Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Kinetics of the inflammatory reaction induced by carrageenin in the swimbladder of Oreochromis niloticus ( Nile tilapia )

The swimbladder, natural cavity of Oreochromis niloticus (Nile tilapia), weighing 100 to 150g, was used to study the carrageenin induced cell kinetics (n=42). Inoculation of 0.1ml of the irritant (0.5%) into the swimbladder determined an inflammatory reaction characterized by local congestion and edema of its wall and cell migration, mainly mononuclear, into the cavity. These phenomena began 3 hours following injection of the irritant and reached a peak as early as 24 hours. Light and electronic microscopies of the blood cells were undertaken to characterize the inflammatory cells that might migrate to the swimbladder. Thrombocytes, predominantly, migrated into the cavity, at different time intervals, after the inoculation of the irritant. Few macrophages, lymphocytes, granulocytes and other morphofunctionally undefined cells also took part in the exudate composition.
EXTRACTION OF ALKYLRESORCINOLS FROM WHEAT 1 BRAN WITH SUPERCRITICAL CO 2 2 3

9 The supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) of wheat bran alkylresorcinols has been studied. 10 Extractions were carried out at 40.0 MPa. The effect of particle size, static extraction 11 pretreatment with supercritical CO2 (SC-CO2) and extraction temperature on the 12 extraction kinetics was investigated. The extraction yield increased as the particle size 13 decreased and with temperature. Extraction curves present a faster and linear initial 14 extraction period followed by a slower extraction period. Based on these results the 15 approximate mathematical model of Sovová was successfully applied to describe the 16 extraction curves. The total content of alkylresorcinols was determined and compared 17 with the alkylresorcinol content obtained by conventional organic solvent extraction. 18 Due to the amphiphilic nature of these resorcinolic lipids, the extraction yield was 19 * Corresponding author
Private Self-Awareness and Aggression in Computer-Mediated Communication: Abusive User Comments on Online News Articles

ABSTRACT Although there have been previous studies in social psychology on the association between self-awareness and aggression, none has investigated the relationship in computer-mediated communication (CMC). The present study aims to replicate the findings in the context of CMC, by replacing the traditional mirror manipulation of private self-awareness with a real-time video image of oneself, and by measuring the intention of verbal aggression in abusive user comments on online news articles. As predicted, two experiments (N = 163) found that participants were less likely to agree with abusive comments and intend to write such comments when private self-awareness is induced. The effects of device size, self-monitoring, and social norm were also examined. In addition to extending theories of self-awareness to the context of CMC, the study offers a novel approach to addressing incivility on the Internet.
New challenges for EU agricultural sector and rural areas . Which role for public policy ?

Grasslands received policy attention in the Czech Republic only just fifteen years ago, when they were threatened to be abandoned in the economic transition process. The supports to farming on grasslands have grown gradually, particularly after the EU accession. The policy followed the notion of joitness between grassland management and beef cattle raising and conditioned AE and LFA payments by a minimum livestock density. There are many reasons why the current policy will change in the new programme period. The paper tries to assess the impact of the envisaged changes on grassland maintenance. It is showed that overall future supports to farming will be sufficient to keep positive profit on grassland farms, however the structure of supports might be less appropriate to the actual objectives of grassland protection and hence, there is a threat of policy failure in the end.
European Conference on Information Systems ( ECIS ) 2004 Mobile Telecommunications Market Innovation : The Transformation from 2 G to 3 G

Current research focuses on the dynamics of mobile telecommunications market innovation from the perspectives of technology innovation or service adoption. However,because there is a mutual dependency between them, each perspective alone can only partly explain the pace and direction of change we currenly witness in this market. This research-in-progress combines them into one framework to pursue a holistic understanding of mobile telecommunications market innvoation. We examine the interrelated action and actor layers of the market change. In the action layer the market innovation is identified as composed by the infrastructure innovation and the adoption of innovation. The actor layer defines the social network comprised by providers, users and institutions. This framework allows us to find the mutual influence of infrastructure innovation and innovation adoption, and discloses how the mobile telecommunications market shapes and is shaped by actors in the social network. We use the systems of innovation approach, diffusion of innovation theory and institution theory to identify the roles of the actors involved in different stage of market innovation, and explain the motivation mechanisms for the actors. Based on the characteristics of our research, we draw upon hermeneutics to guide the research design. We aim to test the explanatory power of our framework by understanding the transition from 2G to 3G in Scandinavia.
Changes in biophysical membrane properties induced by the Budesonide / Hydroxy-β-cyclodextrin complex

Budesonide (BUD), a poorly soluble anti-inflammatory drug, is used to treat patients suffering from asthma and COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin (HPβCD), a biocompatible cyclodextrin known to interact with cholesterol, is used as a drug-solubilizing agent in pharmaceutical formulations. Budesonide administered as an inclusion complex within HPβCD (BUD:HPβCD) required a quarter of the nominal dose of the suspension formulation and significantly reduced neutrophil induced inflammation in a COPD mouse model exceeding the effect of each molecule administered individually. This suggests the role of lipid domains enriched in cholesterol for inflammatory signaling activation. In this context, we investigated the effect of BUD:HPβCD on the biophysical properties of membrane lipids. On cellular models (A549, lung epithelial cells), BUD:HPβCD extracted cholesterol similarly to HPβCD. On large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs), by using the fluorescent probes diphenylhexatriene (DPH) and calcein, we demonstrated an increase in membrane fluidity and permeability induced by BUD:HPβCD in vesicles containing cholesterol. On giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) and lipid monolayers, BUD:HPβCD induced the disruption of cholesterol-enriched raft-like liquid ordered domains as well as changes in lipid packing and lipid desorption from the cholesterol monolayers, respectively. Except for membrane fluidity, all these effects were enhanced when HPβCD was complexed with budesonide as compared with HPβCD. Since cholesterol-enriched domains have been linked to membrane signaling including pathways involved in inflammation processes, we hypothesized the effects of BUD:HPβCD could be partly mediated by changes in the biophysical properties of cholesterol-enriched domains.
0 O ct 2 01 8 Riemann-Hilbert approach for multi-soliton solutions of a fifth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation ∗

A fifth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation which describes one-dimensional anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnetic spin chain is under exploration in this paper. Starting from the spectral analysis of the Lax pair, a Riemann-Hilbert problem is set up. After solving the obtained Riemann-Hilbert problem with reflectionless case, we systematically derive multisoliton solutions for the fifth-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation. In addition, the localized structures and dynamic behaviors of oneand two-soliton solutions are shown vividly via a few plots. AMS Subject classification: 35C08
Effect of Cellulosic Waste Derived Filler on the Biodegradation and Thermal Properties of HDPE and PLA Composites

Composites with high density polyethylene (HDPE) and poly(lactic) acid (PLA) matrix have been tested to analyze the effect of natural fillers (wood flour, recycled wastepaper and a mix of both fillers) and temperature on polymer degradation. Composting tests have been performed in both mesophilic (35 °C) and thermophilic (58 °C) conditions. Degradation development has been evaluated through mass variation, thermogravimetric analysis and differential scanning calorimetry. HDPE, as expected, did not display any relevant variation, confirming its stability under our composting conditions. PLA is sensibly influenced by temperature and humidity, with higher reduction of Mw when composting is performed at 58 °C. Natural fillers seem to influence degradation process of composites, already at 35 °C. In fact, degradation of fillers at 35 °C allows a mass reduction during composting of composites, while neat PLA do not display any variation.
M 2 Vec : MDP Embeddings through NLP

We present a method for automating feature engineering for deep Q-learning on Markov decision processes (MDPs). We apply Word2Vec, a technique originating from natural language processing, to random walks on MDPs to generate embeddings of state-action pairs into vectors. We show that deep Q-learning performs well using these vectors as features, proving that the embeddings contain meaningful information about the relationships between state-action pairs.
SIC-POVMS AND THE STARK CONJECTURES

The existence of a set of d pairwise equiangular complex lines (a SIC-POVM) in ddimensional Hilbert space is currently known only for a finite set of dimensions d. We prove that, if there exists a set of real units in a certain ray class field (depending on d) satisfying certain congruence conditions and algebraic properties, a SIC-POVM may be constructed when d is an odd prime congruent to 2 modulo 3. We give an explicit analytic formula that we expect to yield such a set of units. Our construction uses values of derivatives of zeta functions at s = 0 and is closely connected to the Stark conjectures over real quadratic fields. We verify numerically that our construction yields SIC-POVMs in dimensions 5, 11, 17, and 23, and we give the first exact solution to the SIC-POVM problem in dimension 23.
THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DIRECT TAXES ON TAX BURDEN IN OECD COUNTRIES

The objective of this study is to analyze the effects of economic growth and direct taxes on tax burden in OECD countries from 2008 to 2014. Among the variables used in this study, economic growth is associated with the annual growth rate of GDP. A direct tax is paid directly by an individual or organization to an imposing entity for different purposes, including real property tax, personal property tax, income tax or taxes on assets. Tax burden is defined as the ratio of tax revenue to GDP and refers to compulsory transfers to the central government. GDP increasing rates, direct taxes and tax burden variables are obtained from the database of World Development Indicators. The panel regression method was used to analyze the relationships among variables. The research findings suggest that direct taxes and economic growth have positive effects on tax burden.
Synthesis of CuO/ZnO Nanocomposites and Their Application in Photodegradation of Toxic Textile Dye

CuO/ZnO composites are synthesized using a simple mechanochemical combustion method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) are used to characterize the prepared oxides. X-ray diffraction reveals that the prepared CuO/ZnO exhibit a wurtzite ZnO crystal structure and the composites are composed of CuO and ZnO. The strong peaks of the Cu, Zn, and O elements are exhibited in the EDX spectrum. The FTIR spectra appear at around 3385 cm−1 and 1637 cm−1, caused by O–H stretching, and 400 cm−1 to 590 cm−1, ascribable to Zn–O stretching. The photocatalytic performances of CuO/ZnO nanocomposites are investigated for the degradation of methylene blue (MB) aqueous solution in direct solar irradiation. The degradation value of MB with 5 wt % CuO/ZnO is measured to be 98%, after 2 h of solar irradiation. The reactive •O2− and •OH radicals play important roles in the photodegradation of MB. Mineralization of MB is around 91% under sunlight irradiation within 7 h. The photodegradation treatment for the textile wastewater using sunlight is an easy technique—simply handled, and economical. Therefore, the solar photodegradation technique may be a very effective method for the treatment of wastewater instead of photodegradation with the artificial and expensive Hg-Xe lamp.
Feedback Driven Grammar-Based Fuzzing

In this paper, we present a method for grammar-based fuzzing, which improves its penetration power. It is based on input data generation using a fuzzer feedback. Several other methods are prone to create an initial set of acceptable test cases before the actual fuzzing process, and hence are unable to use the runtime information to increase the generated input’s quality. The proposed method uses the coverage information gathered for each input sample and guides grammar-based input generation. This method uses more than 120 BNF (Backus-Naur Form) grammar rules described in ANTLR (Another Tool for Language Recognition) platform. Experimental results show that our method - feedback driven random test generation, has higher code coverage capabilities compared with the existing methods.
A new fully digital UVP enabling quantitative in-line rheometry

The performance of a newly developed fully digital UVP-PD (Ultrasonic Velocity Profiling with Pressure Drop) electronics is tested and validated with a Non-Newtonian model solution. For this purpose, a piston setup is used to create well defined flow conditions to enable a comparison of theoretical and measured velocity profile. The rheometric parameters are estimated in-line with UVP-PD by using three different approaches and compared with those obtained from off-line rotational rheometer. Considering the shear rate range available in the pipe flow, a good agreement of inand off-line results is found.
Modeling and Visualizing Tonality in North Indian Classical Music

North Indian classical music (NICM) is based on raag, a melodic structure within which musicians improvise. Raags define hierarchical pitch relationships that can be described as tonal. The study of tonality in raag music may help to elucidate whether a cross-culturally valid cognitive model of tonal perception exists. We describe a basic model of tonality in raag music based on pitch-class distributions. We derive visualizations of tonal raag spaces based on self-organizing maps trained on pitch-class distributions calculated on actual performances, as well theoretically derived maps. We discuss implications of the theory and visualizations, as well as anticipated empirical verifications of the model.
Heart failure / cardiomyopathy Indications and practical approach to non-invasive ventilation in acute heart failure

Department of Intensive Care, Consorci Sanitari Integral, University of Barcelona, Jacint Verdaguer 90, Sant Joan Despı́, ES-08970 Barcelona, Spain; Department of Cardiology, Hospital Sanitas CIMA, Barcelona, Manuel Girona 33, ES 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Departments of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology and University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Department of Emergency, Hospital Clı́nico San Carlos. Instituto de Investigacıón Sanitaria (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain; Department of Internal Medicine, Belgrade University School of Medicine and Heart Failure Centre, Belgrade University Medical Centre, Belgrade, Serbia; Coronary Care Unit and Heart Failure Program, Department of Cardiology, VA San Diego, USA; Department of Emergency, Hospital Clı́nic, “Processes and Pathologies, Emergencies Research Group” IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens University Hospital Attikon, Athens, Greece; Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Emergency Medicine, Luzerner Katonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland; Department of Cardiology, Imperial College London (Royal Brompton Hospital & Harefield Foundation Trust), London, UK; Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Department of Emergency, Sant’Andrea Hospital. II Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, “LaSapienza”, Rome University, Rome, Italy; Institut für Herzinfarktforschung Ludwigshafen, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Germany; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares, Department of Cardiology, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Department of Cardiology, York Teaching Hospital, Medical Research Council Bioinformatics Centre, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, York, UK; Clinical Cardiology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Italy; Department of Emergency, Heart Institute (InCor), University of S~ao Paulo Medical School, Brazil; Department of Cardiology, Heart Failure Clinic and Transplantation, University Heart Centre Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Department of
International Workshop on Information and Electronics Engineering ( IWIEE ) Design of Data Acquisition and Storage System Based on the FPGA

Aiming at a storage system of high-speed data acquisition, it is designed with 6 channel,16-bit AD converter chip AD7656 and a programmable logic device EP2S90F102.The K9W8G08U1M chip made in SAMSUNG is selected as storage unit, and FPGA controls the needed logic for FLASH and AD converter. At the end of data acquisition, the stored data can be transmitted to the host through the USB2.0 interface. Because of the importance of the power supply, the designs of power supply controller are given. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer-review under responsibility of Harbin University of Science and Technology keyword: high-speed data acquisition、FPGA、power supply module
Morphological , Biochemical and Molecular Identification of the Yeast Levica 25 : A Potential Ruminal Microbial Additive

Levica 25 is a biological agent isolated from bovine rumen with potential use as an activator of ruminal fermentation because it stimulates total and cellulolytic populations and it reduces methanogenesis, which mitigates methane emissions to the environment. The aim of this study was to characterize the strain Levica 25 using morphological, biochemical and molecular methods. Morphological and biochemical studies showed that this strain did not produce germ tubes, grew at a temperature of 45°C, absorbed cupric sulfate, reduced bismuth sulfite, was sensitive to actidione, formed blue colonies in the presence of chromogenic agents and presented profile number 2556175 in the API20C AUX4 system. These data suggested that Levica 25 may be a strain of Candida tropicalis. However, analysis of the D1/D2 region of rDNA26S demonstrated that Levica 25 has only 96% homology with C. tropicalis and there are 11 substitutions involving 575 bases, which is equivalent to a 1.9% difference between the two sequences. Thus, Levica 25 and C. tropicalis are different, albeit very close, species located in the same clade in the phylogenetic tree. The present results suggested that Levica 25 is a new strain belonging to the genus Candida, which is very close to C. tropicalis.
Planar fuel velocity measurements in the near-nozzle region of a high pressure Diesel injection nozzle

The investigation of fast, dynamic spray flows such as high pressure Diesel injections is a demanding measurement task. Aside from a measurement range over several hundred meters per second, a high measurement rate of several hundred kilohertz and a high temporal resolution in the order of microseconds are required for resolving the complete temporal behavior of single injections with a typical duration of one millisecond. Furthermore, a high spatial resolution is desired for near-nozzle measurements. For this purpose, an ultra-high-speed measurement system is proposed, which provides single pixel resolution and requires no seeding particles. The system with a maximal measurement rate of 500 kHz consists of a frequency modulated, power amplified diode laser, a high-speed camera and an optimized signal processing (see Fig. 1a). As a result, the complete injection cycles of two injectors with different geometry are resolved near the nozzle exit with single pixel resolution. Both the temporal (see Fig. 1b) and the spatial (see Fig. 1c) spray behavior indicate the unsteady spray dynamics, which is now accessible with the presented measurement technique. a) b) c) Fig. 1 a) Arrangement for the ultra-high-speed FM/FSK-DGV technique and two examples of the time-resolved velocity field measurements at high-pressure injections showing b) the temporal behavior of a complete injection for a single measurement point, i.e. a single camera pixel, at 560 μm off the nozzle exit and c) the spatial behavior of the spray for the complete field of view at an arbitrarily chosen time.
Sourgrass resistance mechanism to the herbicide glyphosate 3 Absorption and translocation of glyphosate in resistant and susceptible biotypes of Digitaria insularis

The knowledge on the mechanism that gives a weed resistance to a particular herbicide is essential regarding scientific, academic, and practical aspects because it determines the recommendations for prevention and management of resistance in the field. Studies on the sourgrass (Digitaria insularis) glyphosate resistance mechanism in the literature have not been conclusive. Thus, the aim of this research was to study and evaluate the putative resistance mechanisms whichgives sourgrass biotypes, the ability to survive after glyphosate application. For this, 14C-glyphosate leaf absorption and translocation were compared in the biotypes Matão (R), Campo Florido (MG), Diamantino (MT), and Iracemápolis (S) as a function of the time after its application. In addition, the possibility that the mechanism of resistance results from a mutation in the EPSPs-encoding gene was also studied. The biotypes S, R, MG, and MT absorbed similar amounts of 14C-glyphosate. The biotypes R, MG, and MT did not present differences in 14C-glyphosate translocation when compared to the biotype S. The sequencing of the EPSPs-encoding gene showed no mutation in the regions 106 and 182, which normally give resistance to glyphosate in the case of other species. No mutation in the EPSPs-encoding gene was observed. Therefore, they are not glyphosate resistance mechanisms for the evaluated biotypes.
Real Time Quantum Bit Error Rate Performance Test for a Quantum Cryptography System Based on BB 84 protocol

In this work, the performance of the receiver in a quantum cryptography system based on BB84 protocol is scaled by calculating the Quantum Bit Error Rate (QBER) of the receiver. To apply this performance test, an optical setup was arranged and a circuit was designed and implemented to calculate the QBER. This electronic circuit is used to calculate the number of counts per second generated by the avalanche photodiodes set in the receiver. The calculated counts per second are used to calculate the QBER for the receiver that gives an indication for the performance of the receiver. Minimum QBER, 6%, was obtained with avalanche photodiode excess voltage equals to 2V and laser diode power of 3.16 nW at avalanche photodiode temperature of -10°C.