Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Variations in fish body and scale shape among Aphanius dispar (Cyprinodontidae) populations: insights from a geometric morphometric analysis

Phenotypic variations in fish body and scale shape were investigated among the three populations of Aphanius dispar (Ruppell, 1829)in Southern Iran through the use of landmark-based geometric morphometric analyses. This species is widely distributed in the region, and therefore, considerable morphological variations exist among the geographically allopatric populations. Based on the Principle Component Analysis (PCA), variation in body shape of the females is prominently related to the dorsal fin region, while in the males it is related to the dorsal fin and caudal peduncle. Moreover, the shape variations in the scales are obviously linked to the tip of anterior portion of the scales, and the left and right boundaries between anterior and posterior regions of the scales. The lateral sides of the fish scales in site I are concave, while they are laterally convex in sites II and III. The observed variation seen in the fish body shape and scales among the three studied sites are probably caused by the different ecological conditions of their habitats particularly variation in water flow.
Approche performantielle des bétons avec métakaolins obtenus par calcination flash

L'objectif principal de cette these a ete de montrer que le metakaolin, fabrique par la societe Argeco DEVELOPPEMENT selon un procede de calcination flash, est un eco-materiau qui ameliore les proprietes de structuration et de durabilite des betons. L'approche retenue, basee sur l'equivalence de performances, a concerne la plupart des types de beton (bâtiments, ouvrages d'art, autoplacants, hautes performances, .). Le metakaolin a d'abord ete caracterise (proprietes physico-chimiques et reactivite), puis son effet sur la mise en œuvre des betons a ete etudie. Les performances des differents betons testes ont ensuite ete evaluees par la mesure de differents indicateurs de durabilite. Enfin, la duree de vie de betons en environnement marin a ete estimee grâce a un modele probabiliste.
Touch painting: An art therapy intervention on anxiety in older adults

This study investigated the use of two art therapy painting interventions with anxious older adults in long-term care or assisted living facilities in the Southeast. The control group used ‘traditional painting’ as defined by using a paintbrush and the intervention group used ‘touch painting’ as defined by using a foam core board with tissue paper. All participants in the study (n=44) were identified as having symptoms of anxiety as determined by their facility staff. Participants completed the Geriatric Anxiety Inventory (GAI) as a pre-test and post-test assessment. Both groups attended four art therapy sessions with the following themes: (1) Free painting, (2) Safety, (3) Belonging, and (4) Esteem. The themes were based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Results showed both painting interventions reduced anxiety as evidenced by changes in GAI scores, with the touch painting reduction being slightly higher. There was a significant decrease in anxiety in both groups at pre and post study measurements, but no significant difference between the two painting interventions, indicating that both interventions were effective. The data from this study could be used to influence non-pharmacological methods of anxiety reduction in anxious older adults.
Assessing the effect of Waiting Time Management Strategies on Waiting Time Satisfaction among Bank Customers in Ghana

This paper empirically assesses the effect of waiting time management strategies on consumer waiting time satisfaction (WTS) in bank institutions in an emerging economy, using Ghana banking industry as the research context. Drawing from relevant banking and financial marketing literature, a conceptual framework was developed and tested using empirical data from a cross-sectional survey of 480 sampled customers of commercial banks in Ghana. Data were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings indicate that, with the exception of apology for delays, the key factors that influence consumer WTS are perceived compensation, waiting environment, quality of delay information and customer mind-engagement strategies. The findings offer important theoretical and managerial implications to scholars and practitioners in the banking service context. This paper provides an initial study into waiting time management in financial services context in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The relationship between dynamic price and dynamic unemployment: the case of the Central European-3 and the Baltic Tigers

Convention specifies the relationship between price and unemployment in terms of the Phillips curve (PC) where inflation and the rate of unemployment are correlated. This paper uses a variant of the PC that is more consistent with the relationship between price and output as depicted in the aggregate supply (AS) curve. The relationship between price and unemployment using convention and its variant is tested on Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the pooled data. The Expectations Augmented (EA) is able to track a negative relation between inflation and unemployment better than the New Keynesian (NK) is able. Within the EA runs, the convention is able to track the same negative relation better than the variant, but one has to be cautious given the implied results.
Molecular identification of infertile bulls by using newly developed DDX3Y based on human STS markers

To determine the role of DDX3Y gene in spermatogenesis and infertility in bulls, blood samples were collected from five infertile bulls (azoospermic; no sperm in the semen) at the Animal Breeding Center in Karaj, Iran. The recommended human primers by EAA/EQMN were investigated using the BLASTn database for STS marker detection. Alignment of STS marker genes with bovine genome was performed. Primer Premier 5 and CLC Main Workbench 5.5 softwares were used in designing common primer for the bovine and human DDX3Y gene. Genomic DNA screening of peripheral blood was conducted for detection of DDX3Y gene deletion in the Y chromosome by the PCR method. The bioinformatics analysis of human binding-primers of STS markers indicated that there was no chance connection and target fragment production for bovine samples. Investigation of DDX3Y gene on fertile bovine samples showed that the designed primer could detect the target gene as well. The results showed that three bulls had partial deletion in DDX3Y gene as a cause of their infertility. In conclusion, the DDX3Y gene can be a valuable marker to detect infertility in young male calves.
Individualised Support and Funding: Building blocks for capacity building and inclusion

The paradigm in disability supports is shifting away from institutional services and professional control towards self-determination and community involvement of people with disabilities. The assumption that the best way to provide disability supports is for government to give money to agencies or services, rather than directly to people with disabilities and their support networks, is being challenged. This article reports on findings and themes from a Canadian study that investigated individualised funding projects from different parts of the world. Ten of fifteen of the most 'promising initiatives' were selected for more detailed study and analysis. Projects analysed were from Canada, the US, and Australia. Themes emerging from the study included the fact that values and principles mattered, a policy framework provided coherence and equity, infrastructure supports for individuals were separate from service system, the facilitator-broker role differed from case management, allocation of individualised funds was designed to be equitable and account able to the funder and person, and a 'learn as you go' philosophy maximised positive outcomes. This research project demonstrates that individualised support and funding, when embedded in the new paradigm of disability and community, builds capacity of individuals, families, and communities.
Intercomparison of 14C Dating of Wood Samples at Lund University and ETH-Zurich AMS Facilities: Extraction, Graphitization, and Measurement

We conducted an interlaboratory comparison between our radiocarbon-related research group at Lund University and the established ETH-Zurich facility to test the quality of the results obtained in Lund and to identify sources of potential background differences and scatter. We did find differences between the 2 laboratories in the contributions of chemical preparation, graphitization, and measurements to the overall background. The resulting overall background is, however, almost similar. Multiple measurements on 2 wood samples of known calendar age yield consistent and accurate 14C ages in both laboratories. However, one of our known samples indicates that IntCal09 is ≃38 ± 16 14C BP too young at 7020 calendar yr BP, which is consistent with one of the raw data sets contributing to IntCal09. Overall, our results show that a systematic approach to compare the different steps involved in 14C age determination is a useful exercise to pinpoint targets for improvement of lab routines and assess interlaboratory differences. These effects do not necessarily become apparent when comparing 14C measurements that integrate over the whole process of preparation and measurement of different laboratories.
Control of constrained nonlinear uncertain discrete-time systems via robust controllable sets: a modal interval analysis approach

A general framework for computing robust controllable sets of constrained nonlinear un- certain discrete-time systems as well as controlling such complex systems based on the computed robust controllable sets is introduced in this paper. The addressed one-step control approach turns out to be a robust model predictive control scheme with feasible unit control horizon and contractive con- straint. The solver of 1-dimensional quantified set inversion in modal interval analysis is extended to 2-dimensional cases for computing robust controllable sets off-line with a clear semantic interpreta- tion, where both universal and existential quantifiers are concerned simultaneously. An interval-based solver of constrained minimax optimization is also proposed to compute one-step control inputs online in a reliable way, which guarantee to drive the system state contractively along the computed robust controllable sets to a selected terminal robust control invariant set. Mathematics Subject Classification. 65G40, 93B05, 93B51.
Sport and the Literary Imagination: Essays in history, literature, and sport

The development of sport in the twentieth century has been examined from a variety of angles. Rarely, though, has the work of the creative writer been considered in detail. This book directs its attention to this neglected area, examining a selection of novels in which the subject of sport has featured prominently. It highlights the ways in which novelists in the second half of the twentieth century have approached sport, explained its place in society, and through the sporting subject constructed a critique of the historical circumstances in which their narrative is set. The study therefore seeks to complement the increasing body of work on the representation of sport through such media as film, television, and autobiography. It also brings a fresh dimension to the use made by historians of literary sources, suggesting that creative fiction can be far more valuable as historical evidence than has customarily been acknowledged.
SIGNIFICANCE OF ESTROGEN AND PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR STATUS IN PROGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER

OBJECTIVE: (1) To assess the ER and PR status in breast malignancies. (2) Correlate them with modified Bloom and Richardson grading. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS: This study comprised of 39 cases of breast lesions reported during a last two year period from September 2009 to August 2011 in the department of Pathology, M.L. B. Medical College, Jhansi. Out of these 39 cases six cases were of fibroadenoma, used as positive control. Tissue sections were stained with H and E and histological examination was done. Sections for IHC were taken onto poly-l-lysine coated slides and stained by immunoperoxidase method using ER and PR monoclonal antibodies. RESULTS: As evident from study out of 33 cases, 87.88% were IDC (NOS) and two cases (6.06 %) of invasive lobular and mucinous each. Grade was II in 48.49% cases followed by grade III in 30.30 %in remaining 21.21% cases grade was I. Out of 33 cases, 42.42% were ER positive and 33.33% were positive for PR. Correlating with histological grade out of 7 cases of grade I, 85.71 % were positive for both ER and PR. Out of 16 cases of grade II, 25% were ER positive and 31.25% were PR positive and in remaining 10 cases of grade III, 20% were found ER positive and not even a single case was PR positive. CONCLUSION: Histological grading was significantly associated with ER and PR. Hormone receptor immunoreactivity was found inversely correlated with histological grade.
ALMA imprint of intergalactic dark structures in the gravitational lens SDP.81

We present an analysis of the ALMA long baseline science verification data of the gravitational lens system SDP.81. We fit the positions of the brightest clumps at redshift z=3.042 and a possible AGN component of the lensing galaxy at redshift z=0.2999 in the band 7 continuum image using a canonical lens model, a singular isothermal ellipsoid plus an external shear. Then, we measure the ratio of fluxes in some apertures at the source plane where the lensed images are inversely mapped. We find that the aperture flux ratios of band 7 continuum image are perturbed by 10-20 percent with a significance at 2 ~ 3 sigma level. Moreover, we measure the astrometric shifts of multiply lensed images near the caustic using the CO(8-7) line. Using a lens model best-fitted to the band 7 continuum image, we reconstruct the source image of the CO(8-7) line by taking linear combination of inverted quadruply lensed images. At the 50th channel (rest-frame velocity 28.6 km/s) of the CO(8-7) line, we find an imprint of astrometric shifts of the order of 0.01 arcsec in the source image. Based on a semi-analytic calculation, we find that the observed anomalous flux ratios and the astrometric shifts can be explained by intergalactic dark structures in the line of sight. A compensated homogeneous spherical clump with a mean surface mass density of the order of 10^8 solar mass h^-1 arcsec^-2 can explain the observed anomaly and astrometric shifts simultaneously.
Characteristics of crashes involving injured children in side impacts

The objective of this study was to define the crash characteristics of near-side impact crashes in which children seated in the rear rows are injured. The crash characteristics included the direction of force, heading angle, horizontal impact location, vertical impact location, extent of deformation and intrusion at the child occupant's seating position. Cases from in-depth crash investigation databases of the NASS-CDS (National Automotive Sampling System-Crashworthiness Data System), CIREN (Crash Injury Research and Engineering Network) and Chalmers University of Technology were reviewed. The principal direction of force was most frequently between 60° and 75°. The heading angle of the bullet vehicle was most commonly between 61° and 90°. The bullet vehicle hit the passenger compartment of the target vehicle, particularly the rear door. Often, one or both of the adjacent pillars to the rear door were involved, most commonly the B pillar. In 11 of 16 crashes, the car sill was not engaged. Most commonly, the deformation extent was into Zone 3 or more – about 40 cm – and the intrusion at the child's seating position was in the range 20–30 cm. This review of the crashes revealed differences between the current side impact test procedures and the actual side impact crashes in which children were injured.
Quality of the light sources and colour constancy

Different strategies are suggested to update the Colour Rendering Index (CRI). Two experiments have been conducted to analyse the effect of different lights on the appearance of colours, with the assumption that the extent of relevant colour differences depends on the different hues. The first experiment starts from the concept of unique hues and analyses the constancy or variations of unique hues under different real light sources. The second experiment deals with colour difference and allows to evaluate local distortions of the colour space. Analysed sources include incandescent lamp, a simple realisation of D65 and three white LEDs. The samples used in the experiments are three dimensional to reproduce more realistic viewing conditions. The results show that the methods used in this research are effective in highlighting the colour variations induced by the different light sources without the need of direct comparisons by the same observer, and avoid the bias due to memory processes typical of other methodologies. They could be the basis for the improvement of the CRI.
Late Neoproterozoic proto-arc ocean crust in the Dariv Range, Western Mongolia: a supra-subduction zone end-member ophiolite

An unusual late Neoproterozoic (c. 572 Ma) ophiolite is exposed in the Dariv Range (western Mongolia), which contains intermediate to acidic lavas and sheeted dykes, and an igneous layered complex consisting of gabbro–norites, websterites, orthopyroxenites and dunites underlain by serpentinized mantle harzburgites. Based on the compositions of the crustal units and the crystallization sequences in the mafic and ultramafic cumulates we conclude that the entire oceanic crust, including the cumulates, was made from arc magmas with boninitic characteristics. The Dariv rocks bear a strong resemblance to rocks recovered from the modern Izu–Bonin–Mariana fore-arc, a fragment of proto-arc oceanic basement, and we propose that the Dariv Ophiolite originated in a similar tectonic setting. A metamorphic complex consisting of amphibolite- to granulite-facies metasedimentary and meta-igneous rocks was thrust over the ophiolite. This metamorphic complex probably represents a Cambrian arc. Thrusting started before 514.7 ± 7.6 Ma as constrained by new sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe U–Pb zircon analyses from a syn- to post-tectonic diorite. The Dariv Ophiolite is a type-example of a proto-arc ophiolite, a special class of supra-subduction zone ophiolites.
Estimation of daily soil temperature via data mining techniques in semi-arid climate conditions

This paper investigates the potential of data mining techniques to predict daily soil temperatures at 5-100 cm depths for agricultural purposes. Climatic and soil temperature data from Isfahan province located in central Iran with a semi-arid climate was used for the modeling process. A subtractive clustering approach was used to identify the structure of the Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS), and the result of the proposed approach was compared with artificial neural networks (ANNs) and an M5 tree model. Result suggests an improved performance using the ANFIS approach in predicting soil temperatures at various soil depths except at 100 cm. The performance of the ANNs and M5 tree models were found to be similar. However, the M5 tree model provides a simple linear relation to predicting the soil temperature for the data ranges used in this study. Error analyses of the predicted values at various depths show that the estimation error tends to increase with the depth.
Particle Size Distribution Controls the Threshold Between Net Sediment Erosion and Deposition in Suspended Load Dominated Flows

The central problem of describing most environmental and industrial flows is predicting when material is entrained into, or deposited from, suspension. The threshold between erosional and depositional flow has previously been modeled in terms of the volumetric amount of material transported in suspension. Here a new model of the threshold is proposed, which incorporates (i) volumetric and particle size limits on a flow's ability to transport material in suspension, (ii) particle size distribution effects, and (iii) a new particle entrainment function, where erosion is defined in terms of the power used to lift mass from the bed. While current suspended load transport models commonly use a single characteristic particle size, the model developed herein demonstrates that particle size distribution is a critical control on the threshold between erosional and depositional flow. The new model offers an order of magnitude, or better, improvement in predicting the erosional‐depositional threshold and significantly outperforms existing particle‐laden flow models.
Lance Armstrong’s Era of Performance – Part III: Demonstrating the Post Hoc Fallacy

In consequence of USADA’s charges, Lance Armstrong conceded he doped during his cycling career. The logic proposed in the post hoc fallacy entails that Armstrong’s sportive feats are therefore ‘caused’ by his doping use. This fallacy generalizes to the belief put forward in the doping debate that the progress in speed over time in professional cycling is determined by riders’ use of progressively potent doping agents. To examine this fallacy, the current study compared Armstrong’s mountain time trial wins, realized in the Tour de France (2001, 2004), to victories demonstrated by riders in similar races uphill in the French race (1958–1996, N = 17). The fallacy expects that riders will race faster over time and that Armstrong’s achievements will be far superior to other riders. However, if these expectations are disconfirmed the fallacy will be refuted. We developed a climbing index to evaluate riders’ km/h performances: ClI = (Corrected altitude climb / Distance trial) ● 100. Higher values indicate more demanding races. Mediation regression analyses showed that, over time, the trials became less demanding, b = -. 0076 (∆R2 = .201, p ≤ .05), and that riders raced b = 0.201 km/h faster per year (∆R2 = .234, p ≤ .05). The index had a robust influence on riders’ speed (r = -.97) and they raced b = -2.302 km/h slower per unit of the index (∆R2 = .932, p ≤ .0001). The significant mediating influence of the index, b = 0.175 km/h (p ≤ .05), subsequently reduced riders’ progress in speed to a nonsignificant b = 0.026 km/h per year (p = .38, ∆R2 = .003). Furthermore, Armstrong’s performances did not prove to be outliers. Findings invalidate the reasoning employed in the post hoc fallacy, since the CLI and not the year in which riders competed constitutes the main determinant of riders’ performances. They also entail that Armstrong’s modern doping agents may not have given him the proposed advantage over his forerunners who won trials before the 1990s, i.e., the years in which these potent aids were not yet rampant in professional road racing.
Analysis of Nutritional Components of Peas after Sterilization Treatment with Gamma Radiation

In the present study, peas were exposed to three different doses of gamma radiation i.e. 1, 1.5, 2.5 kGy. The nutritional value of peas after radiation was analyzed to determine the effect of gamma radiation on proximate composition. In the light of results, it was found that 1 kGy is optimized dose that has little effect on the nutritional value of peas. At 1 kGy the sensory properties remain unchanged and the shelf life of peas was increased up to 9 days at room temperature.