Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE INTERACTION OF PINK BOLLWORM (LEPIDOPTERA: GELICHIIDAE), COTTON, AND WEATHER: A DETAILED MODEL

The pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders)) is an important pest of cotton in the desert areas of the United States and Mexico, as well as other areas of the world. The literature on this pest is quite extensive, and hence, beyond the scope of this paper. Work by McLaughlin (1974), Lukefahr (1962), Watson et al. (1973), Slosser and Watson (1972), Adkisson et al. (1963), and Westphal et al. (unpublished) have been extremely useful in providing a satisfactory data base for formulating a mathematical description of the biology of this pest species (i.e., a time varying life table model—Hughes (1963), see Southwood (1966)).
Correlations of In Vivo β-Cell Function Tests With β-Cell Mass and Pancreatic Insulin Content in Streptozocin-Administered Baboons

In vivo β-cell function tests are used increasingly in humans during the preclinical phase of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), but the severity of the β-cell loss responsible for the abnormalities seen in these tests is unknown. We have measured several physiological β-cell function tests—fasting plasma glucose, glucose disappearance constant, fasting insulin, acute insulin responses to arginine (AIRarginine) and glucose (AIRglucose), and glucose potentiation of AIRarginine (∆ AIRarginine/∆G) and two direct objective measurements (pancreatic insulin content [PIC] and quantitative β-cell mass)—in adolescent male baboons (Papio anubis/cyanocephalus). We have correlated in vivo measurements obtained within 3 days after the animals were killed with in vitro estimates of PIC and β-cell mass in 15 animals, (2 nondiabetic requiring insulin treatment and 13 after varying doses of streptozocin to induce degrees of β-cell damage ranging from normoglycemia to severe hyperglycemia). There was a strong linear correlation between β-cell mass and PIC (r = 0.79, P < 0.001). Physiological measures of β-cell function were significantly correlated with both PIC and β-cell mass. The correlations between physiological measures and β-cell mass were linear and intercepted the β-cell mass axis at 0.15–0.2 g, suggesting that in vivo measures of β-cell function approach 0 when there is still ∼40–50% of the β-cell mass detectable histologically. With PIC, the linear correlations intercepted the axes close to 0. These findings provide considerable validity to the measurements of β-cell function used in preclinical IDDM in humans. Our data suggest that such physiological measurements give an accurate valid reflection of changes in β-cell mass and pancreatic insulin content.
EasyChair Preprint No 652 Projective synchronization of couples a nonlinear rotato chaotic map

Synchronization of chaotic systems is an interesting concept, accordingly special attention has received among nonlinear systems. This study addresses control of one-parameter families of couples a nonlinear rotato chaotic map using projective synchronization method. First at all, synchronization in coupled chaos discrete-time systems is presented via method of master-slave. By using the principle of stability of function Lyapunov, controller for achieving projective synchronization are designed in four cases. Finally, simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. Keywords-chaotic systems ; couples a nonlinear rotato; projective synchronization; function Lyapunov.
Simulacrum

Aesthetization, or aestheticization, has recently become a new key word in scholarly debates about culture and society, roughly concerned with the kind of phenomenon that pictorial turn describes. It is not that `aesthetization', in its literal sense, is making the unaesthetic aesthetic, nor does it point to the sort of topics typical of an aestheticized human life as favored by some traditional Chinese intellectuals; rather it is about a transaesthetization . This process differs not just in the range and extent of aesthetization, but in its essence and nature: reality will no longer exist when it is transaesthetized and what is left is an aesthetic realm only; in other words, there will be no reality, but purely the `hyperreal'. Accordingly, transaesthetization can then often be associated with the concept of simulacrum, or the proliferation of images; it would thus result from the expansion of simulacra. However, there arises the problem that simulacrum is not identical with image. Assuming that the beauty of image consists in its rich connotations and its presentation at the level of form, it is doubtful that transaesthetization is configured merely by the simulacral. Why, and how could it be so?
ESS PLC Controls Strategy

The European Spallation Source ESSAB is an acceleratordriven neutron spallation source. The Integrated Controls System (ICS) division is responsible for providing controls and monitoring for all parts of the machine (accelerator, target, neutron scattering systems and conventional facilities). Also, Accelerator Division, Target Division and other parts of the organisation will be deploying PLC Automation Systems. A large number of applications have been identified across all the facility where PLCs will be used: cryogenics, vacuum, water-cooling and fluid systems, power systems, and safety & protection systems. This work describes the different activities put in place and the strategy followed at ESS regarding PLC technologies. This strategy consists not only of the standardisation of a PLC vendor but also testing activities, generation of documentation and standardisation of other aspects (for instance, regarding installation). The documentation about PLC controls integration and standardisation and the approach to insert PLCs in the different controls workflows are described. Finally, the results of different tests (PLC timing correlation) are shown.
Torch

A torch song is a song about unrequited love. The torch song originated in Tin Pan Alley music publishing houses and flourished on post-World War I vaudeville and speakeasy stages in the performances of Edith Piaf, Libby Holman, Billie Holiday, Lee Wiley, and countless others. But just who is the torch singer? What are her history and her place in history? Might her performance move beyond a blind and narcissistic obsession with doomed love affairs? Is her lament a feminist art, a cultural power play? What do her words and movements teach us about autobiography, performance, and culture? This article explores how the author’s experience—as a scholar, feminist, music lover, writer, and woman—burns with these questions. This article enacts a performance ignited by a history of torch singers. Put on your favorite sad song and join in. And by all means, sing along.
Outdoor Propagation Link Budget Effect on Wireless Real Time Video Transmission

Real Time Video Wireless Transmission (RTVWT) combines telecommunications and imaging in order to provide remote video transmission. By removing distance barriers, it improves access to different services that would often not be regularly available in distant rural communities. It also saves lives in critical scenarios like healthcare, oil field inspection, monitoring oil and gas pipelines, and security. Wireless networks constantly suffer from different factors like bad weather conditions, fading and multipath interference, which lead to weak signals entailing packet losses or delays and rendering unacceptable video quality. This paper represents a performance study of link budget analysis (LBA) for short-range operation of remote sensing and its effects on video quality, in which both experimental and theoretical levels have been considered. The analysis presented is based on measurements conducted in a complex environment, such as an open field by the Computer Center building of the University of Birmingham during the snowy weather with surrounding vegetation. The link budget is calculated by initially measuring the input received power of a transmitted continuous wave (CW) signal at 2.45 GHz frequency at different distances from the transmitter, and then calculating the path loss for each scenario while taking the fading effect into account. Measured path loss was compared to the Two Ray (Ground Reflection) and Free Space Path Loss models in order to describe the received power for the specified remote sensing system. Outage analysis is made at the final stage.
Novel methods for the design and evaluation of marine protected areas in offshore waters

There is strong international agreement on the need for marine protected areas to reverse pervasive human impacts on the oceans' biodiversity. However, their implementation is often hampered both by legal difficulties in defining reserves in international waters and the patchy nature of data in many offshore waters. We demonstrate the use of recent advances in statistical learning and conservation prioritization to produce MPA scenarios with varying costs and benefits for New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone, based on the analyses of distributions of 96 demersal fish species. MPAs based on our most cost‐effective scenario would deliver conservation benefits nearly 2.5 times greater than those from equivalent‐sized areas recently implemented at the request of fishers, and at lower cost to them. Such results demonstrate the power of quantitative, knowledge‐based prioritization approaches, which can be applied at high resolution and at oceanic scales.
Multivariate Haplotype Analysis Of 96 Sulci Opening For 15,612 UK-Biobank Sujects

Imaging genetic studies of large control cohorts such as UK Biobank enable to assess the range of normal variations in brain structures. Previous studies by our group have shown that the width of several cortical sulci is associated with a variant in the upstream region of KCNK2 gene even if this effect is corrected with age. Here we propose to analyze in a multivariate setup the associations between sets of genetic variants and multiple sulci widths. The genetic variants we consider are sets of SNPs of known phase called haplotypes, taken from the upstream region of KCNK2 gene. To the best of our knowledge, multivariate analysis in imaging genetics has never been used in haplotype studies. Our method was able to recover the expected association signal and uncover new associations between imaging data and genetic variants.
Egg rejection behavior and clutch characteristics of the European Greenfinch introduced to New Zealand

Animal populations, with a known history of introduction events, provide opportunities to study the dynamics of how rapid shifts in ecological context affect behavioral (e.g., responses to brood parasitism) and life-history (e.g., clutch and egg parameters) traits. We studied the European Greenfinch ( Carduelis chloris) introduced to New Zealand, regarding foreign-egg rejection behaviors and also compared their clutch characteristics with data from the source populations in the United Kingdom. Although previously this species had been considered an unsuitable host for the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), and not impacted by selection pressure associated with brood parasit- ism, we found that Greenfinches in our study population were able to eject experimental eggs at low frequencies. In contrast, nest desertion rates were similar in experimentally parasitized and control unmanipulated nests, implying that nest desertion is not an antiparasite adaptation in this species. Contrary to previous studies, we did not find significant differences in clutch and egg sizes between introduced and source populations. This study emphasizes (1) the importance of using control treat - ments in studies of host responses to experimental parasitism, (2) including apparently unsuitable hosts of brood parasites, and (3) meta-replicating prior studies to further the process of gaining and validating scientific knowledge.
Anytime Hedge achieves optimal regret in the stochastic regime

This paper is about a surprising fact: we prove that the anytime Hedge algorithm with decreasing learning rate, which is one of the simplest algorithm for the problem of prediction with expert advice, is actually both worst-case optimal and adaptive to the easier stochastic and adversarial with a gap problems. This runs counter to the common belief in the literature that this algorithm is overly conservative, and that only new adaptive algorithms can simultaneously achieve minimax regret and adapt to the difficulty of the problem. Moreover, our analysis exhibits qualitative differences with other variants of the Hedge algorithm, based on the so-called "doubling trick", and the fixed-horizon version (with constant learning rate).
AN INFINITE SERVER QUEUEING MODEL WITH VARYING ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURES RATES FOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

In this paper, we consider the infinite server queues with time-varying arrival and departure pattern when the parameters are varying with time. Here we give an extension of our previous work on infinite server queueing model considering inpatient department to study the improvement in the varying service rate with the help of probability generating function techniques which results in difference differential equations. With an infinite number of servers providing service to the system, aim is to find an optimal solution to the distribution of service time over a given period. Simulation techniques are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of this model. AMS Subject Classification: 90B22, 05A15
Expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in porcine muscles determined by multiplex PCR

A cDNA sequence of 5′-terminal region of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform 2x was determined. Based on this and published sequences, the procedure of reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) employing a multiplex PCR technique was developed to analyze the expression patterns of MHC isoforms in porcine muscles. All four MHC isoforms in postnatal porcine muscles could be analyzed by this method and showed different expression patterns according to the porcine muscle types. The procedure developed in this study would be very useful to elucidate the relationships between meat quality and MHC isoform composition.
The Consistency of Bootstrap Resampling in Structural Model With PLS-PM Approach: Technology Acceptance Model in Green Marketing Management Strategy

Indonesia is one of the developing countries where information system technology is widely used in the field of management. One example is the use of Go-Food applications. Many problems and determinants of someone in using Go-Food. Not all problems can only be solved by looking at one exogenous variable alone. So that required a more complex modelling that is Partial Least Square - Path Modelling (PLS-PM). The PLS-PM process requires resampling in testing the hypothesis. so it is necessary to compare the bootstrap resampling and jackknife techniques as well as to determine how many replicas in each resampling technique to achieve convergent conditions. The analysis procedure is to collect the data, then proceed to make PLS-PM model which then tested by using bootstrap resampling and jackknife. Compare the best resampling and see convergent conditions on each resampling. In this study it is known that the results of PLS-PM relationship in accordance with the model where the relationship of benefits to the attitude becomes the most significant relationship. in the process of hypothesis testing obtained one path that is not significant ease of interest. In comparison the resampling results obtained jackknife more efficient than using bootstrap.
Elephantopus scaber induces cytotoxicity in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells via p53-induced apoptosis.

Plants have not only been consumed as food but have also been adopted as folk medicine for centuries. Elephantopus scaber Linn, a herb from the Asteraceae family, has traditionally been taken as decoction or tea to cure various ailments and diseases throughout the world. Recent studies had also suggested that this plant posses various bioactivities such as anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective as well as anti cancer properties. In this study, the cytotoxic effect of an ethanolic extract of E. scaber on a breast cancer cell line, MCF-7 and the underlying cell death mechanism was examined. E. scaber showed cytotoxic effect towards MCF-7 cells with an IC 50 value of 15 μg/mL. In comparison to the untreated control, the extract triggered cell death with increased phosphatidylserine externalization, DNA breaks and significant morphological apoptotic characteristics in the MCF-cells. Furthermore, we also found that expression of the tumor suppressor p53 protein was up-regulated in response to the treatment. In conclusion, these results suggested that the ethanolic extract of E. scaber may be a potential anti cancer agent for human breast cancer cells by the induction of p53-dependent apoptosis.
Tax structure and economic growth in general category states in India: A panel auto regressive distributed lag approach

The study empirically investigates the impact of tax structure on economic growth in fourteen general category states in India using panel data covering the period from 1980 to 2016. The use of panel ARDL model and different residual cross dependence tests confirms the distortionary effect of State’s Own Direct Tax Revenue on economic growth. And also the study finds positive relationship between State’s Own Indirect Taxes and economic growth. Therefore, it is suggested that the states should collect more revenue from indirect taxes with due consideration to its regressive nature, and reduce revenue collection from direct taxes in order to achieve higher growth.
The development and evaluation of a novel computer program to assess previous-day dietary and physical activity behaviours in school children: The Synchronised Nutrition and Activity ProgramTM (SNAPTM)

Self-report recall questionnaires used to measure physical activity and dietary intake in children can be labour intensive and monotonous and tend to focus on either dietary intake or physical activity. The web-based software, Synchronised Nutrition and Activity ProgramTM (SNAPTM), was developed to produce a novel, simple, quick and engaging method of assessing energy balance-related behaviours at a population level, combining principles from new and existing 24 h recall methodologies, set within a user-friendly interface. Dietary intake was measured using counts for twenty-one food groups and physical activity levels were measured in min of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA). A combination of the mean difference between methods, type II regression and non-parametric limits of agreement techniques were used to examine the accuracy and precision of SNAPTM. Method comparison analyses demonstrated a good agreement for both dietary intake and physical activity behaviours. For dietary variables, accuracy of SNAPTM (mean difference) was within ± 1 count for the majority of food groups. The proportion of the sample with between-method agreement within ± 1 count ranged from 0·40 to 0·99. For min of MVPA, there was no substantial fixed or proportional bias, and a mean difference between methods (SNAPTM – accelerometry) of − 9 min. SNAPTM provides a quick, accurate, low-burden, cost-effective and engaging method of assessing energy balance behaviours at a population level. Tools such as SNAPTM, which exploit the popularity, privacy and engagement of the computer interface, and linkages with other datasets, could make a substantial contribution to future public health monitoring and research.
Erratum

In the October 1997 issue of this journal, the article “Presidential Use of Executive Orders, 1953-1994” by George A. Krause and David B. Cohen had results that were based on the annual volume of executive orders issued by presidents listed in Ragsdale (1996, pp. 340-343). Professor Ragsdale informed us, via a personal communication, that many values of this variable were inadvertently miscoded by a re search assistant. We wish to thank Professor Ragsdale for kindly pro viding us with the corrected measure for the sample period in ques tion. These correct values appear after each respective year: 1953, 80; 1956, 46; 1960, 56; 1961, 70; 1968, 65; 1969, 52; 1972, 60; 1973, 59; 1976, 73; 1977, 66; 1980, 99; 1981, 50; 1984, 43; 1985, 43; 1988, 45; 1989, 31; 1991, 46; 1992, 40; 1993, 57; 1994, 54. This revised executive order measure is correlated with the original one appearing in the article atr = . 832. The descriptive statistics of the revised series (mean = 56.98, standard deviation = 13.65, minimum = 31, and maximum = 97) are rather similar to the original series appearing in Table 1 on page 467 of our article. The revised event count regression results (that originally appear in Table 2 of our article) are now the following:
Stochastic Systems PATIENT FLOW IN HOSPITALS : A DATA-BASED QUEUEING-SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE

Hospitals are complex systems with essential societal benefits and huge mounting costs. These costs are exacerbated by inefficiencies in hospital processes, which are often manifested by congestion and long delays in patient care. Thus, a queueing-network view of patient flow in hospitals is natural for studying and improving its performance. The goal of our research is to explore patient flow data through the lens of a queueing scientist. The means is exploratory data analysis (EDA) in a large Israeli hospital, which reveals important features that are not readily explainable by existing models. Questions raised by our EDA include: Can a simple (parsimonious) queueing model usefully capture the complex operational reality of the Emergency Department (ED)? What time scales and operational regimes are relevant for modeling patient length of stay in the Internal Wards (IWs)? How do protocols of patient transfer between the ED and the IWs influence patient delay, workload division and fairness? EDA also underscores the importance of an integrative view of hospital units by, for example, relating ED bottlenecks to IW physician protocols. The significance of such questions and our related findings raise the need for novel queueing models and theory, which we present here as research opportunities. Hospital data, and specifically patient flow data at the level of the individual patient, is increasingly collected but is typically confidential and/or proprietary. We have been fortunate to partner with a hospital that allowed us to open up its data for everyone to access. This enables reproducibility of our findings, through a user-friendly platform that is accessible via the Technion SEELab.
ÉLEVAGE SUR MILIEU ARTIFICIEL SIMPLE DE DEUX NOCTUELLES PARASITES DU COTON EARIAS INSULANA ET SPODOPTERA LITTORALIS

L'élevage des chenilles de Earias insulana Boisd. et de Spodoptera littoralis Boisd. est réalisé sur un milieu artificiel simple ayant déjà permis d'élever 18 autres espèces de LépidopTÈres Noctuidae. Les chenilles d' E. insulana sont élevées individuellement pendant tout le développement; tandis que les chenilles de S. littoralis sont élevées en groupe pendant les premiers stades et individuellement pendant les derniers stades. Respectivement pour chacune des deux espèces, 9 et 25 générations sont réalisées pour les souches qui se sont maintenues le plus longtemps. La technique d'élevage est décrite et les résultats obtenus sur milieu sont comparés à ceux obtenus par différents auteurs dans d'autres conditions d'alimentation. Au cours des générations successives certains criTÈres biologiques sont suivis; les variations enregistrées sont discuTÉes.
A new species of Petractis (Ostropales s. lat., lichenized Ascomycota) from Wales

Abstract Petractis nodispora is described as a new species, characterized by an endolithic thallus with Trentepohlia as photobiont, immersed apothecia, 3-septate, halonate ascospores, and very distinctive multicellular conidia. Nuclear ribosomal SSU and LSU sequences show that it is closely related to P. luetkemuelleri, but its relationship to the type species of Petractis, P. clausa, is unclear.