Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A new hyper-calcic amphibole with Ca at the A site : Fluor-cannilloite from Pargas , Finland

Electron microprobe analysis of amphiboles from Pargas, Finland, shows up to 2.42 Ca apfu (atoms per formula unit), far in excess of the usual maximum value of 2.00 Ca apfu observed in amphiboles. The most Ca-rich composition is (IG,rNaorrCaort)(CarnrMnfrdrFefr.{.)(Mg, ,rFefrirTio o2Alo 82XSi5 63A12 3r)Orr[(OH)o . uF, ,o]. Fluor-cannilloite, ideally CaCar(MgoAlXSi5Al3)OrrFr, is a new amphibole species in which Ca is dominant at the A site. Fluor-cannilloite occurs as isolated anhedral grains and small granular agglegates in a marble together with calcite, muscovite, anorthite, aluminous diopside, pyrope, and fluorite. It is grayish green with a grayish white streak, brittle, H : 6, D-"* : 3.05 g/cm3, and shows perfect { I l0} cleavage. In plane-polarized light, it is pale greenish $ay to almost colorless, rather cloudy and mottled in appearance, and is not pleochroic. Fluor-cannilloite is b iax ia l posi t ive, a: l . 6 l l (2) , P: 1.616(2) , t :1 . 633(2) ,2V:49(2) , d ispers ion weak r > v . l t i s m o n o c l i n i c , s p a c e g r o u p C 2 / m , a : 9 . 8 2 6 ( 4 ) , b : 1 7 . 9 0 6 ( 9 ) , c : 5 . 3 0 1 ( 3 ) A ' P : 105.41(4)o, V : 899.2 A', Z : 2. The ten strongest X-ray diffraction lines in the powder pat tern ld in Ag)(hk l ) l are S.936(4)(020), 8.355(3Xl l0) , 3 . 366(4)( l3 l ) , 3.107(7X310), 2.686(l0X15l), 2.578(10X06r),2.328(4X351), 2.165(6Xl7l), 2.036(5)(202), 1.435(9X4.10.1) . The structures of fluor-cannilloite and another Ca-rich amphibole from Madagascar were refined to R indices of -1.50/o using reflection intensities collected with MoKa X radiation. Site populations were assigned from the refined site-scattering values, considerations of mean bond lengths, and the unit formulas calculated from the electron microprobe analyses. Both the electron microprobe data and the site-scattering refinements show significant Ca (up to 0.52 apfu) together with Na and K at the A site. Both 42 and Am sites are occupied, with the A,2 site having the higher electron density. Local bond-valence considerations indicate that Ca is equally partitioned between the A2 and Am sites, whereas K occupies Am and Na occupies A2.
NAP-Related Protein 1 (Atnrp1) Overexpression Increases the Heat Tolerance of Arabidopsis Cells/Plantlets

Nucleosome assembly protein-related proteins, NRPs, were overexpressed in transgenic Arabidopsis plants. This resulted in increased survival rate of seedlings and cells exposed to 45oC for one hour. Heat shock resulted in the accumulation of the proteins, detected in the cytosol of untreated plants, in the nuclear protein fraction. DNA repair and genotoxic stress related-gene expression were unaltered in the transgenic plants as compared to controls.
Comparative Effect of Silymarin and D-Penicillamine on Lead Induced Hemotoxicity and Oxidative Stress in Rat

Background: This study was performed to investigate the adverse effects of acute lead intoxication on hemogram, erythrocyte osmotic fragility and oxidant/antioxidant status and the probable ameliorating effect of silymarin in comparison to d-penicillamine. Methods: Forty-eight albino rats were divided in 8 groups and received the following treatments in a 10 day experiment in Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, southwest Iran in 2015. Group 1: Normal saline as control; Group 2: 25 mg/kg lead acetate, intraperitoneally (IP) for the last 5 days; Group 3: 100 mg/kg D-penicillamine, IP for the last 5 days; Group 4: 200 mg/kg silymarin, orally for 10 days; Group 5, 6, 7 and 8: In addition to lead, they received D-penicillamine, for the last 5 days, silymarin for 10 days, a combination of silymarin for 10 days and D-penicillamine for the last 5 days, and silymarin for the last 5 days, respectively. Results: Lead exposure induced a significant microcytic anemia accompanied by a significant elevation in total leukocyte, lymphocyte and neutrophil counts. Erythrocyte superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathion peroxidase (Gpx) activities were significantly increased along with a significant elevation of malondialdehyde (MDA) concentration in lead treated rats. Activities of SOD and Gpx were significantly alleviated by silymarin administration for 10 days while both Dpenicillamine and silymarin could significantly reduce MDA concentration. Conclusion: Acute lead exposure induced significant leukocytosis and anemia that was associated with increased activity of erythrocyte antioxidant enzymes and lipid peroxidation. Silymarin in contrast to D-penicillamine treatment was more effective in preventing lead-induced oxidative stress in erythrocytes.
Business to business process intergration : technical and social implementation considerations

i 25418956 Abstract The purpose of this study is to understand the technical and social considerations of implementing business to business processes integration. In order to do so, a study was undertaken of two processes used by a local vehicle manufacturer to integrate their operations with those of their suppliers. Structuration theory was used to situate the findings. It was found that technology is a powerful enabler, but can also constrain human agency in terms of process execution. Competitive advantage, identified as the main driver for business to business process integration, is enabled by technological and process structures, but can only be maintained by enabling human agency.
Fast solution to the surface reconstruction problem

Surface reconstruction from range data acquired using a variety of sources has been a very active area of research in computational vision over the past decade. Generalized splines have emerged as the single most popular approximation tool to this end. In this paper we present a new and fast algorithm for solving the surface reconstruction problem using the membrane spline which yields a C0 surface. Our algorithm for dense data constraints takes O(N) computational time, where N is the number of nodes in the discretization. For sparse data constraints, the algorithm requires O(log N/(pi) 2) iterations with each iteration taking O(N) time. The number of iterations in this case depends on a prespecified error tolerance. We demonstrate the algorithm performance on synthesized sparse range data.
Effect of hydrothermal processing on colour, antioxidant and free radical scavenging capacities of edible Irish brown seaweeds

Summary The effect of heat processing on change in colour (ΔE), level of bioactive compounds and overall antioxidant capacity in raw and heat-processed edible Irish brown seaweeds was investigated. Raw seaweeds were heated at 85–121 °C for 15 min in an autoclave and extracted with 60% methanol. In comparison with raw seaweeds for all the species studied, heating increased total phenol (TPC) (1.6- to 1.9-fold) and total tannin (TTC) (1.3- to 2.6-fold) at 95 °C, while total flavonoid (TFC) (1.6- to 3.3-fold) and total sugar (TSC) (1.9- to 4.3-fold) at 85 °C. Similarly, EC50 value reduced in case of DPPH• scavenging (30.7–51.8%), metal chelating ability (FIC) (27–67.8%) and H2O2 scavenging capacity (13.3–16.1%) at 95 °C, while reduction in lipid peroxidation (10.8–31.5%) observed at 85 °C. Results showed that heating affects content of bioactive compounds as well as beneficial biological activity associated with these compounds, which can suggest new processing for application of seaweeds extract as nutraceutical.
ACCEPTED VERSION

©2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 10.1016/j.soilbio. 2014.07. 007 NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Soil Biology and Biochemistry. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2014; 78:38-44, 10.1016/j.soilbio. 2014.07. 007
TO ATMOSPHERIC ENRICHMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON ROOTS A N D THE RHIZOSPHERE

Empirical records provide incontestable evidence of global changes; foremost among these changes is the rising concentration of CO,. in the earth's atmosphere. Plant growth is nearly always stimulated by elevation of CO,_. Photosynthesis increases, more plant biomass accumulates per unit of water consumed, and economic yield is enhanced The profitable use of supplemental C02 over years of greenhouse practice points to the value of C02 for plant production. Plant responses to CO, are known to interact with other environmental factors, e.g. light, temperature, soil water, and humidity. Important stresses including drought, temperature, salinity, and air pollution have been shown to be ameliorated when CO 2 levels are elevated In the agricultural context, the growing season has been shortened for some crops with the application of more C02; less water use has generally, but not always, been observed and is under further study; experimental studies have shown that economic yield for most crops increases by about 33% for a doubling of ambient C02 concentration. However, there are some reports of negligible or negative effects. Plant species respond differently to C02 enrichment, therefore, clearly competitive shifts within natural communities could occur. Though of less importance in managed agro-ecosystems, competition between crops and weeds could also be altered. Tissue composition can vary as C02 increases (e.g. higher C: N ratios) leading to changes in herbivory, but tests of crop products (consumed by man) from elevated C02 experiments have generally not revealed significant differences in their quality. However, any C02-induced change in plant chemical or structural make-up could lead to alterations in the plant's interaction with any number of environmental factors--physicochemieal or biological. Host-pathogen relationships, defense against physical stressors, and the capacity to overcome resource shortages could be impacted by rises in C02. Root biomass is known to increase but, with few exceptions, detailed studies of root growth and function are lacking. Environ. Pollut. 0269-7491/93/$06.00 © 1993 Elsevier Science Publishers Ltd, England. Printed in Great Britain Potential enhancement of root growth could translate into greater rhizodeposition, which, in turn, could lead to shifts in the rhizosphere itself. Some of the direct effects of COz on vegetation have been reasonably well-studied, but for others work has been inadequate. Among these neglected areas are plant roots and the rhizosphere. Therefore, experiments on root and rhizosphere response in plants grown in C02-enriched atmospheres will be reviewed and, where possible, collectively integrated. To this will be added data which have recently been collected by us. Having looked at the available data base, we will offer a series of hypotheses which we consider as priority targets for future research.
Albanian Language

The Albanian Language is an Indo-European Language which is considered by the majority of linguists to be the direct successor of the ancient Illyrian. The origin place of the Albanian Language is supposed to be the place where currently the Albanians live and perhaps farther North. There is no doubt at all as Dardania or the present Kosova is the place where the Albanian or Proto Albanian Language has been spoken continuously until these days. The Albanian Language has two main dialects – the Northern dialect or the so called Gheg and the Southern dialect or the so called Tosk which are also subdivided into transitional dialects. The dialects differ mainly by phonetic but there are also some slight dialectal differences. Nevertheless, these dialects are mutually intelligible. The first known document in Albanian is the “Baptism Formula” recorded in 1462 by Pal Engjëlli (Paulus Angelus). The Albanian Language has undergone two official standardizations. First in 1920 at the Education Congress of Lushnje it was decided that the language of Elbasan meaning Northern Gheg to become official Albanian Language whereas in 1972 at the Congress of Albanian Orthography was definitely decided that the Tosk is to become standardized. Today, the Albanian Language is spoken by more than 7 million Albanians in Albania, Kosova, Western Macedonia and parts of Southern Montenegro. The Arvanit dialects in Northern Greece do not exist anymore but there are some other types of Albanian which are spoken in Southern Italy more exactly in Sicilia and Calabria in ZaraDalmatia in Croatia in some villages of Ukraine and in Mandrice of Bulgaria. There are millions of Albanians from Kosovo and Macedonia living in Turkey who emigrated there, during the Second
Variable-Speed-Drive-Based Estimation of the Pressure Drop Caused by Filter Fouling in Fan Systems

Variable-speed drives (VSD) can be utilized in fluid handling system diagnosis and monitoring methods. Many of these methods can be implemented without additional sensors, which together with the ubiquity of VSDs makes them cost-efficient. This paper proposes a sensorless VSD-based method for estimating the pressure drop caused by air filter fouling.
Three Ways to Link Merge with Hierarchical Concept-Combination

In the Minimalist Program, language competence is seen to stem from a fundamental ability to construct hierarchical structure, an operation dubbed ‘Merge’. This raises the problem of how to view hierarchical concept-combination. This is a conceptual operation which also builds hierarchical structure. We can conceive of a garden that consists of a lawn and a flower-bed, for example, or a salad consisting of lettuce, fennel and rocket, or a crew consisting of a pilot and engineer. In such cases, concepts are put together in a way that makes one the accommodating element with respect to the others taken in combination. The accommodating element becomes the root of a hierarchical unit. Since this unit is itself a concept, the operation is inherently recursive. Does this mean the mind has two independent systems of hierarchical construction? Or is some form of integration more likely? Following a detailed examination of the operations involved, this paper shows there are three main ways in which Merge might be linked to hierarchical concept-combination. Also examined are the architectural implications that arise in each case.
The role of deep learning and radiomic feature extraction in cancer-specific predictive modelling: a review

This paper reviews objective methods for prognostic modelling of cancer tumours located within radiology images, a process known as radiomics. Radiomics is a novel feature transformation method for detecting clinically relevant features from radiological imaging data that are difficult for the human eye to perceive. To facilitate the detection machine learning and deep learning methods are increasingly investigated with the aim of improving patient diagnosis, treatment options and outcomes. A review of the relevant works in the expanding field of radiomics for survival prediction from cancer is provided. Research works outside the field of radiomics which define techniques that may be of future use to improve feature extraction and analysis are also reviewed. Radiomics is a rapidly advancing field of clinical image analysis with a vast potential for supporting decision making involved in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The realisation of this goal of more effective decision making requires significant individual and integrated expertise from domain experts in medicine, biology and computer science to allow advances in computer vision and machine learning techniques to be applied effectively. Deep learning combined with machine learning has the potential to advance the field of radiomics significantly in the years to come, provided that mechanisms for data sharing or distributed learning are established to increase the availability of data across all patient and tumour types.
On the Robustness of Random Walk Algorithms for the Detection of Unstructured P2P Botnets

P2P botnets represent a major threat and are responsible for a wide range of criminal activities. Fortunately, statistical algorithms that operate on NetFlow data have become a reliable means for their detection and can identify infected machines in large networks with high precision. However, many of these algorithms presume visibility on large parts of the communication within the botnet. In addition, so far only structured P2P botnets have been addressed, while especially more recent botnets shifted to unstructured P2P approaches. In this paper, we propose a detection algorithm based on the statistical concept of random walks and test it on real-world graph data of unstructured P2P botnets. Our evaluation results indicate that our algorithm yields high-precision results of about 90\% at significantly reduced visibility on bots and their communication. Transferred to an Internet-wide scope, this is achieved when NetFlow data includes at least 5\% of the bots and 10\% of their communication links.
A Context-Based Business Intelligence Solution for South African Higher Education

This paper shows the results of a research based approach to the implementation of an integrated management information system in South African Higher Education. The paper aims to address and put into practice the theoretical foundations of information systems research and argue that a context-aware based business intelligence framework is suitable to respond to institutional decision making activities within the South African Higher Education sector. The study addressed the loopholes in managing higher education institutions by fact and also streamlines how integrated business intelligence tools and applications can bring organizational intelligence. The study employed a mixed method research approach, where information systems research methodologies especially the design science research methods in information systems, quantitative and qualitative techniques are solicited in applicable situations during the study. 
Robust design of a passive wind turbine system

Purpose – The effectiveness of full passive wind turbine (WT) systems has been recently demonstrated. Such low cost and reliable structures without active control and with a minimum number of sensors can be efficient only if the system design parameters are mutually adapted through an integrated optimal design approach. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of a passive WT with regard to the variations of PMSG electrical parameters.Design/methodology/approach – This work is more specifically devoted to the sensitivity analysis of a passive WT system according to the electrical variable variations of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG). It also investigates the interest of a robust design approach for reducing the sensitivity of the WT efficiency to the most influencing variables.Findings – It is shown that efficiency of the passive WT system is rather sensitive to the variation of the stator flux and DC voltage at the system output.Originality/value – A robust design approa.
POLISH JOURNAL OF NATURAL SCIENCES

Short-term storage of semen in cooling conditions (+4C) is one way to perfect artificial fish reproduction. In this experiment, we attempted to add antioxidants (vitamins C and E, glutathione and cysteine) during the storage of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) semen. An analysis of the CASA parameters showed that addition of the antioxidants to semen during storage did not benefit spermatozoa motility of studied salmonids. An analysis of the parameters showed that added vitamins C and E did not influence the sperm motility of Salmonidae during semen storage. The addition of glutathione and cysteine significantly worsened the vitality of Arctic char and rainbow trout sperm. WPŁYW DODATKU ANTYOKSYDANTÓW NA KRÓTKOOKRESOWE PRZECHOWYWANIE NASIENIA RYB ŁOSOSIOWATYCH Beata Sarosiek, Sylwia Judycka, Radosław Kajetan Kowalski Zakład Biologii Gamet i Zarodka Polska Akademia Nauk w Olsztynie S ł o w a k l u c z o w e: pstrąg tęczowy, palia alpejska, mlecz, ruchliwość, CASA.
Flash Infrared Annealing for Antisolvent‐Free Highly Efficient Perovskite Solar Cells

Organic–inorganic perovskites have demonstrated an impressive potential for the design of the next generation of solar cells. Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are currently considered for scaling up and commercialization. Many of the lab‐scale preparation methods are however difficult to scale up or are environmentally unfriendly. The highest efficient PSCs are currently prepared using the antisolvent method, which utilizes a significant amount of an organic solvent to induce perovskite crystallization in a thin film. An antisolvent‐free method is developed in this work using flash infrared annealing (FIRA) to prepare methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI3) PSCs with a record stabilized power conversion efficiency of 18.3%. With an irradiation time of fewer than 2 s, FIRA enables the coating of glass and plastic substrates with pinhole‐free perovskite films that exhibit micrometer‐size crystalline domains. This work discusses the FIRA‐induced crystallization mechanism and unveils the main parameters controlling the film morphology. The replacement of the antisolvent method and the larger crystalline domains resulting from flash annealing make FIRA a highly promising method for the scale‐up of PSC manufacture.
AWARD NUMBER: W81XWH-13-1-0233 TITLE: Development and Translation of Hybrid Optoacoustic/ Ultrasonic Tomography for Early Breast Cancer Detection

Ultrasound computed tomography (USCT) holds great promise for improving the detection and management of breast cancer. Because they are based on the acoustic wave equation, waveform inversion-based reconstruction methods can produce images that possess improved spatial resolution properties over those produced by ray-based methods. However, waveform inversion methods are computationally demanding and have not been applied widely in USCT breast imaging. In this work, source encoding concepts are employed to develop an accelerated USCT reconstruction method that circumvents the large computational burden of conventional waveform inversion methods. This method, referred to as the waveform inversion with source encoding (WISE) method, encodes the measurement data using a random encoding vector and determines an estimate of the sound speed distribution by solving a stochastic optimization problem by use of a stochastic gradient descent algorithm. Both computer simulation and experimental phantom studies are conducted to demonstrate the use of the WISE method. The results suggest that the WISE method maintains the high spatial resolution of waveform inversion methods while significantly reducing the computational burden.
SR-Snort: IPv6 Segment Routing Aware IDS/IPS

Service Function Chaining (SFC) allows the delivery of advanced end-to-end services composed of one or more network functions. IPv6 Segment Routing (SRv6) is a network architecture based on source routing, where a list of segments is attached to packets to enforce different path from the shortest one. SRv6 supports SFC by assigning each network function a segment and combining these segments into a segment list. In order to fully leverage the SRv6 network programming capabilities, network functions are required to be SR-aware. In this paper, we present our implementation of SR-Snort, a SR-aware intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS). We extended the open-source implementation of Snort, so it can apply the configured rules to the inner packet of SR traffic. SR-Snort can handle both inner IPv4 and inner IPv6 traffic. It can work in either IDS or IPS mode.