Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
and its moving pole near the N threshold

The formation of a deeply-bound K − pp state with I = 1/2, J � = 0 − by the 3 He(in-flight K − , n) reaction is theoretically investigated in a distorted-wave impulse approximation using the Green's function method. The expected inclusive and semi-exclusive spectra at pK − = 1.0 GeV/c andlab = 0 � are calculated for the forthcoming J-PARC E15 experiment. We demonstrate these spectra with several phenomenological K − -"pp" optical potentials U opt (E) which have an energy-dependent imaginary part multiplied by a phase space suppression factor, fitting to recent theoretical predictions or experimental candidates of the K − pp bound state. The results show that a cusp-like peak at the ��N threshold is an unique signal for the K − pp bound state in the spectrum including the (K − pp) ! Y + N decay process from the two-nucleon K − absorption, as well as a distinct peak of the K − pp bound state. The shape of the spectrum is explained by a trajectory of a moving pole of the K − pp bound state in the complex energy plane. The importance of the (K − pp) ! Y + N spectrum is emphasized in order to extract clear evidence of the K − pp bound state.
The Past, Present, and Future of Using Social Marketing to Conserve Biodiversity

Since the establishment of social marketing as a discipline, it was clear that environmental sustainability would be part of its scope (Kotler & Zaltman 1971). Yet, whereas the academic scope of the field was broadly defined, the origins of social marketing practice, which were heavily linked to the promotion of family planning, meant that the development of this practice-lead field have been historically focused on public health. Since the beginning of the century, there have been important developments at the intersection of social marketing and environmental sustainability, particularly considering issues such as waste management, energy efficiency or water conservation. One area that has had very limited attention in the social marketing literature has been biodiversity conservation, defined as the management of diversity of life on Earth with the aim of protecting species, ecosystems and their interactions from excessive rates of extinction (Hunter Jr & Gibbs 2007).
Human insulin gene is a target gene of hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α (HNF-1α) and HNF-1β

Abstract Maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a monogenic form of diabetes characterized by autosomal dominant inheritance, early-onset, and impaired insulin secretion. The type 3 and type 5 forms of MODY result from mutations in the genes encoding the transcription factor, hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1α and HNF-1β, respectively. The mechanism by which mutations in one allele of the HNF-1 gene impair pancreatic β cell function is unclear. We studied the effects of wild-type and four mutant (L12H, R263C, P379fsdelCT, and L584S585fsinsTC) HNF-1α, which were identified in Japanese subjects with MODY3 on human insulin gene transcription. Both wild-type (WT) HNF-1α and HNF-1β bound to the oligonucleotide containing the A3 element sequence in the human insulin promoter and transactivated the insulin-luciferase reporter gene by 30- and 31-fold, respectively. In contrast, binding of L12H, R263C and L584S585fsinsTC-HNF-1α to the probe was impaired. Transactivation activity by the four mutant HNF-1α was reduced (4.3 to 43.3% of WT). These data suggest that the insulin gene is a candidate target gene of HNF-1α/HNF-1β and the impairment of insulin gene transcription by mutations in the HNF-1 gene might be involved in the pathogenesis of MODY.
Cost-efficient resource provisioning for large-scale graph processing systems in cloud computing environments

A large amount of data that is being generated on Internet every day is in the form of graphs. Many services and applications namely as social networks, Internet of Things (IoT), mobile applications, business applications, etc. in which every data entity can be considered as a vertex and the relationships between entities shape the edges of a graph, are in this category. Since 2010, exclusive large-scale graph processing frameworks are being developed to overcome the inefficiency of traditional processing solutions such as MapReduce. However, most frameworks are designed to be employed on high performance computing (HPC) clusters which are only available to whom can afford such infrastructure. Cloud computing is a new computing paradigm that offers unprecedented features such as scalability, elasticity and pay-as-you-go billing model and is accessible to everyone. Nevertheless, the advantages that cloud computing can bring to the architecture of large-scale graph processing systems are less studied. Resource provisioning and management is a critical part of any processing system in cloud environments. To provide the optimized amount of resources for a particular operation, several factors such as monetary cost, throughput, scalability, network performance, etc. can be taken into consideration. In this thesis, we investigate and propose novel solutions and algorithms for costefficient resource provisioning for large-scale graph processing systems. The outcome is a series of research works that increase the performance of such processing by making it aware of the operating environment while decreasing the dollar cost significantly. We have particularly made the following contributions: 1. We introduced iGiraph, a cost-efficient framework for processing large-scale graphs on public clouds. iGiraph also provides a new graph algorithm categorization and processes the graph accordingly. 2. To demonstrate the impact of network on the processing in cloud environment, we developed two network-aware algorithms that utilize network factors such as traffic, bandwidth and also the computation power. 3. We developed an auto-scaling technique to take advantage of resource heterogeneity on clouds. 4. We introduced a large-scale graph processing service for clouds where we consider the service level agreement (SLA) requirements in the operations. The service can handle multiple processing requests by its new prioritization and provisioning approach.
Early-stage outcomes of bursectomy in surgery of gastric cancer and radical gastric resection

Aim: Bursectomy, mainly defined as a complete dissection of the peritoneal lining covering the anterior plane of the transverse mesocolon and the pancreas with an omentectomy during gastrectomy, has been performed for the serosa-positive gastric cancers. Recently, some researchers have interrogated whether bursectomy for gastric cancer is essential from a surgical point of view, thus, we aimed to investigate the short-term surgical and early-stage clinicopathological outcomes of bursectomy in the treatment of advanced gastric cancer patients by a single center study and retrospective controlled trial. Material and Methods: From January 2016 to December 2017, retrospective findings of selected 100 gastric cancer patients in advanced tumor stages and underwent D2 radical gastrectomy were grouped and analyzed in terms of bursectomy performed or not in Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital.Results: In conclusion, 50 patients were in bursectomy (B) group and 50 patients in non-bursectomy (NB) group. Clinical features (age, gender, and gastrectomy pattern and tumor location) of both groups showed no statistically significant difference. Postoperative mortality rate were also similar of both groups (4%). All other post-operative complications were not significantly distinctive for two groups. Conclusions: Bursectomy may increase the surgical duration of D2 gastrectomy and but not early-stage outcomes and post-operative complications. Experienced surgeons can perform the procedure safely. However, long-term, large sample sized, and high-quality randomized controlled trials are needed for the survival benefits of bursectomy.
Cleft Lip and Palate Patient Rhinoplasty

Cleft lip and palate patients represent one of the most difficult groups of patients for septorhinoplasty. Prior surgery at younger ages resulting in severe scar tissue is a major obstacle in most cleft rhinoplasties along with substantial asymmetries especially in the unilateral cleft patient. Replacement of missing and asymmetric cartilages and even bone is a key component for rhinoplasty in the cleft patient. Use of very sturdy cartilage typically from rib is almost always required to adequately resist the fibrotic soft tissues in the noses. Plus, rib cartilage can be carved into ideal septal extension and batten grafts that are required.
Academic Dishonesty, Alcohol and Marijuana Use, and the Transition to College

In this paper the authors assess the factors from high school and college experiences and attitudes that might be associated with three forms of deviant behavior considered common on college campuses: academic dishonesty, marijuana consumption, and binge drinking. Students at two state universities participated in the study. Findings indicate that as a set the multiple predictors of these three deviant behaviors differ. Those who are more likely to engage in academic dishonesty are white, took more advanced classes in high school, have lower SAT scores, have less of an academic ethic, take more credit hours, and smoke more marijuana. Binge drinking occurs more often among white males, those with more highly educated parents, those who party more hours per week, and those with less of an academic ethic. Marijuana consumption is more common in our sample among those who consider themselves agnostic or atheistic, those with higher SAT scores, those who volunteer fewer hours per week, those who socialize more and work more hours per week and non-whites after taking the former predictors into account. Implications of the findings for policy and future research are discussed.
Comparison of Test Methods to Determine Failure Parameters for MAT162 Calibration [STUB]

MAT162, a laminated composite failure material model developed by The Material Sciences Corporation for the commercial finite element software LS-Dyna, is widely used within the aerospace industry to predict damage events under a range of dynamic conditions. The material model involves numerous inputs consisting of both physical material properties and numerical calibration parameters. Due to the large number material card inputs, often there is a lack of uniqueness to MAT162 material cards that limits the predictive capability to only the directly calibrated space. To expand this space, MAT162 requires a prudent and robust calibration process in which significant parameters are calibrated to high confidence damage events observed in experiment. Critical to this success is fully defining the material properties correctly, namely the fiber crush (SFC) and fiber shear (SFS) values, prior to calibrating the numerical parameters. In this paper, the effect of the determination of SFS and SFC on subsequent calibration steps is examined using two different experimental techniques.
Heterogeneous Request Process in Large Scale Cloud Environment

The components of the middleware layer run on every processing node of the cloud environment in a decentralized design. To achieve scalability, it envisions that all key task s of the middleware layer, including estimating global states, placing site modules and computing policies for request forwarding are based on distributed algorithms. Further, it relies on a global directory for routing requests from users on the Internet to access points to particular sites inside the cloud. A gossip protocol P*, executes in a middleware platform and meets the design goals. It provides an optimal solution for a simplified version of the resource allocation problem and an efficient heuristic for the hard problem. The protocol proposed continuously executes, while it’s input and consequently its output dynamically changes. Hence to reduce the demand, a time and cost based slot mechanism have been implemented to convert the application into a business oriented application for cloud providers which will be efficient for cloud providers and consumers to minimize the cost of accessing the cloud applications. It will reduce the waiting time of the consumer for accessing the resource in cloud at traffic less environment with efficient cost. Key Terms— Middleware platform, Heuristic solution, Resource allocation, gossip protocol.
Evaluating Habitat Suitability for the Middle Spotted Woodpecker Using a Predictive Modelling Approach

This paper explores the influence of forest structural parameters on the abundance and distribution of potential habitats for the middle spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos medius) in three different forest landscapes in Poland. We applied predictive habitat suitability models (MaxEnt) based on forest inventory data to identify key environmental variables that affect the occurrence of the species under varying habitat conditions and the spatial configuration of suitable habitats. All models had good discriminative ability as indicated by high AUC values (> 0.75). Our results show that the species exhibited a certain degree of flexibility in habitat use, utilizing other habitats than mature oak stands commonly associated with its occurrence. In areas where old oakdominated stands are rare, alder bogs and species-rich deciduous forests containing other rough-barked tree species are important habitats. Habitat suitability models show that, besides tree species and age, an uneven stand structure was a significant predictor of the occurrence of middle spotted woodpecker. The total area of suitable habitats in the studied forests varied from 9% to 60%. Predictive habitat models identified several concentrations of suitable habitats (clusters) with the average distances between them ranging from 3.2 to 5.0 km. Although these distances lie within the species' dispersal ability, the migration of individuals between these sites might be difficult due to the necessity of travelling long distances through unsuitable forest types.
Directions for a Troubled Discipline – Strategy Research, Teaching and Practice

This Dialog responds to a growing debate about the relevance of business schools generally and the value of strategy theory and research for strategic management practice. The authors propose that academic theory and management practice can be better connected through management education. The academy researches practice, derives theory, and returns it to practice through the development of teaching materials and the teaching of current and future practitioners. The three articles in this Dialog examine how different approaches to strategy research inform strategy teaching and its application to practice. Joseph Bower explains the rise of business policy and the process research approach that informed that teaching tradition at Harvard Business School. Robert Grant responds by emphasizing the economic theory underpinnings of strategic management research and its impact on teaching. Paula Jarzabkowski and Richard Whittington conclude by proposing a strategy-as-practice perspective and suggesting ways to better incorporate strategy-as-practice research into strategy teaching.
POPULATION GENETIC VARIATION IN SAINFOIN (FABACEAE) REVEALED BY RAPD MARKERS

Studies on plants show that populations growing on the stressful environments indicate higher levels of genetic diversity, and that in outcrossing species majority of total genetic variation allocated to within population rather than between populations. We compared the level of genetic variation between populations growing in stressful and normal environments, and measured levels of within- and between population genetic variations in Onobrychis viciifolia L. (Sainfoin, Fabaceae) based on RAPDs. Our results show that populations growing on the stressful environment i.e. saline soils indicated either the lowest (0.2466) or highest (0.3186) within-population genetic variation based on Nei's diversity. That disagrees with Niche-Width Variation Theory, which expects highest genetic diversity within stressful populations. Partitioning the total genetic variation by analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) showed that 89.03% of total genetic diversity allocated to within populations while 10.97% of this variation dedicated to among populations, indicating predominantly outcrossing mode of pollination in sainfoin. The two population pairs growing under similar environmental stresses (cold climate and saline soil) showed higher genetic similarity. This may suggest that RAPDs patterns reflex selection rather than random drift.
Determination of genetic variability of traditional varieties of Brazilian rice using microsatellite markers

The rice (Oryza sativa) breeding program of the Rice and Bean research center of the Brazilian agricultural company Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria (Embrapa) is well established and provides new cultivars every year to attend the demand for improved high yielding varieties with tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses. However, the elite genitors used to compose new populations for selection are closely related, contributing to the yield plateau reached in the last 20 years. To overcome this limit, it is necessary to broaden the genetic basis of the cultivars using diverse germplasm such as wild relatives or traditional varieties, with the latter being more practical because they are more easily crossed with elite germplasm to accelerate the recovery of modern plant types in the breeding lines. The objective of our study was to characterize the allelic diversity of 192 traditional varieties of Brazilian rice using 12 simple sequence repeat (SSR or microsatellite) markers. The germplasm was divided into 39 groups by common name similarity. A total of 176 alleles were detected, 30 of which (from 23 accessions) were exclusive. The number of alleles per marker ranged from 6 to 22, with an average of 14.6 alleles per locus. We identified 16 accessions as a mixture of pure lines or heterozygous plants. Dendrogram analysis identified six clusters of identical accessions with different common names and just one cluster with identical accessions with the same common name, indicating that SSR markers are fundamental to determining the genetic relationship between landraces. A subset of 24 landraces, representatives of the 13 similarity groups plus the 11 accessions not grouped, was the most variable set of genotypes analyzed. These accessions can be used as genitors to increase the genetic variability available to rice breeding programs.
Eidetic 3D LSTM: A Model for Video Prediction and Beyond

I We build space-time models of the world through predictive unsupervised learning. I Task1: Future frames prediction. Applications: urban computing, weather forecasting, learning dynamics of complex environments I Task2: Early action recognition. Predicting future percepts from available information. We ask: Can pixel-level predictive learning help percept-level tasks? I Code/models available: github.com/google/e3d_lstm
Altered body size distributions in a large river fish community enriched by sewage

We used two approaches (interspecific upper bound and normalized biomass spectrum, NBS) to study size distributions in a littoral fish community across a natural gradient of epiphytic primary production and at sites enriched by primary-treated sewage. The upper bound of the interspecific density  body size relationship supported universal energetic constraints on the regional assemblage but revealed substantial variation in size distributions at a local scale. Multivariate analysis of the modes composing the NBS suggested possible mechanisms for this local variation in size distributions. Only the largest organisms had higher densities at higher levels of productivity. Densities of smaller organisms could be explained by a combination of habitat characteristics and feeding interactions.
Human Vγ2Vδ2 T cells contain cytoplasmic RANTES

The adult human Vγ2Vδ2 T cell repertoire is a product of chronic selection in the periphery. Endogenous antigens drive the expansion of cells expressing the Vγ2Vδ2 TCR. Thus, we would expect the majority of circulating Vγ2Vδ2 T cells to be antigen experienced and to have memory phenotype, in contrast to the alpha/beta TCR+ subsets that include a substantial fraction of naive cells. We sought to characterize functional aspects of Vγ2Vδ2 T cells that might show whether circulating cells are memory or naive. For these studies, we focus on the expression of the CC chemokine regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES). In naive αβ T cells, an initial stimulus triggers the onset of RANTES transcription followed later by protein expression. In memory CD8+ αβ T cells, RANTES mRNA is already present in unstimulated cells and protein expression is triggered immediately by TCR signaling; some cells may also contain RANTES protein in cytoplasmic stores. We show here that the vast majority of circulating human T cells contain RANTES protein in cytoplasmic stores and the chemokine is secreted rapidly after TCR signaling. Primary Vγ2Vδ2 T cell lines obtained after in vitro stimulation with phosphoantigens behaved similarly to circulating Vγ2Vδ2 T cells and contained both RANTES mRNA and protein, but only very low levels of mRNA or protein for macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1α or MIP-1β. The presence of stored RANTES shows that circulating Vγ2Vδ2 T cells are mostly memory phenotype and capable of rapid chemokine responses to phosphoantigen stimulation. Considering that one of 40 circulating CD3+ lymphocytes is Vγ2Vδ2+, they comprise the largest circulating memory population against a single antigen, and phosphoantigen stimulation will trigger a rapid activation with immediate release of RANTES.
Isotrias penedana sp. n. a new species of Lepidoptera (Tortricidae: Chlidanotinae: Polyorthini) from Portugal

A new species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera: Chlidanotinae: Polyorthini), Isotrias penedana sp. n. , is described. The new species was collected in Serra da Peneda, in the Peneda-Geres National Park located in the north-western region of Portugal. I. penedana differs from other species of the genus Isotrias by shape of the forewing and the male genitalia. In the new species forewing markings are completely atrophied or indistinct. The socii are short and broad, covered with long setae, and the costa of the valva is hardly concave basally. The imago and male genitalia are illustrated.