Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Technical note: an alternative water vapor sampling technique for
stable isotope analysis

Abstract. Recent developments in laser spectroscopy enabled to carry out direct measurements of δ2H and δ18O of air water vapor in the field. However, certain experimental sites or project budgets do not ease the deployment of this technology to obtain the needed measurements. We carried out three consecutive experiments aiming to provide an alternative method to sample air vapour in the field, and preventing fractionation during the process. The first experiment determined the minimum air sample volume required to obtain measurements of δ2H and δ18O with a laser spectrometer. The second one test evaluated the capacity to retrieve continuously similar isotopic signatures of the collected samples from one location. The third experiment assessed the applicability of this methodology under an experimental set up in a coniferous forest in The Netherlands. Stable isotope measurements of water vapor by laser spectroscopy can be obtained with a sample volume of 450 mL of air. This allows to measure each sample during a period of 300 s, obtaining isotope signatures with standard deviations lower than 0.1 ‰, and 0.5 ‰, for δ18O and δ2H, respectively. Air samples collected with bags were homogeneously mixed, allowing to retrieve a better temporal variation in the field than the cold traps employed.
REMI: Mining Intuitive Referring Expressions on Knowledge Bases

A referring expression (RE) is a description that identifies a set of instances unambiguously. Mining REs from data finds applications in natural language generation, algorithmic journalism, and data maintenance. Since there may exist multiple REs for a given set of entities, it is common to focus on the most intuitive ones, i.e., the most concise and informative. In this paper we present REMI, a system that can mine intuitive REs on large RDF knowledge bases. Our experimental evaluation shows that REMI finds REs deemed intuitive by users. Moreover we show that REMI is several orders of magnitude faster than an approach based on inductive logic programming.
How does chronic disease status affect CASP quality of life at older ages ? Examining the WHO

Objectives: The effect of chronic disease status on quality of life (QoL) has been well established. However, less is known about how chronic diseases affect QoL. This article examines impairment in three domains of the WHO International Classification of Functioning, Health and Disability (ICF) body function, activity and participation, as well as affective well-being, as potential mediators of the relationship between chronic disease and QoL. Method: A cross-sectional sample (n D 4961) of the general Irish community-dwelling population aged 50C years was obtained from the Irish Longitudinal Study of Ageing (TILDA). The CASP measure of QoL was examined as two dimensions control/autonomy and self-realisation/pleasure. Structural equation modelling was used to test the direct and indirect effects of chronic disease on QoL, via variables capturing body function, activity, participation and positive affect. Results: A factor analysis showed that indicators of body function and activity loaded onto a single overall physical impairment factor. This physical impairment factor fully mediated the effect of chronic disease on positive affect and QoL. The total effect of chronic disease on control/autonomy (¡0.160) was primarily composed of an indirect effect via physical impairment (¡0.86), and via physical impairment and positive affect (¡0.45). The decomposition of effects on self-realisation/pleasure was similar, although the direct effect of physical impairment was weaker. The model fitted the data well (RMSEA D 0.02, TLI D 0.96, CFI D 0.96). Conclusion: Chronic disease affects QoL through increased deficits in physical body function and activity. This overall physical impairment affects QoL both directly and indirectly via reduced positive affect.
ACKD When Kidneys Grow up Children

C are not just little adults. Although for most youth is a time of growing and continued development, many children are affected by illnesses that differ greatly from maladies seen in adult populations. Historically, many youngsters with these childhood diseases did not survive into adulthood, so there was little point in teaching them to internal medicine practitioners. Fortunately, recent advances in medicine, particularly in care of the children with CKD, have greatly improved both quality of life and survivability of pediatric CKD. Once out of infancy, it is rare that a child in the United States will succumb to CKD. Thus, more and more patients presenting to internists will carry with them sequelae of developmental and childhood ailments. Sadly, despite the improved outcomes and expansion of the number of children surviving into adulthood with a history of pediatric CKD, many adult nephrology training programs do not spend much time dedicated to teaching about congenital, neonatal, or childhood illnesses. As a Medicine-Pediatric trained nephrologist, I have the rare opportunity to care for patients on both sides of this divide. Pediatricians are hesitant to transfer care, and internists are uncomfortable accepting young adult patients into their practices. This issue of ACKD is dedicated to helping practicing nephrologists by reviewing some of the common renal conditions and ailments that affect children. To the extent possible, authors were asked to not only discuss the issues that children present with, but to also focus on long-term consequences and sequelae that these patients will carry into adulthood. The goal is to introduce common conditions seen in children, highlight their differences from the same conditions seen in older patients, and to discuss. Of paramount importance in the care of any patient with a kidney disorder is the accurate assessment of glomerular function. Although multiple techniques have been developed in adults to complete this task, the methods are different in young patients. The first article addresses measurement and estimation of glomerular filtration rate in children and adolescents. Mian and Schwartz discuss multiple methods of determination of glomerular function, from infancy through young adulthood using both measures and estimation formulas. In children, many of the most common causes of CKD are because of congenital anomalies of the kidney or urinary track, collectively referred to as CAKUT. Cisek presents a framework to consider many of these pediatric urologic conditions. Even more importantly, the article addresses the long-term sequelae of bladder
J ul 2 01 3 Vision-based macroscopic pedestrian models

We propose a hierarchy of kinetic and macroscopic models for a system consisting of a large number of interacting pedestrians. The basic interaction rules are derived from [44] where the dangerousness level of an interaction with another pedestrian is measured in terms of the derivative of the bearing angle (angle between the walking direction and the line connecting the two subjects) and of the time-to-interaction (time before reaching the closest distance between the two subjects). A mean-field kinetic model is derived. Then, three different macroscopic continuum models are proposed. The first two ones rely on two different closure assumptions of the kinetic model, respectively based on a monokinetic and a von Mises-Fisher distribution. The third one is derived through a hydrodynamic limit. In each case, we discuss the relevance of the model for practical simulations of pedestrian crowds.
SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF IRON DOPED GLASSES WITH COMPOSITION CLOSE TO THE E-GLASS: A PRELIMINARY STUDY

The iron doped glasses with composition close to the commercially produced E-glass, approximated by a five component system MgO–CaO–B2O3–Al2O3–SiO2, were studied by UV VIS NIR spectroscopy. The calibration of the absorbance with respect to Fe 2+ concentration allowed to determine the extinction coefficient for Fe 2+ species for this type of glasses; at 10000 cm -1 was found to be 15.99 ± 0.09 dm 3 . mol -1 . cm -1 . The iron redox ratio, Fe 2+ /ΣFe, was determined from the spectra. It was found that redox ratio increases with the increasing amount of alkaline-earth oxides in the glass. Principal component analysis of the set of studied spectra (in the range form 6700 cm -1 to 18000 cm -1 ) resulted in two to three independent spectral components. Deconvolution of the spectral bands centred at about 5000 cm -1 and 10000 cm -1 showed that Fe 2+ ions in studied glasses are predominantly in octahedral coordination.
Molecular dynamics approach in designing Thermostable Bacillus circulans Xylanase

We have applied molecular dynamics methods as a tool in designing thermostable Bacillus circulans Xylanase, by examining Root Mean Square Deviation (RMSD) of enzymes structure at its optimum temperature and compare with its high temperature behavior. As RMSD represents structural fluctuation at a particular temperature, a better understanding of this factor will suggest approaches to bioengineer these enzymes to enhance their thermostability. In this work molecular dynamic simulations of Bacillus circulans xylanase (BcX) have been carried at 318K (optimum catalytic temperature) and 343K (BcX reported inactive temperature). Structural analysis revealed that the fluctuations of the β-sheet regions are larger at higher temperatures compared to the fluctuations at optimum temperature.
' s Accepted Manuscript Redox Regulation of Rac 1 by Thiol Oxidation

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Simulation Study of Selected Harmonic Eliminated PWM Methods for Cascaded Multilevel Inverters

Calculation switching angles online for Selected Harmonic Eliminated technology was achieved in this paper, using linear interpolation method and Newton-Laphson iteration method respectively. Firstly, change SHE nonlinear equations into algebraic polynomial equations, which is for seven-level inverter, obtain all the solutions using Solve function in Matlab software when the modulation index m arrange from 0.485 to 1.07. Then draw a cure for switching angles versus m and the characteristic of switching angles has been analyzed. Finally, use two different methods, the one that look-up table combining with linear interpolation and the other that the Newton-Laphson iteration method whose initial value decided by equations form a linear fit of switching angles, to compute the angles online for cascaded 7-level inverter controlling by SHEPWM, a comparative analysis has been done. The study of simulation and experiment results certificate the angles worked out by the opposed method are correct. The two methods, mentioned by this paper are valid.
THE RELATION BETWEEN COMMUTING TIME AND HEALTH OUTCOMES 2 . LITERATURE AND EXPECTED

This paper analyzes the relation between commuting time and health in the UK. I focus on four different types of health outcomes: subjective health measures, objective health measures, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Fixed effect models are estimated with British Household Panel Survey data. I find that whereas objective health and health behavior are barely affected by commuting time, subjective health measures are clearly lower for people who commute longer. A longer commuting time is, moreover, related to more visits to the general practitioner. Effects turn out to be more pronounced for women and for commuters driving a car. For women, commuting time is also negatively related to regular exercise and positively to calling in sick. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS CHANGES IN DIFFERENT MEDIA CULTURE OF TWO APPLE ROOTSTOCKS (M26 AND MM106)

Numerous studies have reported on regeneration from apple somatic tissues, andorganogenesis has been proved to be influenced by several factors including mother shoots (genotype, size, type, and age of explant), in vitro conditions (dark period, light intensity, and quality), and others (wounding, orientation of leaf explants). However, one of the most important factors during the regeneration process ismicro and macro elements in media culture and the type and concentration of cytokinin applied. For optimization of the elongation shoot and proliferation medium, two different macro and micro element formulations were tested: MS and DKW. The 2-isopentnyl adenine (2-ip) and benzyl adenine (BA) are the most frequently used cytokinins in the regeneration systems, but their efficiency depends on genotype and other factors. The organogenic ability of explants can also be increased by a properly selected cytokinin treatment. Phytohormones (2 mgl -1 BA and 2 mgl -1 2-ip with 0.1 mgl -1 IBA) established for the proliferation of M26 and MM106 apple rootstocks. The both of rootstocks, the MS medium with BA (2 mgl-1) yielded in general the best shoot growth and elongation of branch also, DKW with 2-ip (2 mgl-1) showed the best callus formation and branching. Significantly better growth with the MS medium was also favored by BA as the cytokinin.
STOCHASTIC EFFICIENCY : A BASIS FOR AN EMPIRICAL MARKET MODEL

Technological advancements have transformed the auction markets, where investing in collectibles, like rare coins, is more akin to buying and selling stocks. There can be market prices established, with investors scouring the online auctions, such as eBay, where millions of transactions occur daily. Just as with stocks, investors have the ability to purchase these collectibles without leaving their home or office, and can search, compare, buy, and sell collectibles. Also similar to the stock market, investors can look for inefficiencies to exploit. This multi-year exploratory study investigates the level of efficiency in online auctions over five years. We find evidence that efficiency is tied to the ratio of bidders to auctions, and that with a sufficient number of auctions, the online auction market can approach efficiency, affording purchasers some protection from overpaying. Our findings also suggest when investors can best search online auction markets looking for profitable inefficiencies to exploit.
Paired maternal and cord blood vancomycin levels in phase 3 study patients

STUDY DESIGN: Every mother who entered labor with a positive group B streptococcal culture and a high-risk penicillin allergy with resistance to clindamycin or unknown sensitivity was consented to participate in the study. In the initial phase of the study, patients received the standard intravenous dose of 1 g every 12 hours. Based on the results, this was changed to a dosing of 15 mg/kg every 12 hours in the second phase and then further modified to 20 mg/kg every 8 hours in the third phase. Maternal and cord blood vancomycin levels were obtained at delivery and evaluated.
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS MODELLING COMPUTATIONAL CIRCUITS

Two ODE systems describing Winner Take All (WTA) computational electronic circuits with local and global feedback are considered. The results obtained show that the dynamic solutions converge toward appropriate equilibria which are locally and respectively globally asymptotically stable. AMS 2000 Subject Classification: 34D05, 68T99, 94C99.
Prediction of Tourism Demand in Iran by Using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Supporting Vector Machine (SVR)

This research examines and proves this effectiveness connected with artificial neural networks (ANNs) as an alternative approach to the use of Support Vector Machine (SVR) in the tourism research. This method can be used for the tourism industry to define the turism’s demands in Iran. The outcome reveals the use of ANNs in tourism research might result in better quotations when it comes to prediction bias and accuracy. Even more applications of ANNs in the context of tourism demand evaluation is needed to establish and validate the effects.
Feasibility analysis of surface-to-reservoir electromagnetics for waterflood monitoring

Summary We analyze, by means of a synthetic model, the feasibility of detecting the electromagnetic (EM) field variations related to waterflood in a large Saudi Arabian Jurassic reservoir. We utilize a 3D structural reservoir model and derive the geoelectric parameters from careful analysis of well logs acquired at the Saudi Aramco Technology Test Site. The resistivity variations as a result of water flooding are derived using characteristic parameters and injection water salinity of the field. We model a geometry consisting of a radial surface galvanic source and four EM receivers located at the reservoir level. The full EM field is modeled in the time domain and the horizontal and vertical electric field (Ex and Ez) and horizontal crossline magnetic field (dBy/dt) components are interpreted and analyzed. Results indicate that all the modeled fields show substantial variations as a result of water saturation changes with field strength values above the noise level expected for EM sensors. The results will be validated next by modeling more complex and realistic 3D patterns of water saturation in the reservoir, as derived directly from reservoir simulation. Given that one of the modeled components is the vertical electric field, the electrical anisotropy of the overburden is expected to play a significant role in the response and will be taken into consideration in the next round of modeling. Modeling results also suggest that the type of borehole EM sensors currently available in the industry may not be adequate for surface-to-reservoir EM applications.
Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline a case where people’s intuitions regarding the ethical status of an action performed in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game are divided, and provide an argument to resolve this division. Design/methodology/approach – This paper takes a philosophical approach, from the analytical tradition. It details the main arguments for each side and provides counter-arguments in order to indicate the salient points. Findings – The paper argues that, of the three arguments for the morality of particular virtual action outlined in this paper, none are satisfactory. An argument for the immorality of the action in questions based upon the fairness/sportsmanship distinction is offered. Originality/value – The development of case-based ethical studies, which draw upon current and controversial events within popular virtual environments, are useful in the construction of a deeper understanding of moral action within such spaces.
2 Brief history of the genome projects in Korea

Since the first disclosure of the complete genome sequence of a free-living microbe [1], genome sequencing became the most effective way for gene discovery or finding novel targets from a particular organism [2]. Dideoxy chain termination sequencing chemistry on both ends of plasmid-cloned genomic fragments, together with capillary-based, high-throughput separation of the analyzed products was the ‘industrial standard’ for the microbial genome project during the last decade [3]. Methods for genome reconstruction via fragment assembly and genome annotation has constantly evolved such that sophisticated samples like higher eukaryotes or metagenomes have gained research interest (see http://www.genomesonline.org/ for progress of genome sequencing activities around the world). Recently, new methodologies relying on innovative principles have enabled us to sequence genomes far faster than the conventional Sanger method (see [4] for a review). Most of them are optimized for obtaining short nucleotide sequences usually several tens of bases long, often accompanied by mate-pair information, which makes them best choices for genome re-sequencing or comparative sequencing when used with the available reference genomes [5]. Among them, 454 pyrosequencing, now commercialized by Roche and being sold under the product names of GS 20 and GS FLX systems, is also suitable for de novo sequencing of microbial genomes due to its longer read length despite somewhat lower throughput [6]. There is no doubt that genome sequence information is not only the final goal of a particular genome project, but it also serves as a starting point of so-called functional ‘-omics’ research, and now it is becoming the cornerstone of systems biological research even beyond the individual genome sequencing [7–9]. In this review, we summarize microbial genome projects completed or being carried out by the Korean scientists. Knowledge gathered during the early days of genome projects in Korea has made its way to functional omics approaches, examples of which include those of Mannheimia succiniciproducens, Zymomonas mobilis, Vibrio vulnificus, and Orientia tsutsugamushi. Details of the genome projects covered by our program are given here, such as those of an algicidal marine bacterium Hahella chejuensis, a dominant lactic acid bacterium during kimchi fermentation Leuconostoc citreum, a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa, intestinal probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium spp. , Streptomyces clavuligerus, the producer of a β-lactamase inhibitor and other secondary metabolites, and a model industrial strain of Escherichia coli and its derivatives that have undergone long-term experimental evolution or selection for better production of membrane proteins. To promote systems and synthetic microbiology in Korea by providing information on the microbial genomes mentioned above and analysis tools, as well as specialized databases and integrated analysis of multi-omics data, an integrated database system and a web portal referred to as Research Highlight
Osteoregeneration Derived Matrices for Enhanced − Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell

reproducible effects of human MSCs and their ECMs. bone healing in people, the authors will need to test in larger animal models and for longer periods of time to ensure be responsible for enhancing bone repair. Although tweaking microenvironmental cues may be the key to non-union treatment groups, respectively. The authors suggest that collagens in the ECM derived from osteogenic MSCs might only − to 100% healing of a bone lesion after 3 weeks, compared to 30 and 60% healing in the MSCand GW-MSC as well as ECM derived from MSCs. This cell-scaffold approach extended the time window for healing, resulting in 80 −− a small molecule that directs stem cells down bone-related lineages −− MSCs that had been treated with GW9662 prepared a scaffold containing human et al. window that could lead to variable outcomes. To avoid this, Zeitouni bone-healing abilities upon entering the remodeling phase. Unfortunately, this restricts bone healing to a small time calvaria, the authors showed that human MSCs were able to repair bone immediately after inflammation, but lost all Bone heals in three general stages: inflammation, regeneration, and remodeling. In non-union defects in mouse themselves. can be prolonged by administering the cells along with an extracellular matrix (ECM) produced by the MSCs mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Efficacy, as it turns out, is limited to an ''osteogenic (bone-producing) phase,'' which course of healing after injury to mouse bone, to see how this affects the growth and bone-generating potential of expect miraculous outcomes every time. Recognizing this, Zeitouni and colleagues paid close attention to the time controlled regenerative effect has been challenging. Simply said, one cannot just fill a defect with stem cells and Stem cells may have the powers of healing. Bone, that is. Yet, designing the optimal treatment to produce a Matrix at Its Best