Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
High resolution wind turbine wake measurements with a scanning lidar

High-resolution lidar wake measurements are part of an ongoing field campaign being conducted at the Scaled Wind Farm Technology facility by Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory using a customized scanning lidar from the Technical University of Denmark. One of the primary objectives is to collect experimental data to improve the predictive capability of wind plant computational models to represent the response of the turbine wake to varying inflow conditions and turbine operating states. The present work summarizes the experimental setup and illustrates several wake measurement example cases. The cases focus on demonstrating the impact of the atmospheric conditions on the wake shape and position, and exhibit a sample of the data that has been made public through the Department of Energy Atmosphere to Electrons Data Archive and Portal.
Evaluation of the colo-protective effects of tadalafil in an experimental model of ulcerative colitis in rats

Ulcerative colitis is a serious premalignant condition with a confusing multifactorial pathogenesis. It should warrant all attention by researchers, for exploration of new prophylactic or therapeutic drugs targeting its pathophysiology. The current study was conducted to study the possible role of tadalafil and its potential actions in ulcerative colitis rat model, induced by acetic acid. Forty eight male Wistar albino rats were classified into 6 groups: control group, acetic acid (AA)-ulcerated group, AA-ulcerated + tadalafil (1 mg/kg/day), AA-ulcerated + tadalafil (5 mg/kg/day), AA-ulcerated + tadalafil (10 mg/kg/day) and AA-ulcerated + sulfasalazine 100 mg/kg/day groups. Tissue malondialdehyde (MDA), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) were determined. Also, caspase-3 gene expression was measured as an indicator of apoptosis. Histopathological examination of the colonic tissue was also done. In addition, serum levels of interleukin (IL)-1β and tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α were measured. In AA-ulcerated group, there was significant elevation in tissue MDA levels and MPO activity with upregulation of caspase 3 gene expression. Meanwhile, AA caused decreases in the SOD activities. Also, AA induced elevation in the serum IL-1β and TNF- α levels. Pretreatment with tadalafil in doses of 1, 5 and 10 mg/kg/days guarded against changes in these parameters. Its effects were dose-dependent. According to the results, pretreatment with tadalafil in doses of 1, 5 and 10 mg/kg/day exerted dose-dependent beneficial effects against AA-induced damage of the colon, possibly by exerting anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. Also, reduction of apoptosis proved to be one of the contributing protective mechanisms of actions. Key words: Tadalafil, ulcerative colitis, rats, acetic acid, anti-apoptotic.
Pain assessment in adult intensive care patients

Introduction:Â Pain is an important public health problem worldwide and has a great clinical, social and economic impact, for these reasons itsidentification and treatment must have high priority from healthcare professionals. Critical care patients feel pain not only for their diseases but also for the long immobility and various invasive procedures they may undergo. The negative physiological and phycological consequences due to the ineffectual pain management can be important and remain for long.
An integrative approach to characterize Malagasy bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821, with the description of a new species of Hypsugo

Irene D. Pritzker Foundation associated with the Field Museum of Natural History African Training Fund; John D and Catherine T.MacArthur Foundation; Volkswagen Foundation; and the Centre de Recherche et de Veille sur les maladies emergentes dans l’Ocean Indien (CRVOI) through the Fonds Europeen de Developpement Regional Programme Operationnel de Cooperation Territoriale Reunion, pathogenes associes a la faune sauvage ocean Indien #31189. SYNTHESYS project http://synthesys.info/, which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 Integrating Activities Program.
Output-to-Output Correspondence in Korean Reduplication

In this paper, we provide an Optimality-Theoretic analysis of Korean partial reduplication by relying on Jun's (1994) rule-based analysis. We are mainly concerned with the patterns in which coda consonants delete along with laryngeality of the following onset: /t h ak/ → /t h a-tak/. Such patterns have been analyzed by Jun employing Metrical Weight Consistency (MWC) constraint, which requires the identity of the foot number of the input and output. Within the framework of Correspondence Theory (McCarthy & Prince 1995, 1997), we propose, as the main mechanism, an Output-to-Output correspondence constraint, D EP -OO(foot), which requires metrical feet of an output candidate to have correspondents of the base. It is shown that the proposed Output-to-Output constraint is equally efficient in deriving attested patterns without positing intermediate levels.
The Social Acceptability of Sexual Slang: Functions of Biological Sex and Psychological Gender.

A study explored the social acceptability that accompanies the expression of sexual slang. The study of gender differences in language use is nothing new. Previous research has indicated that men and women differ in their use of tentative language, topic selection, control techniques, and conversational style. However, this research has examined differences due to male and female biological sex, 'and has not examined differences due to psychological gender. Subjects, 49 male and 92 female undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory communication course at a large midwestern university, completed the Social Acceptability of Language Scale and the Bem Sex-Role Inventory. Results indicated that, for the most part, neither biological sex nor psychological gender accounted for differences in the social acceptability of sexual slang. Findings suggest that men and women are moving toward a universal use of sexual slang. (Contains 48 references and 1 table of data.)
Fruit Damage Patterns Caused by Ovipositing Females of Conotrachelus dimidiatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Guava Trees

We evaluated the damage patterns produced by females of the guava weevil Conotrachelus dimidiatus Champion, 1904 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), according to the position of the damaged fruit in guava trees Psidium guajava L. in Calvillo, Aguascalientes, Mexico. The trees were subdivided in eight zones, and during one year the level of fruit lesions due to oviposition was registered. Results showed a higher level of damage in the upper and external zone of the trees ( 𝑃 ≤ . 0 5 ) . We found no significant differences in damage between the four cardinal points ( 𝑃 ≥ . 0 5 ) . During the year, the level of damage was recorded and was higher in the months of August and September ( 𝑃 ≤ . 0 5 ) associated with rainfall (0.86, 𝑃 = . 0 6 ) and increase in temperature (0.84, 𝑃 = . 0 3 ). The most susceptible fruits were in the size range of 2.1–4.0 cm (polar diameter). The information from this study will be used to design and establish effective control strategies for the guava weevil, taking into account location of the most susceptible fruits, seasonality of the pest, and the abiotic factors.
Long non-coding RNA urothelial cancer associated 1 can regulate the migration and invasion of colorectal cancer cells (SW480) via myocardin-related transcription factor-A

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third leading cause of cancer-associated mortalities. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified as key regulators in the occurrence and development of CRC. The lncRNA urothelial cancer associated 1 (UCA1) has been demonstrated to promote the development of numerous different types of cancer. In the present study, a novel molecular mechanism of UCA1, regulating the migratory and invasive capabilities of SW480 CRC cells was identified. UCA1 promoted the migration and invasion of SW480 cells by suppressing phosphorylation of myocardin-related transcription factor-A (MRTF-A). Our findings indicated that UCA1 competes with extracellular signal-regulated kinases1/2 to inhibit the phosphorylation of MRTF-A. These novel discoveries may reveal additional functions of UCA1, which may support future clinical development of novel drug targets.
The DFT calculations of pKa values of the cationic acids of aniline and pyridine derivatives in common solvents

Abstract The theoretical pKa values of the derivatives of anilinium and pyridinium ions in 7 solvents are presented. For this purpose, the usage of isodesmic reaction scheme using the DFT/B3LYP approach with IEFPCM solvation was evaluated. We have shown that the suitable selection of reference species has the primary influence on the resulting data. For the studied anilinium ion derivatives the nonsubstituted anilinium ion seems to be a satisfactory reference system. The calculated values are in good accordance with the available experimental data with the RMS error of 1.00 and 0.99 pKa units in water and THF, respectively. The highest error in predicted pKa value is less than 2.0 pKa units in all cases. The chemical accuracy of the applied treatment is limited in the case of nitroaniline ions and the maximal therotetical uncertainty for derivatives of the pyridinium ion is within 2.1 pKa units. Our theoretical results enable us to predict the values of pKa for the solvents, where the experimental data are not completely available. Also the influence of the chemical structure on the accuracy of the applied method was discussed.
GRAVITY ANOMALY ASSESSMENT USING GGMS AND AIRBORNE GRAVITY DATA TOWARDS BATHYMETRY ESTIMATION

Abstract. The Earth’s potential information is important for exploration of the Earth’s gravity field. The techniques of measuring the Earth’s gravity using the terrestrial and ship borne technique are time consuming and have limitation on the vast area. With the space-based measuring technique, these limitations can be overcome. The satellite gravity missions such as Challenging Mini-satellite Payload (CHAMP), Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), and Gravity-Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer Mission (GOCE) has introduced a better way in providing the information on the Earth’s gravity field. From these satellite gravity missions, the Global Geopotential Models (GGMs) has been produced from the spherical harmonics coefficient data type. The information of the gravity anomaly can be used to predict the bathymetry because the gravity anomaly and bathymetry have relationships between each other. There are many GGMs that have been published and each of the models gives a different value of the Earth’s gravity field information. Therefore, this study is conducted to assess the most reliable GGM for the Malaysian Seas. This study covered the area of the marine area on the South China Sea at Sabah extent. Seven GGMs have been selected from the three satellite gravity missions. The gravity anomalies derived from the GGMs are compared with the airborne gravity anomaly, in order to figure out the correlation (R2) and the root mean square error (RMSE) of the data. From these assessments, the most suitable GGMs for the study area is GOCE model, GO_CONS_GCF_2_TIMR4 with the R2 and RMSE value of 0.7899 and 9.886 mGal, respectively. This selected model will be used in the estimating the bathymetry for Malaysian Seas in future.
Biochemically based modeling study of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba growth and development

A biochemical model of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba was developed to investigate the physiological mechanisms which enable krill to survive winter, when food is scarce. In this mod- eling approach data sets on the biochemical composition of krill and its food sources are combined into a model that takes food quality into account rather than just food availability during different seasons. Krill is defined in terms of protein, neutral lipid, polar lipid, carbohydrate, chitin, and ash content, and the model tracks krill neutral lipid content separately from weight. The model includes parameterizations of filtration, ingestion, and metabolic processes which determine krill growth rate. Initial ratios of protein, neutral lipid, polar lipid, carbohydrate and ash change in chitin response to the biochemical composition of food as krill grows. Model results show that a diet of phytoplankton food alone may be sufficient for krill to grow to observed sizes but may not be sufficient to provide the summer lipid resources that are observed in the field and that are necessary for krill to reproduce and survive winter. The inclusion of sea ice algae as an additional food is beneficial for krill at the end of winter but does not significantly change summer krill lipid content. However, the amount of lipids accumulated within krill increases significantly when krill feeds on lipid-rich heterotrophic food, which points to the importance of carnivory, even in times when phytoplankton food is available. The strategy of combusting body components to produce energy (shrinking) is found to provide the greatest source of energy for krill of all sizes during times of prolonged starvation.
Series load induction heating inverter state estimator using Kalman filter

LQR and H2 controllers require access to the states of the controlled system. The method based on description function with Fourier series results in a model with immeasurable states. For this reason, we proposed a Kalman filter based state estimator, which not only filters the input signals, but also computes the unobservable states of the system. The algorithm of the filter was implemented in LabVIEW v8.6 and tested on recorded data obtained from a 10-40 kHz series load frequency controlled induction heating inverter.
THE DIFFUSION OF HERITAGE THROUGH THE INTERNET

For a region or a country is very important that his main municipalities are present on the Internet, and one of the most simple and effective ways to achieve this is through an institutional or official website, in which every municipality can include information about his major attractions, especially those related to tourism, one of the major industries in Spain. Therefore, and due to the development of Information and Knowledge Society, whose main tool is the Network, is essential for municipalities to be present in the Digital Sphere. Donaire and Galí (2011) comment in this regard that «from the entry of Internet into the tourism market, digital media are becoming extremely important in the construction and dissemination of the tourist image of a place». Thus, this new medium allows municipal organisms to offer updated and detailed information of their cultural and tourism products, reaching a large audience at low cost. In short, the Web is «a window to the world» (Baños and Ramírez, 2004), an excellent way of stimulating tourism as dictated by current trends: through the mass diffusion of culture and heritage.
The Mechanism of Mourning An Anti-entropic Mechanism

Mourning is a fundamental mechanism for our psychological dynamics. The mourning process attempts to transform an irreversible process such as the passing of time into a reversible one, where the moment of loss is re-enacted and elaborated. In thermodynamics the inevitable increase of entropy for every complex system makes it impossible to invert the direction of time. However our brain, via the mourning, is performing such a time inversion. This paper explores the conditions under which such a process is possible and the implications in terms of entropy of considering thoughts as physical objects. A possible formalisation of this process is suggested using the formalism of chaos theory, as it probably presents a very high degree of nonlinearity.
Propagation of regional seismic phases (Lg and Sn) and Pn velocity structure along the Africa-Iberia plate boundary zone

An edited version of this paper was published by Blackwell Publishing. Copyright 2000, Blackwell Publishing. See also: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1365-246x.2000. 00160.x; http://atlas.geo. cornell.edu/morocco/publications/calvert2000GJI.htm
Managing Alliance Relationship in High Technology Industries

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between strategic alliance success factors and business performances by using Taiwan high technology industries. This article investigates financial performance responses to strategic alliances in Taiwan's high-tech industry from 2004-2008. This study try to develop evaluation models for high-tech industry through SEM Model to provide an integrated framework that conceptualizes multifaceted antecedents pertaining to business performance of Taiwan's high-tech industry relation to strategic alliances. The results indicate that (1) the degree of commitment displayed by the alliance partner influences positively a company's business performance (2) inter-firm trust is a source of confidence in partner cooperation and in successful strategic alliances, it allows the alliance to overcome critical moments in its development and lead to sound business performance. (3) control, capabilities, and compatibility are the key sources of confidence in partner cooperation.
Design of the extraction system and beamline of the superconducting ECR ion source VENUS

A new, very high magnetic field superconducting ECR ion source, VENUS, is under construction at the LBNL 88-Inch Cyclotron [1,2]. The paper describes the VENUS extraction system and discusses the ion beam formation in the strong axial magnetic field (3 T) of the ECR ion source. Emittance values as expected from theory, which assumes a uniform plasma density across the plasma outlet hole, are compared with actual measurements from the AECR-U ion source. Results indicate that highly charged heavier ions are concentrated on the source axis. They are extracted from an ''effective'' plasma outlet hole, whose smaller radius must be included in ion optics simulations.
Snail behavioral preference for flowering stems does not impact Spartina alterniflora reproduction

Consumers can be important in controlling the abundance and composition of plants in salt marsh communities. In particular, the marsh periwinkle Littoraria irrorata is a common inhabitant of lower latitudinal salt marshes that can cause significant losses of plant (Spartina alterniflora) biomass. Research to date has focused on Littoraria effects on Spartina vegetative biomass, and we have little understanding of whether or how this plant–consumer interaction influences Spartina reproductive success. Surveys of natural marshes across the NE Gulf of Mexico highlighted the importance of this knowledge gap, as we observed more Littoraria climbing on reproductive Spartina compared with vegetative stems. With a series of experiments, we showed that this preference for reproductive stems is based on plant morphology: reproductive stems are taller and more rigid than vegetative stems, and snails preferentially climb on plants with these characteristics. This plant host preference is likely due to refuge value based on stem structure, and not due to variation in food quality. Despite this preference, we found no evidence that this aggregation of snails negatively impacts Spartina short-term reproductive success in a field experiment. Instead, we observed a trend towards increased Spartina reproductive output in the presence of snails. Thus, Spartina may mitigate the negative impact of snail presence on vegetative biomass by increasing allocation to sexual reproduction. Our results highlight the importance of considering each stage of a plant’s life history when evaluating the relative importance of plant–consumer interactions.
The AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies - XII. Revision of the isolation degree for AMIGA galaxies using the SDSS

Context. To understand the evolution of galaxies, it is necessary to have a reference sample where the e ect of the environment is minimized and quantified. In the framework of the AMIGA project (Analysis of the interstellar Medium of Isolated GAlaxies), we present a revision of the environment for galaxies in the Catalogue of Isolated Galaxies (CIG, Karachentseva 1973, Astrof. Issledovaniia Byu. Spec. Ast. Obs., 8, 3) using the ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-DR9). Aims. The aims of this study are to refine the photometric-based AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies and to provide an improvement of the quantification of the isolation degree with respect to previous works, using both photometry and spectroscopy. Methods. We developed an automatic method to search for neighbours within a projected area of 1 Mpc radius centred on each primary galaxy to revise the CIG isolation criteria introduced by Karachentseva (1973). The local number density at the fifth nearest neighbour and the tidal strength a ecting the CIG galaxy were estimated to quantify the isolation degree. Results. Of the 636 CIG galaxies considered in the photometric study, 426 galaxies fulfil the CIG isolation criteria within 1 Mpc, taking into account projected neighbours. Of the 411 CIG galaxies considered in the spectroscopic study, 347 galaxies fulfil the CIG isolation criteria when a criterion about redshift di erence is added. The available redshifts allow us to reject background neighbours and thus improve the photometric assessment. On average, galaxies in the AMIGA sample show lower values in the local number density and the tidal strength parameters than galaxies in denser environments such as pairs, triplets, compact groups, and clusters. Conclusions. For the first time, the environment and the isolation degree of AMIGA galaxies are quantified using digital data. The use of the SDSS database permits one to identify fainter and smaller-size satellites than in previous AMIGA works. The AMIGA sample is improved by this study, because we reduced the sample of isolated galaxies used in previous AMIGA works by about 20%. The availability of the spectroscopic data allows us to check the validity of the CIG isolation criteria, which is not fully e cient. About 50% of the neighbours considered as potential companions in the photometric study are in fact background objects. We also find that about 92% of the neighbour galaxies that show recession velocities similar to the corresponding CIG galaxy are not considered by the CIG isolation criteria as potential companions, which may have a considerable influence on the evolution of the central CIG galaxy.
Mixed Learning Approach to Teaching Ethics in Leadership and Management : A Case Course in a Multicultural Group

The purpose of the paper is to analyse how a mixed learning approach (MLA) (e.g. case studies, applied drama) can facilitate teaching and learning ethics in business management. Partners from five different countries organized an international higher education course in the years 2013, 2014 and 2015. The aim of the course was to provide the students with skills to evaluate and solve ethical problems constructively in a multicultural group. This case portrays the benefits and challenges of the MLA and discusses what it takes from teachers and students to make the use of the approach successful.