Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Succession and seasonal onset of colonization in subtidal hard-bottom communities off northern Chile

Although there is extensive information concerning the colonization sequences of benthic communities, little is known about the successional development of subtidal hard-bottom habitats in highly productive coastal upwelling areas. In these systems, succession is predicted to be fast due to high growth rate of the later dominant colonizers. Using artificial hard substrata a field experiment was conducted in a rocky subtidal area off Northern Chile (Humboldt Current System) and monitored at 3-month intervals to test the following hypotheses: (i) epibenthic succession may proceed through consecutive replacement of species, (ii) there is a fast convergence rate towards natural communities, and (iii) different seasonal starting points for the colonization will produce different community structure over a 1-year period of exposure. Panels were installed on a vertical wall at 17 m water depth. Three replicate panels were sampled every 3 months over a period of 27 months. As a reference, six haphazardly selected plots from the surrounding natural community were surveyed at each sampling date. To evaluate how seasonally varying substratum availability affects community development, further panels were exposed for a 12-month period, starting in four different seasons (n = 3 replicates per season). Community succession was slow and occurred through progressive changes, between early encrusting red corallines, middle Balanus flosculus and late Lagenicella variabilis. After 27 months, the community composition, but not its structure, was similar between experimental and reference communities on surrounding rocky bottoms. Seasonality had no effects and after 1 year of exposure the experimental communities converged towards a common structure. This study indicates that succession of subtidal epibenthic communities follows a slow and predictable pattern with a dominant late colonial species. In addition, aseasonal variability might be more relevant during colonization and succession in this upwelling ecosystem.
Upward Structural Mobility, Exchange Mobility, and Subgroup Consistent Mobility Measurement: U.S.-German Mobility Rankings Revisited

We formalize the concept of upward structural mobility and use the framework of subgroup consistent mobility measurement to derive a relative and an absolute measure of mobility that is increasing in upward structural mobility and compatible with the notion of exchange mobility. In our empirical illustration, we contribute substantively to the ongoing debate about mobility rankings between the U.S. and Germany by demonstrating that the U.S. typically does exhibit more upward structural mobility than Germany.
PROOF COPY [ MD-15-1128 ] AQ 1 AQ 2 Additive Manufacturing and 1 Performance of Functional Hydraulic 2 Pump Impellers in Fused Deposition

38 Would it be possible for an additively manufactured impeller of 39 fused deposition modeling (FDM) technology to have a functional 40 behavior and a similar performance to that of the original impel41 ler of a close-coupled centrifugal pump? In this research paper, 42 different tests are conducted to answer this question and to evalu43 ate the manufacturing process of FDM functional parts. Three 44 performance experiments with the same centrifugal pump, using 45 an open test rig, are carried out and compared, first using the 46 original impeller provided by the manufacturer of the pump, 47 second using an FDM replication of the original one without 48 post-treatment, and third using a chemically dimethyl ketone post49 treated FDM replication. The results obtained in the tests demon50 strate the functional behavior of both additive FDM impellers in 51 comparison with the one fabricated by means of conventional 52 technology (subtractive manufacturing). Additionally, analogous 53 head-flow curves (and also with an improved performance to the 54 one of the original impeller) are obtained. This research paper 55 introduces significant information concerning a low-cost and low56 time manufacturing process of additive functional parts. More57 over, new results are presented regarding the performance of 58 chemically post-treated FDM parts working in functional applica59 tions. FDM impellers of high complexity and quality, which meet 60 performance criteria, can be achieved AQ5 . [DOI: 10.1115/1.4032089]
Categorisation of knowledge management processes in the development of sustainable enterprises

Sustainable development is a growing area of interest in organisations. Particularly those that have large energy demands for processing, use dwindling raw materials or produce a great deal of waste through production. Knowing those processes that can contribute to making an organisation more sustainable provides a great advantage both in terms of project implementation success and in measurable Triple Bottom Line returns. In previous research we identified that many of the Information Technology processes used to assist organisations in developing sustainable practices were more clearly suited as Knowledge Management processes (Van Der Meer and Sinnappan, 2008), however less empirical study has been done to categorise them meaningfully. In this study we have taken these Knowledge Management processes and categorised them according to the sustainable development practice where we identify they can be of service based on Waage et al (2003). Through this we are hoping to develop a framework for organisations to determine what Knowledge Management processes are needed to achieve the particular sustainable development. We may also be able to judge what steps an organisation needs to take to develop further sustainable practices in other areas. Development of a framework for knowledge management tools in sustainable development would assist industries in determining the best processes for these sustainable projects. This framework also contributes to the body of knowledge on sustainable development and Information Technology.
Cell Types to Chemotherapy Fasting Cycles Retard Growth of Tumors and Sensitize a Range of

drugs in the killing of specific tumor cells. that fasting cycles may boost the efficacy of chemotherapeutic agents and could be as effective as chemotherapy Although clinical trials testing the effect of fasting in cancer treatment are still in the early stages, they suggest increased the death of tumor but not normal cells, a process termed differential stress sensitization. human cells, and mice indicated that these effects of fasting were caused by changes inside and outside cells that the mice from chemotherapy while causing a strong inhibition of tumor progression. Experiments in simple organisms, mice injected with human breast and ovarian cancer cells, fasting cycles promoted survival extension by protecting melanoma metastases, and promoted long-term cancer-free survival in up to 40% of mice with neuroblastomas. In progression of a variety of tumors, including breast cancer and glioma, reduced the number of organs affected by However, the combination of fasting and chemotherapy was much more effective than either alone and delayed the progression of several tumor types in mice and, in some cases, to be as effective as toxic chemotherapy drugs. chemotherapy. Here, cycles of fasting for 2 days in the absence of other treatments are shown to delay the fasting before chemotherapy treatment is safe and protect animals, and possibly humans, against the side effects of develop broader, complementary strategies that can be translated rapidly into effective therapies. Two to 4 days of in most cases, will only be effective for a fraction of patients with specific types of cancer. It is therefore important to Many promising cancer drugs being developed will require years to become approved by regulatory bodies and, Fasting: Good for You, Bad for Tumors
ESTIMATION OF SEISMIC RESPONSE OF HISTORICAL AND MONUMENTAL SITES USING MICROTREMORS: A CASE STUDY IN THE ANCIENT APTERA, CHANIA, (GREECE)

Main purpose of the present study is to investigate the dynamic characteristics of the remainings at the ancient city of Aptera (Chania) and identify the main damage mechanism, in order to evaluate the risk of structure damage or collapse in case of future events using microtremor recordings. Our study focuses on the application of HVSR method (Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio) to microtremor measurements carried out in specific sites. Registrations have been performed by means of a tridirectional sensor Lennartz 3D-Lite (1 natural Hz frequency), connected with a 24-bit digital acquisition unit. A set of 10 time series of 800 second each, sampled at 125 Hz was recorded in several sites. The selected time windows of each time series were corrected for the base line and for anomalous trends, tapered with a cosine function to the first and last 5% of the signal, and band pass filtered from 0.5 to 20 Hz with cut off frequencies at 0.3 and 22 Hz. The same procedure performed for all sites and components and finally the H/V spectral ratios were computed. Most of the sites present significant amplification peaks in frequency around 2 Hz. Finally, electrical resistivity tomography was carried out. The extracted results clearly show a very complex subsurface geometry indicated by the presence of large-scale voids, which may possibly correspond to ancient reservoirs. In the present work we confirm that the archaeological site of Aptera in Chania consists of a very complex subsurface structure and that the results obtained by HVSR method and by resistivity method are very well correlated.
COMPARISON OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME FIXED FACTORS ON MULTI LEVEL CHILD SURVIVAL

A major outcome of the Millennium Development Goals is to reduce child mortality. However, efforts in dealing with this challenge do not seem to lead to desirable levels of satisfaction. In developing Countries, especially in sub Saharan Africa, availability of adequate and reliable statistics that will guide the application of scarce resources and effort can be cited as plausible reasons for this. In this study, Non Parametric methods were used in a Multi level study of Child survival to estimate the survival and hazard functions as well as test for differences in survival functions and regress some prognostic factors at the various levels of child growth. The study showed that in Ghana, 1 out of every 10 children born would not survive by year five, 60.70% of them in the first year with 32.84% of them in the first month. Approximately 29.53% of those who lose their lives in the first five years do so in the first 8 days of life. Among the factors tested, whether a child was a singleton or not was shown to most significantly affect child survival. As a child grows, some factors that influence his or her survival become more and more pronounced. The Increasing significance, and its corresponding widening relative risk, for place of residence and Mothers status as a child grows from Neonates to Childhood, highlights the effect of social inequalities on child survival. This suggests that some social interventions, particularly when targeted at the mother, could help improve Child survival.
Possession of Child Pornography Criminal History and Future Offending of Juveniles Convicted of the

Most child pornography is distributed online. It is estimated that 3% to 15% of child pornography consumers are juveniles. The present study analyzed a consecutive sample of 54 male juveniles convicted of the possession of child pornography. Demographic characteristics, criminal history, and subsequent offending were assessed from criminal files and official reports. Juvenile possessors of child pornography were compared to three different groups of juveniles: Juvenile possessors of other illegal pornography (n = 42), juveniles who committed a sexual contact offense against a child (n = 64), and juveniles who committed a sexual contact offense against a peer or adult (n = 104). Juvenile possessors of child pornography were found to have downloaded the illegal material more frequently and over a longer time period than juvenile possessors of other illegal pornography. Furthermore, juvenile possessors of child pornography differed from juveniles who had committed a sexual contact offense in terms of demographics and showed fewer previous and subsequent offending than juveniles who sexually offended against a peer or adult. We conclude that juvenile possessors of child pornography need a specific target intervention focusing on dysfunctional Internet use and sexually deviant arousal.
Arina Riabinska-Defective Tumors ATM in PRKDC Therapeutic Targeting of a Robust Non-Oncogene Addiction to

different DNA repair pathways may yet be the right approach for treating some cancers. because one such inhibitor is already in clinical trials. In the meantime, it looks like making things go wrong in two cultured cells and in mice, so this approach still needs to be tested in human patients. This may happen soon Thus far, the effects of treating ATM-deficient tumors with DNA-PKcs inhibitors have only been shown in at all. DNA-PKcs inhibition did not kill normal cells or cancer cells that had a functioning HR pathway. very effective for forcing them to undergo apoptosis because they could no longer repair double-strand breaks in DNA double-strand breaks in DNA. The inhibition of DNA-PKcs in cancers that were already deficient in ATM proved to be show a way to target ATM-mutant cancer by taking advantage of the cells' need to repair et al. Now, Riabinska another kinase, DNA-PKcs (DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit). frequently mutated in cancer cells. NHEJ is a more error-prone pathway that does not require ATM but does require recombination (HR) and nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). HR requires the function of ATM, a kinase that's particularly double-strand breaks, to survive. The two normal mechanisms for such repair are homologous thus accumulate mutations over time. Even cancer cells, however, need to have some way to repair DNA damage, death for cells that are damaged beyond repair. Cancer cells don't always undergo apoptosis when they should and When a cell's DNA is damaged, its normal response is to repair its DNA or undergo apoptosis, a programmed Two Wrongs Making a Right for Cancer Treatment
A Grid Troubleshooting Method Based on Fuzzy Event

Formalized analyzing the situation of grid and the target of fault diagnosis, a new method - FTFD for grid troubleshooting based on fuzzy event is proposed. By introducing situation-detection function, FTFD can characterize complicated fuzzy fault with accurate mathematics conversion, and "abnormal degree" can be defined by the vector of probability with belief functions. The method can effectively reduce false positives and negative positives. It aims to be applied to real-time fault diagnosis. The operational prototypical system demonstrates its feasibility and gets the effectiveness of real-time fault diagnosis
Diversity of cultivable microorganisms of Davidia involucrate in rhizosphere soil

The purpose of this study was to assay the cultivable microorganisms of Davidia involucrate in rhizosphere soil and to analyze their diversity using colony and individual morphology and genetic profiling methods. A total of 118 strains were obtained after colony characterization and a microscopic examination, including 52 bacteria strains, 27 actinomycetes strains and 39 fungi strains. Fifty-seven (57) of these strains were randomly selected for rDNA analysis and phylogenetic identification, including 23 rhizobaceria isolates, 29 fungi isolates, and five streptomyces isolates. The selected isolates were accurately identified at the genus level with consistent results using a morphology examination and phylogenetic identification. From the study, we concluded the following: (1) Bacillus, Lactobacillus, Azotobacter, and Streptomyces are predominant microorganisms of D. involucrate in rhizophere soil and Bacillus is a dominant rhizobacteria that might have potential in host growth promotion; (2) the physiological activity of dovetree could significantly influence the microorganism biomass of the rhizophere soil; and (3) the dovetree is a highly complex rhizosphere ecosystem, and additional research on this topic should be carried out in the future.
Multiphase ISM simulations: comparing NIRVANA and ZEUS

Aims. Our aim is to compare the ZEUS and NIRVANA MHD codes in their application to multi-phase ISM simulations. A contrast in density of about 100 between the warm and cold ISM phases is typical, and discontinuities such as these can be difficult to handle numerically. It is plausible that the details of implementing a particular numerical method could affect the results of the simulation, particularly with regard to the mass and volume fractions of the warm, unstable, and cold gas. This work takes a step towards quantifying to what extent this may occur. Methods. Using the NIRVANA code, we simulate a multi-phase ISM with turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability. We make comparisons to our previously published ZEUS models and assess the impact of the numerical method on quantities such as the mass and volume fractions in the ISM phases, turbulent velocities, and probability distribution functions of density, temperature, pressure, and magnetic field strength. We also compare models with which turbulence is driven by an artificial forcing function. Results. For the models that include turbulence driven by the magnetorotational instability, we find differences in the mass fractions that are typically on the order of 10%. This comparison, however, is complicated by the result that the saturation level of the MRI is different between the two codes. This suggests that, at the same saturation level, we would expect to find larger differences in the mass fractions, and this is indeed what we have found for our artificially forced models. For these runs we find differences in the cold mass fraction of approximately 30%, which is significant.
Late-Type Near-Contact Eclipsing Binary [HH97] FS Aur-79

The secondary photometric standard star number 79 for the FS Aur field (Henden & Honeycutt 1997), designated as [HH97] FS Aur-79 (GSC 1874-399), is a short-period (0.2508 days) eclipsing binary whose light curve is a combination of the β Lyr and BY Dra type variables. High signal-to-noise ratio multicolor photometry was obtained using the US Naval Observatory 1 m telescope. These light curves show asymmetry at quadrature phases (the O'Connell effect), which can be modeled with the presence of starspots. A low-resolution spectrum obtained with the 3.5 m Wisconsin-Indiana-Yale-NOAO telescope at orbital phase 0.76 is consistent with a spectral type of dK7e and dM3e. A radial velocity curve for the primary star was constructed using 24 high-resolution spectra from the 9.2 m Hobby-Eberly Telescope. Spectra show Hα and Hβ in emission confirming chromospheric activity and possibly the presence of circumstellar material. Binary star models that simultaneously fit the U, B, V, R, and radial velocity curves are those with a primary star of mass 0.59 ± 0.02 M⊙, temperature 4100 ± 25 K, and mean radius 0.67 R⊙, just filling its Roche lobe, and a secondary star of mass 0.31 ± 0.09 M⊙, temperature 3425 ± 25 K, and mean radius 0.48 R⊙, just within its Roche lobe. An inclination angle of 83° ± 2° with a center-of-mass separation of 1.62 R⊙ is also derived. Starspots, expected for a rotation period of less than 1 day, had to be included in the modeling to fit the O'Connell effect.
Treatment-Naïve Adults With ADHD High IQ May ' ' Mask ' ' the Diagnosis of ADHD by Compensating for Deficits in Executive Functions in

Objective: To evaluate and compare the performance of adults with ADHD with high and standard IQ in executive functions (EF) tasks. Method: We investigated the neuropsychological performance of 51 adults with ADHD, compared with 33 healthy controls (HC) while performing a wide battery of neuropsychological tests that measure executive functioning. Adults with clinical diagnosis of ADHD were divided into two groups according to their IQ level (IQ ≥ 110— ADHD group with more elevated IQ, and IQ < 110—ADHD group with standard IQ). Results: The ADHD group with standard IQ presented a worse executive functioning compared with the HC group in the following measures: Stroop 2 (p = .000) and 3 (p = .000), Trail Making Test (TMT) B (p = .005), Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test (WCST)—perseverative errors (p = .022) and failures to maintain set (p = .020), Continuous Performance Test (CPT)—omission errors (p = .005) and commission errors (p = .000), and Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB)—conceptualization (p = .016). The ADHD group with more elevated IQ presented only impairments in the CPT—commission errors (p = .019) when compared with the control group. Conclusion: Adults with ADHD and more elevated IQ show less evidence of executive functioning deficits compared with those with ADHD and standard IQ, suggesting that a higher degree of intellectual efficiency may compensate deficits in executive functions, leading to problems in establishing a precise clinical diagnosis. (J. of Att. Dis. XXXX; XX(X) XX-XX)
VvTMT2 encodes a putative tonoplast monosaccharide transporter expressed during grape berry (Vitis vinifera cv. Sultanine) ripening

Sugars produced by photosynthesis are transported to the berries as sucrose via the phloem and imported into the fleshy cells through the plasma membrane and they accumulate in the vacuoles as glucose and fructose during ripening. Therefore, this process requires sugar transporter activity of plasma membrane as well as tonoplast. To examine sugar transport processes in Vitis vinifera, a fulllength cDNA clone encoding a monosaccharide transporter designated as VvTMT2 (Vitis vinifera Tonoplast Monosaccharide Transporter 2) was isolated by RT-PCR from the ripening stage of V. vinifera ‘Sultanine’ berries (GeneBank accession number: JX233818). VvTMT2 cDNA contains a 2220-bp ORF encoding a predicted protein of 739 amino acids with a molecular mass of 79.2 kDa. According to the hydropathy pattern, VvTMT2 possesses 11 transmembrane-spanning domains with an extended cytoplasmic loop between transmembrane helices 6 and 7. This loop spans 371 amino acids, which is approximately 4–5 times longer than the corresponding structures in all other known monosaccharide transporters from prokaryotes and eukaryotes. VvTMT2 exhibited high similarities with other tonoplast monosaccharide transporters from different plant species. A search for cis-regulatory elements in the VvTMT2 promoter region showed that this gene is probably regulated by phytohormones, sugars and abiotic stresses. A semiquantitative RT-PCR was conducted to determine the VvTMT2 expression pattern using mRNAs isolated from various organs such as berries, young and mature leaves, tendrils, roots and pollens. VvTMT2 was highly expressed during the initiation of ripening and over-ripening of berries. However, transcript levels of VvTMT2 were undetectable in some vegetative organs, suggesting that expression of VvTMT2 gene is tissue and organ specific. Thus, VvTMT2 gene may be involved in hexose transport from the cytoplasm to the vacuoles during berry ripening and over-ripening.
Corporate Governance Analysis and Social Networks: A Case Study in Greek Firms

In this paper, we use a set of publicly available date regarding Greek Firms in order to investigate probable connections between the structure of their Boards of Directors and its possible linkage to the creation of the recent financial crisis in Greece or possible corruption existence. This study is developed in two parts. In the first part we create and analyze two derived social networks, using well known and robust metrics from the theory of Social Network Analysis. In the second part we examine any existing relation between corporate ownership structure and the information content of announced earnings.The empirical results of this study are generally consistent with the above arguments.