Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Molecular systematics of Psocomorpha (Psocoptera)

Abstract. Previous classification of the insect order Psocoptera has relied on morphological characters. Psocoptera are generally divided into three suborders: Trogiomorpha, Troctomorpha, and Psocomorpha. Traditional classification divides the Psocomorpha into four infraorders (Homilopsocidea, Caeciliusetae, Psocetae and Epipsocetae), but a recent morphological cladistic study removed Archipsocidae from Homilopsocidea and Hemipsocidae from Psocetae. We investigated the phylogenetic relationships within the suborder Psocomorpha using DNA sequences from the nuclear 18S and mitochondrial 16S, 12S and cytochrome oxidase I genes. Phylogenetic analyses of these gene sequences supported monophyly for Psocomorpha. In addition, monophyly of the traditional subgroups Caeciliusetae and Psocetae was generally supported. Monophyly of Homilopsocidea was not supported, and Archipsocus is removed from this group. Although the molecular phylogeny is generally consistent with recent cladistic studies of morphological characters, we found no evidence that Hemipsocidae should be removed from Psocetae.
A Proof of Sznitman's Conjecture about Ballistic RWRE

We consider random walk in a uniformly elliptic i.i. d. random environment in ℤd for d ≥ 2. It is believed that whenever the random walk is transient in a given direction it is necessarily ballistic. In order to quantify the gap which would be needed to prove this equivalence, several ballisticity conditions have been introduced. In particular, Sznitman defined the so‐called conditions (T) and (T′). The first one is the requirement that certain unlikely exit probabilities from a set of slabs decay exponentially fast with their width L. The second one is the requirement that for all γ ∈ (0, 1) condition (T)γ is satisfied, which in turn is defined as the requirement that the decay is like e−CLγ for some C > 0. In this article we prove a conjecture of Sznitman from 2002, stating that (T) and (T′) are equivalent. Hence, this closes the circle proving the equivalence of conditions (T), (T′), and (T)γ for some γ ∈ (0, 1) as conjectured by Sznitman, and also of each of these ballisticity conditions with the polynomial condition (P)M for M ≥ 15d + 5 introduced by Berger, Drewitz, and Ramı́rez in 2014. © 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Fetal Programming of Renal Development - Influence of Maternal Smoking

Smoking is a known risk factor for non-communicable illness including pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, and Type 2 diabetes. Smoking also contributes significantly to the rising ‘epidemic’ of chronic kidney disease. It is increasingly recognised that maternal programming of fetal development during pregnancy predisposes offspring to future disease. Maternal smoking, particularly in the first trimester, imposes a significant adverse impact on fetal renal development that determines the future risk of chronic kidney disease. Several mechanisms may contribute. Firstly, epigenetic modification of fetal nuclear or mitochondrial DNA, induced by intrauterine exposure to chemicals within the cigarette smoke, may result in an increased risk for metabolic and renal disorders. Secondly, nicotine and other chemicals within the cigarette smoke can cross the blood placental barrier concentrate in the fetus and result in direct toxicity. Thirdly, malnutrition due to the anorexigenic effect of smoking results in nutritional deficits in the fetus and impairs organ growth and development. 10-45% of pregnant women from diverse populations smoke during pregnancy. Hence it is considered a major and significant public health issue that imposes adverse health consequences not only to the pregnant women, but also inherited by their offspring, and potentially affecting future generations.
INNOVATIVE APPROACH IMPLEMENTATION RISKS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL PROCESS IN HIGH SCHOOL

Данная статья посвящена вопросам обеспечения образовательного процесса в ВУЗе инновационными средствами обучения и исследования рисков, возникающих при их реализации. Актуальность статьи заключается в том, что в ней представлены результаты проведенного исследования, направленные на выявление факторов риска, влияющих негативным образом на внедрение инновационных образовательных технологий для поддержки процесса обучения. Научная новизна работы представлена характеристикой порядка возникновения и развития рисков при внедрении интернет-технологий в образовательный процесс, составлением карты рисков. Объектом исследования является LMS Blackboard Learn – инновационная система управления обучением. Ранее авторами уже были рассмотрены результаты и опыт внедрения данной системы на примере КНИТУ-КАИ им. А. Н. Туполева (г. Казань), описаны ее достоинства и недостатки. Данная статья представляет собой второй этап исследования, основанный на проведении анкетирования обучающихся, целью которого стало выявление трудностей и рисков реализации инновационного процесса в рамках деятельности вуза и понимания этих трудностей обучающимися. Своевременная идентификация рисков внедрения инновационных образовательных технологий и их изучение позволят превентивно разработать меры по их предотвращению или снижению негативного влияния на образовательный процесс. Для достижения поставленных целей в исследовании использовались следующие методы: метод опроса (анкетирование обучающихся 3–4 курса дневной формы обучения по направлению «Экономика»), метод обобщения и анализа результатов анкетирования, метод теоретического анализа, математические методы (ранжирование, шкалирование). В качестве результата исследования авторами была представлена карта рисков, в наглядном виде представляющая особенности содержания рисков в образовательной деятельности, осуществляемой в КНИТУ-КАИ. В процессе исследования был сделан вывод о том, что внедрение инновационных образовательных систем приводит к появлению новых рисков в образовательной деятельности, однако это объективное требование формирования комплексной образовательной системы, включающей современным потребностям.
Effects of climate change on US crop production: simulation results using two different GCM scenarios. Part I: Wheat, potato, maize, and citrus

We projected US agricultural production in 2030 and 2090 at 45 representative sites, using 2 scenarios of climate change, developed with the Hadley Centre Model and the Canadian Centre Climate Model, and the DSSAT (Decision Support Systems for Agro-technology Transfer) dynamic crop-growth models. These simulation results have previously been aggregated nationally with the aid of economic models to show an increase in overall US agricultural output under climate change. In this work, we analyzed the regional distribution of the simulated yields, showing that positive results largely depend on the precipitation increases projected by the climate scenarios. In contrast, in some important rainfed production areas where precipitation was projected to decrease, such as the Kansas and Oklahoma Bread Basket regions under the Canadian Centre Climate Model scenario, climate change resulted in significant reductions of grain yield (−30 to −40%), accompanied by increased year-to-year variability. We also discussed the response to additional factors affecting the simulated US crop production under climate change, such as higher temperature and elevated CO2.
License to Fail? How Leader Group Prototypicality Moderates the Effects of Leader Performance on Perceptions of Leadership Effectiveness

Leadership often serves as an explanatory category for performance outcomes (i.e., failure and success). This process can strengthen or weaken leadership effectiveness, because contingent on their performance leaders may gain or lose follower endorsement — the basis of leadership. Drawing on the social identity analysis of leadership, we hypothesized that leader group prototypicality and performance information interact to predict followers' perceptions of leadership effectiveness. Because group prototypical leaders are more trusted by their followers, we hypothesized that group prototypical leaders are evaluated as more effective after failure information than non-prototypical leaders. In contrast, we predicted that both prototypical and non-prototypical leaders should receive similar evaluations of leadership effectiveness after success. We found support for our predictions in a scenario experiment, a cross-sectional field study, and a laboratory experiment.
Rigidity of Transfers and Unraveling in Matching Markets

We study the role of transfers in the timing of matching. In our model, some agents have the option of matching early and exiting in period 1, before others arrive in period 2; in period 2 there is a centralized institution that implements a stable matching after all agents arrive. We prove that without flexible transfers, as the market gets large, on average at least one quarter of all agents in period 1 have strict incentives to match early and skip the centralized matching, if they anticipate others are participating in the centralized matching of period 2. We define a minimal notion of sequential stability and prove that without flexible transfers the probability of sequential stability tends to 0 as the market gets large. We show that flexible transfers eliminate these timing problems.
Toward a mechanistic understanding of the decadal trends in the Southern Ocean carbon sink

We investigate the multidecadal and decadal trends in the flux of CO2 between the atmosphere and the Southern Ocean using output from hindcast simulations of an ocean circulation model with embedded biogeochemistry. The simulations are run with NCEP‐1 forcing under both preindustrial and historical atmospheric CO2 concentrations so that we can separately analyze trends in the natural and anthropogenic CO2 fluxes. We find that the Southern Ocean (<35°S) CO2 sink has weakened by 0.1 Pg C a−1 from 1979–2004, relative to the expected sink from rising atmospheric CO2 and fixed physical climate. Although the magnitude of this trend is in agreement with prior studies (Le Quéré et al., 2007), its size may not be entirely robust because of uncertainties associated with the trend in the NCEP‐1 atmospheric forcing. We attribute the weakening sink to an outgassing trend of natural CO2, driven by enhanced upwelling and equatorward transport of carbon‐rich water, which are caused by a trend toward stronger and southward shifted winds over the Southern Ocean (associated with the positive trend in the Southern Annular Mode (SAM)). In contrast, the trend in the anthropogenic CO2 uptake is largely unaffected by the trend in the wind and ocean circulation. We regard this attribution of the trend as robust, and show that surface and interior ocean observations may help to solidify our findings. As coupled climate models consistently show a positive trend in the SAM in the coming century [e.g., Meehl et al., 2007], these mechanistic results are useful for projecting the future behavior of the Southern Ocean carbon sink.
Efficient Compression of Far Field Matrices in Multipole Algorithms based on Spherical Harmonics and Radiating Modes

This paper proposes a compression of far field matrices in the fast multipole method and its multilevel extension for electromagnetic problems. The compression is based on a spherical harmonic representation of radiation patterns in conjunction with a radiating mode expression of the surface current. The method is applied to study near field effects and the far field of an antenna placed on a ship surface. Furthermore, the electromagnetic scattering of an electrically large plate is investigated. It is demonstrated, that the proposed technique leads to a significant memory saving, making multipole algorithms even more efficient without compromising the accuracy.
CURVE is the Institutional Repository for Coventry University Music festival motivation in China : free the mind

This paper explores the extent to which music festival attendance is ‘universally’ motivated or determined by the Chinese cultural and socio-political context. A novel qualitative approach was employed comprising observation of social media conversations and ‘chat room’ interviews with members of a festival online community. Seven motivators were identified, some similar to those in Western studies but others more specific to festival-goers in mainland China. The culturally specific motivators were identified as ‘spiritual escape’ and ‘spiritual pursuit’ and the universal motivators as ‘togetherness’, ‘love of the music’, ‘novel experience’, ‘music sharing’, and ‘educational enrichment’. This paper focuses on the two culturally embedded motivators only. The implications of the study are that, although, growing, there are still very few music festivals featuring ‘pop’ or ‘western’ style music and these few are relatively new to Chinese people. Their attendance at them is, therefore, motivated differently to attendees at similar festivals in western countries. These motivating factors are mediated by the particular social, political and cultural factors at work in this complex country. The findings indicate that although many of the motivational factors for attending a music festival appear to be universal there are clearly factors which are culturally bound and therefore unique to the cultural context. These differences appear to be created by the social constraints, rapidly changing economy and the many contradictions inherent in modern mainland China. These conditions create a greater contrast between everyday life in mainland China and the liminal hedonistic space provided by the Festival. Further research is needed to validate theses initial findings within China and to explore how rock music festival motivations differ in other non-western cultures.
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF PATIENTS WITH PERSISTENT ST SEGMENT ELEVATION AFTER SUCCESSFUL PRIMARY ANGIOPLASTY

Introduction: Percutaneous intervention[PCI]is an accepted method of reperfusion in patients with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction [STEMI]; resulting in better left ventricle function and increase in life expectancy. However, if PCI fail to completely recover ventricular function, mortality and left ventricular failure may increase. Establishing coronary blood flow in angiography is not always indicating proper cardiac circulation and cardiac events may occur later in life. There are many factors related to patient’s outcomes after primary PCI. ST segment resolution is one this factors which is noninvasive and indicates reperfusion. However, the relation between ST segment changes and echocardiographic findings is not widely studied. The aim of present study is evaluation of electrocardiography [ECG] and echocardiography finding in post STEMI patients undergoing PCI. Material and methods: one hundred and seventy patients who had STEMI and underwent successful PCI were chosen by convenience sampling and enrolled in this study. After considering exclusion criteria, every patient had 12 lead ECG 60min, 90min, 120min, 1st day and 2 month after PCI. Also, a transthoracic echocardiography [TTE] was performed after PCI, and 2 more TTE were performed day after and 2 months after PCI. ST segment resolution was evaluated in every ECG and the results were compared with TTE findings. Results: Mean±SD of time duration between onset of symptoms and calling EMS [OSCE], door to balloon time [DTB], time duration between first medical staff visit and angioplasty[FMVA] were 103.4±56.63 min, 35.58±4.43 min and 60.58±4.43 min respectively. Conclusion: In-hospital and pre-hospital delays are two prominent findings in our study which were related to inappropriate ST segment resolution after successful PCI in STEMI patients. Also, patients with Anteroseptal and anteroseptolateral MI will show lesser ST segment resolution
Knowledge of Healthcare Workers on Nosocomial Infection in Selected Secondary Health Institutions in Zaria, Nigeria

Background: Nosocomial infection is one of the leading causes of death and increased morbidity for hospitalized Patients. The study assessed the knowledge of healthcare workers on nosocomial infections in secondary health institutions in Zaria local government area of Kaduna State, Nigeria. Materials andMethods: This study wasa cross-sectional descriptive survey carried out in October, 2010. One hundred and sixty(160) self- administered semi structured questionnaire was used for the studyand data analyzed using SPSS window 16.0 version. Results: The findings showed most of the respondents were within the age bracket of 20-29 years, mean age of 34 ± 12 years and age range of 20-60years. 62.2% were female and 66.9% were nurses by profession followed by pharmacist with 13.1%. The respondents mean working experience was10 ± 9 years. Majority (57.5%) of the respondents were aware of nosocomial infections as an infection that manifests after 48 hours of hospital admission. 76.9% (123) of the respondents were of the opinion that bacteria are the common cause of nosocomial infections. 38.8% of the respondents were of the opinion that contact transmission, airborne transmission. Vehicle transmission and vector transmission are the common routes of nosocomial infections. 46.9% of the respondents were of the opinion that the best ways to prevent nosocomial infections are strict aseptic technique, proper isolation and barrier nursing of infectious cases, regular nasal and throat swab investigations of health care workers and education of health workers on the prevention and control of the infection. Conclusion: The recommendations included emphasis on regular in-service training programme for staff, the practice of universal precaution and screening of hospital staff to identify those that are chronic nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus among others.
ITLS-WP-18-20 Willingness to participate in travel surveys : A cross-country and cross-methods comparison

Travel surveys are the primary source of data that feed into the analysis and modeling of travel behaviour. Numerous studies have found that the survey method, be it pen and paper, online, interview, smartphone app, or GPS, impacts participation, diligence and accuracy of reporting. In turn, this can lead to bias both in terms of the socio-demographic mix of respondents, and under/mis-reporting of trip information. To date, there is limited understanding of if/how preferences for particular travel survey methods vary across countries. In 2014, a survey of 17,510 adults from 24 countries was undertaken by an internationallyrenowned market research firm to assess preferences for different survey methods. The current paper focuses on responses from five of these countries with long-standing household travel surveys Australia, USA, France, Germany, and Japan. Results suggest that for a given survey method, willingness to participate in travel surveys varies across countries and within each group of respondents (classified by their socio-demographic characteristics). Australians tend to have a higher willingness to participate across different survey methods compared to their counterparts, particularly from Japan. In terms of socio-demographic characteristics, younger respondents tend to engage in travel surveys regardless of the method, while females are more likely to prefer diary-based methods than mobile-based methods. Respondents also appear to trade-off effort in completing travel surveys using traditional methods against privacy issues surrounding mobile-based methods. Results suggest that that there is no ‘one size fits all’ methodology for travel surveys, with designers needing to carefully consider both socio-demographic and cultural differences.
Wdpcp, a Protein that Regulates Planar Cell Polarity, Interacts with Multi-PDZ Domain Protein 1 (MUPP1) through a PDZ Interaction

Protein-protein interactions regulate the subcellular localization and function of receptors, enzymes, and cytoskeletal proteins. Proteins containing the postsynaptic density-95/disks large/zonula occludens-1 (PDZ) domain have potential to act as scaffolding proteins and play a pivotal role in various processes, such as synaptic plasticity, neural guidance, and development, as well as in the pathophysiology of many diseases. Multi-PDZ domain protein 1 (MUPP1), which has 13 PDZ domains, has a scaffolding function in the clustering of surface receptors, organization of signaling complexes, and coordination of cytoskeletal dynamics. However, the cellular function of MUPP1 has not been fully elucidated. In the present study, a yeast two-hybrid system was used to identify proteins that interacted with the N-terminal PDZ domain of MUPP1. The results revealed an interaction between MUPP1 and Wdpcp (formerly known as Fritz). Wdpcp was identified as a planar cell polarity (PCP) effector, which is known to have a role in collective cell migration and cilia formation. Wdpcp bound to the PDZ1 domain but not to other PDZ domains of MUPP1. The C-terminal end of Wdpcp was essential for the interaction with MUPP1 in the yeast two-hybrid assay. This interaction was further confirmed in a glutathione S-transferase (GST) pull-down assay. When coexpressed in HEK-293T cells, Wdpcp was coimmunoprecipitated with MUPP1. In addition, MUPP1 colocalized with Wdpcp at the same subcellular region in cells. Collectively, these results suggest that the MUPP1-Wdpcp interaction could modulate actin cytoskeleton dynamics and polarized cell migration.
Using Frontogenesis to Identify Sting Jets in Extratropical Cyclones

AbstractSting jets, or surface wind maxima at the end of bent-back fronts in Shapiro–Keyser cyclones, are one cause of strong winds in extratropical cyclones. Although previous studies identified the release of conditional symmetric instability as a cause of sting jets, the mechanism to initiate its release remains unidentified. To identify this mechanism, a case study was selected of an intense cyclone over the North Atlantic Ocean during 7–8 December 2005 that possessed a sting jet detected from the NASA Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT). A couplet of Petterssen frontogenesis and frontolysis occurred along the bent-back front. The direct circulation associated with the frontogenesis led to ascent within the cyclonically turning portion of the warm conveyor belt, contributing to the comma-cloud head. When the bent-back front became frontolytic, an indirect circulation associated with the frontolysis, in conjunction with alongfront cold advection, led to descent within and on the warm side of the front, brin.
How digital are we? Maturity models for the assessment of a company’s status in the digital transformation

In the context of an ongoing digital transformation, companies across all industries are confronted with the challenge to exploit IT-induced business opportunities and to simultaneously avert IT-induced business risks. Due to this development, questions about a company’s overall status with regard to its digital transformation become more and more relevant. In recent years, an unclear number of maturity models was established in order to address these kind of questions by assessing a company’s digital maturity. Purpose of this Report is to show the large range of digital maturity models and to evaluate overall potential for approximating a company’s digital transformation status.