Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
VALORES Y SEXISMO EN ADOLESCENTES ARGENTINOS VALUES AND SEXISM IN ARGENTINIAN ADOLESCENTS

In recent years, explicit and hostile expressions of sexism toward women have given way to more veiled and subtle manifestations of this prejudice. However, almost no studies have explored sexism among adolescents. Given this lack of scientific data, and considering recent studies posit human values as a crucial variable to examine gender issues, the aim of this study was to analyze the possible associations between individualism-collectivism and sexism among Argentinian high-school adolescents. The sample consisted of 202 individuals (72 men and 130 women) whose mean age was 15.25 years. During school hours, participants completed anonymously and voluntarily a series of instruments that measured the variables of interest. Results show: (1) higher horizontal collectivism and benevolent sexism in the total sample; (2) higher levels of vertical individualism and hostile sexism among boys; (3) sex (male), vertical individualism and vertical collectivism predict hostile sexism; (4) vertical and horizontal individualism predict benevolent sexism. Theoretical implications of these findings are discussed and possible future studies are suggested.
The Value of Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Insurance to Texas Ranchers

The Value of Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Insurance to Texas Ranchers. (May 2010) Aleksandre Maisashvili, B.S., Georgian State Agrarian University; M.S., Georgian State Agrarian University Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. James W. Richardson In the beginning of the 2007 crop year, the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) launched the Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Pilot Program (PRF-RI) for six states. This insurance is an index and not individual insurance. Risk Management Agency officials claim that PRF-RI insurance mitigates the risk because index and forage production move in the same direction. Therefore when the index is low there is the expectation that production will also be low. PRF-RI is a pilot program and ranchers are skeptical as to whether or not it is viable to purchase the insurance. The objective of this research was to determine the economic benefits of rainfall insurance in selected counties in Texas and estimate the probability of indemnities under different types of coverage levels and index intervals. Historical rainfall indices were simulated for all index intervals and a multivariate empirical distribution of rainfall indices were used. The model was run for alternative scenarios on the available coverage levels (90%, 85%, 80%, 75%, 70%) and relevant premium rates. Each scenario resulted in an estimate of the insurance benefits
Effectiveness of a mHealth Lifestyle Program With Telephone Support (TXT2BFiT) to Prevent Unhealthy Weight Gain in Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial

Background Weight gained in young adulthood often persists throughout later life with associated chronic disease risk. Despite this, current population prevention strategies are not specifically designed for young adults. Objective We designed and assessed the efficacy of an mHealth prevention program, TXT2BFiT, in preventing excess weight gain and improving dietary and physical activity behaviors in young adults at increased risk of obesity and unhealthy lifestyle choices. Methods A two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial was conducted. Subjects and analyzing researchers were blinded. A total of 250 18- to 35-year-olds with a high risk of weight gain, a body mass index (BMI) of 23.0 to 24.9 kg/m2 with at least 2 kg of weight gain in the previous 12 months, or a BMI of 25.0 to 31.9 kg/m2 were randomized to the intervention or control group. In the 12-week intervention period, the intervention group received 8 text messages weekly based on the transtheoretical model of behavior change, 1 email weekly, 5 personalized coaching calls, a diet booklet, and access to resources and mobile phone apps on a website. Control group participants received only 4 text messages and printed dietary and physical activity guidelines. Measured body weight and height were collected at baseline and at 12 weeks. Outcomes were assessed via online surveys at baseline and at 12 weeks, including self-reported weight and dietary and physical activity measures. Results A total of 214 participants—110 intervention and 104 control—completed the 12-week intervention period. A total of 10 participants out of 250 (4.0%)—10 intervention and 0 control—dropped out, and 26 participants (10.4%)—5 intervention and 21 control—did not complete postintervention online surveys. Adherence to coaching calls and delivery of text messages was over 90%. At 12 weeks, the intervention group were 2.2 kg (95% CI 0.8-3.6) lighter than controls (P=.005). Intervention participants consumed more vegetables (P=.009), fewer sugary soft drinks (P=.002), and fewer energy-dense takeout meals (P=.001) compared to controls. They also increased their total physical activity by 252.5 MET-minutes (95% CI 1.2-503.8, P=.05) and total physical activity by 1.3 days (95% CI 0.5-2.2, P=.003) compared to controls. Conclusions The TXT2BFiT low-intensity intervention was successful in preventing weight gain with modest weight loss and improvement in lifestyle behaviors among overweight young adults. The short-term success of the 12-week intervention period shows potential. Maintenance of the behavior change will be monitored at 9 months. Trial Registration Trial Registration: The Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12612000924853; https://www.anzctr. org.au/Trial/Registration/TrialReview.aspx? ACTRN=12612000924853 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6Z6w9LlS9).
Feature of Human Vision System Based Multi-Focus Image Fusion

In this paper,a multi focus image fusion algorithm is proposed which takes features of human vision system (HVS) into account.First,registered original images are divided into several blocks.Then contrast error of every block is calculated considering contrast masking sensitivity.Finally,the contrast errors of corresponding blocks are compared to decode which should be used to construct the fused image.The influences of two parameters,size of decomposed block and threshold,on fusion performance are discussed.Experimental results show that the proposed method can operate real time.To stringent registered multifocus images,the proposed algorithm can achieve equivalent or superior performance to the algorithm based on wavelet decomposition.
Candidate Medications for Stimulant Dependence MEDICATION Abstinence Initiation Medications Modafinil Propranolol Bupropion Relapse Prevention Medications GABA Enhancers

Progress in understanding the neurobiology of stimulant dependence has enabled researchers to identify medications whose pharmacological effects suggest that they might help patients initiate abstinence or avoid relapse. Several of these medica­ tions and a vaccine have shown encouraging results in controlled clinical trials with cocaine-dependent patients. The search for a medical treatment for methamphetamine dependence started more recently, due to the later emergence of this epidemic, but at least one candidate medication has shown promise in early clinical testing. Treatment approaches that combine efficacious med­ ications and empirically proven behavioral interventions, such as voucher-based reinforcement therapy, will almost certainly produce the best results.
THE LONG-RUN DECLINE IN THE SHARE OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD PRODUCTS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE , 1951-2000 : A GRAVITY EQUATION APPROACH OF ITS CAUSES

The objective of this study is to determine the causes of the loss of share of agricultural products and food in international trade. The article compares, using a gravity model, the impact of various factors upon bilateral trade in agricultural products, in manufactures and in total trade, between 1963 and 2000 for a representative sample of 40 countries. The results clearly demonstrate how the low demand elasticity for agricultural products and food, the high degree of protectionism to which they were subjected and their meagre share in intra-industrial trade are the principal causes of their relatively slow growth. RESUMEN: El objetivo de esta investigación es determinar las causas de la pérdida de participación en el comercio internacional de los productos agrarios y alimentos. Con este objetivo, el trabajo compara a través de un modelo de gravedad el impacto de varios factores en el comercio bilateral de productos agrarios y alimentos, de manufacturas y en el comercio total, entre 1963 y 2000 para una muestra representativa de 40 países. Los resultados ponen de relieve cómo la baja elasticidad renta de la demanda de los productos agrarios y alimentos, el alto grado de proteccionismo al que estuvieron sujetos y su escasa participación en el comercio intraindustrial, son las causas principales de su lento crecimiento relativo.
LONG TREE-RING CHRONOLOGIES FOR THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

The goal of the Aegean Dendrochronology Project is a continuous time-1inefi.om the present to at least 7500 BC. Twenty consecutive years offield-work in Anatolia and neighboring lands have allowed us to fill in about two-thirds of the calendar between the present and 7200 BC, or about 6000 years. New dimensions have been the development of almost 700 years of Neolithic chronologies and a 577 year chronology for the EBA which ought to fit on the early end of the I761 year MBA/LBA/IA master chronology extending fi.om about 2259 to about 498 BC. The latter chronology is pinned in place. or wiggle matched, by I8 radiocarbon dates of specifically selected ring-groups so that the error margin is 237 years. Our second longest chronology. 1068 vears long and absolutely dated@om AD 927-1994. incorporates woodj? om over 1357 medieval monuments.
Research on the Carbon Storage and Potential Carbon Sequestration of Vegetation in the Trough Valley of a Karst Area,Yinjiang

On the basis of the studied 11different types of vegetations(artificial pure forrest,artificial mixed forrest,natural pure forrest,natural mixed forrest,open forrest,bamboo forrest,fruit economic forrest,shrubbery forrest,rocky mountain forrest,suitable land for forrest,grassland),in the trough valley of Yinjiang,we analyzed their spatial distributions of carbon storage,evaluated the carbon sequestration rates and carbon storages,and calculated the theoretical carbon sequestration potentials.The results show that the spatial distribution of carbon storage follows the the descending order of tree layer(25.060t/ hm2)bush layer(3.512t/hm2)herb layer(1.102 t/hm2);the average rate of carbon sequestration is 10.632t/(hm2·a); the vegetation carbon storage is 172.23×103 t;and the theoretical carbon sequestration potential is 94.02t/hm2.The research results have an important significance in evaluating and estimating the forestry carbon sink function,and improving carton storage in the trough valley of Yinjiang.
Classification of Altered Volcanic Island Arc Rocks using Immobile Trace Elements: Development of the Th–Co Discrimination Diagram

Many diagrams conventionally used to classify igneous rocks utilize mobile elements, which commonly renders them unreliable for classifying rocks from the geological record.The K2O^SiO2 diagram, used to subdivide volcanic arc rocks into rock type (basalts, basaltic andesites, andesites, dacites and rhyolites) and volcanic series (tholeiitic, calc-alkaline, high-K calc-alkaline and shoshonitic), is particularly susceptible to the effects of alteration.However, by usingTh as a proxy for K2O and Co as a proxy for SiO2 it is possible to construct a topologically similar diagram that performs the same task but is more robust for weathered and metamorphosed rocks. This study uses 41000 carefully filtered Tertiary^Recent island arc samples to construct aTh^Co classification diagram. A‘testing set’comprising data not used in constructing the diagram indicates a classification success rate of c. 80%. When applied to some hydrothermally altered, then tropically weathered Cretaceous volcanic arc lavas from Jamaica, the diagramdemonstrates the presence ofa tholeiitic volcanic arc series dominated by intermediate^acid lavas overlain by a calc-alkaline series dominated by basic lavas.
Settlement of Shallow Foundations on Sand

A new method for estimating the settlement of shallow foundations on sand is presented. The method is based on elastic stress-strain theory and is designed for use with soil data from the Standard Penetration Test (SPT). The elastic modulus is assumed to vary with mean effective normal stress and strain level. The variations of modulus with depth and the effects of footing size and shape, depth of embedment and groundwater level are introduced through their effects on the mean effective normal stress. The non-linear nature of the stress-strain relation is based on a normalized version of the Seed-Idriss curves, which relate shear modulus to strain level and relative density. SPT data are used to estimate relative density. In the general solution, the zone of influence beneath the footing is divided into sublayers and the foundation load is applied in increments. Then the incremental load solution is used to develop a simplified procedure in which the total load may be applied in one increment. The proposed method is applied to data from published case histories. The results of the proposed method are shown to compare favorably with those from other currently used methods.
Impact of paved front gardens on current and future urban flooding

Domestic front gardens provide a valuable asset in the control of surface water runoff in towns and cities. Projected increases in future rainfall make this asset increasingly important, while growing trends of paving over front gardens puts this asset at jeopardy. The contribution of paved front gardens to the overall urban flood burden is often neglected. This paper quantifies rainwater runoff from a typical front garden using numerical simulation. Runoff is quantified in terms of both current and future rainfall intensities and in relation to variables of impermeable cover and soil type.
Empirical Methods for Predicting Eutrophication in Impoundments. Report 4. Phase III. Applications Manual.

Abstract : This report describes simplified procedures for assessment and prediction of eutrophication-related water quality conditions on Corps of Engineer (CE) reservoirs. Three computer programs have been written to facilitate data reduction and model implementation. Common measures of eutrophication include total nutrient concentrations (phosphorus and nitrogen), chlorophyll-a (a measure of algal density), Secchi depth (a measure of transparency), organic nutrient forms (nitrogen and carbon), and hypolimnetic dissolved oxygen depletion. The basis of the modeling approach described is to relate eutrophication symptoms to external nutrient loadings, hydrology, and reservoir morphometry using statistical models derived from a representative cross section of reservoirs. For existing reservoirs, the relationships provide a framework for interpreting water quality monitoring data and predicting effects of future changes in external nutrient loadings. The models can also be used to predict water quality conditions in a proposed reservoir.
Title: Thymectomy in early childhood: significant

T cell compartment in later life Running title: Thymectomy in early childhood Authors: Martina Prelog*(1), Michael Keller (2), Ralf Geiger (3), Anita Brandstätter (4), Reinhard Würzner (5), Ulrich Schweigmann (3), Manuela Zlamy (1), Lothar Bernd Zimmerhackl (1), Beatrix Grubeck-Loebenstein (2) Affiliations: (1) Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics I, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (2) Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (3) Department of Pediatrics, Pediatrics III, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (4) Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Medical Genetics, Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria (5) Department of Hygiene, Microbiology and Social Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Finding influentials based on the temporal order of information adoption in twitter

Twitter offers an explicit mechanism to facilitate information diffusion and has emerged as a new medium for communication. Many approaches to find influentials have been proposed, but they do not consider the temporal order of information adoption. In this work, we propose a novel method to find influentials by considering both the link structure and the temporal order of information adoption in Twitter. Our method finds distinct influentials who are not discovered by other methods.
Palaeomagnetic investigation of Permain sandstone in Taohaiyingzi area of Inner Mongolia and its tectonic significance

The closure time a nd spatial extent of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean remain topics of much controversy.Rock magnetic and palaeomagnetic studies of Permian sandstone from Taohaiyingzi area in Inner Mongolia indicate that the main magnetic mineral is mag netite.Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of 131 samples indicates that the directions of the principal axis K1 are parallel to the bedding planes and the minor axis K3 is perpendicular to them,which indicates a normal sedimentary fabric and confirms primary depositional nature of these sandstones.A total of 131 samples from 9 sites were subjected to thermal demagnetization.72 samples from 8 sites yielded stable characteristic components.The overall average direction is D/I=349.8°/9.9°(A95=5.7°) and the corresponding palaeomagnetic pole is at 49.6°N and 316.0°E(A95=6.5°). An elongation-inclination(E1) test indicates the existence of inclination shallowing.The corrected inclination is 24.9° and the corresponding palaeolatitude is 13.1°N.The palaeomagnetic pole after correction is 56.7°N and 318.7°E.From these results the authors infer that the study area was part of the North China Block in the late Permian,and this understanding provides a new framework for constraining the tectonic evolution of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean in the late Palaeozoic period.
Teleseismic travel-time anomalies and deep crustral structure in central Australia

SUMMARY Teleseismic travel times have been recorded along two lines of instruments traversing the Amadeus Basin and southern Arunta Block of central Australia for the purpose of examining the deep crustal and upper-mantle structure underlying these features. Pronounced differential travel times, approaching 1.5 s, and with major azimuthal variation, have been recorded. Most of the useful observations originated from events to the north (Japan-Marianas) and to the east (Fiji-Tonga) at epicentral distances of 40-65d. A few observations of southerly azimuth events (Macquarie Ridge and South Sandwich Islands) were also recorded. The inferred structure beneath the basin and block exhibits major lateral variations, the essential aspects of which are: (1) a zone of relatively high-velocity material dipping steeply northwards such that the continuation of its southern edge to the surface coincides approximately with a mylonitic shear zone known as the Redbank Deformed Zone; (2) a steeply dipping zone of relatively low-velocity material immediately to the south of this shear zone and partly underlying the high-velocity zone. If the travel times are interpreted in terms of an undulating Moho, variations in Moho depth of 20 km occur over horizontal distances of less than 50 km with relatively shallow Moho depths occurring immediately to the north of the Redbank Deformed Zone. Such an interpretation is consistent with the gravity anomalies observed across the geological structures. The inferred structure is out of hydrostatic equilibrium and departures from local isostasy approach 150 MPa. These stress-differences must have persisted during the 300 Ma following the Alice Springs Orogeny that led to the present crustal structure. Evidence, in the form of the surface topography and seismicity, suggests that some stress relaxation has occurred and still is occurring but not at the shear zone itself. At the time of the orogeny the structure may have been close to isostatic equilibrium, but as erosion took place complete local rebound did not occur, either because horizontal compressive forces still operated or because the strength of the lithosphere increased with time.
Eddy Formation by Overflows in Stratified Water

Abstract The formation of eddies by dense overflows in stratified water is examined by laboratory experiments. The dense fluid initially flows down the slope but turns (under the influence of rotation) to flow along the slope. The inviscid alongslope flow is continuously drained by a viscous Ekman layer that flows more directly downslope. In some cases this Ekman layer flow becomes unstable to growing waves. Under certain conditions, strong cyclonic vortices form in the ambient fluid above the alongslope flow due to vortex stretching, causing the dense fluid to break up into a series of domes. There are three main mechanisms for this: first, the initial downslope flow of the current (before it turns under the influence of rotation) may take “captured” upper-layer fluid with it out into deeper water; second, adjustment of the current to geostrophic balance stretches the fluid column above the current; and, finally, the continuous viscous draining from the current (and later from the domes) also causes stre.
The Tertiary Ring Complex of Slieve Gullion (Ireland), with Petrological Notes by Herbert Henry Thomas

I. Introduction The Tertiary plutonic rocks of north-eastern Ireland are confined to two main areas—the Mourne Mountains in Co. Down and the mountainous tract of country extending from the Carlingford peninsula, in Louth, north-westwards to beyond Slieve Gullion, in Co. Armagh. They are intruded into the middle of the well-known belt of Ordovician and Silurian strata which continues north-eastwards across the Irish Sea to form the Southern Uplands of Scotland. Near Carlingford, the Carboniferous Limestone also is cut by the plutonic rocks, while the country rocks immediately around Slieve Gullion consist of the Caledonian (or Lower Old Red Sandstone) granite of Newry (fig. 1). The Tertiary age of the plutonic rocks has been for many years accepted, on account of their petrological similarity to those intruded into the Tertiary basalt lavas in western Scotland. In Ireland, the basalts overlie the Antrim chalk and transgress southwards across the Carboniferous, Silurian, and Ordovician sediments of Armagh and Down. Remnants of the basalts are now known to occur still farther south, within the Slieve Gullion and Carlingford area. These, as is shown below, are earlier than the Slieve Gullion plutonic rocks, and direct evidence of the Tertiary date of the intrusive complexes is thus forthcoming. reservoir was formed by subsidence rather than by melting. Not improbably the western portion of the Newry granite itself occupies the space left by a cauldron subsidence of Lower Old Red Sandstone date. If at some depth in the crust there lay a subsided mass of country rock,