Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Repeated Shocks and Preferences for Redistribution 0 15 . 201 8

A society that believes wealth to be determined by random “luck” rather than by merit, demands more redistribution. The theoretical literature shows that any increase in the volatility of income caused by unpredictable adverse shocks implies a higher support for redistribution. We present evidence of this behavior by exploiting a natural experiment provided by the L’Aquila earthquake in 2009, which hit a large area of Central Italy through a series of destructive shakes over eight days. Matching detailed information on the ground acceleration registered during each shock with survey data about individual opinions on redistribution we show that the average intensity of the shakes is associated with subsequent stronger beliefs that, for a society to be fair, income inequalities should be levelled by redistribution. The shocks, however, are not all alike. We find that only the last three shakes occurred on the fourth and the eighth day of the earthquake have a statistically significant impact. Overall, we find that the timing and repetition of the shock play a role in shaping redistributive preferences.
THE EFFECT OF INCORPORATING PALM RESIDUES AT REPLANTING ON PHOSPHATE DYNAMICS IN AN INLAND SOIL IN MALAYSIA

The effects of adding approximately 200 mg P kg-1 soil in three different palm residue treatments (pulverized, shredded and partially-burned) at replanting on P fractions were investigated in a field experiment at Kluang, Johor, two and three years after oil palm replanting. The three treatments led to about twoto four-fold increases in the organic P pool over the control. This indicates the importance of biological activity, stimulated by incorporation of palm residues, in the distribution of P fractions. Organic P and microbial P are thought to be the main soil P fractions involved in P cycling in the soil when added through palm residues. The results also suggest that when palm residues were incorporated, the amount of P adsorbed was reduced by 40% to 50% after two years and by 45% to 50%, three years after replanting. Decreasing P sorption together with increasing P desorption in the soil is one important aspect for improving plant P uptake efficiency. Amending the soil with palm residues may supply a greater percentage of residual P to oil palm. Therefore, with incorporation of palm residues, P fertilization probably can be reduced for the two years following replanting.
The Positive North Atlantic Oscillation with Downstream Blocking and Middle East Snowstorms : Impacts of the North Atlantic Jet

A recent study revealed that cold winter outbreaks over the Middle East and southeastern Europe are caused mainly by the northeast–southwest (NE–SW) tilting of European blocking (EB) associated with the positive-phase NorthAtlantic Oscillation (NAO). Here, theNorthAtlantic conditions are examined that determine the EB tilting direction, defined as being perpendicular to the dipole anomaly orientation. Using daily reanalysis data, the NAO events are classified into strong (SJN) andweak (WJN)NorthAtlantic jet types. A composite analysis shows that the EB is generally stronger and located more westward and southward during SJN events than during WJN events. During SJN events, theNAO andEBdipoles exhibit NE–SW tilting, which leads to strong cold advection and large negative temperature anomalies over the Middle East and southeastern Europe. In contrast, northwest–southeast (NW–SE) tilting without strong negative temperature anomalies over the Middle East is seen during WJN events. A nonlinear multiscale interaction model is modified to investigate the physical mechanism through which the North Atlantic jet (NAJ) affects EB with the NAO event. It is shown that, when the NAJ is stronger, an amplified EB event forms because of enhanced NAO energy dispersion. For a strong (weak) NAJ, the EB tends to occur in a relatively low-latitude (high latitude) region because of the suppressive (favorable) role of intensified (reduced) zonal wind in high latitudes. It exhibits NE–SW (NW–SE) tilting because the blocking region corresponds to negative-over-positive (opposite) zonal wind anomalies. The results suggest that the NAJ can modulate the tilting direction of EB, leading to different effects over the Middle East.
Using Sales Competition Videos in a Principles of Marketing Class to Improve Interest in a Sales Career

Method/Design and Sample: This study tests the classroom inclusion of an actual student sales competition video from the National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) to provide visual as well as verbal learning stimuli. Following a 45 minute lecture on sales, students were exposed to the 20-minute final round winning NCSC video. During the video, the instructor stopped the video 12 times to relate specific aspects of the video role-play to the lecture. Students completed a preand post-intervention survey of the Intent to Pursue Sales Career Scale (ITPSC).
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON RIFT VALLEY FEVER DISEASE IN EGYPT

An epidemiological investigation was carried out to evaluate the current situation of Rift Valley Fever disease (RVF) in Egypt. The results of study showed that vaccinated sheep from El-Qalyubia had lower percent of antibodies against RVF with non-protective titer (1/20) while, Vaccinated sheep, goat, cattle and buffaloes from Marsa Matruh and El-Monufia revealed higher percent of antibodies against RVF with protective titer 1/40 using agar gel precipitation test (AGPT), serum neutralization test (SNT) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). On the other hand non-vaccinated sheep, goats, cattle, buffaloes and camels from El-Qalyubia, El-Dakahlia, El-Sharqia and Kafr ElSheikh exhibited different rates of antibodies against RVF among governorates in which higher rate occur in El-Sharqia followed by El-Dakahlia then Kafr El-Sheikh and lastly Qualubya. The virological analysis showed no virus isolate from sera samples of all governorates or from liver suspension of rats collected from El-Qalyubia, El-Dakahlia, El-Sharqia and Kafr el-Sheikh. Results of PCR showed that RNA of RVFV was not detected in sera samples and the cell culture in the examined animals neither from El-Sharqia and Kafr El-Sheikh governorates nor from liver suspension of rats collected from El-Qalyubia, El-Dakahlia, El-Sharqia and Kafr El-Sheikh using RT-PCR and real time PCR. On conclusion there is no circulating virus among the examined governorate under study.
Expanded Estimation Model for Instantaneous Presence in Audio-visual Content Incorporating Binaural Information

The sense of presence is a key component of the performance of multimedia content and systems. Our previous studies have shown that the sense of presence in audio-visual (AV) content has two elements: content presence and system presence. We constructed an estimation model of content presence as a time series. The accuracy of this model is compromised because it does not consider audio system presence. Therefore, a model that takes auditory system presence into account is needed. To construct such a model, we ﬁrst conducted an experimental evaluation of instantaneous presence for 40 AV content items, using two auditory-reproduction methods of binaural and diotic reproduction techniques. Based on the experimental results, we constructed a neural network-based model that uses 19 AV features, extracted from the content items in 500-ms intervals, considering binaural information. The 19 features consist of 7 audio and 12 visual features. The audio features include two interaural information-related measures which are introduced to represent auditory system presence, i.e. the spatial impression of a sound. The visual features are basically the same as those in our previous model. A generalization test of the expanded model conﬁrms that it is suﬃciently accurate to estimate time series presence.
Using Combinatorial Particle Swarm Optimization to Automatic Service Identification

: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has become one of the most suitable choices to ensure flexibility of the information system. But despite the consensus on the benefits of this type of architecture there are divergences in the approach to be followed for the development of this architecture. However, it is recognized that the success of a project based on service-oriented architecture requires proper services identification. Existing Service identification approaches are often prescriptive and based on the architect's experience thus could result in non-optimal designs which results in complicated dependencies between services. In this paper, an automated approach for identifying business services has been proposed by adopting several design metrics based on top-down decomposition of processes. This approach takes a business processes as input and produces a set of business services using a multi-objective combinatorial particle swarm optimization algorithm. The experimentation results denote that our approach achieves faster results and better performance.
Effect of Vitamin E and Selenium on Performance and Productivity of Goats

Although there are many studies dealing with the effect of vitamin E and Selenium on the performance and productivity of ewes and their lambs, there are very a few studies on their effect on goats and their kids. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of Vitamin E, selenium and vitamin E plus selenium on goats and their kids during late gestation on their performance and immune status. Seventy two pregnant goats (n=72) were allotted to four treatment groups (n=18/group). Group one was kept as control. Animals of groups 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th received four injections (twice before parturition and twice after parturition) of vitamin E, selenium and vitamin E plus selenium respectively. The results revealed that kids from treated groups had significantly higher birth weights, rectal temperature and weaning weights with no effect on dam's body weight. In addition, the immune status of treated goats and their kids was higher than untreated animals.
Trauma / Reconstruction / Diversion Perinephric Hematoma Size is Independently Associated with the Need for Urological Intervention in Multisystem Blunt Renal Trauma

Accepted for publication November 24, 2017. No direct or indirect commercial incentive associated with publishing this article. The corresponding author certifies that, when applicable, a statement(s) has been included in the manuscript documenting institutional review board, ethics committee or ethical review board study approval; principles of Helsinki Declaration were followed in lieu of formal ethics committee approval; institutional animal care and use committee approval; all human subjects provided written informed consent with guarantees of confidentiality; IRB approved protocol number; animal approved project number. Supported by the Alberta Health Services Surgery Strategic Clinical Network SSRS (Summer Surgical Research Studentship) Award. * Correspondence: Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Northern Alberta Urology Centre, University of Alberta, 7th Floor, 11400 University Ave., Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 1Z1 Canada (telephone: 780-407-5800; FAX: 888-4146282; e-mail: krourke@ualberta.ca).
Achievement Striving , Competence , and Flow in Online Games

Online games have attracted numerous users and brought stable revenues to game providers. However, some users frequently switch to other games, and thus, it is important to identify which users are likely loyal users. Users may be loyal when they feel achievements and competence. However, as we know, no studies have examined whether and how user achievement striving and competence influence user loyalty. This study thus investigates whether and how user achievement striving and competence influence user loyalty to online games. Using the responses from 994 online gamers, this study employed structural equation modeling for analysis, and found that (1) user achievement striving and competence are positively related to skill and challenge, (2) skill and challenge are positively related to flow, and (3) flow is positively related to user loyalty. Gamer providers are suggested to target individuals who are high in achievement striving and competence, to effectively build a loyal user base. Educators are also suggested to notice students who are high in achievement striving and competence, because these students may continuously play online games when they begin to play.
Bio – Compost Field application to control major soil borne fungal diseases and improvement growth and yield of potato ( Solanum tuberosum L . ) plants * 1

1 Plant Pathology Department, National Research Centre, Dokii 12622, Giza, Egypt 2 Vegetable Research Department, National Research Center, Dokii 12622, Giza , Egypt *Corresponding Author’s E-mail: riadelmohamedy@yahoo.com Black scurf and dry rot diseases caused by Rhizoctonia solani and Fusarium sambucinum are the most limiting factors for potato production. In laboratory trials, Trichoderma harzianum isolate 3 and T.viride isolate 1 showed highly antagonistic effect against all tested pathogenic isolates of R. solani and F. sambucinum. All bio compost extracts inhibited linear growth of R. solani and F.sambucinum, bio compost 3 at 50% concentration provided highest reduction in linear growth. Drenching soil with tested bio composts before sowing potato tuber significantly reduce Fusarium dry rot and Rhizoctonia Black scurf diseases during two cultivation seasons. Biocompost 3 followed by bio compost 1 and 2 were the most effective soil treatments in control of both diseases during two seasons. Moreover, such treatments resulted highest records of plant growth parameter as well as quantity and quality of potato tuber yield. The highest records of potato total tuber yield, nutritional values, and total carbohydrates were observed in bio compost 3 followed by bio compost 1 and bio compost 2 soil treatments if compared with compost 4 and control treatments during 1 st and 2 nd seasons. It could be stated that, field application of composted agricultural wastes fortified with bio control agents could be suggested as easily soil biologically soil treatment for controlling fungal soil borne pathogens of potato especially under organic farming system.
CRACK PROPAGATION / DEFLECTION IN THE INTERPHASE OF SIC / SIC CERAMICS MATRIX CONTINUOUS FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES

SiC continuous fiber reinforced SiC ceramic matrix composites (CMC) are of great interest as a structural material for hot section gas turbine jet engine components because of their high strength, low thermal conductivity and relative low density when compared to Ni-base superalloys. Toughness of SiC/SiC CMCs in these applications is a key consideration, and the strength and bonding characteristics of the fiber coating or interphase have a significant influence on the overall CMC performance. For example, Rebillat et al. [1] demonstrated that changes in the interphase strength and the bonding characteristics between the fiber coating and the fiber can potentially double the overall tensile strength of a SiC/SiC CMC with a BN coated fiber. Overall, the interphase has many functions including promotion of crack deflection when matrix cracks intersect the fibers, load transfer between the fibers and matrix and protection of the fibers from environmental attack. Optimizing the interphase properties for these multiple functions necessitates a detailed understanding of the fracture process at the fiber/matrix interface.
Effect of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilization on Yield and its Attributes for Some Peanut Varieties in Sandy Calcareous Soil

: Two field experiments were carried out at El-Ghorieb Exp. Farm, Agriculture Fac. , Assiut Univ., Egypt, during the summer of 2009 and 2010 seasons to investigate the effect of three nitrogen rates (15, 25 and 35 kg N/fed.) and three phosphorus rates (15.5, 23 and 31 kg P 2 O 5 /fed.) on the yield and its attributes for three peanut varieties (Giza 9 as spreading group), Giza 5 and Giza 6 as erect groups), grown in sandy calcareous soil. The results could be summarized as fol-low: Giza 6 (V 3 ) with both the highest rates of phosphorus and nitrogen fertilization i.e. V 1 xP 3 or V 3 xP 3 and V 1 xN 3 or V 3 xN 3 , since gave the highest values.
REGENERATION OF PODOCARPS IN A CENTRAL NORTH ISLAND FOREST

The conditions under which podocarps regenerate are described with particular reference to Pureora Forest in the West Taupo region. Effective podocarp regeneration is scarce in the dense podocarp forests; it occurs more frequently, however, beneath a gradually opening hardwood canopy such as that provided by large dying individual trees within scattered podocarp/tawa forest, or by older stands of Leptospermum and Weinmannia in fire-induced scrub. Examples are given of cyclic regeneration in older forest types and of the initiation of dense podocarp forest in recent times in fireinduced secondary forest. Tree ferns and vigorous growth of the larger-leaved mesophytic shrub-hardwoods prevent the recruitment of podocarps. Good seedling and sapling regeneration of podocarps has been found in limited areas of old cutover forest but it will not develop into a future crop without silvicultural treatment to reduce competition from hardwoods. Limited regeneration of podocarps has been obtained within ten years of controlled selective logging of virgin forest, but much of this becomes suppressed if not released by tending. Silvicultural treatment to establish natural or artificial regeneration of podocarps cannot be justified on purely economic grounds. Even where an adequate stocking of rimu regeneration is obtained, merchantable trees will not be available for at least 150 years.
Nitrogen Application Rate and Fertigation Frequency for Drip-irrigated Potato

Drip irrigation offers excellent method of water and nutrient supply for vegetable crops in precise amounts at a rate, which matches the plant requirements. In addition to allowing precise control of irrigation water applications, drip irrigation system offers the ability to use high frequency fertigation with water soluble N materials throughout the growing season. Little information about optimum fertigation interval for drip-irrigated crops in general and for potato in particular, is available. The present study was conducted to determine the effects of two N rates (200 and 300 kg N ha) and four fertigation frequencies (1, 2, 7, and 14 days) on potato yield, N uptake and soil N status in a sandy soil under drip irrigation system. Total potato yield and yield components were responsive to increase N rate and to decrease fertigation frequency. The highest tuber yields (47.16, 46.32 and 44.75 t ha) occurred at 300 kg N ha with the frequencies of 1, 2 and 7 days, respectively while yield with the longest interval were significantly lower (37.89 t ha). Leaves N concentration at all sampling dates was higher in the plants received high N rate, but fertigation frequency did not significantly affect leaves N concentration except at the longest duration. Similarly, N rate and fertigation frequency resulted in significant differences in total N uptake, N recovery and apparent N use efficiency (NUE). Total N uptake was appreciable higher with increasing N rate and with more frequent than with less frequent fertigation. The averaged N recovery across fertigation frequencies was 68% and 62% and NUE was 151 and 142 kg yield kg N with applied 200 and 300 kg N ha, respectively. Analysis of soil samples at the end of last fertigation indicated considerable influence of fertigation frequency on NO3-N distribution in the root zone of potato. The NO3-N in lower soil profiles,(40-60cm) depth with high N rate was marginally affected in daily, alternate and weekly fertigation while NO3-N in the corresponding soil depth was appreciable higher in biweekly fertigation. Thus, frequent fertigation was needed to obtain maximum yield of potato in sandy soil with less nitrate leaching from root zone.
Revisiting the Integral Charge Control Relation ( ICCR ) 1

The h ~ parameters denote measurement data deembedded from the external parasitic resistances rbx and rcx and modified by removing the external collector capacitance. Parameter cf is a correction factor determined by the internal collector capacitance cjci, the intrinsic transconductance gm and transit frequency ωT of the device. The rest of the notations have their usual meanings. Clearly the internal collector resistance rci what exists in VM but is zero in the present Hicum equivalent must play a key role in the paradox. Since apparently every other parameter must have the same values the root of the discrepancy has been suspected to be related to the fundaments of the model concepts. Without going into the details of compact model formulas the basic starting point of all present bipolar models, the integral charge control principle of H. K. Gummel has been revisited with respect to its application at the various model families.
DYNAMICS AND ANALYSIS OF MODELS FOR CHRONIC HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION

This thesis investigates several models for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection including the incorporation of the dynamics of intracellular HBV DNA-containing capsids. Firstly, we analyze a model for infected hepatocytes, capsids and virions along with the homeostatic mechanism of the liver and incorporating a discrete time delay in the production of mature capsids. We then present and analyze a modified model where the dynamics of both uninfected hepatocytes and capsids (along with infected hepatocytes and virions) are included. This is followed by the incorporation of one and two discrete delays in this modified model and its dynamical analysis. A pharmacokinetic model with the combination therapy of pegylated interferon and lamivudine is proposed and a critical drug efficacy in terms of model parameters is derived. A control problem is also formulated and solved numerically to obtain the optimal therapeutic regimen, accounting for both the biomedical goals and cost constraints. Finally, a diffusion driven HBV infection model is presented taking into account the spatial mobility of both capsids and virions. The analysis is carried out for global stability as well as on a discretized version of the model. A non-standard finite difference scheme for this model is introduced and the dynamic consistency of this scheme is analyzed.
1 Negative electron compressibility in the Hubbard Model

Using the strong coupling diagram technique, we study the one-band repulsive Hubbard model on a twodimensional square lattice in a wide range of chemical potentials μ. Infinite sequences of diagrams describing interactions of electrons with spin and charge fluctuations are taken into account. At low temperatures, regions of the negative electron compressibility are found for μ < 0 and μ > U , where U is the Hubbard repulsion. For even lower temperatures, in the neighborhood of these regions, states with the phase separation are revealed.
Carbon Dioxide is Responsible for the Acute Toxicity of Tobacco Smoke

1 AP-HP Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Service de radiothérapie, Paris, France. 2 Biorébus, Paris, France. 3 Université Paris-Sud, EA4046, UFR de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France. 4 AP-HP, CHU de Bicêtre, Service de Biophysique et de Médecine nucléaire, France. 5 Laboratoire des Sciences du Génie Chimique CNRS – ENSIC, Nancy, France. 6 Epidemiology for Cancer Prevention, INSERM U897, ISPED, Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 University, Bordeaux, France. 7 Université Paris Descartes, AP-HP Hôtel-Dieu, Paris, France. 8 Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.