Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Simple flavor protection for the Randall-Sundrum model

We present a simple variation of warped flavor models where the hierarchies of fermion masses and mixings are still explained but dangerous flavor-violating effects in the Kaon sector are greatly reduced. The key new ingredients are two horizontal U(1) symmetries. These symmetries forbid flavor violation in the down-quark sector (with the exception of IR brane localized kinetic mixing terms for the left-handed quarks) while allowing for flavor violation in the up-quark sector. The leading flavor constraints come from D 0 - D 0 mixing, and are safely satisfied for the Kaluza-Klein mass scale of order 3 TeV. Our analysis of the flavor constraints includes the effects of the (usually ignored) brane localized kinetic terms. We also comment on the effects of the additional U(1) gauge bosons that are present if the horizontal symmetries are gauged.
Thermal-vision monitoring of processes of heating and microcirculation of blood accompanying low-intensity laser therapeutic procedures

Temperature fields on the surface of skin and the parameters of the microcirculation of blood in the skin accompanying various procedures of low-intensity laser therapy have been investigated by means of an IRTIS-2000ME digital thermograph and a LAKK-M spectrophotometric diagnostic complex. It is shown that changes of the parameters of the microcirculation of the blood in the skin accompanying both surface laser procedures and intravenous laser irradiation of the blood, if they were observed, were always accompanied by changes of the temperature of the skin surface.
Infection Rate of Trichomonas vaginalis Among Women In Baqubah City

Background: Trichomoniasis is the most common sexually transmitted parasites in the world. The infection rate is differ from one area to another due to several factors such as age of patients, educational level, host immune response and others. Objectives: To determine the infection rate of Trichomonas vaginalis in women admitted to Al-Batool Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Children in Baqubah city. Patients and methods: Cross-sectional study consist of 1192 women admitted to Gynecological Outpatient Clinics in Al-Batool Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Children in Baqubah city during the period from 1 January 2016 till 31 December 2016. Full information had been taken directly from all women complains of symptoms such as vaginal itching, burning, a foul-smelling vaginal discharge. Females subjected to this study were classified into different groups, pregnant and non-pregnant women and all of them were screened for Trichomonas vaginalis by wet mount examination and other microorganisms by different stain. Result: Laboratory examination results showed that 148(12.41%) specimens from 1192 were positive for Trichomonas vaginalis, it was found that the highest rate of infection was recorded in non-pregnant women (75.67%) compared to pregnant women (24.32%) also there was significant difference between both of them. Assessment of infection rate among different age groups demonstrated that the highest infection rate was in the ages of greatest sexual activities from 26-35 years old. As for the infection status, it was found that the higher proportion of single infection 28(77.78%) and 60(53.58%) were recorded among pregnant women and non-pregnant women respectively than double infection, co-infection status revealed that bacterial infection 5(62.50%) was more than Candida albicans 3(37.50%) in pregnant women, while Candida albicans showed high frequency 36(69.23%) than bacterial infection in non-pregnant women, there was no significant differences noticed between trichomoniasis and history of abortion. Conclusion: Infection rate of Trichomonas vaginalis is intermediate among females in Baqubah city; single infection has a higher rate compare with co-infection with bacteria and Candida albicans.
Microstructure and Relative Humidity Effects on Long-Term Indentation Creep Properties of Calcium Carbonate Cement

This paper addresses the effect of both microstructure and relative humidity on the long-term creep properties of sustainable calcium carbonate (CaCO3) cements. Those can be prepared by mixing amorphous calcium carbonate and vaterite with water. A larger starting amount of vaterite, XV, within the mixture design gives a higher elasticity and resistance to the specimens due to the larger overall bridging area within the newly formed calcite crystals. Regarding creep properties for a given relative humidity, the amplitude of creep strain decreases with XV, and makes the relation between the elastic modulus, E, and hardness, H, of the samples to be linear with the contact creep modulus, C. On the other hand, for a given composition, the amplitude of creep increases with the relative humidity, making the contact creep modulus, Ci, to rise exponentially with the elastic modulus, E, and hardness, H, of the specimens. The most probable creep mechanisms for this kind of cement seem to be a combination of microcraking in the early stages and dissolution and reprecipitation of calcite in the long-term (also known as pressure solution theory). The presence of water in pores with increasing relative humidity might enhance the local dissolution of calcite, and hence the creep amplitude.
Traditional Risk Factors in Hypertensive Women and Men with Ischemic Heart Disease

Background: Ischemic heart disease is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in Europe. It occurs often in women, and its prevalence increases with age. Hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease are at highest risk and thus are the most important target of secondary prevention strategies. The purpose of this study was the identification of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in group of patients with known cardiovascular disease. Material and methods: One hundred seventy-six patients took part in this cross -sectional study, which included 72 women and 104 men. Statistical analysis was performed with Microsoft Excel and SPSS 17 Programs. Results: The average age of the patients was 66 for women and 68 for men. Obesity (BMI >30) was found more among women. We haven’t found statistically significant differences between the sexes regarding lipid profile, this being a common risk factor for both men and women. New cases of diabetes have been discovered in 19%. Conclusions: Traditonal cardiovascular risk factors are present both in women and men with hypertension and ischemic heart disease.The target levels for lipids suggested by secondary prevention guides are not achieved by a large number of patients.
Geographic Concentration and Firm Survival

If localization economies are present, firms within denser industry concentrations should exhibit higher levels of performance than more isolated firms. Nevertheless, research in industrial organization that has focused on the influences on firm survival has largely ignored the potential effects from agglomeration. Recent studies in urban and regional economics suggests that agglomeration effects may be very localized. Analyses of industry concentration at the MSA or county-level may fail to detect important elements of intra-industry firm interaction that occur at the sub-MSA level. Using a highly detailed dataset on firm locations and characteristics for Texas, this paper analyses agglomeration effects on firm survival over geographic areas as small as a single mile radius. We find that greater firm density within very close proximity (within 1 mile) of firms in the same industry increases mortality rates while greater concentration over larger distances reduces mortality rates.
Growth and formation of annual zones in whole otoliths of Greenland halibut, a slow-growing deep-water fish

There is currently no generally agreed and validated method for age estimation of Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) from otoliths, and ageing of intermediate sized individuals of this deep-water flatfish is considered particularly uncertain. To estimate otolith growth and annual zone formation in this size range, a large oxytetracycline tagging experiment was undertaken in 2005–08 in the nursery grounds north of the Svalbard Archipelago. By January 2015, 89 of the recaptured fish had both been at large for between 1 and 6 years and had reliable length measurements at release and recapture; 29 of the recaptures were returned with whole otoliths and with a chemical time stamp that allowed identification of otolith growth patterns during time at large. Four age readers interpreted the otoliths without knowing the position of the time stamps. The expected number of zones during time at large was between three and six for 79% of recaptures, and the mean reader bias was only 0.04–0.56 years. Juvenile growth was quantified and the data were analysed in relation to sex and recapture area. This study contributes to a fully validated ageing method for use in stock assessments of this commercially important species.
MgO/Fe(001) and MgO / Fe ( 001 ) − p ( 1 × 1 ) O interfaces for magnetic tunnel junctions: A comparative study

The chemical, structural, and electronic properties of MgO/Fe(001) and $\text{MgO}/\text{Fe}(001)\text{\ensuremath{-}}p(1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1)\text{O}$ interfaces for magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) have been widely investigated by means of electron spectroscopy. In particular, we present a detailed analysis of the spin-resolved electronic structure above the Fermi level, carried out by spin-polarized inverse photoemission and absorbed current spectroscopy. The MgO barrier presents good crystallinity and sharp interfaces when grown both onto Fe(001) and $\text{Fe}(001)\text{\ensuremath{-}}p(1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1)\text{O}$. Moreover, we find that the exchange splitting of unoccupied bands is essentially the same for the two MgO/Fe interfaces, even though it is different for the two starting surfaces, being larger in $\text{Fe}(001)\text{\ensuremath{-}}p(1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1)\text{O}$ than in Fe(001). Our findings indicate that $\text{Fe}(001)\text{\ensuremath{-}}p(1\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}1)\text{O}$ is a good candidate for the realization of heterostructures for magnetic tunnel junctions because of its high chemical stability and reproducibility, as compared to clean Fe(001).
Expression of Lymphtoxin-α and their Receptor among Aborted Women Infected with Human Cytomegalovirus

Background: Human cytomegalovirus infection is significant health problems in pregnant women around the world and considered major causes of morbidity in the fetus and neonate placenta. Objectives: To assess the frequency of human cytomegalovirus infections in product of conceptus tissues of pregnant women with spontaneous abortion in relation to expression of lymphotoxin alpha and their receptor. Patients and methods: Fifty products of conceptus tissues samples were collected from pregnant women who referred due to a spontaneous abortion attended at Al-Batool Teaching Hospital for Maternity and Children in Baqubah City, Iraq during the period from November 2013 till April 2014. Some characteristics such as age, gestational age, last history of abortion and gravity were recorded. The human cytomegalovirus antigen, lymphotoxin alpha and lymphotoxin beta receptor were detected by immunohistochemistry technique (IHC). Result: Eighteen out of 50 (36%) in product of conceptus tissues of aborted women cases were positive for human cytomegalovirus, but statistical analysis showed insignificant difference at P>0.05. The expressions of lymphotoxin α and receptor TLβRs were detected in most aborted women infected with human cytomegalovirus, 23 (46%) and 16 (32%) respectively. Multiple variables were evaluated, the positive cases of lymphotoxin alpha and lymphotoxin beta receptor showed that 19 about (82.60%) and 14 about (87.5%) respectively were aborted in the first trimester; most women had third and fourth time abortion respectively. Majority of women were multiparous 12(52.17%) and 10(62.50%) respectively. Non-significant difference was noticed with different parameters difference. Conclusion: Lymphotoxin α and their receptor TLβRs may play an important role in recurrent abortions with human cytomegalovirus, further delineation of the molecular mechanisms controlling by lymphotoxin to designing strategies for targeted antiviral therapies.
Vastness properties of automorphism groups of RAAGs

Outer automorphism groups of right‐angled Artin groups, denoted Out (AΓ) , interpolate between Out (Fn) and GLn(Z) . We consider several vastness properties for which Out (Fn) behaves very differently from GLn(Z) : virtually mapping onto all finite groups, SQ‐universality, virtually having an infinite dimensional space of homogeneous quasi‐morphisms, and not being boundedly generated.
Correlation between Some Heavy Metals and Hepatic Enzymes of Carpenters Residing in Port-Harcourt , Nigeria

This study examined the correlation between some heavy metals (chromium, nickel, arsenic) and hepatic Aspartate transaminase, Alanine transaminase and Alkaline phosphatase (AST, ALT, ALP) in carpenters residing in Port-Harcourt. A total of 90 carpenters were used for the study. Blood samples were collected and analysed for chromium, nickel, arsenic, AST, ALT and ALP, using standard laboratory procedures. There were statistically significant positive correlations between chromium and the hepatic enzymes (AST, ALT and ALP). A statistically significant positive correlation also was observed between nickel and ALP. However, nonsignificant positive correlations were observed between arsenic and the hepatic enzymes (AST, ALT and ALP). There appears to be an association between the chromium, nickel and the hepatic enzyme levels of the carpenters in this study.
Hopelessness, stress, and perfectionism: The moderating effects of future thinking

It has been argued that a negative view of the future characterised by impaired positive future thinking is associated with increased hopelessness and suicide risk (e.g., MacLeod & Moore, 2000). Hence, the central focus of the two studies reported in this paper was to extend our knowledge of positive future thinking by investigating its relationship with established suicide risk factors: stress, perfectionism, and hopelessness. Study 1 demonstrates, for the first time, that positive future thinking moderates the relationship between stress and hopelessness. The findings of Study 2 replicated those found in Study 1 and they also supported the notion that perfectionism is best understood as a multidimensional construct and that its relationship with future thinking and hopelessness is not straightforward. The results are also discussed in terms of the relationship between the structure of affect and motivational systems.
Thermal Resistance of Local Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus

Currently, 40.87% of foodborne disease outbreaks in Indonesia are associated with homemade food. Staphylococcus aureus are probably important pathogens contributing to the food poisoning cases because they are natural microbiota that live in human body and could contaminate food due to poor sanitation and hygienic practices. Since most of Indonesian food is heavily heated, it is interesting to know whether S. aureus isolated from local food is more resistant to heat and whether common processing could actually inactivate a large number of these pathogens. The objective of this research is to evaluate the heat resistance of several isolates of S. aureus obtained from ready to eat (RTE) Indonesian traditional food. The study was conducted by inoculating 1 ml of late log phase S. aureus culture into 9 ml of heating menstruum (Trypticase Soy Broth) at 53, 54, 55, and 56 o C for 5, 7, 10 and 15 minutes. S. aureus surviving from the heating process was enumerated on Baird Parker Agar (BPA) media containing egg yolk tellurite after incubation for 48 hours at 35 o C. Thermotolerance parameters, i.e. D and Z values, were estimated using standard regression analysis based on log linier models. The result was used to estimate the adequacy of various cooking methods for several RTE Indonesian traditional food items. The D53, D54, D55, and D56 values of local isolates of S. aureus were 19.47-64.59 min, 13.42-23.8 min, 6.59-14.3 min and 5.17-8.78 min, respectively. The thermal inactivation of S. aureus followed first order kinetics with r 2 values of 0.92-0.99. The Z values calculated in this study ranged from 3.37 to 6.06˚C. These values were within the range of reported Z values for most non-spore forming bacteria (4-6 o C). This study provided data on the thermal resistance of S. aureus isolated from Indonesia and validated that heating commonly applied in cooking of RTE traditional food could reduce Staphylococcus aureus to up to 6.9x10 6 log cycle. However, common practices following heating of certain food items may allow recontamination, thus handling of RTE food after cooking is very important for the management of this pathogen.
Modeling suspended sediment discharge from the Waipaoa River system, New Zealand: The last 3000 years

HydroTrend, a hydrologic‐transport model, is used to simulate the water and suspended sediment discharge of the Waipaoa River system over the last 3 Kyr, a time period in which a well‐documented sequence of natural events and anthropogenic activities that profoundly impacted drainage basin processes occurred. Comparisons between observed and simulated data show that the model output replicates the frequency and distribution of flow events and the suspended sediment concentration‐discharge relationship, and the long‐term trends in suspended sediment discharge are consistent with the sediment record preserved on the middle shelf. Water discharge tracks precipitation, and average annual discharge may have been up to 20% higher and 6% lower at different times in the past. Suspended sediment discharge changed from 2.3 ± 4.5 to 14.9 ± 8.7 Mt yr−1 during the Anthropocene, increasing by 140% after Polynesian arrival, by 350% after European colonization, and by 660% after the catchment headwaters were deforested.
Complete expected improvement converges to an optimal budget allocation

Abstract The ranking and selection problem is a well-known mathematical framework for the formal study of optimal information collection. Expected improvement (EI) is a leading algorithmic approach to this problem; the practical benefits of EI have repeatedly been demonstrated in the literature, especially in the widely studied setting of Gaussian sampling distributions. However, it was recently proved that some of the most well-known EI-type methods achieve suboptimal convergence rates. We investigate a recently proposed variant of EI (known as ‘complete EI’) and prove that, with some minor modifications, it can be made to converge to the rate-optimal static budget allocation without requiring any tuning.
The Natural Interactive Walking Project and Emergence of Its Results in Research on Rhythmic Walking Interaction and the Role of Footsteps in Affecting Body Ownership

In this chapter we describe how the results of the Natural Interactive Project, which was funded within the 7th Framework Programme and ended in 2011, started several research directions concerning the role of auditory and haptic feedback in footstep simulations. We chose elements of the project which are interesting in a broader context of interactive walking with audio and haptic feedback to present and discuss the developed systems for gait analysis and feedback presentation, but also, what is even more interesting to show how it influence humans behavior and perception. We hope also to open a discussion on why we actually can manipulate our behavior and show the importance of explaining it from the neurological perspective. We start with a general introduction, moving on to more specific parts of the project, that are followed by the results of the research which were conducted after project’s termination but based on its results.
Fungal Isolation in HIV Patients and CD4 Count

Aims: This study aimed to investigate fungal isolation in HIV infected patients and its relationship with CD4 count. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: This study was carried out in Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State, Nigeria (between March and July 2013). Methodology: A total of 100 positive Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) patients (28 males, 72 females; age range 1-70 years) were included in this study. The sputum specimens were tested for mycobacteria using Ziehl Neelson’s staining technique. Fungal sputum culture was carried out using standard conventional fungal culture method. Identification was done using chromogenic media and standard staining methods. Results: There were significant fungal associations with gender, age and antiretroviral therapy ( P≤0.05). Out of 100 sputum samples cultured, 80 had fungal growths; 61 single and19 mixed isolates, while the remain ing 20 samples were without fungal growth. Different fungi species were isolated from 5 out of the 9 patients positive for
Assessment of microbiological quality and nutritional values of a processed edible weevil caterpillar ( Rhynchophorus phoenicis ) in Port Harcourt, southern Nigeria

Investigation into the microbiological quality of processed Rhynchophorus species revealed the presence of bacteria and fungi. Total bacterial and fungal counts were 1.08 × 105 CFU/g and 9.2 × 102 CFU/g respectively. Bacterial isolates identified included, Lactobacillus plantarum, Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Proteus vulgaris, while the fungal species included Cladosporum sp, Penicillium verrecosum, Aspergilus flavus and Fusarum poae and one species of yeast. Rhynchophorus sp is rich in protein (71.63%), indicating high nutritional quality. The crude fibre (1.59%) and ash (11.97%) are high and could aid bowel movement and increase mineral contents respectively in the human body. High moisture (12.14%) and protein contents could encourage spoilage by proteophilic and hydrophilic bacteria and fungi. Poor sanitation and inadequate storage and marketing conditions may contribute to contamination and recontamination of the products. Intensive education on pre and post-harvest (handling) activities, including proper disposal of intestinal contents, preservation with spices and the application of atmospheric packaging system could reduce contamination with microbes.
Physiological differences between transcendental meditation and rest.

The author gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the following individuals who helped code the data used in this study: Sue Anderson, Valerie Baker; JeffCook, Martha Mueller, Mary Jane Morse, and Amiram Raban. The author also wishes to thank Meg Gerrard, Judy Krulewitz, and Paul Muchinsky for their input on an earlier version of this comment. Correspondence concerning this comment should be addressed to Kenneth P. De Meuse, Human Resources, Intergraph Corporation, One Madison Industrial Park, Huntsville, AL 35807.
Hierarchical development of physics-based animation controllers

In this work, a developmental hierarchy is applied to the evolution of a relatively complex physics-based character animation controller. This means that the artificial neural network that makes up that controller is composed from a number of interdependent sub-networks; the control modules. It is hypothesized that evolving these modules one-by-one, with each of them dependent on its predecessors, will allow evolution to converge faster, and possibly to better results, than for a pair of baseline controllers. Both muscle-based actuation and joint torque-based actuation are tested, but only the latter succeeds. It is demonstrated that developmental hierarchies can lead to faster evolutionary convergence, while dealing with compound animations more adequately.