Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Extension of ALE methodology to unstructured conical meshes

We propose a bi-dimensional finite volume extension of a continuous ALE method on unstructured cells whose edges are parameterized by rational quadratic Bezier curves. For each edge, the control point possess a weight that permits to represent any conic (see for example [LIGACH]) and thanks to [WAGUSEDE,WAGU], we are able to compute the exact area of our cells. We then give an extension of scheme for remapping step based on volume fluxing [MARSHA] and self-intersection flux [ALE2DHAL]. For the rezoning phase, we propose a three step process based on moving nodes, followed by control point and weight re-adjustment. Finally, for the hydrodynamic step, we present the GLACE scheme [GLACE] extension (at first-order) on conic cell using the same formalism. We only propose some preliminary first-order simulations for each steps: Remap, Pure Lagrangian and finally ALE (rezoning and remapping).
An Investigation into Irisin Levels: Acute and Chronic Effects of Combined Training and Its Association with Anthropometric Variables in Overweight Men

Irisin, a novel myokine secreted from skeletal muscles, has an important relationship with physical activity and health. However, it has been reported as a therapeutic target for metabolic diseases. The purpose of this study was to measure both acute and chronic effects of combined training on serum Irisin levels and the relationship between Irisin and anthropometric variables such as weight, body mass index (BMI) and fat percentage in overweight young men. In 2016 in Gonbnad City, Golestan Privince, northern Iran, 20 overweight men aging 20-25 yr with BMI of 25-30 were randomly selected and equally divided into control and experimental groups. Fasting blood samples were collected three times, before the start of training, after the first session of training (acute), and 48 h after the end of the eight-week training (chronic). Combined training (endurance and strength) was done 3 times/week for eight weeks, as training in first session started at 50% of intensity and it was progressively increased 5% each week. Serum Irisin levels increased significantly when its levels were compared before training and after the completion of combined training ( P ≤0.05). However, no significant correlation was observed between the concentration of serum Irisin levels and anthropometric characteristics of the subjects both before and after the training. Eight weeks of combined training could be an efficient exercise type in increasing serum Irisin levels in overweight men. Irisin may causes metabolic and physiological changes within the body and play a protective role against overweightness and obesity associated with inactivity.
Case Report : Abducens Nerve Palsy and Meningitis by Rickettsia typhi

Patients with rickettsial infection may present with encephalitis or meningitis but neurologic involvement is rare in murine typhus. Here, we report two patients withRickettsia typhimeningitis who presented with cranial neuropathy, presumably caused by two distinct disease processes. Recognition of the disease manifestations is important because rickettsial infections are potentially associated with significant morbidity. Simple effective treatments are available.
Geomorphological determinants of nekton use of intertidal salt marsh creeks

Spatial variations in nekton use are often attributed to differences in the configuration and composition of habitat. We predicted that differences in nekton use among intertidal creeks were related to certain geomorphological characteristics. We measured or derived 28 features at 8 inter- tidal creeks in the high salinity North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina, USA. Nekton were collected simultaneously from all creeks once each season for 2 yr. Spatial variations in total abundance and biomass were greater than seasonal variations. Differences of 3- to 30-fold in resident and transient taxa densities occurred among creeks on the same date. Relative use (ranks) was similar among sea- sons and years. In canonical correlation analyses, depth, steepness, flow, and location were primary factors for total nekton and many taxa. Creeks that were shallow, broad, and filled and emptied slowly supported the greatest use. Total nekton use was not related to creek size, amount of edge, or oyster bottom. Grass shrimp Palaemonetes spp. , numerically dominant in 83% of the collections, responded most to creek shape. Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus favored shallow creeks with low flow and low proportions of submerged bottom at low tide. Juvenile spot Leiostomus xanthurus and pinfish Lagodon rhomboides were associated with the same features throughout their seasonal per- iods of occurrence. Persistent differences in nekton use of adjacent intertidal creeks might be explained by behavioral selection for preferred conditions and reoccupation of selected creeks. Geo- morphological variations are significant among sites and must be considered when assessing factors affecting nekton use along salinity and other environmental gradients.
Effect of Simulated Browsing on Aspen Regeneration: Implications for Restoration

Abstract Aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is a disturbance-dependent, fire-resilient, shade-intolerant, clonal species that is in decline throughout western North America. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of intensity and season of browsing on annual height growth of aspen suckers. The goal was to aid development of livestock grazing strategies to restore stands in decline due to excessive livestock browsing. We implemented 33 combinations of intensity and season of browse on aspen suckers in three aspen stands on Eagle Lake Range District, Lassen National Forest, California, USA, during 2003 and 2004. Greatest growth was on suckers with no terminal leader browse and ≤ 25% of biomass removed from branches. Lowest growth occurred when 90% of terminal leader length and 50% of branch biomass was removed. Growth was most negatively affected by browse on terminal leader. Growth was lowest for suckers browsed midseason only and suckers browsed both early and midseason. Occurrence of conifer in the stand overstory significantly reduced sucker growth. Managers should minimize browse on terminal leaders, midseason browse over consecutive years, and repeated browse during a growing season.
Investigation the Relationship between Visual Merchandising and Customer Buying Decision Case Study: Isfahan Hypermarkets

Hypermarket industry is one of the newest and fast growing industries in Iran and especially in city of Isfahan. At the present time, there are More than 5 Hypermarkets working in Isfahan owned by various companies. One of the important factors which make them able gain competitive advantage is merchandising. It has become an essential factor in the retailing industry especially in Hypermarket industry. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to identify the relationship between visual Merchandising and Customer Buying Decision. To investigate this hypothesis 940 questionnaires dispersed among visitors of 5 hypermarkets at city of Isfahan. Finally the data was analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method and AMOS software. The results indicate that there is a strong relationship between visual Merchandising and Customer Buying Decision.
Seroprevalence of human Anaplasma phagocytophilum in Bursa Province, Turkey

The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infections in rural areas of Bursa Province, where vector ticks and blood-sucking flies are commonly found. In total, 150 blood samples were collected from people living in four different locations where vector ticks are common, and 45 blood samples were collected from people living in non-tick-infested areas. Giemsa-stained blood smears were prepared from the blood samples and examined by light microscopy. The blood samples were also serologically examined using the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT). One sample (0.7%) from a patient with a tick bite history was positive, as determined by the IFAT; however, the same sample was negative when its Giemsa-stained smear was examined. The co-seroprevalence of A. phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi was not observed. Key words: Bursa, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, human, serology, prevalence.
139-RELATIVE AGE EFFECT IN PROFESSIONAL SOCCER ATHLETES DURING 2005 ' CONFEDERATIONS CUP GERMANY

Introduction Williams and Reilly (2000) present that the specific soccer talents selection is based on maturation, growth, training and genetics. As in other team sports, the soccer talent selection must occur in a more complex way due to the difficulties in predicting the final performance when a sport is dependent on many extrinsic and intrinsic factors (Reilly et al, 2000). Thus, the standards and procedures applied to the soccer talent selection are diverse and their success is only relative. Hoff (2005) affirms that soccer performance, no matter category, must be exclusively based on technical, tactical and physical elements. Age differences among individuals of the same age group or “school-year” is called relative age and its consequence is called Relative Age Effect RAE (Musch and Grondin, 2001). In competitive sports it's observed that most of times individuals who were born in the beginning of the year are numerically predominant over individuals who were born in the end of the competitive year. This fact is more evident in youth categories, considering that as higher the category is, less the age differences between groups are, so, the RAE becomes smaller. Differences in relative age close to 12 months may result in significant anthropometrical variations within the same group (Helsen et al, 2005). When boys and girls are grouped based on the age range, cognitive, emotional and physical differences are observed between younger and older individuals (Musch and Grondin, 2001; Malina, 1994). Some evidences on the use of elements related to RAE have been observed in soccer, although the level of success is low (Vaeyens et al, 2005). Comparing different countries and cultures seems to be very complicated by the fact that the periodicity for birth dates related to competitive seasons and school years is different when considering countries located in the south hemisphere to countries located in the north hemisphere (Musch and Hay, 1999). This situation was observed by Bäumler (1996, apud Musch and Grondin, 2001) with professional athletes from German Soccer League. Studies performed in the beginning of 90's showed a more intense RAE in U-17 and U-20 World Cups than in Professional World Cup (Barnsley et al, 1992). In a recent study, Helsen et al (2005) observed the RAE in 10 European soccer national teams, U-15, U-16, U-17 and U-18 categories and concluded that in 7 of them there was a tendency of selecting players who were born in the first trimester of the year. The aim of this study was to verify the frequency of RAE in professional soccer players who participated in Confederations Cup Germany, promoted by FIFA in July, 2005.
Effects of sex preference on contraceptive use abortion and fertility in Matlab Bangladesh.

Data from the Matlab Demographic Surveillance System were used to investigate the effects of son preference on contraceptive use abortion and fertility and trends in these effects over time in the Matlab maternal and child health and family planning project area and in a comparison area. A modified Arnold Index was used to estimate the increase or decrease in contraceptive prevalence abortion or fertility that would occur in the population in the absence of sex preference. The level of sex-selective abortion was measured by the deviation from the expected ratio of males to females at birth. Between the early 1980s and the middle 1990s contraceptive use and recourse to abortion increased in Matlab while fertility declined. Method use rose with parity in the project area. (Adequate data were not available for the comparison area). At low parities method use increased with the number of sons; among women with 3 or more children however it stabilized or decreased among those who had at least 2 sons. In the absence of sex preference contraceptive use in the project area would have risen by 9% in 1983 by 8% in 1988 and by 6% in 1993. The abortion ratio increased with parity; within parities it was generally lowest for women with no sons and was often highest for those with at least 2 sons and a daughter. In the absence of sex preference the abortion ratio would have increased by 27% in 1982-86 by 36% in 1987-91 and by 55% in 1992-95 in the project area and by 36% 37% and 38% respectively in the comparison area. The percentage of women giving birth declined as parity rose and within parities was highest for women without sons. Among women with more than 2 children fertility was lowest for those who had sons and a daughter. In the absence of sex preference fertility would have decreased by 9% in 1984-86 by 10% in 1989-91 and by 12% in 1994-95 in the project area and by 7% 8% and 9% respectively in the comparison area. There was no evidence of sex-selective abortion in Matlab. Sex preference does not have a strong effect on contraceptive use in Matlab. Its absence however would probably increase recourse to abortion which is used to limit fertility once couples have the number of sons they desire. The effect of sex preference on childbearing is becoming stronger as fertility declines because couples must achieve their desired number of sons within a smaller overall number of children. (authors)
Direct adaptive control using feedforward neural networks

This paper proposes a new scheme for direct neural adaptive control that works efficiently employing only one neural network, used for simultaneously identifying and controlling the plant. The idea behind this structure of adaptive control is to compensate the control input obtained by a conventional feedback controller. The neural network training process is carried out by using two different techniques: backpropagation and extended Kalman filter algorithm. Additionally, the convergence of the identification error is investigated by Lyapunov's second method. The performance of the proposed scheme is evaluated via simulations and a real time application.
Biomarkers responses in fish (Atherinella brasiliensis) of paranaguá bay, southern Brazil, for assessment of pollutant effects

A Baia de Paranagua e um complexo estuarino localizado no sul do Brasil constituido de tres areas de protecao ambiental listadas pela UNESCO. Historicamente, o estuario tem sido afetado por atividade urbana, industrial, agricultura e portuaria, e eventualmente por acidentes. Particularmente a explosao do navio Chileno Vicuna em dezembro de 2004 derramou metanol, oleo cru e combustivel atingindo areas protegidas e nao protegidas. O presente estudo tem por objetivo investigar a poluicao em organismos aquaticos. Cento e vinte individuos adultos do peixe Atherinella brasiliensis foram coletados em quatro diferentes pontos de coleta no estuario de Paranagua, partindo do porto ate o oceano aberto nos periodos de verao, inverno e primavera de 2005. Os indices somaticos, parâmetros quimicos, enzimaticos, geneticos e morfologicos foram considerados. As analises histopatologicas demonstraram expressiva incidencia de patologia no figado e nas brânquias algumas vezes corroboradas pelas alteracoes bioquimicas. Danos geneticos e anormalidades geneticas tambem foram observados. As analises quimicas na bile mostraram uma continua biodisponibilidade de hidrocarbonetos policiclicos aromaticos para os organismos aquaticos. Os dados obtidos indicam que a qualidade da agua e a saude dos peixes encontram-se bastante comprometidos no estuario de Paranagua.
INFLUENCE OF ANNEALING TEMPERATURE ON CHARACTERISTICS OF BISMUTH DOPED ZINC OXIDE FILMS

In this study, Bismuth (Bi) doped ZnO thin films were deposited on quartz substrates by a sol-gel spin coating method and annealed at different annealing temperatures of 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 700°C, respectively. Structural and optical properties of nanocrystalline Bi-doped ZnO film on quartz were investigated by using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and UV-VIS spectrophotometer. The high annealing temperature of 700°C as a critical temperature causes the crystallographic reorientation plane in ZnO:Bi nanostructure mostly due to the initial formation of the polycrystalline phase with the inter-grain segregation of Bi dopant atoms. Bi-incorporating ZnO films with an increase in annealing temperature resulted in a blue wavelength shift of the photon absorption edge. The optical band gap of the films was increased from 3.27 eV to 3.34 eV. By decreasing the annealing temperatures from 700 to 200°C, the grain size of Bi-doped ZnO decreased from 18 nm to 8 nm. The effect of the annealing temperature on the electrical conductivity had been considered. The low electrical conductivity of 0.9 (Ω.cm)-1 was obtained for ZnO:0.2 film annealed at 600°C with good nano-crystallization. However, the Bi-doped ZnO films prepared by cost-effective spin coating technique provided to have a very high photon absorption coefficient (104-105 cm-1) and did not appreciably affect the optical transparency. ZnO films doped with 0.2% at. Bi can be used as a high resistive buffer layer for solar cell application.
Individual growth model for the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica

A model of individual growth simulating the development of the main compartments and processes involved in the ecophysiology of the appendicularian Oikopleura dioica is presented. O. dioica is one of the 5 most frequent larvacean species inhabiting European seas, and laboratory studies are available for comparison with model outputs. Individual growth and interactions with the external medium are described by state variables and fluxes of C and N, using the stoichiometric approach. Three forcing variables control the animal's growth: temperature, food quantity, and food quality (i.e. C:N ratio and size of particles). Model outputs are compared to experimental data to analyse (1) the effect of food quantity and quality on trunk length; (2) the influence of temperature on trunk length, generation time, respiration, excretion and house production rate; (3) the variability of the filtration rate under different conditions of temperature, food quantity and food quality. Results of the model are coherent with most observations, and validation of the model was successful.
Intercropping soybean and maize in a derived savanna ecology

Compared to sole soybean, intercropping soybean and maize on flat and ridge reduced yields by 1.0 –29.1% and 29.4 - 40.2% respectively. In maize, intercropping on flat and ridge reduced yields by 13.2 - 25.2% and 24.8 - 43.5% respectively. Planting sole soybean on ridge enhanced mean yield by 18.6% as compared to the sole crop yield on flat. Conversely, planting sole maize on flat enhanced grain yield by 2.8%. Intercropping soybean and maize on flat resulted in optimum yields. The maximum combined intercrop revenue from maize and soybean was from inter + intra-row planting arrangement on flat. However, it was less than total revenue from sole soybean on ridge by 5.88%.
Structural and Vibrational Study on Monomer and Dimer Forms and Water Clusters of Acetazolamide

Experimental IR and Raman spectra of solid acetazolamide have been analysed by computing the molecular structures and vibrational spectra of monomer and dimer forms and water clusters of acetazolamide. The possible stable conformers of free acetazolamide molecule in the ground state were obtained by scanning the potential energy surface through the dihedral angles, D1 (1S-2C-6S-9N), D2 (4N-5C-12N-14C), and D3 (5C-12N-14C-16C). The final geometry parameters for the obtained stable conformers were determined by means of geometry optimization, carried out at DFT/B3LYP/6-31G
EFFECT OF PRETREATMENTS ON CHEMICAL AND ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES OF SKY FRUIT (Swietenia macrophylla) SEED OIL [Pengaruh Pra-perlakuan Terhadap Sifat Kimia dan Antioksidan Minyak Biji Buah Tunjuk Langit (Swietenia macrophylla)]

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of pretreatments on chemical and antioxidant properties of sky fruit ( Swietenia macrohyll a) seed oil. The seeds were treated with different heat pretreatments (roasting, steaming, and microwaving) and subsequently subjected to oil extraction by using a Bligh and Dyer method. It was found that different pretreatments significantly (p<0.05) affected yield and peroxide value of the extracted oils. However, no significant effect of pretreatment was observed on free fatty acid content of the seed oils. The oils exhibited significantly different levels of 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activity due to different heat pretreatments. The results revealed that the mean percentages of DPPH scavenging activity of untreated (control) seed oil (87.69%) and steamed seed oil (83.40%) were significantly higher than those of roasted seed oil (75.71%) as well as the microwaved one (63.98%). In contrast, the pretreatments did not significantly affect total phenolic content (TPC) of the seed oils with the TPC mean values ranging from 0.016 to 0.022 mg/g (as gallic acid). Data gained from this study provided valuable information for edible oil industries in searching for alternative source of edible oil with medicinal benefits.
Insurance Against Volatility Risk or Negative Skewness as Reflected by Option Returns in Emerging European Markets

This study examines the risk premia embedded in index option prices using a sample of emerging European Union countries. In contrast to the `over-priced puts puzzle' in the US market, writing puts in developing European exchanges is found to offer insignificant returns after accounting for risk. However, investors were paying a substantial premium for insurance against volatility risk, especially during the crisis. Insurance against negative skewness also commanded a high premium before the crisis, that disappeared post 2008. The returns of profitable option-selling strategies cannot be explained in an obvious way as compensation for risk across a set of factors.