Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The roles of star formation and AGN activity of IRS sources in the HerMES fields

In this work, we explore the impact of the presence of an active galactic nucleus (AGN) on the mid- and far-infrared (IR) properties of galaxies as well as the effects of simultaneous AGN and starburst activity in the same galaxies. To do this, we apply a multicomponent, multiband spectral synthesis technique to a sample of 250 μm selected galaxies of the Herschel Multi-tiered Extragalactic Survey (HerMES), with Infrared Spectrograph (IRS) spectra available for all galaxies. Our results confirm that the inclusion of the IRS spectra plays a crucial role in the spectral analysis of galaxies with an AGN component improving the selection of the best-fitting hot dust (torus) model. We find a correlation between the obscured star formation rate, SFR_IR, derived from the IR luminosity of the starburst component, and SFRPAH, derived from the luminosity of the PAH features, L_PAH, with SFR_FIR taking higher values than SFR_PAH. The correlation is different for AGN- and starburst-dominated objects. The ratio of L_PAH to that of the starburst component, L_PAH/L_SB, is almost constant for AGN-dominated objects but decreases with increasing L_SB for starburst-dominated objects. SFR_FIR increases with the accretion luminosity, L_acc, with the increase less prominent for the very brightest, unobscured AGN-dominated sources. We find no correlation between the masses of the hot (AGN-heated) and cold (starburst-heated) dust components. We interpret this as a non-constant fraction of gas driven by the gravitational effects to the AGN while the starburst is ongoing. We also find no evidence of the AGN affecting the temperature of the cold dust component, though this conclusion is mostly based on objects with a non-dominant AGN component. We conclude that our findings do not provide evidence that the presence of AGN affects the star formation process in the host galaxy, but rather that the two phenomena occur simultaneously over a wide range of luminosities.
Small-angle scattering studies of macromolecular solutions

In recent years, major progress has been achieved in developing novel approaches to interpret small-angle scattering data from solutions of biological macromolecules in terms of three-dimensional models. These advanced methods include: ab initio low-resolution shape and domain structure determination; modelling of quaternary structure by rigid-body refinement; simultaneous analysis of multiple scattering patterns, e.g. from contrast variation in neutron scattering to study multicomponent complexes; validation of high-resolution models; and addition of missing loops and domains. The new techniques will be presented and practical applications of the methods are illustrated by recent examples. The use of additional information from other methods, joint applications of X-ray and neutron scattering, and the possibilities for assessing and validating the models constructed based on small-angle scattering data will be discussed.
Whole genome profiling physical map and ancestral annotation of tobacco Hicks Broadleaf

Genomics-based breeding of economically important crops such as banana, coffee, cotton, potato, tobacco and wheat is often hampered by genome size, polyploidy and high repeat content. We adapted sequence-based whole-genome profiling (WGP™) technology to obtain insight into the polyploidy of the model plant Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco). N. tabacum is assumed to originate from a hybridization event between ancestors of Nicotiana sylvestris and Nicotiana tomentosiformis approximately 200 000 years ago. This resulted in tobacco having a haploid genome size of 4500 million base pairs, approximately four times larger than the related tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and potato (Solanum tuberosum) genomes. In this study, a physical map containing 9750 contigs of bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) was constructed. The mean contig size was 462 kbp, and the calculated genome coverage equaled the estimated tobacco genome size. We used a method for determination of the ancestral origin of the genome by annotation of WGP sequence tags. This assignment agreed with the ancestral annotation available from the tobacco genetic map, and may be used to investigate the evolution of homoeologous genome segments after polyploidization. The map generated is an essential scaffold for the tobacco genome. We propose the combination of WGP physical mapping technology and tag profiling of ancestral lines as a generally applicable method to elucidate the ancestral origin of genome segments of polyploid species. The physical mapping of genes and their origins will enable application of biotechnology to polyploid plants aimed at accelerating and increasing the precision of breeding for abiotic and biotic stress resistance.
PERILAKU PENCARIAN INFORMASI PARIWISATA PARA WISATAWAN DOMESTIK DI RUMAH MODE

This thesis is titled “Tourism Information Searching Behaviours Of Domestic Tourist In The City Of Bandung Rumah Mode”. The method used in this thesis is a qualititative method. Study of theory used in this study is Information Seeking Behavior Theory (Wilson). Data collection techniques used are observation, interview and documentation study. From the observation of researchers by going directly to the Rumah Mode, tourist arrivals generally have an incentive and motivation that is fulfill the shopping needs with a variety of branded clothing and underwear from young to old. Knowledge about the safety of domestic tourist on Rumah Mode actually varied according to what they are looking. So far the treatment of domestic tourist to the information that was obtained was made of feed back to the Rumah Mode. The general interest of domestic tourist to come to Rumah Mode is almost the same, because tourist can see bt itself on the facilities provided for the convenience of Rumah Mode tourist. Satisfaction at Rumah Mode is calssified into three aspects of satisfaction. Namely, satisfaction with the quality of goods, price and service the Rumah Mode. So far, the tourist were satisfied with what already exist in the Rumah Mode, but there are also tourists who are not satisfied because there is little interference due to renovation of the parking lot. Skripsi ini berjudul “Perilaku Pencarian Informasi Pariwisata Para Wisatawan Domestik Kota Bandung di Rumah Mode”. Metode yang digunakan dalam skripsi ini adalah metode kualitatif. Kajian teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Teori Information Seeking Behavior (Wilson). Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan yaitu observasi, wawancara, dan studi dokumentasi. Dari hasil observasi peneliti dengan terjun langsung ke Rumah Mode ini, umumnya wisatawan yang datang mempunyai tujuan dan motivasi yaitu memenuhi kebutuhan hidupnya dengan berbelanja aneka pakaian dan celana yang bermerk dari kalangan muda sampai kalangan tua. Pengetahuan wisatawan domestik tentang keamanan Rumah Modesejauh ini umumnya merasa nyaman. Dilihat dari segi aspek parkir, keamanan dan pelayanannya Rumah Mode sudah memberikan yang terbaik. Pengalaman wisatawan domestik tentang Rumah Mode ini sebenarnya beraneka ragam sesuai dengan kebutuhan yang mereka cari. Sejauh ini perlakuan wisatawan domestik terhadap informasi yang sudah di dapat memang membuat adanya feed back kepada Rumah Mode. Pada umumnya ketertarikan wisatawan domestik untuk datang ke Rumah Mode ini hampir sama, karena wisatawan dapat melihat dengan sendirinya tentang apa saja fasilitas yang disediakan dari Rumah Mode untuk kenyamanan wisatawannya. Kepuasan berada di Rumah Mode ini tergolong terjadi tiga aspek kepuasan. Yaitu, kepuasan terhadap kualitas barang, kepuasan terhadap kualitas harga, dan yang terakhir kualitas terhadap aspek pelayanan Rumah Mode tersebut. Sejauh ini, wisatawan merasa puas dengan apa yang sudah ada di Rumah Mode ini, namun ada juga wisatawan yang merasa tidak puas karena adanya sedikit gangguan akibat renovasi lapangan parkir di dalam Rumah Mode ini.
Cigarette Smoking and Brain Regulation of Energy Homeostasis

Cigarette smoking is an addictive behavior, and is the primary cause of cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, and cancer (among other diseases). Cigarette smoke contains thousands of components that may affect caloric intake and energy expenditure, although nicotine is the major addictive substance present, and has the best described actions. Nicotine exposure from cigarette smoke can change brain feeding regulation to reduce appetite via both energy homeostatic and reward mechanisms, causing a negative energy state which is characterized by reduced energy intake and increased energy expenditure that are linked to low body weight. These findings have led to the public perception that smoking is associated with weight loss. However, its effects at reducing abdominal fat mass (a predisposing factor for glucose intolerance and insulin resistance) are marginal, and its promotion of lean body mass loss in animal studies suggests a limited potential for treatment in obesity. Smoking during pregnancy puts pressure on the mother’s metabolic system and is a significant contributor to adverse pregnancy outcomes. Smoking is a predictor of future risk for respiratory dysfunction, social behavioral problems, cardiovascular disease, obesity, and type-2 diabetes. Catch-up growth is normally observed in children exposed to intrauterine smoke, which has been linked to subsequent childhood obesity. Nicotine can have a profound impact on the developing fetal brain, via its ability to rapidly and fully pass the placenta. In animal studies this has been linked with abnormal hypothalamic gene expression of appetite regulators such as downregulation of NPY and POMC in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. Maternal smoking or nicotine replacement leads to unhealthy eating habits (such as junk food addiction) and other behavioral disorders in the offspring.
The Regulation of MS-KIF18A Expression and Cross Talk with Estrogen Receptor

This study provides a novel view on the interactions between the MS-KIF18A, a kinesin protein, and estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) which were studied in vivo and in vitro. Additionally, the regulation of MS-KIF18A expression by estrogen was investigated at the gene and protein levels. An association between recombinant proteins; ERα and MS-KIF18A was demonstrated in vitro in a pull down assay. Such interactions were proven also for endogenous proteins in MBA-15 cells were detected prominently in the cytoplasm and are up-regulated by estrogen. Additionally, an association between these proteins and the transcription factor NF-κB was identified. MS-KIF18A mRNA expression was measured in vivo in relation to age and estrogen level in mice and rats models. A decrease in MS-KIF18A mRNA level was measured in old and in OVX-estrogen depleted rats as compared to young animals. The low MS-KIF18A mRNA expression in OVX rats was restored by estrogen treatment. We studied the regulation of MS-KIF18A transcription by estrogen using the luciferase reporter gene and chromatin immuno-percipitation (ChIP) assays. The luciferase reporter gene assay demonstrated an increase in MS-KIF18A promoter activity in response to 10−8 M estrogen and 10−7M ICI-182,780. Complimentary, the ChIP assay quantified the binding of ERα and pcJun to the MS-KIF18A promoter that was enhanced in cells treated by estrogen and ICI-182,780. In addition, cells treated by estrogen expressed higher levels of MS-KIF18A mRNA and protein and the protein turnover in MBA-15 cells was accelerated. Presented data demonstrated that ERα is a defined cargo of MS-KIF18A and added novel insight on the role of estrogen in regulation of MS-KIF18A expression both in vivo and in vitro.
Is Britney Spears Spam?

seek to redefine spam and the role of the spam filter in the context of Social Networking Services (SNS). SNS, such as MySpace and Facebook, are increasing in popularity. They enable and encourage users to communicate with previously unknown network members on an unprecedented scale. The problem we address with our work is that users of these sites risk being overwhelmed with unsolicited communications not just from e-mail spammers, but also from a large pool of well intending, yet subjectively uninteresting people. Those who wish to remain open to meeting new people must spend a large amount of time estimating deception and utility in unknown contacts. Our goal is to assist the user in making these determinations. This requires identifying clear cases of undesirable spam and helping them to assess the more ambiguous ones. Our approach is to present an analysis of the salient features of the sender's profile and network that contains otherwise hard to perceive cues about their likely intentions. As with traditional spam analysis, much of our work focuses on detecting deception: finding profiles that mimic ordinary users but which are actually commercial and usually undesirable entities. We address this within the larger context of making more legible the key cues presented by any unknown contact. We have developed a research prototype that categorizes senders into broader categories than spam/not spam using features unique to SNS. We discuss our initial experiment, and its results and implications.
Positive Thinking in Dance: The Benefits of Positive Self-Talk Practice in Conjunction with Somatic Exercises for Collegiate Dancers

Many dance students suffer from low self-confidence and high anxiety as a result of cultural stressors present in the training environment. Particularly, the tradition of authoritarian-style teaching has been shown to hinder the psychological development of students. This thesis researches teaching methodologies that incorporate psychological skills training and aspects of the Franklin method (a somatic practice) into collegiate dance education. The objective is to equip dancers with the positive self-talk practice necessary to combat cultural stressors in dance training. Along with a survey of published research, the methods for this thesis project included questionnaires and interviews conducted as part of a pilot workshop study. Results of this thesis study conclude that the integration of mental skills training in dance education provides students with valuable skillsets that help promote self-confidence and efficacy.
BASIC PROPERTIES OF THE PERSONA MODEL

This document proposes a terminology and a model for representation of user data in information systems in the form of “persona” objects. It provides the mechanisms for evaluation how the personae relate to real-world subjects or to each other. A mechanism how to evaluate some anonymity and identity properties is proposed. This paper also describes the linking of personae by the use of shared identifiers. The local, global, persistent and transient personal linking types are considered. The model is used to describe persona linking in the different practical technologies as the example of model applicability.
Metabolomic mechanisms of gypenoside against liver fibrosis in rats: An integrative analysis of proteomics and metabolomics data

Aims To investigate mechanisms and altered pathways of gypenoside against carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)-induced liver fibrosis based on integrative analysis of proteomics and metabolomics data. Methods CCl4-induced liver fibrosis rats were administrated gypenoside. The anti-fibrosis effects were evaluated by histomorphology and liver hydroxyproline (Hyp) content. Protein profiling and metabolite profiling of rats liver tissues were examined by isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) approach and gas chromatography-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) technology. Altered pathways and pivotal proteins and metabolites were searched by integrative analysis of proteomics and metabolomics data. The levels of some key proteins in altered pathways were determined by western blot. Results Histopathological changes and Hyp content in gypenoside group had significant improvements (P<0.05). Compared to liver fibrosis model group, we found 301 up-regulated and 296 down-regulated proteins, and 9 up-regulated and 8 down-regulated metabolites in gypenoside group. According to integrative analysis, some important pathways were found, including glycolysis or gluconeogenesis, fructose and mannose metabolism, glycine, serine and threonine metabolism, lysine degradation, arginine and proline metabolism, glutathione metabolism, and sulfur metabolism. Furthermore, the levels of ALDH1B1, ALDH2 and ALDH7A1 were found increased and restored to normal levels after gypenoside treated (P<0.05). Conclusions Gypenoside inhibited CCl4-induced liver fibrosis, which may be involved in the alteration of glycolysis metabolism and the protection against the damage of aldehydes and lipid peroxidation by up-regulating ALDH.
More Than Meets the Eye: Latino Students in a Two-Way Immersion Program and Stereotype Threat

i Dedication. iii Acknowledgements . iv List of Tables . x Chapter 1: Introduction . 1 A Personal Racialized Educational Experience: Me, The Student . 3 Me, The Teacher: Another Personal Racialized Educational Experience. 5 Statement of the Problem . 9 Problem Statement and Its Significance . 11 Conclusion . 12 Chapter 2: Literature Review. 14 White Supremacy Coupled with Individual Racism . 15 Institutional Racism . 19 Two-Way Immersion Programs: Definition, Goals, and Models . 22 Socio-Economic Factors Framing the Academic Achievement of Latino Students . 28 Latino Critical Theory: What is it and Why it Should be the Theoretical Frame Used to Research the Educational Experience of Latino Students . 31 Stereotypes . 34 Stereotype Threat . 36 Empirical Works on Stereotype Threat . 37 vii Elementary Latino Students and Stereotype Threat . 44 Teacher’s Expectations . 46 Teacher-Student Relationships . 48 Conclusion . 50 Chapter 3: Research and Methodology. 52 Overview of Narrative Inquiry and Rationale . 52 Goal of Study . 55 The Research Paradigm . 56 Data Collection . 57 Site of the Study: Sueños y Realidad Elementary School . 57 Participants: Phase I . 58 Participants: Phase II . 59 Procedures and Chronology . 60 Parent and Student Notification and Consent . 60 Phase I: Self-Ranking Instrument . 60 Phase II: Interviews . 61 Data Analysis . 64 Research Integrity . 66 Feasibility and Limitations . 66 Ethical Considerations . 67 Research Report and Implications . 68
Identification of novel Arabidopsis thaliana upstream open reading frames that control expression of the main coding sequences in a peptide sequence-dependent manner

Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) are often found in the 5′-leader regions of eukaryotic mRNAs and can negatively modulate the translational efficiency of the downstream main ORF. Although the effects of most uORFs are thought to be independent of their encoded peptide sequences, certain uORFs control translation of the main ORF in a peptide sequence-dependent manner. For genome-wide identification of such peptide sequence-dependent regulatory uORFs, exhaustive searches for uORFs with conserved amino acid sequences have been conducted using bioinformatic analyses. However, whether the conserved uORFs identified by these bioinformatic approaches encode regulatory peptides has not been experimentally determined. Here we analyzed 16 recently identified Arabidopsis thaliana conserved uORFs for the effects of their amino acid sequences on the expression of the main ORF using a transient expression assay. We identified five novel uORFs that repress main ORF expression in a peptide sequence-dependent manner. Mutational analysis revealed that, in four of them, the C-terminal region of the uORF-encoded peptide is critical for the repression of main ORF expression. Intriguingly, we also identified one exceptional sequence-dependent regulatory uORF, in which the stop codon position is not conserved and the C-terminal region is not important for the repression of main ORF expression.
A self-healing technique using ZTC biasing for PVT variations compensation in 65nm CMOS technology

This paper presents a self-healing technique for current sources to compensate process, supply voltage and temperature variations in 65nm CMOS technology. The proposed circuit utilizes transistor Self-Heating in order to bias current source MOSFET in the vicinity of Zero Temperature Coefficient (ZTC). The ZTC point existence in 65nm scale has been proven to exist below the nominal voltage supply. A circuit level modeling of the effect of self-heating and current change with temperature is proposed in this work to allow the simulation of the circuit using transient analysis in Spectre simulator environment. The effectiveness of the self-healed current source is tested in two common analog and digital applications. Simulation results show significant PVT compensation and improvement in circuit performance.
A Comparison of Weak Completeness Notions 1 Extended

We compare the weak completeness notions for E in the sense of Lutz's resource-bounded measure theory 11] with respect to the standard polynomial time reducibilities. Our results parallel results for classical completeness by Watanabe 17] and others. We show that the weak completeness notions for 1-query reductions coincide: A set is weakly complete for E under 1-truth-table reducibility ii it is weakly complete for length-increasing one-one reducibility. For most of the other polynomial reducibilities, however, we obtain separations of the weak completeness notions where these reducibilities diier on E (Ladner et al. 10]). In fact our separations simultaneously hold for the corresponding weak completeness notions for E and E2, for the classical completeness notions, and for the weak completeness notions in the sense of the resource-bounded Baire category concepts of Ambos-Spies et al. 2] and Ambos-Spies 1].
Prosodic similarity – evidence from an imitation study

Unlike audio recording devices, a human speaker imitating a heard utterance or reading a sentence aloud must formulate a cognitive representation of the linguistic object to guide the phonology and phonetics of the spoken output. The current study used two different production tasks to explore the prosodic aspect of these representations: an imitation experiment in which speakers heard and then imitated spontaneous utterances from a Maptask corpus, and a read enactment task in which speakers read the same sentences aloud from a video display. For each task, the resulting utterances were compared for similarity a) to the original Maptask utterance and b) to each other. Similarity measures included perceptual accent and boundary labels and syllable durations, as well as Fujisaki model-based F0 parameters. For the imitations, agreement in phonological structure (perceptually labeled accents and boundaries) was generally higher than agreement with respect to phonetic realizations (syllable durations and F0 parameters). Furthermore, agreement between imitated utterances and the original spoken stimulus was higher than between different imitations. Finally, read and enacted utterances were substantially different from the original spoken stimulus, both in terms of their phonology and their phonetics. These results are consistent with the view that listeners extract the prosodic form from a heard utterance in terms of abstract phonological features, but reproduce that prosodic form using their own idiosyncratic phonetic patterns, and that the lexical and syntactic structure of a written sentence can support a variety of prosodic interpretations, presumably in line with a variety of potential pragmatic contexts envisioned by the reader.
An improved partial variable step MPPT control algorithm of PV systems

A novel variable step size maximum power point tracking algorithm is proposed to improve dynamic performance under complex irradiance conditions. The trigger condition of variable step tracking is derived and step-size change rule is optimized according to the PV array output power characteristics with the proposed algorithm. Simulation and experimental results verify the proposed variable step size algorithm.