Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Emerald ash borer flight estimates revised

Using computer-monitored fl ight mills, we found that tethered emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) adults can fl y up to the equivalent of 2.8 km/day at speeds greater than 1.5 m/ sec (3.5 mph), with mated females fl ying twice as far as unmated females (P < 0.0001), suggesting that gravid females are programmed to make dispersal fl ights. This is supported by the absence of a correlation (R 2 = 0.0005) between distance fl own and female size (Figure 1). Females “fl own” for 8 hours per day and then allowed to rest, feed, and drink for 16 hours continued to make long fl ights for up to fi ve days: the maximum distance fl own was 9.84 km in four days, with 50 percent of beetles fl ying over 4 km per day and 10 percent fl ying over 7 km per day. It is diffi cult and can be misleading to draw conclusions about free fl ight from fl ight mill data. There are at least four potential sources of error in the assumption that fl ight mill speed = true fl ight speed of the insect in free fl ight: - Inertial drag of the armature (work expended turning the armature) - Torsional drag of the magnet (dynamo effect) - Inconvenience of being attached to the armature (glued at the pronotum) - Lift provided by the armature (all fl ight effort results in forward motion). Thus, it is not clear whether true fl ight speed is greater or less than the speed recorded on a fl ight mill. Flight mill data are best interpreted relatively, as we did when comparing fl ight by males, unmated females, and mated females. In order to be able to draw conclusions about fl ight in the wild, fl ight mills must be calibrated: there are very few instances in which this has been possible.
Estimação de parâmetros genéticos de uma população F2 de suínos

The aim of this work was to estimate genetic parameters for carcass, carcass cuts, meat quality and performance traits in an F2 swine population (Piau x commercial strain) in order to understand the inheritance of the traits and the association among them. Heritability estimates and genetic correlations were obtained using univariate and bivariate animal models, respectively, and (co)covariance components were obtained by means of restricted maximum likelihood analyses using the software MTDFREML. The heritability estimates using single trait model ranged from 0.10 to 0.43 for carcass, 0.07 to 0.47 for carcass cuts, 0.14 to 0.40 for meat quality and 0.18 to 0.86 for performance traits. The genetic correlation estimates using bi-trait model were high for several traits, showing that they are controlled by the same genes or linked genes. These results suggest that a better understanding of the genetic correlation among the traits, as well as, the quantitative trait loci position can be obtained by mapping studies in this population.
Queueing Theory With Reneging

Abstract : The literature on queueing with reneging is reviewed. Only random (Poisson) arrivals and unlimited capacity queues are considered, although some of the references also contain results for other arrival distributions or finite capacity queues. The paper focuses on the probability of service under steady state conditions; results for other metrics such as the expected waiting time may be found in the references. Analytic results, suitable for implementation in a spreadsheet model, are summarised. These formulae would be suitable for use in exploratory analysis, particularly in situations where queueing theory forms only a part of the model of a defence system.
Emotion Regulation and Friendship: The Shield and Sword against Adolescent Depression

During adolescence, the frequency of depression increases sharply, particularly for girls (Pratt & Brody, 2014). Relatedly, research indicates an association between emotion regulation skills and depression (Sanders, Zeman, Poon, & Miller, 2014), and between peer relationships and depression (Parker & Asher, 1993). The present study examined longitudinal and concurrent relations between the potential protective factors of emotional competencies and friendship quality against the development and maintenance of depressive symptoms in adolescents. Data were collected at two time points (M = 22 months) from 109 youths (T1, Mage = 12. 66 years; T2, Mage = 14. 50 years, 55. 9% female, 77. 8% White), who responded to questions assessing friendship quality with a reciprocated same-sex best friend, emotional competencies, and depressive symptomology. To gain an additional perspective, mothers reported on their child’s depressive symptoms. Multiple regression analyses indicated that anger dysregulation longitudinally positively predicted child-reported depressive symptoms for girls only. Sadness regulation and anger inhibition negatively predicted concurrent child-reported depression in boys only, and sadness dysregulation negatively predicted mother-reported depressive symptoms in boys only. For boys and girls, poor emotion awareness, reluctance to express emotion, anger dysregulation, and sadness inhibition positively predicted depressive symptoms whereas anger coping negatively predicted depressive symptoms concurrently. Lower friendship quality predicted higher child-reported symptoms concurrently and longitudinally. Friendship help and guidance negatively predicted longitudinal child-reported depressive symptoms for boys only, and friendship companionship negatively predicted child-reported depressive symptoms concurrently for girls only. Further friendship validation negatively predicted child-reported depressive symptomology concurrently for both genders, and conflict resolution negatively predicted childand mother-reported depressive symptomology concurrently for both genders. EMOTION AND FRIENDSHIP ON ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION 7 These findings emphasize the need to examine further both emotion regulation and peer relationships as antecedents of adolescent depression. EMOTION AND FRIENDSHIP ON ADOLESCENT DEPRESSION 8
AIR TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY AND TRENDS OVER GREECE

In this study, the variability and trends of the mean annual and seasonal surface air temperature in Greek peninsula are examined. The climatic data used, concern mean monthly values of air temperature of 20 meteorological stations of the Hellenic Meteorological Service, for the period 1951-2000. The air temperature time series for each station are analyzed, so that the variability and trends be described. Regarding the annual time series, a cooling trend is observed since the early 1960’s till the middle of the decade of 1970, when the trend reverses to heating till nowadays. It is remarkable that the today air temperature levels do not exceed the levels of the middle of the century. During the winter, it is crystal clear that a cooling trend exists from the middle of the decade of 1950 to the end of the decade of 1980, especially in the south region of the country. Afterwards an increasing trend is obvious till nowadays. The pattern in spring appears a slight heating trend in the northern region of Greece and a cooling trend in the south. The summer time series are similar to the annual ones, so the contribution of summer to annual variability is unquestionable. Generally speaking, the air temperature in autumn follows the same distribution in time. In the process, the Factor Analysis is applied on the mean annual and seasonal air temperature and thereafter the regions, within the air temperature covariates, are defined. Finally, the application of spectral analysis to annual and seasonal air temperature is regarded necessary so that the periodicities are derived.
Eco‐campus: applying the ecocity model to develop green university and college campuses

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that Richard Register's ecocity model offers a strategic framework to help guide sustainability initiatives in North American higher education (HE) institutions.Design/methodology/approach – This conceptual paper examines the theory of the ecocity and investigates the implications for its proposed building strategies for university and colleges, as institutions seek to create more sustainable campuses. The paper examines previous efforts to achieve sustainability and how the concept of the eco‐campus can be practically and productively applied.Findings – There is no single campus that has fully embraced every facet of sustainability, but numerous HE institutions are strong leaders in diverse areas. The eco‐campus model provides concrete principles that proactively address HE institutions' ecological footprints and develops sustainable community practices.Social implications – Sustainability is a pressing social issue. As world leaders in research, innovation.
Semi‐diurnal and diurnal tidal dissipation from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry

Tidal energy dissipation is estimated for eight semi‐diurnal and diurnal constituents using a global inverse solution constrained by TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data. Very similar spatial patterns are obtained for all semi‐diurnal constituents, with about one third of the total dissipation occurring in the deep ocean over rough topography. Maps for diurnal constituents are also similar amongst themselves, but quite different from the semi‐diurnal results. For diurnals a smaller fraction of dissipation, roughly 10%, occurs in the deep ocean. Much of the difference can be explained by the very different spatial pattern of diurnal and semi‐diurnal tidal currents. The lack of free internal waves at frequencies poleward of 30° at diurnal frequencies also probably plays a role, limiting the effectiveness of baroclinic conversion as an energy sink for barotropic diurnal tides.
Seismicity Patterns Prior to the 2011 El Hierro Eruption

Abstract The first fully monitored volcanic eruption in the Canary Islands started on 10 October 2011, 2 km south of the island of El Hierro. This submarine eruption was preceded by various precursory signals, the most evident of which were the seismic series that started in July 2011 consisting of almost 10,000 low‐magnitude earthquakes located by manual picking. This seismicity revealed a 20 km horizontal migration from the north of the island to the south at depths of between 10 and 17 km, the deeper events occurring further south. We applied a relative location algorithm (hypoDD) to improve hypocentral locations. The resulting distribution is more compact, slightly shallower, and reveals a clearer difference in depths from north to south. Tests performed to check the reliability of the results gave maximum uncertainties of 400 m in the relocations. Furthermore, new features were found, including the origin of the seismicity in the center of the island and the presence of two alternating seismogenic zones in the north of the island during the first month of activity. Online Material: Figures of waveforms from cross correlation, data statistics, stereogram of ray parameters, ray‐tracing tests, and table of hypoDD relocations.
The Welfare Eﬀects of Peer Entry: The Case of Airbnb and the Accommodation Industry

We study the welfare eﬀects of enabling peer supply through Airbnb in the accommodation industry. We present a model of competition between ﬂexible and dedicated sellers - peer hosts and hotels - who provide diﬀerentiated products. We estimate this model using data from major US cities and quantify the welfare eﬀects of Airbnb on travelers, hosts, and hotels. The welfare gains are concentrated in speciﬁc locations (New York) and times (New Year’s) when hotel capacity is constrained. This occurs because peer hosts are responsive to market conditions, expand supply as hotels ﬁll up, and keep hotel prices down as a result.
Have a heart: xenotransplantation, nonhuman death and human distress.

An increasing shortage of transplant donor organs currently results in an escalating number of preventable human deaths. Xenotransplantation. the use of animal organs for transplantation into humans, is now heralded as medicine's most viable answer to the urgent and insurmountable human organ scarcity. Although claimed to be a biomedical prerogative, xenotransplantation is a cultural phenomenon - a procedure engaging both the physical and symbolic manipulation of human and nonhuman bodies, thereby transforming corporeality, identity, and culture. Biomedical and scientific discourses about xenografts have obscured issues related to nonhuman animals and also could be distressful to human organ recipients, revealing that the xenograft may not be widely embraced.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacterial Biofilms

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacterial Biofilms Charlotte Pye BSc, DVM Advisor: University of Guelph, 2013 Dr. J. Scott Weese DVM, DVSc, DACVIM This thesis is an investigation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial biofilms. The objective of the first study was to evaluate the biofilm-forming capacity of canine otitis isolates of P. aeruginosa and to compare the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of antimicrobials for planktonic versus biofilm-embedded bacteria. Biofilm forming ability was assessed using a microtitre plate assay. Broth microdilution was used to assess the MICs of neomycin, polymyxin B, enrofloxacin and gentamicin for the planktonic and biofilm-embedded bacteria of eighty-three isolates. Thirty-three (40%) isolates were biofilm producers and MICs for biofilm-embedded bacteria were significantly higher than their planktonic counterparts for all antimicrobials (all P<0.05). The objective of the second study was to evaluate the impact of Tromethamine edetate disodium dihydrate (Triz-EDTA®) in combination with antimicrobials on antimicrobial susceptibility of P. aeruginosa biofilm-embedded bacteria. MICs of the four antimicrobials for the biofilm embedded bacteria and biofilm-embedded bacteria with added Triz-EDTA® were assessed with broth microdilution for thirty-one biofilm-producing isolates. Addition of TrizEDTA® significantly reduced MICs for neomycin (P < 0.008) and gentamicin (P < 0.04) but not enrofloxacin (P = 0.7), or polymyxin B (P = 0.5). The objective of the third study was to determine the presence of biofilm-associated genes
From creativity to success: barriers and critical success factors in the creative process

Considerable research efforts have been invested in identifying the individual and contextual factors that facilitate employee creativity. However, the literature also abounds with conflicting research results regarding critical factors for employee creativity. At the basis of these contradictions is the lack of attention that has been given to the study of the potential differential impact of these antecedents on specific sub-processes of creativity. Historically, scholars have focused on studying the antecedents of creativity as an outcome variable, but far less is known about how these factors differentially impact the various stages within the creative process. Building on this research gap, the aim of this study is to explore the possible differential impact on the phases of the creative process of five antecedents previously identified as important predictors of creativity: (1) personality; (2) rewards; (3) the role of co-workers; (4) leadership; and (5) the configuration of work settings. The present study demonstrates the need to conceive creativity as a process if we want to advance in building a comprehensive theory of employee creativity. We found that the factors that emerged in one phase of the creative process were not necessarily the same as the factors observed in other phases. In fact, the prerequisites for creativity in one phase sometimes contradicted the necessary conditions for creativity in another phase. Specifically, we found evidence for six countervailing forces.
The influence of the stratosphere on the tropospheric zonal wind response to CO 2 doubling

Abstract. The influence of a CO 2 doubling on the stratospheric potential vorticity (PV) is examined in two climate models. Subsequently, the influence of changes in the stratosphere on the tropospheric zonal wind response is investigated, by inverting the stratospheric PV. Radiative effects seem to dominate the stratospheric response to CO 2 doubling in the Southern Hemisphere. These lead to a stratospheric PV increase at the edge of the polar vortex, resulting in an increased westerly influence of the stratosphere on the troposphere, increasing the midlatitude tropospheric westerlies in late winter. In the Northern Hemisphere, dynamical effects are also important. Both models show a reduced polar PV and an enhanced midlatitude PV in the Northern Hemisphere winter stratosphere. These PV changes are likely related to an enhanced wave forcing of the winter stratosphere, as measured by an increase in the 100 hPa eddy heat flux, and result in a reduced westerly influence of the stratosphere on the high latitude tropospheric winds. In one model, the high latitude PV decreases are, however, restricted to higher altitudes, and the tropospheric response due to the stratospheric changes is dominated by an increased westerly influence in the midlatitudes, related to the increase in midlatitude PV in the lower stratosphere. The tropospheric response in zonal wind due to the stratospheric PV changes is of the order of 0.5 to 1 m s −1 . The total tropospheric response has a somewhat different spatial structure, but is of similar magnitude. This indicates that the stratospheric influence is of importance in modifying the tropospheric zonal wind response to CO 2 doubling.
Epinephrine Increases the Extracellular Lidocaine Concentration in the Brain: A Possible Mechanism for Increased Central Nervous System Toxicity

Background:Local anesthetics exert central nervous system (CNS) toxicity by inhibiting intracerebral neuronal activity, while epinephrine augments the CNS toxicity of intravenously administered local anesthetics. Viewed together, increases of extracellular concentrations of local anesthetics in the brain may be directly associated with increased CNS toxicity. The authors examined the hypothesis that epinephrine enhances the CNS toxicity of lidocaine by increasing the extracellular concentration in the brain. Methods:An awake, spontaneously breathing rat model was used. Twenty male Sprague-Dawley rats received an intravenous infusion of lidocaine (3 mg · kg−1 · min−1; group C) or lidocaine with epinephrine (3 mg · kg−1 · min−1 and 2 &mgr;g · kg−1 · min−1, respectively; group E) for 10 min (n = 10 in each group). Effects of epinephrine on the convulsive dose and concentrations of total (protein-bound and unbound) and unbound lidocaine in plasma were examined. Concentrations of extracellular lidocaine in the cerebral nucleus accumbens were quantitatively determined by a microdialysis method. Results:The convulsive dose of lidocaine was significantly lower in group E than in group C (22.4 ± 5.5 vs. 27.9 ± 3.1 mg/kg, respectively; P < 0.05). Overall concentrations and area under the plasma concentration–versus–time curve of unbound lidocaine in group E were significantly higher than those in group C. Concentrations of extracellular lidocaine in the nucleus accumbens in group E were comparable to those of unbound fraction in plasma and were also significantly higher than those in group C. Conclusions:Concomitant administration of epinephrine significantly enhanced the CNS toxicity of intravenously administered lidocaine. Increased extracellular concentration in the brain would be related to this mechanism.
A Jurassic oceanic core complex in the high-pressure Monviso ophiolite (western Alps, NW Italy)

The eclogite-facies Monviso ophiolite in the western Alps displays a complex record of Jurassic rift-drift, subduction zone, and Cenozoic collision tectonics in its evolutionary history. Serpentinized lherzolites intruded by 163 ± 2 Ma gabbros are exposed in the footwall of a thick shear zone (Baracun shear zone) and are overlain by basaltic lava flows and synextensional sedimentary rocks in the hanging wall. Mylonitic serpentinites with sheared ophicarbonate veins and talc-and-chlorite schist rocks within the Baracun shear zone represent a rock assemblage that formed from seawater-derived hydrothermal fluids percolating through it during intra-oceanic extensional exhumation. A Lower Cretaceous calc-schist, marble, and quartz-schist metasedimentary assemblage unconformably overlies the footwall and hanging-wall units, representing a postextensional sequence. The Monviso ophiolite, Baracun shear zone, and the associated structures and mineral phases represent core complex formation in an embryonic ocean (i.e., the Ligurian-Piedmont Ocean). The heterogeneous lithostratigraphy and the structural architecture of the Monviso ophiolite documented here are the products of rift-drift processes that were subsequently overprinted by subduction zone tectonics, and they may also be recognized in other (ultra)high-pressure belts worldwide.
Remittances and Institutions: Are Remittances a Curse? Remittances and Institutions: Are Remittances a Curse?

This paper addresses the complex and overlooked relationship between the receipt of workers' remittances and institutional quality in the recipient country. Using a simple model, we show how an increase in remittance inflows can lead to deterioration of institutional quality – specifically, to an increase in the share of funds diverted by the government for its own purposes. In a cross section of 111 countries we empirically verify this proposition and find that a higher ratio of remittances to GDP leads to lower indices of control of corruption, government effectiveness, and rule of law, even after controlling for potential reverse causality.
Lymph node metastasis in gastric cancer: result of D2 dissection.

BACKGROUND Extent of lymph node dissection still remains one of the most controversial issues regarding radical gastrectomy. Knowledge of the pattern and incidence of lymph node metastasis may help to define the optimal extent of lymph node dissection. MATERIAL AND METHOD The authors analyzed lymph node metastasis and survival rate in 130 consecutive gastric cancer patients who underwent radical gastrectomy with D2 dissection between June 2001 and October 2008 at the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand. RESULTS For N staging, 28.5% of the patients were N0 while N1 was 40% and N2 was 31.5%. 44% of the patients with lymph node positive had metastasis up to group 2 lymph nodes. The patients with node positive had 5 year survival of 39% while the patients with node negative had survival of 73% (p = 0.003). Tumor at the middle part of the stomach had the most widespread lymph node metastasis compared to other regions. Lymph node group 7, 8 and 9 had a high incidence of lymph node metastasis especially for distal cancer while lymph node group 10, 11, 12 had lower incidence of metastasis. No mortality was seen in the present study. CONCLUSION N staging, number of metastatic node > 5 and angiolymphatic invasion were the lymph node related factors contributing to survival. For radical gastrectomy, D2 dissection is required for adequate clearance of metastatic lymph nodes, which can be done without mortality.
Impedance spectroscopy for in vitro toxicology

Keywords: impedance ; toxicity ; tissue ; cells ; frequency ; beta-dispersion ; 3D ; drug resistance ; gel electrodes ; cell stress These Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne EPFL, n° 5875 (2013)Programme doctoral Microsystemes et MicroelectroniqueFaculte des sciences et techniques de l'ingenieurInstitut de microtechniqueLaboratoire de microsystemes 4Jury: M. Lutolf (president), N. de Rooij, A. Hierlemann, E. Leclerc Public defense: 2013-8-30 Reference doi:10.5075/epfl-thesis-5875Print copy in library catalog Record created on 2013-08-15, modified on 2017-05-10