Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Helminths of Talpa europaea (Insectivora, Talpidae) in southwestern Europe

The helminth fauna of the European mole (Talpa europaea L., 1758) was studied on the basis of 269 host individuals from 39 localities in France and Spain. Twelve helminth species were recorded: two digeneans – Ityogonimus lorum (Dujardin, 1845) (Brachylaimidae) and Nephrotrema truncatum (Leuckart, 1842) (Troglotrematidae); one cestode – Multitesticulata filamentosa (Goeze, 1782) (Dilepididae); and 9 nematodes – Capillaria talpae (Siebold, 1850), Eucoleus oesophagicola Soltys, 1952, Liniscus incrassatus (Diesing, 1851), Trichuris feliui Ribas et Casanova, 2004 (Trichuridae), Parastrongyloides winchesi Morgan, 1928 (Strongyloididae), Porrocaecum spp. larvae (Ascarididae), Spirura talpae (Gmelin, 1790) (Spiruridae), Tricholinstowia linstowi (Travassos, 1918) and T. mornanti Durette-Desset et Vaucher, 1974 (Heligmonellidae). In the general helminth fauna, S. talpae was found the most prevalent species (43.9%) and with the highest infection intensity. Prevalences of I. lorum, L. incrassatus, Porrocaecum spp. and T. mornanti ranged from 9.7 to 17.5% and mean intensities between 1.4 and 2.3. L. capillaris, Porrocaecum spp. , S. talpae and T. mornanti are core species in the helminth community of T. europaea. The rest of species are considered satellite. All the species found in males are present in females except E. oesophagicola. No significant differences were found between males and females in quantitative parameters. Values of Lefkovitch’s index indicate a negative binomial distribution for all species. Correlation between altitude of the biotopes and species richness was not significant. Qualitative and quantitative data were compared with other known helminthological studies of Talpa spp. in Europe.
Relationships between Self-Processes and Group Processes with Friends and Acquaintances.

This preliminary study explored relationships between key self-processes, specifically,independent vs. interdependent self-construal and self-efficacy, with students' attitudestoward group work with friends and acquaintances. The sample comprised 188 studentsfrom two Independent high schools in metropolitan Sydney, Australia. Data werecollected using a self-report questionnaire, and analysed using exploratory factor analysisand multiple regression analysis. Of the two sets of self-beliefs, self-construal and self-efficacy, the latter was more strongly related to students' attitudes toward cooperation.Furthermore, there was support for a "flow-on" effect in which self-efficacy developedin the friendship context generalised to the acquaintance context.
Dry Sliding Wear Behaviour of Titanium (Grade 5) Alloy by Using Response Surface Methodology

The dry sliding wear behaviour of titanium (Grade 5) alloy has been investigated in order to highlight the mechanisms responsible for the poor wear resistance under different applied normal load, sliding speed, and sliding distance conditions. Design of experimental technique, that is, response surface methodology (RSM), has been used to accomplish the objective of the experimental study. The experimental plan for three factors at three levels using face-centre central composite design (CCD) has been employed. The results indicated that the specific wear rate increases with an increase in the applied normal load and sliding speed. However, it decreases with an increase in the sliding distance and a decrease in the sliding speed. The worn surfaces of the titanium alloy specimens were analyzed with the help of scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), and X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques. The predicted result also shows the close agreement with the experimental results and hence the developed models could be used for prediction of wear behaviour satisfactorily.
Quantitative recurrence statistics and convergence to an extreme value distribution for non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems

For non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems we consider the time series of maxima along typical orbits. Using ideas based upon quantitative recurrence time statistics we prove convergence of the maxima (under suitable normalization) to an extreme value distribution, and obtain estimates on the rate of convergence. We show that our results are applicable to a range of examples, and include new results for Lorenz maps, certain partially hyperbolic systems, and non-uniformly expanding systems with sub-exponential decay of correlations. For applications where analytic results are not readily available we show how to estimate the rate of convergence to an extreme value distribution based upon numerical information of the quantitative recurrence statistics. We envisage that such information will lead to more efficient statistical parameter estimation schemes based upon the block-maxima method.
Management control system, organizational learning, and firm’s performance: An empirical study from developing economy

Article history: Received 14 June 2016 Received in revised form 10 October 2016 Accepted 21 October 2016 Even though it is widely accepted that effective design of management control system (MCS) has the ability to stimulate organizational learning, which ultimately will enhance the organizational performance, empirical research analysis on such relationship in the context of the developing economy, in comparison to the existing literature of the developed economy, is still scarce. In particular, the influence of each of levers of control (LOC) components (belief, boundary, diagnostic, and interactive control) on the organizational learning still lacking with conflicting results. Based on a survey of 129 top managers of the Palestinian listed firms, we examine how different MCS have different influence on organizational learning and how organizational learning ultimately influences the organizational performance. The evidence suggests that neither beliefs system, nor the boundary system facilitates learning. In addition, an interactive control system also has no significant influence on organizational learning, which unlike the case of the developed economy. By contrast, diagnostic control system is the only control system that has significance influence on organizational learning. In addition, the result indicates that organizational learning has a positive influence on firm’s performance. This paper contributes to stream of literature from the perspective of the developing economy and provide suggestions for potential directions of future MCS research in the context of the devolving economy.
Factors Affecting Catch-and-Release Mortality of Bluefish

Abstract Recreational harvests of bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix along the U.S. coast from Maine to Florida exceed commercial harvests, and in recent years about 60–70% of angler-captured fish are released alive. The proportion of fish that survive hooking, handling, and release back to the ocean is unknown; however, if catch-and-release mortality is high, it may represent a significant component of the overall bluefish mortality rate. We estimated long-term (21-d) hooking mortality rates of field-captured bluefish and investigated the effects of various factors on postrelease mortality. Age, length, and the occurrence of bleeding were significant factors associated with catch-and-release mortality, which we estimated to be 38.8%. About 65% of the mortality was initial mortality, and the remainder was delayed mortality. We also performed a laboratory study to examine the physiological response of bluefish to two independent processes (hooking and release versus transfer in coolers to the laboratory) relevan.
The Effect of Visual Feedback on Coupled Balancing Tasks with Artificial Controllers

In this paper, we experimentally investigate the cooperative balancing task on a virtual coupled inverted pendula (CIP) model, performed by a pair of an invisible artificial controller and a human subject, where experimental participants were not allowed to watch the movement of the artificial partner during experiments. The experimental result on Lyapunov exponents implies that the human subjects who never have experienced the balancing tasks with visible controller, seems to try to make the artificial controller neutrally stable as well as the subjects who have already experienced. Therefore, the result implies that at least as to the human subjects in the present study, there are no influence of learning with the visible controller on the stabilities of the task with invisible controller.
GLUCOSE 6-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE FROM STREPTOMYCES AUREOFACIENS: LIGAND-INDUCED CONFORMATIONAL CHANG

Some kinetic properties of NADand NADPdependent glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) purified from streptomyces aureofaciens were studied. Both NADH and NADPH inhibited the enzyme competitively and noncompetitively, with respect to the corresponding coenzymes and glucose 6-phosphate, respectively. ATP inhibited the NAD linked reaction but not that of the NADPlinked activity. The inhibition was competitive with respect to NAD and noncompetitive with respect to glucose 6-phosphate. Km values were 0.14 mM for NAD and 0.075 mM for NADP. Similar Km values (0.75-0.79 mM) were obtaind for glucose 6-phosphate using either NAD or NADP as a coenzyme. The optimum pH was 6.6 for NADand 7.4 for NADPdependent activity. Maximum protein fluorescence was increased by NAD (49%) and NADP (8%). Among bivalent cations studied, Cu decreased NADlinked activity (40%), but increased the NADPlinked reaction (10%). Ni did not affect NADlinked, but stimulated NADPlinked activity. Other cations such as Zn and Mn also differently affected the two reactions. The data suggested that binding of NAD and NADP produces a different conformational change in S. aureofaciens G6PD or an isomerisation process regulates coenzyme utilization.
Using Lifetime Fecundity to Compare Management Strategies: A Case History for Striped Bass

Abstract To evaluate possible regulatory schemes for restoring the stocks of striped bass Morone saxatilis in Rhode Island coastal waters, we constructed a computer simulation model of a cohort's expected lifetime egg production. The model demonstrated that the expected increase in egg production from a proposed increase in minimum legal harvestable size (from 17 to 24 in) also could be achieved by an alternate management regime which, unlike the proposed size increase, would allow continued use of traditional fishing gears. The alternative regime increased the minimum size (but only to 18 in) and simultaneously reduced instantaneous fishing mortality from 0.45 to 0.30. Our findings of equivalence between the two regimes are reasonably robust to errors in population parameters. We then used the simulation model to generate curves of egg production per female recruit under a wide range of regulatory regimes. Such curves can illustrate the potential effects of management measures on depleted stocks.
In-situ electron and ion measurements and observed gravity wave effects in the polar mesosphere during the MaCWAVE program

Abstract. Langmuir probe electron and ion measurements from four instrumented rockets flown during the MaCWAVE ( M ountain a nd C onvective W aves A scending VE rtically) program are reported. Two of the rockets were launched from Andoya Rocket Range, Norway, in the summer of 2002. Electron scavenging by ice particulates produced reductions of the electron density in both sharp narrow (≈1–2 km) layers and as a broad (≈13 km) depletion. Small-scale irregularities were observed in the altitude regions of both types of electron depletion. The scale of the irregularities extended to wavelengths comparable to those used by ground-based radars in observing PMSE. In regions where ice particles were not present, analysis of the spectral signatures provided reasonable estimates of the energy deposition from breaking gravity waves. Two more instrumented rockets were flown from Esrange, Sweden, in January 2003. Little turbulence or energy deposition was observed during one flight, but relatively large values were observed during the other flight. The altitude distribution of the observed turbulence was consistent with observations of a semidiurnal tide and gravity wave instability effects as determined by ground-based lidar and radar measurements and by falling sphere measurements of the winds and temperatures (Goldberg et al., 2006; Williams et al., 2006).
Poverty in Time: Exploring Poverty Dynamics from Life History Interviews in Bangladesh

This paper draws from life history interviews to investigate poverty dynamics in Bangladesh and considers life histories as a supplement to more quantitative approaches in poverty research. Qualitative life history methods allow the examination of the temporal and spatial context of people's lives in a way that uncovers a number of social phenomena concealed to other methods. These are discussed using life histories to demonstrate the types of social phenomena that can be uncovered. A number of categories of life trajectory are also identified and the use of a categorical approach as a way of using longitudinal qualitative findings to inform social policy is discussed. The lessons learned have relevance for using life histories to examine poverty dynamics more generally and also draw attention to the potential for using life history approaches in medium-n studies which may help to cross the qual/quant divide in poverty research.
VLBI observations of optically-bright extragalactic radio sources for the alignment of the radio frame with the future Gaia frame - II. Imaging candidate sources

Context. The European space astrometry mission Gaia, to be launched by 2012, will construct a dense optical QSO-based celestial reference frame which will need to be linked to the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF; the IAU fundamental frame), with the highest accuracy. However, it has been found that only 10% of the ICRF sources (70 sources) are suitable to establish this link. The remaining sources are not useful either because they are not bright enough at optical wavelengths or because they have significant extended radio emission which precludes reaching the highest astrometric accuracy. Aims: In order to improve the accuracy of this alignment, we have developed a program of VLBI observations based on three steps to detect, image and measure astrometric positions of weak extragalactic radio sources, with bright optical counterparts, from a sample of 447 candidate sources. Methods: The experiments devoted to VLBI detection, carried out with the European VLBI Network (EVN) in June and October 2007, were very successful, with 398 sources detected at both S- and X-bands. From these, 105 sources were observed in March 2008 with a global VLBI array (EVN and VLBA; Very Long Baseline Array) for imaging their VLBI structures. Results: All sources were successfully imaged in both bands and about 50% (47 sources) were found to be point-like on VLBI scales. These images are available at http://www.obs. u-bordeaux1.fr/BVID/GC030/. VLBI positions of these sources will be measured accurately in future astrometric experiments. Full Table 3 is only available in electronic form at the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) or via http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/viz-bin/qcat? J/A+A/526/A102
How Nurses Use Telehealth to Support Health

When people with long term health issues transition from illness to health, or move from hospital to home after an exacerbation they feel vulnerable, unsafe, uncertain, lost, and unsupported. Transitions are life experiences that result in change. Telehealth gives easier access to care and increases patient involvement and self-awareness for self-care and improved outcomes. The purpose of our research was to explore how telehealth tools and processes lend themselves to nursing of patients through transitions. Methods A multimethod study with before and after questionnaires consisting of validated questionnaires. These were triangulated with nurse field notes, nurse assessment of each participant, exit interviews with participants, and questionnaire for referring clinicians about their experience of the service. Twenty patients, their five doctors, and two telehealth nurses, participated. Results PACIC questions revealed that participants felt more involved in decision making, self-care planning, referrals to other services, and understood more clearly their health issues. The Quality of Life questions showed improvement, and their health issues bothered them less after telehealth. The Perceived Health Competence questions showed an improvement in how they rated their health, and their ability to influence their health. Clinicians indicated that the service worked well, was appropriate and useful, and should continue. The interviews revealed that participants learned how to do self-care with insight, made the transition from hospital to home and from illness to a new way of being well, and referred the service to others like them. Discussion and conclusion We conclude that our experienced nurses used the tools of telehealth (monitoring of self-care and videoconferencing) to coach, supervise, guide, and accompany patients through an organizational transition for half our participants (from hospital to home) and all the participants through an illness to a new way of being well.
Second‐order residual analysis of spatiotemporal point processes and applications in model evaluation

Summary. The paper gives first‐order residual analysis for spatiotemporal point processes that is similar to the residual analysis that has been developed by Baddeley and co‐workers for spatial point processes and also proposes principles for second‐order residual analysis based on the viewpoint of martingales. Examples are given for both first‐ and second‐order residuals. In particular, residual analysis can be used as a powerful tool in model improvement. Taking a spatiotemporal epidemic‐type aftershock sequence model for earthquake occurrences as the base‐line model, second‐order residual analysis can be useful for identifying many features of the data that are not implied in the base‐line model, providing us with clues about how to formulate better models.
Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life in Mothers of Children with Spina Bifida and Cerebral Palsy

Background Spina bifida (SB) is the most common abnormalities in neural tube defects in Iran. The aim of this study was to assess health-related quality of life in mothers of children with spina bifida and to compare their quality of life with mothers of children with cerebral palsy (CP). Materials and Methods Two-hundred and three mothers were recruited using the convenience sampling strategy in a cross-sectional study. Quality of life (QOL) in mothers was assessed using a validated Persian version of 36-item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire according to the different levels of Hoffer criteria and types of Spina Bifida of their children. Also, the quality of life of mothers in this study was compared with data on Iranian healthy women and Iranian mothers of children with cerebral palsy. Results This study showed that the Sf-36 scores were significantly different between mothers having Spina Bifida children of different levels of Hoffer criteria and Spina Bifida types in terms of mean of physical component summary and mental component summary scores of SF-36 (P 0.05). Conclusion This study indicated that mothers of children with Spina Bifida suffer from poor quality of life similar to mothers of children with cerebral palsy, and should create supportive strategies for the physical and psychological aspects of their quality of life.
Assessment of Patterns and Variability in Lower Extremity Coordination Between Genders with Different Shoe Insole Stiffness During Jump-Landing Tasks

Purpose. The study aims to examine how shoe insole cushioning can influence coordination pattern and variability in males and females during the landing phase of a jump-landing task. Methods. Twenty participants (10 males and 10 females) performed jump-landing tasks, and the continuous relative phase (crP) and the variability of crP in foot-shank and shank-thigh couplings were determined during the landing phase. Results. Women represented lower crP and crP variability of foot-shank coupling in non-insole conditions ( p < 0.05). Shoe insole stiffness had no significant effect on crP or variability in crP ( p > 0.05). Conclusions. Although females are characterised by lower coupling variability in non-insole conditions, they do have the capacity to achieve similar coordination patterns and variability as males, in soft and hard conditions. These findings suggest that with changes in the shoe insole, females can achieve similar joint coupling coordination patterns and variability as compared with males under soft and stiff conditions. In addition, as per this study, changes in shoe insole stiffness may not have an impact on coordinative strategies or variability of lower extremity joints couplings during landing.
Feedforward Neural Network Modeling of Biomass Pyrolysis Process for Biochar Production

Growing energy needs and increasing environmental issues are creating awareness for alternative energy which substitutes the non-renewable and polluting fossil fuels. Biomass is a good feedstock for biochar production through the pyrolysis process. There is potential to generate solid fuel from biomass, as there are large quantities of agricultural wastes available in Malaysia. This paper outlines the experimental study on the pyrolysis of durian rinds in Thermogravimetric Analyzer (TGA). The effects of temperatures on the yield of biochar from the durian rinds were investigated. Increasing temperature resulted in increasing weight loss of the biomass sample. The total weight loss at the end of 920 oC was 86.9 %. This corresponds to the loss of water and volatile matter from the durian rinds. A multilayer feed-forward neural network (FANN) model was trained with an error back-propagation algorithm. Reaction time, temperature were used as the input parameters and weight loss was the output for the study. A FANN model with modeling performance of 2-20-1 was obtained for the study.
Boundedness of Intrinsic Littlewood-Paley Functions on Musielak-Orlicz Morrey and Campanato Spaces

Let $\varphi: {\mathbb R^n}\times [0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ be such that $\vz(x,\cdot)$ is nondecreasing, $\varphi(x,0)=0$, $\varphi(x,t)>0$ when $t>0$, $\lim_{t\to\infty}\varphi(x,t)=\infty$ and $\vz(\cdot,t)$ is a Muckenhoupt $A_\infty({\mathbb R^n})$ weight uniformly in $t$. Let $\phi: [0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ be nondecreasing. In this article, the authors introduce the Musielak-Orlicz Morrey space $\mathcal M^{\varphi,\phi}(\mathbb R^n)$ and obtain the boundedness on $\mathcal M^{\varphi,\phi}(\mathbb R^n)$ of the intrinsic Lusin area function $S_{\alpha}$, the intrinsic $g$-function $g_{\alpha}$, the intrinsic $g_{\lambda}^*$-function $g^\ast_{\lambda, \alpha}$ and their commutators with ${\rm BMO}(\rn)$ functions, where $\alpha\in(0,1]$, $\lambda\in(\min\{\max\{3,\,p_1\},3+2\az/n\},\infty)$ and $p_1$ denotes the uniformly upper type index of $\vz$. Let $\Phi: [0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ be nondecreasing, $\Phi(0)=0$, $\Phi(t)>0$ when $t>0$, and $\lim_{t\to\infty}\Phi(t)=\infty$, $w\in A_\infty(\mathbb R^n)$ and $\phi: (0,\infty)\to(0,\infty)$ be nonincreasing. The authors also introduce the weighted Orlicz-Morrey space $M_w^{\Phi,\phi}(\mathbb R^n)$ and obtain the boundedness on $M_w^{\Phi,\phi}(\mathbb R^n)$ of the aforementioned intrinsic Littlewood-Paley functions and their commutators with ${\rm BMO}(\rn)$ functions. Finally, for $q\in[1,\fz)$, the boundedness of the aforementioned intrinsic Littlewood-Paley functions on the Musielak Orlicz Campanato space $\mathcal L^{\varphi,q}(\mathbb R^n)$ is also established.