Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
What Makes a Scientific article Influential

In this paper we examine, by means of a citation analysis, whichfactors influence the impact of articles published indemography journals between 1990 and 1992. Several quantifiablecharacteristics of the articles (characteristics withrespect to authors, visibility, content and journals) are stronglyrelated to their subsequent impact in the social sciences.Articles are most frequently cited when they deal with empirical,ahistorical research focusing on populations in thedeveloped world, when they are prominently placed in a journal issue,when they are written in English and when theyappear in core demography journals. Furthermore, although eminentscholars are likely to be cited on the basis of theirreputation, the effect of reputation appears to be small indemography.
Temporal changes in mRNA expression of heat shock protein genes in mammary epithelial cells of riverine buffalo in response to heat stress in vitro

Exposure to high ambient temperature affects buffalo productivity significantly in hot climate areas. Till date, no data is available on the heat stress response of mammary epithelial cells (MECs) in buffaloes. The present work aimed to examine the long term temporal changes in mRNA expression pattern of various heat shock proteins (HSP) genes in buffalo MECs during heat stress condition. For the study, we utilized the primary mammary epithelial cells of riverine buffalo and were exposed to thermal stress condition at 42 0 C for one hour. The cells were subsequently allowed to recover at 37 0 C and harvested at different time intervals (30 min to 48 hr) along with control samples (un-stressed). All the HSP (HSP40, HSP60, HSP70, HSP90, and HSBP1) showed immediate induction in their expression after heat shock and remained upregulated at the later stages as well. Amongst these, HSP70 gene showed maximal induction in its expression while HSP40 was found to be second most abundantly expressed HSP. Our present data thus provides the strong clue about the responsiveness of buffalo MECs to heat stress suggesting its suitability as an in vitro model to understand the modulation of buffalo mammary gland expression signature in response to environmental heat load.
THE SEARCH FOR SIGNATURES OF TRANSIENT MASS LOSS IN ACTIVE STARS

The habitability of an exoplanet depends on many factors. One such factor is the impact of stellar eruptive events on nearby exoplanets. Currently this is poorly constrained due to heavy reliance on solar scaling relationships and a lack of experimental evidence. Potential impacts of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which are the large eruption of magnetic field and plasma from a star, are space weather and atmospheric stripping. A method for observing CMEs as they travel though the stellar atmosphere is the type II radio burst, and the new Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) provides a means of detection. We report on 15 hr of observation of YZ Canis Minoris (YZ CMi), a nearby M dwarf flare star, taken in LOFAR’s beam-formed observation mode for the purposes of measuring transient frequency-dependent low-frequency radio emission. The observations utilized the Low Band Antenna (10–90 MHz) or High Band Antenna (110–190 MHz) for five three-hour observation periods. In this data set, there were no confirmed type II events in this frequency range. We explore the range of parameter space for type II bursts constrained by our observations. Assuming the rate of shocks is a lower limit to the rate at which CMEs occur, no detections in a total of 15 hr of observation places a limit of shocks/hr ≤ νCME for YZ CMi due to the stochastic nature of the events and the limits of observational sensitivity. We propose a methodology to interpret jointly observed flares and CMEs which will provide greater constraints to CMEs and test the applicability of solar scaling relations.
Secure Communication - Using Interleaved Subcarrier Selection Technique

In this paper, a sorted subcarrier interleaving technique is used for preventing eavesdropping in OFDM system. In each OFDM signal, subcarriers are interleaved according to the sorted order of channel impulse response. Random noise can be added before interleaves to get two tire secrecy rate. The frequently updated subcarrier interleaving pattern can only be shared between legitimate nodes based on channel reciprocity. Without a proper de- interleaving pattern, mismatched information recovery occurs at the eavesdropper, thus preventing eavesdropping. A subcarrier selection algorithm is investigated to realize a trade-off between the eavesdropping resilience and transmission reliability.
Holocene development of the Pennala basin with special reference to the palaeoenvironment of Meso- and Neolithic dwelling sites, Lahti–Orimattila, Southern Finland

The Holocene development of the Pennala basin, Southern Finland, was studied using lithostratigraphical and biostratigraphical methods, shore level surveys and radiocarbon dating in the areas adjacent to the I Salpausselka icemarginal formation. The study results give an improved picture of the shoreline displacement and palaeoenvironment of the Pennala basin during the period of 10000–2500 14C yr BP (ca. 11400–2600 cal yr BP). The results indicate that the Ancylus Lake stage in the Pennala basin occurred during the Preboreal and Early Boreal chronozones around 9600–8900 14C yr BP (ca. 10900–10000 cal yr BP). The transgression was followed by a long-term lake phase, which ended, due to overgrowth of the basin, at ca. 2900 14C yr BP (ca. 3000 cal yr BP). The highest Ancylus shoreline in the area is located at 71 m a.s. l. The altitude of the ancient Pennala Lake is located at 68.5 m a.s. l. The Pennala basin and adjacent areas were inhabited by Stone Age dwellers during the Middle Neolithic period. The dated evidence of the Early Mesolithic settlement in the area remains scarce. During the Early Mesolithic period the Pennala basin was a sheltered bay of the Ancylus Lake and during the Middle Neolithic period of settlement ca. 5500–3500 14C yr BP (ca. 6300–3800 cal yr BP) the basin served Neolithic dwellers as a small inland lake.
Threshold Implementations of the Present Cipher

The process of securing data has always been a challenge since it is related to the safety of people and society. Nowadays, there are many cryptographic algorithms developed to solve security problems. However, some applications have constraints which make it di cult to achieve high levels of security. Light weight cryptography aims to address this issue while trying to maintain low costs. Side-channel attacks have changed the way of cryptography significantly. In this kind of attacks, the attacker has physical access to the crypto-system and can extract the sensitive data by monitoring and measuring the sidechannels such as power consumption, electromagnetic emanation, timing information, sound, etc. These attacks are based on the relationship between side-channels and secret data. Therefore, there need to be countermeasures to eliminate or reduce side channel leaks or to break the relationship between side-channels and secret data to protect the crypto systems against side-channel attacks. In this work, we explore the practicality of Threshold Implementation (TI) with only two shares for a smaller design that needs less randomness but is still leakage resistant. We demonstrate the first two-share Threshold Implementations of light-weight block cipher Present. Based on implementation results, two-share TI has a lower area overhead and better throughput when compared with a first-order resistant three-share scheme. Leakage analysis of the developed implementations reveals that two-share TI can retain perfect first-order resistance. However, the analysis also exposes a strong second-order leakage.
UNDERGROUND MINE NAVIGATION USING AN INTERGRATED IMU/TOF SYSTEM WITH UNSCENTED KALMAN FILTER

Platform pose (localization and orientation) information is a key requirement for autonomous mobile systems. The severe natural conditions and complex terrain of underground mines diminish the capability of most pose estimation systems, especially GPS. Our research interest is focused on using low-cost off-the-shelf IMU to improve the Active Beacon Positioning System (ABPS) developed here at the CSIR. This paper proposes a novel pose estimator, for underground mines, that fuses together data from the ABPS and low-cost MEMS based IMU. This pose estimator uses a square-root unscented Kalman filter (SRUKF) to fuse the data together. The method is evaluated by building a complete system in a lab.
Identifying patient-important outcomes in medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder patients: a systematic review protocol

Introduction Illicit opioid use has become a national crisis in Canada, with over 65 000 people seeking treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in Ontario and British Columbia alone. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) is a common treatment for OUD. There is substantial variability in treatment outcomes used to evaluate effectiveness of MAT, making it difficult to establish clinically and scientifically relevant treatment effect. Furthermore, patients are often excluded from the process of determining these outcomes. The primary objective of this review is to examine outcomes currently used to measure MAT effectiveness and to identify patient-relevant outcomes to enhance effectiveness of treatment options. This review refers to patient-important outcomes as those outcomes patients consider important to or markers of treatment success. Methods and analysis MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Cochrane Clinical Trials Registry, National Institutes for Health Clinical Trials Registry and WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform databases will be searched. We will search databases from inception to the date the search is ran. Studies of interest include those evaluating the effectiveness of MAT for patients with OUD, with or without consultation with patients regarding what they consider to be important as an indicator of treatment success. Results will be analysed using thematic analysis and qualitative analysis where possible. This will result in comprehensive synthesis of all outcomes and measures found related to OUD treatment effectiveness. Ethics and dissemination We are collaborating with Canadian Addiction Treatment Centres which provide MAT to patients with OUD who will participate in disseminating study results. Dissemination strategies will involve sharing study results through workshops, presentations, peer-reviewed publications, study reports, community presentations and resources in primary care settings. PROSPERO registration number CRD42018095553.
Development, testing and demonstration of a portable submersible miniature particle imaging velocimetry device

A portable underwater particle image velocimetry (PIV) device has been developed, tested and demonstrated. The underwater PIV uses a 532 nm battery-powered 90 mW continuous laser. The laser beam is pulsed via a camera-synchronized chopper wheel. Images were recorded using a 1 megapixel black and white 10-bit CCD battery-powered camera controlled via a PCMCIA frame grabber card connected to a laptop computer. The system was validated against a standard laboratory PIV for average velocities up to 15 cm s−1 downstream from a 1.6 cm circular cylinder. The average vorticities calculated between the two systems were similar with a maximum difference of 3.6%. The average velocities were also similar with the largest difference occurring at the slowest flow recorded (difference of 0.5 cm s−1), resulting in a 9.4% difference. The maximum eddy size was comparable between the two systems with an average error of 4%. The system was field tested in the Huron River, Michigan downstream from a 1.2 cm diameter submerged limb. Mean velocities and standard deviations were comparable to acoustic Doppler velocimeter data. This paper presents the first published subsurface PIV data from a fluvial environment, demonstrating potential applications for a number of ecological and geomorphological studies.
A PROCEDURE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE BEHAVIOUR FACTOR FOR STEEL MRF SYSTEMS BASED ON PUSHOVER ANALYSIS

To calculate the behaviour factor by means of a re-analysis of a pushover curve, each modern seismic code defines the reference parameters in a different way which results in a wide variety of possible choices to select them. In order to overcome this kind of problem, this paper discusses some possible definitions of the reference overstrength and ductility parameters which can be used for all types of structures. To do so, the influence of different choices of such parameters in the assessment of the behaviour factor will be investigated for three case studies of different composite steel-concrete MRF buildings. Finally, re-analysis of the obtained results is presented and discussed. 928 Available online at www.eccomasproceedia. org Eccomas Proceedia COMPDYN (2017) 928-945 © 2017 The Authors. Published by Eccomas Proceedia. Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of COMPDYN 2017. doi: 10.7712/120117.5467. 20856 Carlo A. Castiglioni1, Amin Alavi1, Giovanni Brambilla1, Alper Kanyilmaz1
Perturbed Rankine vortices in surface quasi-geostrophic dynamics

An analytical dispersion relation is derived for linear perturbations to a Rankine vortex governed by surface quasi-geostrophic dynamics. Such a Rankine vortex is a circular region of uniform anomalous surface temperature evolving under quasi-geostrophic dynamics with uniform interior potential vorticity. The dispersion relation is analysed in detail and compared to the more familiar dispersion relation for a perturbed Rankine vortex governed by the Euler equations. The results are successfully verified against numerical simulations of the full equations. The dispersion relation is relevant to problems including wave propagation on surface temperature fronts and the stability of vortices in quasi-geostrophic turbulence.
USING STATISTICS TO ANALYSE LISTENING TEST DATA: SOME SOURCES AND ADVICE FOR NON-STATISTICIANS

Subjective listening tests are still an extremely useful way to assess the quality of audio reproduction equipment. It is now accepted that such tests can be regarded as scientific experiments if the test procedure and conditions are very carefully planned and controlled. Much has been published on this topic, and guidelines for carrying out rigorous tests can be found quite easily by those wanting to conduct their own. However, advice on how to analyse data from the experiments is less accessible within audio literature, despite this being a crucial part of the research process. Any careful preparation for the listening tests will be wasted if the results are poorly analysed and incorrect conclusions about the data are drawn.
Professional learning in a scaffolded 'multiliteracies book club': Transforming primary teacher participation

In response to rapidly changing communication practices in an increasingly technological world, evolving literacy concepts such as multimodality, are now acknowledged in the new Australian Curriculum. Ironically, primary school teacher professional development in Western Australia remains closely tied to a mono-modal, print focussed paradigm. This study integrated the multiliteracies and communities of practice frameworks, aiming to generate participatory professional learning about new literacy concepts. This qualitative case study explored how one group of seven public primary schoolteachers from outer metropolitan WA, collaboratively transformed their literacy learning during a scaffolded 'multiliteracies book club'. Spanning six months and including five book club meetings and two focus groups, teachers collaborated with the researcher-facilitator (first author) in multimodal practices using diverse text formats and resources. This paper presents early thematic analysis of book club discussions, finding evidence for teachers' shift towards multiliteracies' perspectives, within a community of practice. The study highlights how the participative features of a multiliteracies book club model can support literacy transformation.
Plant Mutation Breeding with Heavy Ion Irradiation at IMP

The Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL) is one of the ion-beam acceleration facilities intensively used at IMP, founded as national laboratory and opened for user in world from 1992. Since then, a lot of experiments irradiated by heavy ion beam have been carried out in the HIRFL, including plant mutation breeding. In this review, the biological effects induced by heavy ions and their corresponding mechanisms were reported from the point of view of cytological, morphological and molecular levels. To date, a large number of mutants were isolated using heavy ion irradiation IMP, such as early maturity, flower color and shape, high yield and disease resistant. In conclusion, heavy ion beam irradiation is an efficient mutagen and has significant phenotypic variations in plant. Our research will be further focused on transformation of scientific and technological achievements and mutagenic mechanism of heavy ion beam on high plant at the molecular level in the recent future.
Green consumerism: Individual's ethics and politics as predictors of pro-environmental behaviour

PurposeThis study investigates the effect of individual’s ethical and political values as shaping the pro-environmental attitudes toward green consumer behaviour. Ethical and political actions are guiding principles of individual’s life that govern the decision making. In this context, research indicates that individual consumer’s ethical and political values have been positively correlated to pro-environmental attitudes toward green consumer behaviour. Design/methodology/approach – A survey approach was adopted comprising individual’s ethical values and political actions and pro-environmental behaviour. A random sample of 250 consumers who made purchasing decisions was taken for data collection. Self-Administrative Questionnaire was used to collect the data and an analyzed using both descriptive measures, and correlations between variables. Linear regression analysis was employed to test hypotheses. The survey instrument was measured to be both reliable and valid. Findings The results of the data analysis revealed that both individual’s political values and ethical values found to be good predictors of pro-environmental attitude on green behavior in Sri Lanka. However, pro-environmental attitudes do not directly influence on green consumer behaviour intention. Especially, Sri Lankan consumers who have less awareness or interest in environmental friendly actions have shown weak relationships. Research limitations/implications – The accuracy of the analysis is dependent upon the Self –reported behavior of the respondents.
Autonomy, Secession and Conflict: A Strategic Model

Whether granting regional autonomy to specific ethnic groups helps pacifying conflictual plural societies is hotly debated in the literature. In part this has to do with the scarcity of data on groups demanding and profiting from specific autonomy concessions. Based on a dataset covering detailed information on the type of autonomy granted to administrative subunits and data on which ethnic groups profit from these arrangements, we assess whether such institutional arrangements have the desired pacifying effect. To do so we rely on a formal model focusing on the interactions between a government and a group possibly demanding autonomy and/or secession. Based on this model we proceed by employing a strategic estimation of the structural form. This allows us to evaluate in a novel way the interdepencies among demands,
Kernel Methods for Time Series Classification and Regression

The purpose of this paper is to collect together various SVM kernels presented in literature for time series classiﬁcation and regression and to test them against each other to see if there is a clear winner. Support Vector Machines (SVMs) are a state-of-the-art set of algorithms which utilize a kernel function in their processing. This paper re-evaluates certain kernels that can be used for time series classiﬁcation and regression paying particular attention to whether the kernels are positive semi-deﬁnite (PSD) and hence admissible. This paper explains the popular dynamic time warping kernel as well as variations. We test the LTW (linear time warping), DTW, and SAX kernels in various forms against each other to see if there is a clear winner on a time series classi-ﬁcation and a time series regression problem. We ﬁnd that a variation of the DTW kernel: the global alignment (GA) kernel wins when the time series are short in length (<100 temporal dimensions) but when the time series get too long the GA kernel values explode to inﬁnity and as a result simpler kernels like LTW with a linear local kernel perform better. Furthermore we ﬁnd that the original DTW kernel performs poorly as it does not produce PSD kernel matrices.
Nutritive value of on-farm vetch-oat hays. I. Voluntary intake and nutrient digestibility

Forage hay from the common vetch-oat intercrop has the potential to meet the forage deficit and integrate crop and livestock production in Mediterranean cereal-sheep systems. Groups of three wethers (1-2 year-old) were randomly allocated to individual on-farm hays of a sample size of 12 with the aim of assessing variability of botanical and chemical fractions, digestibility of nutri- ents, and DM intake. Vetch content (g.kg -1 DM) of hays (mean value = 557) ranged from 125 to 917. Mean contents (g.kg -1 DM) of crude protein (CP), neutral detergent fibre (NDF) and acid detergent lignin (ADL) were 126, 486, and 45 respectively. Variations of chemical composition between hays, and especially those of CP and ADL were partially explained by vetch proportion. Voluntary intake (g DM.kg -1.BW 0.75 ) had a mean value of 64.2 and ranged from 49.0 to 78.9. Organic matter digestibil- ity (mean value = 68.8%) ranged from 59.9 to 72.6%. The digestibility coefficient of nutrients and vol- untary intake showed lower variability than that of chemical fractions, which, in turn, had a lower vari- ability than that of botanical composition. The mean digestible energy (DE) concentration of the study sample was 11.72 MJ DE.kg -1 DM. Low variability of this value (CV = 5.9%) indicated a compensatory effect between vetch and oat. Vetch proportion in hay gave a better explanation of the variation of CP intake (r 2 = 0.63) than of the variation of DE intake (r 2 = 0.37). On-farm hays with at least 50% of vetch contribution may be considered as a production objective. This criterion may contribute to standardisation and marketing operations at the farm level. forage quality / vetch-oat hay / digestibility / sheep / Mediterranean agriculture