Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Gender differences in the effects of repeated taste exposure to the Mediter ranean diet: a 6-month follow-up study

We thank all the participants for their excellent collaboration. This research was supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant number MOP 84568) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec (grant number 2007-180). A.B. is a recipient of a studentship from Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Quebec had no role in the design, analysis or writing of this article.
Modeling and Simulation of the Influence of Intermittent Distributed Generators on Distribution System Transients

KEYWORD: Distribution system, distributed generator, illumination intensity, temperature, wind speed, high permeability ABSTRACT: The transient models of wind power generation system and photovoltaic (PV) power generation system are established. The constant power control mode is used to control the photovol- taic system and wind system, which is achieved by controlling DC voltage. And a direct drive perma- nent magnet synchronous generator of variable speed constant frequency is adopted for wind power generator. The PSCAD simulation tool is used to establish electromagnetic transient model of distri- bution system, and the influence of the changes of illumination intensity, temperature, wind speed and different permeability of intermittent distributed generators (DGs) on distribution system tran- sients is discussed through the PSCAD simulation. The result shows that the influence of intermittent DGs on distribution system transients is significant when the system is with high penetration of DGs.
Latitudinal variation in plant–herbivore interactions in European salt marshes

Ecological interactions often vary geographically. Work in salt marshes on the Atlantic Coast of the United States has documented community-wide latitudinal gradients in plant palatability and plant traits that may be driven in part by greater herbivore pressure at low latitudes. To determine if similar patterns exist elsewhere, we studied six taxa of saltmarsh plants (Atriplex, Juncus, Limonium, Salicornia, Spartina and Suaeda) at European sites at high (Germany and the Netherlands) and low (Portugal and Spain) latitudes. We conducted feeding assays using both native and non-native consumers, and documented patterns of herbivore damage in the field. As in the United States, high-latitude plants tended to be more palatable than low-latitude plants when offered to consumers in paired feeding assays in the laboratory, although assays with grasshopper consumers were less consistent than those with crab consumers, and plants in the field at low-latitude sites tended to experience greater levels of herbivore pressure than plants at high-latitude sites. Similarly, high-latitude leaf litter was more palatable than litter from low-latitude plants when offered to consumers in paired feeding assays in the laboratory. Latitudinal gradients in plant palatability and herbivore pressure may be a general phenomenon, and may contribute to latitudinal gradients in decomposition processes.
Demersal resource assemblages in the trawl fishing grounds off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean)

The demersal resources distributed in the trawl fishing grounds off the Balearic Islands (western Mediterranean) were studied from two bottom trawl surveys carried out in spring and autumn along the continental shelf and upper slope off the islands of Mallorca and Menorca. A total of 88 hauls, between 41 and 745 m depth, were analysed by means of multivariate analysis and ecological parameter calculation in order to characterise the structure of commercial species assemblages. A different bathymetric distribution of abundance was observed by comparing the main taxonomic groups. Six main species assemblages were identified, primarily associated with depth but also with different macro-epibenthic communities. Seasonal or geographic differences were detected for three of these assemblages, which could be related to differences in habitats and macro-epibenthic communities, as well as to seasonal changes in the abundance of some species related to their life cycle.
The EURANOS cooperative framework for preparedness and management strategies of the long-term consequences of a radiological event

Experience following the Chernobyl accident in the CIS and the EU has clearly demonstrated that policies and strategies for long-term management of extensive contaminated areas must give due importance to social, cultural, ethical, environmental, economic and political factors beyond the sole radiological protection and health perspective. What is at stake in the long-term response to such a situation is the sustainable rehabilitation of living conditions in affected territories, in a context in which each person can actively contribute to his own protection. Preparing or developing rehabilitation of living conditions in a territory affected by long-lasting radioactive contamination is a broader issue of governance as it must address all affected dimensions and articulate the actions of the various concerned actors at the local, regional and national level. To respond to this challenge, a specific research project was implemented by Mutadis, CEPN, NRPA and AgroParisTech from April 2004 to June 2009 in the framework of the EURANOS integrated programme. The overall objective of this project was “to develop a strategic and methodological framework that can inform or assist national authorities in Europe in establishing arrangements for the long-term management and the sustainable rehabilitation of living conditions in extensive areas that may be contaminated as a result of an accident or malevolent act involving radioactive material” . The proposed framework describes a two-steps method allowing national and local authorities together with key stakeholders to establish arrangements and preparation strategies in the perspective of long-term management of a radiological event. It may also be used to develop rehabilitation strategies in countries affected by long-lasting radioactive contamination. This framework aims to set up favourable conditions for stakeholders (in particular local communities) to engage effectively and sustainably in the cooperative development of post-accident preparation or management strategies. The first step of the method aims to frame the issue and identify conditions for stakeholders to engage in rehabilitation preparedness or management strategies. The second step aims to develop a local-national cooperation platform gathering local and national, private and public actors to develop together preparation or management strategies.
Simplifying photogrammetric analysis for assessment of large mammal mass: automated targeting and 3D model building

Close range photogrammetry has increasingly diverse practical application within the biological sciences. Its use in large mammal research for size and/or mass estimation has proven extremely beneficial. Recent photogrammetric technique advancements have improved its applicability in the field, although some analytical components remain time consuming. The use of automated coded targets, associated with commercially available software, was evaluated to simplify photogrammetric analysis without compromising its practicality. The effects of variable target size and shape, lighting conditions, number of photographs, photograph target coverage and project processing time were assessed. Augmenting a published photogrammetric field technique by including coded targets greatly reduced analysis time. The simplified method is attractive for use by a wider range of both specialist and non‐specialist users for applications within the animal photogrammetry field.
A CORRELATION BETWEEN Lyα SPECTRAL LINE PROFILE AND REST-FRAME UV MORPHOLOGY

We explore the relationship between the spectral shape of the Lyα emission and the UV morphology of the host galaxy using a sample of 304 Lyα-emitting BVi-dropouts at 3 < z < 7 in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey and Cosmic Evolution Survey fields. Using our extensive reservoir of high-quality Keck DEIMOS spectra combined with Hubble Space Telescope WFC3 data, we measure the Lyα line asymmetries for individual galaxies and compare them to axial ratios measured from observed J- and H-band (restframe UV) images. We find that the Lyα skewness exhibits a large scatter at small elongation (a/b < 2), and this scatter decreases as the axial ratio increases. Comparison of this trend to radiative transfer models and various results from the literature suggests that these high-redshift Lyα emitters are not likely to be intrinsically round and symmetric disks, but they probably host galactic outflows traced by Lyα emitting clouds. The ionizing sources are centrally located, and the optical depth is a good indicator of the absorption and scattering events on the escape path of Lyα photons from the source. Our results find no evidence of evolution in Lyα asymmetry or axial ratio with look-back time.
Knowing ‘ME’ Knowing You: The Discursive Negotiation of Contested Illness within a Family

Although CFS/ME (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis) has been heavily researched and contested, there is a distinct absence of studies which consider the relationship between the illness and family process. This is a striking omission given the centrality of the family to the proximal management of the illness. This study used a discourse analytic methodology to consider how talk about illness is locally negotiated by a family in the context of a single family interview. The individual in the family who had been diagnosed with CFS/ME was a sixteen yearold adolescent girl who had experienced symptoms for 18 months. Our findings suggested that family discourses about CFS/ME were polarized around the issue of intentionality. Two family members deemed the illness to represent ‘genuine illness’ and two regarded the illness to be intentionally used for advantage. These illness accounts were considered as both constitutive-off and constituted-by family conflict. We consider the implications of these findings in developing clinical formulations of the illness and in determining how best to support recovery.
Fast face recognition based on KDDA and SRC

Recently, the sparse representation-based classification (SRC) is getting more and more attention in many fields, such as pattern classification, which has been successfully applied to face recognition. However, the essence of SRC, within face recognition, is to use the linear combination in the same level to train and test samples to represent this one. Firstly, the raw data is nonlinear. Using some high resolution images, the sample space will be too big, and "small sample size problem" (SSS) will appear under the high dimension. Secondly, SRC is mainly through an over-completed to obtain the sparse representation of the test sample. On the condition of large data, the computational complexity will seriously affect its performance. To solve these problems, we propose kernel direct discriminant analysis (KDDA), which maps the original nonlinear face subspace into a low-dimensional linear face feature subspace. On this base SRC is performed. Finally, extensive experiments on database are conducted. Experimental results show that our method significantly improves the recognition speed compared with the original SRC, which achieves comparable or even better recognition rates.
Gamma rays induced variations in seed germination, growth and phenotypic characteristics of Zinnia elegans var. Dreamland

Zinnia elegans is a herbaceous annual with diverse flower colours, flower types and plant height. Zinnia elegans are popular as pot plants and also for landscape gardening. The commercial value of Zinnia can be increased with novel traits such as flower colour and form. One of the techniques to develop plant varieties with superior traits is to induce mutations using gamma radia- tion. Hence, three doses of gamma radiation (75Gy, 100Gy and 125Gy) were utilised to obtain new and novel varieties of Zinnia elegans var. Dreamland and to study the effect of gamma rays on germination of seeds, growth and survival of the seedlings, height of the plants. All the three gamma ray doses were found to decrease the germination and survival of seeds of Zinnia elegans . The higher doses of gamma rays were found to be detrimental for the germination and survival of seeds and height of the seedlings. Phenotypical variations such as plant height, the number of flowers and flower diameter of the third genera- tion mutants were highly significant as compared to the control. Eight floral variations could be obtained with novel form and colour.
The Impact of the Investment Climate on Employment Growth: Does Sub-Saharan Africa Mirror Other Low-Income Regions?

Using survey data from 86,000 enterprises in 104 countries, including 17,000 enterprises in 31 Sub-Saharan African countries, this paper finds that average enterprise-level employment growth rates are remarkably similar across regions. This is true despite significant differences in the quality of the investment climate in which these enterprises operate. Objective measures of investment climate conditions (including the number of outages, the share of firms with bank loans, and others) indicate that conditions are most challenging within Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as for smaller enterprises. However, enterprises employment in Sub-Saharan Africa is less sensitive to changes in access to infrastructure and finance relative to other low-income regions. This can be understood by looking at non-linear effects by firm size -- and the finding that these size effects are particularly strong within Sub-Saharan Africa. Although unreliable infrastructure services and inadequate access to finance generally hamper growth, in Sub-Saharan Africa they are actually associated with higher employment growth rates among micro enterprises. Although employment growth is good news in Sub-Saharan Africa, that much of the expanded employment is in small, labor-intensive, less productive enterprises raises longer-run concerns about the efficiency of the allocation of resources and aggregate productivity growth in the region.
Corporate Governance in Indonesian Banking Industry

The Indonesian banking sector has recently suffered from bad debt and liquidity problems. The Indonesian banking crisis that has occurred since 1997 has impoverished bank’s performance and reduced shareholder wealth. The deterioration of bank performance with respect to bank as an intermediation agent also affects the wealth of stakeholders, especially depositors. Agency problems cause severe effects on bank performance. This research examines agency theory arguments in the banking industry by analyzing the effect on the firm specific variables, managerial stock ownership, leverage, and dividend yield. Agency costs are proxied by earnings volatility, manager’s portfolio diversification losses, bank size, and standard deviation of bank equity returns. This is among the first research to examine the determination of financial policy variables based on agency theory perspectives in the banking industry. This research examines the largest 133 Indonesian banks during the period of 2000-2004. This study suggests that bank size and a measure of the manager’s portfolio diversification opportunity set affect the bank’s level of managerial stock ownership, leverage, and dividends.
Computer simulation of oscillatory processes of viscoelastic elements of thin-walled structures in a gas flow

Results of numerical investigation of dynamic behavior of deformed wing aircraft in a gas flow are presented in the paper. Vibrations with respect to deflections are described by a system of integro-differential equations in partial derivatives. Using the Bubnov-Galerkin method, the problem is reduced to a system of ordinary integro-differential equations, where time is an independent variable. The solutions of integro-differential equations are determined by a numerical method based on the use of quadrature formulas. Computational algorithms and a package of applied programs have been created to solve problems on nonlinear flutter of viscoelastic elements of an aircraft. The reliability of the solution of the problem is confirmed by comparison with known numerical and analytical results. The effect of different boundary conditions on critical flutter velocity is studied. Critical velocity and critical flutter time of viscoelastic plates are determined. It is shown that the singularity parameter α affects not only the vibrations of viscoelastic systems, but also critical time and critical flutter velocity. It is stated that consideration of viscoelastic properties of plate material leads to 40 60% decrease in critical flutter velocity.
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONGESTION CLASSIFICATION

This work proposes a holistic method for highway traffic video classification based on vehicle crowd properties. The method classifies the traffic congestion into three classes: light, medium and heavy. This is done by usage of average crowd density and crowd speed. Firstly, the crowd density is estimated by background subtraction and the crowd speed is performed by pyramidal Kanade-Lucas-Tomasi (KLT) tracker algorithm. The features classification with neural networks show 94.50% of accuracy on experimental results from 254 highway traffic videos of UCSD data set.
A note on the boundedness of discrete commutators on Morrey spaces and their preduals

Dyadic fractional integral operators are shown to be bounded on Morrey spaces and their preduals. It seems that the proof of the boundedness by means of dyadic fractional integral operators is effective particularly on the preduals. In the present paper the commutators are proved to be bounded as well.
Interband Optical Transitions in Semiconducting Iron Disilicide β-FeSi2

The geometric parameters and the electric and optical properties of β-FeSi2 are calculated using first principle methods based on plane-wave pseudo-potential theory in detail. The results indicate that:(1) β-FeSi2 is a quasi-direct semiconductor and the band gap is 0.74eV. The density of states is mainly composed of Fe 3d and Si3p. (2) The valences electronic state of β-FeSi2 is asymmetric and has a strong local area characteristic.These have an important influence on the electronic structure and the bonding characteristics of β-FeSi2. (3) The calculation of the dielectric function reveals that β-FeSi2 is anisotropic,the biggest peak of absorption is 2.67e5cm-1,the extinction coefficient shows strong absorption characteristic near the band edge,and the mechanism of the electric and optical properties of β-FeSi2 dominated by electron inter-band transitions are analyzed in terms of calculated band structure and density of states.
The evolution of field early-type galaxies in the FDF and WHDF★

We explore the properties of 24 field early‐type galaxies in t he redshift range 0.20 < z < 0.75 down to MB ≤ −19.30 in a sample extracted from the FORS Deep Field and the William Herschel Deep Field. Target galaxies were selected on the basis of a combination of luminosity, spectrophotometric type, morphology and photometric redshift or broad‐band colours. High signal‐to‐noise intermediate‐resolution spectroscopy h as been acquired at the Very Large Telescope, complemented by deep high-resolution imaging with the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the HST and additional ground‐based multi‐band photometry. All galaxy spectra were observed under sub‐arcsecond conditions and allow to derive accurate kinematics and stellar population properties of the galaxies. To cl arify the low level of star formation detected in some galaxies, we identify the amount of active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity in our sample using archive data of Chandraand XMM-NewtonX-ray surveys. Non of the galaxies in our sample were identified as secure AGN source based on their X-ray emission. The rest-frame B and K-band scaling relations of the Faber-Jackson relation and t he Fundamental Plane display a moderate evolution for the field early‐type g alaxies. Lenticular (S0) galaxies feature on average a stronger luminosity evolution and blue r rest-frame colours which can be explained that they comprise more diverse stellar populati ons compared to elliptical galaxies. The evolution of the FP can be interpreted as an average change in the dynamical (effective) ˚
How Can L2 Lexicon Be Proceduralized While Interacting with Proceduralized L2 Grammar: A Cognitively Linguistic Model of the Declarative/Procedural Interface

This article sheds light on how L2 lexicon should be considered cognitive and thus recalled for L2 grammar and how the latter embraces L2 lexicon due to its meaningfulness derived from L1. In so doing, this review article shows a possible interaction of the proceduralized knowledge of L2 grammar with the declarative knowledge of L2 lexicon from a cognitively linguistic perspective. This results in getting L2 lexicon proceduralized so as to support the weak interface position, i.e. partial conversion of declarative knowledge into proceduralized one. However, this article does not support the strong interface position, i.e. total conversion of declarative knowledge into proceduralized one as declarative language irregularities are not cognizable as declarative meaningful lexicon. Although there has been a debate whether learnt/declarative knowledge can be converted into acquired/proceduralized knowledge, cognitively linguistic consideration has been taken so far to support this transfer of knowledge. That is why; this article views how cognizable L2 vocabularies are to be recruited by L2 proceduralized grammar.
Does the Solow Residual for Korea Reflect Pure Technology Shocks

This study investigates the relationship between the measured Solow residual and demand side variables for the Korean economy. The measured Solow residuals are shown to be Granger-caused by some demand side variables such as exports, M1, and government expenditure. A vector error correction model is constructed to investigate dynamic relation between these demand side variables and the Solow residual. Impulse response functions shows that the measured Solow residual moves pro-cyclically with the demand shocks, and that the forecast error variance of the measured Solow residual is mostly explained by past innovations of these demand side variables
On the investigation of voltage controlled oscillator phase noise for IoT applications

Voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is one of the key elements in radio frequency (RF) transceivers. A VCO working at 2.4 GHz and designed in CMOS technology is presented. It is suitable for low-cost and low-noise applications using wireless standards such as ZigBee, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and WPAN (Wireless Personal Area Network). The noise characteristics of this RF VCO are investigated. Noise measurements, especially, phase noise are achieved under different environmental conditions.