Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Disadvantaged places in urban Australia: residential mobility, place attachment and social exclusion

Three overarching issues are being considered through this Multi-Year Research Project (MYRP): How concentrations of social disadvantage have been conceptualised and how this relates to our broader understanding of the operation and impacts of housing and urban systems. The impacts of spatial disadvantage, and the importance of housing and place in mediating the incidence and experience of residents of disadvantaged areas. How policy, practitioners and communities can respond to spatial disadvantage in 'best for people, best for place' terms. A policy, practice and literature review has been completed. It shows how disadvantage was at one stage concentrated in inner city areas but is increasingly found in middle-ring suburbs of Australian major cities. It argues that there are conceptual issues that still need resolution, such as understanding the most appropriate scale at which place-based disadvantage might be analysed, and distinguishing the role that places (as opposed to demographic factors) play in identifying spatial disadvantage. Future research as part of the MYRP will seek to develop a typology of disadvantaged places. The review also considered the causes and consequences of spatial disadvantage. The emergence of public housing as a residualised tenure has been an obvious means by which disadvantage has been concentrated in particular areas, but there has also been some evidence (e.g. Randolph & Holloway, 2005) that private rental markets have impacted on spatial disadvantage. Future research as part of the MYRP will explore the role of the planning system and housing costs in concentrating disadvantage. It will also seek to better understand the lived experience of people in disadvantaged places, and consider the role of mobility in mitigating the effects of disadvantaged places. Unlike other countries, there are currently few place-based initiatives aimed at addressing social disadvantage in Australia, with most focused on public housing redevelopments. Some of the planned case-studies will involve places in which various interventions to address disadvantage have already been rolled out. Through analysis of these interventions and their impacts, it is hoped to provide new insights into regeneration policy effectiveness.
Oil Retail Pricing and Price Controls: A Case of Oil Marketing Sector in Kenya

The study sought to determine the effect of international crude oil prices and the US dollar-Kenya shilling exchange rate on the average monthly retail prices of four oil products (Super, Diesel, Kerosene and Regular) in Kenya from year 2009 to 2012; the relationship between average monthly oil retail prices for the four products in the period before (2009-2010) and the period after introduction of price controls (year 2011-2012). Using multiple regression analysis and Pearson’s correlation analysis, the study found that monthly international crude oil prices and monthly exchange rates had a significant effect on average monthly retail prices for all the four products. The two predictor variables had a lesser explanatory power on average monthly oil retail prices in the period after introduction of price controls compared to the period before such controls suggesting that price controls had caused some effect on average monthly retail oil prices of all the four oil products. In the period before introduction of price controls, monthly international crude oil prices and exchange rates explained much of Super prices and very little of Kerosene prices whereas after the introduction of price controls, the two predictor variables explained more of Diesel prices but very little of Regular prices. A positive correlation between average monthly retail prices of Super and Diesel products in the period before and after introduction of the controls was documented unlike Kerosene and Regular average monthly retail prices which exhibited a negative correlation. The study recommends the need for ERC to closely monitor international crude oil prices and the manage dynamics of the US dollar-Kenya shilling exchange rate with a view of stabilizing the latter. Keywords: price controls, price ceiling, price floor and price asymmetry. JEL Classification: E640 (Pricing Policy), H42 (Publicly provide private goods), E3 (prices, business fluctuations and cycles), F31 (Foreign Exchange), L1 (Market Structure, firm strategy and market performance).
An improved Grassberger-Procaccia algorithm for analysis of climate system complexity

Abstract. Understanding the complexity of natural systems, such as climate systems, is critical for various research and application purposes. A range of techniques have been developed to quantify system complexity, among which Grassberger-Procaccia (G-P) algorithm has been mostly used. However, the use of this method is still not adaptive and relies heavily on subjective criteria. To this end, an improved G-P algorithm was proposed, which integrated the normal-based K -means clustering technique and Random Sample Consensus algorithm (RANSAC) for computing correlation dimensions. To test its effectiveness for computing correlation dimensions, the proposed algorithm was compared with traditional methods using the classical Lorenz and Henon chaotic systems. The results revealed that the new method outperformed traditional algorithms in computing correlation dimensions for both chaotic systems, demonstrating the improvement made by the new method. Based on the new algorithm, the complexity of precipitation and air temperature in the Haihe River Basin (HRB) in northeast China was further evaluated. The results showed that there existed considerable regional differences in the complexity of both climatic variables across the HRB. Specifically, precipitation was shown to become progressively more complex from the mountainous area in the northwest to the plain area in the southeast; whereas, the complexity of air temperature exhibited an opposite trend with less complexity in the plain area. Overall, the spatial patterns of the complexity of precipitation and air temperature reflected the influence of the dominant climate system in the region.
Incidence of neuroscience on the psychopedagogy relation corporeity / learning

The use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), Functional Magnetic Resonance (fMRI) of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG), has allowed to study in depth the functioning of individual neurons or groups of them and has helped to further the knowledge of the central nervous system (particularly the mechanisms by which the brain produces its effects), knowledge that, in the last decade has been a real 'step' forward following the developed capacities of investigation and research through the mentioned new technologies. Nowadays, the experimental research can verify their hypothesis, live and in a non-invasive way, using animals (usually rats and monkeys) and humans (healthy and ‘’clinical’’ pathologic cases). We could say that, on a theoretical level, the development of neuroscience will lead, hopefully, to revising the classic functionalist top-down model, considering the processes in their emerging complexity. For example, it is correct to state that with this, we are facing the overcoming of the primacy of the “intention” on “communication”, as a philosophical mindset that is no longer ante litteram? We answer this question with a reflection that will represent a cultural nature upon which to build the entire study. But the real issue is to clarify what is “mind” for the analysts and what is “consciousness” for scholar of phenomenology and, respectively, what are the “mindset” and what an “act of conscience” is. They are in no way two synonymous.
Vertical distribution of aerosols over the east coast of India inferred from airborne LIDAR measurements

Abstract. The information on altitude distribution of aerosols in the atmosphere is essential in assessing the impact of aerosol warming on thermal structure and stability of the atmosphere. In addition, aerosol altitude distribution is needed to address complex problems such as the radiative interaction of aerosols in the presence of clouds. With this objective, an extensive, multi-institutional and multi-platform field experiment (ICARB-Integrated Campaign for Aerosols, gases and Radiation Budget) was carried out under the Geosphere Biosphere Programme of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO-GBP) over continental India and adjoining oceans during March to May 2006. Here, we present airborne LIDAR measurements carried out over the east Coast of the India during the ICARB field campaign. An increase in aerosol extinction (scattering + absorption) was observed from the surface upwards with a maximum around 2 to 4 km. Aerosol extinction at higher atmospheric layers (>2 km) was two to three times larger compared to that of the surface. A large fraction (75–85%) of aerosol column optical depth was contributed by aerosols located above 1 km. The aerosol layer heights (defined in this paper as the height at which the gradient in extinction coefficient changes sign) showed a gradual decrease with an increase in the offshore distance. A large fraction (60–75%) of aerosol was found located above clouds indicating enhanced aerosol absorption above clouds. Our study implies that a detailed statistical evaluation of the temporal frequency and spatial extent of elevated aerosol layers is necessary to assess their significance to the climate. This is feasible using data from space-borne lidars such as CALIPSO, which fly in formation with other satellites like MODIS AQUA and MISR, as part of the A-Train constellation.
Hulterstad brachiopods and associated faunas in the Vormsi Stage (Upper Ordovician, Katian) of the Lelle core, Central Estonia

Integrated palaeontological and sedimentological study of the Upper Ordovician Vormsi Stage in the Lelle drill core section, Central Estonia, revealed an association of shelly fauna containing the endemic saukrodictyid brachiopod Hulterstadia cor (Wiman), which is otherwise known only from erratic boulders close to Hulterstad in the southeastern area of the Island of Oland, Sweden. In the Lelle core this fauna occurs in the uppermost Fungochitina spinifera chitinozoan Biozone of mid-Vormsi age. Cyclic changes in the content of siliciclastic material in the carbonate section, and in the predominance of shallower- and deeper- water scolecodonts in the interval of the distribution range of H. cor, suggest sea-level oscillations during mid-Vormsi time. Upper Vormsi strata, corresponding to the Tanuchitina bergstroemi chitinozoan Biozone, including the Acanthochitina barbata Subzone, are characterized by common occurrence of sponge remains. Lithologies of the uppermost part of the Lelle section indicate sedimentation in channel environments. Taxonomic composition of the macrofauna in the core differs considerably from that of North Estonia, but has some similarity with the deeper-water Ashgill faunas in other regions (e.g. Fosse Formation of Belgium and Portrane Limestone of Ireland). The Estonian specimens of Hulterstadia cor are described.
EFFECT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON STOCK PRICES

This investigates the effect of dividend policy on stock prices. Objective of the study is to see if there exists any relationship between dividend policy and stock prices. We analyzed 45 non-financial companies listed on KSE-100 index that have earned profits and paid dividend for a period of twelve year w.e. f. 2001. Technique adopted for sampling adopted is convenience sampling. As the nature of data is panel therefore, pooled regression, fixed and random effect tests are run. Random effect results are focused after applying Hausman’s test.Regression Results witness that Dividend per Share andRetention Ratio havean insignificant relationship with Share Market Prices.Dividend Payout Ratio has a significant positive relationship with Share Prices as supported by the Bird in hand theory suggested that owners give preference to a dollar of estimated dividends over a likely dollar of capital gains. Profit after tax, Earning per share and Return on Equity are the three control variables. Profit after Tax has insignificant relation to Stock Prices. Earnings per Share have positive significant relation to Stock Prices. There is negative significant relation between Return on Equity and Share Prices. It is recommended that firms in the sample should regularly pay dividend as it will cause an upward movement in the stock market prices. Whereas profit retention by firms will result in a decrease in the value of the stock market prices.
Long-term Variability of H2CO Masers in Star-forming Regions

We present results of a multi-epoch monitoring program on variability of 6 cm formaldehyde (H2CO) masers in the massive star-forming region NGC 7538 IRS 1 from 2008 to 2015, conducted with the Green Bank Telescope, the Westerbork Radio Telescope , and the Very Large Array. We found that the similar variability behaviors of the two formaldehyde maser velocity components in NGC 7538 IRS 1 (which was pointed out by Araya and collaborators in 2007) have continued. The possibility that the variability is caused by changes in the maser amplification path in regions with similar morphology and kinematics is discussed. We also observed 12.2 GHz methanol and 22.2 GHz water masers toward NGC 7538 IRS 1. The brightest maser components of CH3OH and H2O species show a decrease in flux density as a function of time. The brightest H2CO maser component also shows a decrease in flux density and has a similar LSR velocity to the brightest H2O and 12.2 GHz CH3OH masers. The line parameters of radio recombination lines and the 20.17 and 20.97 GHz CH3OH transitions in NGC 7538 IRS 1 are also reported. In addition, we observed five other 6 cm formaldehyde maser regions. We found no evidence of significant variability of the 6 cm masers in these regions with respect to previous observations, the only possible exception being the maser in G29.96−0.02. All six sources were also observed in the isotopologue transition of the 6 cm H2CO line; absorption was detected in five of the sources. Estimated column density ratios [ ]/[ ] are reported.
Galosian Obstructions to Integrability of Hamiltonian Systems II

An inconvenience of all the known galoisian formulations of Ziglin's non-integrability theory is the Fhchsian condition at the singular points of the variational equations. We avoid this restriction. Moreover we prove that a necessary condition for meromorphic complete integrability (in Liouville sense) is that the identity component of the Galois group of the variational equation (in the complex domain) must be abelian. We test the efficacy of these new approaches on some examples. We will give some non academic applications in two following papers
Cattle Feeding and Management Practices of Small-holder Farmers in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia

Almost all cattle in Cambodia are produced by small-holder farmers. The cattle are raised in an extensive way for draught power and wealth accumulation purposes. Feed availability is a major challenge for farmers associated with poor management which limits cattle productivity. This study reports a survey which was conducted to describe the cattle feeding and management practices of small-scale farmers in Cambodia. Sixty farmers raising cattle in Kang Meas and Tbong Khmum districts in Kampong Cham Province were randomly selected for an interview in 2008. On average the interviewed farmers raised 4-5 cattle per household. Most of them had cows aged older than 3 years which were mainly kept for breeding. More than 80% of cattle in Kang Meas were crossbred, but about 40% of cattle in Tbong Khmum were local breed. Very few farmers practiced weaning and none timed the date for their cows to calve. However, most of them selected a bull in their village for mating to cows. No artificial insemination was practiced in the village. The majority of farmers vaccinated their cattle to prevent the Hemorrhagic Septicemia (HS) while very few de-wormed their cattle. Cattle feed was mainly based on grazing in dry and rainy seasons. During the flooding season farmers in both districts relied on cut-and-carry native grasses and crop residues. Lastly, 60-70% of farmers sold cattle while only 10-20% bought cattle during the last year. In conclusion, cattle management by small-holder farmers was assessed as very low in terms of management and feeding. Farmers still raise their cattle in the traditional way with low health care intervention. Better housing of cattle with proper health care and improved feeding systems are recommended to farmers as ways to improve cattle production.
Effect of seeds storage coffe (Coffea arabica L. var. Catuai amarillo) on emergence

The aim of this research was to determine the storage effect of the coffee seeds on the emergency. To obtain this, seeds were packed in packages of sisal and white poliethilene, during periods of 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 months, under three temperature conditions and relative humidity: condition 1 (20oC and 78% HR); condition 2 (26oC and 65% HR) and condition 3 (10oC and 55% HR). It could be seen that at the time that passed the storage time, a percentage reduction of the emerged plantlet was produced, resulting significantly affected by the storage conditions and by the used package. However, during the first 6 months of seeds storage in condition 1 and 2, the emergency was high (91.1 and 92,2 respectively), compare to conditions 3 that had 5.8% four months after the storage. At the end of the evaluations (10 months), the emergency percentages were of 58.1; 31.4 and 2.2% for conditions 1, 2 and 3 respectively. Being condition 1 (20oC with 78% HR) and the sisal package the most favorable to keep the physiological quality of seeds for a maximum period of 10 months.
Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Compression Orthotropic Properties of Spruce Wood in Axial and Transverse Loading Directions

Compression tests on spruce wood in axial, radial and tangential directions have been performed using an INSTRON hydraulic machine. Spruce elastic mechanical properties and plastic deformation behaviour are presented. Experimental results allow to demonstrate different spruce failure modes: fibers buckling and collapsing are noticed under axial compression whereas, fibers slippage and delamination are the main failure modes under compression loading in radial and tangential directions. Spruce energy absorption efficiency and ideality energy absorption efficiency in the three loading directions are also analyzed. Representative volume element (RVE) model is adopted assuming transverse isotropic behavior to simulate wood microstructure in all directions. It was shown that micro-cell arrangement leads to wood macromechanical property spatial anisotropy. Porosity and hole shape effects on simulation results are estimated by RVE models with hexagon, circle, pentagon and square holes.
Treatment of Critical-Sized Calvarial Non-Union Defect Via Collagen-Polyglycolic Acid Scaffold Loading With Simvastatin in Rabbits

The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of a sustained-release simvastatin in collagen-polyglycolic acid scaffold on bone formation in the rabbit calvarial critical-sized defect. This study was carried out to examine if maximum bone regeneration with less inflammation would be attained by combining an optimal dose of simvastatin with Collagen-Polyglycolic acid scaffold, which is an osteoconductive biomaterial capable of releasing the drug slowly. To induce critical-sized calvarial defect in the 10 nominated adult New-Zealand rabbits we trephined four holes measured 5-mm-diameter into each head, and filled them with preparations of different doses of simvastatin (0.5 mg, and 1 mg) blended with Collagen-Polyglycolic acid, Scaffold alone or left empty. Five animals were sacrificed after 4 weeks and the rest of them after 8 weeks and examined histologically. Statistical analysis revealed that in the first time frame (the first four weeks), the difference between the control group and the simvastatin 0.5 mg group on one hand and the simvastatin 1 mg group and the control group on the other hand, there were statistically significant difference between (p < 0.05). In the second time frame (the next four weeks), there were statistically significant differences between the simvastatin 0.5 mg group and the control group, and between the scaffold group and the control group (p <0.05). When combined with collagen-polyglycolic scaffold, 0.5 mg simvastatin is the optimal dose for the arousal of the maximum bone regeneration in rabbit calvarial defects without causing inflammation and it could be applied as an effective bone graft material.
Capacidad de recuperación de 23 accesiones de Leucaena spp. después de la poda

Se evaluaron 23 accesiones de Leucaena spp. durante dos anos, con el objetivo de conocer la variabilidad existente en la poblacion en cuanto a la capacidad de recuperacion despues de la poda. Cuando las plantas sobrepasaban los 2 m, se realizo la poda de uniformidad a un 1 m de altura sobre el nivel del suelo. Las mediciones fueron: el grosor del tallo, el numero de rebrotes y su longitud con una frecuencia semanal, a partir de lo cual se calculo la velocidad de crecimiento de cada accesion; ademas se determino el rendimiento. El analisis de componentes principales, el de conglomerados y el de regresion lineal simple se realizaron a traves del programa estadistico SPSS version 11.5 para Microsoft Windows®. Se observo variabilidad en los indicadores evaluados (86,11% acumulado en la componente) y todos contribuyeron a su explicacion. A su vez, el analisis de conglomerados permitio la formacion de tres grupos. Se concluye que todas las accesiones presentaron capacidad de recuperacion despues de la poda, con diferencias entre ellas. Las accesiones Leucaena leucocephala cv. Cunningham, cv. Peru, CIAT-9119, CIAT-9438, CIAT-751, CIAT-7988, CIAT-7384, CIAT-7929, CIAT-17480, cv. Ipil-Ipil y cv. CNIA-250; L. lanceolata CIAT-17255 y CIAT-17501 y L. diversifolia CIAT-17270 fueron las de mayor capacidad de recuperacion. Por ello se recomienda, en futuras investigaciones relacionadas con la caracterizacion, evaluacion y seleccion de estas especies, realizar estudios que incluyan su persistencia en el tiempo bajo condiciones de poda, asi como su empleo en el fomento de nuevos sistemas silvopastoriles.