Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The influence of insects and hummingbirds on the geographical variation of the flower phenotype in Mimulus luteus

We describe the geographical variation of corolla and nectar guide size in seven populations of Mimulus luteus (Phrymaceae) in central Chile, and examine whether flower phenotypes associate with taxonomic composition and flower visit patterns of pollinators across populations. Flowers showed higher variation in nectar guide size than corolla size. Mean corolla size increased with the proportion of bees and decreased with the proportion of lepidopterans in the pollinator assemblages. Nectar guide size increased with the proportion of hummingbirds in the pollinator assemblages. When the frequency of flower visits rather than taxonomic composition was considered, the results revealed similar patterns. Because these traits previously have been described as targets of bee- and hummingbird-mediated selection in M. luteus, our results have implications for understanding the processes that determine flower diversification in Chilean Mimulus. Although we cannot rule out ecological sorting as an explanation for the geographical association between pollinators and flower phenotypes, changes in the prevalence and importance of bees and hummingbirds across populations appear to account, at least in part, for the flower phenotypic variation across populations. The extent to which insect and hummingbird pollination in M. luteus produces pollinator-mediated divergence among populations needs to be examined in future studies.
Identifying Quality of Experience (QoE) in 3G/4G Radio Networks based on Quality of Service (QoS) Metrics

Two novel Quality of Experience (QoE) prediction models were developed, one for 3G voice calls and other for web browsing in 4G networks, based on real Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) data, respectively. These models estimate the user perceived quality, in a Mean Opinion Score (MOS) scale, by evaluating several Radio Frequency (RF) channel measurements and Quality of Service (QoS) metrics. Real Drive Tests (DTs) data and MOS measurements have been used as reference data, in order to produce the new QoE prediction models, using machine learning techniques. The Support Vector Regression (SVR) algorithm was used to map the QoS metrics in MOS. The new developed models enable the application of QoE as a more realistic network optimization criteria. The QoE model for voice calls presented a Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) of 11% and a correlation of 62%, when comparing the predicted MOS to the one that was measured. The web browsing model showed an higher correlation (of 92%) and a lower RMSE (of 10%).
Performance and Heat Loss of a Coaxial Teflon Pulsed Plasma Thruster

A coaxial Teflon pulsed plasma thruster, UIUC PPT-7, was tested and results were reported in a previous paper. More thrust data is taken while varying the stored energy for different geometries. A thermal model is used to determine energy lost as heat from the thruster to be 14% of the available energy. A similar thermal model is used to estimate the portion of heat lost due to conduction into the Teflon fuel. The plasma current is curve-fit to reveal a linearly increasing plasma resistance. The plasma temperature is estimated to vary from 9000 K to 21000 K.
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Wireless sensors are an irreplaceable link in the chain of global networking today. There is almost no area of human activity where they are still not used, and they will be used in the near future almost everywhere. Wireless sensor networks consist of a large number of sensor nodes that are arranged (usually randomly) in an area. The main problem is the limited power supply. Sensors are usually powered by the battery which is not possible to replace. The lifetime of the network depends on the duration of battery power of sensor nodes. The largest part of the consumed energy goes for communication with the rest of the network. Therefore, the selection of good routing protocol is essential for the long life-span of the network. There are a large number of proposed protocols and they can be divided into several groups, depending on the approach to the problem. In this paper we present a family of hierarchical protocols, their common features and specifi c implementation, we will present advantages and disadvantages as well as possible directions of further development.
Who Should Be Blamed For Information System Failure ? Integrating Systems Thinking Into IS Education

IS failure has been observed and documented in various literature. Many researchers have tried to understand the phenomenon by studying success or failure factors with a hope that IS professionals can learn from these lessons. It seems that these contingency factors are not sufficient to understand the whole picture of IS failure and its causes. We may need a further investigation of the problem from the root: IS education. In this paper, we argue that the problem with many IS failures is due to the design of the IS curriculum that lacks the idea of systems thinking. We suggest to incorporate systems thinking component into IS education as a long term strategy to deal with IS failure problem.
Frequency- and time-domain Green's functions for a phased semi-infinite periodic line array of dipoles

We extend a previous prototype study of Felsen and Capolino (see ibid. vol.48, p.921-931, June 2000) of frequency-domain (FD) and time-domain (TD) Green's functions for an infinite periodic phased line array of dipoles to account for the effects of truncation, as modeled by a semi-infinite array. These canonical problems are to be used eventually for the systematic analysis and synthesis of actual rectangular TD plane phased arrays. In the presentation, we rely on the analytic results and phenomenologies pertaining to the infinite array, which are reviewed. Major emphasis is then placed on the modifications introduced by the truncation. Finite Poisson summation is used to convert the individual dipole radiations into collective truncated wavefields, the FD and TD Floquet waves (FW). In the TD, exact closed-form solutions are obtained, and are examined asymptotically to extract FD and TD periodicity-matched conical truncated FW fields (both propagating and nonpropagating), corresponding tip-diffracted periodicity-matched spherical waves, and uniform transition functions connecting both across the FD and TD-FW truncation boundaries. These new effects can again be incorporated in a FW-modulated geometrical theory of diffraction. A numerical example of radiation from a finite phased TD dipole array with band-limited excitation demonstrates the accuracy and efficiency of the FW-(diffracted field) asymptotic algorithm when compared with an element-by-element summation reference solution.
On the Selection of Relevant Covariates and Correlation Structure in Longitudinal Binary Models : Analysing the Impact of the Height of Type II Diabetes

To examine the impact of height on the occurrence of Type II diabetes, a longitudinal binary data set has been analyzed. The relevant covariates were selected by using quasi-likelihood based information criteria (QIC) and correlation information criteria (CIC) was used to select the correlation structure appropriate for the repeated binary responses. The consistent and efficient estimates of regression parameters were obtained from the generalized estimating equations (GEE). With the selected covariates height, education level, gender and unstructured correlation structure, it is found that there exists a statistically significant inverse relationship between height of an individual and the development of Type II diabetes. Risk Ratios for different covariates along with standard errors and confidence intervals are also given.
Are people living with HIV discriminated by the microfinance market? Evidence from Uganda

Microfinance has considered to be the key to end world poverty by serving the poor and vulnerable. In Uganda, the microfinance market has been on a steady rise since 1980; a time when HIV prevalence peaked. When voices are questioning whether microfinances work as efficiently as supposed, organizations in Uganda claims that HIV positive people might be excluded in various ways from financial services. This paper aims to investigate if people living with HIV are being excluded from the microfinance market in Uganda. To do so, we use two OLS-models to analyze data from the Ugandan Bureau of Statistics, the Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda, and the U.S Agency for International Development. By analyzing the estimates on existenceand number of MFIs, HIV prevalence, control variables and regional effects, we find evidence suggesting that HIV positive people might be excluded from the microfinance market in the Central region of Uganda, but no statistical evidence from the Western, Eastern or Northern regions. But exclusion might occur in other ways that were not possible to examine statistically in this report, such as self-exclusion and stigmatization. Due to data limitation and sample size bias, we welcome further research on the topic.
Number : DAMD 1703-1-0576 TITLE : Assessment of the Genetic Variation in Bone Fracture Healing

s Wang KH, Vishwanath P, Eichler G, Edgar CM, Smith T, Gerstenfeld LC. Large scale transcriptional profiling across the time course of fracture healing. Presented at the 26h Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. Seattle, Washington, USA. October 1-5, 2004. (POSTER) Wang K, Vishwanath P, Eichler G, Edgar C, Smith T, Gerstenfeld LC. Large scale transcriptional profiling across the time course of fracture healing. Presented at the 8th International Conference on the Chemistry and Biology of Mineralized Tissues. Banff, Alberta, Canada. October 17-22, 2004. (POSTER, Young Investigator Award) Wang K, Vishwanath P, Eichler G, Edgar C, Einhorn TA, Smith T, Gerstenfeld LC. Transcriptional profiling across fracture healing: distinct temporal clustering of heat shock and metalloproteinase genes. Presented at the 51st Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society. Washington, DC, USA. February 20 23, 2005. (ORAL PRESENTATION) Training Kevin Wang, Spring 2004, MA, Masters of Medical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine, Thesis Title: Large Scale Transcriptional Profiling Across The Time Course of Fracture Healing.
Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from Farmers and Peri-Urban Fringe Residents in South Australia

This paper reports on results from two major research projects conducted in South Australia. The first investigates adaptation to climate change in two of the state’s major grain and sheep farming regions, using semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The second uses a postal questionnaire and an internet-based survey of residents in the peri-urban fringes of Adelaide, the state capital, to examine knowledge of and attitudes to climate change and resulting adaptations, especially in the context of increasing risk of wildfires. The research on adaptation to climate change in agriculture focused on formal institutions (e.g., government agencies) and communities of practice (e.g., farm systems groups). Both groups noted that farmers autonomously adapt to various risks, including those induced by climate variability. The types and levels of adaptation varied among individuals partly because of barriers to adaptation, which included limited communication and engagement processes established between formal institutions and communities of practice. The paper discusses possibilities for more effective transfers of knowledge and information on climate change among formal institutions, communities of practice, trusted individual advisors and farmers. Research in the peri-urban fringe revealed that actions taken by individuals to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change were linked to the nature of environmental values held (or ecological worldview) and place attachment. Individuals with a strong place attachment to the study area (the Adelaide Hills) who possessed knowledge of and/or beliefs in climate change were most likely to take mitigating actions. This was also linked to previous experience of major risk from wildfires. The paper concludes by discussing prospects for developing co-management for reducing the impact of climate change across multiple groups in rural and peri-urban areas.
Effect of debranching on sweet potato yield and quality

The objective of this study was to evaluate effect of branch removal on the yield and quality of sweet potato genotypes in different harvesting systems and two growing seasons. Two trials (2014 and 2016/17) were conducted in a randomized block design with three replicates in the factorial scheme composed of: three clones (Brazlândia Rosada, BD-31 TO and BD-65) and five harvesting systems (H): H1- total harvest of branch and root at 120 days after planting (DAP); H2- cut of the branches at 120 DAP, plus regrown branches and roots harvested at 210 DAP; H3 - total harvest of branches and roots at 165 DAP; H4 - cut of the branches at 165 DAP and harvest of regrown branches and roots at 210 DAP and H5- branches and roots total harvest at 210 DAP. For harvesting systems H2 and H4 the total production of branches at the end of the cycle was determined by the sum of the two cuts. The yield, dry matter of shoot and root, chemical-bromatological and nutrient quality were evaluated. The 2014 trial produced higher green mass yield of the branches, while in 2016/2017, higher root yield observed. H2 and H4 were shown to have better quality of the branches regarding the bromatological and nutrient characteristics, being recommended for animal feeding. The systems without regrowth (H3 and H5) allowed better yields and quality of roots, useful for human feeding. In general, the clone Brazlândia Rosada, produced the highest yield of roots and branches; therefore, recommended for planting.
K Shell X-Ray Fluorescence Parameters of Some Elements in the Atomic Range

The production cross sections , the fluorescence yield , K shell X-ray intensity ratio , the vacancy transfer probabilities from K to L shell , and the level widths for some elements in the atomic range were measured. The samples were excited by 80.998 keV gamma rays from a 10 mCi 133Ba radioactive source. The K X-rays emitted by samples were detected by using a CdTe detector. These parameters have been theoretically calculated, also. The experimental values were compared with the theoretical and semiempirical values. Our experimental values closely agreed with theoretical values and other experimental values.
University of Edinburgh’s submission to the Document-level Generation and Translation Shared Task

The University of Edinburgh participated in all six tracks: NLG, MT, and MT+NLG with both English and German as targeted languages. For the NLG track, we submitted a multilingual system based on the Content Selection and Planning model of Puduppully et al (2019). For the MT track, we submitted Transformer-based Neural Machine Translation models, where out-of-domain parallel data was augmented with in-domain data extracted from monolingual corpora. Our MT+NLG systems disregard the structured input data and instead rely exclusively on the source summaries.
Application of textual relevance retrieval in patent information service

In this paper, the patent search service is based o n the patent textual relevance information of the a ctu l application requirements. In depth study of the Lucene full tex t r trieval tool kit and related technical basis,we extend the Lucene segmentation module,and improve the ordering algorithm Lucene by default, so that the patent te xt r trieval system designed in this thesis retrieval can suppor t multiple patent document format which is commonly used, and eventually patent information retrieval system used in this study above, can effectively improve the p erformance of patent related retrieval system.
International technology diffusion through patents during the second half of the XXth century

This paper analyzes the impact of domestic and foreign technology in explaining Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth during the second half of the 20th century in some advanced countries (the U.S., France, Germany, the U.K. and Japan). To carry out this objective we use new dataset for the stock of knowledge built on the basis of the Perpetual Inventory Method over patents data for 150 years. To empirically address the aim of this research, we extend Coe and Helpman (1995) empirical specification by including human capital. Our results point out that: first, both domestic and foreign stocks of knowledge are significant in explaining TFP growth; second, the imports of knowledge have a less significant effect than the domestic stock of knowledge for France, Germany and Japan. Further, our results point that human capital plays a superior role in explaining TFP growth in the most advanced countries. En este trabajo se analiza el efecto de la tecnologia domestica y extranjera en la evolucion de la Productividad Total de los Factores (PTF) para una muestra de paises avanzados (Estados Unidos, Francia, Alemania, Reino Unido y Japon) durante la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Para ello se construye una base de datos en la que se mide la tecnologia, tanto domestica como importada, a traves de las patentes acumuladas desde 1850 siguiendo el metodo del inventario permanente. Empiricamente, se estima una version ampliada de la especificacion de Coe and Helpman (1995) en la que incluye la variable capital humano. Los principales resultados permiten concluir que: primero, que tanto la tecnologia domestica como la importada son significativas en la explicacion del crecimiento de la PTF; segundo, que las importaciones de tecnologia tienen un efecto menor sobre la PTF que la generacion domestica de tecnologia en paises como Francia, Alemania y Japon, mientras que en Estados Unidos solo es significativa la tecnologia domestica. Y por ultimo, los resultados revelan una elevada contribucion del capital humano en la explicacion de la PTF de los paises mas avanzados.
Fungal Pathogens of Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae and Their Virulences *1

Entomopathogenic fungi were isolated from infected insects obtained in the field and by the bate method from soil samples in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China, to develop microbial control of Anoplophora(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)that is attacking poplars in Ningxia. Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae, Paecilomyces spp. were isolated from the specimens collected in Ningxia. All isolates from Ningxia were inoculated to A. glabripennis larvae for the primary screening of pathogenic isolates with conidial suspensions of 1 × 107 /ml, and several isolates of B. bassiana and an isolate of M. anisopliae among them had strong pathogenicities. Virulences of 2 isolates from Japanese Cerambycid were calculated by inoculation of various concentration of conidial suspensions with adults and larvae of Anoplophora glabripennis. Beauveria brongniartiiF-1101 from Anoplophora malasiacain Japan showed a very strong virulence against the adults, but weak virulence against the larvae. Virulence of B. bassiana F-263 from Monochamus alternatusin Japan against the adults was moderate and the same as that against larvae. Using F-1101 against the adults is thought to be promising for control of A. glabripennis.
Mark Nord and Heather Hopwood A Comparison of Household Food Security in Canada and the United States

Food security—consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life—is essential for health and good nutrition. The extent to which a nation’s population achieves food security is an indication of its material and social well-being. Differences in the prevalence of householdlevel food insecurity between Canada and the United States are described at the national level and for selected economic and demographic subpopulations. Associations of food security with economic and demographic characteristics are examined in multivariate analyses that hold other characteristics constant. Comparable measures of household food security were calculated from the nationally representative Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 2.2 (2004) and the U.S. Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (2003-05). Based on the standard U.S. methodology, the percentage of the population living in households classifi ed as food insecure was lower in Canada (7.0 percent) than in the United States (12.6 percent). The difference was greater for the percentage of children living in food-insecure households (8.3 percent vs. 17.9 percent) than for adults (6.6 percent vs. 10.8 percent). These differences primarily refl ected different prevalence rates of food insecurity for Canadian and U.S. households with similar demographic and economic characteristics. Differences in population composition on measured economic and demographic characteristics account for only about 15 to 30 percent of the overall Canada-U.S. difference.
Learning to Rank System for Scientific Literature

Ranking is the central part in information retrieval systems, and nowadays, many modern ranking algorithms tend to use machine learning to optimize the results. e conventional way to so-called ”leaning-to-rank” has been trained from manually labelled data set, which consist with a set of documents judged as relevant or not to specic queries. Limited with the data set, it requires human annotations and usually becomes time consuming for the relevance model to adapt to changing user preference. In this project, we propose an on-line learning-to-rank method to resolve this problem. is on-line system utilizes users’ interactive feedback in real time, automatically adapts and improves the ranking results with less or no reliance on labelled data. Based on the on-going work from Dr. Wang’s group, which focuses on learning to recommend scientic literature, we propose the implementation of a on-line learning-to-rank system to improve the ranking for literature search engine according to users’ feedback.
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