Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bulges of disk galaxies at intermediate redshifts. I. Samples with and without bulges in the Groth S

Context. Analysis of bulges to redshifts of up to z∽1 have provided ambiguous results as to whether bulges as a class are old structures akin to elliptical galaxies or younger products of the evolution of their host disks. Aims. We aim to define a sample of intermediate-z disk galaxies harbouring central bulges, and a complementary sample of disk galaxies without measurable bulges. We intend to provide colour profiles for both samples, as well as measurements of nuclear, disk, and global colours, which may be used to constrain the relative ages of bulges and disks. Methods. We select a diameter-limited sample of galaxies in images from the HST/WFPC2 (Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 at the Hubble Space Telescope) Groth Strip survey, which is divided into two subsamples of higher and lower inclination to assess the role of dust in the measures quantities. Mergers are visually identified and excluded. We take special care to control the pollution by ellipticals. The bulge sample is defined with a criterion based on nuclear surface brightness excess over the inward extrapolation of the exponential law fitted to the outer regions of the galaxies. We extract colour profiles on the semi-minor axis least affected by dust in the disk, and measure nuclear colours at 0.85 kpc from the centre over those profiles. Disk colours are measured on major axis profiles; global colours are obtained from 2.6 '' diameter apertures. Colour transformations and K-corrections are calculated using SEDs covering bands UBVIJK, from the GOYA photometric survey. Results. We obtain a parent sample containing 248 galaxies with known redshifts, spectroscopic or photometric, spanning 0.1 < z < 1.2. The bulge subsample comprises 54 galaxies (21.8% of the total), while the subsample with no measureable bulges is 55.2% of the total (137 galaxies). The remainder (23%) is composed of mergers. We list nuclear, disk, and global colours (observed and rest-frame) and magnitudes (apparent and absolute), as well as galaxy colour gradients for the samples with and without bulges, and make them available in electronic form at the CDS. We also provide images, colour maps, plots of spectral energy distributions, major-axis surface brightness profiles, and minor-axis colour profiles for both samples.
Changes in Acid Invertase and Fructanase Activities and Sugar Distribution in Asparagus Spears Harvested in Three Different Seasons

Changes in acid invertase (EC3.2.1.26), fructanase (EC3.2.1.7) activities and sugar distribution were investigated in the different portions of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis. L. cv. E414, HC, WC and S-235, grown in greenhouse) spears harvested in “Spring harvest (2nd and 3rd of March)”, “Middle harvest (27th and 29th of May)” and “Summer harvest (27th of August)”. The weight of “Middle harvest” asparagus was apt to be higher than “Spring harvest” and “Summer harvest”. In soluble and cell wall-bound fractions, the acid invertase and fructanase activities of the two spears increased in the “Middle harvest” concurrent with the most rapid increased in reducing sugar content but with a lower sucrose and fructane contents. In the top portion of ‘HC’, substrate of sucrose was negatively correlated with acid invertase activity in soluble fraction and accounted well for the relation between the substrate and the activity. Due to the existence of fructane in the spear, fructose content was considered to be higher than glucose content. The best harvest time was in the “Middle harvest” since the total sugar content and fresh weight were adequate.
PARADIGMS OF READINESS OF NEW VENTURES IN TRANSCENDENCE OF TECHNOLOGICAL PRE-ENTREPRENEURSHIP

On the basis of the literature on organizational behavior, strategic changes and technology management this article analyzes readiness of new ventures to function in the framework of technological entrepreneurship. Research findings suggest that objective organizational features are important at the stage of taking decisions, whereas intangible subjective characteristics of a new venture are more important at the stage of taking further decisions. In order to understand the phenomenon of readiness, the research used the data of 112 enterprises applying for establishing their business activity in the project “Academy of Young Businessmen – an opportunity to develop technological entrepreneurship”. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3846/bm.2016. 69
PUBLISHED VERSION Welsh, Matthew Brian Expertise and the wisdom of crowds: Whose judgments to trust and when Building bridges

The Wisdom of Crowds describes the fact that aggregating a group’s estimate regarding unknown values is often a better strategy than selecting even an expert’s opinion. The efficacy of this strategy, however, depends on biases being nonsystematic and everyone being able to make a meaningful assessment. In situations where these conditions do not hold, expertise seems more likely to produce the best outcome. Amateurs and professional judgments are examined in a subjective domain – reviews of shows from an Arts festival – asking which group provides better information to the potential theatre-goer. In conclusion, while following the crowd produces good results, where a smaller number of reviews are available, taking expertise into account improves their usefulness and discrimination between shows.
Collection Sales: Good or Bad for Journals?

This note discusses the impact of collection sales (i.e., the bundling of several journals for sale by publishers to libraries) on journals. The advent of electronic journal distribution implies that bundling is an efficient sales strategy, and can act to extend the reach of a journal. Current arrangements are discussed and shown to lead to tensions between commercial publishers and non-profit journals. The note argues that non-profit journals should not abandon their participation in collection sales programmes. Rather, non-profit journals may benefit from withdrawing from commercial publishers which distribute their own for-profit journals, and from joining together to be distributed by less commercial publishers who set relatively low prices for their collections.
Analysis for BrO in zenith‐sky spectra: An intercomparison exercise for analysis improvement

[1] The analysis for BrO using the technique of differential optical absorption spectroscopy as applied to spectra of light scattered from the zenith sky has historically presented something of a challenge, leading to uncertainty about the accuracy of measurements. This has largely been due to the large sensitivity of the measurement to many analysis parameters and due to the small size of the absorption features being measured. BrO differential slant columns have been measured by six different groups taking part in an intercomparison exercise at Observatoire de Haute-Provence in France from 23 to 27 June 1996. The data are analyzed in a collaborative attempt to improve the overall analysis for BrO through investigation of a series of sources of errors in the instrumentation, calibration, input to the analysis, and the spectral analysis itself. The study included comprehensive sensitivity tests performed using both actual measurements and synthetic data. The latter proved invaluable for assessing several aspects of the spectral analysis without the limitations of spectral quality and instrument variability. The most significant sources of error are identified as the wavelength calibration of several of the absorption cross sections fitted and of the measured spectra themselves, the wavelength region of the fitting, the temperature dependence of the O3 absorption cross sections, failure to adequately account for the so-called I0 effect, inadequate offset correction, and inadequate measurement of the individual instrument slit functions. Recommendations for optimal analysis settings are presented, and comparing the results from the analysis of the campaign data shows BrO differential slant column observations from the various groups to be in agreement to within 4% on average between 87° and 90° solar zenith angle, with a scatter of 16%.
The effect of mental workload and work posture on musculoskeletal disorders of Qazvin hospitals, in 2016

Received: December 2016, Accepted: February 2017 Background: Due to high prevalence of musculoskeletal risk factors among kitchen workers and their role in causing discomfort, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of ergonomic factors (mental workload and working posture) on musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among workers of training hospitals in Qazvin, Iran. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was done through census among 60 workers of teaching hospital's kitchens of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2016. Data were collected using pain perception and mental workload questionnaires and Quick Exposure Check (QEC) method was used for posture assessment. Data were analyzed using single and multiple logistic regression tests. Results: About 85% of the workers reported that their work shift was very heavier than normal. The best and worst exposure score in QEC method were assigned to cooking and trolley responsible tasks, respectively. Seventy percent of working postures were classified in action level 3 (i.e. investigation and changes are required soon) that increased the backache prevalence by nearly about 4 times. Heavy workload in interaction with other influential factors increased the neck discomfort about 5 times and back discomfort by 2.5 times. Conclusions: Long working hours, heavy workload, stress, high-speed work, long standing and inadequate rest are the factors influencing the increase of MSDs prevalence among the kitchen workers. By increasing numbers of manpower, reducing the workload and working hours and adequate rest, in addition to doing the work properly, MSDs in this group can somehow be reduced.
Analysing Habitat Characteristics for Korean Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) in Korea Using Remote Sensing and Landscape Metrics

Korean water deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) is an endemic subspecies and one of the common species in Korea. However, deer have been threatened by human activities, which have resulted in the population decrease. To conserve and manage their populations, understanding Korean water deer’s habitat characteristics, which depend on the structure of the landscape, and identifying the relationship between those would be a key component. Our main aim was first to make landcover maps from remote sensing imagery, and to determine some habitat metrics for Korean water deer at two different home range scales (25 ha and 100 ha), and finally to compare them between habitat and non-habitat of the Korean water deer. This study analyzed spatial patterns at two scales in the Chungnam province environment by using the PCA-ECHO classification technique based on Landsat ETM+ remote sensing data (2001) and 19 habitat metrics. Study results show that habitat metrics for forest and open areas are more obviously distinguished within a 25 ha home range scales. Especially, more continuous and less fragmented forest patches and open area patches with a high edge density and connectivity were the main characteristics of Korean water deer’s habitat. As a part of habitat management, these results could be used as a good proxy for assessing the habitat quality of Korean water deer.
A NEW CALIBRATION METHOD FOR LOW COST MEMS INERTIAL SENSOR MODULE

This paper presents a new calibration method to overcome the challenges of MEMS inertial sensors for underwater navigation. The MEMS inertial sensor module is composed of an accelerometer, a gyroscope and a circuit of signal process. For navigation estimation, it is easy to be influenced by errors which come from MEMS inertial sensors. In general, the sources of error can be categorized into two groups, deterministic type and stochastic type. The former primarily includes bias errors, misalignment and nonlinearity; the latter contains temperature effect and signal drifting. Subsequently, the linearity calibration is used to modify the deterministic error and the wavelet analysis can suppress the stochastic noise. Therefore, the new calibration method integrated of linearity calibration and wavelet signal processing is utilized to enhance the accuracy and performance of MEMS inertial sensor module. The experimental results demonstrate that the output signal can be corrected suitability by means of the proposed method.
BREEDING AND GENETICS Development and Mapping of Gene-Tagged SNP Markers For Gland Morphogenesis In Cotton

The genus Gossypium has small, pigmented glands filled with a terpenoid aldehyde, gossypol, in many parts of the plant including the seed. Gossypol limits food utilization of cotton seed due to its toxicity to human and non-ruminant animals. Because the genesis of gossypol is closely related to gland morphogenesis, we report the results on the identification of functional markers for gland morphogenesis in cotton. A total of eighty-five unique, gland developmentrelated protein (GDRP) mRNA sequences were collected from NCBI GenBank. Intron-flanking regions within GDRP genes were amplified using 156 primers designed from exon/exon junction sites inferred from Arabidopsis homologous sequences. Intron size polymorphism was not detected in this study between G. hirsutum cv. TM-1 and G. barbadense cv. 3-79. Therefore, 30 purposely selected GDRP PCR products were subsequently sequenced to identify single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A total of forty SNPs including six indels were identified in 16,328 nucleotides of GDRP coding and intron sequences. We genotyped all SNP markers against 188 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) previously developed from a cross between TM-1 and 3-79 and located 36 SNP markers (24 loci) to the cotton genome. The 24 loci mapped in this study were distributed among the 15 chromosomes of allotetraploid cotton. Localization of functional genes in the cotton genome would facilitate the discovery of candidate genes associated with gland/gossypol traits and would increase the utility of previously developed genetic markers for cotton seed improvement.
Language and Problems of Knowledge

RESUMEN Cualquier enfoque serio del estudio del lenguaje parte del uso de sentido comun, reemplazandolo por algun concepto tecnico. La practica general ha sido definir “lenguaje” como extensional y externalizado (lenguaje-E). Sin embargo, tal concepto de lenguaje y sus variantes plantea numerosos problemas , y en este articulo se argumenta que el lenguaje-E es un termino artificial sin estatus alguno en una teoria del lenguaje. Una tactica mejor seria considerar el “lenguaje” como intensional e internalizado (lenguaje-I). Teniendo presente esta concepcion, el enfoque del lenguaje como conocimiento de una capacidad – algo muy comun entre los filosofos influenciados por Wittgenstein– se rechaza como pura fantasia. Por otra parte, el abandono de las reglas en favor de principios generales hace que la cuestion de por que elegimos unas reglas en vez de otras, simplemente no se plantea. Todo esto parece forzarnos a abandonar muchas doctrinas comunmente aceptadas sobre el lenguaje y el conocimiento. Hay una estructura innata que determina el armazon dentro del cual se desarrollan el pensamiento y el lenguaje, llegando hasta detalles muy precisos e intrincados. El lenguaje y el pensamiento se despiertan en la mente y siguen un curso en gran medida predeterminado, del mismo modo que muchas otras propiedades biologicas.
A Review of Clone Detection Techniques Using Model Semantics

A model clone is a set of similar or identical fragments in a model of the system. Understanding and Identifying model clones are important aspects in software evolution. During the Evolution of the Software product Cloning is often a strategic means for the same. Clone detection techniques play an important role in software evolution research where attributes of the same code entity are observed over multiple versions. To successfully create any method or technique for model clones detection we will have to study all the models defined in UML including internal and External Structure of UML This paper reviews some of the techniques available for the Model Clone Prevention and Detection.
The effect of providing educational sessions about sexually transmitted diseases on knowledge and attitudes of secondary school students at Zagazig City

Background and objective: Sexually Transmitted Diseases are a major health problem that affects mostly young people. The aim of the study was to assess the effect of providing educational sessions about Sexually Transmitted Diseases on knowledge and attitude of secondary school students. Methods: A quasi-experimental research design was used in carrying out the study. The study was conducted at four governmental public secondary schools in Zagazig City, 367 secondary school students from the previously mentioned settings were included in the study. Two tools were used to collect necessary data: Tools (I): An interview questionnaire sheet; It was consisted of two parts: Part (A) entailed questions pertaining to socio demographic characteristics of the students, while part (B) included questions regarding student’s knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases. Tool (II): It was intended to assess student's attitude toward sexually transmitted diseases. Results: Pre, post and follow up students’ knowledge and attitude tests after sessions implementation revealed highly statistically significant improvement in students’ knowledge and attitudes ( p < .001), which justified the research hypothesis. Conclusions: The educational sessions significantly brought out improvements in the knowledge and attitudes of adolescent students regarding sexually transmitted diseases. The study recommended an educational program about all types of sexually transmitted diseases to be included into the secondary school curriculum and media enlightenment campaigns about these diseases should also be emphasized.
Retrieval Approach for Determination of Forward and Backward Wave Impedances of Bianisotropic Metamaterials

A simple approach is proposed for retrieving the forward and backward wave impedances of lossless and lossy bianisotropic metamaterials. Compared with other methods in the literature, its main advantage is that forward and backward wave impedances can be uniquely and noniteratively extracted. It has been validated for both lossless and lossy bianisotropic metamaterials by performing a numerical analysis. The proposed approach can be applied for checking whether the metamaterial structure shows the bianisotropic property by monitoring forward and backward wave impedances, since the forward and backward wave impedances of a metamaterial structure depend on difierent polarizations of the incident wave.
A Subpixel Matching Method for Stereovision of Narrow Baseline Remotely Sensed Imagery

In this paper, an accurate and efficient image matching method based on phase correlation is proposed to estimate disparity with subpixel precision, which is used for the stereovision of narrow baseline remotely sensed images. The multistep strategy is adopted in our technical frame; thus the disparity estimation is divided into two steps: integer-pixel prematching and subpixel matching. Firstly, integer-pixel disparity is estimated by employing a cross-based local matching method. Then the relationship of corresponding points is established under the guidance of integer-pixel disparity. The subimages are extracted through selecting the corresponding points as the center. Finally, the subpixel disparity is obtained by matching the subimages utilizing a novel variant of phase correlation approach. The experiment results show that the proposed method can match different kinds of large-sized narrow baseline remotely sensed images and estimate disparity with subpixel precision automatically.
Reconstructing and analyzing the fire history in a dry continental valley (Valais) of the Swiss Alps

Forest fire regimes are likely to experience considerable changes in the European Alps due to climatic changes. However, little is known about the recent regional fire history and the impact of local climate on the fire regime during the 20 th century. We therefore reconstructed the fire history in a dry continental valley of the Swiss Alps (Valais) over the past hundred years based on documentary evidence, and investigated the relationship between the reconstructed fire regime and local climatic variability. We compared the impact of temperature, precipitation, drought and dry foehn winds on fire frequency, extent of burnt area and fire seasonality on various spatial and temporal scales. In the subalpine zone, the fire regime appears to have been mainly driven by temperature and precipitation, whereas these variables seem to have played only a secondary role in the colline-montane zones. Here, foehn winds and, probably, non-climatic factors to seem to have been more important. Temperature and precipitation played a major role in shaping fire frequency and burnt area in the first half of the 20 th century, but lost their importance during the second half. Our case study illustrates the occurrence of different fire regime patterns and their driving forces on small spatial scales (a few hundred square kilometers). We conclude that the strong rise in temperature over the past century has not profoundly changed the fire regime in Valais, but in the second half of the 20 th century temperature was no longer a strong determinant for forest fires as compared to human activities or biomass availability in forests. 20 Linking forest fire regimes and climate − the case of Valais
A Finite Input Alphabet Perspective on the Rate-Energy Tradeoff in SWIPT Over Parallel Gaussian Channels

Simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) has gained significant popularity in the recent past owing to its applications in a wide range of use cases. Although SWIPT has been fairly well investigated in the literature, the existing work has mainly focused on attaining the optimal rate energy (RE) tradeoff assuming Gaussian input alphabet. However, practical systems operate with finite input alphabets such as quadratic-amplitude modulation (QAM)/phase-shift keying. We characterize the attainable RE tradeoff in SWIPT systems employing finite input alphabet for transmission over parallel Gaussian channels of say orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing subcarriers or multiple-input multiple-output streams. Some of the key results in the literature that assume Gaussian input alphabet are shown to be special cases of our results. Furthermore, we provide insights into our results with the aid of graphical illustrations, which throw light on the optimal power allocation policy for various energy-harvesting constraints. Furthermore, we consider practically relevant time-sharing and power-splitting schemes operating with finite input alphabet and characterize their RE tradeoff. Their optimal solutions in the asymptotic regime are obtained, which serve as low-complexity solutions suitable for practical implementation. Our simulation studies have demonstrated that the Gaussian input assumption significantly over-estimates the attainable RE tradeoff, especially when the signal set employed is small. Furthermore, it is observed through numerical simulations that the proposed optimal power allocation performs significantly better than the power allocation based on the Gaussian input assumption. Specifically, as much as 30% rate improvement is observed when employing the classic 4-QAM signal set.