Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Dutch foot and the chanted call

Algorithms for the assignment of main word stress in Dutch have never been systematically tested against foot-based segmental processes. The assumption has apparently been that such processes do not exist. In this article, it is suggested that Dutch has at least four segmental rules that make reference to the foot, and that Dutch has a chanted intonation contour whose realization is governed by foot structure. The evidence provided by all these processes largely confirms the more recent proposals for Dutch foot structure, including Kager (1989) and Trommelen & Zonneveld (1989), except where they fail to conform to (1).
Chemical Fingerprint and Source Identification of Atmospheric Fine Particles Sampled at Three Environments at the Tip of Southern Taiwan

ABSTRACTThe spatiotemporal variation, chemical fingerprints, transportation routes, and source apportionment of atmospheric fine particles (PM2.5) along the coastal region of southern Taiwan were investigated at three environments in the tip of southern Taiwan. Three representative sampling sites at Chien-Chin (urban site), Siao-Gang (industrial site) and Che-Cheng (background site) were selected for simultaneous PM2.5 sampling from December 2014 to May 2015. Regular sampling of 24-h PM2.5 was conducted for continuous 6–9 days in each month. After sampling, the chemical composition, including water-soluble ions, metallic elements and the carbonaceous content of PM2.5, was further analyzed within two weeks. The levoglucosan concentration was further compared to OC and K+ in PM2.5 originating from biomass burning. Moreover, the potential sources of PM2.5 and their respective contribution were further resolved by backward trajectory simulation, combined with chemical mass balance (CMB) receptor modeling. The field sampling results indicated that the PM2.5 concentrations at the urban and industrial sites were always higher than those at the background site. The most abundant water-soluble ionic species of PM2.5 are SO42–, NO3– and NH4+, implying that PM2.5 is mainly composed of secondary ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate. The most abundant metallic elements of PM2.5 included crustal elements (Al, Fe and Ca) and anthropogenic (generated by humans) elements (V, Ni, As, Cd, Zn and Pb). Moreover, the concentrations of OC and EC at the Chien-Chin and Siao-Gang sites were generally higher than those at the Che-Cheng site, mainly due to the emissions from urban and industrial anthropogenic sources. Vehicular exhausts and industrial emissions were the main sources of PM2.5 at the Chien-Chin and Siao-Gang sites, respectively, while biomass burning and soil dusts were the dominant sources of PM2.5 at the Che-Cheng site.
A Kinematic Approach to Answering Similarity Queries on Complex Human Motion Data

Recently there has arisen concern in both the database community and the graphics society about data retrieval from large motion databases because the high dimensionality of motion data implies high costs. In this circumstance, finding an effective distance measure and an efficient query processing method for such data is a challenging problem. This paper presents an elaborate motion query processing system, SMoFinder (Similar Motion Finder), which incorporates a novel kinematic distance measure and an efficient indexing strategy via adaptive frame segmentation. To this end, we regard human motions as multi-linkage kinematics and propose the weighted Minkowski distance metric. For efficient indexing, we devise a new adaptive segmentation method that chooses representative frames among similar frames and stores chosen frames instead of all frames. For efficient search, we propose a new search method that processes k-nearest neighbors queries over only representative frames. Our experimental results show that the size of motion databases is reduced greatly () but the search capability of SMoFinder is equal to or superior to that of other systems.
Genotype frequency of FecXB (Belclare) mutation of BMP15 gene in Chios (Sakiz) sheep

Ovulation rate and litter size, varies between breeds or individulas who belong to the same breed, are evaluated as fertility traits. Fertility traits are important for economic values in animal breeding. However these traits exhibit only in females and they are determined in the later stages of lifes. Hence the genetic perspective is more effective way to confirm the fertility capacities early period of life time. Fecundity genes such as BMP15 regulate the fertility traits by increasing the ovulation rate due to the occuring mutations. Despite some prolific breed were investigated for FecX B mutation; the researches carried out to determine that mutation in Chios sheep breed are limited. The objective of the current study was to estimate the the genotype frequencies of FecX B mutation of BMP15 gene in prolific Chios sheep. We investigated the FecX B mutation by PCR-RFLP method in Chios sheep (n=77). According to result, the investigated Chios breed was found monomorphic for FecX B mutation. All individuals were digested by DdeI restriction enzyme and showed wild-type genotype and did not carry FecX B mutation nin present study. In conclusion it’s thought that the high prolificacy in Chios sheep may be based on another region of BMP15 gene or different major gene. Thus the effect of other major genes or regions/QTL’s should be investigated in future studies with a large number of animals.
Telemedicine and mHealth Interventions for Children and Young People with Type One Diabetes (T1DM)

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (T1DM) is a complex illness involving many self-care activities including regular blood glucose monitoring (BGM), management of diet, regular exercise, insulin administration and adjustment, and management of hypoglycaemia. The responsibility of diabetes management falls largely to the patient and their family, presenting a considerable burden in day-to-day life. Children and young people with T1DM have referred to the “constant interruptions” to their daily life caused by diabetes and its treatment.
Semirelativistic Magnetohydrodynamics and Physics-Based Convergence Acceleration

We derive a system of equations for semirelativistic magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in which the bulk speed and the sound speed of the plasma are nonrelativistic, but the Alfven speed can be relativistic. The characteristic wave speeds of the modified equation set are determined and compared to the wave speeds in “classical” (MHD). The stability conditions of the semirelativistic MHD equations are also investigated in detail.This form of the MHD equations has a use beyond modeling flows with high Alfven speeds. Even in cases with moderate Alfven speeds, the semirelativistic form or certain approximations of it can be used to achieve accelerated numerical convergence to steady-state solutions by artificially reducing the speed of light, provided that the steady-state solutions of these equations are fully independent of the speed of light. Numerical tests are presented that demonstrate the behavior of solutions at high Alfven speeds and the convergence acceleration that can be achieved when a steady-state solution is desired.
Resistance spectra of six elite breeding lines of upland rice to Pyricularia grisea

O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar o espectro de resistencia de seis linhagens elites de arroz de terras altas, desenvolvidas para maior produtividade e qualidade superior de graos, atraves de testes de inoculacao em casa de vegetacao e no campo. Nos testes de inoculacao, foram utilizados 96 isolados de Pyricularia grisea, sendo 46 provenientes da cultivar Primavera, 31 da cultivar Maravilha e 19 de seis linhagens elites. Os patotipos internacionais IC-1 e IB-9, e os patotipos brasileiros BD-16 foram identificados como mais frequentes entre os isolados coletados da cultivar Primavera. Os isolados da cultivar Maravilha pertenceram a quatro patotipos internacionais e a 11 patotipos brasileiros com predominância de IB-9, IB-49, BB-1 e BB-21, respectivamente. Enquanto as linhagens CNAs 8711 e CNAs 8983 apresentaram reacoes de resistencia para todos os isolados oriundos da cultivar Maravilha, CNAs 8983 mostrou reacao suscetivel para tres isolados de Primavera, pertencentes ao patotipo IC-1. A maioria dos isolados que apresentaram reacoes compativeis com a cultivar Primavera foram incompativeis com a cultivar Maravilha e vice-versa. As avaliacoes no campo mostraram diferencas significativas entre as linhagens com relacao a area sob curva de progresso da brusone nas folhas. Os isolados de P. grisea que apresentaram reacoes diferenciais nas linhagens podem ser utilizados para a piramidacao de genes em novas cultivares de arroz de terras altas.
Words and Morphemes as Units for Lexical Access

The representation of morphological information in memory was investigated in three experiments using French monomorphemic words that can stand as the base of derivationally related words (e.g., the word PLUME forms the base of the words PLUMER, PLUMAGE, PLUMIER, . . .). The results of Experiment 1 yielded no effect of the Cumulative Frequency of all forms sharing the base morpheme. Experiments 2a and 2b showed an effect of Morphemic Frequency (the frequency of only the derived forms), but only when Word Frequency was less frequent than Morphemic Frequency. In Experiment 3, an effect of Word Frequency was observed only when Word Frequency was more frequent than Morphemic Frequency. The results are explained in terms of independent representations for the free word form and the form used as the base of the other members of the morphological family. q 1997 Academic Press
Using Stable Isotope Analysis to Quantify Anthropogenic Foraging in Black Bears

Deciding whether to monitor, aversively condition, relocate, or destroy a problem black bear (Ursus americanus) can be difficult for wildlife managers. Understanding the extent of anthropogenic foraging within bear populations can provide insight for management decisions about black bears. An innovative way to estimate opportunistically the amount of anthropogenic food in an individual or a population of bears is through stable isotope analysis (SIA), where hair samples can provide an index of assimilated nutrients (i.e., diet) for the period of hair growth. Our objective was to use SIA to determine whether there was a difference between diets of bears using urban areas and bears using adjacent wildland areas for forage. We collected hair samples from 16 bears captured between April and September 2009 (i.e., urban bears) within the urban area of Missoula, Montana, and from 15 bears harvested during a spring bear hunt (April 15 to May 15, 2009) in hunting units adjacent to Missoula (i.e., wildland bears). We compared isotope values of urban and wildland bears in a δ13C and δ15N isotope mixing space that contained 3 potential dietary components (generalized plant baseline, meat, and cornbased foods [i.e., garbage]) using a Bayesian modeling framework. The contributions of the 3 potential dietary components were not different between urban and wildland bears, suggesting that human-generated garbage was not a significant diet source during the 2008 hair-growth period for bears. In other areas or years, however, where a larger portion of the bear population consumes garbage, SIA will be able to opportunistically estimate the amount of garbage in diet.
Dietl, H. and Weiss, S. (2004) Cochlear hearing loss detection system based on transient evoked otoacoustic emissions. In: IEEE EMBSS

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the application of the discrete wavelet transform (DWT) and support vector machines (SVM) to transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) in order to achieve a detection of frequency-specific hearing loss (HL). We introduce a system to determine detection rates between groups of persons with normal hearing, high frequency hearing loss, and pantonal hearing loss. The validity and use of our approach is verified on a different patient group.
ZEF-Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 189

We investigate the impact of smallholder vegetable commercialization through the export and domestic market channels on household income and assets in Kenya. We use a survey panel dataset, which allows us to control for unobserved heterogeneity across households, and show that the commercialization of vegetables through both market channels contributes positively to welfare, even when addressing the issue of selection into commercialization. While the production of vegetables for the export market is consistently associated with income in a positive way, the results for asset holdings as the measure of household welfare are weaker and supportive only for the domestic market channel, which weakens the notion of smallholder commercialization being a “pro-poor” strategy.
Model selection and clustering in stochastic block models with the exact integrated complete data likelihood

The stochastic block model (SBM) is a mixture model used for the clustering of nodes in networks. It has now been employed for more than a decade to analyze very different types of networks in many scientific fields such as Biology and social sciences. Because of conditional dependency, there is no analytical expression for the posterior distribution over the latent variables, given the data and model parameters. Therefore, approximation strategies, based on variational techniques or sampling, have been proposed for clustering. Moreover, two SBM model selection criteria exist for the estimation of the number K of clusters in networks but, again, both of them rely on some approximations. In this paper, we show how an analytical expression can be derived for the integrated complete data log likelihood. We then propose an inference algorithm to maximize this exact quantity. This strategy enables the clustering of nodes as well as the estimation of the number clusters to be performed at the same time and no model selection criterion has to be computed for various values of K. The algorithm we propose has a better computational cost than existing inference techniques for SBM and can be employed to analyze large networks with ten thousand nodes. Using toy and true data sets, we compare our work with other approaches.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS' MORPHOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menemukan hubungan yang signifikan antara kesadaran morfologi dan pemahaman membaca siswa. Sejumlah 32 siswa dari kelas XI IPA 1 SMAN 15 Bandar Lampung dipilih sebagai kelas sampel. Metode dalam penelitian ini adalah ex-post-facto perihal penelitian korelasi. Alat pengumpulan datanya adalah tes Morphological Awareness dan Reading Comprehension . Hasil penelitian menunjukan koefisien korelasi terhitung lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan nilai kritis dari r tabel (0.729>0.449). Selain itu dianalisis juga regresi sederhana untuk melihat seberapa jauh kesadaran morfologi berpengaruh terhadap pemahaman membaca siswa. Hasil regresi sederhana menunjukan kesadaran morfologi berpengaruh 51.5% terhadap pemahaman membaca siswa. Oleh karena itu, dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara kesadaran morfologi dan pemahaman membaca siswa. Hal itu berarti bahwa morfologi dapat diterapkan sebagai salah satu strategi demi meningkatkan pemahaman membaca siswa. The objective of this study was to find out whether there was significant correlation between students’ morphological awareness and their reading comprehension. Thirty two students of XI IPA 1 SMAN 15 Bandar Lampung were selected as the sample class of this research. The design used was ex-post-facto design in term of co-relational study. The instruments were Morphological Awareness and Reading Comprehension tests. The result of calculation showed that coefficient correlation was higher than the critical value of r table (0.729>0.449). Simple regression was done to analyze how far the contribution of morphological awareness to students’ reading comprehension. The result interpreted that morphological awareness influenced 51.5% toward reading comprehension. Therefore, it can be concluded that there was significant correlation between students’ morphological awareness and their reading comprehension. It implied that morphology can be applied as strategy of increasing students’ reading comprehension. Keywords: morphological awareness, reading comprehension, reading
Effects of Hormonal and Basal Nutrient Medium on In vitro Regeneration of an Ornamental Plant - Muscari armeniacum Leichtlin. ex Baker

In vitro propagation system has been developed for an important ornamental and medicinal plant, Muscari armeniacum Leichtil. ex Bak. A range of a cytokinin and auxin concentration has been investigated for axillary bulblet proliferation, and direct and indirect adventitious bulblet regeneration from the explants whole bulb, one fourth part of bulb, bulb-scale of ex vitro (field grown mature bulb), and only leaf-sheath explants of in vitro grown bulblet. Axillary bulblet regeneration occurred on MS containing 2.0 - 8.0 µM BAP or Kn. Direct adventitious bulblets were induced successfully on MS basal medium supplemented with various concentrations of BAP or Kn (1.0 - 4.0 µM) in combi-nation of either NAA, IBA, or 2,4-D (0.5 - 4.0 µM). The maximum frequency of adventitious bulblets regeneration occurred from both bulb-scale and leaf-sheath explants on MS with 4.0 µM BAP and 2.0 µM NAA, IBA, or 2,4-D. The highest frequency (95.5%) of indirect adventitious bulblets was obtained from in vitro grown leaf-sheathderived callus on MS containing 4.0 µM BAP with 1.0 µM 2,4-D whereas, highest number (80.2) and average length (55.5 cm) of bulblets were obtained on MS supplemented with 4.0 µM BAP and 1.0 µM NAA. In vitro grown bullets was rooted successfully on MS with 0.5 - 4.0 µM of IBA, NAA, or IAA. The rooted bulblets were transferred to garden soil and successfully established under ex vitro environment.
Dermatitis due to Mixed Demodex and Sarcoptes Mites in Dogs

In dogs, dermatitis due to mixed mite infestation is rare. During the five-year period of study, two dogs were identified suffering from dermatitis due to mixed Demodex and Sarcoptes mites. Upon clinical examination dogs had primary and secondary skin lesions on face, around the ears, chin, neck, fore limbs and lateral abdomen. Microscopic examination of skin scrapings revealed Demodex and Sarcoptes mites. Both dogs were treated with daily oral ivermectin at 100 to 400 μg/kg body weight as incremental doses, external application of amitraz and supportive treatments with topical antimicrobial shampoo. After completion of forty-two days of therapy, dogs were recovered from the dermatitis.
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MOLECULAR GAS, H i, AND STAR FORMATION IN THE LOW-MASS, LOW-METALLICITY MAGELLANIC CLOUDS

The Magellanic Clouds provide the only laboratory to study the effects of metallicity and galaxy mass on molecular gas and star formation at high (∼⃒20 pc) resolution. We use the dust emission from HERITAGE Herschel data to map the molecular gas in the Magellanic Clouds, avoiding the known biases of CO emission as a tracer of H 2 . Using our dust-based molecular gas estimates, we find molecular gas depletion times ( τ dep mol ) of ∼⃒0.4 Gyr in the Large Magellanic Cloud and ∼⃒0.6 in the Small Magellanic Cloud at 1 kpc scales. These depletion times fall within the range found for normal disk galaxies, but are shorter than the average value, which could be due to recent bursts in star formation. We find no evidence for a strong intrinsic dependence of the molecular gas depletion time on metallicity. We study the relationship between the gas and the star formation rate across a range of size scales from 20 pc to ≧̸1 kpc, including how the scatter in τ dep mol changes with the size scale, and discuss the physical mechanisms driving the relationships. We compare the metallicity-dependent star formation models of Ostriker et al. and Krumholz to our observations and find that they both predict the trend in the data, suggesting that the inclusion of a diffuse neutral medium is important at lower metallicity.
Partial morphometrics and meristic evaluation of the two species mudskippers: Scartelaos tenuis (Day, 1876) and Periophthalmus waltoni (Koumans, 1941) from the Persian Gulf, Bushehr, Iran

Mudskippers are index of fish in the tidal mud region. 50 species of Scartelaos tenuis and 52 species of Periophthalmus waltoni were collected from the Persian Gulf, Iran in order to partial evalution of morphological and meristic characteristics. The mean weight, total length and standard length of S. tenuis were measured 11.17, 134.4 and 105.7 mm, respectively and for P. waltoni was obtained 11.93, 107.8 and 89.02 respectively. The number of vertebrae in S. tenuis and P. waltoni were counted 23-29 and 2427 respectively. The regression equation the length and weight of S. tenuis and P. waltoni were W= 0.0005 L 2.0506 and W= 0.00001 L2.9519 respectively. Results of gut and food preference index evaluation showed that the main food in S. tenuis was mussels, while for P. waltoni Was Crabs. Relative length of the gut (RLG) showed that S. tenuis tend to omnivores and P. waltoni tend to carnivores. Growth patterns were calculated for S. tenuis and P. waltoni 6.14671 and 0.403199 respectively. According to t-table the shower of b were less than 3, growth pattern for S. tenuis and P. waltoni were negative allometric and isometric respectively. The estimation of maximum age for S.tenuis was estimated at 5 years and for P.waltoni 4 years.
Using Repertory Grid Analysis to gather qualitative data for information systems research

Repertory Grid Analysis (RepGrid) is a research method commonly used in a quantitative manner. This paper supports the argument that RepGrid is a suitable tool for information systems researchers to use in gathering qualitative data. This argument is based on experiences with using RepGrid as a qualitative tool in the preliminary stages of an information systems research project and concurs with the findings of two previous authors. The paper begins by describing the method and its potential applications. It then describes the specifics of the research setting and how and why RepGrid was utilised. The authors’ findings in relation to the methods suitability are then presented; these are classified as either ‘limitations’ or ‘strengths’. Mechanisms for overcoming the limitations are detailed. These findings support the conclusion that RepGrid is a suitable tool for gathering qualitative data. The paper is of value to information systems researchers considering various qualitative data gathering techniques. It adds further weight to the findings of previous authors supporting the use of RepGrid and presents materials to assist those considering its use.
the measurement of competency Empirical research in vocational education and training 2 ( 2010 ) 1 , S . 41-63 urn : nbn

Across multiple societal sectors, demand is growing to measure individual and group competencies. This paper unpacks Hartig et al.’s (2008) competency definition as a complex ability construct closely related to real-life-situation performance to make it amenable to measurement. Unpacked following the assessment triangle (construct, observation, inference), competency measurement is exemplified by research from business, military and education sectors. Generalizability theory, a statistical theory for modeling and evaluating the dependability of competency scores, is applied to several of these examples. The paper then pulls together the threads into a general competency measurement model.