Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
GENERALISED DELETION DESIGNS

In this paper asymmetrical single replicate factorial designs are constructed from symmetrical single replicate factorial designs using the deletion technique. The study is along the lines of Voss(1986), Chauhan(1989) and Gachii and Odhiambo(1997). We give results for the general order deletion designs of the form s n-m 1 (s – L) m 1 . which are proper, for 1 1 less than or equal to the number of generators of the preliminary single replicate generalized cyclic design. We generalize results by earlier authors. Results identifying the set of estimable factorial effects of the deletion designs based on the information available from the preliminary factorial design are given. Simple formulas for calculating the loss of information due to confounding with blocks are given. Efficiency with respect to the number of treatment combinations needed to estimate a given set of interactions of the preliminary factorial design is compared with that of the resulting deletion designs. Keywords and phrases: Factorial spaces, generalized cyclic designs, loss of information. African Journal of Science and Technology Vol.4(2) 2003: 72-79
A Multi-Source Strategy based on a Learning-by-Examples Technique for Buried Object Detection

In the framework of buried object detection and subsurface sensing, some of the main difficulties in the reconstruction process are certainly due to the aspect-limited nature of available measurement data and to the requirement of an on-line reconstruction. To limit these problems, a multi-source (MS) learning-by-example (LBE) technique is proposed in this paper. In order to fully exploit the more attractive features of the MS strategy, the proposed approach is based on a support vector machine (SVM). The effectiveness of the MS-LBE technique is evaluated by comparing the achieved results with those obtained by means of a previously developed single-source (SS) SVM-based procedure for an ideal as well as a noisy enviroment.
Combustion Properties of Calabrian Pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) Wood Treated with Vegetable Tanning Extracts and Boron Compounds

Specimens prepared from Calabrian pine (Pinus brutia Ten.) wood were treated with borate-supplemented aqueous solutions of Calabrian pine bark powder, acorn powder, sumach leaf powder and gall-nut powder. Then, fire test methods containing flame source, without flame source and glowing stages was performed according to the ASTM E 160-50 American Standard. The results showed that the lowest temperature (323 °C) for the flame source stage was recorded for specimens treated with mixtures of boric acid and borax (BA and Bx). In the without flame stage, the lowest temperature (404 °C) was recorded for specimens treated with acorn powder and (BA and Bx) mixture. In the glowing stage, the lowest temperature (107 °C) was obtained for specimens treated with sumach leaf powder and (BA and Bx) mixture. The test specimens treated with aqueous solutions of plant extracts yielded higher heat release rates for all stages. Weight loss was lowest for specimens treated with a boric acid and borax mixture (63.4%). Wood specimens treated with aqueous solutions of plant extracts yielded higher weight losses compared to the untreated control specimens. The wood specimens treated with aqueous solutions of plant extracts had a negative effect on fire parameters. However, the boric acid and borax mixture had significantly better fire retardant effectiveness over untreated and plant extracts that were applied as secondary treatments.
INTEGRATION OF AD HOC WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS IN A VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION CONFIGURATION

By using wireless sensor networks for monitoring and control applications, data acquisition systems can be implemented remotely with reduced complexity. In this paper, the possibility of developing acquisition systems through ad hoc type networks using a star topology will be discussed. An application is developed with virtual instrumentation software for acquiring and controlling the temperature. This implementation shows that developing applications for remote monitoring and control can be easily achieved with ad hoc networks.
Glucose transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae effects on growth and metabolism

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Contributions to the National Status Report on Biological Invasions in South Africa

South Africa has committed to producing a National Status Report on Biological Invasions by October 2017 and thereafter every three years. This will be the first status report at a national level specifically on biological invasions. As part of soliciting input, a workshop was held in May 2016 that led to this special issue of 19 papers in the journal Bothalia: African Biodiversity and Conservation . This editorial introduces the symposium, discusses the special issue and summarises how each contribution provides an estimate of ‘status’. Papers focus on key pathways, taxa, areas, and evaluations of interventions, specifically the movement of taxa between South Africa and neighbouring countries; the dispersal pathways of amphibians; a review of alien animals; a report on changes in the number and abundance of alien plants; in-depth reviews of the status of invasions for cacti, fishes, fungi and grasses; an assessment of the impact of widespread invasive plants on animals; reviews on invasions in municipalities, protected areas and subAntarctic Islands; assessments of the efficacy of biological control and other control programmes; and recommendations for how to deal with conflict species, to conduct scientific assessments and to improve risk assessments. The papers in this special issue confirm that South Africa is an excellent place to study invasions that can provide insights for understanding and managing invasions in other countries. Negative impacts seem to be largely precipitated by certain taxa (especially plants), whereas invasions by a number of other groups do not, yet, seem to have caused the widespread negative impacts felt in other countries. Although South Africa has effectively managed a few biological invasions (e.g. highly successful biological control of some invasive plants), the key challenge seems to be to establish and maintain a strong link between implementation, monitoring, reporting and planning.
Expression and localization of apelin and its receptor APJ in the bovine corpus luteum during the estrous cycle and prostaglandin F 2 a-induced luteolysis

Angiogenesis, changes in blood flow, and extracellular matrix remodeling are the processes associated with the development and demise of the bovine corpus luteum (CL) during the estrous cycle. APJ (putative receptor protein related to angiotensin type 1 receptor) is a G-proteincoupled receptor, and its ligand, apelin, has been identified as a novel regulator of blood pressure and as an angiogenic factor. We hypothesized that the apelin–APJ system is involved in luteal function. This study investigated whether apelin–APJ exists in bovine CL and determined their expression profiles and localization during luteal phase and prostaglandin F2a (PGF2a)-induced luteolysis. During the luteal phase, apelinmRNA expression increased from early to late CL and decreased in regressed CL. APJ mRNA expression increased from early to mid-CL and remained elevated in late and regressed CL. Apelin and APJ proteins were immunohistochemically detected only in the smooth muscle cells of intraluteal arterioles during the luteal phase. PGF2a stimulated apelin andAPJmRNAexpression at 0.5–2 and 2 h respectively, and then themRNAexpression of apelin–APJwas inhibited from4 h during PGF2a-induced luteolysis. Additionally, apelinmRNAand protein were stimulated at 1 h after PGF2a injection only in the periphery of midbut not early CL. The present study indicated that the apelin–APJ was localized in the smooth muscle cells of intraluteal arterioles, and responded to PGF2a at the periphery of mid-CL in the cow. Thus, the apelin–APJ system may be involved in the maturation of CL and the luteolytic cascade as a regulator of intraluteal arterioles in cow. Reproduction (2008) 135 519–525
Deliberate Self-Harm: Have We Scratched the Surface?

Abstract This article presents the current state of knowledge in deliberate-self harm (DSH). DSH presents as a comorbidity with a number of personality disorders and psychopathologies, but is also relatively common in the psychologically healthy population. Over the past 10 years, attention has shifted from the investigation of DSH as a cardinal or comorbid symptom of psychopathology to an attempt to understand the behaviour itself, without reference to other psychopathological processes. It is argued that this development in understanding the aetiology of DSH has not been matched by developments in treatment or management of DSH, with the majority of treatment programs targeting larger syndromes of which DSH is a symptom. Treatment regimes aimed at reducing DSH appear to be either untested or demonstrably unsuccessful.
Evaluation of a therapeutic community treatment program : Along-term follow-up study in Spain Running title : Evaluation of a therapeutic community treatment

The aims of this paper were to carry out a long-term follow-up evaluation of a well-established therapeutic community treatment for addictions in Navarre (Spain) and to make a comparison between the program completers and dropouts, as well as between relapsing and non-relapsing patients, on a wide set of variables. A long-term follow-up design (mean of 6 years after leaving treatment) was used to analyze the outcomes of the therapeutic program. The sample consisted of 155 subjects (113 completers and 42 dropouts). A personal interview was carried out with each one of the located subjects. The interviews took place between September 2000 and September 2004. Treatment "dropouts" manifested a higher and earlier rate both of relapses, and of new treatments for their drug addiction than the completion group. The program was also effective in reducing criminal behavior and improving the state of health. Significant differences were found across outcome variables when comparison was made between treatment completers and "dropouts". All subjects improved on outcome variables after receiving the treatment. When patients with and without relapse were compared, significant outcome differences were also found between groups. The study's limitations are noted and future needed research is suggested.
GHz High Gain Bull ’ sEye Antenna With Sinusoidal Profile

A high-gain Bull’s-Eye leaky-wave horn antenna working at 77GHz with sinusoidal profile has been designed, fabricated and experimentally measured. The influence of the number of periods on the gain and beamwidth are numerically investigated. Experimental measurements show a high gain of 28.9dB, with low side-lobe level and a very narrow beam width in good agreement with results obtained from simulations.
Does Multitasking Increase or Decrease Persuasion? Effects of Multitasking on Comprehension and Counterarguing

This study examined the effects of multitasking on persuasion, including comprehension andcounterarguingofpersuasivemessages,whichwerepresentedinthreedifferentcontexts: (a) nonmultitasking with full attention paid to the message, (b) multitasking with primary attention paid to the message, and (c) multitasking with secondary attention paid to the message. Consistent with predictions, the results suggested that multitasking reduced the actual and perceived levels of comprehension and also reduced counterarguing. The implications for research on persuasion are further discussed.
Drivers of SMEs’ exporting activity: a review and a research agenda

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic and updated assessment of studies on key exporting stimuli for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and to propose a research agenda on this topic. Design/methodology/approach The authors develop a review of empirical articles on SMEs’ exporting stimuli and outline future research directions based on key emerging drivers. Findings Research on SMEs’ exporting drivers focuses mainly on human resources’ competences, skills and subjective characteristics and on the role of relevant network actors (customers, intermediaries). Originality/value This paper provides an original contribution with regard to updating the framework on export drivers by Leonidou et al. (2007), highlighting an emerging research perspective based on internal/external network dimensions and proposing future research directions on internal individual and organisational actors and on new external network actors.
Dome effect of black carbon and its key influencing factors: a one-dimensional modelling study

Black carbon (BC) has been identified to play a critical role in aerosol–planetary boundary layer (PBL) interaction and further deterioration of near-surface air pollution in megacities, which has been referred to as the dome effect . However, the impacts of key factors that influence this effect, such as the vertical distribution and aging processes of BC, as well as the underlying land surface, have not been quantitatively explored yet. Here, based on available in situ measurements of meteorology and atmospheric aerosols together with the meteorology–chemistry online coupled model WRF-Chem, we conduct a set of parallel simulations to quantify the roles of these factors in influencing the BC dome effect and surface haze pollution. Furthermore, we discuss the main implications of the results to air pollution mitigation in China. We found that the impact of BC on the PBL is very sensitive to the altitude of aerosol layer. The upper-level BC, especially that near the capping inversion, is more essential in suppressing the PBL height and weakening the turbulent mixing. The dome effect of BC tends to be significantly intensified as BC mixed with scattering aerosols during winter haze events, resulting in a decrease in PBL height by more than 15 %. In addition, the dome effect is more substantial (up to 15 %) in rural areas than that in the urban areas with the same BC loading, indicating an unexpected regional impact of such an effect to air quality in countryside. This study indicates that China's regional air pollution would greatly benefit from BC emission reductions, especially those from elevated sources from chimneys and also domestic combustion in rural areas, through weakening the aerosol–boundary layer interactions that are triggered by BC.
Response of periphyton to nutrient addition in a tufa-depositing environment

We examined the effects of added nutrients on primary producers, protozoans and meiofauna — as well as on tufa deposition — in a short-term in situ experiment using nutrient- diffusing substrata. The study was carried out in the tufa-depositing barrage lake system National Park Plitvice Lakes (Croatia). To address the question of whether the extent of tufa deposition and the flow velocity modify the response of periphyton to nutrient addition, we selected 2 sites — fast flow (FF) and slow flow (SF) — on each of the 2 barriers, one barrier having a low rate of tufa depo- sition (LTD) and the other having a high rate of tufa deposition (HTD). The nutrients examined were nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and their combination (N+P). Both N and P were limiting nutri- ents for autotrophs in periphyton, and the response to nutrient enrichment was lower at HTD sites. A combination of HTD and FF was the most limiting factor for periphyton. Nutrient enrichment did not impede calcite deposition; P enrichment even enhanced calcite deposition — probably as a result of a denser autotrophic periphyton matrix. HTD supported a lower taxa richness of het- erotrophs in the periphyton, and flow velocity had taxa-specific effects. The addition of nutrients led to a decrease in the number of heterotrophic taxa at FF sites, while there was no effect at SF sites. The response of ciliates to flow velocity was taxa-specific. The effect of nutrients on the abundance of heterotrophs was rather weak, except for omnivorous and bacterivorous ciliates. Our results showed a direct effect of N and P on autotrophic periphyton in this tufa-depositing sys- tem, and only a weak effect on protozoans and micro-metazoans.
Edge effects on components of diversity and above‐ground biomass in a tropical rainforest

Edge effects are among the most significant consequences of forest fragmentation. Therefore, understanding the impacts of edge creation on biodiversity is crucial for forest management and biological conservation. In this study, we used trait‐based and phylogenetic approaches to examine the effects of fragmentation on components of diversity and above‐ground biomass of rainforest tree communities in Madagascar in forest edge vs. interior habitats. Tree communities in forest edges showed lower phylogenetic diversity relative to those in interior habitats, suggesting that some clades may be more vulnerable to environmental filtering than others. Functional diversity was also significantly lower on the edge for productivity traits, but not for dispersal traits. Tree communities in the forest edge showed higher divergence of dispersal traits and lower divergence in productivity traits than expected, while functional diversity in interior forest did not differ from random expectations. This suggests that separate mechanisms affect productivity traits vs. dispersal traits in edge habitats. There was no significant difference in above‐ground biomass between edge and interior habitats, suggesting that edge effects have not yet negatively influenced the forest's potential for carbon storage. However, these changes may not have occurred yet, given the slow turnover of tree communities. Synthesis and applications. Our results highlight the role of edge effects in the erosion of functional and phylogenetic diversity of highly diverse tree communities. While above‐ground biomass did not appear to be affected by forest edge in our study, we suggest long‐term monitoring of forests for potential changes in ecosystem functioning. These findings also indicate the need to reduce edge creation and buffer existing edges for holistic biodiversity conservation.
Interactive comment on "Ash iron mobilization in volcanic eruption plumes" by G. Hoshyaripour et al.

Comment 1: The presented results are, in my opinion, limited in terms of new findings and correspond rather to a methodological paper on the development of 1-D model. In session 3 and 4, there is a lack of comparisons between results and references to support the reliability of the study. The text needs to be clarified and corrected to improve the original aspects of the paper for publication. Even if the purpose of this study is the estimation of atmospheric volcanic iron fluxes to the Ocean, it is an upstream
EFFECT OF PROCESSING ON PROXIMATE COMPOSITION AND ENERGY VALUES OF TWO LESS KNOWN SELECTED FISH SPECIES CONSUMED IN SOUTHERN IRAN

The proximate composition (crude protein, lipid and ash) and energy of fish species (Euthynnus affinis and Orcynopsis unicolor) from the Persian Gulf were compared. The lipid content of fresh O. unicolor was found to be significantly higher than that in E. affinis (P < 0.05). Energy content depends on the fat content. In this regard, after 6 months of storage, canned O. unicolor fish had high fat content and thus showed high energy values (376. 58 kcal kg−1), while one month canned E. affinis with lower fat content (15.2 g kg−1) exhibited lower energy values (276.4 kcal kg−1). Both fish species are good sources of EPA and DHA. It can be concluded that fresh water mussels; E. affinis and O. unicolor are suitable as healthy food choice. For E. affinis and O. unicolor, the nutritional values were the highest after four and six months of storage respectively (293.4 and 376.58 kcal kg−1).
Translating χ models to U PPAAL timed automata

Due to increasing system complexity and growing competition and costs, powerful techniques are needed to design and analyze manufacturing systems. One of the most popular techniques to do performance analysis is simulation. However, simulation-based analysis cannot guarantee the correctness of a system. Our research focuses on examining other methods to make performance analysis and functional analysis, and combining the two. One of the approaches is to translate a simulation model that is used for performance analysis to a model written in an input language of an existing verification tool. The process algebraic language χ is intended for modeling, simulation, verification and real-time control and has been used extensively to simulate large manufacturing systems. UPPAAL is an integrated tool environment for modeling, validation and verification of real-time systems and has been applied successfully in case studies ranging from communication protocols to multimedia applications. In this report, we represent a translation scheme that is used to translate simulation models written in χ language to UPPAAL timed automata. As an example we apply the translation scheme to a model of a manufacturing system and show some of the properties that can be verified in UPPAAL.
Interactive comment on “Modelling the impact of prescribed global warming on water resources of headwater catchments of the Irrawaddy River and their implications for Loktak Lake, northeast India” by C. R. Singh et al

The major uncertainty revealed in the paper is the variation in predicted river flows and hence lake water levels associated with different GCMs. This confirms the findings of others who have used the same combinations of GCM / climate change scenarios (e.g. Kingston and Taylor, 2010; Thorne 2010). In response to the referee’s comments we propose to include within the discussion reference to approaches that have been advocated to address uncertainty between different GCMs. These include the development of reliability ratings for GCMs through comparisons with observed climate (e.g. Perkins et al., 2007; Maxino et al., 2008; Ghosh and Mujumdar, 2009) and probabilistic climate change scenarios (Manning et al., 2009).
Rangelands of the Chang Tang wildlife reserve in Tibet.

T he Chang Tang Wildlife Reserve, in northwestern Tibet, includes one of the last, largely undisturbed rangeland ecosystems in the world and provides habitat for a diverse assemblage of wild ungulate species, several of which are endangered and endemic to the Tibetan Plateau. The southern and westernmost parts of the Reserve also afford grazing for Tibetan pastoralists and their livestock. Geographically isolated, and, until recently, off-limits to Westerners, the Reserve's rangelands and its wildlife have been little studied. A cooperative wildlife conservation program in the Chang Tang Reserve between the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Tibet Forest Bureau began in 1988 with rangeland surveys and investigations on the distribution and status of wildlife, primarily large ungulates. This paper provides an overview of the rangelands, wildlife and pastoral production systems in the eastern part of the Chang Tang Reserve based on our research in the fall of 1993 and summer of 1994. We also discuss conservation issues facing the reserve and the implications these have for development, management and conservation.