Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Hybrid Cloud Approach for Reliable Authorized Deduplication

Data deduplication is certainly one of important data compression techniques for eliminate duplicate data of repeating information, and has been widespread in cloud storage devices to reduce the number of storage space and also save bandwidth. On the other hand, there have been recently wide privacy considerations as data could come in contact with those third party servers also to unauthorized parties. To declare the user control over access to their own data, it is a capable method to encrypt the data before outsourcing. To higher protect data safety, this paper makes the first effort to properly address the condition of authorized information deduplication. Different through traditional deduplication methods, the differential privileges of users are usually further considered throughout duplicate check in addition to the data itself. We also existing several new deduplication improvements supporting authorized duplicate sign on a hybrid cloud architecture. In this paper we are using network storage system called as venti which is used to reduce the duplication and also providing data security by using cryptography hash function.
Spatial distribution and functional feeding groups of aquatic insect communities in Serra da Bocaina streams, southeastern Brazil

OBJETIVO: O objetivo deste artigo foi estudar a distribuicao espacial e a categorizacao funcional trofica da comunidade de insetos aquaticos de 18 riachos em diferentes altitudes na Bacia do Rio Mambucaba, Serra da Bocaina, Sudeste do Brasil; METODOS: As amostras foram coletadas em dois periodos secos consecutivos (agosto de 2003 e 2004), sendo coletados em quatro tipos de substratos: folhico em correnteza, folhico de fundo, pedras e cascalho; RESULTADOS: Foram identificados 75.581 individuos de insetos aquaticos pertencentes a 201 taxons. Os substratos com folhico concentraram a maior parte da fauna (64%), sendo o folhico em correnteza o substrato com maior abundância de individuos (32.572). O cascalho apresentou os maiores valores de riqueza (29,84 taxons esperado em 187 individuos; metodo da rarefacao) e diversidade de Shannon (H' = 2,370). A menor riqueza (20,24 taxons) foi observada no substrato pedra. A distribuicao dos taxons entre os substratos mostrou 28 taxons restritos a um tipo de substrato, enquanto 78 taxons ocorreram em todos os substratos. Vinte taxons foram indicativos para folhico de fundo, 26 para folhico em correnteza, 22 para cascalho e nove taxons para pedra. Em relacao aos substratos orgânicos e inorgânicos, 29 taxons foram caracteristicos de folhico, e 17 de substratos inorgânicos. A analise de classificacao baseada no indice de Bray-Curtis e metodo de ligacao UPGMA indicou que os insetos aquaticos se distribuiram em relacao ao tipo de substrato e disponibilidade de alimento. Em todos os substratos, a principal categoria funcional foi coletor-catador (40,64%), enquanto fragmentador (6,67%) a menor abundância. ANOVA e Teste HSD de Tukey mostraram que os coletor-catadores e fragmentador foram predominantes nos substratos de folhico em depositos, coletores-filtradores nos substrates de correnteza e raspadores nos substratos duros; CONCLUSOES: Nossos resultados mostraram que independentemente do rio ou altitude, os substratos de um mesmo tipo apresentam assembleias similares. A abundância e a proporcao relativa dos grupos funcionais troficos mostrou variacao entre os habitats.
The Determinants of Banks' Credit Default at Jordanian Commercial Banks (Internal Perspective)

In this study researchers will examine the factors affecting the default of banks' credit facilities; the reasons behind the defaulting of the bank debts in Jordan, from the internal perspective, and to identify the early indicators appearance of the default of credit facilities. Through a random sample from Jordanian banks, throughout the year 2012. The research problem was specified to answer the following questions, firstly: What are the effect of (management efficiency, leverage, loan-loss provision, funding cost, and liquidity), factors at the default of credit facilities? Secondly: Which factors are considered to be important and should be monitored? The data will be analyzed by a use the linear regression to predict the relationship between the dependent variable (ratio of non-performing loans to total loans as at the end of financial year of bank i in time t) and the independents variables (management efficiency, leverage, loan-loss provision, funding cost, liquidity). In order to ensure that all regression assumptions are met, each variable will be tested for homoscedastic, linearity and normality. The results summaries show a negative relationship between the independents variables (management efficiency, loan-loss provision, funding cost, liquidity), and the dependent variable (ratio of non-performing loans to total loans. There is positive relationship between the independent variable (leverage), and dependent variable (ratio of non-performing loans to total loans. The R-squared figure (Explanatory Factor) equal to (0.935), this result is very high and emphasis the assumptions that researcher accept. Durbin–Watson value was (1.682) which indicates no autocorrelation. Researcher states the following recommendations: - Banks have to give more attention to credit risk management to improve bank competitive advantage. - Banks have to ease restrictions on borrowing process due to negative relation between liquidity and NLP, due to large amount of liquidity in Jordanian banks. Keywords : Credit Default, Internal perspective, Management efficiency, Leverage, Loan-loss provision, Funding cost, Liquidity, Non-Performing loans.
Déficit familial de la LCAT au Québec: description d'une première mutation et contribution du génotype de l'APO E sur le phénotype lipoprotéique

Familial LCAT deficiency (FLD) is a disease characterized by a defect in the enzyme lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) resulting in low HDL-C, premature corneal opacities, anaemia as well as proteinuria and renal failure. We have identified the first French Canadian kindred with familial LCAT deficiency. Two brothers, presenting classical signs of FLD, were shown to be homozygous for a novel LCAT mutation. This c.102delG mutation occurs at the codon for His35 and causes a frameshift that stops transcription at codon 61 abolishing LCAT enzymatic activity both in vivo and in vitro. It has a dramatic effect on the lipoprotein profile, with an important reduction of HDL-C in both heterozygotes (22%) and homozygotes (88%) and a significant decrease in LDL-C in heterozygotes (35%) as well as homozygotes (58%). Furthermore, the lipoprotein profile differs markedly between the two affected brothers who had different APOE genotypes. We propose that APOE could be an important modifier gene explaining heterogeneity in lipoprotein profiles observed among FLD patients. Our results suggest that a LCAT-/genotype associated with an APOE ε2 allele could be a novel mechanism leading to dysbetalipoproteinemia. Finally we have identified major differences in the HDL sub-populations of both subjects affected by FLD. The carrier of the APOE ε2 allele presented a much higher proportion of immature HDL particles (discoid preβ) compared to his brother (77.9% vs. 31.0%).
Characterisation of waste output from flow-through trout farms in France: comparison of nutrient mass-balance modelling and hydrological methods *

Water quality assessment is a key factor in the environmental management of freshwater networks, especially those including fish farms, which need cost-effective operational tools to monitor and control their waste output. In France, current legislation specifies limits in concentrations of dissolved compounds and suspended solids at fish-farm outlets. Despite the development of mass-balance modelling tools, chemical analysis of water (hydrological method) remains the most widely used method. To understand better the environmental impact of trout farms on aquatic ecosystems and to compare waste assessment methods, we monitored 20 commercial flow-through trout farms for 24 h, and we compared data obtained with the two methods (hydrological method and mass balance modelling) by linear regression. For total nitrogen and total phosphorus, the correlation between the two methods was high; thus, considering the uncertainty of both methods, this study was not able to determine which was more accurate. The high correlation between observed ammonia concentrations and predicted total nitrogen emissions provides a coefficient for estimating ammonia emissions at the farm level. The same approach is proposed for the evaluation of phosphate emissions. In conclusion, this study confirms the utility of simulation modelling for assessing nutrient release from fish farms.
Detonation capturing for stiff combustion chemistry

This paper contributes to the topic of unphysical one-cell-per-time-step travelling combustion wave solutions in numerical computations of detonation waves in the presence of stiff chemical source terms. These false weak detonation solutions appear when a gas-dynamics–chemistry operator-splitting technique is used in conjunction with modern shock-capturing schemes for compressible flow simulations. A detailed analysis of piecewise constant three-state weak solutions of the Fickett–Majda detonation model equations is carried out. These structures are idealized analogues of the fake numerical solutions observed in computations. The analysis suggests that the problem can be cured by introducing a suitable ignition temperature below which the chemistry is frozen. It is found that the threshold temperatures needed to effectively suppress the undesired numerical artefacts are considerably lower than any temperature actually found in the reaction zone of a resolved detonation. This is in contrast to earlier suggestions along the same lines in the literature and it allows us to propose the introduction of such a low and otherwise irrelevant ignition temperature threshold as a routine measure for overcoming the problem of artificial weak detonations. The criterion for choosing the ignition temperature is then extended to the reactive Euler equations and extensive computational tests for both the model and the full equations demonstrate the effectiveness of our strategy. We consider the behaviour of a first-order Godunov-type scheme as well as its second-order extension in space and time using van Leer's MUSCL approach and Strang splitting.
Hypothetical Link Between Osteopathic Suboccipital Decompression and Neuroimmunomodulation

Emerging evidence has begun to depict the molecular mechanisms by which inflammation is regulated via the vagus nerve. Specifically, inflammation can be controlled by neuroimmunologic circuitry, dependent upon vagal afferent and efferent fibers, operating in a reflexive continuum. This neuro-immune reflex, known as the inflammatory reflex arc, has some control on serum concentrations of numerous molecular mediators of inflammation such as C-reactive protein and interleukin-6. Importantly, both of these inflammatory proteins are elevated in acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction and are associated with worse cardiac sequelae. Suboccipital decompression by osteopathic manual treatment has been demonstrated to enhance vagal output to the heart, as measured by increased high frequency spectral power of heart rate variability, in a statistically significant manner further supported by a significant decrease in the low-/high frequency spectral power ratio among healthy adults compared to sham treatment and time control. Considering this association, we postulate that suboccipital decompression may stimulate the efferent branch of this vagal-mediated reflex, the cholinergic antiinflammatory pathway, thereby suppressing C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 levels post-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Furthermore, we provide a detailed clinical study that can determine the validity of our hypothesis.
Carbon Paste Electrodes in Facts, Numbers, and Notes: A Review on the Occasion of the 50‐Years Jubilee of Carbon Paste in Electrochemistry and Electroanalysis

This article reviews the electrochemistry and electroanalytical applications of carbon paste-based electrodes, sensors, and detectors on the occasion of the half-of-century anniversary since the discovery of carbon paste. The review (with 333 references) has been prepared in the form of a retrospective compilation presenting the field by means of various facts, notes, data, surveys, and summaries, including numerous rarities or curiosities that illustrate the individual achievements and milestones. Carbon paste-based electrodes are discussed in their entirety by covering all important areas of the field, starting from basic characterization of carbon paste as the electrode material, via its typical physicochemical and electrochemical properties or specific features, up to a representative documentation of their applicability in electrochemical and electroanalytical measurements.
Population sex ratio variation in a monogamous long‐lived bird, the wandering albatross

1. Factors affecting population birth sex ratio and variations of sex ratios within population in very long-lived animals are poorly known, apart for humans that have attracted much attention. We measured the age and sex structure of a population of a monogamous long-lived seabird, the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans , where reproductive performance of individuals is known, to examine factors affecting sex ratio variation and survival consequences of producing a particular sex. 2. The overall sex ratio at hatching is significantly biased toward the production of males. Very young and old parents tend to produce an excess of female offsprings, whereas intermediate-aged birds, which represent the bulk of the population, produce an excess of males. Low-quality parents (quality is measured as average breeding success over the cumulated past breeding life, and is not related to condition or age) produce more female chicks compared with high-quality parents that represent the bulk of the population. The combined effect of age and quality of parents produce an extensive sex ratio variation at the level of the population. 3. The survival of male and female parents is influenced differently by their quality and by the sex of offspring. Male parents die in larger numbers when rearing a female chick, whereas low-quality female parents have a lower survival, especially when they rear a male offspring, the sex needing higher parental investment. The differences between males and females parents' survival are probably due their contrasted investment in parental care. 4. After fledging, during the 5–8-year period of immaturity, there is a much higher mortality of males that balances the surplus of males at hatching and fledging and results in a similar number of males and females at the time of recruitment. However, the overall operational sex ratio is male biased due to the slightly higher mortality of adult females that results in an excess of old widowed males: excluding these post-reproductive males leads to an unbiased operational sex ratio. 5. These results show that sex ratio at hatching varies extremely with the age and phenotypic quality of parents, and lead to a complex age and sex structure of the population in this strictly monogamous long-lived species
Molecular characterization of bovine Cryptosporidium using Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein (COWP) gene

Cryptosporidium is a globally distributed protozoan parasite and one of the most common causes of infection and diarrhea in humans and cattle. The aim of the present study was to determine the species of Cryptosporidium among cattle with diarrhea by a nested PCR-RFLP technique at Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein ( COWP ). Fecal samples from 158 calves aged 1-20 weeks were collected from 10 dairy farms in Qazvin province, Iran. Initial identification of Cryptosporidium was carried out by Zeihl-Neelsen acid-fast staining method of stool samples. DNA was extracted from 26 (16.45 %) positive microscopically samples and Cryptosporidium genotypes were determined. Cryptosporidium parvum were identified in 80.8% of the positive samples and, Cryptosporidium andersoni in 19.2%. In conclusion the use of COWP primers could be sensitive enough to conduct a routine detection study. The nested PCR method using the COWP gene sequence can be an alternative diagnostic method to identify infected with Cryptosporidium and its genetic diversity.
Effects of Re Content and Fabrication Process on Microstructural Changes and Hardening in Neutron Irradiated Tungsten

The effects of the material fabrication process and rhenium (Re) content on the irradiation-induced changes in the microstructure and hardness of pure tungsten (W) and W­Re alloys were investigated. Neutron irradiation of pure W and W­Re alloys (Re concentration 3­26%) was carried out in the experimental fast reactor JOYO. The irradiation conditions were 0.44 displacement per atom (dpa) at 531°C and 0.47dpa at 583°C for pure W and W­Re alloys, respectively. After irradiation, microstructural observations using a transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Vickers microhardness tests were performed. Voids and dislocation loops were observed in both pure W and W­Re alloys after irradiation. The number density of voids in pure W was higher than that in W­3%Re, W­5%Re and W­10%Re. Only in the case of W­26%Re irradiated to 0.47dpa at 583°C were there no voids observed, but irradiation-induced fine precipitates and a few dislocation loops were observed. The irradiation hardening of pure W was greater than that of the W­Re alloys. It was considered that irradiation hardening of pure W was caused mainly by the higher number density of voids. The addition of Re suppressed void formation and irradiation hardening of the W­Re alloys. Irradiation hardening of W was also suppressed in hot-rolled W compared with arc-melted as-cast W. [doi:10.2320/matertrans.MBW201110]
The use of embedded sensors for the monitoring of adhesive joints in marine environments

A copolymer incorporating polyaniline was used as a sensing medium in the construction of a resistance based humidity sensor. Aniline monomer was polymerised in the presence of poly (butyl acrylate / vinyl acetate) and a copolymer containing polyaniline emeraldine salt was obtained. The sensing medium was then developed by redissolving 1-2 w/w% of the resulting polymer residue in dichloromethane to produce a processable polymer blend solution. Some of this polymer residue was also de-doped in a solution of ammonia, and then washed with distilled water until the waste water had a neutral pH. This residue was then redissolved at 1-2 w/w% in dichloromethane to produce a second processable polymer blend this time containing polyaniline emeraldine base. The final sensor design utilised 125μm polyester insulated platinum wire as conducting electrodes that were dip coated in the emeraldine salt copolymer solution and allowed to dry in a desiccator. The sensor was then dip-coated in a protective barrier layer of the emeraldine base copolymer to prevent over-oxidation and/or de-protonation of the emeraldine salt sensing medium under this coating. The sensors had an overall final thickness of less than 150μm and showed high sensitivity to humidity, low resistance, and good reversibility without hysteresis. Sensors were monitored for 2-probe resistance changes when in contact with water. Calibration curves for each sensor were produced to convert the resistance reading to mass uptake of water. Individual sensors were embedded within Aluminium 5083 / Araldite 2015 adhesive joints to monitor mass uptake of water when exposed to marine environments. Correlations between mass uptake of water and joint strength were made. There are various advantages of such a sensor design. Polymer based thin film humidity sensors have the advantage that the high processability of the material allows for simple fabrication of a range of geometries including smaller sensor designs. The ease of processing gives a low cost sensor, whilst the small size and good mechanical properties gives a robust sensor which has the flexibility to be able to be used in applications where dynamic stresses and strains are encountered. Such sensors may find uses in a number of areas including electronic textiles, food/ electronics packaging and corrosion detection.
Characterization of Toll-Like Receptor 9 expression during Mouse Preimplantation Development

Toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) is a pathogenic sensing receptor that binds to various pathogenic components, recognizing foreign genomic DNA. Numerous studies have reported the functions of TLR9 in somatic cells, but its feature in germ cells and early embryos has not been well understood. In this study, to characterize TLR9 during preimplantation development, we investigated the mRNA and protein expression dynamics of TLR9 in mouse oocytes and embryos.
Fate of electroweak vacuum during preheating

Our electroweak vacuum may be metastable in light of the current experimental data of the Higgs/top quark mass. If this is really the case, high-scale inflation models require a stabilization mechanism of our vacuum during inflation. A possible candidate is the Higgs-inflaton/-curvature coupling because it induces an additional mass term to the Higgs during the slow roll regime. However, after inflation, the additional mass term oscillates, and it can destabilize our electroweak vacuum via production of large Higgs fluctuations during the inflaton oscillation era. In this paper, we study whether or not the Higgs-inflaton/-curvature coupling can save our vacuum by properly taking account of Higgs production during the preheating stage. We put upper bounds on the Higgs-inflaton and -curvature couplings, and discuss possible dynamics that might relax them.
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems

A laboratory study was conducted to determine the efficacy of Vernonia amygdalina essential oil for Sitophilus zeamais control. The experimental design was a completely randomized design with four replications. The bioactivity of the essential oil extracted by hydro distillation from leaves of Vernonia amygdalina was assessed under laboratory conditions at 27 ±2 oC, 60-65% R.H and 12: 12h light: dark regimes for it’s biological activity against S. zeamais (Maize weevil) in maize grains. The essential oil at three levels of application was mixed with 250 g of disinfested maize in one litre volume glass jar. The individual components of the essential oil were identified through GC, GC-MS and GCCo injection with authentic standards. The identity of a total of 17 constituent compounds of the essential oil of the plant was confirmed and their relative proportion determined. Eucalyptol (1, 8 Cineole) had the highest percentage composition in V. amygdalina essential oil (25.1%). All the treatments with the essential oil showed significant level of toxicity to the weevil. The highest dosage (0.3%) of the essential oil of the plant material tested, induced the highest mortality in the S. zeamais after 7 days. Grains treated with the essential oil extract significantly reduced the number of Progeny produced by S. zeamais, and evoked a high repellent action against the weevil. There was no observable feeding damage on grains treated with the highest dosage of the essential oil extract. It is suggested that the plant is suitable for possible exploitation in insect pest control.
Investigation of the influence of virtual lifelike agents within an interactive game

This paper reports on the results from an investigation of the impact of virtual life- like agents (LVA) with various individualities on people, playing an interactive game. A version of a poker game, similar to those, realized by the casino poker machines, has been developed. Two virtual agents with different characters have been modeled - a cheerful and emotional one, and a reserved and serious one. The idea is to check which of the two agents will urge the players to play longer, to put down bigger stakes and with which of the agents the losses will be greater.