Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Genetic and Phenotypic Microdiversity of Ochrobactrum Spp

The diversity of Ochrobactrum anthropi, Ochrobactrum intermedium, Ochrobac-trum tritici and Ochrobactrum grignonense in agricultural soil and on the wheat rhizoplane was investigated. O. anthropi was isolated both from soil and from the rhizoplane, O. intermedium and grignonense only from bulk soil, and O. tritici only from the wheat rhizoplane. On the genetic level, the immunotrapped isolates and a number of strains from culture collection mainly of clinical origin were compared with rep-PCR profiling using BOX primers, and a subset of these isolates and strains using REP primers. The isolates clustered according to their species affiliation. There was no correlation between rep clusters of O. anthropi isolates and habitat (place of isolation). The genetic diversity of Ochrobactrum at the species level as well as microdiversity of O. anthropi (number of BOX groups) was higher in soil than on the rhizoplane. Similarity values from genetic rep-PCR profiles correlated positively with DNA–DNA reassociation percentages. Isolates with 480.7% similarity in BOX profile and 486.4% in rep profile clustered within the same species. Similarity analysis of rep-PCR profiles is hence an alternative to DNA–DNA hybridization as a genomic criterion for species delinea-tion within the genus Ochrobactrum. We used the substrate utilization system BIOLOG-GN to compare the immunotrapped isolates on the phenetic level. For the isolates from bulk soil, substrate utilization versatility (number of utilized substrates) and substrate utilization capacity (mean conversion rate of substrates) were slightly but significantly higher than for the isolates from the rhizoplane. This trend was also seen using API 20E and 20NE systems. Plate counts of total bacteria and the number of immunotrapped Ochrobactrum isolates per gram dry weight were higher for the rhizoplane than for the soil samples. The results of genetic and phenotypic analyses indicated a 'rhizosphere effect'; the diversity and metabolic capacity of Ochrobactrum isolates were higher in bulk soil, and the population density was higher on the wheat rhizoplane.
Human investigations into the exercise pressor reflex

During exercise, neural input from skeletal muscles reflexly maintains or elevates blood pressure (BP) despite a maybe fivefold increase in vascular conductance. This exercise pressor reflex is illustrated by similar heart rate (HR) and BP responses to electrically induced and voluntary exercise. The importance of the exercise pressor reflex for tight cardiovascular regulation during dynamic exercise is supported by studies using pharmacological blockade of lower limb muscle afferent nerves. These experiments show attenuation of the increase in BP and cardiac output when exercise is performed with attenuated neural feedback. Additionally, there is no BP response to electrically induced exercise with paralysing epidural anaesthesia or when similar exercise is evoked in paraplegic patients. Furthermore, BP decreases when electrically induced exercise is carried out in tetraplegic patients. The lack of an increase in BP during exercise with paralysed legs manifests, although electrical stimulation of muscles enhances lactate release and reduces muscle glycogen. Thus, the exercise pressor reflex enhances sympathetic activity and maintains perfusion pressure by restraining abdominal blood flow, while brain, skin and muscle blood flow may also become affected because the reflex ‘resets’ arterial baroreceptor modulation of vascular conductance, making BP the primarily regulated cardiovascular variable during exercise.
Evolution of tabular iceberg A-38B, observation and simulation

Calving of Antarctic tabular icebergs is a decisive factor in the overall mass budget of the Antarctic ice sheet. With an ice loss of about 2000 Gt per year it is by far the largest negative term in the mass balance equation (surface ablation ~30 Gt yr, basal melting ~550 Gt yr. Jacobs et al., 1992). The processes triggering melting and decay of tabular icebergs are of great relevance within many domains. Being a source of cold freshwater during their drift and especially during their final decay, tabular icebergs have a significant impact on Southern Ocean water masses (Gladstone et al., 2001). Dust particles enclosed in the ice, released during melting processes, can have a fertilizing effect on algae in the upper water column. Thus, melting icebergs can also affect biology (Arrigo et al, 2002). Furthermore the decay processes of icebergs are of great interest to shipping, as fast disintegrating icebergs, releasing a huge amount of smaller icebergs in short time, can be a severe threat to shipping lines in the Southern Ocean. In spite of its apparent relevance, little is known about tabular iceberg evolution and decay at the moment. To learn more about the role of ice dynamics in these processes, we simulate the inherent dynamics and evolution of gigantic tabular icebergs, by applying the numerical iceberg model COMBATIS (Computer-based Tabular Iceberg Simulator) based on the fundamental equations of ice shelf dynamics. In the following we will depict the evolution of a typical Antarctic tabular iceberg and present results of a simulation with the model COMBATIS (Jansen et al., submitted).
Dense welding caused by volatile resorption

Welding of pyroclastic rocks is generally thought to occur by mechanical expulsion of interstitial gas from a deposit as it compacts under its own weight. We propose here that volatile resorption and compression can also be important factors in welding. We describe densely welded rocks which cannot be explained by loading and re-evaluate the welding process taking into account the effects of volatile resorption into the glassy fragments. Intra-caldera Oligocene ignimbrites from the Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, and intrusive tuffs of the Loch Ba ring dyke, Mull in Scotland are intensely welded but some samples lack foliation (eutaxitic texture). Fiamme and glass shards show no preferred orientation in thin section or on outcrop scale. Fiamme are sometimes complexy deformed into U or S shapes. We propose that these textures are the consequence of volatile dissolution in the glass and gas compression. Scaling analysis indicates that there are two regimes for gas behaviour following emplacement of hot pyroclastic deposits which depend on the relative characteristic time-scales of compaction, gas escape and gas resorption: a gas escape regime and a gas retention regime. During explosive eruption, glassy pyroclasts are decompressed to less than one atmosphere pressure and are outgassed. During deposition and subsequent burial in a thick hot deposit, volatiles will be retained and soluble gases (H2O) can be resorbed back into the glass, defining the gas retention regime. Poorly soluble gases (air) are compressed to small fractions of their original volume, resulting in destruction of pore spaces and vesicles in pumice. In some circumstances, such as volcanic vents, the volume changes involve isotropic strain and implosion of the tuff. Resorption of water greatly speeds up welding during compactional loading by reducing the viscosity of the glass. Welding is inhibited not only by lower temperatures but also by entrainment of insoluble atmospheric gases. The two regimes also can explain the common presence of post-emplacement gas escape pipes in non-welded ignimbrites and their rarity in densely welded ignimbrite. Factors that are likely to promote the gas retention regime include fine grain size, low collapsing columns, a large thickness of tuff and incorporation of external water.
Evaluation of Monthly Satellite-Derived Precipitation Products over East Africa

AbstractEast Africa experienced in the 2001–11 time period some of the worst drought events to date, culminating in the high-impact drought of 2010/11. Long-term monitoring of precipitation is thus essential, and satellite-based precipitation products can help in coping with the relatively sparse rain gauge ground networks of this area of the world. However, the complex topography and the marked geographic variability of precipitation in the region make precipitation retrieval from satellites problematic and product validation and intercomparison necessary. Six state-of-the-art monthly satellite precipitation products over East Africa during the 2001–09 time frame are evaluated. Eight areas (clusters) are identified by investigating the precipitation seasonality through the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) climatological gauge data. Seasonality was fully reproduced by satellite data in each of the GPCC-identified clusters. Not surprisingly, complex terrain (mountain regions in particular) re.
Tracking potential source areas of Central European loess:examples from Tokaj (HU), Nussloch (D) and Grub (AT)

Abstract There are several competing hypotheses for theorigin of loess in Europe but quantitative evidence is stillrare. Here, Sr-Nd isotopic and bulk elemental compositionof loess from Marine Isotope Stages 2 and 3 fromthree study regions in Central Europe – Nussloch (Germany),Grub (Austria) and Tokaj (Hungary) - are analyzed.This study aims at examining differences and similaritiesof loess deposits throughout Europe, correlating loesswith potential source rocks from major mountain rangesand comparing loess with floodplain sediments from mainrivers as integrated samples of the drainage areas. The resultsshow that European loess deposits are largely uniformand that sediment sources have been rather stablein the Southern and Eastern parts of Central Europeand more variable in West Central Europe. However, themethods used are not sufficient to unequivocally confirmand reject potential sediment sources but, in combination,help to identify the most likely sediment origins. While adirect correlation of loess and potential source rocks is dif-ficult, the comparison with floodplain sediments is mostpromising and confirms previous hypotheses. Loess fromTokaj and Grub is most likely a mix of material transportedby the Danube River and sediments from the surroundingmountains. Rhine River sediments are probably the mainsource of loess at Nussloch.
Career trajectories and residential satisfaction in Toulouse : understanding the attractiveness of the metropolitan region for creative knowledge workers

This report analyses the drivers behind the decisions of higher educated graduates and workers in creative and knowledge industries to find a job and live in the Urban Area of Toulouse. The report also seeks to analyse the logics explaining that Toulouse is considerated as an attractive town for creative industries and workers. The first part brings to mind the main characteristics of the metropolitan region of Toulouse, and provides an introduction to the creative knowledge policy and a portrait of creative and knowledge workers in this city region. The second part provides an analysis, based on a survey of among a sample of 200 persons, belonging to the « creative class », living in the Urban Area of Toulouse. The sectors of activities coverded by the report include finance, law, business services, research and development, higher education, creative sectors like computers, games, software, electronic publishing, adversiting, video, film, music photography, radio and TV.
UK indices of multiple deprivation - a way to make comparisons across constituent countries easier

Background Deprivation is multi-dimensional, and as such can be challenging to quantify. In the UK, each of the four constituent countries measures deprivation using their own distinct index of multiple deprivation (IMD), designed to facilitate targeting of policies within that particular country. Although these four IMD scores are not directly comparable, there are circumstances where comparison across the whole of the UK may be desirable. Methods A method of generating a UK-wide IMD score was developed using publically available data. An adjusted IMD score was generated using the employment and income domains of the individual country IMD scores, along with the coefficients and residual values from a linear regression of employment and income on the overall IMD score. Results The Scottish IMD was used as a baseline to generate an adjusted UK-wide score. The proportion of variance explained for the Scotland model was 0.972. The rank correlation coefficient (Kendall’s tau) for the association between adjusted and original IMD was 0.97, 0.98 and 0.94 for England, Northern Ireland and Wales respectively. The absolute change in Welsh and English IMD scores
Evolution and Structure of the Lachlan Fold Belt (Orogen) of Eastern Australia

The Lachlan Fold Belt (Lachlan Orogen) of eastern Australia was part of a Paleozoic convergent plate margin that stretched around the supercontinent of Gondwana from South America to Australia. Lower Paleozoic (545–365 Ma) deep-water, quartz-rich turbidites, calcalkaline volcanic rocks, and voluminous granitic plutons dominate the Lachlan Orogen. These rocks overlie a mafic lower crust of oceanic affinity. Shortening and accretion of the Lachlan occurred through stepwise deformation and metamorphism from Late Ordovician (∼450 Ma) through early Carboniferous times, with dominant events at about 440–430 Ma and 400–380 Ma. The development and accretion of the Lachlan Orogen and other related belts within the Tasmanides added about 2.5 Mkm2 to the surface area of Gondwana. The sedimentary, magmatic, and deformational processes converted an oceanic turbidite fan system into continental crust of normal thickness. The addition of this recycled continental detritus and juvenile material to Australia represents an.
MR-MPS-SW e CERTICS: Mapeamento e Diretrizes para a Implantação Conjunta dos Modelos

O crescimento da industria de Tecnologia da Informacao no Brasil vem impulsionando o investimento das organizacoes em melhoria de processos de software, com o proposito de alcancar maior qualidade em seus produtos, alem de obter as qualificacoes requeridas para concorrencias publicas e internacionais. A utilizacao de multimodelos exige grande conhecimento destes modelos e suas intersecoes para que a implementacao conjunta nao gere processos redundantes, bem como esforcos e custos desnecessarios. Este artigo apresenta o resultado de um mapeamento sistematico sobre harmonizacao de multimodelos e tambem apresenta o mapeamento realizado entre o modelos MR-MPS-SW e a certificacao de software CERTICS, com a orientacao da aderencia, visando apoiar as organizacoes que queiram implementa-los em conjunto.
The Evolution of the International Economic Order

Do rich industrial nations underestimate the threat to their economic stability posed by demands for a new international economic order? Are the developing countries wrong to assume that their economic advancement depends on a transfer of wealth from the richer nations? Sir W. Arthur Lewis's provocative analysis of the present economic order and its origins suggests that the answer to both questions is yes.Professor Lewis perceptively illuminates aspects of recent economic history that have often been overlooked by observers of international affairs. He asks first how the world came to be divided into countries exporting manufactures and countries exporting primary commodities. High agricultural productivity and a good investment climate allowed countries in Northwest Europe to industrialize rapidly, while the favorable terms of trade they enjoyed assured them and the temperate lands to which Europeans migrated of continuing dominance over the tropical countries. At the core of the author's argument lies the contention that as the structure of international trade changes, the tropical countries move rapidly toward becoming net importers of agricultural commodities and net exporters of manufactures. Even so, they continue to depend on the markets of the richer countries for their growth, and they continue to trade on unfavorable terms. Both of these disadvantages, he concludes, stem from large agricultural sectors with low productivity and will disappear only as the technology of tropical food production is revolutionized.Originally published in 1978.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Gravity changes due to the Sumatra-Andaman and Nias earthquakes as detected by the GRACE satellites: a reexamination

SUMMARY In this paper, we study the geoid changes caused by the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004 December 26) and the Nias earthquake (2005 March 28) using data from the gravity recovery and climate experiment (GRACE) satellites. New is that we explore the possibility to separate the effects of the Sumatra-Andaman and Nias earthquakes. Based on correlation analysis we investigate the separability of the Sumatra-Andaman and Nias signals, and the feasibility of separating the non-seismic linear trend from the time-dependent post-seismic relaxation effect. As input data, we use 76 months of global geopotential coefficients from the GFZ release 4 (RL04) of GRACE data. To suppress unphysical artefacts in GRACE data (‘striping’), the GRACE coefficients are smoothed with an anisotropic decorrelation filter. Model parameters are estimated through a Bayesian approach. We compare our results with geophysical models of both earthquakes, calculated based on the viscoelastic-gravitational dislocation theory. The slip models used are inverted from GPS measurements. Our findings indicate that, the inversion of GRACE data for the Sumatra-Andaman effect will contain significant signal from the Nias earthquake, and will benefit from removing the modelled Nias effect from the data. Comparing GRACE measurements to geophysical models reveals significant differences. We suggest, how the GPS-calibrated models may be improved to better fit the GRACE data. In the first months after the earthquake, we also find evidence for a fast process in the Andaman sea, possibly due to aseismic slip. Similar phenomena were observed in previous studies.
Social problem solving and offending : evidence, evaluation and evolution

About the Editors. List of Contributors. Series Editors' Preface. Preface. Acknowledgement. PART I: EVIDENCE. 1. Social Problem Solving: Basic Concepts, Research, and Applications (James McGuire). 2. Social Problem Solving and the Development of Aggression (Liisa Keltikangas-Jarvinen). 3. Social Problem Solving in Aggressive Children (Walter Matthys and John E. Lochman). 4. Social Problem Solving, Personality Disorder, and Substance Abuse (Laura E. Dreer, Warren T. Jackson, and Timothy R. Elliott). 5. Social Problem-Solving Deficits in Offenders (Daniel H. Antonowicz and Robert R. Ross). 6. Problem-Solving Therapy: Theory, Practice, and Application to Sex Offenders (Christine Maguth Nezu, Thomas J. D'Zurilla, and Arthur M. Nezu). PART II: EVALUATION. 7. Social Problem-Solving Programs for Preventing Antisocial Behavior in Children and Youth (Friedrich Losel and Andreas Beelmann) 8. The Development of Social Problem-Solving Interventions in Young Offender Mental Health Services: A Focus upon Self-Harm and Suicide Risk (Fiona H. Biggam and Kevin G. Power). 9. The Reasoning and Rehabilitation Program: Outcome Evaluations with Offenders (Daniel H. Antonowicz). 10. The Think First Programme (James McGuire). 11. Stop & Think! Social Problem-Solving Therapy with Personality-Disordered Offenders (Mary McMurran, Vincent Egan, and Conor Duggan). PART III: EVOLUTION AND EXPLORATION. 12. Social Cognition and Sex Offenders (Theresa A. Gannon, Devon L.L. Polaschek, and Tony Ward). 13. Social Cognition in Psychopaths: Implications for Offender Assessment and Treatment (Ralph C. Serin and Shelley L. Brown). 14. Moral Reasoning (Robin Harvey). 15. Social Problem-Solving and Offending: Reflections and Directions (Mary McMurran). Index.
Exploring the relative and combined influence of mastery‐approach goals and work intrinsic motivation on employee turnover intention

Purpose – Mastery goals and intrinsic motivation have separately been found to predict employee turnover and turnover intention, respectively. The purpose of the present study was to examine their relative and combined influence on turnover intention in terms of a direct model and a moderated model.Design/methodology/approach – A cross‐sectional survey was conducted among employees representing more than 400 organizations from a wide range of industrial sectors. The theoretical or subject scope of the paper was to integrate motivational antecedents for employee turnover.Findings – When assessed jointly, intrinsic motivation was the strongest predictor of turnover intention. Mastery‐approach goals were positively related to turnover intention, but this relationship was moderated by intrinsic motivation. The relationship between mastery‐approach goals and turnover intention was only positive for employees low in intrinsic motivation.Research limitations/implications – The two most important limitations are .
Nutritional ecology of ursids: a review of newer methods and management implications

Abstract The capability to understand the nutritional ecology of free-ranging bears has increased dramatically in the last 20 years. Advancements have occurred because (1) managers and biologists recognized the need to link habitat quality, productivity, and variability with bear movements, home ranges, and demographic parameters like reproductive output, survival, and population growth, and (2) several research teams are using new methods to build on the results of earlier field studies. Our ability to couple new field methods and empirical field research with controlled experiments using captive bears has been central to our increased understanding of bear nutrition. Newer methods include the use of stable isotopes to quantify assimilated diet and nutrient flows within ecosystems, bioelectrical impedance to measure body composition, and naturally occurring mercury to estimate fish intake. Controlled experiments using captive bears have been integral to developing methods, isolating specific variables by controlling the environment, and providing additional nutritional understanding necessary to interpret field observations. We review new methods and apply our increased understanding of bear nutritional ecology to 3 management issues: (1) the importance of salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) to brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the Pacific Northwest, (2) the consequences of the closure of the Yellowstone garbage dumps to grizzly bears, and (3) the relocation of problem bears.
Lagrangian Measurements of Waves and Turbulence in Stratified Flows

Abstract Stratified flows are often a mixture of waves and turbulence. Here, Lagrangian frequency is used to distinguish these two types of motion. A set of 52 Lagrangian float trajectories from Knight Inlet and 10 trajectories from below the mixed layer in the wintertime northeast Pacific were analyzed using frequency spectra. A subset of 28 trajectories transit the Knight Inlet sill where energetic internal waves and strong turbulent mixing coexist. Vertical velocity spectra show a progression from a nearly Garrett–Munk internal wave spectrum at low energies to a shape characteristic of homogeneous turbulence at high energies. All spectra show a break in slope at a frequency close to the buoyancy frequency N. Spectra from the Knight Inlet sill are analyzed in more detail. For “subbuoyant” frequencies (less than N) all 28 spectra exhibit a ratio of vertical-to-horizontal kinetic energy that varies with frequency as predicted by the linear internal wave equations. All spectra have a shape similar to that .