Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A SOUTHERN PLAINS WINTERTIME DUST STORM ASSOCIATED WITH A ROBUST UPPER-LEVEL FRONT

2 ABSTRACT Analyses of observations and the output from a numerical simulation are employed to investigate the influence of a robust upper-level front on a significant dust storm that swept across portions of the southern Plains of the United States on 24 February 2007. The dust plume developed well west of the surface cold front associated with a developing surface cyclone and had a notably frontal geometry with its length approximately an order of magnitude greater than its width at maturity. Air parcel trajectories indicated that air delivered to the top of a deep, dry adiabatic boundary layer over west Texas and southeastern New Mexico originated over southern Utah, in the heart of the cold air beneath a deep upper-level trough that was organizing the broader synoptic flow. The strong subsidence associated with the development of the upper-front supported downward advection of high momentum air (wind speeds > 20 m s-1) from within the upper-frontal shear zone. The persistent downward momentum advection promoted leakage of high momentum air into the poorly stratified cold dome that was contiguous with the back edge of the upper-frontal zone. Once injected into this region, the 20 m s-1 air quickly mixed to the surface and produced the dust plume. A cursory synoptic analysis of several other late winter/early spring dust storms in the middle latitude Northern Hemisphere suggests that upper-level fronts may frequently play a primary role in dust storm production.
Analysis of viewing behavior of program visualization and interaction with individual differences

Program Visualization (PV) is believed to be useful in Computer Science education. However, while some PVs have been found to help users learn, other PVs have not been beneficial. In this thesis we studied the user's gaze pattern to find effects of popup questions on an individual's visual attention. We further analyzed the correlation of gaze behavior with the individual's preferred learning style, performance based on a pre-test and post-test and a variety of perceptual, attentional and cognitive abilities as determined by a battery of paper-and-pencil and computer-based assessments. While popups appear to be effective for directing attention, no significant effect on comprehension of the depicted algorithm was detected. Individual with different learning styles have distinctive viewing patterns and this finding should be utilized in designing PVs that consider individual differences. DEDICATION To my parents and my husband Amit. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my advisor Dr. Eileen Kraemer for constant support, guidance and wisdom she has provided throughout my association with her. I would also like to thank Dr. Beth Davis from Georgia Institute of Technology has provided helpful advice for designing experiments in our study, I am grateful for her support. I would also like to thank my friends and colleagues Manish Agarwal and Phillipa Rhodes for valuable inputs during our discussions. I am very grateful to my parents, who constantly encouraged and supported me across the globe. My brother is the person who taught me my first computer program and since then he has been constant source of inspiration for me. Needless to say that this thesis would not be possible without my husband Amit. His patience, love, support and much needed advice helped me achieve this. Thank You to all my friends in Athens whose company made my stay in Athens wonderful and memorable.
Arithmetic properties of the Frobenius traces defined by a rational abelian variety (with two appendices by J-P. Serre)

Let $A$ be an abelian variety over $\mathbb{Q}$ of dimension $g$ such that the image of its associated absolute Galois representation $\rho_A$ is open in $\operatorname{GSp}_{2g}(\hat{\mathbb{Z}})$. We investigate the arithmetic of the traces $a_{1, p}$ of the Frobenius at $p$ in $\operatorname{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}/\mathbb{Q})$ under $\rho_A$, modulo varying primes $p$. In particular, we obtain upper bounds for the counting function $\#\{p \leq x: a_{1, p} = t\}$ and we prove an Erdos-Kac type theorem for the number of prime factors of $a_{1, p}$. We also formulate a conjecture about the asymptotic behaviour of $\#\{p \leq x: a_{1, p} = t\}$, which generalizes a well-known conjecture of S. Lang and H. Trotter from 1976 about elliptic curves.
Adaptive algorithms for wireless channel estimation: transient analysis and semi-blind design

Accurate channel state information is important in communication systems. This is especially challenging in a wireless environment where the channel exhibits strong frequency and time selectivity. The literature is full with ingenious works devoted to the design and analysis of algorithms for channel estimation. In general, these works have approached the various algorithms distinctly obscuring commonalities that might exist among them. This dissertation presents two contributions related to the analysis and design of adaptive channel estimation algorithms. The first part of the dissertation performs an analysis of a large class of adaptive algorithms for channel estimation. Adaptive filters are, by design, time-variant, nonlinear, and stochastic systems. For this reason, it is common to study different adaptive schemes separately due to the differences that exist in their update equations. The dissertation presents a unified approach to the analysis of adaptive filters that employ general data or error nonlinearities. In addition to deriving earlier results in a unified manner, the approach presented also leads to new stability and performance results without imposing restrictions on the color or statistics of the input sequence. The second part of the dissertation presents an expectation-maximization (EM) based class of algorithms for joint channel and data recovery in OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing). The algorithms make use of the rich structure of the underlying communication problem—a structure induced by the data and channel constraints. These constraints include pilots, the cyclic prefix, the code, and the finite alphabet constraints on the data; sparsity, finite delay spread, and the statistical properties of the channel (time and frequency correlation). The algorithms become progressively more sophisticated as more data and channel constraints are incorporated, with each new version of the algorithm subsuming the previous version as a special case, culminating in an EM-based forward backward Kalman filter. The dissertation finally scales up the algorithm design to support OFDM transmission over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems.
Author ' s response to reviews Title : Prospective study of asbestos-related diseases incidence cases in primary health care in an area of Barcelona province Authors :

Magdalena Rosell Murphy (mrosell@idiapjgol.org) Rafael AbósHerràndiz (24025rah@comb.cat) Josep Tarrés (7893jto@comb.cat) Xavier Martínez-Artés (xmartinezartes@yahoo.es) Isabel García-Allas (26584iga@comb.cat) Ilona Krier (ilonakrier@yahoo.es) Gloria Cantarell (gcantarell@tauli.cat) Miguel Gallego (mgallego@tauli.cat) Ramon Orriols (rorriols@vhebron.net) Constança Albertí (Constanca.alberti@gencat.cat)
Velocity Dispersions and X-Ray Temperatures of Galaxy Clusters

Using a large and well-controlled sample of clusters of galaxies, we investigate the relation between cluster velocity dispersions and X-ray temperatures of intra-cluster gas. In order to obtain a reliable estimate of the total velocity dispersion of a cluster, independent of the level of anisotropies in galaxy orbits, we analyze the integrated velocity dispersion profiles over increasing distances from the cluster centers. Distortions in the velocity fields, the effect of close clusters, the presence of substructures, and the presence of a population of (spiral) galaxies not in virial equilibrium with the cluster potential are taken into account. Using our final sample of 37 clusters, for which a reliable estimate of the velocity dispersion could be obtained, we derive a relation between the velocity dispersions and the X-ray temperatures, with a scatter reduced by more than 30 % with respect to previous works. A chi square fit to the temperature-velocity dispersion relation does not exclude the hypothesis that the ratio between galaxy and gas energy density (the so-called spectral beta) is a constant for all clusters. In particular, the value of beta=1, corresponding to energy equipartition, is acceptable.
Stationary biharmonic maps from Rm into a Riemannian manifold

For m ≥ 5, we prove that a stationary extrinsic (or intrinsic, respectively) biharmonic map u ∈ W2,2(Ω, N) from Ω ⊂ Rm into a Riemnanian manifold N is smooth away from a closed set of (m − 4)‐dimensional Hausdorff measure zero. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
A LABORATORY STUDY OF THE MODERATING EFFECT OF TASK IMPORTANCE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TRANSFORMATIONAL AND TRANSACTIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLES AND OUTCOMES

This study investigated task importance as a moderator of the relationship between four transformational and transactional leadership styles (charisma, intellectual stimulation, contingent reward, and no leadership) and six outcomes (performance quantity and quality, satisfaction with the leader, perceived leader effectiveness, task interest/enjoyment, and extra effort). The sample for this study was composed of 102 undergraduate students (45 males, 57 females). Each participant viewed one of four videos, created for this study, in which a leader (as portrayed by an actress) displayed the characteristics of one of the leadership styles noted above. Task importance was manipulated by providing participants with handouts designed to convey either high or low task importance. Participants completed an in-basket exercise adapted from Howell and Frost (1989). The findings showed a significant main effect of the leadership condition for three outcomes--performance quantity, task interest/enjoyment, and extra effort. The interaction effect was marginally significant for two outcomes--performance quality and satisfaction with the leader. Contrary to expectations, contingent reward leadership emerged as the best predictor of the outcomes--while the effect of contingent reward leadership was not significant for all outcomes in this study, a pattern emerged whereby participants in the contingent reward leadership condition reported highest scores for five of the six outcomes investigated in this study. The study's contributions and limitations, along with directions for future research, are discussed.
HYERS-ULAM STABILITY OF THE FIRST ORDER LINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION FOR BANACH SPACE-VALUED HOLOMORPHIC MAPPINGS

Let Ω be a convex open set of C ,a nd letX be a complex Banach space. Suppose that p:Ω → C and q:Ω → X are holomorphic. We give sufficient conditions in order that the first order linear differential equation f � (z )+ p(z)f (z )+ q(z )= 0f orX -valued holomorphic mapping f :Ω → X has the Hyers-Ulam stability.
Mobile Phone Panel Surveys in Developing Countries: A Practical Guide for Microdata Collection

Household survey data are very useful for monitoring the living conditions of citizens of any country.In developing countries, a lot of this data are collected through “traditional” face-to-face household surveys. Owing to the remote and dispersed nature of many populations in developing countries, but also becauseof the complex nature of many survey questionnaires, collection of timely welfare data has often provedexpensive and logistically challenging. Yet, there is a need for faster, cheaper, lighter, more nimble datacollection methods to address data gaps between large household surveys. The recent proliferation ofmobile phone networks has opened new possibilities in this regard. By combining baseline data from atraditional household survey with subsequent interviews of selected respondents using mobile phones,new collection methods facilitate welfare monitoring and opinion polling almost in real time.The purpose of this handbook is to contribute to the development of the new field of mobile phone data collection in developing countries, documenting how this innovative approach to data collection works,along with its advantages and challenges. Mobile Phone Panel Surveys in Developing Countries draws primarily from the authors’ first-hand experiences with mobile phone surveys in Africa, but it also benefitsfrom experiences elsewhere. It is intended to serve a diverse audience including those involved in collecting representative data using mobile phones, and those using data collected through this approach. For thosewho will be implementing a mobile phone panel survey, the different chapters guide them through every stage of the implementation process. For potential users of the data collected via mobile phone technology,the book presents a new approach to data collection, which they can use for monitoring programs andto facilitate almost real-time decision making. A further purpose of this book is to contribute to the debate regarding the advantages of the mobile phone panel survey method as well as the challenges associated with it.
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Security is a serious concern on today's computer networks. Many applications are not very good at resisting attack, and our operating systems are not very good at preventing the spread of any intrusions that may result. In this thesis, we propose to manage the risk of a security breach by con ning these untrusted (and untrustworthy) applications in a carefully sanitized space. We design a secure environment for con nement of untrusted applications by restricting the program's access to the operating system. In our prototype implementation, we intercept and lter dangerous system calls via the Solaris process tracing facility. This enables us to build a simple, clean, user-mode mechanism for con ning untrusted applications. Our implementation has negligible performance impact, and can protect pre-existing legacy code.
Multiproducts of Fourier integral operators and the fundamental solution for a hyperbolic system with involutive characteristics

X Wrφ(ίv-ι, ί ) Λ w dtλ}dθ (to=θ), where /φ(ί, s) and W+{t, s) are /x/ matrices of Fourier integral operators Pφ(t, s) denned by Pφ(t9 s)u=\e iφ^tιx^p(t9 s; x, ξ)ύ(ξ)dξ. The expression (2) is obtained by constructing, first, an approximate fundamental solution Iφ(ty s) and next applying the method of the successive approximation. When we want to derive some properties of E(ty s) from (2), it is necessary to estimate the multi-product
Study of the e[superscript +]e[superscript -] → K[superscript +]K[superscript -] reaction in the energy range from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV

The e þ e − → K þ K − cross section and charged-kaon electromagnetic form factor are measured in the e þ e − center-of-mass energy range ( E ) from 2.6 to 8.0 GeV using the initial-state radiation technique with an undetected photon. The study is performed using 469 fb − 1 of data collected with the BABAR detector at the PEP-II2 e þ e − collider at center-of-mass energies near 10.6 GeV. The form factor is found to decrease with energy faster than 1 =E 2 and approaches the asymptotic QCD prediction. Production of the K þ K − final state through the J= ψ and ψ ð 2 S Þ intermediate states is observed. The results for the kaon form factor are used together with data from other experiments to perform a model-independent determination of the relative phases between electromagnetic (single-photon) and strong amplitudes in J= ψ and ψ ð 2 S Þ → K þ K − decays. The values of the branching fractions measured in the reaction e þ e − → K þ K − are shifted relative to their true values due to interference between resonant and nonresonant amplitudes. The values of these shifts are determined to be about (cid:2) 5% for the J= ψ meson and (cid:2) 15% for the ψ ð 2 S Þ meson. 10.1103/PhysRevD.92. 072008
The Australian Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

The purpose of this paper is to derive some inclusion and argument properties of a new subclass of strongly close-to-convex functions in the open unit disc. We have considered an integral operator defined by convolution involving hypergeometric function in the subclass definition. The subclass also extends to the class of α-spirallike functions of complex order.
The influence of clothing on first impressions: Rapid and positive responses to minor changes in male attire

Purpose – Clothing communicates information about the wearer and first impressions can be heavily influenced by the messages conveyed by attire. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of minor changes in clothing on the perception of a male model, in the absence of facial information with limited time exposure.Design/methodology/approach – In an on‐line study, 274 participants rated four images on five dimensions (confidence, success, trustworthiness, salary and flexibility). The man was depicted wearing a bespoke (made‐to‐measure) and a regular (off‐the‐peg) suit, which differed only in minor details. Participants saw the faceless images for a maximum five seconds.Findings – The man was rated more positively on all attributes apart from trustworthiness when pictured in the bespoke suit. The earnings of participants also played a role in perception, with higher earners giving lower ratings to both suit types.Practical implications – Minor clothing manipulations can give rise to significant.
MODELING OF PH PROFILE IN PORE WATER BASED ON MASS TRANSPORT AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIUM THEORY

The authors present a computational system that can deal with pH fluctuations and the decomposition of cementitious materials exposed to various environmental actions. In order to evaluate the fall in pH due to carbon dioxide, material models are developed for the transport and equilibrium of carbon dioxide, ionization, ion equilibriums, and the carbonation reaction based on thermo-dynamic theory. The material properties of concrete are evaluated by considering the inter-relationships among hydration, moisture transport, and pore-structure development based on fundamental physical material models. The proposed system is able to reasonably predict the carbonation phenomena and pH profiles in concrete for arbitrary conditions.
Evo-devo and Evolutionary Molecular Analyses of Behavior Evo-devo Insights Evo-devo and the Evolution of Social Behavior: Brain Gene Expression Analyses in Social Insects Genetic Architectures for Developmental and Behavioral Traits Evo-devo and Behavior in Insect Societies Co-option: Nutrition and 

major goal in biology is to understand the evolution of complex traits, such as the development of animal body plans and social behavior. Studies of the molecular basis of development have led to a fruitful synthesis with evolutionary biology, giving rise to the hybrid field of evolutionary developmental biology, or " evo-devo " (Carroll et al. 2005). Evo-devo has had striking success in explaining how genetic changes generate diversity in form during evolution. In addition, some of the insights from evo-devo appear to be relevant for understanding the evolution of behavior at the molecular level, particularly naturally occurring behavior, which has been subjected to molecular analysis only relatively recently (Toth and Robinson 2007). The molecular bases of learning and memory (Kandel 2007) and circadian behavior (Young and Kay 2001) have been intensively studied in the laboratory with model organisms for more than 25 years. These studies have drawn on mechanistic perspectives in cellular and neuro-biology. In contrast, the study of naturally occurring behavior in nature—the type that is studied from both mechanistic and evolutionary perspectives—has embraced molecular analysis only in the past decade or so. Perhaps this was because it is much more difficult to wed molecular analysis with phenotypes studied in the field, rather than in the laboratory, especially with the traditional (pregenomic) tools of molecular biology. An additional difficulty for behavioral biology is that whereas morphological phenotypes are relatively stable, behavio-ral phenotypes are more changeable and fleeting, especially under natural conditions. This later start for field-based behavior has provided an opportunity to gain insights from evo-devo that are helpful in studying the evolution of behavior at the molecular level. In this chapter, we first summarize ideas from evo-devo that can be applied to studies of the evolution of behavior at the molecular level. We next outline a few differences between development and behavior that pose challenges for evo-devo. For the remainder of this chapter, we review several studies that illustrate the relevance of evo-devo insights to our understanding of the evolution of behaviors related to eusociality in insect societies. We focus especially on evolutionary insights that have been gained from studies that use a key element of the evo-devo approach: gene expression analysis. We end by suggesting directions for future research in this area. Several insights into the relationship between genes and complex phenotypes that have emerged from evo-devo (Carroll et al. 2005) are also reflected in findings …
H.m.: the Medial Temporal Lobes and Memory

The adverse effects of medial temporal lobe damage on memory have been known since the last century (see Parkin & Leng, 1993) but, for most psychologists, this fact remained largely unknown, and thus of little consequence, until the mid-1950s. There were a number of reasons for this. First, papers describing the effects of temporal lobe damage were mainly confined to the neurological literature and many appeared in languages other than English. Second, the intellectual climate of psychology in the first half of the century was not one in which the intriguing consequences of this form of damage might have been appreciated. During this period psychology was dominated by behaviourism and even those behaviourists who chose to look at humans used paradigms that stressed inputEoutput relationships rather than making any attempt to specify the structural organisation and internal processes of human memory. Things changed dramatically towards the end of the 1950s. Chomsky revealed the paucity of Skinner's account of language, imagery re-emerged as a valid construct for experimental investigation and, most important for our present purpose, William James' ideas about the nature of human memory resurfaced. Co-extensive with this was the emergence of what would now be termed cognitive neuropsychology and, as one of its main attractions, were the intriguing studies of temporal lobectomy patients carried out by Brenda Milner and her colleagues.
La cultura digital en el aula de clase:¿Estamos los maestros preparados para asumirla?.

We understand the classroom of class like a space of encounter and mix-ups of the logics that structure the oral communication, written or digital. The little understanding of this new situation, is demonstrated in the absence of a systematic reflection on the present sense of the classroom of class, understood like a space in which relations between different ways from communication are generated. Our question is oriented to analyze if the conformation and consolidation of the work in network with technological support, constitute a possible connection to establish the relations between each logic that sublie to each one of the types of communication.
The pressure drop across the endotracheal tube in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients

During mechanical ventilation, the airway pressure (Paw) is usually monitored. However, Paw comprises the endotracheal tube (ETT)‐related pressure drop (∆PETT) and thus does not reflect the pressure in the patients’ lungs. Therefore, monitoring of mechanical ventilation should be based on the tracheal pressure (Ptrach). We systematically investigated potential factors influencing ∆PETT in pediatric ETTs.