Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fishing Skill in Developing Country Fisheries: The Kedah, Malaysia Trawl Fishery

Fishing skill is perceived to play a crucial role in catching fish. The question arises for fishery managers as to whether or not there are observable and measurable attributes of the skipper or vessel that can be monitored and regulated to account for skipper skill and, hence, this source of fishing capacity. Equating technical efficiency with skipper skill, this paper evaluates technical efficiency and skipper skill in the Kedah, Malaysia, trawl fishery to address this issue.
Nampt/PBEF/visfatin serum levels: a new biomarker for retinal blood vessel occlusions

The main objective of the study was to quantify serum levels of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (Nampt/pre-B-Cell colony-enhancing factor 1/visfatin) in subjects with a history of retinal vascular occlusions (RVOs), disease conditions characterized by pronounced ischemia, and metabolic energy deficits. A case–control study of 18 subjects with a history of RVO as well as six healthy volunteers is presented. Serum Nampt levels were quantified using a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit. Serum Nampt levels were 79% lower in patients with a history of RVO compared with that in healthy volunteers (P<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference among the types of RVOs, specifically branch retinal vein occlusions (n=7), central retinal vein occlusions (n=5), hemiretinal vein occlusions (n=3), and central retinal artery occlusions (n=3; P=0.69). Further studies are needed to establish the temporal kinetics of Nampt expression and to determine whether Nampt may represent a novel biomarker to identify at-risk populations, or whether it is a druggable target with the potential to ameliorate the long-term complications associated with the condition, ie, macular edema, macular ischemia, neovascularization, and permanent loss of vision.
Hedge fund replication, alternative beta and benchmarking

In this Russell Research Report, we explore the potential for replication in the context of the evolution of the hedge fund industry and the investment industry as a whole. Our key theme is the importance of alternative beta indexes, both for replication and as benchmarks for the hedge fund industry. With the term alternative beta, we refer to systematic factors beyond those that can today be traded at low cost in liquid markets. We call easily tradable factors conventional beta.
Polynomial real root isolation using Descarte's rule of signs

Uspensky's 1948 book on the theory of equations presents an algorithm, based on Descartes' rule of signs, for isolating the real roots of a squarefree polynomial with real coefficients. Programmed in SAC-1 and applied to several classes of polynomials with integer coefficients, Uspensky's method proves to be a strong competitor of the recently discovered algorithm of Collins and Loos. It is shown, however, that it's maximum computing time is exponential in the coefficient length. This motivates a modification of the Uspensky algorithm which is quadratic in the coefficient length and which also performs well in the practical test cases.
Immunogenicity of mammary tumor cells can be induced by shikonin via direct binding-interference with hnRNPA1

Immunogenic cell death (ICD) of tumor cells occurs via various pathways that activate immune cell systems against cancer. Previous studies have demonstrated that shikonin (SK), a plant secondary metabolite, can confer strong pharmacological activities that activate ICD and strong immunogenicity of tumor cells. However, the exact hierarchical regulatory mechanisms including the molecular targets of SK-activated immunogenicity are still unknown. Here, the heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1 (hnRNPA1) was revealed to serve as a specific protein target for SK. This binding plays a key role in SK-stimulated ICD activity and the suppression of post-transcriptional mRNA processing, including nuclear export activity of newly synthesized mRNAs in mammary carcinoma cells in vitro. Moreover, it also mechanistically mediates the anti-metastatic effect of a tumor cell lysate (TCL) vaccine, which can be readily generated from SK-treated 4T1 tumor cells (SK-TCL), and the derived tumor-immunogenicity of SK-TCL-treated dendritic cells in vivo. Together, the identification of hnRNPA1 as the intracellular molecular target provides compelling pharmacology-based knowledge for the potential clinical use of SK-induced immunogenicity. In addition, SK may also serve as a potent suppressor that interferes with specific post-transcriptional activities, a mechanism which may be useful for exploitation in cancer therapeutics.
Construction of the endoplasmic reticulum

To study the construction of the ER, we used the microtubule-disrupting drug nocodazole to induce the complete breakdown of ER structure in living cells followed by recovery in drug-free medium, which regenerates the ER network within 15 min. Using the fluorescent dye 3,3'-dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide to visualize the ER, we have directly observed the network construction process in living cells. In these experiments, the ER network was constructed through an iterative process of extension, branching, and intersection of new ER tubules driven by the ER motility previously described as tubule branching. We have tested the cytoskeletal requirements of this process. We find that newly formed ER tubules are aligned with single microtubules but not actin fibers or vimentin intermediate filaments. Microtubule polymerization preceded the extension of ER tubules and, in experiments with a variety of different drugs, appeared to be a necessary condition for the ER network formation. Furthermore, perturbations of the pattern of microtubule polymerization with microtubule-specific drugs caused exactly correlated perturbations of the pattern of ER construction. Induction of abnormally short, nonintersecting microtubules with 20 microM taxol prevented the ER network formation; ER tubules only extended along the few microtubules contacting the aggregated ER membranes. This requirement for a continuous network of intersecting microtubules indicates that ER network formation takes place through the branching and movement of ER membranes along microtubules. Cytochalasin B had no apparent effect on the construction of the ER network during recovery, despite apparently complete disruption of actin fibers as stained by phalloidin. Blockage of protein synthesis and disorganization of intermediate filaments with cycloheximide pretreatment also failed to perturb ER construction.
A model reference adaptive control strategy for a self-balancing chair

This paper describes the control aspects and results of a student project called “MonoChair”. The goal was to have students walk through a complete control systems development cycle. The focus in this contribution is put on the design of a stabilizing linear controller, a sensitivity analysis in order to study the impact of parameter variations, and the design and test of an adaptive controller using a model reference approach. The linear controller has been implemented on the physical system and has extensively been tested in driving experiments. The adaptive controller has been tested in simulations and implemented on the physical plant as well. Initial experimental results are presented. A video showing the performance with the nominal linear controller can be found on [1].
Extending OCL to Better Express UML Qualified Associations

—A qualified association in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) is an association that allows one to restrict the objects referred in an association using a key called a qualifier. A qualified association can appear in a constraint written in the Object Constraint Language (OCL) to specify a precise UML model. However, the OCL notation fails to provide appropriate support for expressing certain types of constraints written using qualified associations. In this paper we first describe a deficiency of OCL in expressing qualified associations and then propose a small extension to OCL to make it more expressive. The key idea of our extension is to view a qualified association as a map and provides a language construct to manipulate it as a first class entity in OCL. For this, we also extend the OCL standard library to introduce a wide range of map-specific collection operations. Our extension makes OCL not only more expressive but also amenable to a more direct translation to programming languages for various implementation uses of OCL constraints.
Identification and Epigenetic Analysis of a Maternally Imprinted Gene Qpct

Most imprinted genes are concerned with embryonic development, especially placental development. Here, we identified a placenta-specific imprinted gene Qpct. Our results show that Qpct is widely expressed during early embryonic development and can be detected in the telecephalon, midbrain, and rhombencephalon at E9.5–E11.5. Moreover, Qpct is strikingly expressed in the brain, lung and liver in E15.5. Expression signals for Qpct achieved a peak at E15.5 during placental development and were only detected in the labyrinth layer in E15.5 placenta. ChIP assay results suggest that the modification of histone H3K4me3 can result in maternal activating of Qpct.
Research on the Jetting Visualization Process and Hydrokinetics of Ink Droplets in Inkjet Imaging System by CAE Technology

Inkjet imaging technology is a typical replication technology, which uses the nozzle to eject the ink droplets on the substrates, and generates the needed color and density through the deposition of the slight droplets on the substrates, and makes the ink droplets form the stable image. In the inkjet imaging system, whether supplying uniform velocity ink droplets from nozzles is the key factor for forming uniform size ink droplets, it is related to the final imaging effects. This paper studied on the jetting visualization process and hydrokinetics of ink droplets based on the CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) technology and the advanced testing equipment. According to the analysis of turbulent flow characteristics and the other jetting flow dynamics factors of the ink droplets, a new type of equipment for inkjet was designed in this paper, including the structure of the transition pipe and nozzles. The shape of the equipment is rectangular, where the flow section is gradually tapered. The experiments and simulations showed that this new inkjet equipment could make the ink droplets distribute under the equal pressure and uniform velocity on the cross direction, and it directly reduced the dot gain phenomenon in the substrates, so it greatly improved the imaging effects in the inkjet imaging system.
Gaia: A Middleware Infrastructure to Enable Active Spaces1

We envision a future where people’s living spaces are interactive and programmable. Users interact with their offices, homes, cars, malls and airports to request information, benefit from the resources available, and configure the habitat’s behavior. Data and tasks are always accessible and are mapped dynamically to convenient resources present in the current location. Users may extend the habitat with personal devices that seamlessly integrate with the environment. Such user-oriented interactive environments may require a novel software infrastructure to operate their resources, sense context properties, and assist in the development and execution of applications. In this article, we present an experimental middleware infrastructure called Gaia that we have used to prototype the resource management of and provide the useroriented interfaces for such physical spaces populated with network-enabled computing resources. To limit the scope of our research, we focus on physical spaces used for teaching; classrooms, offices, and lecture rooms. The system described in this paper is derived from a series of experiments starting in 1996. We show how, by applying the concepts of a conventional operating system to middleware, we can manage the resources, devices and distributed objects in a room, building, or physical space, how a distributed extension of the model–view–controller that is use in personal computers simplifies and structures practical applications for these environments, and how, by driving context-sensitivity into its data storage mechanisms, the system can help satisfy the requirements for user-centricity and mobility.
Towards 'Human Capital Solidarity': Emphasizing Justice in the Distribution of Physical, Mental, Social and Cultural Capabilities - A Normative Study in Social Policy

The last couple of decades have seen a succession of new paradigms in social policy, particularly social security policy. Pension and health care systems have seen major, and many times systematic, changes on average every couple of years. This paper aims to introduce a new perspective to social policy that has not been pursued so far - that is, delivering social solidarity by focusing on human resources (i.e. physical, mental, social and cultural capabilities) developing the human capital solidarity approach. The human capital solidarity approach focuses on long-term lifetime perspectives and the need to achieve short-term goals; it focuses also on mental and environmental sides of social problems, rather than trying to fix every problem with a monetary solution alone. The new approach also introduces new concepts of e.g. ‘environmental social policy’, ‘cultural social policy’, and ‘social policy marketing’.
Changes in Perceptions: A Comparative Study of the Experiential Learning of International Student Teachers.

This atudy was designed to provide a rich description of the changing perceptions student teachers had about increased personal growth and enhanced global awareness as a result of teaching placements in foreign countries. The study included an examination of research on the impact of international student teaching (1ST) experiences, description of two different 1ST programs (one at a university in the southwest, another at a university in the midwest), and comparison of the impact of an in-depth international experience on four students according to assigned international setting (host/international schools or Department of Defense Dependent Schools). For the data on students the study used autobiographical data, student teacher journals, student teacher reflections, "infograms," preand post-interviews, and on-site participant observation. The study concluded that student teaching experiences in international settings have the potential to change the way beginning teachers tink about themselves, curriculum design. and teaching strategies. In addition, this study found that reflective essays were important for student teachers in developing greater awareness of themselves as teachers and for increased awareness of cultural differences in school classrooms. It is concluded that the international experience could promote world knowledge, understanding, and a sense of cross--cultural interdependence. (Contains 23 references.) (JB) *****************************A***************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** International Student Teaching
Intra‐Industry Trade: A Krugman–Ricardo Model and Data

This paper develops a many-good, many-country model of international trade which combines Ricardian comparative advantage and increasing returns to scale. It is shown how the gains from trade depend on relative country sizes, trade cost, and the technological similarity between countries. Trade consists of both inter- and intra-industry trade. The trade-weighted Grubel-Lloyd index of intra-industry trade is positively related to own country size and the number of exported sectors, and is negatively related to average partner country size, the number of imported sectors, and the trade cost. The empirical evidence supports most of these predictions, and the model fits the data better for OECD than for non-OECD countries.
Understanding the topology of a telephone network via internally-sensed network tomography

The ability to determine the topology of worldwide telephone networks offers the promise of substantially improving their operating efficiency. This paper explores the problem of identifying the topology of a telephone network using observations made within the network. Using tomographic methods inspired by medical imaging, we consider measurements made by transmitting probes (e.g., phone calls) between network endpoints. In general, these measurements alone do not suffice to reconstruct a unique network, and in fact, there are many network topologies from which the set of measurements could have been generated. We propose a topology reconstruction algorithm based on correlating measurements collected at different internal nodes, and identify conditions under which correctness of the inferred topology is guaranteed.
An effective and efficient approach for low network bandwidth users

With the increased use of Internet for various purpose such as communication, social networking, business, education and entertainment, the user increasingly demand web content to be delivered without delays. Web pages include web contents of different types such as JavaScripts, images, audio, video, stylesheets, advertisements, etc. Loading of different types of network hungry web page content often congest network access and increases perceived delay of users. In this paper, we proposed an approach that allows user to selectively load contents on a web page. In particular, the proposed approach allows users to disable loading of web content such as social media, advertisements, images and off-screen web content. The evaluation shows effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach.
Ameliorating Effect of Various Fractions of Rumex hastatus Roots against Hepato- and Testicular Toxicity Caused by CCl4

Effect of methanolic extract of Rumex hastatus roots (MRR) and its derived fractions, n-hexane (HRR), ethyl acetate (ERR), chloroform (CRR), butanol (BRR), and aqueous extract (ARR), was studied against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) induced hepato and testicular toxicity in rats. Intraperitoneal dose of 20 percent CCl4 (0.5 ml/kg bw) was administered twice a week for eight weeks to a group of rats. Other groups were given CCl4 and various fractions of R. hastatus roots (200 mg/kg bw). CCl4 treatment depleted glutathione contents and activities of antioxidant enzymes while increased the concentration of lipid peroxides (TBARS) along with corresponding DNA injuries and histopathological damages. Supplementation with various fractions of R. hastatus roots (200 mg/kg body weight) attenuated the toxicity of CCl4 in liver and testis tissues through improvement in the serological, enzymatic, and histological parameters towards the normal. Posttreatment of R. hastatus roots (200 mg/kg body weight) also reversed the alteration in reproductive hormonal secretions and DNA damages in CCl4 treated rats. The results clearly demonstrated that R. hastatus treatment augments the antioxidants defense mechanism and provides the evidence that it may have a therapeutic role in free radical mediated diseases.
A Grounded Theory Approach to Process Recovery : Pilot Study 1

This paper presents a pilot study investigating the use of grounded theory to analyse process data to produce a process model. The process data derived from e-mail communications, project documents and interviews with project participants. The results of the Pilot Study are a process model of a real software development process and an example of how to use grounded theory for process recovery. It is hoped that this approach can help improve the quality of process models and the efficiency with which they can be recovered.
Optimal Distributed Voltage Regulation in Power Distribution Networks

This paper addresses the problem of voltage regulation in po wer distribution networks with deep-penetration of distributed energy resources (DERs), e.g., renewable-b as d generation, and storage-capable loads such as plugin hybrid electric vehicles. We cast the problem as an optimi zation program, where the objective is to minimize the losses in the network subject to constraints on bus volta ge magnitudes, limits on active and reactive power injections, transmission line thermal limits and losses. W e provide sufficient conditions under which the optimizatio n problem can be solved via its convex relaxation. Using data f rom existing networks, we show that these sufficient conditions are expected to be satisfied by most networks. We a lso provide an efficient distributed algorithm to solve the problem. The algorithm adheres to a communication topol ogy described by a graph that is the same as the graph that describes the electrical network topology. We illustr ate the operation of the algorithm, including its robustnes s against communication link failures, through several case studies involving 5-, 34and 123-bus power distribution systems. I. I NTRODUCTION Electric power distribution systems will undergo radical t r nsformations in structure and functionality due to the advent of initiatives like the US DOESmart Grid [1], and its European counterpart Electricity Networks of the Future [2]. These transformations are enabled by the integration o f i) advanced communication and control, ii) renewable-based variable generation resources, e.g., pho tovoltaics (PVs), and iii) new storage-capable loads, e.g. , plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). These distribut ed generation and storage resources are commonly referred to as distributed energy resources (DERs). It has been ackno wledged (see, e.g., [3]) that massive penetration of The first two authors contributed equally to this work. B. Zhang is with the Department of Civil and Environmental En gineering and Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University. E-mail: baosen.zhang@gmail.com A.Y. S. Lam is wit h the Department of Computer Science at Hong Kong Baptist Uni versity. Email:ayslam@comp.hkbu. edu.hk D. Tse is with the Departme n of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences of the Un iversity of California at Berkeley. E-mail: dtse@eecs.berkeley. edu A. Domı́ngue z-Garcı́a is with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. E-mail: aleda n@illinois.edu The work of B. Zhang and David Tse was supported in part by the N ational Science Foundation (NSF) under grand CCF-0830796. B. Zhang was also supported by a National Sciences and Engineering Re search Council of Canada Postgraduate scholarship. The wor k of A.Y. S. Lam was supported in part by the Croucher Foundation. The work of Dom ı́nguez-Garcı́a was supported in part by NSF under grant ECC SPS-1135598 and Career Award ECCS-CAR-0954420; and by the Consortium fo r Electric Reliability Technology Solutions (CERTS).
Creativity Curriculum and Personality

Certain personality traits have been previously found to related to higher degree of creativity. Previous research has investigated personality traits in relation to creativity. Specifically, openness to experience and extraversion are related to creativity. The purpose of this research was to investigate how students in a Western University's Design, Merchandising and Textiles program would respond to creative thinking challenges and what role personality traits would play in creativity. From the results of this study, creativity specific curriculum mainly benefits students' understanding the creative process and being pushed outside of their comfort zones. Openness was the only dimension of personality which was significantly related to creativity.