Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in an Extratropical Cyclone in the Southwest Atlantic

This work shows an investigation of the behavior of heat fluxes in the processes of ocean-atmosphere interaction during the passage of an Extra-tropical Cyclone (EC) in the Southwest Atlantic in September 2006 using a coupled regional model’s system. A brief evaluation of the simulated data is done by comparison with air and sea surface temperature (SST) data, wind speed, sea level pressure. This comparison showed that both model simulations present some differences (mainly, the wind), nevertheless the simulated variables show quite satisfactory results, therefore allowing a good analysis of the ocean-atmosphere interaction processes. The simulated thermal gradient increases the ocean’s heat fluxes into the atmosphere in the cold sector of the cyclone and through the convergence of low level winds the humidity is transported to higher levels producing precipitation. The coupled system showed a greater ability to simulate the intensity and trajectory of the cyclone, compared to the simulation of the atmospheric model.
A case study of learning strategies of older adults attending an English course

This study explores the most frequently used learning strategies of a group of older adults in the city of Cuenca, Ecuador, attending an English course. Sixty-six participants (with an average age of 71.05) responded to the 50-item questionnaire on learning strategies of Oxford (1990). Statistical analyses and an analysis of correlation between sociodemographic variables were conducted to determine the prevailing learning styles of the intervention group and its relationship with the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants. The results indicate that older adults use all the strategies categorized by Oxford, predominantly the metacognitive ones, meaning that they mainly reflect, plan, monitor, and evaluate their own learning process. In addition, the results reveal the positive correlation of the variables age, level of English, and level of education and occupation before retirement. The three last-mentioned were found to be determinant in the preferences of the participants.
THE CONTENT OF PHENOLIC GLYCOSIDES AND MACROELEMENTS (K, Ca, Mg) IN THE BARK OF HERBAL WILLOWS

The willows with high phenolic glycosides concentrations are used in herbal production. The knowledge about these metabolites are well documented, but less is known about macroelement concentration in the bark of herb willows. The aims of this study were to evaluate the content of phenolic glycosides and macroelements in the bark of Salix alba, S. daphnoides and S. purpurea originating from their natural habitats and cultivated on the two different soil types. The study was carried out in 2009 and 2010 on a 5-6 year-old plantation. All the species cultivated on the loess soil were characterized by the highest concentration of phenolic glycosides in the bark. The soil type under wil- low plantation determined both the content of phenolic glycosides and the content of mac- roelements in the bark of all the three willow species. Calcium primarily determined the difference in the chemical composition of the bark. Among the species studied, Salix alba was characterized by the highest content of K, Ca and Mg in the bark, compared to the other species studied, irrespective of the soil conditions.
Titre : Title : Metabolomics and in-silico analysis reveal critical energy deregulations in animal models of Parkinson ’ s disease Auteurs :

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a multifactorial disease known to result from a variety of factors. Although age is the principal risk factor, other etiological mechanisms have been identified, including gene mutations and exposure to toxins. Deregulation of energy metabolism, mostly through the loss of complex I efficiency, is involved in disease progression in both the genetic and sporadic forms of the disease. In this study, we investigated energy deregulation in the cerebral tissue of animal models (genetic and toxin induced) of PD using an approach that combines metabolomics and mathematical modelling. In a first step, quantitative measurements of energy-related metabolites in mouse brain slices revealed most affected pathways. A genetic model of PD, the Park2 knockout, was compared to the effect of CCCP, a complex I blocker. Model simulated and experimental results revealed a significant and sustained decrease in ATP after CCCP exposure, but not in the genetic mice model. In support to data analysis, a mathematical model of the relevant metabolic pathways was developed and calibrated onto experimental data. In this work, we show that a short-term stress response in nucleotide scavenging is most probably induced by the toxin exposure. In turn, the robustness of energy-related pathways in the model explains how genetic perturbations, at least in young animals, are not sufficient to induce significant changes at the metabolite level. Citation: Poliquin PO, Chen J, Cloutier M, Trudeau L-É, Jolicoeur M (2013) Metabolomics and In-Silico Analysis Reveal Critical Energy Deregulations in Animal Models of Parkinson’s Disease. PLoS ONE 8(7): e69146. doi:10.1371/journal.pone. 0069146 Editor: Mark R. Cookson, National Institutes of Health, United States of America Received April 14, 2013; Accepted June 4, 2013; Published July 23, 2013 Copyright: 2013 Poliquin et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: This work was supported by an NSERC Discovery grant (M.J.), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (M.J.), the Canada Research Chair program (M.J.), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (L.-E.T.), and the Brain Canada Foundation (Krembil Foundation) (L.-E.T.). The funders had a specific role in study design (M.J.), data collection (M.J. and L.-E.T.) and analysis (M.J.), decision to publish (M.J.), and preparation of the manuscript (M.J. and L.-E.T). Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. * E-mail: mario.jolicoeur@polymtl.ca
Dynamic Pricing in the Hair & Beauty Industry Case

Dynamic pricing has become increasingly popular especially on electronic marketplaces with the help of the rise of modern computer systems. Essentially a form of price discrimination and a means of revenue management and maximization, dynamic pricing has been most widely studied and used in the air travel and hospitality industries. In the very core, dynamic pricing is based on being able to accurately estimate demand for a certain product or service. Electronic marketplaces make demand forecasting easier for businesses in many cases, so dynamic pricing becomes possible for a variety of industries. In my thesis I have studied different factors that affect the probability of sale of a certain time slot in a marketplace selling appointments for hair & beauty services. The research data consists of 62 137 available time slots during the month of November 2017. The data was analyzed in R and a Generalized Linear Model (GLM) with a binomial variance function and a logit link function was fitted to study regressions. My research proves that time of day, proximity to center, consumer ratings and weekday all have a statistically significant effect on whether a particular time slot is sold or not. The results concerning the effect of consumer ratings and proximity to center (location) are in alignment with previous research from the hospitality industry. The effect of time of day or weekday on the likelihood of sale had not been researched before in a relevant industry. It seems that to develop a deeper understanding of the factors affecting likelihood of sale and thus demand in the hair & beauty industry more variables would have to be taken into account. This seems like a feasible subject for further research. Also, a similar study from a different servicebased industry would be interesting.
Food Safety for Escherichia coli O 157 and Other Pathogenic Shiga Toxin-Producing Strains

Preharvest food safety refers to the concept of reducing the rates of contamination of unprocessed foods with food-borne disease pathogens in order to reduce human exposure and disease. This article addresses the search for effective preharvest food safety practices for application to live cattle to reduce both contamination of foods of bovine origin and environmental contamination resulting from cattle. Although this research has resulted in several practices that significantly decrease contamination by Escherichia coli O157, the effects are limited in magnitude and unlikely to affect the incidence of human disease without much wider application and considerably higher efficacy than is presently apparent. Infection of cattle with E. coli O157 is transient and seasonally variable, likely resulting from a complex web of exposures. It is likely that better identification of the true maintenance reservoir of this agent and related Shiga toxin-producing E. coli is required to develop more effective control measures for these important foodand waterborne disease agents.
Sooner or Safer : How Do People Balance Risk Against Time ?

Intertemporal and risky choices are two very important research streams in the behavioral literature. They both have received a lot of attention, especially since recurrent anomalies have been discovered with respect to Constant Discounting and Expected Utility models respectively. Prelec and Loewenstein (1991) have put forward that similar behavioral drivers may be operating behind risk and delays and have presented what they called a “common approach”. Keren and Roelofsma (1995) went beyond, showing that risk and delays, due to cross effects, must be considered jointly, in an integrated way. In this context, to construct a performant model of decision making allowing for both risk and delay, it is highly relevant to determine how people balance risk against time. An important integrated model, the Probability-Time Trade-Off Model, assumes that this trade-off is constant (Baucells and Heukamp, 2012). This paper challenges the constant trade-off assumption out of consistency with previous findings and presents an alternative theoretical hypothesis. It also sketches an empirical pilot test of this alternative. Its results give ground for the alternative even if they are not statistically significant, reinforcing the critic of the probability-time constant trade-off hypothesis.
Edinburgh Research Explorer 3D non-rigid registration using color

Research into object deformations using computer vision techniques has been under intense study in recent years. A widely used technique is 3D non-rigid registration to estimate the transformation between two instances of a deforming structure. Despite many previous developments on this topic, it remains a challenging problem. In this paper we propose a novel approach to non-rigid registration combining two data spaces in order to robustly calculate the correspondences and transformation between two data sets. In particular, we use point color as well as 3D location as these are the common outputs of RGB-D cameras. We have propose the Color Coherent Point Drift (CCPD) algorithm (an extension of the CPD method [1]). Evaluation is performed using synthetic and real data. The synthetic data includes easy shapes that allow evaluation of the e ↵ ect of noise, outliers and missing data. Moreover, an evaluation of realistic ﬁgures obtained using Blensor is carried out. Real data acquired using a general purpose Primesense Carmine sensor is used to validate the CCPD for real shapes. For all tests, the proposed method is compared to the original CPD showing better results in registration accuracy in most cases.
Satisfaction with the Life of Neurogeriatric Patients Satysfakcja z życia pacjentów neurogeriatrycznych

Introduction. The concept of life satisfaction means a multi-factorial assessment, which is based mainly on such two premises as: satisfaction with experienced years and satisfaction with the present life. When examining the satisfaction of a person’s life, certain aspects of existence, on the basis of which the individual makes the assessment based on individual criteria, are analyzed. Aim. The aim of the study was to assess the life satisfaction of elderly patients hospitalized in neurological wards. Material and Methods. The research was carried out in hospitals in the city of Lublin, in the departments of neurology. The study involved 102 older people. The youngest respondent was 65 and the oldest was 90 (average age 74.36±6.78). The research was carried out using the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Results. The average result in the Satisfaction with Life Scale which the respondents obtained was 16.27±5.00. After converting the result into stens, 54.9% of respondents obtained low results (stens 1–4). 39.2% obtained average results (stens 5–6), and 5.9% high scores (stens 7–10). Conclusions. Self-evaluation of the life satisfaction of older patients in neurological wards was at a low level. The assessment of satisfaction with life significantly differentiated such variables as: sex, marital status, education, the fact of who the respondent lives with, and the place of residence. (JNNN 2018;7(4):145–149)
P o S ( W C 2 0 0 4 ) 0 0 1 String Theory on AdS 3

This lecture is a short review of string theory on three dimen sio al anti-de Sitter spacetime. We critically examine the important progress achieved in rece nt y ars, emphasizing the relevance of the AdS/CFT correspondence in our comprehension of the theo ry, and pointing out some issues which remain unclear. We discuss various aspects of the Feig in-Fuchs construction of this nonrational conformal field theory.
4 Birds , Basal Metabolic Rate and the Food Habits Hypothesis : Within Species Comparisons

The food habits hypothesis (FHH) stands as one of the most striking and often-cited interspecific patterns to emerge from comparative studies of endothermic energetics. The FHH identifies three components of diet that potentially produce variability in mass-independent BMR, i.e. food quality, food availability, and food predictability or environmental productivity. The hypothesis predicts that species with diets of low energy content and/or low digestibility should evolve low mass-independent BMRs. The effects of food habits on BMR have been widely investigated at the interspecific level, but the variation between individuals and populations has been largely ignored. Our focus is to compare predictions derived from interspecific studies with data collected from within-species studies to explore the mechanisms and functional significance of adaptive responses predicted by the food-habits hypothesis among birds. We conclude that if BMR is correlated with daily energy expenditure, then organisms that can lower BMR will reduce daily energy expenditure and hence, food requirements. Birds that lower BMR in stressful environments may increase survival. Nevertheless, the mechanism (s) by which birds eating a low quality diet reduce BMR and whether lower BMR affects fitness remain to be determined [Current Zoology 56 (6): 759–766, 2010].
飞行控制, 84931796 Aircraft Fault Tolerant Control Based on Two-stage Approach and Interior Point Method

The main objective of this paper is how to make the best use of remaining available actuators when an aircraft with an aerodynamic actuator failure tries to perform a guidance maneuver. Considering the flight dynamics of a transportation aircraft can be expressed as an input affine nonlinear system, a two-stage control approach is adopted here. At the first stage, nonlinear inverse control technique is used to generate virtual inputs related to the intended maneuver. At the second stage, an actuator reassignment problem how to achieve necessary virtual inputs by remaining available actuators is considered. Taking into account the physical limits of the remaining actuators and of the aircraft structure, the problem is formulated as a quadratic programming problem to get the corresponding control signals sent to the remaining actuators. The proposed solution method for this quadratic mathematical programming problem is based on a primal-dual path following interior point method. Numerical simulation studies based on the nonlinear aircraft models show that the proposed solution approach appears to provide acceptable response times to perform accurately the guidance maneuver.
Academics ’ Perceptions of the Effects of Globalization on Turkish Foundation

While western countries are coping with the challenges arising from globalization, a key question being asked is whether the same or similar challenges are dominating a country that is trying to become westernized but regarded as a Muslim-European-Asian country. This study, therefore, attempts to explore academics’ perceptions regarding the impact of the globalization process on higher education institutions in a country like Turkey that has a different culture, history, language, and so on, compared to other European communities. Analyses are based on qualitative interviews with 19 academics working at two foundation universities in Turkey. Findings of the study reveal that globalization has affected university policies in the areas of goals, marketing policies and the professional development opportunities provided for academics.
Consequences of Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Supernova Remnants on their Evolution – the Case of RX J 0852 . 0-4622 ( Vela Jr )

Galactic cosmic rays are generally assumed to be accelerated in supernovae and their remnants. The acceleration of the particles is attributed to their repeatedly interaction with the supernova remnant shock front. Model calculations have shown that a significant fraction of the supernova explosion energy can be converted to energy of cosmic rays. The feedback of this large energy transfer on the dynamical evolution and its impact on the age estimates of supernova remnants is addressed. True ages might be significantly lower than the standard Sedov ages. The impact is described by a quantitative model, which is tested on RX J0852.0-4622 (Vela Jr). Independent of this test conclusions are drawn about the evolution and lifetime of shell-type X-ray synchrotron sources and TeV gamma-ray sources associated with supernova remnants.
Herding in Equity Crowdfunding Markets-Heterogeneity Between Experts and Amateurs

In crowd-based investment markets a heterogeneous group of individuals consisting of amateurs and experts collectively make investment decisions that were previously left to experts. Being carried out publicly on online platforms, the funding process gives these individuals the opportunity to observe actions of peers before deciding for themselves. Using a unique dyadic panel data set that tracks crowd-based investments into startups with information at individual investor level, we study how individuals are influenced in their investment decisions by prior actions of peers. In line with herding behaviour, we find evidence that individuals are more likely to invest into campaigns with higher cumulative investment amounts. Counterintuitively, investors are at the same time less likely to invest into campaigns that exhibit higher counts of prior investors. Thus, individuals herd after expert investors, who account for the majority of provided funding, and actually herd away from the general amateur crowd. Examining different motivations for this behaviour at investor-level, we find two distinct patterns. First, herding after experts is stronger among investors, who are experts themselves and search for signals of valuable private information in pursuit of financial returns. Second, amateur investors also thrive for non-financial motives and consider peer investors as competition for their own meaningful impact. Herding in Equity Crowdfunding Markets Heterogeneity Among Experts and Amateurs
θ-Reflections from the Next Generation of Forecasters 1

The theta method, in its simplest implementation as applied by Assimakopoulos and Nikolopoulos (2000), had a robust performance in a wide variety of data. This chapter investigates ways to expand the theta method and further improve its forecasting performance. We argue that theta is a framework rather than a method. For example, different or more theta lines may be considered, theta lines may be extrapolated by alternative forecasting methods or unequal combinations of the forecasts may be calculated. We propose a “robust” theta method that incorporates a theta line representing the seasonally-adjusted data and extrapolated by Damped exponential smoothing as well as a short-term linear trend line. Finally, we explore the various open-source theta implementations.
The Effectiveness of Guided Inquiry-Based Learning to Train Critical Thinking Skills in High School Level

This study aimed to describe the effectiveness of guided inquiry based learning to train critical thinking skills on ecosystem topic in the high school level. The trial test in this study involved 10 graders of SMA Negeri 1 Sumenep in the second semester of academic year 2017/2018 by implementing the modified guided inquiry based learning devices. The research design was that used in this study was One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Data of students’ critical thinking skills were obtained from students' answers to the six critical thinking skills instruments. The results obtained from this study is in the form of critical thinking skills data of students viewed from the gain score and students’ mastery learning outcomes. The gain score obtained by the students has an average of 0.74 which categorized as high. Moreover, the percentages of students' mastery learning data showed that 100% of students succeeded after being given the treatment. Based on these data, it can be concluded that guided inquiry based learning enables students to practice their critical thinking skills on ecosystem topic. Keywords—guided inquiry, critical thinking skills, lerning devices development, ecosystem, high school
Transplantation of Cardiac Mesenchymal Progenitor Cell Sheets for Myocardial Vascularization after an Infarction ( Experimental Study )

1 Институт экспериментальной кардиологии, Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр кардиологии Минздрава России, Россия, 121552, Москва, ул. 3-я Черепковская, д. 15а. 2 НИИ общей реаниматологии им. В. А. Неговского ФНКЦ РР, Россия, 107031, Москва, ул. Петровка, д. 25, стр. 2. 3 Факультет Фундаментальной медицины, Московский государственный университет им. М. В. Ломоносова, Россия, 119192, г. Москва, Ломоносовский пр-т, д. 31-5