Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Late-time VLA reobservations rule out ULIRG-like host galaxies for most pre-Swift long-duration gamma-ray bursts

DAP acknowledges support from a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship within the Horizon 2020 European Union (EU) Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (H2020- MSCA-IF-2014-660113). Support for this work was also provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) through an award issued by JPL/Caltech. The National Radio Astronomy Observatory is a facility of the National Science Foundation operated under cooperative agreement by Associated Universities, Inc. We acknowledge useful conversations with and comments from D. A. Frail, and from D. Watson, M. Michalowski, and D. A. Kann. We thank the referee for helpful comments. We also thank A. Levan for supplying HST imaging for several of the host galaxies.
Insights on the history of Anthropology: its emergence in the wider Middle East before it existed as a discipline

Before anthropology existed as a discipline, important grounding relating to different aspects of the study of humanity were present in many ancient writings of some Islamic Renaissance scholars in the wider Middle East such as Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, a Persian scholar (973-1048) and Ibn Khaldoun, a Tunisian scholar (1332-1406). In this paper I present briefly the scientific and cultural products of these scholars particularly those concerning anthropological subjects. I present also some important anthropological concepts and conclusions presented in their famous studies which represent the foundation of anthropology. Thus, this paper represents a contribution to the universal history of anthropology. The knowledge of this history and that of previous and current problems specific to anthropology would help to develop a real global anthropology. Key words: History of anthropology, Wider Middle East, Founders of anthropology, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni, Ibn Khaldoun, Global anthropology.
Street Geometry Design and its Effect on Mean Radiant Temperature : A Parametric Study based on Numerical Modelling

The role of urban design parameters in outdoor thermal comfort has been widely discussed in recent decades (Mayer and Höppe,1987; Pearlmutter et al., 1999; Nikolopoulou and Steemers, 2003; Johansson and Emmanuel, 2006). In general, the conditions of outdoor thermal comfort in urban environment are controlled by street canyon geometry and their orientations as they affect the radiative balance within street canyons (Masmoudi and Mazouz, 2004; Emmanuel and Johansson, 2006; Johansson, 2006; Thorsson et al., 2011; Lindberg et al., 2014). Surface albedo also affects the amount of radiation absorbed by building and ground surfaces (Erell et al., 2014). It therefore implies that climate-sensitive urban planning and design, particularly at street level, can contribute to better outdoor thermal comfort in urban environment.
Antimicrobial, heavy metal resistance and plasmid profile of coliforms isolated from nosocomial infections in a hospital in Isfahan, Iran

The antimicrobial, heavy metal resistance patterns and plasmid profiles of Coliforms (Enterobacteriacea) isolated from nosocomial infections and healthy human faeces were compared. Fifteen of the 25 isolates from nosocomial infections were identified as Escherichia coli, and remaining as Kelebsiella pneumoniae. Seventy two percent of the strains isolated from nosocomial infections possess multiple resistance to antibiotics compared to 45% of strains from healthy human faeces. The difference between minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values of strains from clinical cases and from faeces for four heavy metals (Hg, Cu, Pb, Cd) was not significant. However most strains isolated from hospital were more tolerant to heavy metal than those from healthy persons. There was no consistent relationship between plasmid profile group and antimicrobial resistance pattern, although a conjugative plasmid (>56.4 kb) encoding resistance to heavy metals and antibiotics was recovered from eight of the strains isolated from nosocomial infections. The results indicate multidrug-resistance coliforms as a potential cause of nosocomial infection in this region. Key words : Nosocomial infection, plasmid profile, antimicrobial resistance, Escherichia coli, Kelebsiella pneumoniae. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol.2(10) 2003: 379-383
Protein quality of selected edible animal and plant protein sources using rat bio-assay

Protein efficiency ratio (PER) and protein digestibility are important parameters used in protein quality determination. Protein nutritive values of selected protein sources: buffalo meat, casein, soy protein isolate, and tempeh, with sodium caseinate as a reference formulation, were evaluated. Determination of proximate analysis, protein quality and protein digestibility were monitored. Procedures for evaluation of protein quality and digestibility included PER using the rat bioassay and in vivo Apparent Protein Digestibility (APD). The rats fed with buffalo meat had the highest mean increase in body weight (102.73g±8.95) while rats fed with tempeh had the lowest mean for increase in body weight (16.34g±9.11). Although the mean for body weight gained showed significant differences between all treatments (P<0.05), there was no significant difference (P>0.05) found between casein and soy protein isolate for total food intake. For the PER value, buffalo meat had the highest value (2.99), followed by sodium caseinate (2.41), casein (1.93), soy protein isolate (1.52) and tempeh (1.10). The PER value for buffalo meat (2.99) was higher than sodium caseinate (2.41) while the rest of the treatment were comparatively lower than sodium caseinate. For the in vivo apparent protein digestibility, tempeh had the highest value (91.41%±3.76), followed by casein (91.34%±3.15), buffalo meat (90.79%±1.44), soy protein isolate (89.52%±2.96) and sodium caseinate (89.47%±2.31).
Structural unsafety revealed by failure databases

After several major structural incidents in the Netherlands, such as the collapse of five balconies in Maastricht in 2001 resulting in two fatalities, various initiatives have been started to improve structural safety. Research studies were initiated on the characteristics, causes and consequences of structural incidents. In this paper the results of three of these research studies are compared. Each study uses different data sources: a confidential reporting system called ABC registration, Dutch arbitration awards on functional and structural failures and a study of structural incidents mentioned in a newspaper for the building industry, called Cobouw. A comparison of the results shows variations due to the type of sources used. However, general patterns have been derived from the three studies. The cause of structural failure on average was approximately 35% in the design phase, approximately 30% in the construction phase and approximately 10% in the use and maintenance phase. This paper shows that contrasting and combining results of different sources has improved the overview of structural incidents and has provided an insight into trends.
Cuticular ridge patterns of seven species of Ostertagiinae (Nematoda) parasitic in domestic ruminants

The cuticular ridge patterns (synlophes ) of 7 species of Ostertagia and Teladorsagia were studied. Different synlophes were found for Ostertagia ostertagi, Ostertagia leptospicularis, and Teladorsagia circumcincta. The other 4 species had synlophes identical to 1 of the 3 different patterns. The synlophe of Ostertagia lyrata was identical to that of O. ostertagi, that of Ostertagia kolchida was identical to that of O. leptospicularis, and both Teladorsagia trifurcata and Teladorsagia davtiani had synlophes identical to T. circumcincta. Previous studies with other trichostrongyloi d nematode s indicated the synlophe to be useful for separating species . Thus, the absenc e of differences in the synlophes within these 3 groups of species provides new evidence to suppor t the proposal for polymorphism in the Ostertagiinae . Ostertagia leptospicularis and O. kolchida could be separate d from the other species by an elongated esophagea l valve.
ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF WOOD EXTRACTS OF COMBRETUM HARTMANNIANUM , ACACIA SEYAL AND TERMINALIA BROWNIE

1 Faculty of Sciences and Arts-Alkamil, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 110 Alkamil 21931, Saudi Arabia. 2 Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Agricultural Studies, Sudan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 71, Khartoum North, Sudan. 3 The National Centre for Research, Environment and Natural Resources Research Institute, Khartoum, Sudan. 4 Department of Organic Chemistry, College of Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, P.O. Box , Khartoum, Sudan.
Upper-Ocean Thermal Structure and the Western North Pacific Category 5 Typhoons. Part I: Ocean Features and the Category 5 Typhoons’ Intensification

Abstract Category 5 cyclones are the most intense and devastating cyclones on earth. With increasing observations of category 5 cyclones, such as Hurricane Katrina (2005), Rita (2005), Mitch (1998), and Supertyphoon Maemi (2003) found to intensify on warm ocean features (i.e., regions of positive sea surface height anomalies detected by satellite altimeters), there is great interest in investigating the role ocean features play in the intensification of category 5 cyclones. Based on 13 yr of satellite altimetry data, in situ and climatological upper-ocean thermal structure data, best-track typhoon data of the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center, together with an ocean mixed layer model, 30 western North Pacific category 5 typhoons that occurred during the typhoon season from 1993 to 2005 are systematically examined in this study. Two different types of situations are found. The first type is the situation found in the western North Pacific south eddy zone (SEZ; 21°–26°N, 127°–170°E) and the Kuroshio (21°–30.
On a new non-local formulation of water waves

The classical equations of water waves are reformulated as a system of two equations, one of which is an explicit non-local equation, for the wave height and for the velocity potential evaluated on the free surface. Evaluation of the velocity potential as a function of the depth is not required in order to calculate the wave height and the velocity potential on the free surface. The non-local system yields integral relations related to mass and centre of mass, and is shown to reduce to known asymptotic limits in shallow and deep water. Included in these asymptotic reductions are the Boussinesq, Benney–Luke and nonlinear Schrödinger equations. Two-dimensional lumps with sufficient surface tension are obtained numerically. The extension of this non-local formulation to the case of a variable bottom is also presented.
Ophiolitic rocks of the Middle America Trench landward slope off Guatemala: deformational characteristics and tectonic significance.

Dismembered ophiolitic rocks including abundant sheared, serpentinized peridotite (mostly harzburgite) and minor basalts, dolerites, gabbros, and altered metabasites (mainly altered amphibolite) were drilled at most of the sites on the upper to lower Middle America Trench landward slope off Guatemala during Leg 84 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project. These rocks show characteristic Cataclastic deformation with zeolite facies metamorphism and alteration after amphibolite and greenschist facies metamorphism. These features indicate that the rocks originated in mid-oceanic ridge, offridge, and possibly other areas including island arc areas and were metamorphosed under a high geothermal gradient at low pressure. They were then structurally deformed and mixed within a serpentinite melange. Such ophiolite melanges may have been emplaced onto the Trench landward slope area during the initiation of subduction of the Cocos Plate. The emplacement seems to be connected to that of the Nicoya Complex in Costa Rica. The slope cover from early Eocene to Recent shows no history of these metamorphic and deformational events, therefore the emplacement of the dismembered ophiolitic rocks occurred at least before the early Eocene. The dismembered ophiolite-based Trench landward slope off Guatemala is a newly documented style of subduction, which has also recently been found at the easternmost edge of the Philippine Sea Plate along the Izu-Mariana-Yap Trench landward slope.
Running head : PROVIDER PRODUCTIVITY AND PATIENT SATISFACTION 1 Primary Care Provider Productivity : the Effect on Patient Satisfaction in the Military Health System

1. Purpose / Hypothesis: In May 2014, Defense Secretary, Chuck Hagel, ordered a comprehensive review of the Military Health System, which compared it to three civilian healthcare organizations of similar size, budget, and scope. In response to the survey, the Army Surgeon General stated the need to improve both access and patient satisfaction. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of provider productivity on patient satisfaction. After an extensive literature review, we hypothesized, as provider productivity increased, patient satisfaction would increase as well. 2. Participants: This study uses a simple random sample of all Army health care encounters. 3. Design / Methods: This study was a quasi-experimental, one-group post-test only design, using secondary data from the Army Provider Level Satisfaction Survey tool and the Practice Management Revenue Model. The unit of analysis was at the individual provider level. The data was cross-sectional, and includes survey results from July 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. We conducted an associative, multiple linear regression using SPSS v21.0. 4. Findings / Results: Provider productivity levels have no statistically significant effect on patient satisfaction scores. 5. Conclusions: Leaders should not adjust provider productivity goals with an expectation of affecting patient satisfaction scores. 6. Value / Relevance: Our research provides military health care leaders with the ability to evaluate their physicians’ productivity levels and patient satisfaction scores, with confidence that productivity levels do not affect patient satisfaction.
The Response of Industrial Production to the Price of Oil: New Evidence for Thailand

This paper examines the oil price-industrial production nexus in Thailand by using multivariate cointegration test. In addition, Granger causality is also used to examine the impact of oil price uncertainty on industrial production growth. The main focus of this paper is on one sector of the economy, i.e., manufacturing sector. Monthly data from 1993 to 2015 are utilized. Empirical results reveal that there is a stable long-run relationship between industrial production and real oil price along with other variables. Industrial production adjusts rapidly to shocks to lending rate, price level and oil price. Furthermore, there exists long-run causality running from lend rate, price level and oil price to industrial production. Furthermore, industrial production growth does not respond to oil price shock and oil price uncertainty. These findings give policy implication.
Improved ambient noise correlation functions using Welch's method

SUMMARY Here, we evaluate the improvement in noise correlation functions (NCFs) gained by dividing ambient seismic records into shorter, overlapping time windows before correlation and stacking (Welch's method). We compare waveform convergence of short duration NCF stacks (e.g. 2, 5, 15 and 50 d stacks) towards the long-term (365 d) NCF stack. We observe short duration NCF improvement when applying Welch's method for non–pre-processed and running normalized time-series and short duration NCF degradation when applied to a ‘one-bit’ normalized time-series. Surprisingly, non–pre-processed time-series provides the quickest convergence to a robust (year-long) NCF. Because of the simplicity of Welch's method, the improved NCF convergence and a minimal increase in computation, we recommend applying Welch's method for future ambient seismic field analyses. Using this approach will likely improve future NCF analyses, particularly for studies with limited duration recordings, high levels of intermittent local or site noise and studies attempting to evaluate temporal variations in subsurface structure.
Identification and characterization of a cluster of genes involved in biosynthesis and transport of acinetoferrin , a siderophore produced by Acinetobacter haemolyticus ATCC 17906 T

Received 27 November 2012 Revised 7 January 2013 Accepted 25 January 2013 Laboratory of Hygienic Chemistry, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University, 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama 790-8578, Japan Laboratory of Infectious Disease, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Matsuyama University, 4-2 Bunkyo-cho, Matsuyama 790-8578, Japan Department of Microbiology, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan
Empirically downscaled temperature scenarios for northern Europe based on a multi-model ensemble

A number of empirically downscaled climate scenarios are presented for 115 locations in northern Europe, based on 17 different global climate scenarios, different choices of regions from which the predictor fields are taken, and employing a technique based on common principal compo- nents. A total of 48 different scenarios are estimated for each location, and the ensemble of this is used as a first-order measure of the 'most likely' extrapolation of the current climatic trends. The ensemble spread provides a crude measure of the uncertainties associated with these scenarios. The scenario spread is also used to explore the sensitivity of the results to the choice of analysis details and to identify common traits. The relatively good agreement amongst the various climate models suggests that they point to a common pattern for the winter and that the results may be regarded as robust. The common principal component approach implicitly involves quality control of these cli- mate model scenarios, and the results suggest that most models produce realistic spatial temperature patterns, regardless of model resolution and sophistication.
Rheologic controls on slab dynamics

Several models have been proposed to relate slab geometry to parameters such as plate velocity or plate age. However, studies on the observed relationships between slab geometry and a wide range of subduction parameters show that there is not a simple global relationship between slab geometry and any one of these other subduction parameters for all subduction zones. Numerical and laboratory models of subduction provide a method to explore the relative importance of different physical processes in determining subduction dynamics. Employing 2‐D numerical models with a viscosity structure constrained by laboratory experiments for the deformation of olivine, we show that the observed range in slab dip and the observed trends between slab dip and convergence velocity, subducting plate age, and subduction duration can be reproduced without trench motion (i.e., slab roll‐back) for locations away from slab edges. Successful models include a stiff slab that is 100–1000 times more viscous than previous estimates from models of plate bending, the geoid, and global plate motions. We find that slab dip in the upper mantle depends primarily on slab strength and plate boundary coupling, with a small dependence on subducting plate age. Once the slab sinks into the lower mantle the primary processes controlling slab evolution are (1) the ability of the stiff slab to transmit stresses up dip, (2) resistance to slab descent into the higher‐viscosity lower mantle, and (3) subduction‐induced flow in the mantle‐wedge corner.
ANALYTIC PRICING OF CONTINGENT CLAIMS UNDER THE REAL-WORLD MEASURE

This article derives a series of analytic formulae for various contingent claims under the real-world probability measure using the stylised minimal market model (SMMM). This model provides realistic dynamics for the growth optimal portfolio (GOP) as a well-diversified equity index. It captures both leptokurtic returns with correct tail properties and the leverage effect. Under the SMMM, the discounted GOP takes the form of a time-transformed squared Bessel process of dimension four. From this property, one finds that the SMMM possesses a special and interesting relationship to non-central chi-square random variables with zero degrees of freedom. The analytic formulae derived under the SMMM include options on the GOP, options on exchange prices and options on zero-coupon bonds. For options on zero-coupon bonds, analytic prices facilitate efficient calculation of interest rate caps and floors.
What Makes Some People Think Astrology Is Scientific?

Citizens in both North America and Europe are apt to read horoscope columns in newspapers and magazines. While some people read these casually and purely for entertainment, some believe that astrology has scientific status and can provide real insight into events and personality. Using data from a European survey, this article explores some of the reasons why some people think that astrology is scientific and how astrology is viewed in relation to other knowledge-producing practices. Three hypotheses in particular are tested. The first is that some Europeans lack the necessary scientific literacy to distinguish science from pseudoscience. The second is that people are confused about what astrology actually is. The third is derived from Adorno’s work on authoritarianism and the occult and postulates that those who adhere to authoritarian values are more likely to believe in astrological claims. Support is found for all three hypotheses.
U.S. Cigarette Smoking and Health Warnings: New Evidence From Post World War II Data

Abstract A framework was developed in order to specify a model for annual U.S. per capita consumption of cigarettes. Three separate time related variables were utilized to measure the effects of health related information regarding smoking. The empirical results from the post World War II data set reveal that while prices and income are important determinants of cigarette consumption, the estimates for both were in the inelastic range. The age distribution of the adult population is also an important variable. While the development of the filter tip has been successful in stimulating smoking, the low tar and nicotine innovation has not had a statistically significant effect. Health information has repeatedly produced substantial short and long run effects. Current consumption is falling at an annual rate of between 3 to 4 percent.
Nowcasting and Forecasting Economic Growth in the Euro Area Using Principal Components

Many empirical studies have shown that factor models produce relatively accurate forecasts compared to alternative short-term forecasting models. These empirical findings have been established for different macroeconomic data sets and different forecast horizons. However, various specifications of the factor model exist and it is a topic of debate which specification is most effective in its forecasting performance. Furthermore, the forecast performances of the different specifications during the recent financial crisis are also not well documented. In this study we investigate these two issues in depth. We empirically verify the forecast performance of three factor model approaches and report our findings in an extended empirical out-of-sample forecasting competition for quarterly growth of gross domestic product in the euro area and its five largest countries over the period 1992-2012. We also introduce two extensions of existing factor models to make them more suitable for real-time forecasting. We show that the factor models have been able to systematically beat the benchmark autoregressive model, both before as well as during the financial crisis. The recently proposed collapsed dynamic factor model shows the highest forecast accuracy for the euro area and the majority of countries that we have analyzed. The forecast precision improvements against the benchmark model can range up to 77% in mean square error reduction, depending on the country and forecast horizon.