Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Collider : Lattice and Accelerator – Detector Interface Study

The design for a high-luminosity + superconducting storage ring is presented based on first-pass calculations. Special attention is paid to two lowinteraction regions (IR) whose optics are literally interlaced with the collider detectors. Various sources of backgrounds in IR are explored via realistic Monte Carlo simulations. An improved design of the collider lattice in the neighborhood of the interaction points (IP) is determined by the need to reduce significantly background levels in the detectors. Presented at the 1995 Particle Accelerator Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 1-5, 1995
Rheology and thermotropic properties of bis-urea-based organogels in various primary alcohols

The thermotropic and viscoelastic properties and the structure of thermoreversible organogels composed of enantiomerically pure trans-1,2-bis(3-dodecylureido)cyclohexane (1) and primary alcohols, i.e., propanol, butanol, hexanol, and octanol, have been investigated by melting-point measurements, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), rheology, and electron microscopy. The electron microscopic studies revealed that gelation of these solvents occurred through the formation of an entangled network by 1. In all solvents, the gels behave as viscoelastic solids, with G‘ ≫ G‘ ‘ at frequencies >0.01 Hz (time scales <100 s) and values of G‘ up to 500 kPa (50 mM in propanol). The thixotropic character of the gels, however, indicates that the network structure is dynamic at larger time scales. Although the structure of the gels in these solvents is not significantly different, both the thermal stability and the strength of the gels depend on the solvent, and they increase in the order octanol < hexanol < butanol <.
Assessing the Influence of Tangible and Intangible Seafood Characteristics on Consumers’ Purchasing Decisions

Seafood consumption in U.S. is expected to grow over the next years for various reasons. First,as supply increases, due mostly to imports and aquaculture, seafood becomes a more affordable diet alternative. Furthermore because of its’ purported health benefits increasingly recognized by consumers, seafood demand is expected to increase. Concurrently, consumers increasingly care about a range of seafood characteristics beyond tangible attributes such as packaging (i.e. fresh or frozen) and price. Sustainability and the environmental impacts of aquaculture are important also. Understanding which attributes consumers prefer can provide valuable insights for the U.S. seafood industry. However, research on this topic is limited. This study’s dataset is obtained from an online survey administered to Kentucky and South Carolina consumers. An ordered probit model is utilized to analyze consumer importance ratings of various seafood attributes. The present study utilizes an ordered probit formulation to examine the effect of various consumer characteristics on their seafood preferences. The results indicate that, demographic characteristics and supporting local foods have a significant effect on consumer preferences for fresh and wild-caught seafood products. However, they had a smaller effect on increasing the probability that environmental statements influence purchasing decisions.
Testing Practices and Attitudes Toward Tests and Testing: An International Survey

On behalf of the International Test Commission and the European Federation of Psychologists' Associations a world-wide survey on the opinions of professional psychologists on testing practices was carried out. The main objective of this study was to collect data for a better understanding of the state of psychological testing worldwide. These data could guide the actions and measures taken by ITC, EFPA, and other stakeholders. A questionnaire was administered to 20,467 professional psychologists from 29 countries. Five scales were constructed relating to: concern over incorrect test use, regulations on tests and testing, internet and computerized testing, appreciation of tests, and knowledge and training relating to test use. Equivalence across countries was evaluated using the alignment method, four scales demonstrated acceptable levels of invariance. Multilevel analysis was used to determine how scores were related to age, gender, and specialization, as well as how scores varied between countries. Although the results show a high appreciation of tests in general, the appreciation of internet and computerized testing is much lower. These scales show low variability over countries, whereas differences between countries on the other reported scales are much greater. This implies the need for some overarching improvements as well as country-specific actions.
SO(10)
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We study and compare various Z′ models arising from SO(10), focusing in particular on the Abelian subgroup U(1)R×U(1)B-L, broken at the TeV scale to Standard Model hypercharge U(1)Y. The gauge group U(1)R×U(1)B-L, which is equivalent to the U(1)Y×U(1)χ in a different basis, is well motivated from SO(10) breaking and allows neutrino mass via the linear seesaw mechanism. Assuming supersymmetry, we first consider single step gauge unification to predict the gauge couplings, then we consider the detection and characterization prospects of the resulting Z′ at the LHC by studying its possible decay modes into di-leptons as well as into Higgs bosons. The main new result here is to analyse in detail the expected leptonic forward-backward asymmetry at the high luminosity LHC and show that it may be used to discriminate the U(1)R×U(1)B-L model from the usual B-L model based on U(1)Y×U(1)B-L.
Trend-following and Momentum Strategies in Futures Markets

Constructing a time-series momentum strategy involves the volatility-adjusted aggregation of univariate strategies and therefore relies heavily on the efficiency of the volatility estimator and on the quality of the momentum trading signal. Using a dataset with intra-day quotes of 12 futures contracts from November 1999 to October 2009, we investigate these dependencies and their relation to timeseries momentum profitability and reach a number of novel findings. First, momentum trading signals generated by fitting a linear trend on the asset price path maximise the out-of-sample performance while minimizing the portfolio turnover, hence dominating the ordinary momentum trading signal in literature, the sign of past return. Second, the results show strong momentum patterns at the monthly frequency of rebalancing, relatively strong momentum patterns at the weekly frequency and relatively weak momentum patterns at the daily frequency. In fact, significant reversal effects are documented at the very short-term horizon. Finally, regarding the volatility-adjusted aggregation of univariate strategies, the Yang-Zhang range estimator constitutes the optimal choice for volatility estimation in terms of maximizing efficiency and minimizing the bias and the ex-post portfolio turnover. JEL CLASSIFICATION CODES: D23, E3, G14.
Long time scaling behaviour for diffusion with resetting and memory

We consider a continuous-space and continuous-time diffusion process under resetting with memory. A particle resets to a position chosen from its trajectory in the past according to a memory kernel. Depending on the form of the memory kernel, we show analytically how different asymptotic behaviours of the variance of the particle position emerge at long times. These range from standard diffusive (σ2∼t) all the way to anomalous ultraslow growth σ2∼lnln⁡t.
A Review of Using Gaming Technology for Cyber-Security Awareness

Rapid development has been observed in the deployment of communication technologies and the use of the Internet across the globe. Information exchange is the main aspect of use of such technologies in everyday life. Crimes associated with the misuse of information on the Internet are on the increase and are resulting in various losses. Saudi Arabia is one of the fastest developing countries in the Middle East, where the uptake of communication technologies such as the Internet and mobile technologies has risen sharply in recent years. These technologies are relatively new to the region when compared to developed countries. Therefore, the crimes associated with these technologies may be new to the people in the region. Our previous study has found that there is an immediate need for launching awareness programs about cyber security and cyber-attacks, keeping in view of the rising Internet and mobile usage in the country. A mobile gaming application was preferred by the participants in the previous study to address the issue of creating awareness. Considering the results from the previous study, this paper reviews various studies focusing on gaming applications and the effectiveness of their usage in creating cyber security awareness. Different gaming applications are studied and compared, and majority of the studies proved to be effective in creating awareness among the users. However, there are few aspects which need to be considered such as suitability or tailoring the applications/games according to the user needs and requirements, issue specific games etc. The review of the previous studies and gaming applications in this paper has found that mobile gaming applications are effective in creating cyber security awareness.
The Illustris simulation: Supermassive black hole-galaxy connection beyond the bulge

We study the spiral arm morphology of a sample of the local spiral galaxies in the Illustris simulation and explore the supermassive black hole - galaxy connection beyond the bulge (e.g., spiral arm pitch angle, total stellar mass, dark matter mass, and total halo mass), finding good agreement with other theoretical studies and observational constraints. It is important to study the properties of supermassive black holes and their host galaxies through both observations and simulations and compare their results in order to understand their physics and formative histories.We find that Illustris prediction for supermassive black hole mass relative to pitch angle is in rather good agreement with observations and that barred and non-barred galaxies follow similar scaling relations. Our work shows that Illustris presents very tight correlations between supermassive black hole mass and large-scale properties of the host galaxy, not only for early-type galaxies but also low-mass, blue and star-forming galaxies. These tight relations beyond the bulge suggest that halo properties determine those of a disc galaxy and its supermassive black hole.
Exploring the Role of Unearned and Non-Wage Income on Regional Income Convergence

In the second half of the 20th century, regional income in the United States converged. Convergence was driven largely by neo - classical forces where capital flows from regions of high wages to regions of low wages in search of greater returns. The formal test for convergence, driven by the attractive and repulsive effects of wage levels, regresses changes in in- come against initial income levels. However, unearned and non - wage have become increasingly important components of income, yet their effects on the convergence process is largely unexplored. To add insight to their role in convergence, this paper deconstructs Per Capita Personal Income into its component parts – Wages and Supplements, Dividends, Interest and Rent, Transfer Payments, and Proprietor’s Income – and tests for unconditional convergence among Metropolitan/Micropolitan areas across three time periods. Results suggest consistent convergence stemming from wages and significant, localized effects stemming from the unearned, non - wage income streams.
Polyhomogeneous expansions from time symmetric initial data

We make use of Friedrich’s construction of the cylinder at spatial infinity to relate the logarithmic terms appearing in asymptotic expansions of components of the Weyl tensor to the freely specifiable parts of time symmetric initial data sets for the Einstein field equations. Our analysis is based on the assumption that a particular type of formal expansions near the cylinder at spatial infinity corresponds to the leading terms of actual solutions to the Einstein field equations. In particular, we show that if the Bach tensor of the initial conformal metric does not vanish at the point at infinity then the most singular component of the Weyl tensor decays near null infinity as O(r~−3ln⁡r~) so that spacetime will not peel. We also provide necessary conditions on the initial data which should lead to a peeling spacetime. Finally, we show how to construct global spacetimes which are candidates for non-peeling (polyhomogeneous) asymptotics.
ournal of C osmology and A stroparticle hysics J The triply-ionized carbon forest from eBOSS: cosmological correlations with quasars in SDSS-IV DR14

We present measurements of the cross-correlation of the triply-ionized carbon (CIV) forest with quasars using Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 14. The study exploits a large sample of new quasars from the ﬁrst two years of observations by the Extended Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (eBOSS). The CIV forest is a weaker tracer of large-scale structure than the Ly α forest, but beneﬁts from being accessible at redshifts z < 2 where the quasar number density from eBOSS is high. Our data sample consists of 287,651 CIV forest quasars in the redshift range 1 . 4 < z < 3 . 5 and 387,315 tracer quasars with 1 . 2 < z < 3 . 5. We measure large-scale correlations from CIV absorption occuring in three distinct quasar rest-frame wavelength bands of the spectra referred to as the CIV forest, the SiIV forest and the Ly α forest. From the combined ﬁt to the quasar-CIV cross-correlations for the CIV forest and the SiIV forest, the CIV redshift-space distortion parameter is β CIV = 0 . 27 +0 . 16 +0 . 34 − 0 . 14 − 0 . 26 and its combination with the CIV linear transmission bias parameter is b CIV (1 + β CIV ) = − 0 . 0183 +0 . 0013 +0 . 0025 − 0 . 0014 − 0 . 0029 (1 σ and 2 σ statistical errors) at the mean redshift z = 2 . 00. Splitting the sample at z = 2 . 2 to constrain the bias evolution with redshift yields the power-law exponent γ = 0 . 60 ± 0 . 63, indicating a signiﬁcantly weaker redshift-evolution than for the Ly α forest linear transmission bias. Additionally, we demonstrate that CIV absorption has the potential to be used as a probe of baryon acoustic oscillations (BAO). While the current data set is insuﬃcient for a detection of the BAO peak feature, the ﬁnal quasar samples for redshifts 1 . 4 < z < 2 . 2 from eBOSS and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) are expected to provide measurements of the isotropic BAO scale to ∼ 7% and ∼ 3% precision, respectively, at z (cid:39) 1 . 6.
Repository Evidence against the Detectability of a Hippocampal Place Code Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Individual hippocampal neurons selectively increase their firing rates in specific spatial locations. As a population, these neurons provide a decodable representation of space that is robust against changes to sensoryand path-related cues. This neural code is sparse and distributed, theoretically rendering it undetectable with population recording methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Existing studies nonetheless report decoding spatial codes in the human hippocampus using such techniques. Here we present results from a virtual navigation experiment in humans in which we eliminated visualand path-related confounds and statistical limitations present in existing studies, ensuring that any positive decoding results would represent a voxel-place code. Consistent with theoretical arguments derived from electrophysiological data and contrary to existing fMRI studies, our results show that although participants were fully oriented during the navigation task, there was no statistical evidence for a place code.
Minerals, Openness, Institutions and Growth: An Empirical Analysis

Empirical evidence from a panel-data analysis indicates that a mineral resource curse exists for certain developing countries, but not for developed countries. Countries with weak institutions are cursed, while developing countries with strong institution are able to avoid the curse. These results are consistent the hypothesis that owners of mineral resources use weak institutions and openness to trade to stifle the development of human capital, to the detriment of growth of other sectors of the economy. Imports of manufactured goods substitute for the development of domestic manufacturing, so openness to trade correlates with lower growth in mineral dependent countries.
An Analysis on Unfriending Decision of Facebook Users Ferah Onat

This study explores the reasons of unfriending/unfollowing decision Facebook users by applying qualitative and quantitative research methods. For the purposes of the study, an online survey is conducted and snowball sampling was used to reach out active Facebook users. 462 valid survey forms were collected and data is analyzed by using descriptive analysis and inferential analysis. The study indicated that insulting behavior, flirting attempt, content against animal rights, racist and sexist attitude are the main online reasons of friendship dissolution for Facebook users. For the offline reasons, betrayal has the highest agreement level (%86,6) for unfriending decision. Additionally, significant difference is investigated among the demographic groups by conducting ANOVA and t-test. Results revealed that there are significant differences between different gender, education and age groups. This research was conducted in Turkey and finally, findings were compared with the previous researches that were conducted in the USA and Germany. keywords: social network sites, Facebook, unfriending, Facebook users An Analysis on Unfriending Decision of Facebook Users Ferah Onat D. Melike Uluçay Göker Gülay associate professor, yaşar university ferah.onat@yasar.edu. tr phd, lecturer, yaşar university melike.taner@yasar.edu. tr phd, research assistant, yaşar university goker.gulay@yasar.edu. tr To cite this article: Onat, F. , Uluçay, M. D. and Gülay, G. (2017). An Analysis on Unfriending Decision of Facebook Users. İleti-ş-im, Galatasaray University Journal of Communication, 26, 109-133. DOI: 10.16878/gsuilet.324207. 110 İleti-ş-im 26 • haziran/june/juin 2017
Detection and Quantification of Antibiotics Residues in Honey Samples by Chromatographic Techniques

In this work comparative evaluation of honey for the detection and quantification of antibiotics residues including tetracycline, streptomycin, gentamycin and penicillin. The detection of these residues were carried out by TLC method while the positive samples were quantified by an optimized HPLC method. A total of 100 samples were collected from market and categorized as branded and unbranded for comparative study. About 12.5% of branded sample and 19.96% unbranded samples were found positive. Tetracycline residue was found maximum in unbranded sample, while gentamycin was not detected in any tested sample by TLC method. From the quantification by HPLC the total streptomycin residue was determined 16. 31µg/g in five positive unbranded sample while this residue was found to be minimum (3.6 µg/ml) in unbranded sample. Finally it was concluded that the unbranded honey had more contamination of antibiotic residues as compared with branded ones.
Reconstruction : Label “ 7 ”-inlier Label “ 0 ”-outlier Input : Reconstruction : Figure 2

Novelty detection is the problem of identifying whether a new data point is considered to be an inlier or an outlier. We assume that training data is available to describe only the inlier distribution. Recent approaches primarily leverage deep encoder-decoder network architectures to compute a reconstruction error that is used to either compute a novelty score or to train a one-class classifier. While we too leverage a novel network of that kind, we take a probabilistic approach and effectively compute how likely it is that a sample was generated by the inlier distribution. We achieve this with two main contributions. First, we make the computation of the novelty probability feasible because we linearize the parameterized manifold capturing the underlying structure of the inlier distribution, and show how the probability factorizes and can be computed with respect to local coordinates of the manifold tangent space. Second, we improve the training of the autoencoder network. An extensive set of results show that the approach achieves state-of-the-art performance on several benchmark datasets.
The impact of climate change on Caribbean tourism demand

Climate change can either positively or negatively impact on the attractiveness of a destination. To evaluate the potential effects of these changes for Caribbean destinations, a cross-country tourism demand model is augmented with relative tourism climatic indices to examine the importance of an island's climatic features. The model is estimated using a dynamic panel approach and monthly observations over the period 1977–2006. Combining the scenarios for future climatic conditions as well as the coefficient estimates obtained, anticipated scenarios of the direct effects of climate change on tourist arrivals to the region are provided. In addition, merging this data with estimates of average visitor expenditure gives a dollar estimate of the impact on the tourism industry and the overall economy.
Assay donovani Assay with an Axenic Amastigote High-Content Intracellular Leishmania Comparison of a High-Throughput

Published Ahead of Print 9 April 2013. 10.1128/AAC.02398-12. 2013, 57(7):2913. DOI: Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. Fairlamb and David W. Gray Ian H. Gilbert, Paul G. Wyatt, Julie A. Frearson, Alan H. Campbell, Susan Wyllie, Dhananjay Joshi, Scott Cameron, Manu De Rycker, Irene Hallyburton, John Thomas, Lorna Assay donovani Assay with an Axenic Amastigote High-Content Intracellular Leishmania Comparison of a High-Throughput
Where's the Greenium?

This study investigates whether investors are willing to trade-off wealth for societal benefits. We take advantage of unique institutional features of the municipal securities market to provide insight into this question. Since 2013, over $23 billion Green Bonds have been issued to fund eco-friendly projects. Comparing Green securities to nearly identical securities issued for non-Green purposes by the same issuers on the same day, we observe economically identical pricing for Green and non-Green issues. In contrast to a number of recent theoretical and experimental studies, we find that in real market settings investors appear entirely unwilling to forgo wealth to invest in environmentally sustainable projects. When risk and payoffs are held constant, municipal investors view Green and non-Green securities by the same issuer as almost exact substitutes. Thus, the â€œgreeniumâ€ is essentially zero.