Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Local starburst galaxies and their descendants. Statistics from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Despite strong interest in the starburst phenomenon in extragalactic astronomy, the concept remains ill-defined. Here we use a strict definition of starburst to examine the statistical properties of starburst galaxies in the local universe. We also seek to establish links between starburst galaxies, post-starburst (hereafter postburst) galaxies, and active galaxies. Data were selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7. We applied a novel method of treating dust attenuation and derive star formation rates, ages, and stellar masses assuming a two-component stellar population model. Dynamical masses are calculated from the width of the H-alpha line. These masses agree excellently with the photometric masses. The mass (gas+stars) range is approximately 10( exp 9) - 10(exp 11.5) solar mass. As a selection criterion for starburst galaxies, we use, the birthrate parameter, b = SFR/SFR, requiring that b is greater than 3. For postburst galaxies, we use, the equivalent width of Hdelta in absorption with the criterion EW (sub Hdelta_abs) is greater than 6 A. Results. We find that only 1% of star-forming galaxies are starburst galaxies. They contribute 3-6% to the stellar production and are therefore unimportant for the local star formation activity. The median starburst age is 70 Myr roughly independent of mass, indicating that star formation is mainly regulated by local feedback processes. The b-parameter strongly depends on burst age. Values close to b = 60 are found at ages approximately 10 Myr, while almost no starbursts are found at ages greater than 1 Gyr. The median baryonic burst mass fraction of sub-L galaxies is 5% and decreases slowly towards high masses. The median mass fraction of the recent burst in the postburst sample is 5-10%. A smaller fraction of the postburst galaxies, however, originates in non-bursting galaxies. The age-mass distribution of the postburst progenitors (with mass fractions is greater than 3%) is bimodal with a break at logM(solar mass ) 10.6, above which the ages are doubled. The starburst and postburst luminosity functions (LFs) follow each other closely until M(sub r ) (is) approximately -21, when active galactic nuclei (AGNs) begin to dominate. The postburst LF continues to follow the AGN LF, while starbursts become less significant. This suggests that the number of luminous starbursts is underestimated by about one dex at high luminosities, because of having large amounts of dust and/or being outshone by an AGN. It also indicates that the starburst phase preceded the AGN phase. Finally, we look at the conditions for global gas outflow caused by stellar feedback and find that massive starburst galaxies are susceptible to such outflows.
Remittances, Financial Market Development, and Economic Growth: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean

Within a theoretical framework, the author analyzes the effects that both workers' remittances and financial intermediation have on economic growth. It is found, among other things, that remittances can have significant positive long-run effects on growth. The author confronts the implications of the theoretical model proposed with panel data for countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. After considering the effect of long-run investment and demographic variables, and controlling for fixed time and country effects, the empirical analysis indicates that financial intermediation tends to increase the responsiveness of growth to remittances. The overall conclusion is that making financial services more generally available should lead to even better use of remittances, thus boosting growth in these countries.
Survey of Protections from Buffer-Overflow Attacks

Buffer-overflow attacks began two decades ago and persist today. Over that time, many solutions to provide protection from buffer-overflow attacks have been proposed by a number of researchers. They all aim to either prevent or protect against buffer-overflow attacks. As defenses improved, attacks adapted and became more sophisticated. Given the maturity of field and the fact that some solutions now exist that can prevent most buffer-overflow attacks, we believe it is time to survey these schemes and examine their critical issues. As part of this survey, we have grouped approaches into three board categories to provide a basis for understanding buffer-overflow protection schemes.
PORE-WATER CHEMISTRY AND CARBONATE DIAGENESIS IN SEDIMENTS FROM LEG 115 : INDIAN OCEAN 1

Analyses of the Sr concentrations of interstitial fluids obtained from sediments squeezed during Leg 115 were used to estimate the rates and total amount of recrystallization of biogenic carbonates. The total amount of recrystallization calculated using this method varies from less than 1 % in sediments at Site 706 to more than 40% at Site 709 in sediments of 47 Ma. Five of the sites drilled during Leg 115 (Sites 707 through 711) were drilled in a depth transect within a restricted geographic area so that theoretically they received similar amounts of sediment input. Of these, the maximum rate of recrystallization occurred in the upper 50 m of Site 710 (3812 m). The amount of recrystallization decreased with increasing water depth at Sites 708 (4096 m) and 711 (4428 m), presumably as a result of the fact that most of the reactive calcium carbonate was dissolved before burial. We also observed significant alkalinity deficits at many of these sites, a condition which most likely resulted from the precipitation of calcium carbonate either in the sedimentary column, or during retrieval of the core. Precipitation of CaCO3 as a result of pressure changes during core retrieval was confirmed by the comparison of Ca and alkalinity from water samples obtained using the in-situ sampler and squeezed from the sediments. At Sites 707 and 716, the shallowest sites, no calcium or alkalinity deficits were present. In spite of our estimations of as much as 45% recrystallization at Site 709, all the carbonate sites exhibited what would be previously considered conservative Ca/Mg profiles, which varied from 1 to 0.5. By virtue of the position of these sites relative to known basaltic basement or through the actual penetration of basalt (i.e., Sites 706, 707 and 712), these sites are all known to be underlain by basalt. Our results suggest, therefore, that more positive Ca + /Mg gradients cannot necessarily be used as indicators of the nature of basement material.
The Potential of Biofertilizers to Improve Vegetative Growth, Nutritional Status, Yield and Fruit Quality of Flame Seedless Grapevines

Applying biofertilizers has been a good strategy in controlling chemical fertilization, reducing environmental pollution and obtaining safe produce. This investigation was initiated as an attempt for replacing the excessive application of mineral fertilizers partially with three biofertilizers namely Nitrobeine, Phosphorein and Halex for achieving an economical yield and improving vegetative growth of Flame seedless grapevines. The treatments were 100% of recommended mineral fertilizers dose/tree without microbial biofertilization (control) and 100% (T1), 75% (T2), 50% (T3) and 25% (T4) of recommended mineral fertilizers dose plus biofertilizers. Generally, results proved that shoot length, leaf area of treated trees with microbial biofertilization were significantly increased. All microbial fertilization treatments markedly affected leaf petiole nutrient element contents of Flame seedless grapevines. Leaf petiole nutrient element contents of N, P and K were increased in a significant manner. As for yield, clusters weight and berries quality, yield and clusters weights were significantly increased as microbial biofertilization were applied. T2 and T3 treatments recorded the highest yield and clusters weight. At the same time T2 produced high values of TSS % whereas T3 produced high values of acidity in comparison with the other treatments. At the end of the experiment, (T2) significantly increased remaining soil N as compared with control treatment.
Using literature circles to increase reading comprehension and student motivation

iii List of Figures vi List of Tables vii Chapter I: Introduction 1 Story of the Questions 3 Statement of the Research Problem and Question 5 Purpose Statement 5 Organization of the Thesis 8 Chapter II: Literature Review 10 Defining Literature Circles 12 Strategies for Implementation 15 Benefits of Literature Circles 18 Previous Research 19 Conclusion 23 Chapter III: Research Design/Methodology 25 Procedure of the Study 27 Data Sources 30 Data Analysis 30 Context 31 Community 31 School 31 Classroom 33
Prevalence and clinical characteristics of autism spectrum disorders in school-age children in Taif- KSA

Background: There has been a reported worldwide increase in the apparent prevalence of autism and related autism spectrum disorders, Such an increase, whether due to an actual increase in incidence of autism or better detection methods. Aims & Objective: To determine the prevalence and describe the clinical characteristics of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in school-age children. Material and Methods: The study proceeded in four steps: screening, sampling, and diagnostic assessment. All parents and teachers asked to complete the ASSQ. Children from regular schools were considered screen positive if they had a teacher-rated ASSQ score ≥10. Results: The result of the current study have shown that the overall prevalence of autism in the primary school of Taif district whose age ranged from 7 to 12 years was 0.035 % from a sample population of 22950 student , the prevalence of autism in male (0.031%) was greater than female (0.004%). The general characteristic of autistic disorders present in the sample population was concentrated on certain items mainly, Has a different style to communicate with others, either formally or informally (80 %), Deal with others with his own style (80%). Conclusion: The overall prevalence of autism in the primary school of Taif district whose age ranged from 7 to 12 years was 0.035 %.
The Effect of Foliar Application of Nano-chelate Super Plus ZFM on Fruit Set and some Quantitative and Qualitative Traits of Almond Commercial Cultivars

The nutritional problems in almond orchards have increased because of alkaline soils and insufficient nutrition. This study was done to evaluate the effect of nano-chelate super plus ZFM (Zinc, Iron and Manganese) spraying on quantitative and qualitative characteristics of almond commercial cultivars. This work was carried out in factorial experiment base on randomized complete block design with three replications. A factor involved different almond cultivars (Shokufeh, Monagha and Sahand) and B factor involved the time of nano-chelate super plus ZFM (2g/l) application with four time treatments T1: bud swelling phase, T2: two weeks after bloom end and T3: Application in two stages, bud swelling phase (T1) and two weeks after bloom (T2) and T4: control (spraying with water). Different traits, such as yield per shoot, initial and final fruit set; fruit abscission, length, width and fresh and dry weight of nut and concentration of microelements in leaves were measured. The results showed that the concentration of micro elements (Zn, Fe, Cu and Mn) in leaves increased significantly in all treatments especially when spraying in two stages compared to control. Also, the interaction of time of spraying and cultivar was significant in all measured traits except fruit abscission. The highest percentages of initial and final fruit set and yield per shoot were observed in Shokufeh cultivar and fertilizer spraying in two stages (T1 and T2), and the lowest percentage of initial and final fruit set was observed in control in all tested cultivars. The simple effect of spraying time on fruit abscission was significant in 1% level and also percentage of fruit abscission decreased about 25% compared to control in application in two times (T1 and T2).
Efficacy of Spa Therapy , Mud-Pack Therapy , Balneotherapy , and MudBath Therapy in the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis

1UOC Medicina Interna, Terapia Medica e Medicina Termale, Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina Termale, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy 2UOC Reumatologia, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità mediche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I, Roma, Italy 3Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Roma, Italy
OPTIMIZATION OF LAMINATED TUBES USING FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS

This work presents a methodology for minimum weight design of laminated composite tubes. The design variables are the number of plies and the thickness and fiber orientation of each ply. The formulation includes stress and stability constraints. Multiple loading cases can be considered. A highly efficient axi-symmetric finite element formulation was developed and implemented for structural analysis. The stresses in the material system are used to compute the safety factor of the laminate using an appropriate failure criterion. The design optimization is performed using a sequential quadratic programming (SQP) algorithm. The proposed methodology is successfully applied to the design optimization of laminated composite tubes subjected to internal and external pressure, axial load and torsion. Several application examples are presented.
End-Effector Trajectory Tracking Control of Space Robot with Gain Performance

This paper presents a novel solution to the control problem of end-effector robust trajectory tracking for space robot. External disturbance and system uncertainties are addressed. For the considered robot operating in free-floating mode, a Chebyshev neural network is introduced to estimate system uncertainties and external disturbances. An adaptive controller is then proposed. The closed-loop system is guaranteed to be ultimately uniformly bounded. The key feature of this proposed approach is that, by choosing appropriate control gains, it can achieve any given small level of gain disturbance attenuation from external disturbance to system output. The tracking performance is evaluated through a numerical example.
Corporate Political Donations: Investment or Agency?

We examine corporate donations to political candidates for federal offices in the United States from 1991 to 2004. Firms that donate have operating characteristics consistent with the existence of a free cash flow problem, and donations are negatively correlated with returns. A $10,000 increase in donations is associated with a reduction in annual excess returns of 7.4 basis points. Worse corporate governance is associated with larger donations. Even after controlling for corporate governance, donations are associated with lower returns. Donating firms engage in more acquisitions and their acquisitions have significantly lower cumulative abnormal announcement returns than non-donating firms. We find virtually no support for the hypothesis that donations represent an investment in political capital. Instead, political donations are symptomatic of agency problems within firms. Our results are particularly useful in light of the Citizens United ruling, which is likely to greatly increase the use of corporate funds for political donations.
TOWARD AN EMPIRICAL THEORY OF PULSAR EMISSION. XI. UNDERSTANDING THE ORIENTATIONS OF PULSAR RADIATION AND SUPERNOVA “KICKS”

Two entwined problems have remained unresolved since pulsars were discovered nearly 50 yr ago: the orientation of their polarized emission relative to the emitting magnetic field and the direction of putative supernova “kicks” relative to their rotation axes. The rotational orientation of most pulsars can be inferred only from the (“fiducial”) polarization angle of their radiation, when their beam points directly at the Earth and the emitting polar fluxtube field is ∥ to the rotation axis. Earlier studies have been unrevealing owing to the admixture of different types of radiation (core and conal, two polarization modes), producing both ∥ or ⊥ alignments. In this paper we analyze some 50 pulsars having three characteristics: core radiation beams, reliable absolute polarimetry, and accurate proper motions (PMs). The “fiducial” polarization angle of the core emission, we then find, is usually oriented ⊥ to the PM direction on the sky. The primary core emission is polarized ⊥ to the projected magnetic field in Vela and other pulsars where X-ray imaging reveals the orientation. This shows that the PMs usually lie ∥ to the rotation axes on the sky. Two key physical consequences then follow: first, to the extent that supernova “kicks” are responsible for pulsar PMs, they are mostly ∥ to the rotation axis; and, second, most pulsar radiation is heavily processed by the magnetospheric plasma such that the lowest altitude “parent” core emission is polarized ⊥ to the emitting field, propagating as the extraordinary (X) mode.
Draft Genomic relationships among sixteen Avena species based on ( ACT ) 6 trinucleotide repeat

Complete List of Authors: Luo, Xiaomei; Sichuan Agricultural University Tinker, Nicholas; Ottawa Research and Development Centre Zhou, Yong-Hong; Sichuan Agricultural University Wight, Charlene; Ottawa Research and Development Centre Liu, Juncheng; Sichuan Agricultural University Wan, Wenlin; Sichuan Agricultural University Chen, Liang; Sichuan Agricultural University Peng, Yuanying; Triticeae Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University,
The Effect of Human Resource Management Practices on Business Performance among Private Companies in Malaysia

The aim of this study was to identify commonly HRM practices effect on Malaysian private companies’ performance. We found support for the four HRM practices are found to be correlated with the business performance based on responses from 153 managers from Selangor based private firms in Malaysia. Regression results showed that training and development, team work, compensation/incentives, HR planning, performance appraisal, and employees security have positive and significant influence on business performance with the exception for compensation/incentives and employees security.
Evaluation of Knowledge and Practice of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Tehran University Medical Sciences Hospitals-2016

iabetes mellitus is becoming a worldwide health problem as a result of sedentary lifestyle and obesity epidemic with an increasing prevalence during last decades. Diabetic micro and macro vascular complications are widespread in both developing and developed countries (1). In 2000 there were approximately 171 million diabetic patients around the world and it is estimated to be 334 million by 2025 which is almost double (2). Based on recent studies the prevalence of diabetes in Iran has become higher than anticipated rising to 11.4% in Iranian adults between 25 and 70 years. This increase is approximately one million newly diagnosed Iranian diabetics during a 7-year D 1. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Vali-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2. Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Vali-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3. Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center (EMRC), Vali-Asr Hospital, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
QUALITY OF PLYWOODS OBTAINED FROM Melia azedarach COMBINED WITH Pinus taeda, PRODUCED WITH UREA-FORMALDEHYDE AND PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE RESINS

Abstract This study was developed to evaluate the quality of plywood produced from Melia azedarach in combination with Pinus taeda , glued with urea-formaldehyde resin (UF) and phenol formaldehyde (PF). Panels were produced using five veneers of Melia azedarach only, five veneers of Pinus taeda and also with faces made of Melia azedarach and core with Pinus taeda . The panels were evaluated by glue line shear tests and by static bending in parallel and perpendicular directions. The higher contents of extractives in Melia azedarach wood did not reduce the glue line shear strength between the layers. For both UF and PF glues, panels produced with veneers of Melia azedarach showed better results on static bending and glue line shear tests. The results indicate great potential of Melia azedarach wood in plywood production, both for internal use (UF), and for external use (PF). Keywords : Cinamomo; wood veneer; glue line.
The Linkage Between Public and Private Investment: A Co-integration Analysis of a Panel of Developing Countries

This study uses panel data from 19 developing countries from 1980 to 1997 to examine the impact of public investment on private investment. A model is developed to identify both the short run and long-run effects of public investment on private investment, builds in the role of uncertainty on investment, and uses co-integration tests on panel data to check the time series properties of the data. The empirical results show that public investment is complementary to private investment in developing economies, and that credit constraints restrict the amount of private investment.
The Influence of a Brief Mindfulness Induction on the Neural Response to Errors

The present study assessed the ability of a mindfulness meditation induction to affect the brain’s error monitoring process, as indexed by the error-related negativity (ERN), error positivity (Pe), and error-related alpha suppression (ERAS). Participants (n=37) engaged in a mindfulness of breathing audio exercise or attended to a control listening exercise, depending on condition, to examine the influence of the mindfulness induction on error-related neural phenomena and performance on the Stroop test. Self-report measures of mindfulness, anxiety, and worry were also collected, including the Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ), the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), the State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI), and a brief survey assessing prior mindfulness experience. Analysis of participants’ self-report, EEG, and performance data indicated no influence of the mindfulness induction on the ERN, Pe, or task performance. Instead, these two ERP components were related to individual self-report measures. However, ERAS did respond to the mindfulness induction, as participants in the mindfulness condition showed enhanced alpha power following control trials relative to controls. Together, these data suggest that neural responses to errors are predicted in complex ways by individual differences in mindfulness and anxiety. Findings are discussed as they relate to the adaptive role of mindfulness practices. MINDFULNESS AND ERROR MONITORING 3
Experimental Analysis of Out-of-Plane Structural Vibrations of Two-Wheeled Vehicles

An analysis of the handling and stability of two-wheeled vehicles depends on structural flexibility. This paper deals with laboratory experimentation carried out to identify the vehicle's structural modes of vibration. The tests were carried out in stationary conditions considering several combinations of constraints. Although the testing conditions did not correspond completely to actual road conditions, information about the influence of structural modes on weave and wobble modes was obtained. An analysis of the Frequency Response Functions obtained from several kinds of tests made it possible to establish the best testing conditions to obtain the desired information. Experimental results regarding a super-sport motorcycle and a maxi-scooter are presented and discussed in this paper.