Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Fine spatial structure of genetically distinct picocyanobacterial populations across environmental gradients in the Costa Rica Dome

We investigated the spatial variability of picocyanobacterial community structure across the Costa Rica Dome (CRD), an offshore upwelling system characterized by high seasonal abundance of Synechococcus spp. We constructed clone libraries of the rpoC1 gene to survey picocyanobacterial diversity and developed specific real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction assays to assess the distribution of genetically distinct Synechococcus (SYN) and Prochlorococcus (PRO) populations across vertical and horizontal physicochemical gradients. Flow cytometry data showed that cell abundances for both SYN and PRO were highest near the dome center. Phylogenetic analysis of rpoC1 sequences revealed a remarkably high and distinctive picocyanobacterial diversity (FLU1‐3, CRD1, Clade II, XV, XVI) that included “novel” SYN and PRO genotypes. Furthermore, genetically different populations exhibited vertical and horizontal spatial partitioning. Abundances of distinct SYN genotypes peaked at subsequent depth horizons, leading to a fine vertical structure with at least three populations stacked within the upper 30–40 m at the dome. Clade II and FLU1A peaked in surface waters, while maximum concentrations of CRD1, FLU1B, and Clade XVI occurred in the upper and lower thermocline, respectively. Horizontally, Clade II abundance in surface waters remained high across the entire region, while SYN genotypes CRD1 and FLU1A increased with shoaling of the thermo‐ and nutricline toward the center of the dome to become the dominant genotypes of the SYN assemblage in the dome. Below the mixed layer, Clade XVI and PRO genotype FLU2, virtually absent outside the dome, became abundant components of the picocyanobacterial assemblage. Despite their phylogenetic relatedness, FLU1A and FLU1B subclades followed different distributional patterns, suggesting ecological significance of the microdiversity within the clade. The unprecedented fine vertical structure demonstrated for SYN genotypes is driven by sharp physicochemical gradients (e.g., density, nutrient, oxygen, and trace metals) created by the dome and the presence of a shallow oxycline that enhances habitat diversification.
ANALYSIS OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES

), Ardeystrasse 67, 44139 Dortmund, Germany Corresponding author: e-mail: stewart@ifado.de Reactive oxygen species play key roles as signalling molecules (Thannickal et al., 2000; Landar and Darley-Usmar, 2003; Pryor et al., 2006; Hengstler and Bolt, 2008) and are also involved in many patho-genic processes (Cederbaum et al., 2009; Sebai et al., 2009). Oxidative stress induc-tion is a well-documented mechanism of many non-genotoxic carcinogens (Mates et al., 2008; Hengstler and Bolt, 2007; Schug et al., 2008; Dewa et al., 2009; Binner et al., 2008). Particularly metal toxicity and car-cinogenicity often involves generation of reactive oxygen species as a key mecha-nism (Beyersmann and Hartwig, 2008; Wang et al., 2009; Cervinkova et al., 2009; Bolt and Hengstler, 2008; Verstraeten et al., 2008; Glahn et al., 2008; Pardo Andreu et al., 2009; Arivarasu et al., 2008). Given the importance of oxidative stress numerous methods have been established and optimized to reliably quantify the levels of reactive oxygen species in tissues and cells (Dikalov et al., 2007; Borgmann 2009; Setsukinai et al., 2003; Yao et al., 2004; Tarpey and Fridovich, 2001; Tarpey et al., 2004). Some of the most frequently applied techniques include:
Multi-sensor Degradation Data Analysis

Multiple sensors are commonly used for degradation monitoring of critical components. The degradation indicators derived from these sensors are significantly different in terms of scale and interpretation. Since these indicators reflect the same degradation path but have different scales and noise, the fusion of the data corresponding to these indicators is important for the condition monitoring and accurate reliability estimation of the components. In this paper, we develop a unified degradation path that considers statistics-based degradation and physics-based degradation models. We also estimate the reliability of such components. Simulation results show that the unified degradation model approximates the actual degradation path effectively. Additionally, more accurate estimates of reliability are obtained when compared with individual degradation paths.
Theoretical Investigation of Friction Forces between Vane Tip and Cam-Ring in Oil Vane Pumps

Oil type used for oil vane pumps is an essential element affecting its performance. Trying to understand oil type effect and proper oil type selection will lead to significant enhancement of oil pump performance and increase its life time. In order to accomplish this task, a simple thermo-elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication (TEHL) model was used to calculate the friction forces between vane tip and cam-ring. Effect of oil temperature, vane relative speed, normal vane force, and oil film thickness were theoretically investigated for different oil types. Navier-Stokes and energy equations were numerically solved using finite difference technique. Viscosity and density distributions as a function of oil pressure and temperature were taken into consideration. Results show that proper oil type selection and its operating temperature are key parameters that significantly affecting the vane pump performance. The vane relative speed is quit important parameter affecting the coefficient of friction and should not be less than 5 m/s. increasing of lubricant film thickness is not necessarily enhances the friction coefficient between van tip and cam-ring. The study shows that the best type of oil for vane pump in some operating conditions is not necessarily the best choice for this pump in other operating conditions. It may be helpful for designers to select more than one oil type for the same pump according to its operating conditions.
Some reflections on the ‘ new covenant ’ in Hebrews 12 : 24

In the book of Hebrews references to the new covenant appear quite frequently, in particular from chapter 7 onwards (cf. Heb 8:8, 13; 9:15; 12:24). In all of these instances the new covenant is referred to as a διαθήκη καινή, the only exception being Hebrews 12:24, where it is called a διαθήκη νέα. As a matter of fact, when all other New Testament references to the new covenant are considered (cf. also Lk 22:20; 1 Cor 11:25; 2 Cor 3:6), the διαθήκη νέα of Hebrews 12:24 proves to be a New Testament ὁμολογούμενον. For this peculiarity in Hebrews 12:24 scholars have attempted a variety of explanations.
Temporal and spatial development of red deer harvesting in Europe: biological and cultural factors

Summary 1. Deer numbers have increased dramatically throughout Europe and North America over the last century, but empirical analyses of variation in harvesting and the influence of biological and cultural factors are lacking. 2. We examined trends in size and composition of red deer Cervus elaphus harvests over the last three to four decades in 11 European countries with contrasting deer productivity, management strategies and hunting traditions. 3. The harvest increased exponentially in all countries except Austria and Germany, where it was stable, and Poland, where it has declined in recent years. Harvest growth rates ranged from 0·009 in Austria to 0·075 in Sweden and depended on the management system and harvest composition, being negatively related to the proportion of females in the adult harvest. 4. Within four focal countries (France, Hungary, Norway and Scotland), there was considerable spatial variation in harvest growth rates. These tended to be higher in recently colonized areas than in traditional hunting areas and were often higher than the maximum possible population growth rate. Range expansion was an important component of the increase in total harvest in France and Scotland, but not in Hungary or Norway. 5. Harvest composition was available for seven countries, all of which showed a strong increase in the proportion of calves in the harvest. The sex ratio of the adult harvest was relatively stable, being strongly male-biased in Norway and marginally femalebiased elsewhere. The proportion of males in the harvest was unrelated to trophy hunting objectives. 6. Synthesis and applications . Our study emphasizes that cultural aspects of management need to be accounted for, as well as biological factors, when interpreting the patterns of harvest growth and composition across Europe. Widespread sustained harvest growth has occurred, suggesting continued growth of deer populations with consequent social and economic impacts. Population control is therefore a major challenge for the future, currently hampered by inadequate population data and a decreasing number of hunters in some countries. Increasing the motivation of hunters to harvest female deer is one possible solution, although this may conflict with hunting traditions and economic considerations in some areas.
The effect of Post Type in Facebook Content Marketing

Social media marketing has been a rising star on the marketing horizon, in the last decade, but determining its effectiveness and added value has posed a challenge for striving marketers and researchers. This study aims at finding guidelines for companies who engage in Facebook marketing to effectively select content to publish, which helps to achieve the corporate goal. The existing literature on the topic is carefully considered and a relevant case is tested empirically in the following. First, a distinction is made between awareness content and conversion content and metrics to measure the performance of content are introduced. Six content characteristics are explained, on which posts can be evaluated. Furthermore, the different interaction possibilities for companies with Facebook users are made acquainted with the reader. A conceptual framework showing the relationships and effects to be tested is depicted and hypotheses are posed. The study is conducted by accessing recorded social media data of a digital marketing agency’s client operating in the telecommunication industry. The empirical testing begins with the performance of a hierarchical multiple regression, testing the main effect between post type and marketing performance and the controlling effect of budget. Afterwards a moderator analysis is performed to test the influence of Valuable Entertainment and Social Emotion on the main effect. It is found that awareness posts generate a larger amount of likes, comments and shares and therefore increase engagement. Conversion posts generate a higher number of link clicks and impressions and therewith increase information search and purchase intention. The budget does not have a controlling effect on likes, but a large effect on reach. This finding implies that you can buy eyeballs, but you cannot buy likes. The paper concludes with the introduction of five guidelines for effective Facebook content marketing.
Search for MSSM Higgs bosons and beyond at CMS

Searches for beyond the Standard Model (BSM) Higgs bosons are presented, particularly in the context of MSSM and Higgs Triplet Model, including a neutral Higgs boson decays into two tau leptons, charged Higgs bosons in decays of tau lepton and neutrino, charged Higgs bosons in decays of vector bosons, and doubly-charged Higgs boson in three and four lepton final states. The data is collected with the CMS detector at the LHC which corresponds to integrated luminosities of 2.3 and 12.9 fb$^{-1}$ at center-of-mass energy of 13 TeV in 2015 and 2016, respectively. No signature of BSM Higgs boson is observed. The upper limits are placed on the cross-section times branching fraction for each search, as well as interpreted in different models of an extended Higgs sector.
The Link between Individual Expectations and Savings: Do Nursing Home Expectations Matter?

Preparing for the end of life, especially for the prospect of needing long-term care, is an important issue facing older Americans. Those who reach age 65 have a 40% chance of going into a nursing home in their remaining lifetime, and about 10% of those who do will stay there for at least five years. The costs of a stay are high with on average US$70,000 annually for a private room. Long-term stays in nursing homes are, therefore, not likely, but very expensive. In this paper, we examine individual expectations about future nursing home entry and study the relationship between these expectations and savings behavior, using data from the Health and Retirement Study. We find a clear relation between subjective expectations and probability of future nursing home entry, and a positive effect of these expectations on savings behavior. Surprisingly, we find no difference of this effect by wealth group, so it seems that Medicaid eligibility in the context of nursing home entry plays no factor in the decision to save.
A Satellite Analysis of Contrasting Fire Patterns in Aboriginal- and Euro-Australian Lands in Tropical North Australia

AbstractWe use satellite imagery to compare and contrast fire patterns across a repeating mosaic of vegetation types occurring within the tropical savanna of the Northern Territory, Australia. Our study area included different land management settings that encapsulate three contrasting styles of management that have developed following European settlement in northern Australia: Decentralized fire management carried out by small Aboriginal communities widely dispersed across a large landscape.Centralized fire management carried out by park rangers and military land managers who implement a fire management plan based on a paradigm of hazard reduction burning.Pastoral properties with a specific management objective of improving cattle yield by protecting and improving pasture with fire. The lowland eucalypt savannas were the most burnt of any vegetation type, but within eucalypt savannas there were subtle differences in fire frequency. The highest fire frequencies were recorded in national park and military lands, intermediate frequencies on Aboriginal lands, and the lowest fire frequencies on pastoral properties. Aboriginal lands had an even distribution of fire throughout the dry season in contrast to the marked bias towards early dry season landscape burning on all Euro-Australian controlled lands. These findings illustrate the impact of different management paradigms and cultural decisions about fire on physical fire patterns.
Karyometric Analysis of Precancerous Lesions of Human Colorectal Mucosa

Colorectal carcinoma has a worldwide distribution, with the highest death rates in the United States and Eastern European countries. The aim of this study was to estimate sensitivity and specificity of karyometric method for early detection of colorectal carcinoma. Endoscopic biopsies of colonic carcinoma (n=42), mucosa surrounding carcinoma (n=42), colonic adenoma with lowgrade dysplasia (n=18), and chronic colitis (n=25) were analyzed. The best results were obtained with the mean volume-weighted nuclear volume; sensitivity and specificity were 90.5% and 92.7%, respectively. For the first time increased nuclear size in morphologically normal mucosa surrounding colorectal carcinoma was shown.
A blind superresolution method that works for arbitrary motions and point spread functions

Few studies exist in the field of blind image super-resolution (SR). Most of these studies assume that all of the observed low resolution images have gone through a common Point Spread Function (PSF) and the warp operators are pure translations. In this study, changing the order of the warp and blur operators in the observation model, which links the observed low resolution images to the unobserved high resolution image, commonly used in the literature is proposed to eliminate these two non-realistic assumptions. Conditions under which the change in the observation model is valid are derived. Simulation results demonstrate that the existing blind image SR algorithms can be extended to non-common PSFs and general warp operators case under the proposed model change.
A Literature-Based Qualitative Framework for Assessment of Socio-Economic Negative Impacts of Common Illicit Cross-border Freight Logistics Flows

Global supply chains and freight logistics systems are commonly exploited in trafficking activities: for example cocaine may be shipped from Colombia to the Netherlands concealed in ocean liner structures while stolen cultural products may be hidden inside an air container, shipped for example by express courier from Egypt to Italy. In order to design effective and efficient governmental policies and corresponding regulations, enforcement priorities, inspection schemes and other countermeasures, one needs a clear picture of such common illicit flows such an integrated research paper does not exist today. The objective of this paper is to capture and summarize some of the key characteristics, in particular socio-economic negative impacts, of following six common trafficking flows: trafficking in cocaine and heroin; counterfeit products; ozone depleting substances; firearms; stolen cultural products; and endangered species. The negative socio-economic impacts in this paper fall ultimately into following six categories: Increasing health care and social security costs; Increasing environmental damages; Increasing human suffering; Increasing market place distortions and/or unfair competition; Losses in tax revenues regarding indirect border taxes; and Losses in cultural heritage. The main outcome of this paper is an integrated matrix derived from both practitioner and academic literature to map the socio-economic negative impact –categories per Juha Hintsa and Sangeeta Mohanty 320 each illicit flow-type. Finally, this qualitative paper suggests several quantitative research (sub-)topics for the future.
Serum Lipoprotein (A) in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Background: Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is the most common rheumatic cause of diffuse pain and multiple regional musculoskeletal pain and disability. Objective: is to assess the contribution of serum lipoprotein (A) in the pathogenesis of FMS patients. Methods: One hundred twenty two FMS patients were compared with 60 healthy control individuals who were age and sex matched. All FMS features and criteria are applied for patients and controls; patients with secondary FMS were excluded. Serum Lipoprotein (A): [Lp(A)], body mass index (BMI), & s.lipid profile were determined for both groups. Results: There was a statistical significant difference between patients c but not with: duration(r= 0.222, P=0.133) , BMI(r= 0.128,P=0.390) & s.lipid profile ( p> 0.05) of FMS patients. Conclusion: s.lipoprotein (A) may play an important role in pathogenesis of FMS patients.
Radiative Forcing of Asian Dust Determined from the Synergized GOME and GMS Satellite Data—A Case Study

Aerosol optical characteristics of Asian dust are studied by combining Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment (GOME) data, with Geostationary Meteorological Satellite (GMS-5) visible data, collected during a Yellow Sand event occurred on 7 April 2000. Retrieved results were compared with those from solar aureole measurements at Anmyon-Do, Korea. It was shown that the single scattering albedo of Asian dust can be as low as 0.76, much smaller than the generally known values of 0.9 in the Asian dust source region, such as Dunhuang or 0.93 for Saharan dust. This finding suggests that Asian dust can be much absorbing aerosols. The overall atmospheric forcing efficiency (radiation fluxes per unit aerosol optical thickness at 0.5 mm) of Asian dust observed on 7 April 2000, is about 102 Wm � 2 in the atmospheric layer, and � 116.9 Wm � 2 at the surface. These results strongly indicate that the regional surface and atmospheric radiation energy budget, can be significantly altered by the presence of Asian dust.
FEKETE-SZEG ¨ O INEQUALITY FOR GENERALIZED SUBCLASSES OF UNIVALENT FUNCTIONS

Let Pϕ(n,b,λ) denote the class of normalized univalent functions f(z)=z+a2z 2 + . , which are defined in the unit disk Δ and satisfying 1+((λD n+2 f(z)+(1 − λ)D n+1 f(z))/(λ D n+1 f(z)+(1 − λ)D n f(z)) −1)/b ≺ ϕ(z) ,w here ϕ(z) is the function with positive real part, D n f denotes the s˘˘ agean operator, n 0, 0 λ 1, b ∈ C. In this paper, for the class Pϕ(n,b,λ) ,t he Fekete-Szeg¨ o inequalities are completely solved. A more general class K (β,n,λ,g(z)) related Pϕ(n,b,λ) is also considered with same subject, which extends the earlier corresponding results for the class of strongly close-to-convex functions of order β .
8 × 8 SMRT Based Texture Descriptors

In this paper texture features based on mapped real transform (MRT) is studied. Redundancy exists in MRT coefficients. Different algorithms have been proposed for removing the redundancy and placing the MRT coefficients. SMRT is a placement scheme based on sequency of the coefficients. The paper presents texture feature extraction based on SMRT placement algorithm. SMRT based texture feature extraction is found to be faster compared to UMRT based method. Texture is an important property of image. Textural features are used to classify an image as belonging to one set of image class. The texture features used should have good discriminating power, for the classification algorithm to be effective. The challenging task in texture based image classification is therefore to identify textural features with high classification accuracy. Literature review shows that many such feature sets have been used for texture based image classification. Texture analyses in the initial stages were based on the first order and second order statistics of texture images. Later, features derived from transform based methods were also used for classification.
Sabah Wildlife Department and 10 years of research: Towards a better conservation of Sabah's wildlife

In this paper, we present an update on the current wildlife research undertaken by the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and its partners. For the last ten years, SWD has been extremely active in developing research programmes on all Sabah's flagship species including the Bornean orangutan, the proboscis monkey, the Sumatran rhinoceros, the Bornean elephant, the Bornean banteng, the Malayan sun bear, and the Sunda clouded leopard. This has been facilitated by: (1) the setting up of their own field research centre located in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, the Danau Girang Field Centre, in collaboration with Cardiff University; (2) the development of strong collaborations with different overseas institutions such as Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, University of Indiana, Kyoto University, Oxford WildCRU, EcoHealth Alliance, Houston Zoo, and many others; and (3) the collaboration with several NGOs such as HUTAN-Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Programme, Borneo Conservation Trust (BCT), WWF-Malaysia, Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA), UK Appeal, and many others. Recently, some of the research carried out by SWD and partners has received funding from the palm oil industry through the Malaysian Palm Oil Council, Sime Darby Foundation, and others. The main aim of the research carried out by SWD and partners is to contribute to the conservation and management of the species and ecosystems, which are under their responsibility.
Screening of Y-chromosome STR Loci in Taiwanese Populations

This study examines the diversity of nine Y-chromosome STR in nine aboriginal tribes of Taiwanese. The STR loci were DYS19, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385 and DYS388. The populations studied in this survey included Ami, Atayal, Bunun, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiat, Tsou and Tao tribes. A total of 113 haplotypes for all nine Y-chromosome STR loci were found in 173 unrelated healthy males. The diversity of the nine Y-chromosome STR loci was more variable in Chinese Han population than in nine aboriginal tribes. The minimum diversity for the populations increased significantly with nine Y-STR markers compared to eight markers.