Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Pulsation of the K 2.5 giant star GSC 09137-03505?

In July, 1999, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) pointed for more than 8 days continuously at the globular clus- ter 47 Tucanae. Two guide stars were used during this campaign by the Fine Guidance Sensors (FGS). Using more than 19 mil- lion photometric FGS data for the guide star GSC 09137-03505 we found brightness variability corresponding to three approx- imately equidistant frequencies. The detected frequencies range from 21 to 71 µHz with amplitudes between 341 and 291 ppm. Multicolor CCD photometry was obtained at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory to derive color information for the guide stars. In addition, flux calibrated spectra were observed at the South African Astronomical Observatory. Temperature and surface gravity were determined from a comparison of observed and synthetic spectral fluxes using the  (Vienna New Model Grid of Stellar Atmospheres) model atmosphere grid developed by Heiter et al. (2002, A&A, 392, 619) and Nendwich et al. (2004, CoAst, 144, 43). We also performed linear nonadiabatic analyses of various stellar models in an attempt to inter- prete the frequencies.
Instability in cointegration regressions: a brief review with an application to money demand in Portugal

This study addresses some modelling questions related to the possibility of structural change in models with nonstationary variables. Focusing on cointegration issues, some methodological aspects are discussed, attempting to integrate coherently the several steps of the modelling strategy. These range from unit root to cointegration testing and to testing for instability in the cointegration vector. An empirical example with Portuguese data tries to illustrate the usefulness of this approach, where a simple money demand function is estimated using an error-correction model (ECM). If a break is explicitly allowed in the cointegration vector the forecasting performance of the ECM improves.
A framework for understanding purchasing in building construction companies

Purchasing on the part of a building construction company involves actors inside and outside the organization. These actors are driven by different motives that influence purchasing decisions in different situations. An explicit framework that assists in understanding the different purchasing situations would be of benefit to companies and researchers. Through a study of purchasing theory and practices, including interviews with a number of building construction companies, a framework of purchasing is proposed. The framework covers all stages in the purchasing process and focuses on four factors: (1) purchasing situations; (2) level of complexity; (3) active roles and (4) supply chain involvement. The inter-relationships between these factors are discussed from the perspective of the companies.
The 4 DCH Calw Project – Spatio-temporal Modelling of Photogrammetry and Computer Graphics

The 4D -Cultural Heritage Project takes advance of Imagery from the wild (Internet) and existing repositories to reconstruct 3D Models of Monuments, Places and Landscapes. This method however can not always reproduce a complete dataset of an object since the obliged views are depending on the prominent positions of the recording. We would like to present two different approaches to a work-flow which overcomes this issue through a semi – automated reconstruction as well as the use of simulation with a grammar based modelling.
Microbial analysis of leafy vegetables in iceless cooling facility

Against the background that leafy vegetables stored under ambient conditions are influenced by environmental factors which may cause significant quality loss in terms of freshness, colour, texture and composition, the iceless cooler was used to evaluate microbial load of leafy vegetables. The samples were evaluated for bacterial (coliforms and mesophiles) and fungal (mold and yeast) loads. Results of the microbial test showed that Corchorus olitorius had highest mean microbial load with plate count of 6.7 x 104 CFU/g and Hibiscus sabdariffa had the least mean microbial load with plate count of 4.8 x 104 CFU/g after five days of storage. Corchorus olitorius show a significant increase of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococci species after five days of storage. The ANOVA results showed that vegetables stored under ambient conditions were significantly different (p˂0.01) from those stored in the iceless cooler. The results also indicate that Amaranthus dubius recorded the highest mean weight of 1.94kg and maintained its freshness and colour for up to three days compared with Corchorus olitorius with the least weight of 1.84kg.
Affective and Interpersonal Correlates of Relationship Satisfaction

Healthy relationships are important to functioning in daily life and across the life-span (e.g., Burman and Margolin 1992). Personality factors could predict relationship satisfaction through the influence of individuals’ relationship schemas (Fiske and Taylor 1991) and perceptions of their partners (Simpson and Rholes 1998). Given the potential importance of attachment styles to relationship mechanisms and the well-established relationship between attachment and interpersonal behavior (Bartholomew and Horowitz 1992; Hazan and Shaver 1987), interpersonal traits may influence relationship satisfaction directly. According to Leary’s (1957) interpersonal reflex theory, any interpersonal act elicits responses from the other person that verify, validate, or otherwise reinforce the actor’s own self-image and self-presentation, and thus increase the probability that the actor will emit similar interpersonal acts in future interactions. The Impact Message Inventory (IMI) attempts to measure individuals’ perceptions of how others impact them by evoking interpersonal acts such as dominance and affiliation. This study examined the influence of perceived partner-evoked behavior and individuals’ own interpersonal styles on relationship satisfaction. This study used IMI measures of evoked Dominance and Affiliation as well as revised Liking and Loving measures to predict relationship satisfaction using three different satisfaction outcome measures. The final analyses included 291 participants (134 men and 157 women) who completed a scantron survey. Partner impact, or the interpersonal behaviors, evoked from the individual during interaction, predicted relationship satisfaction well. Evoked affiliation was the most consistently strong predictor of satisfaction across all three outcome measures. Liking (distinct here from affiliation) is a stronger predictor of relationship satisfaction than is loving (distinct here from passion), and it is significant across all three outcome measures. The liking measure appears to reflect a relatively high level of reward in the relationship and intrinsic enjoyment of the partner’s company without the comparative cost of loving. Future research should examine interactions between couples, moving beyond intrapsychic self-reports of perceived experiences and feelings, although these are important in their own right.
Towards Enhanced Process and Tools for Aircraft Systems Assessments during very Early Design Phase

This paper deals with an improved process for early to detailed design phases of complex Aircraft systems. It is based on experience of Dassault Aviation (DASSAV) and Liebherr Aerospace Toulouse (LTS) in aircraft system design, and on works carried out within several R&D projects, in particular within current FP7 TOICA project (Thermal Overall Integrated Conception of Aircraft), where new process are developed to tackle assessments of architectures composed of many heterogeneous and interconnected sub-systems using simulation. This new process that will be described in this paper involves open standards like Modelica and FMI.
Trade Integration in East Asia: An Empirical Assessment

This study employs a gravity model of bilateral trade flows at the one-digit level of the standard international trade classification (SITC) product categories over the period of 1996 to 2005 to provide an empirical assessment of regional trade integration in East Asia. The formation of the ASEAN free trade area agreement is found to have both positive and negative effects on trade both among members and between members and the rest of the world, subject to SITC product category. Although the differences between actual and predicted levels of intra-ASEAN trade and of trade between ASEAN and other East Asian countries have been reduced, there remain product categories indicating a low degree of trade integration. Those product categories include food and live animals, machinery and transport equipment, and miscellaneous manufactured articles. Finally, the level of intra-industry trade intensity based on predicted trade values confirms that ASEAN is involved in intra-industry trade among its members more than trade with other East Asian countries.
Sputtered PdO Decorated TiO2 Sensing Layer for a Hydrogen Gas Sensor

We report a sputtered PdO decorated TiO2 sensing layer by radiofrequency (RF) sputtering methods and demonstrated gas sensing performance for H2 gas. We prepared sputtered anatase TiO2 sensing films with 200 nm thickness and deposited a Pd layer on top of the TiO2 films with a thickness ranging from 3 nm to 13 nm. Using an in situ TiO2/Pd multilayer annealing process at 550°C for 1 hour, we observed that Pd turns into PdO by Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) depth profile and confirmed decorated PdO on TiO2 sensing layer from scanning electron microscope (SEM) and atomic-force microscope (AFM). We also observed a positive sensing signal for 3, 4.5, and 6.5 nm PdO decorated TiO2 sensor while we observed negative output signal for a 13.5 nm PdO decorated one. Using a microheater platform, we acquired fast response time as ~11 sec and sensitivity as 6 μV/ppm for 3 nm PdO under 33 mW power.
Comparison of study results in selected subjects depending on study program in Faculty of economics and management, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Feedback is a crucial part of the educational process and the means by which by exam results and the quality of the educational process are being assessed. This article presents the analysis of the examination assessment results in Mathematics and Statistics in the Faculty of Economics and Management in the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra that depend upon the Bachelor Study Program. The main aim of this paper is to analyze the exam results in the compulsory subjects of Mathematics I, A, Mathematics II, B and Statistics. We have verified the following hypothesis: does the data dependence exist among the exam outcomes of the mentioned subjects that depend upon the bachelor study program. The following basic methods of the descriptive statistics and hypotheses testing were utilized in the assessment of the survey results. The existence of the statistically significant relations among the acquired assessments was verified by means of the χ2–test.
Trading On Heterosexuality

In this study, the author uses ethnographic and interview data from a women's floor in a university residence hall to examine how some heterosexual women's gender strategies contribute to their homophobia. The author describes a prevailing heterosexual erotic market on campus—the Greek party scene—and the status hierarchy linked to it. Within this hierarchy, heterosexual women assign lesbians low rank because of their assumed disinterest in the erotic market and perceived inability to acquire men's erotic attention. Active partiers invest more in this social world and prefer higher levels of social distance from lesbians than do others. These women also engage in same-sex eroticism primarily designated for a male audience. They define their behaviors as heterosexual, reducing the spaces in which lesbians can be comfortable. Finally, the author concludes by discussing the unique nature of women's homophobia and the links between sexism and heterosexism.
Environmental DNA for Detection of Endangered Grouper Species (Epinephelus spp.)

Marine ecosystems nestle species or populations known to be threatened due to human overexploitation. Reliable detection and monitoring of threatened organisms is crucial for data-driven conservation actions. Furthermore, misidentification of species represents a major problem. Here, we investigate the potential of using metabarcoding of environmental DNA (eDNA) obtained directly from seawater samples to detect endangered grouper species (Epinephelus spp.). Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) fragment of mtDNA was used to detect groupers species in the Mediterranean Coasts. We conducted eDNA sampling at sites by underwater diving across the range of the Grouper species habitats in Northeastern Mediterranean (Antalya-Kas Region and Iskenderun Bay). eDNA was isolated from 2 liter seawater samples which were vacuum-filtered onto 0.45-mm membrane filters. Filters were then folded inwards, placed in 2 ml tubes and stored at -20 oC until DNA extraction, which took place within 24 hours. DNA was extracted from the water sample filters using the DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit (Qiagen, USA). Manufacturer’s protocols were used during all steps. PCR amplification of eDNA samples were done using selective primers of COI region of mitochondrial DNA, and next-generation DNA sequencing of PCR application was conducted. For the successfully obtained COI sequences, maximum matching rates were revealed as 80% for Epinephelus marginatus, 78,95% for Epinephelus aeneus, 73,48% for Epinephelus costae, 63,45% for Epinephelus caninus, 60,12% for Mycteroperca rubra and 57,12% for Hyporthodus haifensis. Despite the methodological challenges inherent in eDNA analysis, the results demonstrated that eDNA method may be proved to step towards a new beginning to detect and monitor endangered grouper species.
An Econometric Understanding the Monetary Policy’s Dark Art

The classical Taylor rules usually do not yield the same estimation error when working in a monthly or a quarterly framework. This brings us to the conclusion that there must be something that monthly Taylor rules can capture and that the quarterly one cannot: we postulate that it simply boils down to the fact that the target rate’s changes are irregularly spaced in time. So as to tackle this issue, we propose to split the target rate chronicle between changes in the target and the associated durations, that is the time spending between two changes in the target rate. In this framework, we propose to consider that changes in rate can be regarded as a real monetary policy decision, whereas the duration period between two changes can be related to a ”wait and see” position or some fine tuning problematic. To show that both these features of monetary policy do not react to the same fundamentals, we propose an econometric understanding of the Fed’s reaction function using a new model derived from financial econometrics that has been proposed by Engle and Russell (2005). We propose to model the changes in target rates with a classical ordered probit and the durations with an autoregressive conditional duration model. We extracted the Fed anticipations regarding inflation and activity using some factor based method, and used these factors as explanatory variables for the changes in rates and the related durations. We show that the target rate level, the scale of the change in target rate and the associated duration do not necessarily react to the same factors and if they do, the impact can be different. This empirical result supports the idea that durations and scale of the change in target rate deserve equal attention when modeling a Central Bank reaction function.
NUTRITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE GASTROINTESTINAL PATIENT CONSIDÉRATIONS DIÉTÉTIQUES POUR DES PATIENTS

La diététique est un aspect fondamental de la gestion des patients atteints d’affections gastrointestinales. Différentes stratégies nutritionnelles sont à utiliser selon la physiopathologie des processus pathologiques sous-jacents et la revue porte sur les quatre approches à prendre en considération : les maladies réagissant à de nouvelles protéines ou à des protéines hydrolysées ; celles réagissant à un régime à faible taux de matières grasses ; celles traitées par un régime riche en énergie et celles répondant à un régime riche en fibres. Un point sera en outre fait sur les nutriments émergents tels que les probiotiques, les acides gras oméga-3 à longue chaîne et les fibres prébiotiques.
Perceptual Recognition, Emotion, and Value

I outline an account of perceptual knowledge and assess the extent to which it can be employed in a defence of perceptual accounts of emotion and value recognition. I argue that considerations ruling out lucky knowledge give us some reason to doubt its prospects in the case of value recognition. I also discuss recent empirical work on cultural and contextual influences on emotional expression, arguing that a perceptual account of value recognition is consistent with current evidence. 1. Distinctive looks and recognitional capacities Perceptual knowledge is, I will assume, non-inferential. Familiar cases give us a sense of what this amounts to. Upon arriving home, my knowledge that the door is open is non-inferential whilst my knowledge that my children are (therefore) home is based on an inference. But this distinction can be understood in more than one way. On a psychological understanding, a judgement is inferential if its causal basis involves an inference-like transition between contents. On an epistemic understanding, a judgement is inferential is its epistemic standing depends on the epistemic standing of certain beliefs from which it may be inferred. In what follows I am concerned entirely with epistemic non-inferentiality. An appealingly simple approach to perceptual knowledge sees it as involving the exercise of a certain type of recognitional or discriminatory capacity. This is the capacity to recognise the way the world is by the way it appears. In the visual case, for example, one sees that that is f only if one possesses and exercises a capacity to recognise fs by the way they look. So, for example, one sees that the object before one is yellow only if one possesses and exercises the capacity to recognise yellow things by the way they look. Similarly, one sees that it is a lemon only if one 1 Here I draw on, but cannot hope to do justice to, the subtle work of Alan Millar (2000; Pritchard et al., 2010). 2 I follow Williamson (2000: Ch.1) in taking seeing that P to be a way of knowing that P.
Towards a synergetic approach for the retrieval of atmospheric parameters from passive optical, infrared and microwave measurements

For the temperature retrieval, the kNN algorithm is close to 100% with some gain in the lower atmosphere, up to 800 hPa, but with a negative effect on higher levels. The LIN method benefits from the synergy for all the atmospheric layers, in particular close to the surface. The impact can be important with an improvement of the retrieval statistics by more than 80% next to the surface and close to 20% in the middle troposphere. The NN inversion benefits significantly from the synergy: the retrieval errors can be reduced by a factor 2 at the surface. For the water vapour profile retrieval, the kNN method is not optimal to merge information from the various captors: The impact of using simultaneously the four instruments (GOME�2, MHS, AMSUA and IASI) is always negative, with an increase of errors up to 20% . The LIN method has a synergy factor close to 100% (meaning that no synergy is observed for the retrieval of water vapour) for higher atmospheric layers but the impact is quite positive for layers lower than 300 hPa. The NN method benefits from the synergy: The synergy factor reaches 140%, meaning that the errors are decreased by 40% when the four instruments are used together.
Backscatter Transponder Based on Frequency Selective Surface for FMCW Radar Applications

This paper describes an actively-controlled frequency selective surface (FSS) to implement a backscatter transponder. The FSS is composed by dipoles loaded with switching PIN diodes. The transponder exploits the change in the radar cross section (RCS) of the FSS with the bias of the diodes to modulate the backscattered response of the tag to the FMCW radar. The basic operation theory of the system is explained here. An experimental setup based on a commercial X-band FMCW radar working as a reader is proposed to measure the transponders. The transponder response can be distinguished from the interference of non-modulated clutter, modulating the transponder’s RCS. Some FSS with different number of dipoles are studied, as a proof of concept. Experimental results at several distances are provided.
Correlations between sunspots and their moat flows

Context. The presence of the moat flow around sunspots is intimately linked to the mere existence of sunspots. Aims. We characterize the moat flow (MF) and Evershed flow (EF) in sunspots to enhance our knowledge of sunspot structures and photospheric flow properties. Methods. We calibrated HMI synoptic Doppler maps and used them to analyze 3h time averages of 31 circular, stable, and fully developed sunspots at heliocentric angles of some 50$^{\circ}$. Assuming axially symmetrical flow fields, we infer the azimuthally averaged horizontal velocity component of the MF and EF from 51 velocity maps. We studied the MF properties (velocity and extension) and elaborate on how these components depend on sunspot parameters (sunspot size and EF velocity). To explore the weekly and monthly evolution of MFs, we compare spots rotating from the eastern to western limbs and spots that reappear on the eastern limb. Results. Our calibration procedure of HMI Doppler maps yields reliable and consistent results. In 3h averages, we find the MF decreases on average from some 1000 $\pm$ 200m/s just outside the spot boundary to 500m/s after an additional 4 Mm. The average MF extension lies at 9.2 $\pm$ 5 Mm, where the velocity drops below some 180m/s. Neither the MF velocity nor its extension depend significantly on the sunspot size or EF velocity. But, the EF velocity does show a tendency to be enhanced with sunspot size. On a time scale of a week and a month, we find decreasing MF extensions and a tendency for the MF velocity to increase for strongly decaying sunspots, whereas the changing EF velocity has no impact on the MF. Conclusions. On 3h averages, the EF velocity scales with the size of sunspots, while the MF properties show no significant correlation with the EF or with the sunspot size. This we interpret as a hint that the physical origins of EF and MF are distinct.
Compatibility among fungicide treatments on soybean seeds through film coating and inoculation with Bradyrhizobium strains

This research evaluated the development of soybean plants grown in a greenhouse, from seeds that were treated with fungicide, film coated and inoculated with Bradyrhizobium. Seeds from the soybean cultivar 'Vencedora' were submitted to treatments disposed in a factorial 5 x 3 x 2 design. The seeds were treated with Derosal Plus  with polymer; Tegran  with polymer; Derosal Plus  without polymer, Tegran  without polymer; and without fungicide and without polymer. After the chemical treatment, the seeds were inoculated with peat or liquid inoculants, and without inoculant. The chemical treatments were used either previous to or after the six months of storage. Seed inoculation was performed with CPAC15 and BR29 strains, immediately before sowing in Leonard pots (two seedlings per pot). The plants at R2 stage were evaluated through the number and dry matter weight of nodules, the shoot dry matter weight, and the chlorophyll content. The results indicated that the treatments with Derosal Plus or Tegran-associated or not with the polymer, and independent of the application time-did not affect nodule establishment and development, or nitrogen fixation when the seeds were inoculated. Liquid and peat inoculants applied to the seeds were equally efficient in the formation of nodules in soybean plants; however, the liquid inoculant promoted higher shoot dry matter weight.