Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Administrative capacity-building for the future of European funds management

Between 6 and 8 October 2014, the 12th European Week of Regions and Cities – OPEN DAYS – hosted an early career Master Class for the second time, aiming to improve understanding of European Union (EU) Cohesion Policy and its research potential. Organized by the European Commission ’ s DG for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and the Regional Studies Association (RSA), the Master Class brought together 29 doctoral students and early career researchers from 15 EU member states and three non-EU countries. The programme included lectures, debates, a role-play, a World Café session and social events. A total of 35 speakers were involved, including then Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn, of ﬁ cials from different European Commission DGs (DG Regional and Urban Policy, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, and DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries), the CoR, Eurostat, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and professors from several universities (University of Strathclyde, London School of Economics; Aston University; Free University of Brussels; Catholic University of Leuven; University of Groningen; University of Adelaide). Around three themes – the recent reform of EU Cohesion Policy; the challenge of administrative capacity-building; the prospects for territorial cooperation programmes – the sessions:
Effect of spraying humic acid and salicylic acid on potato leaf area, yield and quality at two different levels of field capacity

This study was carried out at Al-Hanadi Research Station -Agricultural Scientific Research Center in Lattakia during spring 2019, to study the effect of foliar spray with different concentrations of humic acid (500, 1000 and 1500 ppm) and salicylic acid (50, 100 and 150 ppm) on Spunta potato plants at two levels of irrigation 40% and 80% of field capacity. The experiment included 14 treatments and 3 replicates for each one. Experiment was designed according to a completely randomized design in split plots. Results showed a decrease in vegetative surface area and yield kgm -2 at irrigation level 40% of field capacity, while tubers content of proline and dry matter tubers increased. The highest tuber content of proline was in humic acid 1000 ppm at 40% of field capacity. At irrigation level 80% of field capacity, the treatment with salicylic acid 100 ppm showed the highest yield 40900 kgh -1 and the highest tuber content of sugars in salicylic acid 100 ppm at the same irrigation level. Salicylic acid treatment 50 ppm gave also the highest vegetative surface area (2278) cm 2 .
A Juvenile Chasmosaurine Ceratopsid (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta, Canada

ABSTRACT An articulated, 1.5 m long skeleton of a juvenile Chasmosaurus, lacking only the front limbs, pectoral girdles, and terminal caudal vertebrae, was collected from the Dinosaur Park Formation in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. The short, tall skull has a narrow frill that lacks a posterior embayment. Many of the cranial bones are co-ossified in spite of the small size of the specimen. The nasals form an incipient horncore, and the short, knob-like postorbital horncore lacks sinuses. The palpebral is not fused to the rest of the skull. The frontal fontanelle is keyhole-shaped. The triangular squamosal extends to the back of the parietals. Epiossifications are lacking, although the squamosal margin is thick and scalloped. The parietal has a pronounced midline sagittal crest. Parietal fenestrae, if present, would have been narrow and elongate. There are only 18 maxillary tooth positions. The syncervical comprises three co-ossified, but distinct vertebrae. Anterior caudal vertebrae support unfused caudal ribs. Ossified tendons in the neck, trunk, and sacrum do not extend into the tail. Hind limb proportions are comparable to those of adult ceratopsids. The pedal unguals are distally acute. Skin impressions are similar to those of mature chasmosaurines. Phylogenetic analysis, if all characters are coded as they are seen, suggests that the specimen is a basal chasmosaurine. When size or age dependent characters are recoded as ‘? ,’ the specimen groups with other Chasmosaurus. These characters should only be used in phylogenetic analyses when all specimens are mature.
Changes in thermal structure of permafrost active layer in a dry polar climate, Petuniabukta, Svalbard

The relationships between meteorological conditions, permafrost active layer thickness and thermal structure were studied for a dry, polar climate site, next to Petunia− bukta (central Spitsbergen), during four successive summer seasons (2000-2003). In addi− tion to determination of the ground sedimentological and mineralogical properties, the fol− lowing parameters were measured: air temperature, air humidity (both at 2 m and 0.05 m above the ground), wind direction and velocity (at 2 m), precipitation, cloudiness, thickness of the permafrost active layer and ground temperature at 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 m be− low the surface. The permafrost level was lowered 0.7 to 1.1 cm day −1 during days with tem− perature above freezing, reaching a maximum depth of 1.2 m. The temperature of the top 0.1 m of the ground reacted within one to two days to changes in air temperature. The reac− tion period of the ground temperature at 0.5 m was several days. Rainfall events were of mi− nor importance to thermal ground structure, in contrast to sites with a more marine climate. Other meteorological factors had a very small influence on the ground temperature. During summer, a well developed thermal gradient reaching over 12 Cm −1 was observed, followed by isothermal conditions with temperature of 0C at the beginning of fall, and reversal of the thermal gradient (−6.7 Cm −1 ) in late fall. The interannual variations were mainly due to changes in summer temperature and to the length of period with snow cover in spring, which limited the beginning of thawing. The thermal structure of active layer is governed by seasonal conditions, regardless of overall climatic change.
Biological diversity in montane riparian ecosystems: The case of the Mexican spotted owl

Although usually considered to be a bird of old growth mixed conifer forests, the Mexican spotted owl historically occurred in a wide range of habitats from lowland cottonwood bosques to montane canyon systems. In a recent study of habitat use in central New Mexico, we found that owls roost primarily in canyon bottoms, and that they select sites that are characterized by deciduous trees and high structural complexity of vegetation, rather than by large diameter conifer trees per se. Intact riparian areas in montane canyons typically have considerable structure, yet, as in the lowlands, these habitats have undergone extensive modification and reduction. The unexpected diversity of habitat use of the Mexican spotted owl suggests that historic changes in upland riparian systems in the Rio Grande Basin may have impacted more species than originally believed.
ONTRASTING POLLINATION EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS AMONG FLOWER VISITORS OF M ALVA SYLVESTRIS , B ORAGO OFFICINALIS AND O NOBRYCHIS VICIIFOLIA

Biotic pollination is an important factor for ecosystem functioning and provides a substantial ecosystem service to human food security. Not all flower visitors are pollinators, however, and pollinators differ in their pollination performances. In this study, we determined the efficiencies of flower visitors to the plant species Malva sylvestris, Borago officinalis and Onobrychis viciifolia by analysing stigmatic pollen deposition. We further calculated pollinator effectiveness by scaling up single-visit pollen deposition using visitation frequency. Flowervisitor groups differed in their efficiencies at the single-visit level and not all of them deposited more pollen compared to unvisited stigmas. Bumblebees tended to be most efficient in depositing pollen per single visit across the three plant species. Due to the by far highest visitation frequencies, Apis mellifera showed the highest effectiveness in depositing pollen per hour for M. sylvestris and B. officinalis, but not for O. viciifolia, for which the Bombus lapidarius complex was both the most frequent and the most effective pollinator group. Hence, the most frequent flower visitors were most effective in our study. For non-dominant pollinator groups, however, visitation frequencies contributed disproportionally to pollinator effectiveness. Thus, combining pollen deposition per singlevisit with visitation frequency is necessary to reveal true pollinator performance and to better understand flowervisitor interactions.
Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology Open Access Comparative Structure Analyses of Cystine Knot-containing Molecules with Eight Aminoacyl Ring including Glycoprotein Hormones (gph) Alpha and Beta Subunits and Gph-related A2 (gpa2) and B5 (gpb5) Molecules

Background: Cystine-knot (cys-knot) structure is found in a rather large number of secreted proteins and glycoproteins belonging to the TGFbeta and glycoprotein hormone (GPH) superfamilies, many of which are involved in endocrine control of reproduction. In these molecules, the cys-knot is formed by a disulfide (SS) bridge penetrating a ring formed by 8, 9 or 10 amino-acid residues among which four are cysteine residues forming two SS bridges. The glycoprotein hormones Follicle-Stimulating Hormone (FSH), Luteinizing Hormone (LH), Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) and Chorionic Gonadotropin (CG) are heterodimers consisting of non-covalently associated alpha and beta subunits that possess cys-knots with 8-amino-acyl (8aa) rings. In order to get better insight in the structural evolution of glycoprotein hormones, we examined the number and organization of SS bridges in the sequences of human 8-aa-ring cys-knot proteins having 7 (gremlins), 9 (cerberus, DAN), 10 (GPA2, GPB5, GPHα) and 12 (GPHβ) cysteine residues in their sequence.
Exploring Uum Student Participation in Service Learning Based on Usefulness Factor under Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)

: The influence and impact of the technology in all aspects towards learning life are rapidly changing in our world nowadays. Within this changing, our education system also being influenced, that's, most of universities in Malaysia were implement Internet-based learning systems for various reasons. Higher Education institutions believe that these developments offer rich opportunities to embed technological innovations within the learning environment. It is obvious that the number of e-learning opportunities provided by higher educational institutes continues to grow in our country, Malaysia. Currently, the system in the firm stage but their adoption requires a solid understanding of the user acceptance processes. There is still little research has been done to explore the process on how university students participate and understanding the e-learning. The general structural model, technology acceptance model (TAM) were used which focus on the one variable, perceived usefulness. The results were proved that TAM to be a good theoretical tool to help understanding the system, due to its give usefulness when using and participation in the service learning.
Antagonistic activity and characterizatio n of indigenous soil isolates.pdf

Tuber rot disease due to phytopathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae (Foc) infection is one of the main factors causing the decreasing global onions production. This study aims to find bacteria and fungi candidates with Foc antagonistic activity through in vitro tests using dual culture techniques. A total of three bacterial isolates and three fungal isolates isolated from the rhizosphere of healthy onion plants showed the ability to inhibit Fusarium oxysporum growth. LC648364 isolate had an average inhibitory capability of 65.93%. At the same time, LC648367 and LC648368 fungal isolates can inhibit the growth of F. oxysporum by as much as 74.82% and 67.76%, respectively. Molecular analysis based on 16S rRNA markers showed three isolates belonging to the Bacillus . The LC648364 isolates are closely related to species Bacillus sp. strain LLB-17, LC648365 is closely related to B. subtilis strain S11 and LC648366 is closely related to B. cereus strain EM6. For the fungi, based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) gene markers, there are three isolates. The LC648367 isolate is closely related to Aspergillus tubingensis , LC648368 is closely related to Trichoderma asperellum and LC648369 is closely related to Issatchenkia orientalis . This study can be used to develop indigenous microbial consortiums as biological control agents for phytopathogenic
Estimating sedimentation rates and sources in a partially urbanized catchment using caesium-137

While there has been increased interest in determining sedimentation rates and sources in agricultural and forested catchments in recent years, there have been few studies dealing with urbanized catchments. A study of sedimentation rates and sources within channel and floodplain deposits of a partially urbanized catchment has been undertaken using the 137Cs technique. Results for sedimentation rates showed no particular downstream pattern. This may be partially explained by underestimation of sedimentation rates at some sites by failure to sample the full 137Cs profile, floodplain erosion and deliberate removal of sediment. Evidence of lateral increases in net sedimentation rates with distance from the channel may be explained by increased floodplain erosion at sites closer to the channel and floodplain formation by lateral deposition. Potential sediment sources for the catchment were considered to be forest topsoil, subsurface material and sediments derived from urban areas, which were found to be predominantly subsurface material. Tracing techniques showed an increase in subsurface material for downstream sites, confirming expectations that subsurface material would increase in the downstream direction in response to the direct and indirect effects of urbanization. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Palaeobiogeographical constraints on the distribution of foraminifers and rugose corals in the Carboniferous Tindouf Basin, South Morocco

Abstract The northern flank of the Tindouf Syncline in southern Morocco exhibits a continuous, well exposed Carboniferous succession with limestones of Late Asbian to Early Bashkirian age containing rich and diverse foraminiferal and rugose coral assemblages. Analysis of these assemblages provides new data on the relatively poorly known Saharan basins. The palaeobiogeographical relationship of the Tindouf Basin with other Palaeotethyan basins is complex. Although there is a predominance of cosmopolitan taxa for the Palaeotethys, it is recognized that there was an influence of basins from NW Europe, such as the UK and Ireland. Some taxa are recorded in both NW Europe and Tindouf without any characteristic contributions from intermediate basins in northern Morocco. The neighbouring Bechar Basin in Algeria presents distinct assemblages. The bulk of the data analyzed suggest that this sector of the western Palaeotethys can be subdivided into four palaeobiogeographical subprovinces: the Atlantic Subprovince (UK, Ireland, N France and Belgium), the Mediterranean Subprovince (Pyrenees, Montagne Noire, Betic Cordillera, Rif (N Morocco) and Balearic Islands), and the Saharan Subprovince (Bechar, Reggan, Ahnet-Mouydir and Tindouf). In between, mobile belts of mixed faunal assemblage characteristics are observed ( e.g. , SW Spain and Central Meseta) forming the West peri-Gondwanan Subprovince. Analysis of the Tindouf Basin faunas shows that, as in other Saharan basins, there is a high diversity and abundance of foraminiferal taxa, with a higher proportion of survivors and longer stratigraphic ranges; these features also are mirrored by rugose corals. This emphasizes the longevity of the carbonate platform in a tropical setting, where periodic transgressions introduced new assemblages, and oceanic currents are interpreted as one of the main controlling factors for the distribution of the taxa in these subprovinces. Moreover, not only were water temperatures on the platform higher, but also tectonic stability greater. It is considered that the effects of the first phases of the Gondwanan glaciation were minimal on the Tindouf faunas.
Brief Report Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Using Recombinant Proteins

Groundbreaking work demonstrated that ectopic expression of four transcription factors, Oct4 , Klf4 , Sox2 , and c- Myc , reprogram murine somatic cells to inducedpluripotentstemcells(iPSCs)(Ta-kahashiandYamanaka,2006),andhuman
Water and heat exchanges on the tibetan plateau. Observation and modeling of the yellow river source region

Understanding the water and heat exchanges across the Tibetan ecosystem is of great importance for management of the Asian water towers that originate from the Tibetan Plateau and projection of water and energy dynamics within various climate scenarios. The study presented in this book contributes to a better quantification of the water and heat exchanges at the land-atmosphere interface for a Tibetan alpine meadow ecosystem. The source region of the Yellow River (SRYR) in the northeastern part of the Tibetan Plateau is selected as the case study due to its great importance to the Yellow River’s water resources. A comprehensive observational dataset including in-situ micro-meteorological and profile soil moisture/temperature measurements, laboratory soil property measurements of samples, as well as discharge measurements is developed. The Noah land surface model is utilized to understand the processes governing the water and heat exchanges and predict the measurements. This book is structured across four research topics to arrive at a reliable prediction of the measured water and heat fluxes at point scale and runoff at catchment scale via enhancing Noah’s model physics in representing i) thermal roughness length and turbulent heat transfer, ii) soil heat transport, iii) soil water flow and iv) frozen ground processes. This study highlights the need for a complete description of the predominantly vertical water and heat exchange processes to correctly simulate the water and heat fluxes in the seasonally frozen and high altitude SRYR on the Tibetan Plateau.
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Background/Context: How do we account for the persistence of below-average math test score performance among California Hispanics who are fluent in English, as well as Spanish-dominant English learners? Recent studies have attributed the problem to an overly rigid focus on “what works” in curriculum and fluency in English to the veritable neglect of the social components of teaching and learning—particularly caring.
Low-THz overhead power cable signatures: The effect of surface features on Low-THz reflectivities

The measurements presented in this paper show that feature extraction can be used to identify objects of interest by making use of the scattering present and angular resolution available when using low TeraHertz (low-THz) (0.1 THz-1 THz) devices. The results shown were obtained by measuring two different types of overhead power cables of similar size but with different surface structure which causes the backscatter from each type of cable at 150GHz to be distinct. The measurements are supported by simulations made that incorporate Bragg mode theory.
WOMEN ’ S EXPECTATIONS AND EXPERIENCES IN MATERNITY CARE : HOW DO WOMEN CONCEPTUALISE THE PROCESS OF CONTINUITY ?

Objective: to gain an understanding of how women conceptualise continuity of maternity care. Design: a qualitative study involving in-depth semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis. Setting: a range of urban and rural public hospitals in New South Wales, Australia. Participants: 53 women aged 18-44 years (median age 27 years) receiving maternity care in 2011 2012. Findings: responses from women suggested five types of continuity: continuity of staff, continuity of relationship, continuity of information, continuity across pregnancies, and continuity across locations. The types of continuity differed by parity and location. Conclusion and implications for practice: continuity of maternity care has a variety of meanings to women. If healthcare providers are to commit to providing womancentred maternity care it is important to recognise the diversity of women’s experiences, and ensure that systems of care are flexible and appropriate to women’s circumstances and needs.
Radical mastectomy and immediate breast reconstruction using the Becker prosthesis

Radical mastectomy in breast cancer patients creates good conditions for effective oncological treatment, however the signiﬁ cant injury is a cause of psychological and social disorders, lack of self acceptance and can be a cause of postural deformation. Immediate breast reconstruction can prevent or reduce the unfavourable side-effects of amputation. Aim The aim of this paper was to present our own observations concerning immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy for cancer.
Mixed Layer Deepening Due to Langmuir Circulation

Abstract The interaction between wind-driven Langmuir circulation and preexisting stratification is examined in order to elucidate its role in the deepening of the ocean surface mixed layer. For linear stratification, a numerical model suggests that Langmuir cells initially engulf water and create a homogeneous surface layer. The depth h of this layer can be understood in terms of a Froude number Fr = wdn/(Nh), where wdn is the maximum downwelling velocity generated by Langmuir circulation in homogeneous water and N is the buoyancy frequency. Numerical results show that Fr is a constant ≈ 0.6. Using computed values of wdn, this implies that the rapid mixed layer deepening stops at h = cu*/N in which u* is the water friction velocity and the coefficient c is about 10 for fully developed seas. Alternatively, the deepening is arrested when the buoyancy jump Δb at the mixed layer base reaches about 50u2*/h. The above formula, compared with the Price, Weller, and Pinkel value of 0.65 for the bulk Richar.
Resistance of a Coherent Vortex to a Vertical Shear

Abstract The authors study the splitting of a coherent vortex by a large-scale baroclinic background current. A criterion for the splitting of the vortex is defined, and the process is then studied numerically and analytically in a 2½-layer reduced-gravity model in which the vortex is represented by a potential vorticity (PV) patch in each layer. Three effects are important for the process: 1) the vortex “coherence,” which is a measure of the advective effect induced by the PV patches on each other; 2) the background current shear, which tears the vortex; and 3) the baroclinic β effect, associated with the background current PV gradient, which is shown to counteract the shear. When the baroclinic β effect is neglected, it is shown that PV patches oscillate around an equilibrium state, and they separate when the oscillation amplitude is larger than the splitting criterion. This model also shows that vortex core deformations play a (moderate) role when the vortex radius is larger than the first baroclinic r.