Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Identifying critical areas to reduce bycatch of coastal common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in artisanal fisheries of the subtropical western South Atlantic

Many anthropogenic actions have an impact on coastal dolphins, with bycatch being one of the main threats. We describe the distribution patterns of common bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus and periods of higher entanglement risk by the artisanal gillnet fishery in the Patos Lagoon estuary and along the adjacent coast of southern Brazil. A total of 136 dolphin groups and 187 gillnets were encountered in 69 surveys conducted between September 2006 and July 2009. Data were analyzed in relation to environmental, spatial and temporal variables using generalized additive models and a spatially adaptive local smoothing algorithm for model selec- tion. In both areas, dolphin densities increased as distance to the estuary mouth decreased. For the estuary area, water salinity and temperature influenced dolphin distribution. Along the adjacent coast, dolphin densities were higher with distance to shore as well as in the north area during the warm period. Patterns of dolphin distribution were probably a response to the presence of pre- ferred prey or avoidance of human-related disturbance. Kernel density showed that fishing effort was distributed along the entire surveyed area inside the estuary, while along the adjacent coast it was higher in the south compared to the north area in the warm period. The overlap between gillnets and dolphins increased considerably from the cold (33.8%) to the warm (48.6%) period. Seasonal variation in fishing effort and distribution affect the overlap and the risk of dolphin entanglement. Based on the findings of this study, a fishing exclusion area aimed at reducing bycatch was established by the Brazilian Environmental Agency.
The large-scale 3-point correlation function of the SDSS BOSS DR12 CMASS galaxies

We report a measurement of the large-scale 3-point correlation function of galaxies using the largest dataset for this purpose to date, 777, 202 Luminous Red Galaxies in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Baryon Acoustic Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (SDSS BOSS) DR12 CMASS sample. This work exploits the novel algorithm of Slepian & Eisenstein (2015b) to compute the multipole moments of the 3PCF in $\mathcal{O}(N^2)$ time, with $N$ the number of galaxies. Leading-order perturbation theory models the data well in a compressed basis where one triangle side is integrated out. We also present an accurate and computationally efficient means of estimating the covariance matrix. With these techniques the redshift-space linear and non-linear bias are measured, with 2.6% precision on the former if $\sigma_8$ is fixed. The data also indicates a $2.8\sigma$ preference for the BAO, confirming the presence of BAO in the 3-point function.
Quantitation of autophagy in the pancreas at the tissue and cell levels

Autophagy refers to any cellular degradative pathway that involves the delivery of cytoplasmic cargo to the lysosome. Three forms of autophagy have been identified so far: chaperone-mediated autophagy, microautophagy, and macroautophagy that differ with respect to their physiological functions and the mode of cargo delivery to the lysosome. Chaperone-mediated autophagy involves the direct translocation of cytosolic proteins across the lysosomal membrane, which requires protein unfolding by chaperone proteins. Microautophagy involves inward invagination of lysosomal membrane, which delivers a small portion of cytoplasm into the lysosomal lumen. Macroautophagy (simply referred to as autophagy hereafter), is the major regulated catabolic mechanism that eukaryotic cells use to degrade long-lived proteins and organelles. This form of autophagy involves the delivery of cytoplasmic cargo sequestered inside double-membrane vesicles to the lysosome. Initial steps include the formation (vesicle nucleation) and expansion (vesicle elongation) of an isolation membrane, which is also called a phagophore. Then, the edges of the phagophore fuse (vesicle completion) to form the autophagosome, a double-membraned vesicle that sequesters the cytoplasmic material. This is followed by fusion of the autophagosome with a lysosome to form an autolysosome where the captured material, together with the inner membrane, is degraded (37, 46).
Customer Lifetime Value: Literature Scoping Map, and an Agenda for Future Research

Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) is the core concept of relationship marketing and is increasingly addressed in scholarly and business articles. However, there is a big gap in the literature to make CLV thoroughly applicable in business. This paper aims to illuminate the trend of CLV by critical analysis of the literature. For this purpose, after revealing the scoping map of the research area, CLV concepts, the proposed mathematical models besides its techniques and mentioned categorization, its application, and its limitations are investigated. The research exposes the need to a comprehensive model for increasing the applicability of CLV. In addition, the scoping map illuminates the need for more research in the area of implementation and validation.
Dose-Dependent Estrous Cycle, Ovarian Follicles and Biochemical Contents Reversal in Albino Mice after Exposure to Mancozeb.

Mancozeb, a fungicide of a manganese-zinc ethylenebisdithio-carbamate (EBDC), was administered by gavage at doses of 200, 400, 600 and 800 mg/kg/day to female virgin mice for 30 days. The mice were autopsied on 31st day. Mice were also treated with similar doses for a period of 30 days and the treatment was withdrawn for a further period of 30 days for reversible study. The mice were autopsied on 61st day. Estrous cycle and follicles were affected in all the mancozeb treated mice when compared to the controls. There was a recovery in number and phases of estrous cycle in the mice after withdrawal of 400 and 600 mg/kg/day mancozeb, however, recovery was not seen in 800 mg/kg/day mancozeb withdrawal mice. There was a recovery in the number of follicles in the mice after withdrawal of 400 mg/kg/day mancozeb. However, complete recovery of the follicles was not seen in 600 and 800 mg/kg/day mancozeb withdrawal mice. Mice treated with 600 mg/kg/day mancozeb showed significant decrease in the levels of protein and glycogen in the ovary, glycogen and total lipids in the uterus, glycogen in the liver but there was significant increase in the total lipids of the liver. Mice treated with 800 mg/kg/day mancozeb showed significant decrease in protein and glycogen but there was significant increase in total lipids in ovary and liver , however, there was complete decrease in the levels of protein, glycogen and total lipids of the uterus. There was recovery in the levels of protein and total lipids in the ovary and liver in 600 and 800 mg/kg/day mancozeb withdrawal mice, however, recovery was not seen in the level of glycogen. There was significant decrease in the relative weight of the ovary and liver whereas spleen and thyroid weights were increased significantly with 800 mg kg/day mancozeb treatment. The recoveries in the relative weight were observed in the ovary, uterus, thymus and thyroid however, recovery in the relative weight was not seen in liver and spleen in 800 mg/kg/day mancozeb withdrawal mice. The results of the present study indicated a marked effect in the recovery of the estrous cycle, follicles and biochemical contents of the ovary, uterus and liver in mice after exposure to mancozeb with lower doses and it was dose dependent
An Improvement on Hadoop Scheduling by Utilising Analysed CPU Resource Demands

In Hadoop, tasks of I/O-intensive workloads require much less CPU resources than CPU-intensive tasks, yet current CPU scheduling assumes that each task equally saturates one physical core. Such policy could lead to under-utilisatio of CPU resources. We alleviate this problem by proposing the Finer Grained CPU Scheduler that takes into account the actual CPU resource demands of tasks. Demand information is acquired by analysing sample tasks, and then utilised in the scheduling. To evaluate our approach, we design a practical scheduling system, implement it in existing Hadoop framework, and conduct a series of experiments running mixed workloads. The results demonstrate that compared to the state-of-the-art YARN approach, our method improves the throughput of CPU-intensive workloads by approximately 20%, and does not compromise the performance of I/O intensive jobs.
Finding Similar Documents in Document Collections

Finding similar documents in natural language document collections is a difficult task that requires general and domain-specific world knowledge, deep analysis of the documents, and inference. However, a large portion of the pairs of similar documents can be identified by simpler, purely word-based methods. We show the use of Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis for finding similar documents. We evaluate our system on a collection of photocopier repair tips. Among the 100 top-ranked pairs, 88 are true positives. A manual analysis of the 12 false positives suggests the use of more semantic information in the retrieval model.
Revised manuscript: Diab-16-0448 Maternal gestational diabetes and childhood obesity at age 9-11 years in 12 countries

Zhao, P, Liu, E, Qiao, Y, Katzmarzyk, PT, Chaput, J-P, Fogelholm, M, Johnson, WD, Kuriyan, R, Kurpad, A, Lambert, EV, Maher, C, Maia, JAR, Matsudo, V, Olds, T, Onywera, V, Sarmiento, OL, Standage, M, Tremblay, MS, Tudor-Locke, C, Hu, G & ISCOLE Research Group 2016, 'Maternal gestational diabetes and childhood obesity at age 9-11: results of a multinational study' Diabetologia, vol. 59, no. 11, pp. 2339–2348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-016-4062-9
Proposal for Tip Relief Modification to reduce Noise in Spur Gears and sensitivity to meshing conditions

In the paper a new Tip Relief Profile Modification for spur Gears is presented. The topography here proposed is a classical linear profile modification with a parabolic fillet (Linear-Parabolic modification). The parabolic fillet extension is treated as a parameter and its effect investigated. The proposed topography is able to take advantages from both Linear, and Parabolic tip relief. The evolution from Linear to Parabolic is discussed in terms of Peak to Peak Transmission Error. Anomalous contact conditions due to particular tip relief modification are reported, and maps are obtained in order to find optimum tip relief by taking into account contact conditions boundaries too.
To be or not to be registered? Explanatory factors behind formalizing non-farm household businesses in Vietnam

This article sets out to investigate the reasons why some household businesses decide to register and become formal (while others do not) in order to shed light on the origins of informality. We use qualitative as well as quantitative data on household businesses (HB) derived from first-hand representative surveys implemented in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The study reveals that although most of the informal businesses operate ‘illegally’, this is more due to unclear registration legislation than the mark of a deliberate intention to evade the economic regulations. Among the different factors that influence the registration decisions, the reason for setting up the business appears to be a determining one: the more it is a real choice (businesses set up to be independent or to follow a family tradition) and the less a constraint (set up for lack of a job alternative), the more the HB is inclined to be registered. Furthermore, the analysis highlights that incentives do prove decisive insofar as the probability of having a formal business is greater among HB heads who consider that registration provides at least partial protection from corruption. Besides, access to information, the market and large business orders also drive the informal entrepreneurs to register. These results stress the need for clarification of the legal framework as well as incentive policies in order to address the issue of informality.
SHRIMP zircon UPb dating for subduction-related granitic rocks in the northern part of east Junggar , Xinjiang

SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating on the Xileketehalasu granodiorite porphyry and Kalasayi monodiorite porphyry that intrude middle Devonian Beitashan Formation at the north part of east Junggar region shows that they were formed at 381±6 Ma and 376±10 Ma respectively. They are interpreted as subduction-related granitic rocks, which is the first report that the isotopic ages for the granitic rocks range from 350 to 390 Ma. Another determined age for the Kalasayi monodiorite porphyry is 408±9 Ma, representing the age of underlain Lower Devonian volcanic rocks. Thus, the U-Pb dates suggest that the northeastward subduction of Junggar ocean from southwest occurred at 408 to 376 Ma (the real interval may be larger). Because the ore-bearing porphyry intruded following the formation of the volcanic rocks of middle Devonian Beitashan Formation, their tectonic setting is similar to the Andes Mountains that hosts world-class porphyry copper deposits, and the researched area could be regarded as a potential area for prospecting large porphyry copper deposits.
Anthropogenic features influencing occurrence of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) in an urban area in central Amazonian Brazil

ABSTRACT Recent increases in Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) and Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) numbers, particularly in urban–suburban settings, have led to more frequent human–vulture interactions, including vulture–aircraft strikes. This problem highlights the need for vulture management strategies, including determining habitat use by these species in urban settings. We investigated the effects of structures and landscape features on habitat use by Black and Turkey vultures in and around the city of Manaus in central Amazonian Brazil. We repeatedly surveyed 80 sites (3–9 visits per site in 2009–2010) and used detection histories to derive maximum-likelihood estimates of (1) vulture occurrence and detection probabilities and (2) environmental covariate effects on occupancy. Hierarchical logistic models showed that Black Vultures were associated with urban features such as open garbage containers and streams, but Turkey Vultures were associated with forest fragments. These results suggest that Black Vultures select environments where the food supply is abundant, whereas Turkey Vultures may avoid sites that attract Black Vultures in favor of forest remnants, a habitat for which they have specific foraging adaptations. Black Vulture management should focus on reducing the amount of food waste available to the birds in urban open garbage containers and streams, but Turkey Vulture management could be improved through removal of animal carcasses, and perhaps also removal of nests and roosts from forest remnants, especially near airfields.
Title The effects of added transportation capacity on travel : a review of theoretical and empirical results Permalink

added to the original) The addition of transportation capacity affects potentially all attributes of trips made by urban residents: time of day, destination, mode, route, and linking of trips. In the long run, added capacity may influence a household’s automobile ownership decision, residence, and job location choice, as well as firms’ location decisions. Neither primary growth effects nor the secondary trip effects of added capacity are thoroughly understood—determining the effect of added capacity is not at all a trivial task because it is concerned with intricately and dynamically interrelated system components: transportation supply system, land use, accessibility, and travel demand. This paper presents a review of theoretical and empirical results in the literature that shed light on the effect of added transportation capacity. Tentative findings include the following: Using existing origin–destination data appears to be a very cost-effective and expeditious approach to addressing the added capacity issue, but it can be better used with more elaborate statistical methods to test behavioral theories. There is no empirical indication that added capacity generates a significant volume of induced traffic. The standard sequential procedure is capable, in principle, of forecasting diverted, transferred, and shifted traffic, although actual practice may be less than ideal. Abbreviated application of the procedure, unwarranted attempts to transfer models and extrapolation of the models to inapplicable options are unfortunately present. A better understanding of trip timing decisions and trip chaining behavior is needed. Impacts on car ownership, residential and job location choice, and land use need to be better understood and incorporated into the forecasting procedure. More widespread use of panel surveys is encouraged.
A Wire-bond-less 10 kV SiC MOSFET Power Module with Reduced Common-mode Noise and Electric Field

While wide-bandgap devices offer many benefits, they also bring new challenges for designers. In particular, the new 10 kV silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs can switch higher voltages faster and with lower losses than silicon devices while also being smaller in size. These features can result in premature dielectric breakdown, higher voltage overshoots, high-frequency current and voltage oscillations, and greater electromagnetic interference. In order to mitigate these side effects and thus fully utilize the benefits of these unique devices, advanced module packaging is needed. This work proposes a power module package with a small footprint (68 mm × 83 mm), low gate- and power-loop inductances (4 nH), increased partial discharge inception voltage (53 %), and reduced common-mode current (90 %).
Semantic Repositories for Service Provision: An Approach to Enhance the Business Perspective

In business interactions, a major issue consists in enhancing the business perspective over service provision by developing strategies and tools to provide support in the choice of services according to the value they have for businesses. This means to provide (i) a way to determine the value of services according to specific business criteria, and (ii) technologies that support the sharing of such kind of knowledge involved in service provision. In this paper we present an approach based on the development of semantic repositories starting from our past experience with a repository built for the Italian Public Administration. The repository provides a business perspective over service provision, based on the association between services and business processes. The relevance of a value-based perspective on services modeling is related to the relevant problem of supporting businesses in the value-driven service selection. This perspective can be sensibly enhanced by exploiting expressive semantic representations and reasoning, in order to move towards the design of semantic repositories of services offering more intelligent service provision and supporting businesses in the service choice according to their value. In particular, we focus on how the semantic approach proposed can support the value-driven service selection, by presenting a case study.
Comparison of methods for determining the density of grass silage

In practice the only way to determine the bulk density of grass silage is to measure and weigh silage blocks. This study was carried out to compare this variant with four other measuring methods. "Big blocks" are inherently relatively heterogeneous and hence cannot be used for the fast, precise determination of density. "Small blocks" represent density well, but their handling makes them unsuitable for quick sampling. The three measuring methods - " drilling jig", "inclined drilling cylinder" and "vertical drilling cylinder" - gave comparable results. The "inclined drilling cylinder" was identified as the preferred variant on the basis of results and manageability.
Stranger in a known land: Bayesian analysis confirms the presence of an Australian leaf miner in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

Several species of leaf-mining moths have become invasive in many parts of the world. Their success seems to be related, at least in part, to their small body size, short life cycles, high dispersal capabilities and relatively plastic host-plant associations. Here, we provide the first report of established populations of the elachistid moth, Elachista synethes, in South America (specifically the Azapa Valley, northern Chilean Atacama Desert). E. synethes is a widespread polyphagous species native to Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. The immatures in the Azapa Valley were found associated with the South American native rescue grass, Bromus catharticus. Interestingly E. synethes is known to use B. catharticus as a host plant in the Australian region (i.e. where the plant is introduced but the moth native). In addition to comparing the morphology of immature and adult moths, we sequenced a partial region of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene from putative specimens from the Azapa Valley, and reconstructed a Bayesian phylogeny using representative species from different groups of Elachista as terminals. The specimens from Chile fell within the lineage of E. synethes, with 0% of genetic divergence. Thus, we hypothesize that this leaf-miner species was accidentally introduced into northern Chile, and has established there due to the existence of suitable host plants in that area.
The Austrian Business Cycle - A Characterization

Economies constantly undergo significant cyclical variations of distinct pattern and origin. In duration, business cycles vary from more than one to ten or twelve years, and comprise a boom, or expansionary phase, followed by a recession, or contractionary phase. Such cycles recur at unpredictable intervals and do not last for a fixed length of time. Recessions are characterized by high unemployment and low productivity with highly asymmetric short but sharper cycles than expansions. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overall picture of the Austrian business cycle covering the period 1970 until 2004 by studying the cycle’s “stylized facts” in terms of volatility, co-movements and persistence. The notion of stylized facts stems from the renowned work of Burns and Mitchell (1946) intending to provide and interpret model-free observations of macroeconomic variables’ behavior. Additionally potential hypotheses as to the source of observed cycles will be tested, pointing at the significant role supply-side shocks like technology play in triggering observed business cycles. This paper is organized as follows: Section I describes the methodology applied to extract the cyclical component from observed macroeconomic data. Section II gives a brief description of business cycle regularities observed in industrialized countries, while section III applies the empirical test to the economy case Austria and discusses the results on the basis of the data’s second moments. Section IV attempts to identify potential sources of observed cycles, focusing on prices and the real wage rate as discriminatory factors. A discussion of the baseline Real Business Cycle Model’s basic characteristics as well as resemblances with the observed data represents the focal points of section V while section VI concludes.
The Effects of Flue Gas SO 3 on the Operation of Coal-Fired Units and Countermeasures

There exists a certain amount of SO 3 in flue gas discharged from coal-fired power plants. The implementation and “ultra-low emission” retrofitting of SCR in China greatly increased the concentration of SO 3 in flue gas, which will lead to fouling, erosion and plugging of the SCR reactor and the air preheater downstream. With the lowered dew point of the flue gas, the ammonia sliped from the SCR reactor together with the SO 3 in flue gas will leads to dust accumulation in the Electric Precipitator or in the Bag-house Filter, too. In this study, the main effects and its mechanism of SO 3 on the safety, stability and efficiency of units were analyzed, and measures to control SO 3 were proposed.