Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Physical properties of the HAT-P-23 and WASP-48 planetary systems from multi-colour photometry

Accurate and repeated photometric follow-up observations of planetary-transit events are important to precisely characterize the physical properties of exoplanets. A good knowledge of the main characteristics of the exoplanets is fundamental to trace their origin and evolution. Multi-band photometric observations play an important role in this process. By using new photometric data, we computed precise estimates of the physical properties of two transiting planetary systems. We present new broad-band, multi-colour, photometric observations obtained using three small class telescopes and the telescope-defocussing technique. For each of the two targets, one transit event was simultaneously observed through four optical filters. One transit of WASP-48 b was monitored with two telescopes from the same observatory. The physical parameters of the systems were obtained by fitting the transit light curves with {\sc jktebop} and from published spectroscopic measurements. We have revised the physical parameters of the two planetary systems, finding a smaller radius for both HAT-P-23 b and WASP-48 b, $R_{b}=1.224 \pm 0.037 R_{Jup}$ and $R_{b}=1.396 \pm 0.051 \, R_{Jup}$, respectively, than those measured in the discovery papers ($R_{b}=1.368 \pm 0.090 R_{Jup}$ and $R_{b}=1.67 \pm 0.10 R_{Jup}$). The density of the two planets are higher than those previously published ($\rho_{b}$ ~1.1 and ~0.3 $\rho_{jup}$ for HAT-P-23 and WASP-48 respectively) hence the two Hot Jupiters are no longer located in a parameter space region of highly inflated planets. An analysis of the variation of the planet's measured radius as a function of optical wavelength reveals flat transmission spectra within the experimental uncertainties. We also confirm the presence of the eclipsing contact binary NSVS-3071474 in the same field of view of WASP-48, for which we refine the value of the period to be 0.459 d.
Theory of valuing building life-cycle investments

The physical adaptability of buildings is very important in today's fast-changing business environment. The actors who invest in long-term adaptability are positioned better to the changes during the life cycle of a building. This conceptual paper argues that the current dominating real estate (property) investment analysis theories do not accommodate enough building design-related information (i.e. physical asset characteristics), which results in long-term loss of competitiveness and unsustainable use of built environment resources. It is demonstrated that physical asset characteristics can create valuable real options that should be acknowledged in real estate investment analysis and management. The real estate investment literature has not so far been able to produce a widely accepted financial model for justifying life-cycle investments. A theory is proposed here that can be used to value life-cycle investments in buildings. This new theory combines of real options valuation, investment analysis and building component life-cycle design. These themes are used to formulate a conceptual framework for valuing life-cycle investments. The framework is intuitive and transparent, and it can be easily added to current spreadsheet investment analysis tools.
Cardiovascular risk rate in hypertensive patients attended in primary health care units: the influence of pharmaceutical care

Cardiovascular complications are relevant due to their frequency and severity on the hypertension scenario. Studies refer Pharmaceutical Care (PC) as capable of decreasing cardiovascular risk rate (%CVR) on hypertensive patients. This study aimed to investigate, through a randomized clinical assay, the influence of PC service on the %CVR of hypertensive patients assisted in a health primary care unit from Fortaleza-Ceara. Two study groups were formed: i. Intervention Group (IG), which received orientation about taking medicines, actions aiming to prevent/solve medicine interactions and adverse effects and non-pharmacological interventions for 9 months and, ii. Control Group (CG), which received traditional assistance of the unit and was monitored during the same period. It was observed a statistically significant reduction on %CVR (10.76 to 7.86; p=0.04) and systolic blood pressure levels (SBP) (137.69 to 131.54; p<0.01) in the IG, while, in the CG, there was no significant alteration. 151 Drug Related Problem (DRP) were identified and it was realized 124 pharmaceutical interventions, with 89.2% of them resulting on solution/prevention of the problem. Our findings indicated that the inclusion of the PC service in the hypertensive health assistance was more effective at the %CVR and the SBP reduction in comparison to the traditional assistance offered.
Testing a eustress–distress emotion regulation model in British and Spanish front-line employees

Studies suggest that suppressing emotions required by occupational roles (i.e., surface acting [SA]) can lead to employees’ emotional exhaustion. In contrast, trying to experience the emotions required by the role (i.e., deep acting [DA]) appears to be a less harmful strategy for the employee. However, problems with 1 of the mainstream measures of DA call for a reexamination of the construct’s operationalization and a clarification of its consequences. Furthermore, an integrated model explaining the differential outcomes of the 2 main emotion regulation (ER) strategies (SA and DA) is also required. Building on eustress–distress literature, it was hypothesized that cognitive reappraisal (a suggested operationalization of DA) would be associated with perception of thriving customer interactions, eliciting the eustress response (i.e., increased efficacy and commitment). It was also expected that suppression would be associated with perception of draining customer interactions, emotional exhaustion, and turnover intentions. Importantly, in line with the eustress–distress model, no cross-relationships between the eustress and distress route were hypothesized. A cross-national study comprised theme park employees from Spain (N = 208) and the United Kingdom (N = 204) and multigroup confirmatory factor analysis was used. Hypotheses were supported therefore the eustress–distress model offers a plausible explanation of the work-related ER outcomes. As an ER strategy, cognitive reappraisal may promote perceptions of thriving customer interactions that in turn generates opportunities to develop valued personal resources and organizationally desirable attitudes. Organizations should invest in individually based interventions to assist employees in interpreting customer demands in less harming ways.
Contrastive Study of English and Chinese Word Order from the Perspective of Figure-ground Theory—A Case Study of The Moonstone and Its Chinese Version

The relationship between human language behavior and cognition can be reflected by the Figure-Ground Theory in cognitive science. In the frame of cognition, figure is more prominent. It is the focus of attention; ground is less prominent and it provides the cognitive reference for the figure. In English expression, figure is usually put on the prominent position. This article points out the similarities and differences between English and Chinese word order by comparing English and Chinese sentences from The Moonstone written by Wilkie Collins. It delves into their cognitive differences through cognition pattern. English adopts cognitive model from figure to ground, while Chinese takes the order from ground to figure. According to the analysis of the article, a conclusion is made that the difference between English and Chinese word order lies in different cognitive models .
Morphometric sexual maturity and allometric growth of the crab Sesarma rectum Randall, 1840 (Crustacea: Sesarmidae) in an impacted tropical mangrove in northeast Brazil

The size at sexual maturity and the allometric growth of the semi-terrestrial crab Sesarma rectum were studied in an impacted tropical mangrove in northeast Brazil. Crabs were monthly collected during spring low-tide periods, from October 2009 through September 2010. A catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) technique was used to sample the crab population, with two-hour sampling periods, by two people. A total of 492 crabs were obtained, being 262 males and 230 females. The specimens were measured at carapace width (CW), the left and right propodus length and height (RPL, RPH, LPL and LPH), and the gonopod length of males (GL), and abdomen width (AW) of females. In males, the inflection point was at 27.14 mm CW in the relationship between CW and the length of right propodus (LRP), considering the morphological size at the onset of maturity. Based on the relationship between CW and AW, the size at sexual maturity in females was 22.97 mm. In spite of living in an impacted area, this population attained the maturity onset at a bigger size than other localities. RESUMEN. La madurez sexual morfométrica y el crecimiento alométrico del cangrejo semiterrestre Sesarma rectum fueron estudiados en un manglar tropical modificado en el noreste de Brasil. Los cangrejos fueron colectados mensualmente durante los períodos de marea baja desde octubre 2009 a septiembre 2010. Para obtener una muestra representativa de la población se utilizó la de captura por unidad de esfuerzo con de de
Formation of Trioctahedral Illite from Biotite in a Soil Profile over Granite Gneiss

Clay fractions separated from the A2, B, and C horizons of a soil formed on granite gneiss showed X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) spacings characteristic of trioctahedral illite. The trioctahedral illite was derived from biotite, and its development through various stages of weathering was followed by optical and electron microscopy combined with electron microanalysis. In the initial stages of weathering, Fe2+ within biotite was oxidized, without the loss of much K. During this process, biotite flakes became slightly buckled and fractured. Solutions moved into the damaged flakes leading to chemical weathering and exfoliation along cleavages and angular fractures. Major exfoliation broke up the flakes into segments, which themselves contained minor exfoliations and alterations along cleavage planes. The extent of exfoliation and alteration continued until thinner and shorter segments consisted almost wholly of thin (< 0.25 µm), parallel wafers separated by less compact layers of particles and microaggregates. The segments finally lost their shape and divided into clay-size particles. Parts of the thin wafers had the same chemical composition (and structure) as the original, intact flakes of oxidized biotite. The same parts of wafers retained some of the optical properties of the original biotite, and, when broken down to clay, they produced the XRD spacings of 10 and 1.54 Å, typical of fine-grained, trioctahedral mica (illite).
Analysis of the Ensemble and Polynomial Chaos Kalman Filters in Bayesian Inverse Problems

We analyze the Ensemble and Polynomial Chaos Kalman filters applied to nonlinear stationary Bayesian inverse problems. In a sequential data assimilation setting such stationary problems arise in each step of either filter. We give a new interpretation of the approximations produced by these two popular filters in the Bayesian context and prove that, in the limit of large ensemble or high polynomial degree, both methods yield approximations which converge to a well-defined random variable termed the analysis random variable. We then show that this analysis variable is more closely related to a specific linear Bayes estimator than to the solution of the associated Bayesian inverse problem given by the posterior measure. This suggests limited or at least guarded use of these generalized Kalman filter methods for the purpose of uncertainty quantification.
Effect of storm scale on surface runoff volume

Dynamic hydrologic models of areas that are potentially larger than characteristic storm sizes must give explicit consideration to the effect of storm size on the rainfall-runoff process. The local response of an element of the modeled area can be parametrized in terms of proportion of saturated and impermeable area and infiltration parameters of the unsaturated permeable areas. When a very simple spatial description of the storm depth and duration is provided, it is possible to integrate the local response over the entire area to obtain the average, or lumped, input-output behavior of the large area on a volume basis. Where infiltration-excess runoff is significant, the rainfall-runoff response of a large area is extremely sensitive to the storm size, with a fixed volume of precipitation producing more runoff when it is concentrated over smaller areas. Where saturated or impermeable source areas provide most of the surface runoff, this scale effect on runoff volume is absent. Whenever the effect is significant, it becomes important for rainfall-runoff models to include not only the rainfall volume but also some description of its areal variability, as forcing variables.
Islamic Versus Conventional Mutual Funds Performance in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study

Using a sample of Islamic and conventional mutual funds managed by HSBC, the fourth largest fund manager in Saudi Arabia, from January 2003 to January 2010, we examine their risk-return behavior by employing a number of performance measures such as Sharpe, Treynor, Jensen Alpha and their variants. We divide the sample period in four segments such as full period, bull period, bearish period and financial crisis period to analyze further if these two funds performance differ from each other. We also examine the market timing and selectivity of HSBC managers of their portfolio performance. We find that Islamic funds underperform Conventional funds during full period and bullish period, but they overperform conventional funds during bearish and financial crisis period. Such results are consistent with prior studies with other Islamic and conventional mutual funds. HSBC managers are good at showing timing and selectivity for Islamic funds during bearish period, and for conventional funds during bullish period. One important portfolio lesson from this case study is that Islamic mutual funds do offer hedging opportunity for investors during economic downturns because of the restrictions that Islamic law imposes on portfolio selection. باستعمال عينة من الصناديق الإسلامية والتقليدية المدارة من قبل (HSBC)، رابع أكبر مدير صناديق استثمارية في المملكة العربية السعودية، في الفترة الواقعة بين كانون الأول 2003م وكانون الأول 2010م، قمنا بفحص خصائص العائد والمخاطرة لهذه الصناديق باستعمال عدد من مقاييس الأداء مثل نسبة شارب (Sharpe Ratio)، ومعامل ترينر (Treynor)، ومعامل جنسن (Jensen Alpha) بصيغها المختلفة. قمنا بتقسيم فترة الدراسة لأربع فترات تشمل: 1- كامل الفترة المدروسة 2- فترة الصعود 3- فترة الهبوط و4- فترة الأزمة المالية وذلك لتحليل ومقارنة أداء الصناديق المدروسة في كل منها. قمنا أيضا بدراسة توقيت السوق والقدرة الاختيارية لمدراء المحافظ في (HSBC). وجدنا أن الصناديق الإسلامية لا تجاري الصناديق التقليدية في الأداء عند أخذ كامل الفترة المدروسة بعين الاعتبار وكذلك عند التركيز على فترة الصعود. بالمقابل وجدنا أن الصناديق الإسلامية تتفوق في الأداء على نظيرتها التقليدية في فترات الهبوط وفي فترة الأزمة المالية. هذه النتائج بشكل عام تأتي مؤكدة لنتائج دراسات سابقة في هذا المجال. كما تظهر النتائج أن مدراء المحافظ الإسلامية في (HSBC) يملكون قدرة جيدة على توقيت السوق واختيار الأصول في فترات الهبوط بينما مدراء المحافظ التقليدية يملكون قدرة جيدة على توقيت السوق واختيار الأصول في فترات الصعود. أهم الدروس المستفادة من الدراسة العملية هذه أن الصناديق الإسلامية تقدم للمستثمرين تحوطا جيدا في فترات الركود الاقتصادي بسبب القواعد التي يفرضها الاستثمار الإسلامي على اختيار الأصول.
Second Order Nonlinear Inelastic Analysis of Composite Steel-Concrete Members. II: Applications

In the companion paper, a total Lagrangian finite element (FE) model was formulated for the second order nonlinear inelastic analysis of steel–concrete composite members. This paper describes the implementation of the incremental–iterative procedure for the FE model. It has been found that using the standard tangent modulus matrix in an incremental–iterative solution procedure may cause error accumulations. These errors in turn lead to an unsafe drift from the yield surfaces, and the yield criteria may be violated. Consequently, the quadratic asymptotic rate of convergence of the Newton–Raphson method is lost. To solve this problem, a consistent tangent modulus matrix is needed in the incremental–iteration solution process, and this is described. This paper presents the implementation of the FE model and shows how to use the constitutive models in the companion paper in association with the uniaxial stress–strain relations including that for confined concrete. Some of the applications of the FE model to various problems are also shown in this paper. The comparisons between numerical and experimental results demonstrate that the FE model provides excellent numerical performance for the nonlinear inelastic analysis of steel–concrete composite members.
Investigation of structure and hydrogen bonding of super-hydrous phase B ( HT ) under pressure using first principles density functional calculations

High pressure behaviour of superhydrous phase B(HT) of Mg10Si3O14(OH)4 (Shy B) is investigated with the help of density functional theory based first principles calculations. In addition to the lattice parameters and equation of state, we use these calculations to determine the positional parameters of atoms as a function of pressure. Our results show that the compression induced structural changes involve cooperative distortions in the full geometry of the hydrogen bonds. The bond bending mechanism proposed by Hofmeister et al [1999] for hydrogen bonds to relieve the heightened repulsion due to short H---H contacts is not found to be effective in Shy B. The calculated O-H bond contraction is consistent with the observed blue shift in the stretching frequency of the hydrogen bond. These results establish that one can use first principles calculations to obtain reliable insights into the pressure induced bonding changes of complex minerals.
Mangrove transgression into saltmarsh environments in south‐east Australia

The landward transgression of man- groves into saltmarsh environments in the estuaries of south-east Australia over the last five decades is established as a widespread trend through a review of a number of independent studies. This process is occurring in a range of geomorphic settings, and in some cases reversing the direction of longer-term vegetation change. Several hypotheses are advanced to explain this occurrence, including increases in rainfall, revegetation of areas cleared for agriculture, altered tidal regimes or estuary water levels, and increases in nutrient levels and sedimentation.
Bromine and iodine chemistry in a global chemistry-climate model: description and evaluation of very short-lived oceanic sources

The global chemistry-climate model CAM-Chem has been extended to incorporate an expanded bromine and iodine chemistry scheme that includes natural oceanic sources of very short-lived (VSL) halocarbons, gas-phase photochemistry and heterogeneous reactions on aerosols. Ocean emissions of five VSL bromocarbons (CHBr 3 , CH 2 Br 2 , CH 2 BrCl, CHBrCl 2 , CHBr 2 Cl) and three VSL iodocarbons (CH 2 ICl, CH 2 IBr, CH 2 I 2 ) have been parameterised by a biogenic chlorophyll- a (chl- a ) dependent source in the tropical oceans (20° N–20° S). Constant oceanic fluxes with 2.5 coast-to-ocean emission ratios are separately imposed on four different latitudinal bands in the extratropics (20°–50° and above 50° in both hemispheres). Top-down emission estimates of bromocarbons have been derived using available measurements in the troposphere and lower stratosphere, while iodocarbons have been constrained with observations in the marine boundary layer (MBL). Emissions of CH 3 I are based on a previous inventory and the longer lived CH 3 Br is set to a surface mixing ratio boundary condition. The global oceanic emissions estimated for the most abundant VSL bromocarbons – 533 Gg yr −1 for CHBr 3 and 67.3 Gg yr −1 for CH 2 Br 2 – are within the range of previous estimates. Overall the latitudinal and vertical distributions of modelled bromocarbons are in good agreement with observations. Nevertheless, we identify some issues such as the reduced number of aircraft observations to validate models in the Southern Hemisphere, the overestimation of CH 2 Br 2 in the upper troposphere – lower stratosphere and the underestimation of CH 3 I in the same region. Despite the difficulties involved in the global modelling of the shortest lived iodocarbons (CH 2 ICl, CH 2 IBr, CH 2 I 2 ), modelled results are in good agreement with published observations in the MBL. Finally, sensitivity simulations show that knowledge of the diurnal emission cycle for these species, in particular for CH 2 I 2 , is key to assess their global source strength.
The Influence of Involvement with Faculty and Mentoring on the Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement of African American and Latino College Students.

African American and Latino college students were surveyed to examine the influence of involvement with faculty and mentoring on self-efficacy and academic achievement. It was hypothesized that involvement with faculty and mentoring were related to greater academic achievement. It was suggested that the relationship of these factors was mediated by self-efficacy. Involvement with faculty and self-efficacy were significantly related to academic achievement. The relationship between involvement with faculty and better academic achievement was partially explained by higher self-efficacy. Possible explanations for mentoring not being predictive of academic achievement in this sample were provided and the significance of faculty-student interactions was discussed.
Asymmetrical Flow Simulation of Icing Effects in S-Duct Inlets at Angle of Attack

Abstract The effect of flow angularity on an S-duct inlet with icing is computationally investigated. Flow angularity is simulated through angle-of-attack, and sideslip in addition to asymmetrical ice accretion on the inlet lip. A commercial CFD code, STAR-CCM+ is used for the steadystate computations with the shear-stress transport (SST) k-ω turbulence model. Symmetrical and asymmetrical glaze ice shapes are computationally simulated on the inlet lip. The symmetrical glaze ice uniformly covers the entire cowl lip; whereas the asymmetrical glaze ice is simulated on a 1/4 sector of the inlet lip and is positioned on top, bottom or side of the inlet lip. The results indicate that flow angularity, whether in angle-of-attack or sideslip, aggravates the low performance of inlets with icing. The total pressure recovery suffers an additional ~2% loss and the inlet mass flow rate drops by ~7% when the inlet is at +20° angle of attack, as compared to zero angle, for flight Mach number of 0.34. The extent of loss in total pressure and a drop in mass flow rate depends on the asymmetrical icing location as well as the inlet angle-of-attack and sideslip. In addition, the ice-induced flow blockage is identified as a critical inlet performance parameter, since the symmetrical (360°) glaze ice with its wider flow blockage creates a lower total pressure recovery than the asymmetrical (90°) glaze ice at all angles of attack or sideslip.