Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
$\mathcal L$-invariants and Darmon cycles attached to modular forms

Let f be a modular eigenform of even weight k=2 and new at a prime p dividing exactly the level with respect to an indefinite quaternion algebra. The theory of Fontaine-Mazur allows to attach to f a monodromy module D FM f and an L -invariant L FM f . The first goal of this paper is building a suitable p -adic integration theory that allows us to construct a new monodromy module D f and L -invariant L f , in the spirit of Darmon. The two monodromy modules are isomorphic, and in particular the two L -invariants are equal. Let K be a real quadratic field and assume the sign of the functional equation of the L -series of f over K is -1 . The Bloch-Beilinson conjectures suggest that there should be a supply of elements in the Selmer group of the motive attached to f over the tower of narrow ring class fields of K . Generalizing work of Darmon for k=2 , we give a construction of local cohomology classes which we expect to arise from global classes and satisfy an explicit reciprocity law, accounting for the above prediction.
The body size of the New Zealand orb‐weaving spider Waitkera waitakerensis (Uloboridae) is directly related to temperature and affects fecundity

Waitkera waitakerensis occupies lowland forests of New Zealand's North Island, where temperatures decrease in a southwestward direction. The mean annual temperatures of 18 collecting sites, as extracted from GIS data, are directly related to the first femur length of adult females. Neither site elevation nor phylogeny affected spider size or other variables examined. The direct relationship between spider body size and environmental temperature followed a pattern observed in other terrestrial arthropods with a univoltine life cycle and can probably be explained by the longer growing season of warmer regions. Egg diameter was uniform across the species. Site temperature and female first femur length were each directly related to the number of eggs deposited in egg sacs. The date of egg sac collection was inversely related to egg number, suggesting that clutch size declines during the reproductive season. Females deposit eggs beneath a triangular platform and then cover them with a lower silk sheet. The area of this upper platform and the volume of the egg sac were each directly related to egg number, but not to female first femur length. The depth of the lower covering was not related to egg number or to spider first femur length. This suggests that spiders use information about the volume of eggs in their abdomens to construct an egg sac whose volume will accommodate the volume of eggs to be laid and that females do so principally by adjusting the size of the sac's upper triangular platform.
„The biological effects of Nitinol in Orthodontics A literature review“

Aim: This literature review was aimed to find out which kind of interactions result from the use of Nitinol in the oral system. In particular the main interest was directed to the alterations of the oral tissues as well as to the effects on distant districts. Conclusions: Nitinol is a mostly tolerated material, widely used in orthodontic for its useful properties. Nevertheless negative reactions to this material have been reported. It seems that these reactions occur mainly when Nitinol is coupled with other metals as stainless steel, but further research about this topic is needed.
Expansive gallery systems of one-piece termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae).

Drywood termites (Family Kalotermitidae) have been termed "one-piece" termites to reflect the fact that they nest within their food source. We dissected a large number of hardwood shippingpallets infested by Cryptotermes brevis (Walker), and mapped the distribution of individual termite colonies (i.e., interconnected gallery systems) within individual boards, and within the pallet as a whole. The number of distinct colonies within a single pallet ranged from one to eight. Although some colonies occupied a single board, we also found multiple colonies within single boards, and single colonies tunneling through the junctions between boards and occupying virtually the entire shippingpallet. Although designation of drywood termites as one-piece type termites is a useful ecological distinction, these cryptic insects may have extensive gallery systems encompassing multiple adjacent food sources.
Clinical Aspects of Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Gastric Cancer

Forty percent of patients with gastric cancer are node negative, so they have an unnecessarily extended lymph node dissection with a higher rate of morbidity and mortality. Successful sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping may help to reduce the number of extended lymphadenectomy. Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNB) is indicated in patients with T1 or T2 tumors; primary lesions < than 4 cm in diameter; and clinical N0 gastric cancer. The injection method and selection of tracers for SLN mapping in gastric cancer remain controversial. However, the use of dual tracer and in cases with non-palpable lesions, the submucosal marking method is recommended. The identification rate and sensitivity are the highest in time performing SLN biopsy after dye injection ≥15 min, the number of SLNs ≥5 and application of the basin dissection. The cardinal problem in the SNB concept is the intraoperative false negative rate, the combination of hematoxylin-eosin and immunohistochemical staining has the highest sensitivity of intraoperative pathologic detection by frozen tissue sections. The application of SNB has a beneficial side effect, as it significantly increased the number of harvested LN and the ratio of the number of the harvested LN per time, although an extensive surgical experience is necessary for application of SNB concept. If the SLN contains tumor deposit(s), extended dissection is warranted, but if findings are negative, the patient could be spared additional complications associated with extended dissection. Finally, the SNB could be suitable for tumors following endoscopic resection and could represent a new era of sentinel node navigation surgery in early gastric cancer. However, the clinical application of SLN biopsy should be limited to the patients of cT1N0M0 gastric cancer within the confines of prospective randomized trial.
OVERVIEW OF THE KEPLER SCIENCE PROCESSING PIPELINE

The Kepler Mission Science Operations Center (SOC) performs several critical functions including managing the ∼156,000 target stars, associated target tables, science data compression tables and parameters, as well as processing the raw photometric data downlinked from the spacecraft each month. The raw data are first calibrated at the pixel level to correct for bias, smear induced by a shutterless readout, and other detector and electronic effects. A background sky flux is estimated from ∼4500 pixels on each of the 84 CCD readout channels, and simple aperture photometry is performed on an optimal aperture for each star. Ancillary engineering data and diagnostic information extracted from the science data are used to remove systematic errors in the flux time series that are correlated with these data prior to searching for signatures of transiting planets with a wavelet-based, adaptive matched filter. Stars with signatures exceeding 7. 1σ are subjected to a suite of statistical tests including an examination of each star's centroid motion to reject false positives caused by background eclipsing binaries. Physical parameters for each planetary candidate are fitted to the transit signature, and signatures of additional transiting planets are sought in the residual light curve. The pipeline is operational, finding planetary signatures and providing robust eliminations of false positives.
Feedback research revisited.

In a previous examination of feedback research (Mory, 1996), the use of feedback in the facilitation of learning was examined extensively according to various historical and paradigmatic views of the past feedback literature. Most of the research presented in that volume in the area of feedback was completed with specific assumptions as to what purpose feedback serves. This still holds true, and even more so, because our theories and paradigms have expanded, and the field of instructional design has undergone and will continue to undergo rapid changes in technologies that will afford new advances to take place in both the delivery and the context of using feedback in instruction. It is not surprising that feedback may have various functions according to the particular learning environment in which it is examined and the particular learning paradigm under which it is viewed. In fact, feedback is incorporated in many paradigms of learning, from the early views of behaviorism (Skinner, 1958), to cognitivism (Gagné, 1985; Kulhavy & Wager 1993) through more recent models of constructivism (Jonassen, 1991, 1999; Mayer, 1999; Willis, 2000), settings such as open learning environments (Hannafin, Land, & Oliver, 1999), and views that support multiple approaches to understanding (Gardner, 1999), to name just a few. While feedback has been an essential element of theories of learning and instruction in the past (Bangert-Drowns, Kulik, Kulik, & Morgan, 1991), it still pervades the literature and instructional models as an important aspect of instruction (Collis, De Boer, & Slotman, 2001; Dick, Carey, & Carey, 2001).
A multi-stage qualitative analysis of secondary care specialists’ experiences with medically unexplained symptoms

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Magnetohydrodynamic Free Convection in a Square Cavity Heated from Below and Cooled from Other Walls

— Magnetohydrodynamic free convection fluid flow and heat transfer in a square cavity filled with an electric conductive fluid with Prandtl number of 0.7 has been investigated numerically. The horizontal bottom wall of the cavity was kept at T h while the side and the top walls of the cavity were maintained at a constant temperature T c with T h >T c . The governing equations written in terms of the primitive variables were solved numerically using the finite volume method while the SIMPLER algorithm was used to couple the velocity and pressure fields. Using the developed code, a parametric study was performed, and the effects of the Rayleigh number and the Hartman number on the fluid flow and heat transfer inside the cavity were investigated. The obtained results showed that temperature distribution and flow pattern inside the cavity depended on both strength of the magnetic field and Rayleigh number. For all cases two counter rotating eddies were formed inside the cavity. The magnetic field decreased the intensity of free convection and flow velocity. Also it was found that for higher Rayleigh numbers a relatively stronger magnetic field was needed to decrease the heat transfer through free convection.
Effect of nucleating agents on crystallization kinetics of PET

Effects of three nucleating agents concluding talc, sodium benzoate (SB) and an ionomer (Ion., Na+) on crystal- lization of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and polarized opti- cal microscope (POM), the parameters of crystallization kinetics were obtained through Avrami and Ozawa equations. The fold surface free energy σe of pure PET and PET/nucleating agent blends was calculated by Hoffman-Lauritzen theory. The results indicate that the three kinds of nucleating agents increase the crystallization rate constant through promoting their nucleating effect for PET crystallization, among which SB is the best one with the same content. The crystallization mode of PET might shift from three-dimensional growth to two-dimensional growth by the addition of the nucleating agents. The values of σe of PET/nucleating agent blends are much less than that of pure PET, and PET/SB (99:1) blend has the least value of σe (18.2 mJ/m2). The conclusion based on Hoffman theory is similar to the analysis by Avrami and Ozawa equa- tions.
The XXL Survey - XI. ATCA 2.1 GHz continuum observations

We present 2.1 GHz imaging with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) of a 6.5 deg2 region within the XXM-Newton XXL South field using a band of 1.1-3.1 GHz.We achieve an angular resolution of 4:7″ × 4:2″ in the final radio continuum map with a median rms noise level of 50 μJy/beam. We identify 1389 radio sources in the field with peak S=N ≥ 5 and present the catalogue of observed parameters. We find that 305 sources are resolved, of which 77 consist of multiple radio components. These number counts are in agreement with those found for the COSMOS-VLA 1.4 GHz survey. We derive spectral indices by a comparison with the Sydney University Molongolo Sky Survey (SUMSS) 843MHz data. We find an average spectral index of -0:78 and a scatter of 0.28, in line with expectations. This pilot survey was conducted in preparation for a larger ATCA program to observe the full 25 deg2 southern XXL field. When complete, the survey will provide a unique resource of sensitive, wide-field radio continuum imaging with complementary X-ray data in the field. This will facilitate studies of the physical mechanisms of radio-loud and radio-quiet AGNs and galaxy clusters, and the role they play in galaxy evolution. The source catalogue is publicly available online via the XXL Master Catalogue browser and the Centre de Donnees astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS).
Nuclear radiation dose to the surroundings from patients who are undergoing nuclear medicine examinations

The worldwide 2009 estimates for the average annual per-capita effective radiation dose from medicine have doubled during the past 15 years. This has increased the concern for patients as radiation sources. The existing evidence indicates that the amount of radiation is small; but there are few empirical studies with results documenting the actual extent. In this study, we examined the radiation from 48 patients undergoing nuclear medical examination. 20 patients were examined with bone scintigraphy, 20 underwent MUGA, while the remaining 8 went through octreotide scintigraphy procedure. At 0.25 meters from the patient, the radiation ranged from 31±9 µSvh-1 for octreotide scintigraphy patients (111-In as agent), 69±13 µSvh-1 for bone scintigraphy (99mTc), to 92±26 µSvh-1 for the MUGA patients (99mTc). On the basis of these findings and others, one may consider current practices regarding waiting and using led shielding in areas where appropriate. Perhaps, and more important, these results could be used to improve patient and staff education. Better information material with more evidence will reduce undue anxiety.
Distributed Representations of Web Browsing Sequences for Ad Targeting

Large scale user modeling, based on the user activities on the Web, plays a key role in online advertising targeting. In our work-in-progress paper [15], we introduced an approach that summarizes each sequence of user Web page visits using the Paragraph Vector [8], considering users and URLs as paragraphs and words, respectively. The learned user representations are used among the user-related prediction tasks in common. In this paper, on the basis of analysis of our Web page visits data, we propose Backward PV-DM, which is a modified version of Paragraph Vector. We show experimental results on two ad-related data sets based on logs from Web services of Yahoo! JAPAN. Our proposed method achieved better results than existing vector models.
Evolution and Enabling Capabilities of Spatially Resolved Techniques for the Characterization of Heterogeneously Catalyzed Reactions

The development and optimization of catalysts and catalytic processes requires knowledge of reaction kinetics and mechanisms. In traditional catalyst kinetic characterization, the gas composition is known at the inlet, and the exit flow is measured to determine changes in concentration. As such, the progression of the chemistry within the catalyst is not known. Technological advances in electromagnetic and physical probes have made visualizing the evolution of the chemistry within catalyst samples a reality, as part of a methodology commonly known as spatial resolution. Herein, we discuss and evaluate the development of spatially resolved techniques, including the evolutions and achievements of this growing area of catalytic research. The impact of such techniques is discussed in terms of the invasiveness of physical probes on catalytic systems, as well as how experimentally obtained spatial profiles can be used in conjunction with kinetic modeling. Furthermore, some aims and aspirations for further evolu.
For consideration of publication in Infection and Immunity HIV-1 Tat Protein Enhances Cryptosporidium parvum -induced Apoptosis in Cholangiocytes via a Fas Ligand-dependent Mechanism Running title: Synergistic effect of Tat on C. parvum-induced apoptosis

1 While Cryptosporidium parvum infection of the intestine has been reported both in 2 immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals, biliary infection is seen 3 primarily in adult AIDS patients and is associated with development of AIDS4 cholangiopathy. However, the mechanisms of pathogen-induced AIDS-cholangiopathy 5 remain unclear. Since we previously demonstrated the involvement of the Fas/FasL 6 system in paracrine-mediated C. parvum cytopathicity in cholangiocytes, we also tested 7 the potential synergistic effects of HIV-1 Tat-mediated FasL regulation on C. parvum8 induced apoptosis in cholangiocytes by semiquantitative RT-PCR, immunoblotting, 9 immunofluorescence, and immunogold electron microscopy. H69 cells do not express 10 CXCR4 and CCR5, receptors required for direct HIV-1 viral infection. However, 11 recombinant biologically active HIV-1-associated Tat protein increased FasL expression 12 in the cytoplasm of cholangiocytes without a significant increase of apoptosis. We 13 found that C. parvum-induced apoptosis was associated with translocation of 14 intracellular FasL to the cell membrane surface and release of full-length FasL from 15 infected H69 cells. Tat significantly (p < 0.05) increased C. parvum-induced apoptosis 16 in bystander cells in a dose-dependent manner. Moreover, Tat enhanced both C. 17 parvum-induced FasL membrane translocation and release of full-length FasL. In 18 addition, the FasL neutralizing antibody, NOK-1, and the Caspase-8 inhibitor, Z-IETD19 fmk, both blocked C. parvum-induced apoptosis in cholangiocytes. The data 20 demonstrate synergistic effects of HIV-1 Tat on C. parvum-induced cholangiocyte 21 apoptosis via a paracrine-mediated, FasL-dependent mechanism. Our results suggest 22 that concurrent active HIV replication, with associated production of Tat protein, and C. 23 A CE P ED on S etem er 3, 2017 by gest http/iai.asm . rg/ D ow nladed fom
Saturation of Pointlike Nuclei and the Transition to Oriented Structures in Flow-Induced Crystallization of Isotactic Polypropylene

The influence of molecular weight and processing conditions on the crystallization kinetics of isotactic polypropylene is studied using rheometry. Flow-induced crystallization experiments are performed with shear rates at which molecular stretch of the longest chains is expected. Depending on the molecular weight, a saturation of pointlike nuclei is observed with increasing shear time. In most cases, the process accelerates after sufficient flow time, and this change in kinetics is due to the occurrence of fibrillar nucleation resulting in the formation of row structures and/or shishes. The number of pointlike nuclei is derived from the rheometry experiments by modeling the system as a suspension. This method has some important advantages, i.e., (1) it is applicable to systems where optical microscopy does not work (i.e., colored systems) and (2) it is much easier, faster, and more accurate than optical methods.
The Impact of Board Internationalization on Earnings Management

Prior literature shows that choices regarding board composition are associated with earnings management. We add to this literature by examining the effects of the presence of a foreign board member on earnings management. Using a sample of 3,249 firm-year observations representing 586 non-financial listed Nordic firms during 2001–2008, we find that the presence of a non-Nordic, foreign director is associated with significantly higher levels of earnings management. Moreover, we provide preliminary evidence that differences in accounting knowledge drive this effect. Our results suggest that it may not necessarily be beneficial to appoint a foreign director to the board.
Virtual Reality and Occupational Therapy

Virtual reality is three dimensional, interactive and fun way in rehabilitation. Its first known use in rehabilitation published by Max North named as “Virtual Environments and Psychological Disorders” (1994). Virtual reality uses special programmed comput‐ ers, visual devices and artificial environments for the clients’ rehabilitation. Throughout technological improvements, virtual reality devices changed from therapeutic gloves to augmented reality environments. Virtual reality was being used in different rehabilita ‐ tion professions such as occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychology and so on. In spite of common virtual reality approach of different professions, each profession aims different outcomes in rehabilitation. Virtual reality in occupational therapy gen ‐ erally focuses on hand and upper extremity functioning, cognitive rehabilitation, men‐ tal disorders, etc. Positive effects of virtual reality were mentioned in different studies, which are higher motivation than non‐simulated environments, active participation of the participants, supporting motor learning, fun environment and risk‐free environment. Additionally, virtual reality was told to be used as assessment. This chapter will focus on usage of virtual reality in occupational therapy, history and recent developments, types of virtual reality technologic equipment, pros and cons, usage for pediatric, adult and geriatric people and recent research and articles.
T-Cadherin Stimulates Melanoma Cell Proliferation and Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Recruitment, but Inhibits Angiogenesis in a Mouse Melanoma Model

Melanocytes are special pigment cells that reside predominantly in the skin and eyes. In the skin, melanocytes are located in the bottom layer (the stratum basale) of the skin's epidermis and in the hair follicles (Gray-Schopfer et al., 2001). Melanocytes produce melanins responsible for skin and hair color and perform protection function of the basal keratinocytes from ultraviolet light through synthesis and donation of melanin (Gray-Schopfer et al., 2001). Melanocytes maintain constant contact with the basal layer of the epidermis through direct interaction with basal keratinocytes and via secretion of soluble factors. Upon ultraviolet radiation, keratinocytes produce factors that control melanocyte proliferation, differentiation and motility (Gray-Schopfer et al., 2007). Melanocytes maintain during a lifetime a stable-ratio of 1:5 with basal keratinocytes (Fitzpatrick et al., 1979).