Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Star formation in small globules - Bart Bok was correct

A large sample of optically selected, small molecular clouds (Bok globules) has been probed using IRAS coadded images to search for associated young stellar objects. The IRAS images were examined for point sources located within the boundaries of the optical and infrared extents of 248 clouds. A total of 57 of the globules (23 percent of the sample) show evidence for associated point sources. From a comparison of the 12- and 25-micron fluxes of these objects, a distribution of spectral indices consistent with the presence of circumstellar dust is found. Similar analysis of other point sources within the IRAS images, but far from the globule boundaries, shows only normal stellar spectral indices. All young stars more massive than 0.7 solar masses were likely found. However, extrapolation of a Miller-Scalo (1979) initial mass function to the hydrogen-burning limit indicates that only about 20 percent of the total number of stars were found. It is therefore likely that almost every Bok globule harbors a young star. The inferred star formation efficiency is about 6 percent, again based on the Miller-Scalo initial mass function. Interestingly, this is the best test in 43 years of the conjecture made by Bok, that dust globules couldmore » represent the earliest stage of star formation. His conjecture was correct. 19 refs.« less
Isolation of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae strains producing extended spectrum β-lactamases from dog urine of the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley Antioquia-Colombia

Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae are the most common pathogens causing urinary tract infections in humans and animals. Close contact between humans and companion animals can facilitate the spread of multidrugresistant pathogens between both species. Objective: To characterize extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL) -producing E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolated from dogs with urinary tract infections in the metropolitan area of Valle del Aburrá (Antioquia, Colombia). Methods: Three-hundred seventy-one urine samples collected from March 2018 to March 2019 in a veterinary clinical laboratory were analyzed. E. coli and K. pneumoniae isolates were detected in chromogenic agar and identified by biochemical tests. Susceptibility testing was performed by disc diffusion and ESBL production was evaluated by the double disk test in all isolates. MIC determination of ESBL-positive isolates were performed on the automated VITEK®2 system. Multiple PCR was used for the detection of CTX-M beta-lactamases (group 1, 2, 9 and 8/25), SHV, TEM and AmpC of plasmid origin in ESBL-positive isolates. Results: In total 22 out 371 isolates were positive for ESBL production by double disc test, 11 E. coli (ESBL-Ec) and 11 K. pneumoniae (ESBL-Kp). The multiple PCR detected CTX-M group 1 in the 22 ESBL-positive isolates. Multi-drug resistance was observed in all ESBL-producing isolates Conclusions: A high frequency of antibiotic multi-resistance was found in ESBL-Ec and ESBL-Kp. The main ESBL detected was CTX-M group 1, which also prevails in human isolates.
On the classical and quantum irrotational motions of a relativistic perfect fluid I. Classical theory

Some aspects of perfect-fluid general-relativistic hydrodynamics under the assumptions of irrotationality and isentropicity are analysed. A new derivation of the known fact that the Lagrangian for these fluids is just the pressure is given. Then we study the fluctuations around a given background field configuration, extracting a rule that connects the order at which a Taylor expansion of the action functional possibly stops with the fluid equation of state. From a classical invariance of the action we deduce the conserved Noether current. Because of the spontaneous breaking of such an invariance on the vacuum state Goldstone bosons arise, which turn out to be just phonons (quantized sound waves). Some useful results concerning the linear theory of sound waves are also given.
Oxidation-induced traps near SiO2/SiGe interface

Using an Al/SiO2(wet)/Si0.9Ge0. 1/n–Si/Al capacitor structure, effects of oxidation on bulk trap and interface states near the SiO2/SiGe interface are investigated. Two peaks at the energy levels of 0.23 eV (D1) and 0.40 eV (D2) below the conduction band edge are observed with the capacitance deep level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) method. The DLTS measurement results show a characteristic feature of interface states for the D1 peak. The interface state distribution obtained by the capacitance–voltage method also has a high density (6.9×1012/cm2 eV) peak at an energy level of 0.23 eV below the conduction band edge. The Si–O– dangling bonds are thought to be the source of the D1 peak. The annealing behaviors of the D2 peak show that D2 is a divacancy related bulk trap. The capture cross section and the trap density for the bulk trap D2 are 2.06×10−15/cm2 and 1.8×1014/cm3, respectively. The density of D2 is significantly reduced after low temperature postmetallization annealing.
On the 2-D Riemann problem for the compressible Euler equationsI. Interaction of shocks and rarefaction waves

We are concerned with the Riemann problem for the two-dimensional compressible Euler equations in gas dynamics. The central point at this issue is the dynamical interaction of shock waves, centered rarefaction waves, and contact discontinuities that connect two neighboring constant initial states in the quadrants. The Riemann problem is classified into eighteen genuinely different cases. For each configuration, the structure of the Riemann solution is analyzed using the method of characteristics, and corresponding numerical solution is illustrated by contour plots using an upwind averaging scheme that is second order in the smooth region of the solution. In the first paper we mainly focus on the interaction of shocks and rarefaction waves. The theory is developed from an analysis of the structure of the Euler equations and their Riemann solutions in [CC, ZZ] and the MmB scheme [WY].
Classical H II regions in the Magellanic Clouds. 1: Physical properties

In the first in a series of papers I present a detailed examination of the basic physical properties of a sample of classical H II regions in the Magellanic Clouds. Narrow band H alpha imaging is used to show that such objects are representative of the most common H II regions in the Clouds and that they display a wide range of morphological characteristics. Spectroscopic data show that, as a result of the low metal content, classical H II regions in the Clouds are systematically hotter than their Galactic counterparts. The data also suggest the existence of a correlation between the excitation of an H II region and its emission measure. The spectra of one object, DEM 243, indicates the presence of a low velocity shock passing through this H II region. I also discuss the characteristics of the extinction towards these objects and speculate that it arises from dust local to the H II regions themselves.
TRPML2 Mucolipin Channels Drive the Response of Glioma Stem Cells to Temozolomide and Affect the Overall Survival in Glioblastoma Patients

The survival of patients with glioblastoma (GBM) is poor. The main cause is the presence of glioma stem cells (GSCs), exceptionally resistant to temozolomide (TMZ) treatment. This last may be related to the heterogeneous expression of ion channels, among them TRPML2. Its mRNA expression was evaluated in two different neural stem cell (NS/PC) lines and sixteen GBM stem-like cells by qRT-PCR. The response to TMZ was evaluated in undifferentiated or differentiated GSCs, and in TRPML2-induced or silenced GSCs. The relationship between TRPML2 expression and responsiveness to TMZ treatment was evaluated by MTT assay showing that increased TRPML2 mRNA levels are associated with resistance to TMZ. This research was deepened by qRT-PCR and western blot analysis. PI3K/AKT and JAK/STAT pathways as well as ABC and SLC drug transporters were involved. Finally, the relationship between TRPML2 expression and overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) in patient-derived GSCs was evaluated by Kaplan–Meier analysis. The expression of TRPML2 mRNA correlates with worse OS and PFS in GBM patients. Thus, the expression of TRPML2 in GSCs influences the responsiveness to TMZ in vitro and affects OS and PFS in GBM patients.
A survey for OB associations in the Sculptor Group spiral galaxy NGC 7793

We report on the results from application of an objective algorithm (PLC) to find OB associations, to B and V images of the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC 7793, which were obtained with the ESO VLT and FORS instrument and basically cover the entire spatial extent of the galaxy. We detected 148 associations. Statistical tests show that less than 6 of these detections are caused by randomly concentrated blue stars. In the size distribution, a sharp peak is observed at a value of about 35 microradians, which corresponds to a linear diameter of 135 pc, assuming a distance of 3.91 Mpc to the galaxy. We also find 25 much larger objects. A second application of the PLC technique shows that 20 of them are stellar complexes consisting of multiple sub- associations with typical sizes on the order of 130 pc. A comparison of the size distribution of the detected OB associations in NGC 7793 with observed distributions in other galaxies suggests that the conditions in two Sculptor Group galaxies (NGC 300 and NGC 7793) favour the formation of large associations. We provide a catalog giving coordinates and physical parameters for all the associations and stellar complexes we have found in our survey.
Significant Increase in Sea Surface Temperature at the Genesis of Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems

An event‐based assessment of the sea surface temperature (SST) threshold at the genesis of tropical mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) is performed in this study. We show that this threshold (SSTG) has undergone a significant warming trend at a rate of ∼0.2°C per decade. The SSTG shows a remarkable correspondence with the tropical mean SST and upper‐tropospheric temperature on interannual and longer timescales. Using a high‐resolution global climate model that permits realistic simulations of tropical MCSs, we find that the observed features of SSTG are well simulated. Both observation and model simulations demonstrate that the upward tendency in SSTG primarily results from the environmental SST warming over MCS genesis regions rather than the changes in MCS genesis location. A continuous increase in SSTG is projected in a warming simulation, but the relationship between SSTG and upper‐tropospheric temperature remains unchanged, suggesting that the tropical tropospheric temperature generally follows a moist‐adiabatic adjustment.
High-Dispersion Spectroscopy of Giants in Metal-poor Globular Clusters. I. Iron Abundances

High-resolution, high-SNR CCD spectra have been obtained for 16 giants in eight metal-poor Galactic globular clusters. Fe abundances accurate to 0.15 dex have been determined by a fully consistent set of model atmospheres and spectrum synthesis techniques. A metallicity scale is presented for metal-poor clusters that should prove useful for calibrating a wide variety of photometric and low-resolution spectroscopic metallicity indicators.
Role of Rostral Superior Colliculus in Gaze Stabilization during Visual Fixation

Abstract Visual fixation (i.e., holding gaze on a specific visual object or location of interest) has been shown to be influenced by activity in the rostral pole of the intermediate layers of the superior colliculus (SCi)—a sensory–motor integration nucleus in the midbrain involved in visual fixation and saccadic eye movement generation. Neurons in the rostral SCi discharge tonically during visual fixation and pause during saccades to locations beyond their foveal visual-sensory or saccadic-motor response fields. Injection of muscimol to deactivate rostral SCi neurons also leads to an increase in fixation instability. However, the precise role of rostral SCi activity for controlling visual fixation has not been established and is actively debated. Here, we address whether this activity reflects signals related to task demands (i.e., maintaining visual fixation) or foveal visual stimulus properties. Two non-human primates performed an oculomotor task that required fixation of a central fixation point (FP) of varying luminance at the start of each trial. During this fixation period, we measured fixational saccades (≤ 2° of the FP, including microsaccades) and fixation-error saccades (> 2° from the FP) in combination with activity from the rostral SCi. Fixation of the lowest FP luminance increased the latency (onset time relative to initial FP foveation) for both fixational and fixation-error saccades. Fifty percent of the rostral SCi neurons exhibited activity that opposed the change in FP luminance and correlated with delayed fixational saccades and increased fixation-error saccades. Twenty-two percent of rostral SCi neurons exhibited activity that followed the change in FP luminance and correlated with earlier fixational saccades and decreased fixation-error saccades. This suggests the rostral SCi contains both sensory-driven and task-related motor signals related to foveal sensory stimuli and visual fixation. This evidence supports a role for the rostral SCi in gaze stabilization and can help inform artificial computational models of vision.
Concurrent Chorioptic Mange and Dermatophytosis in Dairy Goats: A Case Report

Simple Summary Chorioptes mites are particularly common in goats, with infestations usually subclinical and often asymptomatic. In the present case, many animals had a severe clinical presentation, possibly due to the associated dermatophyte infection (Trichophyton verrucosum), since a concurrent or underlying disease may exacerbate clinical response. Goats were treated topically with pour-on Eprinomectin (1 mg/kg), while an enilconazole solution was used for environmental disinfection against dermatophyte spores. Abstract A concurrent chorioptic mange and dermatophytosis outbreak occurred in a goat flock in northwestern Italy. Sanitation of the flock was obtained following pour-on eprinomectin application at a dose of 1 mg/kg; enilconazole was used for environmental disinfection against dermatophyte spores.
Bodily expressions of dominance in children’s reasoning: an analysis of multimodal and sociometric data

This case study explores how two Hungarian children argue for their choices in a decisionmaking task in which they were asked to pick objects useful on a deserted island. The study involves an analysis of the multimodal data of the video-recorded tasks, carried out as pair-work, and sociometric background data that were collected in order to build an initial understanding of the participants’ social relations. The aim of the study is to discover how dominance relations manifest in bodily acts during reasoning. Results show that dominance was expressed by speci! c embodied strategies such as by taking away objects or replacing them, and that the bodily gestures were closely intertwined with the children’s verbal argumentation. Further, it was observed that bodily acts were signi! cant from the point of view of decision-making.
Considering the Roles of Children and Finances in the Divorce Decision-Making Process

ABSTRACT Deciding to divorce can be confusing, with a clear path moving forward elusive. We conducted a qualitative content analysis of 30 interviews of individuals deciding whether to divorce to gain a better understanding of the role that children and finances play in this process. Key findings include that children and finances are not only reasons to stay in a marriage (barriers to divorce) but are also reasons people give for why they are interested in leaving the marriage. We provide an in-depth analysis on this phenomenon as well as suggestions for clinicians working with couples deciding to divorce.
Decomposition matrices for spin characters of symmetric groups

Synopsis Methods are developed for determining the decomposition matrices for the spin characters of the symmetric groups Sn for an odd prime p. Some general results are obtained which are non-trivial modifications of the corresponding results for ordinary characters. The methods are used to determine the decomposition matrices for 3 ≦ n ≦ ll, and p = 3 but with an interesting ambiguity in the case n = 9. The second author will deal separately with the cases p = 5, 7, 11.
Psychometric Properties of a Preschool Language, Literacy, and Behavior Screener

This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Preschool Language, Literacy, and Behavior Screener (PLLB-S). We examined and tested the factor structure of the PLLB-S using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. We further conducted internal consistency, concurrent validity, and predictive validity analyses and evaluated teacher satisfaction using PLLB-S. Our factor analyses resulted in 22 items distributed among three subscales with high internal consistency: Oral language, emergent literacy, and behavior skills. The PLLB-S and its subscales correlated moderately to strongly with standardized measures. The emergent literacy of the PLLB-S was the only subscale that significantly predicted children’s later vocabulary knowledge. Preschool teachers reported high satisfaction with the content and purpose of the questionnaire. We concluded that this tool with sound psychometric properties can potentially help increase the feasibility and efficiency of implementing standardized assessments in MTSS frameworks in preschool classrooms.
Simulating Nonequlibrium Flow for Ablative Earth Reentry

The present study of kinetic models for hypersonic nonequilibrium flow attempts to better understand the vibrational relaxation by comparing Park’s model and the preferential dissociation formulations of Treanor– Marrone. A simplified approximation for conductive–convective heat transfer computation on the Stardust capsule has also been implemented by recognizing that the electron excitation rarely populates beyond first quantum level above ground state. In addition, the partially ionized gas is in a global neutrality condition; as a consequence, the electrostatic force and work done by charged particles is negligible in the absence of an externally applied electromagnetic field. Therefore, it may be of a limited value for solving the electronic energy conservative equation for conductive and convective heat transfer. Numerical simulations by suppressing this equation in the present effort have supported this observation. Finally, a spectral group approach for analyzing nonequilibrium radiation heat transfer is also presented to complete the description of hypersonic nonequilibrium flow.
A Descriptive Study of Atherogenic Indices in Patients Admitted to a Tertiary Care Hospital

Introduction Atherogenic indices, as common factors implicated in the pathogeneses of atherogenic dyslipidemias and cardiometabolic disorders, provide inexpensive and less invasive aids for assessing the prognosis of hospitalized patients. Hence, we evaluate the atherogenic index profiles of patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital and correlate them with comorbidities, statin use, and duration of hospital stay. Methodology This cross-sectional study included 412 hospitalized patients aged >18 years undergoing lipid profiling, irrespective of their diagnosis. Their atherogenic indices were calculated from their lipid profile parameters and correlated with their comorbidities, statin use, and duration of hospital stay. Statistical analysis was done using the Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient tests, with a p-value of <0.05 indicating statistical significance. Results The participating cohort showed a mean age of 56.01±13.32 years. Nearly 63.0% of these had diabetes mellitus, 52.0% had hypertension, 34.0% had coronary artery disease, 16.0% had a cardiovascular accident, and 16.5% reported statin use. There was no significant difference in the distribution of any of the atherogenic indices over any of the comorbidities like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease, or statin use, except for the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol distribution, which was significantly associated with coronary artery disease (p-value = 0.0112) and statin use (p-value = 0.0057). Atherogenic indices were not correlated with the duration of hospital stay (p-value > 0.05). Discussion This study suggests that non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol may serve as an indicator of coronary artery disease and statin use. However, other atherogenic indices may not serve as reliable predictors of the duration of a hospital stay.
Band structure and the optical gain of GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells modeled within 10-band and 8-band kp model

The band structure and optical gain have been calculated for GaInNAs/GaAs quantum wells (QWs) with various nitrogen concentrations within the 10-band and 8-band kp models. Two approaches to calculate optical properties of GaInNAs/GaAs QWs have been compared and discussed in the context of available material parameters for dilute nitrides and the conduction band nonparabolicity due to the band anti-crossing (BAC) interaction between the N-related resonant level and the conduction band of a host material. It has been clearly shown that this nonparabolicity can be neglected in optical gain calculations since the dispersion of conduction band up to the Femi level is very close to parabolic for carrier concentrations typical for laser operation, i.e., 5 × 1018 cm−3. This means that the 8-band kp model when used to calculate the optical gain is very realistic and much easier to apply in QWs containing new dilute nitrides for which the BAC parameters are unknown. In such an approach, the energy gap and electron effective mass for N-containing materials are needed, instead of BAC parameters. These parameters are available experimentally much easier than BAC parameters.
Apprehensions and Optimism among Dental Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Evaluation

Globally, the pandemic of the coronavirus disease, which started in Wuhan, China, has become a major issue for public health. The COVID-19 epidemic notably causes health professionals to experience significantly more emotional stress than the general populace. The present study proposes to investigate the fear aspect in dentists in the initiation of clinical practice during these times. An online cross-sectional study was conducted among dental practitioners based on a pre-validated questionnaire. The data were expressed as frequency and percentage analyzed using the chi-square test using SPSS version 25. The data was obtained from 271 participants, where clinical practice after the first wave was mostly by freelancers (p-value = 0.01); most of whom were married (p-value = 0.065); 19.1% attached to institutes did not have changes in earnings; 28.1% of private practitioners had less than 10% reduction in cases. A total of 62% of private practitioners are concerned about the vaccine’s preventative effects (p-value = 0.026), and 57% of private practitioners worry about being sued for the delay in treatment (p-value = 0.036). Only 33.1% of employees in institutions worry that becoming sick could endanger their family. As dentists continue to work their way through this pandemic, these pressures only occasionally have an impact on them. According to the researchers, this is the first study that has captured the anxiety and apprehensions that dental practitioners experienced during the height of the COVID-19 outbreak in India in April 2021. The study’s findings demonstrate that the study population was generally upbeat and confident that they could quickly overcome their fear.