Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Developing Real-life Problem-based Learning (PBL) Activities through Partnership with Industry

This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of project-based learning (PBL) activities in the context of a sophomore dynamics class. The activities were developed in partnership with an industry representative and have thus far been implemented in two iterations. Surveys conducted in Spring and Fall 2016 reveal how students experienced the activities. The survey findings indicate that using PBL activities to complement a lecture-based approach in dynamics provides an opportunity for students to connect abstract engineering principles to reallife situations, thereby increasing student motivation to learn and deepening conceptual understandings.
Frequency of OSM in Patients with Relapsing-Remmiting Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease with an unknown cause that results in inflammation and destruction of Myelin in central nervous system (CNS). The final result is disruption of nervous system functions. This disorder commences at the age of 10 to 60 and her frequency among women is two to three times more than what is recorded among men. As we move further from the equator, the prevalence of this disease increases, so does its variation in various races. The commonest type of MS is the Relapsing-Remmiting multiple Sclerosis. Oncostatin M (OSM) is a Cytokine in Interleukin 6 family (IL-6). OSM is secreted in patients with multiple Sclerosis. OSM improves E2 expression of prostaglandin and cyclooxygenases-2 in astrocytes. This action is of great significance in the efficiency of CNS endothelial cells and creation of blood brain barrier (BBB). The present study seeks to study the frequency distribution of Oncostatin M in the patients suffering from Relapsing-Remmiting multiple Sclerosis and healthy control individuals. The present research has been conducted using a case-control method. 83 patients who had resorted to a private hospital in Tehran due to having the clinical symptoms of multiple Sclerosis whose disease was confirmed by the neurologists based on Mc Donald criteria were randomly selected for this research. All the above-mentioned patients entered the study on the condition of meeting the acceptance criteria. The population was divided into two groups, namely case (patients with MS) and control (healthy people without chronic inflammatory or neurogenetic disease). 5 cc blood was obtained on anticoagulant EDTA and preserved in a temperature of -80°C for the later phases of the research. Finally, ELISA test was conducted utilizing EastBiopharm Company protocols and the data resulting from the analysis of micro-plate reader device was collected for statistical analysis phase. The raw data was then entered in SPSS version 19 and independent t-test and Spearman Correlation tests were used to analyze the data. The significant level of the possible value was set to (P-Value < 0.05). Studying the serum level of OSM in both groups (patients and healthy individuals) is indicative of the fact that although the OSM serum density in patients (634.68± 658.43(pg/ml)) was much less than the level observed in healthy cases (860.57 891/ 16(pg/ml)), this difference was by no means statistically significant (P-Value > 0.05). The results of studying the correlation between the expanded disability status scale (EDSS) and the Oncostatin M density level in the group of the patients indicated no statistically significant relationship between the parameters in the group mentioned (P-Value = 0.471). MS plays no major role in changing OSM serum level and EDSS is a variable independent from OSM serum density parameter.
Changes in community structure of ectomycorrhizal fungi associated with Pinus montezumae across a volcanic soil chronosequence at Sierra Chichinautzin, Mexico

Ectomycorrhizal (ECM) communities of Pinus montezumae Lamb. var. montezumae were studied across a volcanic soil chronosequence at Sierra del Chichinautzin, Mexico, to investigate differences in community structure at sites with different soil quality. Study sites were located on volcanic soils of different ages. Both aboveground and belowground fungal communities were compared for 3 years. Species abundance, richness, and diversity were compared among sites. Significant differences were found among the three sites for sporocarp abundance and biomass but not for total ECM root tips. The more diverse sporocarp community was found at the youngest, less fertile site. Dominant species at the sporocarp and ECM morphotype levels differed across the chronosequence. The largest proportion of sporocarp species was site-exclusive, which suggests that aboveground communities depend upon soil conditions. Contrarily, 85% of ECM morphotypes were present at least at two sites. The poor correspondence between the abovegro.
Helicopter Parenting And Psychological Consequences Among Adolescent

Gaining independence from various restriction set by parents is overjoy for adolescent. However, it does not always happen as it planned. Helicopter parenting referred to the excessive engagement of parents similar like hovering around their children to rescue from hazardous and preventing them from experiencing failure. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of helicopter parenting on adolescent’s mental health and self-efficacy for learning. Helicopter Parenting Questionnaire (LeMoyneve Buchanan, 2011), General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), and self-efficacy for learning scale (Schwarzer and Jerusalem, 1995) has been utilized in this study to collected data from respondents. Overall, the result of the study suggested that helicopter parenting triggered disruptive on adolescent’s mental health and associated negatively towards self-efficacy for learning. Therefore, this study concluded that adolescents has their own uniqueness thus protecting them excessively without allowing them to explore the world independently would disrupt the nature of their development and consequently would lead to behavior and psychological maladjustment. Keyword: helicopter parenting, adolescent, mental health, self-efficacy
Spatial contagion between stock markets in Central Europe

In this paper, we investigate contagion between three European stock markets: those in Frankfurt, Vienna, and Warsaw. Two of them are developed markets, while the last is an emerging market. Additionally, the stock exchanges in Vienna and Warsaw are competing markets in the CEE region. On the basis of daily and intraday returns, we analyze and compare the dependence between the major indices of these markets during calm and turbulent periods. A comparison of the dependence in the tail and in the central part of the joint distribution of returns (via a spatial contagion measure) indicates strong contagion among the analyzed markets. Additionally, the application of a conditional contagion measure indicates the importance of taking into account the situation on other markets when contagion between two markets is considered.
EFFECT OF SAUNA WARM-UP ON OVERHEAD SQUAT DEPTH IN ELITE WEIGHTLIFTERS

Ample total body flexibility or range of motion is important in Olympic style weightlifting. Although research has been conducted to study flexibility, little information exists regarding the use of saunas as an alternative modality for increasing flexibility. The objective of this study was to explore the effects of a fifteenminute sauna session on overhead squat depth in 15 elite Olympic style weightlifters. Range of motion was assessed via video camera during a control and treatment session (3 trials at 4 time points). Overhead squat depth displayed excellent within- and between-session reliability. Repeated measures ANOVA revealed no significant changes in overhead squat depth following the sauna treatment (p > 0.05).
Adiabatically Correcting an Eddy-Permitting Model Using Large-Scale Hydrographic Data: Application to the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Current

This study focuses on an important aspect of air‐sea interaction in models, namely, large-scale, spurious heat fluxes due to false pathways of the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Current (NAC) in the ‘‘storm formation region’’ south and east of Newfoundland. Although high-resolution eddy-resolving models show some improvement in this respect, results are sensitive to poorly understood, subgrid-scale processes for which there is currently no complete, physically based parameterization. A simple method to correct an ocean general circulation model (OGCM), acting as a practical substitute for a physically based parameterization, is explored: the recently proposed ‘‘semiprognostic method,’’ a technique for adiabatically adjusting flow properties of a hydrostatic OGCM. The authors show that application of the method to an eddy-permitting model of the North Atlantic Ocean yields more realistic flow patterns and watermass characteristics in the Gulf Stream and NAC regions; in particular, spurious surface heat fluxes are reduced. Four simple modifications to the method are proposed, and their benefits are demonstrated. The modifications successfully account for three drawbacks of the original method: reduced geostrophic wave speeds, damped mesoscale eddy activity, and spurious interaction with topography. It is argued that use of a corrected (eddy permitting) OGCM in a coupled modeling system for simulating present climate (as now becomes possible because of increasing computer power) should lead to a more realistic simulation in regions of strong air‐sea interaction as compared with that obtained with an uncorrected model. The method is also well suited for the simulation of the uptake and transport of passive tracers, such as anthropogenic carbon dioxide or components of ecosystem models.
Performance evaluation of face alignment algorithms on "in-the-wild" selfies

Recently mobile apps, which beautify human face or apply cute masks to a human face, become very popular and gain lots of attention in media. These tasks require very precise landmarks localization to avoid "uncanny valley" effect. We introduce the new dataset of selﬁes, that were taken on mobile devices, and robustly evaluate and compare different state-of-the-art approaches to the task of face alignment. Evidently, our dataset allows to reliably rank face alignment algorithms that is superior to the most popular dataset in that area of research.
Plant regeneration and stimulation of in vitro flowering in Eruca sativa Mill.

Explants such as apical buds, axillary buds, cotyledons, cotyledonary nodes, leaves, hypocotyls and immature embryonal axes from in vitro -grown plantlets were inoculated on the Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 4.44 μM 6-benzylaminopurine in combination with 2.85 μM indole-3-acetic acid. Best multiple shoots formation was obtained with cotyledonary nodes. Each inoculated explant produced 18.10 ± 0.66 shoots within 2 to 3 weeks. These shoots were separated carefully and were transferred to the fresh half strength MS solid medium with indole-3-butyric acid (4.90 μM) for the development of the roots. These in vitro -developed plantlets produced flowers on the same medium with supplementation of 6-furfuril kinetin (0.23 μM). These plantlets were successfully transferred to the soil where they grew well for 8 to 10 weeks with 80% survivability. Keywords: Eruca sativa , cotyledonary nodes, in vitro regeneration, in vitro flowering, shoot multiplication
Changing Etiologies of Febrile Illness in Areas of Differing Malaria Transmission in Rural Kenya

Changing Etiologies of Febrile Illness in Areas of Differing Malaria Transmission in Rural Kenya Frankline Magaki Onchiri Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Associate Professor Judd L Walson Departments of Global Health, Medicine, Pediatrics Adjunct in Epidemiology Background: As malaria continues to decline in many parts of sub-Saharan African (SSA) and malaria rapid diagnostic tests become increasingly used; a growing number of febrile children are now being diagnosed as not having malaria. In order for these children to receive appropriate treatments, information on common non-malaria causes of fever, and treatment practices for febrile children without malaria is critically required to inform judicious use of antimalarials and antibiotics. At sites of high and low malaria endemicity in western Kenya; Kisii and Homa Bay, we conducted a 2-year cross-sectional surveillance study of febrile illness among children aged 6 months to 15 years to determine the: 1) frequency and correlates of malaria overtreatment and, 2) prevalence, causative organisms, and predictors of bacteremia due to any pathogen and specific bacterial pathogens among children seeking for fever. Methods: Sociodemographic, environmental and clinical data were collected, and children tested for malaria, HIV, and bacteremia. Correlates of malaria overtreatment, and bacteremia were evaluated using multivariate logistic regressions.
Distribution of Two Species of Conchoderma (Cirripedia : Thoracica) over the Body of a Sea Snake, Laticauda semifasciata (Reinwardt), from the Kii Peninsula, Southwestern Japan

Two species of Conchoderma were found on a sea snake, Laticauda semifasciata (Reinwardt), collected on the west coast of the Kii Peninsula. A total of 223 individuals of C. virgatum and 6 of C. hunteri in 19 clumps were attached to the snake's body. The barnacles ranged in size from 1.4 mm (cypris larvae) to 18.2 mm in capitulum length in C. virgatum, and from 10.7 to 14.4 mm in C. hunteri. The size of the smallest gravid individuals in both species was between 10 and 11 mm. The distribution of C. virgatum on the snake was non-random both longitudinally and dorso-ventrally, with more barnacles in the posterior region and on the ventral side of the snake, respectively. The proportion of gravid individuals increased towards the tail.
The phenolic compounds and compositional quality of Chétoui virgin olive oil: Effect of altitude

The differences in the chemical composition of virgin olive oils (VOO) obtained from trees of the Chetoui variety cultivated at different altitudes in Tunisia were evaluated. All samples were harvested using the same controlled procedures and were submitted to a controlled processing in the same laboratory mill. Several analytical parameters such as fatty acid composition, amounts of phenols; o-diphenols and pigments were analyzed. All these parameters showed an important effect on the fatty acids and phenols content of the oils. The total phenol content was positively correlated with the altitude, ranging from 817.33 mg/kg (403 m) to 131.91 mg/kg (10 m). However, the results of the regulated parameters in the potential quality classified all the analyzed oils into the ‘‘extra virgin’’ category. Key words : Orchard elevation, total antioxidant capacity, phenolic compounds, quality index.
Reduction of ZTD outliers through improved GNSS data processing and screening strategies

Abstract. Though Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data processing has been significantly improved over the years, it is still commonly observed that zenith tropospheric delay (ZTD) estimates contain many outliers which are detrimental to meteorological and climatological applications. In this paper, we show that ZTD outliers in double-difference processing are mostly caused by sub-daily data gaps at reference stations, which cause disconnections of clusters of stations from the reference network and common mode biases due to the strong correlation between stations in short baselines. They can reach a few centimetres in ZTD and usually coincide with a jump in formal errors. The magnitude and sign of these biases are impossible to predict because they depend on different errors in the observations and on the geometry of the baselines. We elaborate and test a new baseline strategy which solves this problem and significantly reduces the number of outliers compared to the standard strategy commonly used for positioning (e.g. determination of national reference frame) in which the pre-defined network is composed of a skeleton of reference stations to which secondary stations are connected in a star-like structure. The new strategy is also shown to perform better than the widely used strategy maximizing the number of observations available in many GNSS programs. The reason is that observations are maximized before processing, whereas the final number of used observations can be dramatically lower because of data rejection (screening) during the processing. The study relies on the analysis of 1 year of GPS (Global Positioning System) data from a regional network of 136 GNSS stations processed using Bernese GNSS Software v.5. 2. A post-processing screening procedure is also proposed to detect and remove a few outliers which may still remain due to short data gaps. It is based on a combination of range checks and outlier checks of ZTD and formal errors. The accuracy of the final screened GPS ZTD estimates is assessed by comparison to ERA-Interim reanalysis.
Deregulation, Economic Growth and Growth Acceleration

The paper analyzes the influence of credit-, labor-, and product market deregulation policies on economic growth in more than 70 economies over a period of 30 years. It addresses both the issues of reform measurement and its endogeneity. Specifically, by combining a difference-in-difference strategy with an IV approach to the endogeneity of the reform timing, this work finds that deregulation contributed to the per capita GDP levels of the early reformers relatively more than to the ones of the late reformers. However, the paper also finds that accelerating credit market reforms leads to a large growth acceleration effect for the late reformers, which points to large dynamic welfare gains from deregulation. The latter result suggests that a large-scale credit market re-regulation in the aftermath of the Great Recession is a misguided approach to deal with the consequences of the financial crisis.
The Fluidity of Inventor Networks by Michael Fritsch

We investigate the stability of cooperative relationships between inventors and consequences for the characteristics and patent productivity of the respective regional innovation systems (RIS). The empirical analysis is for nine German regions over a period of 15 years. We find a rather high level of ‘fluidity’, i.e., entry and exit of actors, as well as instability of their relationships over time. The aggregate characteristics of the regional networks are, however, quite robust even with high levels of micro-level fluidity. There are both significantly positive and negative relationships between micro-level fluidity and the performance of the respective RIS. JEL-classification: O3, R1, D2, D8
Patch burning effects on grazing distribution

Abstract Post-fire forage growth is known to be a strong attractant for large herbivores. However, fire has generally been avoided as a grazing distribution tool for fear of localized over utilization of forage resources. Our objectives were to examine whether forage utilization was affected by season of burn, determine cattle grazing preference for burned sites relative to non-burned sites, determine forb response to patch burning, and describe the relationship between end-of-season standing crop and distance from burned sites. Sixteen, 4-ha plots were burned in mid-November or mid-April and left exposed to cattle grazing for the duration of the growing season. Burn treatments were blocked within pastures to allow individual herds access to fall-burned, spring-burned, and non-burned sites. Standing crop estimates for grasses, forbs, and total herbage were made in September by clipping on burned sites and at 50, 100, 200, 400, and 800 m distant from the plot's edge. Standing crop was also sampled in exclosures on burned and non-burned sites. Cattle showed no preference for one burn season over the other. Cattle were strongly attracted to burned sites, reducing grass standing crop 78% within burns compared to 19% outside the influence of burns. Grass standing crop decreased in a predictable manner with proximity to burned plots. Forbs increased 60% to 1,095 kg ha−1 on grazed burned plots, but were unaffected by distance from burns. Patch burning can be employed as an effective, inexpensive grazing distribution tool.
Genetic and mechanistic analysis of heterochromatin spreading in the yeast S.cerevisiae

RNA Polymerase III transcribed tRNA genes are implicated in a wide variety of chromosome organizational functions that includes the ability to act as a boundary to heterochromatic silencing. A tRNA gene has been shown to be a major component of the barrier that prevents spreading of silencing from the HMR locus to the downstream GIT1 gene on chromosome III in S.cerevisiae. Our results suggest that additional proteins are involved in maintaining the boundary function of this tRNA gene. Mutations or deletions of the genes coding for these additional proteins have been shown to either weaken the boundary or enhance silencing. This mutational analysis identified YTA7, a novel bromodomain containing gene, as being required for full barrier activity of the HMR tRNA gene. This provided some of the first evidence demonstrating a role for bromodomain proteins in boundary function. RPD3, a histone deacetylase gene was also identified by our mutational analysis, as when deleted caused an increase in the spread of silencing downstream of the boundary tRNA gene. Our results suggest that this spreading of heterochromatic silencing occurs in spite of this tRNA gene remaining transcriptionally active. This suggests that heterochromatic silencing can bypass active regions along a chromosome to silence downstream genes.
The effect of selenium source on performance, carcass traits, oxidative status of the organism, and meat quality of turkeys

The aim of the present study was to verify the assumption that supplementation of the diet for turkeys with selenium, especially in an organic source of Se, improves the antioxidative status of the organism and the stability of the meat. Seven hundred and twenty 1-d-old BUT9 female turkeys were randomly assigned into three experimental groups (8 pens with 30 turkeys in each) and fed a diet without Se supplementation (Se-0) or a diet containing 0.3 mg/kg Se in the form of sodium selenite (SeS) or Se-enriched yeast (SeY). The trial was conducted for 112 days. The growth performance of turkeys was not affected by the dietary Se source. Dietary supplementation with 0.3 mg/kg SeS caused no significant changes in blood glutathione peroxidase (GPx) or superoxide dismutase activity. GPx activity was significantly (P<0.05) higher in birds fed a diet containing 0.3 mg/kg of organic selenium, compared with groups Se-0 and SeS, both in week 8 and 16. Dietary supplementation with Se-enriched yeast instead of sodium selenite significantly (P<0.05) increased the crude fat content of breast muscles and breast muscle selenium concentration (0.468 vs 0.224 mg/kg). However, the selenium concentration in meat from group SY turkey hens was twofold higher than in group SeS, and threefold higher than in the control treatment. Dietary supplementation with 0.3 mg/kg of inorganic or organic selenium resulted in a significant (P<0.05) decrease in thiobarbituric acid reactive substance in raw and stored meat. A tendency towards lower drip loss (11.1-12.7%) and cooking loss (5.5%) was observed in meat from turkeys fed a diet with the addition of Se-enriched yeast, compared with turkeys given sodium selenite. In conclusion, both 4