Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
OpenIndoorMap Smartphone-based capture of uninstrumented indoor environments

During the last years, the relevance of digital maps has rapidly increased – services such as Google Maps are used by many people everyday. Another observable trend is the expansion of the OpenStreetMap project that aims at providing free geographic data of the world that is collected by a large number of volunteers. Currently, the existing digital map services focus on outdoor environments, but recently also the inside of buildings has come to the center of attention. With the help of an online questionnaire we gathered opinions of how people think about digital indoor maps and their usage in general and we have learned that people have at least a certain interest in this field and would not only use a digital map service but also as contribute to it. As traditional mapping methods mostly rely on GPS signals which are usually not available indoors or, if they are, only with low accuracy, we developed alternative techniques for indoor mapping. To enable the participation of many people we did not focus on systems that require particular hardware installations on location as it would be the case in instrumented environments. Instead, our system only requires a standard consumer smartphone, as these devices nowadays have many different types of sensors. We developed two indoor mapping approaches that employ some of the available sensors – in the first approach, they are used to keep track of a user’s movements when walking along the walls of a room to capture its shape. This approach is better suited for larger rooms where no furniture is standing on the walls. In contrast, the second approach is better suited for smaller rooms where the placement of furniture is not of great importance. In this approach, the sensors are used to determine a room’s dimensions with the help of trigonometric calculations. Some initial tests with both techniques showed promising results with respect to the accuracy needed for creating a floor plan of the captured environment. Furthermore, our system offers options for post-processing the captured data still on location as well as an export possibility for further usage of the captured data.
Productivity and Employment Density : New Estimates and Macroeconomic Implications

Using MSA-level panel data on wages and employment, we estimate the impact of employment density on wages with an identification strategy that is consistent with a general equilibrium model of the spatial allocation of production. We find that a doubling of density causes the average productivity of labor to increase by between 17 and 28 percent. Our estimates are much higher than have been found previously, and we explain the difference within the context of our equilibrium model. We show that changes to density account for more than 30 percent of the growth in real wages that have occurred over the past 35 years. ∗Thanks to Jeffrey Campbell, Steve Malpezzi, François Ortalo-Magné, and Tim Riddiough. Corresponding author: Morris A. Davis. Email: mdavis@bus.wisc. edu
Systemic therapy for limited stage small cell lung carcinoma

Systemic treatment in small cell lung carcinoma has been a challenge for oncologists for decades. The high propensity for recurrence is usually due to distant metastasis, which makes systemic treatment an essential component of treatment in small cell lung carcinoma. The regimen of cisplatin and etoposide (established in the mid-1980’s) concurrently with thoracic radiotherapy followed by prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) remains the standard of care in limited stage disease. Despite numerous trials, this regimen has not been improved upon. The standard combination regimen of cisplatin and etoposide has been compared to alternative platinum-containing regimens with drugs like epirubicin, irinotecan, paclitaxel, topotecan, pemetrexed, amrubicin and belotecan. Non-platinum containing regimens like ifosfamide and etoposide have also been tested. Attempts to intensify therapy have included the addition of a third drug like paclitaxel, ifosfamide, tirapazamine, tamoxifen, and thalidomide. Maintenance therapy following induction with chemotherapy, vandetanib and interferon-alpha have also been attempted. Molecularly directed targeted therapies and immunotherapeutic agents are areas of active research. In this review, we discuss the various systemic therapy options in limited stage small cell lung carcinoma, from the historical regimens to the modern-day therapy and promising areas of research. We also discuss the role of growth factors, the optimal number of chemotherapy cycles, the use of prognostic and predictive factors, the optimal timing of chemotherapy and the treatment of special populations of patients including older patients, and patients with comorbidities.
Detection and Identification of Phytoplankton Assemblages using Case-Based Reasoning

Recent studies in marine regions have determined the existence of phytoplankton and zoo-plankton assemblages near the surface level. Such patches, named thin layers, are of interest for biologists due to their important impact on the ecosystem where they lay in, such as phytoplankton growth dynamics or predation, just to name some. Therefore, new tools to ease the task of biologists are being under development. The purpose of this project is to develop a system capable of detecting and characterizing thin layers from hyperspectral optical sensors. Speciﬁcally, a Particle Swarm Optimization technique has been used to detect thin layers and the Case-Based Reasoning methodology, which takes advantage of previous experience in order to adapt it for new situations, has been applied to successfully characterise them.
Genetic and biochemical analysis of the interaction between the yeast fatty acid synthesis enzyme ybr159w and the translation initiation complex eIF2B

1 Background 1 An Understanding of the Mechanisms of Protein Translation 1 Translation Initiation is the Fundamental Regulatory Step in Protein Synthesis 5 Internal Ribosome Entry Sites: Alternative Methods of Translation Initiation 6 The Role of eIF2B in Translation Initiation 7 Localization of eIF2B in Yeast: the eIF2B Body 15 The General Control Pathway: Sensing Amino Acid Availability in Yeast 18 An Overview of Fatty Acid Synthesis 19 Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids and the Elongase Complex 22 The Utilization of Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids 26 The 3-Ketoacyl Reductase YBR159W and HSD17B12 28 Rationale for Dissertation Research 29 II. THE YEAST eIF2B TRANSLATION INITIATION COMPLEX INTERACTS WITH THE FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS ENZYME YBR159W 30 Abstract 30 Introduction 30 Materials and Methods 34 Results 46 Discussion 57 III. THE YEAST eIF2B TRANSLATION INITIATION COMPLEX SHOWS INTERACTIONS WITH ER MEMBRANES AND ABNORMAL CELLULAR LOCALIZATION FOLLOWING DELETION OF VLCFA PATHWAY GENES 67 Abstract 67 Introduction 67 Materials and Methods 70 Results 75 Discussion 86 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 96 67 Introduction 67 Materials and Methods 70 Results 75 Discussion 86 IV. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 96 The Translation Initiation Factor eIF2B and Its Interaction with the Elongase Enzyme YBR159W 96
Athesmia (Trematoda: Dicrocoeliidae) Odhner, 1911, liver fluke of monkeys from Colombia, South America, and other mammalian hosts.

In addition to earlier reports of Athesmia foxi Goldberger & Crane, 1911, the writer has studied well-fixed, stained and mounted specimens of this dicrocoeliine trematode from five different species of monkeys from eastern Colombia, viz., Saimiri sciurea (Linn., 1758), Cebus capucinus (Linn., 1758), C. albifrons (Humboldt, 1912), C. apella (Linn., 1758) and Oedipomidas oedipus (Linn., 1758). The worms vary in length and breadth, not only in different host species but also in different speci- mens from the same host. Study of internal anatomy likewise indicates that consider- able variation exists in essential organs, including male and female genitalia. The writer agrees with Travassos (1944) that a liver fluke from a Cuban bat, Artibeus jamaicensis parvipes, designated A. parkeri (Perez Vigueras, 1942) should be trans- ferred to Travassos' 1942 genus Pseudathesmia, and may possibly be the same as his type species P. paradoxa. Comparison of the Colombian specimens of A. foxi with those from the liver of Malaysian feral rats, Rattus argentiventer Robinson & Kloss, confirms the view of Lee (1965) that the species is present in a new mammalian host in a geographically different area. A. foxi has also been recovered from a crab-eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus Cuvier, and a monkey, Chiropotes albinasa Geoffroy & Deville from separate states of Brazil (Teixeira de Freitas, 1962). Comparative life cycle investigations are required before A. heterolecithodes (Braun, 1899) Looss, 1899, with wide geographical and host distribution in birds, is proved to be identical with A. foxi of mammalian hosts, in which case the name A. heterolecithodes would take precedence over A. foxi.
Precising nitrogen requirement of table potato (Solanum tuberosum) cultivars for different growth periods

A field experiment was conducted for 3 consecutive seasons (20042007) at Modipuram to optimize the growth period-specific N requirements of table potato cultivars Kufri Pukhraj and Kufri Anand in sandy loam soils. Growth, yield and economic parameters of both the genotypes were evaluated for their response to 4 N levels (0, 90, 180 and 270 kg/ha) and 2 growth periods (75 and 110 days). The crop-growth traits and tuber number were not influenced due to harvest stages; however, tuber yield was 31.3% higher with extended duration (110 days). N ap- plication had favourable effect on growth parameters, but showed quadratic response to marketable and total tuber number/ha. Likewise, it showed steady increase in marketable and total tuber yields. Agronomic N-use efficiency (118.666.0 kg tubers/kg N applied) decreased linearly with increase in N levels. Kufri Anand recorded better growth than Kufri Pukhraj, but tuber number and yield as well as economic variables were statistically similar in both the cultivars. Net income and benefit : cost (B: C) ratio indicated that both the cultivars should be fertilized with 270 kg N/ha when harvested at 110 days, but 180 kg N/ha is sufficient when harvested at 75 days.
Diversidade florística e estratégias de sobrevivência das trepadeiras em um fragmento de Caatinga em Porto da Folha, Sergipe, Brasil

Foi realizado um levantamento floristico das especies trepadeiras em um fragmento de Caatinga no municipio de Porto da Folha, Sergipe, com o objetivo de verificar suas estrategias de sobrevivencia durante a estacao desfavoravel. Foram registradas 45 especies, distribuidas em 29 generos e 14 familias de angiospermas. A riqueza de especies computada foi superior a registrada em outros levantamentos realizados em areas de Caatinga. As familias mais representativas em numero de especies foram Convolvulaceae (8), Fabaceae (6), Apocynaceae (5) e Dioscoreaceae (5). Verificou-se que 64,4% das trepadeiras apresentaram porte herbaceo. A forma de vida predominante foi a dos terofitos (51,1%), sendo esta a principal estrategia de sobrevivencia de escape a epoca seca adotada pelas plantas herbaceas na area de estudo. As trepadeiras sao grupos biologicos importantes no estabelecimento de estrategias para a conservacao da biodiversidade na Caatinga e necessitam de mais estudos voltados aos seus aspectos autoecologicos e sinecologicos.
Hostility toward breaching restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Given the outbreak of Covid-19 most countries have adopted prevention policies that restrict economic and social activities to curb the spread. This has led to increased vigilantism and violence; for instance, Japan reported many cases of stores and firms experiencing harassment for breaching the restrictions during the state of emergency. Accordingly, this study empirically investigates the hostility toward the violation of restriction policy (breaching behavior) by stores in Japan and provides policy suggestions for efficient strategies to reduce the hostility level. We conducted an online randomized experiment of 1,600 individuals in Japan and measured their level of hostility by implementing joy-of-destruction minigames. Our results suggest that participants’ average level of hostility toward industries that breach restrictions increased by 29%. However, after providing information on guideline adherence for preventing COVID-19 and sending moral suasion messages, participants significantly reduced their hostility level by 19% and 15%, respectively. Both interventions successfully reduced the probability of the most harmful behavior by approximately 8 percentage points.
Disability, Voter Turnout, and Polling Place Accessibility<link href="#ssqu12373-note-0001"></link>

Objective. Polling place inaccessibility may contribute to the disability gap in voter turnout, both directly by making voting more difficult for people with disabilities, and indirectly by sending the message that people with disabilities are not expected to participate in the political sphere. We explore the role of polling place inaccessibility by examining voter turnout and reports of voting difficulties among people with and without disabilities in the 2012 elections. Method. We use the Census Bureau’s Voting and Registration Supplement (VRS) and a newly constructed national household survey following the 2012 elections. Results. Consistent with past findings, the disability turnout gap is reduced but not eliminated when controlling for standard predictors of voter turnout. Nearly, one-third (30 percent) of voters with disabilities reported difficulty in voting at a polling place in 2012, compared to only 8 percent of voters without disabilities. We find that difficulties in voting predict lower perceptions of the influence people with disabilities have in the political process. This in turn is a significant predictor of voter turnout among people with disabilities, supporting the idea that voting difficulties depress turnout. Majorities of people both with and without disabilities said they would prefer voting in person in a polling place in the next election. Conclusion. The results point to the potential role of polling place accessibility in voter turnout, and the gains from wider adoption of best practices to reduce barriers and make the voting process more fully accessible.
MODELLING FISHERIES : WHAT WAS THE QUESTION ?

En este trabajo se revisa la evolución de los modelos matemáticos empleados en la evaluación y ordenación pesquera, tanto desde el punto de vista histórico como desde el punto de vista conceptual. Se subrayan los problemas que han surgido durante esta evolución tales como las variaciones en las capturas, la mortalidad, distribución, crecimiento, reclutamiento, escalas de tiempo y estructuras por edades. Se pone también énfasis en problemas de particular importancia, tales como el muestreo, el origen y la estructuración de hipótesis, así como los conceptos relacionados con los stocks, incluyendo la caracterización de los mismos. Todo esto lleva a la pregunta en forma de conclusión de ¿por qué modelar las pesquerías? Se revisa la evolución y las diferentes alternativas que se han presentado y se presentan en el campo del modelaje en pesquerías. Se revisa el esquema conceptual, se compara el enfoque tradicional en los modelos de pesquerías y se dan algunas sugerencias en cómo pueden ser mejorados. Se hace una revisión de la perspectiva histórica y después se discuten algunos aspectos relacionados con los estados de no equilibrio de las poblaciones de peces, tales como las variaciones en las capturas, las variaciones en mortalidad, cambios en la distribución de las poblaciones, los cambios en crecimiento, la variabilidad del reclutamiento, las variaciones en las escalas de tiempo, variaciones en la estructura por edades, cambios en la captura por unidad de esfuerzo, la abundancia, etc. Se dan algunos ejemplos de cómo la selección de un determinado modelo tiene una influencia grande en los resultados y conclusiones que se pueden obtener de un determinado conjunto de datos. Se agrega un anexo donde se discuten los métodos empleados en la caracterización de poblaciones de peces.
Role of Periodontal Disease as a Risk Factor for Diabetes Mellitus

The presence of periodontal disease in persons with diabetes mellitus may also lead to poor glycemic control. Inflammatory mediators produced by the periodontal tissues, triggered by periodontal organisms, enter the systemic circulation. These mediators, including TNF-alpha and IL-6, likely contribute to insulin resistance. Also, these inflammatory mediators, as well as bacterial products such as LPS, once gaining access to the blood stream, have effects on distant organs through induction of acute phase proteins such as CRP, fibrinogen, and serum amyloid A. These factors are often elevated in the plasma of periodontal patients and can cause harmful effects on the heart, kidneys, and other organs. Significantly increased mortality and morbidity from heart and kidney disease has been documented in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who have periodontal disease.
Movements and Submergence Patterns of Kemp's Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii)

Four Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii) turtles, ranging in straight-line carapace length from 51 to 60 cm and in weight from 19 to 27 kg, were released in 12 to 19 m water depths off Florida, Texas, and North Carolina and tracked for 1.0 to 8.5 months. Movements up to 2600 km were observed. The number of submergences per day was inversely proportional to the duration of submergences per day. These ridleys spent 89% of their time submerged and frequented waters ranging in depth from 1-140 m. Turtles ranged from inshore to 77 km offshore. Mean swimming speeds of these turtles were from 0.7 to 1.3 km/h, with over 95% of the actual velocity values <5 km/h.
Extracción y caracterización de pectina en limones injertados de la región Zuliana

El objetivo de este trabajo es la extraccion de pectina de limones de la Region Zuliana y la determinacion de su calidad. Las extracciones se realizaron a 95°C usando dos valores de pH (2.5 y 3) y dos tiempos diferentes de calentamiento (60 y 90 min). Los resultados obtenidos para los analisis del jugo fueron pH 2.5, ⁰Brix 8.5, acidez 6.94% e indice de madurez 1.5. La pectina se obtuvo de la corteza seca utilizando el metodo de hidrolisis acida y se caracterizo posteriormente. La calidad de la pectina purificada se determino mediante. La determinacion del contenido de acido galacturonico, contenido de metoxilo y consistencia del gel formado en la preparacion de bocadillos de guayaba. La pectina de mejor calidad (52.83% de acido galacturonico y 2.8% de metoxilo) se extrajo a un pH de 2.5 a un tiempo de calentamiento de 90 min.y tuvo un rendimiento de 20.54%. A pesar de que la pectina se caracterizo como una pectina de bajo metodo, produjo dulces de consistencia similar a los comerciales.
Selection and Performance Evaluation of Local Honeybee (Apis mellifera bandasii) for Stock Improvement in Ethiopia

Human management and selective breeding are believed to improve many economically important strains of a given honeybee population to benefit the beekeepers. Selective breeding is supposed to be a promising way to estimate value of stock improvement elsewhere, though it is not a common practice in our local honeybees. Thus, to evaluate, select and maintain the best performing stock of local honeybee colonies based on different performance parameters, we obtained 120 honeybee colonies of Apis mellifera bandasii from local beekeepers within traditional hives and transferred into movable frame hive at two apiaries. All the transferred colonies were managed properly to establish themselves and acquire uniform strength. At each of the two sites 50 colonies with similar resources (brood, nectar and pollen) and colony strengths were selected and maintained under continues follow-ups for data collections. The colonies were evaluated for different parameters such as brood development, brood solidness, hygienic behavior and honey yield. The results of the study indicated that honeybee colonies after selection showed significant differences in brood solidness, hygienic behaviors and honey yield compared to honeybee’s population before selection. This study revealed a 42% increment in honey yield only due to selecting and rearing of queens from the best performing lines. Moreover, brood quality (solidness) and hygienic behavior of local honeybee colonies were significantly improved from 86.6 to 94.3% and 86.0% to 91.2% due to selection. From this practical point of view, it is possible to conclude that there is a possibility of improving the production performance of native stock through selection and breeding of maternal lines.
The Problem-Solution Pattern in NNS Argumentation

The present study investigates the use of Problem-Solution in student essays to identify whether or not, or to what extent, this text pattern is a source of perceived difference in NNS student essays, in comparison with NS student essays. The study is a follow-up to Tahara (2017), which compared argumentation essays written by NNS students with those by NS students, conducted from the perspective of the use of metadiscursive nouns. They are general and unspecific meaning nouns that can serve as markers of the discourse in some ways by referring to a textual segment in the texts where the nouns occur. Of 33 selected metadiscursive nouns examined in Tahara (2017), this paper reexamines the use of a noun problem in relation to the Problem-Solution pattern. The focus of the noun for the investigation of the use of Problem-Solution is because in the 2017 study (Tahara), problem very often occurred in combination with a Response/Solution-indicating vocabulary in both corpora, as in ‘problem is solved’; ‘consider the problem’; or ‘problem should bedealt with’ (underlinedare vocabulary signaling Response/Solution). Problem-Solution is a well-known English rhetorical pattern, often used in technical academic writing (Flowerdew, 2003), but it seems not to have been taught in the writing of English essays, at least in Japan. In contrast, the text pattern often used in the class is Introduction-Body-Conclusion to prepare for TOEFL/IELTS writing, along with the teaching of the paragraph structure, comprised of a topic sentence, supporting details, and concluding sentences.
ECCENTRIC HAMSTRING STRENGTH IN CLUB GAELIC FOOTBALLERS.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the eccentric hamstring strength of Gaelic footballers during the season. The Nordic hamstring exercise was used to determine maximal hamstring eccentric Torque using the Nordbord testing systemTM. A total of 67 players were tested in pre-season as described previously by Opar et al. (2013). Injury data was recorded directly via questionnaire from each participant. 117 players were tested in the preseason, 98 in the in-season and a combined total of 67 players tested in both in-season and pre-season and included in the study. There was no difference in eccentric torque for in both preseason (121±25 v124±27, p>0.641) and late in-season (124±29 v 128±22, p>0.7997) when comparing injured and non injured groups. A previous hamstring injury produced a 32.88 RR. In club Gaelic footballers pre-season eccentric strength in the Nordic exercise is not a pre-requisite for the prevention of future HSI while previous HSI is a strong risk factor.