Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
26Al and 60Fe from Supernova Explosions

Using recently calculated yields for Type II supernovae, along with models for chemical evolution and the distribution of mass in the interstellar medium, the current abundances and spatial distributions of two key gamma-ray radioactivities, 26Al and 60Fe, are determined. The estimated steady state production rates are 2.0 1.0 M Myr 1 for 26Al and 0.75 0.4 M Myr 1 for 60Fe. This corresponds to 2.2 1.1 M of 26Al and 1.7 0.9 M of 60Fe in the present interstellar medium. Sources of uncertainty are discussed, one of the more important being the current rate of core collapse supernovae in the Galaxy. Our simple model gives three per century, but reasonable changes in the star formation rate could easily accommodate a core collapse rate one-half as large, and thus one-half the yields. When these stellar and chemical evolution results are mapped into a three dimensional model of the Galaxy, the calculated 1809 keV gamma-ray ux map is consistent with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory observations of a steep decline in the ux outside a longitude of 50 from the Galactic center, and the slight ux enhancements observed in the vicinity of spiral arms. Other potential stellar sources of 26Al and 60Fe are mentioned, especially the possibility of 60Fe synthesis in Type Ia supernovae. Predictions for the 60Fe mass distribution, total mass, and ux map are given. 2
Detection Performances of Evil Waveform Monitors for the GPS L5 Signal

Evil Waveform (EWF) are signal distortions that can create persistent errors (bias) on the pseudo-range measurement of several meters. They are of particular interest for differential GPS users and for safety critical users. For instance, differential corrections do not remove this bias if the reference receiver and the rover receiver use different receiver parameters (notably RF input bandwidth and correlator spacing). In order to protect Civil Aviation users from this kind of errors, the ICAO has standardized a model for this failure, which can then be monitored by high-integrity systems such as SBAS and GBAS. In parallel to the standardization of the model, a family of Signal Quality Monitoring (SQM) techniques has been established for GPS L1 signal. With the appearance of the new GPS L5 signal, Civil Aviation users will be allowed to benefit from increased positioning performances. However, it is necessary to extend the signal deformation models and detection metrics to this new signal. This study uses data collected from modern receivers to evaluate the performances of SQM techniques on L1 C/A and L5 pilot signals. The methodology for establishing the detection thresholds is detailed and applied to 4 different datasets. The results show that the legacy SQM techniques does not reach the required performances when using modern receivers, which have larger pre-correlation bandwidth. For L5 users, an adaptation of the SQM techniques provides compliant results. The study also discusses the performances experienced by different types of users (from unmonitored independent users to differentially-corrected, protected users) and the dependency of the monitoring performances with regard to the receiver parameters. Finally, the paper also discusses the use of a statistical description of collected measurements, which may not provide enough information to correctly model the metrics distribution.
The role of Emotional Intelligence as the determinant of personality contribution as authentic happiness among children

The objective of this research was to evaluate the relationship between the personality and the authentic happiness among children and the role of emotional intelligence as the moderating factor in the relationship. In this research, there is a total of children (N=200) randomly selected from primary schools in Malaysia and the instruments of this research was AU on the authentic happiness, the WLEIS for the emotional intelligence scales and the NEO Five-Factor Inventory for personality. From the research, it was concluded that authentic happiness is significantly correlated with personality factors and emotional intelligence. In addition, emotional intelligence moderated the relationship between personality and authentic happiness. The implications for child psychology and exploratory data give a fundamental background for further research.
Learning Delays in Biological Regulatory Networks from Time Series Data

Models of Biological Regulatory Networks are generally based on prior knowledge, either derived from literature and/or the manual analysis of biological observations. With the development of high-throughput data, there is a growing need for methods that automatically generate admissible models. To have a better understanding of the dynamical phenomena at stake in the influences between biological components, it would be necessary to include delayed influences in the model. The main purpose of this work is to have a resulting network as consistent as possible with the observed datasets regarding the conflicts and the simultaneity between transitions. The originality of our work is threefold: (i) the identification the sign of the interactions, (ii) the direct integration of quantitative time delays in the learning approach and (iii) the identification of the qualitative discrete levels that lead to the systems dynamics. In this work the precision of our automatic approach is discussed by applying it on dynamical biological models coming from the DREAM4 Challenge datasets.
Improvement of Out-in skin Transparency and Symptoms by Shower Therapy in Children with Atopic Dermatitis

Background: Atopic dermatitis (AD) in elementary school children often shows resistance against ordinary treatment. The effect of skin care using water-shower therapy was evaluated mainly by physiological methods in the early summer season when aggravation of dermatitis by perspiration increases. Methods: Skin care with shower therapy was administered to sixteen children in six schools and performed during school lunch breaks for six weeks. The eczema area and severity index (EASI) and physiological methods, such as measurement of stratum corneum hydration and the skin transparency index (STI) with a colorimeter, which demonstrates skin barrier dysfunction were observed before and after the trial. No other on-going therapies were changed during this study period. Results: The EASI scores were decreased after showering. Moreover, the stratum corneum hydration and the STI were improved by shower therapy. Significant physiological and clinical improvements in AD were observed. The conclusion of parents after shower therapy was excellent. Conclusions: Skin care with daily shower therapy in elementary school was effective for an improvement of the skin barrier and skin lesions of AD in children. Results of this study support the recommendation of skin care in the treatment of children with AD.
CONCENTRATED OWNERSHIP AND PREDICTION OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FAILURES

In an emerging economy where ownership concentration is common and legal protection of outside investors is weak, financial and economic factors that are widely documented might not have been sufficient in constructing sound models to predict financial institution failures. Using the data of financial institutions listed in the Thai stock exchange during the 1997 East Asian financial crisis, this study showed that to develop sound prediction models that are robust across time to failure models, ownership variables should be incorporated in the models. Specifically, in the logit models that include both financial and ownership variables, 85.45%, 85.41%, and 91.49% of financial institutions were correctly classified in the models using the data of one, two, and three years prior to failure, respectively. It was also find that the presence of family as the largest shareholder increases the probability that a financial institution was closed. This evidence supports the expropriation effects of controlling families. Finally, the results suggested evidence of a “too-big-to-fail” policy in the closure procedures of Thai financial institutions during the East Asian financial crisis.
Flour Mill Workers Occupational Noise Exposure in Chandrapur City, Central India

Assessment of occupational noise exposure of flour mill workers in Chandrapur city of central India was carried out during November 2015-January 2016. Total 62 flour mills were selected for this study comprising one, two and three grinding machines operating in the shop floor. The sound level meter was used to measure sound level at 50 cm and 3 meters from grinding machines at receiver’s position during operation. Noise monitoring was also recorded when one, two and three machines were operating individually and simultaneously. The results showed that noise levels when one grinding machine in operation in close proximity (50 cm) was in the range of 80-97 dB(A). Comparison of these observations with that of 3 meters distance; it was observed that noise levels got reduced and in the range of 70-77 dB(A). In the case of two machines in operation, it was in the range of 95-118 dB(A) at 50 cm distance and reduced to 75-95 dB(A) at 3 meters distance. This reduction in noise level was due to the propagation of noise in the ambient environment. Furthermore, daily noise exposure points, exposure points job per task and exposure points per hour were computed by using noise exposure calculator developed by Health and Safety Executive (HSE), United Kingdom. The computation from this calculator revealed that these attributes were directly depended upon noise levels in flour mills and duration of noise exposure. A positive linear Pearson’s correlation (p<0.01) was observed between noise level and exposure points per hour. Of the 65 flour mill workers surveyed, 70.76% reported a hearing problem, 23.07% headache at work and out of which 7.69% workers headache remains after completion of work also. Remedial measures to control noise exposure to flour mill workers such as ear plugs, ear muff, semi-insert are recommended.
Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae

Knowledge of the progenitors of core-collapse supernovae is a fundamental component in understanding the explosions. The recent progress in finding such stars is reviewed. The minimum initial mass that can produce a supernova (SN) has converged to 8 ± 1 M⊙ from direct detections of red supergiant progenitors of II-P SNe and the most massive white dwarf progenitors, although this value is model dependent. It appears that most type Ibc SNe arise from moderate mass interacting binaries. The highly energetic, broad-lined Ic SNe are likely produced by massive, Wolf-Rayet progenitors. There is some evidence to suggest that the majority of massive stars above ∼20 M⊙ may collapse quietly to black holes and that the explosions remain undetected. The recent discovery of a class of ultrabright type II SNe and the direct detection of some progenitor stars bearing luminous blue variable characteristics suggest some very massive stars do produce highly energetic explosions. The physical mechanism is under debate, and t.
Species delimitation methods put into taxonomic practice: two new Madascincus species formerly allocated to historical species names (Squamata, Scincidae)

In a previous study, Miralles and Vences (2013) compared seven different methods of species delimitation applied to the genus Madascincus. While focusing on methodological aspects their study involved an extensive data set of multilocus DNA sequences and of comparative morphology. On this basis they emphasized the need of revising the taxonomy of Madascincus, and revealed the existence of at least two well-supported candidate species. The present paper provides formal descriptions of these two taxa: (1) M. miafina sp. n. , a species from dry areas of northern Madagascar, morphologically very similar to M. polleni (although both species are not retrieved as sister taxa), and (2) M. pyrurus sp. n. , a montane species occurring >1500 m above sea level, endemic to the central highlands of Madagascar (Ibity and Itremo Massifs). Phylogenetically, M. pyrurus is the sister species of M. igneocaudatus, a taxon restricted to the dry littoral regions of the south and south-west of Madagascar in lowlands <500 m above sea level. To facilitate future taxonomic work, we furthermore elaborated an identification key for species of Madascincus. Finally, some aspects of the biogeographic patterns characterising the different main clades within the genus Madascincus are provided and discussed for the first time in the light of a robust phylogenetic framework.
Foraging movements of Leach's storm-petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa during incubation

Knowledge of foraging movements during the breeding season is key to understanding energetic stresses faced by seabirds. Using archival light loggers (geolocators), a Bayesian state–space model, and stable isotope analysis, we compared foraging movements of Leach’s storm-petrels Oceanodroma leucorhoa during their incubation periods in 2012 and 2013. Data were collected from two colonies, Bon Portage Island and Country Island, which are 380 km apart along the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Based on allometry for procellariiform mass, predicted foraging ranges for Leach’s storm-petrels are 200 km; however, observed maximum distances from the colony were 3 to 5 times that. Storm-petrels from Country Island travelled 1015  238 km southeast to the Laurentian fan and south of the Grand Banks whereas storm-petrels from Bon Portage Island travelled 613  167 km southeast, beyond the continental slope, east of Georges Bank. The average distance travelled in a return trip was 2287  603 km and 1303  351 km for Country Island and Bon Portage Island, respectively. There were no differences between years in cumulative distances travelled within islands, but foraging trips did not last as long in 2013 (4.7  1.5 d) as they did in 2012 (6.2  2.1 d). Stable isotope analyses indicated that, during the incubation period, prey items from Country Island were from higher trophic levels and possibly had higher energy content than those from Bon Portage Island, perhaps explaining the more distant and longer foraging trips for Country Island birds.
Use of Instructional Dialogue by University Students in a Distance Education Chemistry Course

A distance education system may be viewed in terms of intrapersonal and interpersonal instructional dialogues that mediate the learning and instructional resources that enable such dialogues. Instructional resources include self-instruction texts, tutorial sessions, instructor availability, Web sites, and more. This study investigated the kinds of dialogues engaged in by Open University students and the kinds of resources they used while studying an intermediate-level chemistry course. Research objectives were to document (a) what study strategies if any, involving which resources and dialogues, were generally used by students; (b) what dialogue types, enabled through which resources, were specifically used by students to overcome conceptual difficulties; and (c) how the use of resources and dialogues in the chemistry course compared with students’ experiences in other science courses. It was found that all students initially chose individual study characterized by intrapersonal dialogue. Only when individual study failed did students opt for interpersonal dialogue. This finding conflicts with the assumed importance often ascribed to interpersonal dialogue by some distance education theorists.
A New Bird (Family Cracidae) from the Early Oligocene of South Dakota

THE FAMILY CRACIDAE, including the curassows, guans, and chachalacas, ranges in the present day from the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas south to Argentina. The modern distribution of the family gives no clue to the considerable radiation once enjoyed by the group in what is now temperate North America. Fossil species are known from Tertiary deposits in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota. This paper describes a new fossil cracid, older than any previously discovered, from the top of the Chadron formation, lower Oligocene of South Dakota.
Non-employment duration and subsequent wage losses in the Brazilian labour market

This paper analyses the relationship between unemployment and its respective duration on subsequent salary. Despite of being a topic of intense debate in the labour market literature, there is little empirical evidence to support this perspective in the Brazilian labour market. Drawing on data from the Monthly Employment Survey (2008, 2009) and following the methodology proposed by Tunali (1986), plus an analysis of wage differential, the findings go in the same direction of earlier studies (e.g. Keltzer, 1998; Burda and Mertens, 2001; Arulampalam 2001; Arranz et al., 2010) by highlighting that unemployment duration generates a cost to employees represented in a subsequent wage loss. In other words, it seems that workers who have recently experienced unemployment spell have disadvantages in terms of wages compared to those who remained employed throughout the period under inquiry.
Evaluation of Fixed Oil, Seed Extracts, of Carum carvi L

Carum carvi L. was used traditionally in different populations for many medical complains. The seeds are used for culinary purposes and medicinal treatment. The study was aimed to investigate the chemical composition of fixed oil of Carum carvi L. (seeds). The oil was extraction by petroleum ether (60-80°C) using a Soxhlet apparatus. Carum carvi L. seeds oil showed 4.5% yield of fixed oil. The oil of Carum carvi L. seeds were Extract has been investigated by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) and Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) techniques Total of eight compounds were detected for petroleum ether oil extract. From the eight identified constituents, representing 100% of the oilthe most main abundant compounds detected were L-Fenchone (55.01%); p-Methoxy benzaldehyde (19.15%) and p-Methoxy allyl benzene (9.46%). Carum carvi L. seeds are rich sources of oils containing diverse group of phytochemicals.
The ethnobotany of medicinal plants in supporting the family health in Turgo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Nahdi MS, Martiwi INA, Arsyah DC. 2016. The ethnobotany of medicinal plants in supporting the family health in Turgo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 17: 900-906. The knowledge of healing using medicinal plants among the people of Turgo Hamlet, Purwobinangun, Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia has been inherited from generation to generation. This knowledge must be studied and preserved. This study was conducted from January to June 2014 with an objective of studying the ethnobotany of medicinal plants in Turgo Hamlet community, including the local knowledge of medicinal plants to support the family health, the parts of plants used as medicines and the processing of medicinal plants. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to collect data, using in-depth interview with 40 respondents selected purposively. The results showed that the people of Turgo Hamlet used 69 plant species from 36 families as medicinal plants. The most used part of plant was leaf (51%), followed by fruit (15%), rhizome (11%), stem (5%), root (4%), sap (3%), flower (3%), all parts (3%), tubers (3%), and endosperm (2%). The medicinal plants were processed or directly used as medicines. Most of the medicinal plants were boiled (62%); others were smeared on skin (15%), directly consumed (12%), cooked (4%), used for bathing (3%), burned (3%), and crushed using a kitchen blender (1%). The medicinal plants were used for external (33%) and internal (67%) diseases.
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells for the treatment of lymphoma

Relapsed Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and non-HL (NHL) are heterogeneous and diverse diseases that have poor outcomes. Concomitant comorbidity and/or toxicity from previous chemotherapy often restrict these patients from receiving salvage chemotherapy and/or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Adoptive T-cell immunotherapy has been tested in lymphomas; however, down-regulation of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on the surface of tumor or cancer cell-mediated T cell suppression can limit success with this approach. Recent advances in genetic engineering allow efficient introduction of a synthetic chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) into T cells that recognizes specific antigen(s) expressed on tumor cells independent of MHC which, together with improved manufacturing techniques, led to the development of highly active cellular therapy utilizing autologous or allogeneic T cells resulting in impressive response and remission rates in relapsed and chemorefractory lymphomas. We will review the structure of CAR, the results of the landmark clinical trials utilizing CAR T cell therapy for the treatment of lymphomas and new strategies in the CAR T cell therapy.
Numerical Solution of Plane Elasticity Problems with the Cell Method

1 Energetics Department, University of Trieste, Italy Abstract The aim of this paper is to present a methodology for solving the plane elasticity problem using the Cell Method. It is shown that with the use of a parabolic interpolation in a vectorial problem, a convergence rate of 3.5 is obtained. Such a convergence rate compares with, or is even better than, the one obtained with FEM with the same interpolation – depending on the integration technique used by the FEM application. The accuracy of the solution is also comparable or better.
Black Hole Hyperaccretion Inflow–Outflow Model. I. Long and Ultra-long Gamma-Ray Bursts

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (LGRBs) and ultra-LGRBs (ULGRBs) originate from collapsars, in the center of which a newborn rotating stellar-mass black hole (BH) surrounded by a massive accretion disk may form. In the scenario of the BH hyperaccretion inflow–outflow model and Blandford–Znajek (BZ) mechanism to trigger gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the real accretion rate to power a BZ jet is far lower than the mass supply rate from the progenitor star. The characteristics of the progenitor stars can be constrained by GRB luminosity observations, and the results exceed usual expectations. LGRBs lasting from several seconds to tens of seconds in the rest frame may originate from solar-metallicity ( , where Z and are the metallicities of progenitor stars and the Sun), massive ( , where M and are the masses of progenitor stars and the Sun) stars or some zero-metallicity ( ) stars. A fraction of low-metallicity ( ) stars, including Population III stars, can produce ULGRBs such as GRB 111209A. The fraction of LGRBs lasting less than tens of seconds in the rest frame is more than 40%, which cannot conform to the fraction of the demanded type of progenitor star. It possibly implies that the activity timescale of the central engine may be much longer than the observed timescale of prompt emission phase, as indicated by X-ray late-time activities. Alternatively, LGRBs and ULGRBs may be powered by a millisecond magnetar central engine.