=198). Treatment consisted of one patch per week for 3 weeks followed by a 7-day, patch-free interval for seven cycles. Bleeding control was assessed in two 90-day reference periods. Results: In reference period 1, mean number of bleeding/spotting days was comparable across treatment groups (pN0.05). However, in reference period 2, there were fewer bleeding/spotting days in the EE/GSD patch group (15.7 versus 18.4; pb0.0001). Mean number of bleeding/spotting episodes was comparable across groups for both reference periods, but bleeding/spotting episodes were shorter for the EE/GSD patch than the EE/NGMN patch during reference period 1 (5.13 days versus 5.53 days, respectively; pb0.05) and reference period 2 (5.07 versus 5.66; p=0.0001). Both treatment groups showed a similar frequency of withdrawal bleeding episodes; however, across all seven cycles, the length of these episodes was consistently shorter with the EE/GSD patch (pb0.01). There were no notable treatment differences in intracyclic bleeding. Conclusion(s): Bleeding pattern and cycle control achieved with the EE/GSD patch was similar to that of the EE/NGMN patch. Implications statement: The paper presents data on the bleeding pattern and cycle control parameters of an investigational transdermal contraceptive patch containing EE and GSD compared with an approved contraceptive patch containing EE and NGMN. This descriptive study found that bleeding patterns associated with the EE/GSD patch were similar to those of an EE/NGMN patch providing higher EE exposure. © 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
CITRUS LEAFMINER, PHYLLOCNISTIS CITRELLA (LEPIDOPTERA: GRACILLARIIDAE), AND NATURAL ENEMY DYNAMICS IN CENTRAL FLORIDA DURING 2005

After the citrus leafminer (CLM), Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton (Lepidoptera: Gracillarii- dae), invaded Florida in 1993, the endoparasitoid Ageniaspis citricola Logvinovskaya (Hy-menoptera: Encyrtidae) was introduced in 1994 in a classical biological control program. Subsequent to its establishment, only limited information has been obtained regarding the seasonal abundance of A. citricola and its host in central Florida citrus groves. During 2005, we monitored replicated plots treated with oil or imidacloprid once on 23 Jun 2005, along with untreated control trees, in a Polk County commercial Valencia orange grove on a weekly basis when tender new growth (= ﬂush) was available. As expected, CLM abundance in the early spring ﬂush was nearly undetectable due to the lack of suitable ﬂush during winter when CLM populations decline nearly to zero. Also as expected, A. citricola was not found during this time. During the second ﬂush (Jun through Jul) CLM populations increased and A. citricola appeared, parasitizing up to 39% of the pupae in the untreated controls and up to 33% in the blocks treated with oil. Imidacloprid did not signiﬁcantly reduce the number of CLM larvae but did reduce Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, nymphal densities. Peak abundance of the CLM occurred during the third ﬂush cycle on 5 Oct from trees treated once with oil, with a mean (SD) of 1.3 (0.8) CLM mines per leaf. Parasitism by A. citricola increased through the season, peaking at 56% of the CLM that had pupated prior to the 16 and 23 Nov samples in the untreated control trees and at 37% in the oil-treated trees; A. citricola was not found in imidacloprid-treated trees on those dates. During the growing season, a high proportion (up to 100% in some samples) of the CLM mines were empty, presumably due to predation. The data conﬁrmed, for the ﬁrst time, that A. citricola is an impor- tant natural enemy of those CLM larvae that escaped predation in this citrus-growing area in Florida. Nymphs of the Asian citrus psyllid were signiﬁcantly reduced for 3 weeks after the imidacloprid treatment. However, shoots on trees treated with imidacloprid were signiﬁcantly shorter than shoots on untreated trees and the number of shoots produced in imida- cloprid-treated trees was reduced, raising concerns that imidacloprid might affect growth of citrus ﬂush. Brown citrus aphids were nearly absent throughout the growing season.
EVIDENCE-BASED RESEARCH ON CHARITABLE GIVING Working for “ Warm Glow ” : On the Benefits And Limits of Prosocial

We study whether using prosocial incentives, where e↵ort is tied directly to charitable contributions, may lead to better performance than standard incentive schemes. In a real-e↵ort task, individuals indeed work harder for charity than for themselves, but only when incentive stakes are low. When stakes are raised, e↵ort increases when individuals work for themselves but not when they work for others and, as a result, the di↵erence in provided e↵ort disappears. Individuals correctly anticipate these e↵ects, choosing to work for charity at low incentives and for themselves at high incentives. The results are consistent with warm glow giving and have implications for optimal
Chapter One GENDER ROLE CONSTRUCTION AMONG MEN AND WOMEN OF COLOR

I feel like there ’s this image that we just have dealt with so much, and that ’s a part of who we are, but we ’re supposed to keep going. Like unbreakable. I think there ’s this real shame of us having to seek mental health services or us feeling like we ’re not that strong independent Black woman, even though there ’s some acknowledgment that our life is hard and it ’s expected to be hard.
Allied Health TeaDl ManageDlent of RheuDlatoid Arthritis Patients ( health care delivery , occupational therapy practice , patient care team )

The 'Use of a coordinated team of allied health professionals (AHPs) to treat patients with rheumatoid arthritis assigned to eX/Jerimental groups (EG) and comparison groups (CG) was assessed. The EG patients were evaluated regularly by each AHP team member, whereas CG patients were seen by AHPs only upon referral. Of the 10 EG and 13 CG patients who remained in the study for 2 years, the EG patients initially exhibited somewhat greater disease actwity than CG (as reflected by erythrocyte sedimentation rate and duration of mommg stiffness). After 2 years) EG ! Jatients demonstmted less disease activity than at the outset, whereas CG patients either showed little change in these parameters or deteriorated dunng the study. Grip strength, which was Initially similar in the two groups, improved in EG patients but decreased in CG patients, so that after 2 years a significant difference was noted between the two groups (p < .05). Tendency to lose hand range of motion was also greater zn CG than in EG patients. Some EG patients showed improvement in finger flexion deformities dunng the study. Furthermore, EG patients showed a greater tendency to acquire positive attitudes regarding themselves and family relatlOnships. These results suggest that ongoing "team ca1e" may be mOTe efficacious than episodic use of AHPs 1.12 management of patunts with mild rheumatoid arthritis. Kenneth D. Brandt