Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analytical assessment of orbital noise effects in ring oscillators

We present the study of phase, amplitude and phase-orbital correlation noise in an idealized ring oscillator. The results are based on the Floquet theory for fluctuation estimation in an autonomous circuit. The chosen structure allows for fully analytical calculations, thus providing closed form, albeit approximate, expressions of the complete noise spectrum. This complements recent results wherein the phase noise component only was calculated.
An Analysis of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) Along Luxapalila Creek, Mississippi, 1999 Studies

Abstract : In October 1999, 14 sites along Luxapalila Creek between Steens, Mississippi, and Waterworks Road Bridge (River Mile 6.2), were searched for freshwater mussels (Family: Unionidae). All collecting was done by hand and without divers. The purpose was to obtain information that could be used to assess the effectiveness of reasonable and prudent measures and their terms and conditions to reduce impacts to mussels caused by downstream channelization that took place in 1994 to 1996. In addition, results would be used to determine the likelihood of future losses (or incidental take) of federally listed mussel species in the project area. Fifteen species of freshwater mussels, in addition to Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam), were collected. Live specimens of the endemc, federally listed threatened Pleurobema decisum (southern clubshell) was collected at one site. The most abundant living species were Quadrula asperata (Alabama orb) and Lampsilis sframinea claiboniensis (southern fatmucket) which comprised 31.2 and 19.5 percent of the fauna. The third and fourth most abundant species, Tritogonia vemicosa (pistolgrip) and Lampsilis omata (southern pocketbook), comprised 18.7 and 10.9 percent of the collection. The remaining 11 species each comprised less than 4 percent of the fauna. Mussel abundance has changed little in this stream, based upon results of a survey conducted in 1992 and studies conducted in 1997 and 1998.
An Analysis of Freshwater Mussels (Unionidae) Along Luxapalila Creek, Mississippi.

Abstract : In 1997 divers and waders were used to search for freshwater mussels in Luxapalila Creek between Steens, MS, and Waterworks Road bridge (River Mile 6.2). The purpose was to obtain information that could be used to assess the effectiveness of reasonable and prudent measures and their terms and conditions to reduce impacts to mussels caused by downstream channelization. In addition, results would be used to determine the likelihood of future losses (or incidental take) of federally listed mussel species in the project area. Luxapalila Creek is within the range of the following endemic mussels: Pleurobema perovatum (ovate clubshell mussel) and Plearobema decisum (southern clubshell mussel), listed as endangered; and Medionidus acutissimus (Alabama moccasinshell mussel) and Lampsilis perovalis (orange-nacre mucket mussel), listed as threatened Fifteen species of bivalves, including Corbicula fluminea (Asian clam), were collected. Two federally listed endemic species were found: live specimens of L. perovalis and shells of P. decisum. The most abundant living species were Quadrula asperata (Alabama orb) and Lampsilis straminea claiborensis (southern fatmucket), which comprised 44.3 and 19.3 percent of the fauna. The third most abundant species, Lampsilis ornata (southern pockethook), comprised slightly more than 10 percent of the collection, and the remaining 12 species (including C. fluminea) each comprised less than 6 percent of the fauna. The species list for this creek is now 25. When these results were compared with findings from a study conducted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1992, it was determined that there have been few recent changes in the mussel community.
Effets du cisaillement sur la cristallisation du polypropylène : aspects cinétiques et morphologiques

La cristallisation apres cisaillement d'un polypropylene commercial a ete etudiee grâce a plusieurs techniques experimentales. La calorimetrie, la microscopie (une platine chauffante etant placee sous un microscope a lumiere polarisee), ainsi que la rheometrie ont ete utilisees de facon a decrire, parfaitement la cinetique mais egalement la morphologie cristalline formee pour des cristallisations au repos. Ces cristallisations au repos representent l'etat de reference par rapport a l'application du cisaillement. Les experiences de cristallisation apres cisaillement ont ete realisees grâce a une platine de cisaillement placee sous un microscope a la lumiere polarisee et grâcea un rehometre. Elles ont permis de quantifier l'effet du cisaillement sur la cinetique de cristallisation par la mesure de temps de demi-cristallisation. La morphologie cristalline formee apres cisaillement a ete etudiee par fusion des echantillons cristallises apres cisaillement, par diffraction des rayons X aux grands angles, ou en placant la platine de cisaillement sous le rayonnement synchrotron du L. U. R. E. Conformement aux donnees bibliographiques, la cinetique de cristallisation est fortement acceleree apres cisaillement et le nombre de germes activites augmente de facon importante. Un modele cinetique qui relie le nombre de germes supplementaires apparaissant apres cisaillement a la premiere difference des contraintes normales a ete etabli. Il prend en compte l'effet de la temperature comme celui du comportement rehologique du polymere et permet de decrire la plus grande sensibilite des polymeres de haute masse molaire au cisaillement. La morphologie cristalline ne peut pas etre entierement definie a partir des resultats obtenus, mais ceux-ci tendent a accrediter la these de lamelles orientees de preference dans le sens de l'ecoulement et perpendiculairement a l'ecoulement comme observe dans la litterature.
Modelling Nonlinear Vector Economic Time Series

This work concentrates on the nonlinear vector model called the Vector Smooth Transition Regression model. The bivariate single-transition vector smooth transition regression model of Camacho (2004) is generalised to a multivariate and multitransition one. A modelling strategy consisting of specification, including testing linearity, estimation and evaluation of these models is constructed. Maximum likelihood estimation of the parameters of the model is discussed, and the selection of starting-values for nonlinear estimation receives attention. Evaluation by misspecification tests is carried out using tests derived in a companion paper. The use of the modelling strategy is illustrated by two applications. In the first one, the dynamic relationship between the US gasoline price and consumption is studied and possible asymmetries in it considered. The second application consists of modelling two well known Icelandic riverflow series, previously considered by many hydrologists and time series analysts.
Health Care Professionals: A Synthesis and Integration of Select Concepts and Theories in the Study of Mental Illness through the Society, Culture, Personality (SCP) Model

The purpose of this article is to present select concepts and theories in the study of mental illness pertinent for health care professionals. The society-culture-personality (SCP) model is examined in relationship to mental illness so that health care professionals are well-informed on the severity of these disorders in order to provide quality care regardless of geographic location. The society-culture-personality (SCP) model is examined in relationship to some of the most severe forms of mental illness, namely, schizophrenia and major depressive disorder. Social meaningful interaction (SMI) is examined in the development of personality and how social and cultural norms affect the development of the individual. Psychoses are major mental disorders in the United States and in other parts of the world. It is important for health care providers to be knowledgeable about mental illness and the role social class, culture and family play in defining mental illness. By having a thorough understanding of the select concepts and theories involved in the study of mental illness we are hoping that the ingredients of quality, affordability, availability, accessibility, and continuity of care are extended to all members of society.
Shock Transmission Through International Banks: Canada

In this paper, we investigate how liquidity conditions in Canada may affect domestic and/or foreign lending of globally active banks and whether this transmission is influenced by individual bank characteristics. We find that Canadian banks expanded their foreign lending during the recent financial crisis, often through acquisitions of foreign banks. We also find evidence that internal capital markets play a role in the lending activities of globally active Canadian banks during times of heightened liquidity risk.
Estrogen plus progestin and risk of venous thrombosis.

CONTEXT Postmenopausal hormone therapy increases the risk of venous thrombosis. It is not known whether other factors influencing thrombosis add to this risk. OBJECTIVE To report final data on incidence of venous thrombosis in the Women's Health Initiative Estrogen Plus Progestin clinical trial and the association of hormone therapy with venous thrombosis in the setting of other thrombosis risk factors. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Double-blind randomized controlled trial of 16,608 postmenopausal women between the ages of 50 and 79 years, who were enrolled in 1993 through 1998 at 40 US clinical centers with 5.6 years of follow up; and a nested case-control study. Baseline gene variants related to thrombosis risk were measured in the first 147 women who developed thrombosis and in 513 controls. INTERVENTION Random assignment to 0.625 mg/d of conjugated equine estrogen plus 2.5 mg/d of medroxyprogesterone acetate, or placebo. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Centrally validated deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolus. RESULTS Venous thrombosis occurred in 167 women taking estrogen plus progestin (3.5 per 1000 person-years) and in 76 taking placebo (1.7 per 1000 person-years); hazard ratio (HR), 2.06 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.57-2.70). Compared with women between the ages of 50 and 59 years who were taking placebo, the risk associated with hormone therapy was higher with age: HR of 4.28 (95% CI, 2.38-7.72) for women aged 60 to 69 years and 7.46 (95% CI, 4.32-14.38) for women aged 70 to 79 years. Compared with women who were of normal weight and taking placebo, the risk associated with taking estrogen plus progestin was increased among overweight and obese women: HR of 3.80 (95% CI, 2.08-6.94) and 5.61 (95% CI, 3.12-10.11), respectively. Factor V Leiden enhanced the hormone-associated risk of thrombosis with a 6.69-fold increased risk compared with women in the placebo group without the mutation (95% CI, 3.09-14.49). Other genetic variants (prothrombin 20210A, methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase C677T, factor XIII Val34Leu, PAI-1 4G/5G, and factor V HR2) did not modify the association of hormone therapy with venous thrombosis. CONCLUSIONS Estrogen plus progestin was associated with doubling the risk of venous thrombosis. Estrogen plus progestin therapy increased the risks associated with age, overweight or obesity, and factor V Leiden.
Scholar Works at UT Tyler Scholar Works at UT Tyler

Background : An abundance of rapidly accumulating scientific evidence presents novel opportunities for researchers and practitioners alike, yet such advantages are often overshadowed by resource demands associated with finding and aggregating a continually expanding body of scientific information. Across social science disciplines, the use of automation technologies for timely and accurate knowledge synthesis can enhance research translation value, better inform key policy development, and expand the current understanding of human interactions, organizations, and systems. Ongoing developments surrounding automation are highly concentrated in research for evidence-based medicine with limited evidence surrounding tools and techniques applied outside of the clinical research community. Our objective is to conduct a living systematic review of automated data extraction techniques supporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses in the social sciences. The aim of this study is to extend the automation knowledge base by synthesizing current trends in the application of extraction technologies of key data elements of interest for social scientists. Methods : The proposed study is a living systematic review employing a partial replication framework based on extant literature surrounding automation of data extraction for systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Protocol development, base review, and updates follow PRISMA standards for reporting systematic reviews. This protocol is preregistered in OSF: (Semi)Automated Approaches to Data Extraction for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses in Social Sciences: A Living Review Protocol on August 14, 2022. Conclusions : Anticipated outcomes of this study include: (a) generate insights supporting advancement in transferring existing reliable methods to social science research; (b) provide a foundation for protocol development leading to enhancement of comparability and Open Peer
A model to study neurotropism and persistency of Japanese encephalitis virus infection in human neuroblastoma cells and leukocytes.

Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most common mosquito-borne encephalitis in the Asia-Pacific region. Patients with JE usually present neuronal involvement, but other organ involvement is relatively rare. Employing human neuroblast-derived (NB) cell lines and different blood cells (erythrocytes, lymphocytes, granulocytes and monocytes), the neurotropism and persistency of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in human cells was investigated. It was found that JEV could not replicate in erythrocytes, granulocytes or lymphocytes. Monocytes and NB cell lines could support replication of JEV as demonstrated by expression of viral NS3 antigen and virus plaque-forming units (p.f.u.). JEV could replicate more efficiently in neuroblastoma (HTB-11) cells than in monocytes after infection for 48 h (2.1+/-1.2x10(7) vs 2.8+/-0.7x10(2) p.f. u. ml(-1)). Two different strains of JEV revealed a similar infectivity to different leukocytes and four NB cell lines. In a kinetic study, it was found that JEV-infected monocytes possessed a high viability (90 %) after infection for 5 days, while JEV-infected neuroblastoma cells suffered cell apoptosis in 2 days and decreased viability to less than 1 % in 5 days. Further studies showed that monocytes could take up JEV rapidly, displaying a log scale increase of intracellular JEV titres in 9 h after infection. Significantly, extracellular production of JEV by monocytes started in 12 h, peaked in 3 days and persisted for more than 3 weeks. These results suggest that JEV-infected monocytes may play an important role in harbouring JEV for eventual transmission to NB cells and that modulation of JEV-induced NB cell apoptosis may be useful in treating patients with JE.
Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond: The War On "Illegals" and the Remaking of the U.S. – Mexico Boundary

1. Introduction 2. Nation-building in the Borderlands: Constructing the U.S.-Mexico Boundary 3. Generating Difference in San Diego-Tijuana 4. Sharpening the Divide: From Border to Boundary 5. Producing the Crisis: The Emergence of Operation Gatekeeper 6. The Ideological Roots of the Illegal as Threat and the Boundary as Protector 7. The Effects and Significance of the Bounding of the United States 8. Security in an Age of Global Apartheid
FOR LOVE OR REWARD? CHARACTERISING PREFERENCES FOR GIVING TO PARENTS IN AN EXPERIMENTAL SETTING

Understanding the motivations behind intergenerational transfers is an important and active research area in economics. The existence and responsiveness of familial transfers have consequences for the design of intra and intergenerational redistributive programmes, particularly as such programmes may crowd out private transfers amongst altruistic family members. Yet, despite theoretical and empirical advances in this area, significant gaps in our knowledge remain. In this article, we advance the current literature by shedding light on both the motivation for providing intergenerational transfers, and on the nature of preferences for such giving behaviour, by using experimental techniques and revealed preference methods.
Dynamical Downscaling Simulation and Future Projection of Extreme Precipitation Activities in Taiwan during the Mei-Yu Seasons

By using the Weather Research and Forecasting (denoted as WRF) model driven by two super-high-resolution global models, High Resolution Atmospheric Model (denoted as HiRAM) and Meteorological Research Institute Atmospheric General Circulation Model (denoted as MRI), this study investigates the dynamical downscaling simulation and projection of extreme precipitation activities (including intensity and frequency) in Taiwan during the Mei-Yu seasons (May and June). The analyses focus on two time period simulations: the present-day (1979 – 2003, historical run) and the future (2075 – 2099, RCP8.5 scenario). For the present-day simulation, our results show that the bias of HiRAM and MRI in simulating the extreme precipitation activities over Taiwan can be reduced after dynamical downscaling by using the WRF model. For the future projections, both the dynamical downscaling models (i.e., HiRAM-WRF and MRI-WRF) project that extreme precipitation will become more frequent and more intense over western Taiwan but less frequent and less intense over eastern Taiwan. The east-west contrast in the projected changes in extreme precipitation in Taiwan are found to be a local response to the enhancement of southwesterly monsoonal flow over the coastal regions of South China, which leads to an increase in water vapor convergence over the windward side (i.e., western Taiwan) and a decrease in water vapor convergence over the leeward side (i.e., eastern Taiwan). Further examinations of the significance of the projected changes in extreme precipitation that affect the agriculture regions of Taiwan show that the southwestern agriculture regions will be affected by extreme precipitation events more frequently and more intensely than the other subregions. This finding highlights the importance of examining regional differences in the projected changes in extreme precipitation over the complex terrain of East Asia. Corresponding author: Wan-Ru Huang, Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Tingchou Rd., Wenshan District, Taipei 11677, Taiwan R.O. C. E-mail: wrhuang@ntnu.edu. tw J-stage Advance Published Date: 10 January 2019 Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Vol. 97, No. 2 482
Microplastics in personal care products : Exploring perceptions of environmentalists , beauticians and students

Microplastics enter the environment as a result of larger plastic items breaking down (‘secondary’) and from particles originally manufactured at that size (‘primary’). Personal care products are an important contributor of secondary microplastics (typically referred to as ‘microbeads’), for example in toothpaste, facial scrubs and soaps. Consumers play an important role in influencing the demand for these products and therefore any associated environmental consequences. Hence we need to understand public perceptions in order to help reduce emissions of microplastics. This study explored awareness of plastic microbeads in personal care products in three groups: environmental activists, trainee beauticians and university students in South West England. Focus groups were run, where participants were shown the quantity of microbeads found in individual high-street personal care products. Qualitative analysis showed that while the environmentalists were originally aware of the issue, it lacked visibility and immediacy for the beauticians and students. Yet when shown the amount of plastic in a range of familiar everyday personal care products, all participants expressed considerable surprise and concern at the quantities and potential impact. Regardless of any perceived level of harm in the environment, the consensus was that their use was unnatural and unnecessary. This research could inform future communications with the public and industry as well as policy initiatives to phase out the use of microbeads. © 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Marine Pollution Bulletin xxx (2016) xxx-xxx
Estimating Groundwater Availability and Variability in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

Freshwater resources are subject to increasing pressure from a local to global scale. For many parts of the world groundwater is central to increasing water and food security. This is especially the case in regions such as the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania with highly variable or seasonal climates resulting in irregular access to surface water. With the background of scarce and deficient data on groundwater resources and the essential need of such information for wise management, this study aims at estimating the groundwater availability and variability in the Kilombero River Basin, Tanzania. A data set of drill logs provided information on soil types and related values of specific yield; depth of water tables; and depth to bedrock. These data enabled estimations of drainable water and (together with aquifer area) also quantification of the total groundwater volume. The latter was estimated to range between 48 km3 and 357 km3. The values are reasonable as an order of magnitude compared to previous quantifications and the annual water cycle in the valley. The spatial variability in drainable water was less than expected likely due to a high concentration of data points around the floodplain such that they have a similar physical setting. That mainly the valley bottom was covered by the data set indicates that findings reported here might be more appropriate for this specific area instead of the entire catchment. The methods applied give more uncertain results in high elevation areas with less aquifer depths, which could also be part of the explanation for the low spatial variability. However, a low variability indicates a homogenous access to groundwater on a regional level that should be positive in terms of mitigating competition over water. Due to uncertainties with the groundwater estimations, these results should not be overly interpreted but preferably used to indicate potential pathways forward for improvements of quantification approaches. Despite the wide uncertainty ranges the groundwater volumes that are easily accessible in the Kilombero Valley are not unlimited. In order to avoid inappropriate use of the groundwater resources, aquifer data must be considered in land-water management. Otherwise, conflicts are likely to increase due to competition over land and water resources.