Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Title Bond Fluctuation Model of Superionic Conductors : Concepts and Applications

The bond fluctuation model of superionic conductors provides a framework to understand the characteristic properties of superionic materials. According to the model, the superionic behavior is related to a change of bonding that occurs locally and fluctuates in time. In the present report, after presenting the concept of the model and summarizing the main results obtained till now, some recent applications of the model is reviewed. Topics such as new interpretation of the power law exponent of ac conductivity observed in superionic glasses, model for the anomalous electronic properties observed in liquid silver chalcogenides, and prediction of nonlinear optical constants of ionic conducting glasses are covered.
Study of Morphological Traits Affecting Grain Yield in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Under Field Stress Condition

Inter-relationship among yield and different yield related traits were investigated by correlation and path coefficient analysis through sowing wheat varieties/lines under moisture stress conditions using randomized complete block design with three replications. The obtained results indicated that grain yield had positive correlation with peduncle length, spike length, grains per spike and 1000-grain weight, whereas, negative correlation with days to heading, plant height and tillers per plant. Furthermore, path analysis indicated that 1000-grain weight had the highest positive direct effect on yield followed by spike length and days to heading while, tillers per plant, plant height, grains per spike and peduncle length had negative direct effect on yield. So, these results suggested that traits such as spike length and 1000-grain weight having positive correlation and direct effect on grain yield can be used as suitable selection criteria to develop high yielding genotypes.
Comparison of the Forward Head Posture on Scapular Muscle Contributions During Shoulder Flexion of Predominant Arm in Women with Forward Head Posture

Article history: Received: 28 May 2012 Accepted: 2 Aug 2012 Available online: 19 June 2013 ZJRMS 2014; 16(6): 68-72 Background: Because of the corrigibility of forward head posture (FHP), the recognition of the relationship between this deformity and scapular rotator muscles may be influential on scapular muscle activities in detection of better way to improve movement disorders. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the serratus anterior, upper and lower trapezius muscle contributions during shoulder flexion without weight in women with and without FHP. Materials and Methods: In this case-control study was carried out on 18 women with FHP and 14 healthy subjects who were matched. EMG muscle activities were recorded during shoulder flexion and abduction. The value of each muscle divided on total muscle values to calculate contribution ratio and independent t-test was used to compare contributions between groups. Results: There was a significant decrease in serratus anterior muscle activity ratio (p=0.002) and a significant increase in upper trapezius muscle activity ratio (p=0.001) between subjects with and without FHP. There was not also significant difference in contribution of lower trapezius muscle. Conclusion: Contribution of the serratus anterior muscle in individuals with forward head posture is less than healthy subjects. The contribution of upper trapezius muscle also in individuals with FHP is greater than healthy subjects. Copyright © 2014 Zahedan University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.
Industry-Specific Capiatl and the Wage Profile: Evidence from the NLSY and the PSID

Using data from the NLSY (1979-1991) and from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID, 1981-1987), we seek to determine whether there is any net positive return to tenure with the current employer once we control for industry-specific capital. Using data from the PSID, Topel (JPE 1991) concluded that 10 years of seniority with an employer translated into a net return of about 25%. However, once we include total experience in the industry as an additional explanatory variable, the return to seniority vanishes almost completely when we use either OLS, GLS or IV-GLS estimation methods, although this conclusion varies somewhat according to the occupation, some occupation classes showing a negative net return to tenure and others showing a positive net return. Note also that this result holds whether the analysis is carried out at the 1-digit, 2-digit or 3-digit level. Therefore, it seems that what matters most for the wage profile in terms of human capital is not so much firm-specificity but industry-specificity. Avec les donnees du NLSY ainsi que celles du Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), on cherche a determiner s'il y a un rendement positif net lie a l'anciennete dans la firme. Topel (JPE 1991) a montre avec un echantillon du PSID l'existence d'un rendement substantiel (25 % en 10 ans). Toutefois, du moment que l'on inclut l'experience dans l'industrie courante dans l'equation de salaire (en plus de l'anciennete dans la firme ainsi que l'experience totale de travail), l'effet d'anciennete disparait presque completement, que l'on estime par simples moindres carres generalises ou par la methode des variables instrumentales (IV-GLS), et ce, avec les deux echantillons differents. ¸ noter egalement que ce resultat est robuste au degre d'agregation des classes d'industries.
Hypertension Rapid Communications Regulated Systemic Activation of Rat Plasma

Nephrectomized rats have above-normal plasma prorenin levels, presumably of extrarenal origin, but essentially no renin, suggesting a lack of "convertase" for prorenin activation. Adrenalectomized rats have low plasma prorenin levels accompanied by high renin activity, suggesting enhanced prorenin activation by the action of a stimulated "convertase" mechanism. Crosscirculation between adrenalectomized and nephrectomized rats for 15 or 30 minutes, dramatically lowered prorenin and raised renin levels in both types of rats, suggesting extensive activation of prorenin to renin. Similarly, in vitro mixing of these bloods (without cross-circulation) raised renin activity over five times the expected calculated level, while prorenin essentially disappeared. In both cases, prorenin from nephrectomized rat plasma apparently was activated to renin by the enhanced action of "convertase" in the adrenalectomized rat plasma. This newly generated renin activity was, like normal plasma renin, almost completely inhibited by a monoclonal antibody against hog renin and generated an immunoreactive angiotensin I. In contrast, cross-circulation or in vitro mixing of blood from normal control and nephrectomized rats produced little detectable activation of prorenin and only modest increments of renin, suggesting relative inactivity of the "convertase" mechanism in normal plasma. Our data suggest that activation of plasma prorenin is a significant regulated pathway for renin production, as it is greatly stimulated after adrenalectomy and deficient after nephrectomy, thereby implicating the kidney as an important contributor to the "convertase" mechanism operating within the circulation. (Hypertension 10: 122-126, 1987)
New Role of (−)-Epicatechin in Enhancing the Induction of Growth Inhibition and Apoptosis in Human Lung Cancer Cells by Curcumin

Curcumin, a phenolic compound isolated from the plant Curcuma longa (Linn), is ingested every day in the Indian subcontinent and is well reported to possess cancer-preventive activity. To achieve effective cancer prevention with curcumin, we need to find a new method to enhance the effects of curcumin in the diet. Based on our evidence that (−)-epicatechin (EC), an inert catechin, enhances the cancer-preventive activity of green tea catechins, we studied the enhancing effects of EC on inductions of growth inhibition and apoptosis in human lung cancer cell lines PC-9 and A549 with curcumin. The combination of curcumin with EC significantly increased the inhibition of cell growth compared with curcumin or EC alone. The combination similarly increased both apoptosis and expression of GADD153 and GADD45 genes, associated with their enhanced protein production. Knockdown of GADD153 or GADD45 by small interfering RNA abrogated the apoptosis induction and growth inhibition induced by the combination, indicating the crucial role of their upregulation. Treatments of PC-9 cells with c-Jun-NH2-kinase inhibitor SP600125, with p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor SB202190 and with PD98059 (extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 inhibitor) all increased the upregulation of GADD153 and GADD45 genes by the combination. Because EC was previously shown to enhance the incorporation of EGCG into PC-9 cells, we think that EC has similar effects on curcumin. This report is the first report on the enhancing effects of EC on curcumin, and the data suggest that EC plays a significant role in the enhancement of the cancer-preventive activity of curcumin in the diet. Cancer Prev Res; 3(8); 953–62. ©2010 AACR.
Theropod Tooth from the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in the Koshikijima Islands, Southwestern Japan

Abstract. A theropod tooth found in the Upper Cretaceous Himenoura Group in the Koshikijima Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, is described. Recent paleontological work in the region suggests a middle Campanian age for the specimen. Lacking a feature diagnostic of any specific theropod clade, this specimen is considered merely as Theropoda incertae sedis. The present finding confirms the potential of the Himenoura Group as a new source of information on the diversity of Theropoda during the Campanian.
Decline of quaking aspen in the Interior West - examples from Utah

Quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) are unique because, in contrast to most western forest trees, they reproduce primarily by suckering from the parent root system. Generally disturbance or dieback is necessary to stimulate regeneration of aspen stands. These self-regenerating stands have existed for thousands of years. If they are lost from the landscape, they will not return through normal seeding processes as do other tree species.
The metabolic syndrome in hypertension

The metabolic syndrome (MS) is currently considered to be a cluster of metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors including blood pressure elevation. A higher risk to develop hypertension in MS subjects with high-normal blood pressure has been observed and, when hypertension is established, seems to be what confers a higher cardiovascular risk on top of the risk induced by blood pressure elevation. Therefore, assessment of MS components can result in clinical utility strategy to manage hypertension based on individual risk. The main mechanisms for blood pressure elevation include overactivity of the sympathetic and the reninangiotensin system, abnormal renal sodium handling, and endothelial dysfunction. Treatment aim to reduce the high cardiovascular and renal risk associated with the individual components of MS, and to reduce the risk of developing type-2 diabetes. Diet and regular physical exercise should be strongly recommended. The first choice among the antihypertensive drugs should be those which may induce reduction of insulin resistance and the consequent changes in lipid profile and glucose levels.
Injection drug use cessation and use of North America ’ s first medically supervised safer injecting facility

Background: Vancouver, Canada has a pilot supervised injecting facility (SIF), where individuals can inject pre-obtained drugs under the supervision of medical staff. There has been concern that the program may facilitate ongoing drug use and delay entry into addiction treatment. Methods: We used Cox regression to examine factors associated with the time to the cessation of injecting, for a minimum of 6 months, among a random sample of individuals recruited from within the Vancouver SIF. In further analyses, we evaluated the time to enrolment in addiction treatment. Results: Between December 2003 and June 2006, 1090 participants were recruited. In Cox regression, factors independently associated with drug use cessation included use of methadone maintenance therapy (Adjusted Hazard Ratio [AHR] = 1.57 [95% Confidence Interval [CI]: 1.02–2.40]) and other addiction treatment (AHR = 1.85 [95% CI: 1.06–3.24]). In subsequent analyses, factors independently associated with the initiation of addiction treatment included: regular SIF use at baseline (AHR = 1.33 [95% CI: 1.04–1.72]); having contact with the addiction counselor within the SIF (AHR = 1.54 [95% CI: 1.13–2.08]); and Aboriginal ancestry (AHR = 0.66 [95% CI: 0.47–0.92]). Conclusions: While the role of addiction treatment in promoting injection cessation has been well described, these data indicate a potential role of SIF in promoting increased uptake of addiction treatment and subsequent injection cessation. The finding that Aboriginal persons were less likely to enroll in addiction treatment is consistent with prior reports and demonstrates the need for novel and culturally appropriate drug treatment approaches for this population. © 2010 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
interleukin-1 β inhibitors for the treatment of cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome

: Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) comprises a group of rare, but severe, inherited autoinflammatory disorders associated with aberrant secretion of interleukin (IL)-1. These distinct conditions of autoinflammatory origin include Muckle–Wells syndrome, familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome, and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID), which is also referred to as chronic infantile neurologic cutaneous and articular syndrome. Recently, this group of diseases has been associated with mutations in the NLRP3 gene that encodes for the protein cryopyrin, a component of the inflammasome complex that regulates the maturation and secretion of inflammatory cytokine IL-1 β . Immune cells from patients with NOMID secrete higher levels of active IL-1 β compared with monocytes from healthy subjects. Overproduction of IL-1 is believed to promote aberrant inflammatory response in CAPS patients. Evidence supporting the clinical value of IL-1 β in CAPS has been provided from the complete response of patients after treatment with IL-1 blocking agents.
Portrayal of Women in Television (TV) Serials

Abstract The present study entitled “portrayal of women in television (TV) serials” was conducted with a view to ascertain the responses of men and women regarding the image of women in TV serial and to study the impact of these serials on them. The sample comprised of 120 respondents which consisted 60 men and 60 women purposively in the age group of 35-50 years. Women portrayal of TV is one of the contentions issues surrounding the media today. The modern images of the more liberated woman are not the image of the contemporary Indian women. it seems that sex-stereotyping is more deeply woven in to the fabric of television soap operas does not depicts the reality of women’s role in society, for a variety of different reasons, including the illusionary characters, the concentration on domestic and personal issues. It has been seen that women are portrayed in stereotypical, often fashionable way and never as an intelligent, confident and emancipated women.
Pattern recognition in bioinformatics

Pattern recognition is concerned with the development of systems that learn to solve a given problem using a set of example instances, each represented by a number of features. These problems include clustering, the grouping of similar instances; classification, the task of assigning a discrete label to a given instance; and dimensionality reduction, combining or selecting features to arrive at a more useful representation. The use of statistical pattern recognition algorithms in bioinformatics is pervasive. Classification and clustering are often applied to high-throughput measurement data arising from microarray, mass spectrometry and next-generation sequencing experiments for selecting markers, predicting phenotype and grouping objects or genes. Less explicitly, classification is at the core of a wide range of tools such as predictors of genes, protein function, functional or genetic interactions, etc., and used extensively in systems biology. A course on pattern recognition (or machine learning) should therefore be at the core of any bioinformatics education program. In this review, we discuss the main elements of a pattern recognition course, based on material developed for courses taught at the BSc, MSc and PhD levels to an audience of bioinformaticians, computer scientists and life scientists. We pay attention to common problems and pitfalls encountered in applications and in interpretation of the results obtained.
Impact of variable-rate and starter fertilizer application methods on the crop response to phosphorus

Early season com (Zea mays L.) growth often is slower in no-tilled soils than in tilled soils. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of reduced spring tillage and starter fertilization on early growth, nutrient uptake, and grain yield of no-till corn. Seven replicated strip trials were conducted using yield monitors, intensive soil sampling, differential global positioning systems (DGPS). and geographical information systems (GIS). Treatments were no-starter and liquid starter with or w ithout spring tillage. Starter rates varied across fields from 3.9-27.2 kg N ha'1. 5.224. 2 kg P ha"', and 0-6.5 kg K ha'1. They were applied to the seed furrow in five fields and beside and below the seeds in two fields. Tillage treatment was done with a strip-till unit that tilled a zone of 18-cm wide and 15-cm deep in two fields and a field cultivator that mixed soil and residue to a 1015 cm depth in other fields. Measurements were grain yield, early plant growth (V5-V6) and N-P plant uptake. Tillage increased grain yield in five fields (210 to 500 kg ha'1). The starter increased yield in three fields ( 170 to 522 kg ha'1) and reduced yield with the no-till treatment in one field (-97 kg ha"1). Soil-test P, K, pH, and organic matter content did not clearly explain the yield response variation across fields. Tillage and starter fertilization usually increased early growth and nutrient uptake markedly. Across all fields, tillage increased yield by 2.5%, early growth by 27% . P uptake
Bedrock geology of the Ellice Hills map area and new constraints on the regional geology of the Committee Bay area, Nunavut

The Ellice Hills map area (NTS 56 P), southwest of Committee Bay, contains two belts of Archean supracrustal rocks intruded by younger, diverse plutonic rocks. The Ellice Hills supracrustal strand is a west-northwest–facing belt of interbedded psammite, semipelite, silicate iron-formation, komatiite, and basalt. To the south, the Committee Bay supracrustal belt contains komatiite, semipelite, psammite, and iron-formation, overlain by quartzite, rare intermediate volcanic rocks, and interbedded psammite and semipelite. Ultramafic sills intrude the supracrustal rocks. Folded with the Archean supracrustal rocks is a small outlier of younger meta-arkose and calc-arenite. A regionally extensive, northeast-striking, 2610 Ma intrusive complex of K-feldspar–magnetite granodiorite and monzogranite intrudes supracrustal rocks in the south. To the north, the supracrustal belts are cut by tonalite, granodiorite, monzogranite, and diorite plutons that are likely part of a widespread, 2610–2580 Ma plutonic suite. The northern part of the Ellice Hills area is intruded by a large biotite-muscovite monzogranite pluton. Resume : La region cartographique d’Ellice Hills (SNRC 56P), au sud-ouest de la baie Committee, renferme deux bandes de roches supracrustales de l’Archeen encaissees dans divers types de roches plutoniques plus recentes. L’etroite ceinture de roches supracrustales d’Ellice Hills est constituee d’une succession a regard ouest–nord-ouest formee d’une interstratification de psammite, de semipelite, de for­ mation de fer a facies silicate, de komatiite et de basalte. Au sud, la ceinture de roches supracrustales de Committee Bay est formee d’une succession de komatiite, de semipelite, de psammite et de formation de fer, surmontee de quartzite et de rares roches volcaniques intermediaires, ainsi que de psammite et de semipelite interstratifiees. Des filons-couches ultramafiques recoupent les roches supracrustales. Plisse au sein des roches supracrustales de l’Archeen se trouve un petit lambeau de meta-arkose et de calcarenite plus recentes. Dans le sud de la region, les roches supracrustales sont recoupees par un grand complexe batholitique de granodiorite a feldspath potassique et a magnetite et de monzogranite qui s’allonge vers le nord-est et remonte a 2 610 Ma. Au nord, les ceintures de roches supracrustales sont recoupees par des plutons de tonalite, de granodiorite, de monzogranite et de diorite appartenant probablement a une suite plutonique aux manifestations repandues qui remonte a 2 610-2 580 Ma. Le nord de la region d’Ellice Hills est recoupe par un vaste pluton de monzogranite a biotite-muscovite. 1 Contribution to the Targeted Geoscience Initiative (TGI) 2000–2003 Page
ACM SIGACT news distributed computing column 32: the year in review

This column overviews the main events related to distributed computing in 2008. I begin with this year’s Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing, which was awarded (in PODC’08) to Baruch Awerbuch and David Peleg for their paper “Sparse Partitions” published in FOCS in 1990. The award statement appears earlier in this issue of the SIGACT News. I then proceed with reviews of PODC– the ACM Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing– and its European counterpart, DISC– the International Symposium on DIStributed Computing. I decided to also include a review of SPAA– the ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures– since the boundaries between distributed and parallel computing are quite blurred these days: SPAA increasingly deals with classical distributed computing topics such as network (and graph) algorithms, while PODC and DISC continue to deal extensively with concurrent and shared memory-based computing, which arises in parallel architectures. To review these three events, I invited students who have won Best Paper and Best Student Paper Awards in the respective conferences (PODC, DISC, and SPAA). I also asked them to include descriptions of their winning papers in their reviews. The review of PODC is by Armando Castañeda from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, who won the Best Student Paper Award for his paper “New Combinatorial Topology Upper and Lower Bounds for Renaming”, co-authored with his advisor Sergio Rajsbaum. This remarkable paper refutes a long-standing lower bound result on wait-free renaming, which was proven in a number of papers, including a Gödel Award winner. More specifically, the paper shows that the previously proven lower bound does not hold for all values of n, where n is the number of processes, while for other values of n it does hold. (See more below). PODC was co-located with CONCUR this year, and featured a special symposium to celebrate the contributions of Nancy Lynch in light of her sixtieth birthday. See more on the celebration (and a picture) in Armando’s review of PODC below.