Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Effect off taxonomic aggregation in macroalgae assemblages on a rocky shore of Mar del Plata, Argentina, Southwest Atlantic Ocean

The variation of the composition of macroalgae assemblages at different taxonomic aggregation was assessed at two different wave exposure conditions on the coast of Mar del Plata, Argentina, at the Southwest Atlantic Ocean. The macroalgae assemblages attached in two sites were compared: an inside Harbor, a sheltered site from the waves, and a wave-exposed site in Playa Grande, a nearby open-beach. The species composition was significantly different between sites. Ulva lactuca, Ulva spp. , Corallina officinalis and Gigartinaceae sp. 1 were the most conspicuocus species in the wave-sheltered site, while Hildenbrandia sp. , Ulva lactuca, Ahnfeltiopsis sp. and Ceramiun uruguayense were the most abundant species in the wave exposed site. This spatial pattern was similar throughout the year. The sites were different regardin to species, genera, order and phyla levels. The different assemblage composition founded could be a result of the variation of both waves exposure and water pollution level in the two sites.
Formulation and evaluation of gastroretentive-floating multiparticulate system of lisinopril

Aim and Objective: The main objective of this research was to formulate and evaluate gastroretentive-floating multiparticulate system of lisinopril to prolong the gastric residence time. Materials and Methods: Gastroretentive system of lisinopril was developed by ionotropic-gelation technique using isabgol (Plantago ovata F.) husk mucilage (IHM) as a floating agent, sodium alginate as a mucoadhesive polymer, and sodium bicarbonate as a gas-generating agent. Results: The beads were evaluated for entrapment efficiency (EE), in vitro drug release, and ex vivo mucoadhesion. The beads of batch F-2 exhibited high-EE (96.04 ± 0.74%), complete drug release (95.27 ± 0.12%), and good mucoadhesion (50% in 8 h). The in vitro drug release from these beads exhibited first-order kinetics that followed Higuchi diffusion model. Conclusion: The beads by virtue of the high EE, complete drug release, and good mucoadhesivity that exhibit prolonged gastric residence time are likely to improve the bioavailability of the drugs having the absorption window in proximal stomach.
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Excessive alcohol intake compromises cognitive functioning. At the same time, moderate alcohol consumption is reported to protect against Alzheimer’s disease among elderly. Little is known about dose-dependent effects of alcohol consumption on higher-order cognitive functioning among generally healthy adults. Here, we applied propensity weighted analyses to investigate associations between habitual drinking patterns and executive functioning in the general population. A community sample of N=78,832 Dutch adults (age 18-65, 40.9% male) completed the Ruff Figural Fluency Task of executive functioning (range 1-165), and self-reported their past month consumption of alcoholic beverages on a food frequency questionnaire. Participants were stratified according to drinking level (abstinent [22.0%], occasional [<2.5 g/day, 21.4%], light [2.5–14.9 g/day, 42.9%], moderate [15–29.9 g/day, 11.4%], or heavy [>30 g/day, 2.3%]) and binge-drinking (yes [10.6%] vs. no [89.4%]). Groups were equivalised using multinomial propensity score weighing based on demographic, socioeconomic, health-related and psychosocial factors influencing drinking behaviour. Compared to abstinent participants, task performance was better among light drinkers (β[95% CI]=0.056[0.033-0.078] or +1.3 points, p<0.0001) and moderate drinkers (β[95% CI]=0.111[0.079 - 0.143] or +2.5 points, p<0.0001), but not among occasional drinkers (β[95% CI]=0.018[ -0.006-0.043], p=0.1432) or heavy drinkers (β[95% CI]=0.075[ -0.009-0.158], p=0.0791). No difference was found between binge-drinkers and non-binge-drinkers (β
A study on the Neural Networks assessment model of Flood and Waterlog Disaster based on GIS.

Floods across China have very different characteristics.There are so many types of flood,depending on geography,chimate/weather characteristics,and human population,social and economic situations,etc.Thus,assessment of flood damage is a complex task.Base on the GIS technology and its database,the paper manages to simulate the flood depth and the distribution of economy on each GIS grid.And to solve the uncertainty of the influences of various complex factors on the economic loss assessment precision,Back Propagation Neural Networks are applied by the matlab neural network tool-boxes.Thus,a model of flood damage assessment is constructed.In this way,with the help of a few sample datas,the certain Flood and Waterlog Disaster Assessment can be completed more quickly and precisely in Poyang,and the margin of the error is 12 percentage points.
Virally induced mortality of Phaeocystis globosa during two spring blooms in temperate coastal waters

This study reports virally mediated mortality rates of Phaeocystis globosa single cells in the southern North Sea during 2 consecutive spring blooms (2003 and 2004). An adapted dilution method was used to estimate viral lysis and microzooplankton grazing simultaneously. Parallel dilution experiments were performed with 30 kDa ultrafiltrate (virus and grazer-free diluent) and 0.2 μm filtered seawater (grazer-free, but virus-containing diluent). Specific viral lysis rates were calculated from the difference in P. globosa growth rates between the 2 dilution series after 24 h incubation under natural conditions. The validity of this method was tested using a culture of P. globosa infected with a known P. globosa virus (PgV). The field data show that virally induced mortality can be a substantial loss factor for P. globosa single cells (up to 0.35 d -1 ), comparable to that due to microzooplankton grazing (up to 0.4 d -1 ). Viral lysis was the major cause of total P. globosa cell lysis. Assuming no loss due to sinking, viral lysis accounted for 5 to 66 % of the total mortality of P. globosa single cells. Viral lysis and total putative PgV abundance increased concomitantly with abundance of P. globosa single cells whilst the increase in infective PgV was delayed. This delay may be caused by the formation of transparent exopolymeric particles that are generated when P. globosa colonies disrupt and are known to passively adsorb viruses. Viruses and microzooplankton were shown to be major controlling agents of P. globosa single cells, although their relative significance varied over the course of the bloom and between years.
Just-in-Time Teaching

Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) is an innovative method that enables faculty to increase interactivity in the classroom and engage students in learning. By creating a feedback loop between students' work at home and the classroom setting, time on task is improved in both quality and quantity. This paper includes an introduction to JiTT and evidence of its effectiveness. It concludes with a discussion of our efforts to dis- seminate JiTT since it was developed in the 1990's.
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I.R. C.C. S. Centro Neurolesi “Bonino Pulejo”, Messina, Italy (JoM); Neural Plasticity Team UMR CNRS/USTL n° 8576 Structural and Functional Glycobiology Unit, North University of Lille, France (JeM, MC, SMF, SM); I.R. C.C. S. Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy (DB, GB, FN); EA1046, IMPRT-IFR114, Faculty of Medicine, North University of Lille, France (LR); Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Advanced Molecular Diagnostics, St. Andrea Hospital (LL, MS) and Department of Physiology and Pharmacology (FN), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Molecular Pharmacology Fast Forward. Published on May 28, 2013 as doi:10.1124/mol.113. 085530
Cutting plane reusing methods for multiple dual optimizations

We consider solving a group of dual optimization problems that share a core structure: Every primal problem of the group is obtained by the right-hand side variation of constraints in the original primal problem, while the other core part of the original primal problem, such as the objective and the left-hand side of the constraints, are kept ﬁxed. Since evaluations of the dual function are usually expensive in dual optimization, many algorithms are designed to reduce evaluations. However, they are tailored to solve one dual problem. We propose a framework of algorithms based on cutting plane methods to reduce total evaluations for multiple dual optimization problems. In the proposed algorithms, we construct a tree of evaluation points in which a route from the root node to a leaf node corresponds to a sequence of evaluation points for one dual problem, and the root node corresponds to an initial point that is common for all dual problems. Since essential parts of the evaluations are invariable among the group of dual problems, we can reuse the information. Our numerical experiments endorse the eﬃciency of the proposed algorithms.
Hello from the Other Side: SSH over Robust Cache Covert Channels in the Cloud

Covert channels evade isolation mechanisms between multiple parties in the cloud. Especially cache covert channels allow the transmission of several hundred kilobits per second between unprivileged user programs in separate virtual machines. However, caches are small and shared and thus cache-based communication is susceptible to noise from any system activity and interrupts. The feasibility of a reliable cache covert channel under a severe noise scenario has not been demonstrated yet. Instead, previous work relies on either of the two contradicting assumptions: the assumption of direct applicability of error-correcting codes, or the assumption that noise effectively prevents covert channels. In this paper, we show that both assumptions are wrong. First, error-correcting codes cannot be applied directly, due to the noise characteristics. Second, even with extraordinarily high system activity, we demonstrate an error-free and highthroughput covert channel. We provide the first comprehensive characterization of noise on cache covert channels due to cache activity and interrupts. We build the first robust covert channel based on established techniques from wireless transmission protocols, adapted for our use in microarchitectural attacks. Our errorcorrecting and error-handling high-throughput covert channel can sustain transmission rates of more than 45 KBps on Amazon EC2, which is 3 orders of magnitude higher than previous covert channels demonstrated on Amazon EC2. Our robust and errorfree channel even allows us to build an SSH connection between two virtual machines, where all existing covert channels fail.
Glucose control levels , ischaemic brain lesions , and hyperinsulinaemia were associated with cognitive dysfunction in diabetic elderly

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Multi-level modeling of early COVID-19 epidemic dynamics in French regions and estimation of the lockdown impact on infection rate

We developed a multi-level model of the French COVID-19 epidemic at the regional level. We rely on a global extended Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered (SEIR) mechanistic model as a simpli-ﬁed representation of the average epidemic process, with the addition of region speciﬁc random eﬀects. Combining several French public datasets on the early dynamics of the epidemic, we estimate region-speciﬁc key parameters conditionally on this mechanistic model through Stochastic Approximation Expectation Maximization (SAEM) optimization using Monolix software. We thus estimate the basic reproductive numbers by region before lockdown (with a national average at 2.81 with 95% Conﬁdence Interval [2.58; 3.07]), attack rates (i
Community Engagement of Adolescents in the Development of a Patient-Centered Outcomes Tool for Adolescents with a History of Hypospadias Repair

Study Design: A multi-disciplinary team with communication design expertise, pediatric urology experts, and health services researchers developed a self-reported toolkit for adolescent patients who had hypospadias repair as children. The toolkit featured short writing/diagramming exercises and scales to facilitate participant reflections about genital appearance, urination, sexual function and psychosocial well-being. We recruited students from two local high schools for two focus groups to obtain feedback about the usability/acceptability of the toolkit’s appearance/ content. We inquired about language preferences and preferred format and/or setting for sharing
Bacterial chromosome segregation

In most bacteria two vital processes of the cell cycle: DNA replication and chromosome segregation overlap temporally. The action of replication machinery in a fixed location in the cell leads to the duplication of oriC regions, their rapid separation to the opposite halves of the cell and the duplicated chromosomes gradually moving to the same locations prior to cell division. Numerous proteins are implicated in co-replicational DNA segregation and they will be characterized in this review. The proteins SeqA, SMC/MukB, MinCDE, MreB/Mbl, RacA, FtsK/SpoIIIE playing different roles in bacterial cells are also involved in chromosome segregation. The chromosomally encoded ParAB homologs of active partitioning proteins of low-copy number plasmids are also players, not always indispensable, in the segregation of bacterial chromosomes.
Caracterisation et dynamique de la matiere organique : cas d'autoepuration d'un milieu fluvial la seine

La seine en aval de paris est soumise aux rejets de la station d'epuration d'acheres qui traite environ 70% des eaux usees (temps sec) de 10 millions d'habitants de l'agglomeration parisienne. A l'etiage (debits inferieurs a 200 m3/s, 40% de la matiere organique particulaire (mop) et 30% de la matiere dissoute (mod) disparaissent en 15 kms en raison de la sedimentation et de la degradation microbienne; plus en aval, les valeurs se stabilisent (dissous) ou diminuent lentement (particulaire). L'elimination des sediments se fait lors des crues hivernales et par l'ecoulement continu d'une lame de matieres en suspension compactees proches du fond. Le phytoplancton qui s'accroit vers l'aval constitue d'avril a septembre la part preponderante de la mop a 40 km en aval des effluents. La degradation de la mod est surtout due a l'activite elevee de grosses bacteries allochtones dont l'impact est localise en raison de leur rapide disparition. Cependant une importante activite bacterienne est maintenue jusqu'a l'estuaire lors des lyses phytoplanctoniques. Des experiences sur la degradation de la mod ont montre une stimulation de l'activite bacterienne, dont le rendement de croissance mesure est de 33%, lors d'apports phytoplanctoniques. Les bacteries ont donc un role de remineralisation important qui conduit a un deficit d'oxygene en aval d'acheres (concentrations inferieures a 3 mg/l). Plus en aval, la disparition des bacteries les plus actives, le developpement du phytoplancton et le brassage des eaux par les barrages portent les concentrations d'oxygene a 4,5 mg/l (etiage)
Do I Think I’m an Engineer? Understanding the Impact of Engineering Identity on Retention

Policymakers, industry leaders, and educators have pointed to a need to graduate an increasing number of students with engineering degrees to fill anticipated job growth and maintain the nation's level of global economic competitiveness. Engineering education research has turned to affective dimensions of learning to better understand how to transform students' aspirations to engineering careers into pursuit of those pathways. One direction this research has taken is understanding engineering identity as a "key" to better understand student motivation to select engineering majors, persist to graduation, and proceed into industry. A few studies have associated engineering identity with persistence and degree completion, but none have been able to longitudinally assess whether a change in engineering identity is associated with likelihood of retention in an engineering major. The purpose of this study was to test the relationship between engineering identity and retention in an engineering major to the fourth year. This study uses data from the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), including 1205 students across 72 universities, collected at college entry and the end of the fourth year of college. These data are used to determine if engineering identity at the end of the fourth year of college, controlling for engineering identity at college entry, predicts a higher likelihood of being retained in an engineering major after four years of college. Descriptive, bivariate, and multi-level logistic regression modeling were used to achieve the purpose of this study. A hierarchical generalized linear model showed that fourth-year engineering identity, net of first-year engineering identity and the other variables included in the model, significantly and positively predicted likelihood of being retained in an engineering major. Studying with other students and participating in an internship program also positively predicted retention in engineering. Women and students who in their first year felt more likely to change major were less likely to be retained, while students with a parent employed as an engineer and who at college entry were planning engineering as a career were more likely to be retained. The results not only indicate engineering identity can be important for retention in engineering, but several characteristics and experiences that relate to engineering identity are also associated with retention in engineering.
Reconstruction of gross avian genome structure , organization and evolution suggests that the chicken lineage most closely resembles the dinosaur avian ancestor

Michael N Romanov (m.romanov@kent.ac.uk) Marta Farré (mfarrebelmonte@gmail.com) Pamela E Lithgow (p.e.lithgow@kent.ac.uk) Katie E Fowler (katie.fowler@canterbury.ac.uk) Benjamin M Skinner (bms41@cam.ac.uk) Rebecca O¿Connor (ro84@kent.ac.uk) Gothami Fonseka (g.fonseka@kent.ac.uk) Niclas Backström (niclas.backstrom@ebc.uu.se) Yoichi Matsuda (yoimatsu@nuagr1.agr.nagoya-u.ac.jp) Chizuko Nishida (nishida@cris.hokudai.ac.jp) Peter Houde (phoude@nmsu.edu) Erich D Jarvis (jarvis@neuro.duke.edu) Hans Ellegren (Hans.Ellegren@ebc.uu.se) David W Burt (dave.burt@roslin.ed.ac.uk) Denis M Larkin (dlarkin@rvc.ac.uk) Darren K Griffin (d.k.griffin@kent.ac.uk)
Containment and Consensus-Based Distributed Coordination Control to Achieve Bounded Voltage and Precise Reactive Power Sharing in Islanded AC Microgrids

This paper presents a novel distributed approach to achieve both bounded voltage and accurate reactive power sharing regulation in ac microgrid. The coupling/trade-off effects between bus voltages and reactive power sharing regulation are first analyzed in detail to provide a guideline for coordinated control design. Furthermore, a containment and consensus-based distributed coordination controller is proposed, by which the bus voltage magnitudes can be bounded within a reasonable range, instead of only controlling average voltage value. Furthermore, the accurate reactive power sharing between distributed generators can be achieved simultaneously. Then, a detailed small-signal model is developed to analyze the stability of the system and the sensitivity of different parameters. Experimental results are presented and compared, where the controller performance, robust performance under communication failure, and plug-and-play operation are successfully verified.
The Influence of Sexual Music Videos on Adolescents’ Misogynistic Beliefs: The Role of Video Content, Gender and Affective Engagement

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International Journal of Speleology

The microbial diversity of moonmilk, a hydrated calcium carbonate speleothem, was evaluated from two Italian caves to provide context for the food web of highly-specialized troglobitic beetles, Cansiliella spp. (Leptodirinae), with distinctive carbon and nitrogen isotope values indicative of a novel food source. The moonmilk and associated percolating waters had low to no extractable chlorophyll, with an average organic C:N ratio of 9, indicating limited allochthonous input and a significant contribution from microbial biomass. The biomass from moonmilk was estimated to be ~10 4 micro-and meiofaunal individuals per m 2 and ~10 7 microbial cells/ml. Proteobacteria dominated the 16S rRNA gene sequences retrieved from the moonmilk from both caves. The distribution of other proteobacterial classes and phyla in the moonmilk were statistically similar to each other, even though the two caves are geographically separated from each other. Comparing the moonmilk gene sequences to sequences from previously described environmental clones or cultured strains revealed the uniqueness of the moonmilk habitat, as ~15% of all of the moonmilk sequences were more closely related to each other than to sequences retrieved from any other habitat. However, comparative analyses confirmed that as much as ~34% of the clones sequences were also closely related to environmental clones and cultured strains derived from soil and freshwater habitats, which is likely due to the fact that the putative inoculation source for the moonmilk bacterial communities is from overlying soil and percolating fluids from the surface. Prior to our studies of Cansiliella spp. , moonmilk has not been considered a food source for cave animals. Our findings provide unique insight into moonmilk microbial diversity that could reveal the underpinnings of the moonmilk carbon and nitrogen cycle that influences the isotopic composition and the morphological adaptations of the troglobitic beetles associated with the moonmilk.