Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Effect of Osteocyte Signalling on Osteocyte Apoptosis

Abstract: Background: Physical exercise has been known that is one of the ways to evoke mechanical stimulation that can cause the change of the “strain”. The “strain” itself allows the converted mechanical signal to be a biochemistry that can produce a biological response to bone cells. Objective: To show what the effect of physical exercise of sub maximal intensity through “osteocyte signaling” towards “osteocyte apoptosis”. Methods: The researcher believes that the randomized posttest only control group design can solve the problem of this study. Moreover, 20 male white rats (experimental sample) were separated by the researcher into the control group and a group that did physical exercise of sub maximal intensity. The exercise was swimming (exercise: load 6% and intensity 80% three times a week). Results: These show that a group that did physical exercise of sub maximal intensity (8.60 ± 3.27) lower than the control group (28.60 ± 6.20), and in terms of an independent sample test ( osteocyte apoptosis), they show that there is a significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.000). Conclusion: a group has “osteocyte signaling” can obstruct the group (male white rats) has osteocyte apoptosis.
Near-Surface Ground Ice Conditions In University Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.

Near surface ground ice conditions in University Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica Caitlin M. Lapalme1, Denis Lacelle1, Wayne Pollard2, David Fisher3, Alfonso Davila4, Christopher McKay5 1Department of Geography, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada 2Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada 3Department of Earth Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada 4Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute, Mountain View, CA, USA 5NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, CA, USA 15 ice-bearing permafrost cores were collected from nine sand-wedge polygons in University Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, in order to describe their cryostructures and quantify their ground ice content through the combination of laboratory measurements and computed tomodensitometric scanning (CT scans). The analysis of the CT scans revealed three types of cryostructures present in the cores: structureless, suspended and crustal. The results of the grain size analyses revealed that the soils in University Valley were predominantly mediumsand. In the 15 cores, excess ice content ranged from 0 to 93%, gravimetric water content ranged from 13 to 1881% and volumetric ice content varied from 28 to 93%. Ground ice was preferentially stored in the centre of the sand-wedge polygon in the perennially cryotic ground surface zone; conversely, higher ground ice contents were found in the shoulder of the polygon where the ground surface was seasonally non-cryotic. Median excess ice content and gravimetric water content significantly increased in the polygon shoulders with increasing distance from University Glacier as a result of differences in ground surface temperature zones and relative humidity values. Variations in ground ice content with depth for each permafrost core were suggested to result from differences in ground surface temperature zone, relative humidity and the age of sediments.
Daily digestible protein and energy requirements for growth and maintenance of sub-adult Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Daily Digestible Protein and Energy Requirements for Growth and Maintenance of Sub-adult Pacific White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei). (August 2006) Anthony Joseph Siccardi III, B.S., Long Island University, Southampton Campus; M.S., New Jersey Institute of Technology; M.S., Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Co-Chairs of Advisory Committee: Dr. Addison L. Lawrence Dr. Delbert M. Gatlin III This study utilized two diets (25 and 35% crude protein) fed at 10 different rates to produce differences in shrimp specific growth rate which were regressed against daily digestible protein (DP) and digestible energy (DE) intake to estimate daily DP and DE requirements for sub-adult L. vannamei. Apparent DP and DE requirement for maximum growth decreased throughout the 7-week trial as shrimp size increased. Mean apparent daily DP requirement for 7.69 to 13.08-g L. vannamei fed the 25% protein diet was 6.31 g DP kg BW d while the 35% protein diet produced a mean apparent daily DP requirement of 8.00 g DP kg BW d for 8.11to 13.79-g L. vannamei. Maintenance requirements were estimated by regressing DP feed allowances back to zero weight-gain and were 1.03 g DP kg BW d for shrimp fed the 25% protein diet and 1.87 g DP kg BW d for shrimp fed the 35% protein diet. Mean apparent daily DE requirement for shrimp fed the 25% protein diet was 402.62 kJ DE kg BW d while the 35% protein diet produced an apparent daily DE requirement of 334.72 kJ DE kg BW d. Mean apparent daily DE maintenance requirements for shrimp fed the 25% protein
Fingerprint Recognition Using Optimal Global Transformation

Fingerprints are the most widely used parameter for personal identification amongst all biometric based personal authentication systems. As most automatic fingerprint recognition systems are based on local features of ridge known as a minutiae, marking minutiae accurately and rejecting false ones is critically important. This paper is a study and implementation of a fingerprint recognition system based on Minutiae based matching which is quite frequently used in various fingerprint algorithms and techniques. This approach mainly involves extraction of minutiae points from the sample fingerprint images and then performing fingerprint matching based on the score of minutiae pairings among two fingerprints. Our implementation mainly assimilates image enhancement, image segmentation, feature extraction and minutiae matching. It finally generates a percentage score which tells whether two fingerprints match or not.
Pathways from Child Maltreatment to Proactive and Reactive Pathways from Child Maltreatment to Proactive and Reactive Aggression: The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptom Clusters Aggression: The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress Symptom Clusters

Objective: Childhood aggression is related to a myriad of negative concurrent and long-term outcomes. To mitigate the risks associated with childhood aggression, it is important to understand risk factors that might predispose one to aggressive behaviors. One risk factor commonly associated with aggression is the experience of child maltreatment. A common outcome associated with child maltreatment is the development of post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS). Several prevailing theoretical models of both post-traumatic stress and aggression indicate that these constructs have similar underlying cognitive, behavioral, and emotional mechanisms. Therefore, the present study examined the relations between and among child maltreatment, PTSS clusters, and proactive and reactive aggression in children. Method: Children between the ages of 6 and 14 who were enrolled in a residential treatment program completed self-report measures to evaluate variables of interest. These variables were included as multiple outcomes in a path analysis model in which individual PTSS clusters were examined as potential multiple mediators of the relations between child maltreatment and proactive and reactive aggression. Results: Direct effects of child maltreatment and PTSS clusters on aggression were observed. Significant indirect effects of the intrusion PTSS cluster on the relation between child maltreatment and reactive aggression was found. Conclusions: Findings suggest that symptoms associated with these specific PTSS clusters might help explain the relation between child maltreatment and reactive aggression and therefore present important implications for clinical practice and future research.
Relationship of cave fills to glaciation in the Nelson River Valley, Central Western Tasmania

Glacial diversion of the Nelson River into a limestone floored valley promoted karst development. This diversion occurred prior to the Last Glacial Stage. Outwash gravels of pre-Last Glacial age are preserved within a meander cutoff cave and indicate cavern infilling and only minimal cave enlargement during the cold climatic stage. Equivocal evidence exists for human occupation of one cave immediately prior to the late Last Glacial Maximum, when mechanically weathered limestone fragments were precipitated onto the cave floor. Extensive erosion of the cave fills has occurred during postglacial time.
Golf destinations’ brand personality: the case of the Algarve

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a measurement brand personality scale for golf destinations and simultaneously to assess the destination personality of the Algarve as a golf destination. Design/methodology/approach – A set of 36 unrepeated items, generated from individual interviews with experts in tourism and golf in the Algarve and from promotional texts in golf-related websites, was the base for a survey instrument. The survey was applied to a convenient sample of 600 golf players in the Algarve, and 545 (valid) questionnaires were analysed to refine the scale. Golf players assessed the Algarve as a golf destination and the components of the relational brand personality (functional, symbolic and experiential). Two multi-dimensional brand personality models were estimated by using structural equation modelling. Findings – Findings indicate that golf players ascribe personality characteristics to destinations. The brand personality of the Algarve is translated into three ma.
Year : 2010 500 ml of blood loss does not decrease non-invasive tissue oxygen saturation ( StO 2 ) as measured by near infrared spectroscopy-A hypothesis generating pilot study in healthy adult women

BACKGROUND: The goal when resuscitating trauma patients is to achieve adequate tissue perfusion. One parameter of tissue perfusion is tissue oxygen saturation (StO2), as measured by near infrared spectroscopy. Using a commercially available device, we investigated whether clinically relevant blood loss of 500 ml in healthy volunteers can be detected by changes in StO2 after a standardized ischemic event. METHODS: We performed occlusion of the brachial artery for 3 minutes in 20 healthy female blood donors before and after blood donation. StO2 and total oxygenated tissue hemoglobin (O2Hb) were measured continuously at the thenar eminence. 10 healthy volunteers were assessed in the same way, to examine whether repeated vascular occlusion without blood donation exhibits time dependent effects. RESULTS: Blood donation caused a substantial decrease in systolic blood pressure, but did not affect resting StO2 and O2Hb values. No changes were measured in the blood donor group in the reaction to the vascular occlusion test, but in the control group there was an increase in the O2Hb rate of recovery during the reperfusion phase. CONCLUSION: StO2 measured at the thenar eminence seems to be insensitive to blood loss of 500 ml in this setting. Probably blood loss greater than this might lead to detectable changes guiding the treating physician. The exact cut off for detectable changes and the time effect on repeated vascular occlusion tests should be explored further. Until now no such data exist. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-2897-4-5 Posted at the Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich ZORA URL: https://doi.org/10.5167/uzh-44287 Published Version Originally published at: Jeger, V; Jakob, S M; Fontana, S; Wolf, M; Zimmermann, H; Exadaktylos, A K (2010). 500 ml of blood loss does not decrease non-invasive tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) as measured by near infrared spectroscopy A hypothesis generating pilot study in healthy adult women. Journal of Trauma Management and Outcomes, 4:5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-2897-4-5 Jeger et al. Journal of Trauma Management & Outcomes 2010, 4:5 http://www.traumamanagement. org/content/4/1/5 Open Access R E S E A R C H BioMed Central © 2010 Jeger et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Research 500 ml of blood loss does not decrease non-invasive tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) as measured by near infrared spectroscopy A hypothesis generating pilot study in healthy adult women Victor Jeger1, Stephan M Jakob2, Stefano Fontana3, Martin Wolf4, Heinz Zimmermann1 and Aristomenis K Exadaktylos*1
Maintaining One ’ s Living Standard at Old Age : What Does that Mean ? Evidence Using Panel Data from Germany

How much retirement income is needed in order to maintain one’s living standard at old age? As it is difficult to find a firm basis for an empirical treatment of this question, we employ a novel approach to assessing an adequate replacement rate vis-à-vis income in the pre-retirement period. We subject indications regarding satisfaction with current income as collected in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) to longitudinal analyses, using linear fixed-effects models and fixed-effects ordered logit models as our main analytical tools. We obtain a required net replacement rate of about 87% for the year of entry into retirement as a rather robust result, while replacement rates keeping the living standard unchanged may slightly decline over the retirement period. JEL Classification: D1, D91, H55, J32
Biomarkers of acute myocardial infarction in the elderly: troponin and beyond

: In the broadest context, biological markers, or biomarkers, are molecules that characterize a biological system or process. In the setting of cardiovascular disease, a number of biomarkers have become an integral part of diagnostic and risk stratification strategies. In this review, we will discuss classic and emerging biomarkers of cardiovascular disease and the role of these biomarkers in the diagnosis and prognosis of elderly patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction.
Panionion-Melia, Mykalessos-Mykale, Perseus und Medusa : Überlegungen zur Besiedlungsgeschichte der Mykale in der frühen Eisenzeit

A revision of the archaeological, epigraphic, and literary evidence for the Panionion, the Sanctuary of the Ionian League founded by the Greeks in western Anatolia, finds H. Lohmann's premise that the site of the Sanctuary was shifted in late classical times indefensible. It appears much more probable that the Panionion dedicated to Poseidon Helikonios from its establishment - presumably in the eighth century B. C. - has always been located on what is today known as Otomatic Tepe near the modern settlement of Guzelcamli, where it was located by Th. Wiegand in 1898. There are no new findings, on the other hand, that would contradict the identification - suggested by G. Kleiner, W. Muller-Wiener, and P. Hommel - of the settlement on the nearby Kale Tepe with the ancient Ionian city of Melia, destroyed ca. 700 B. C. by a coalition of Samos, Miletos, Priene, and Kolophon. The settlement with an Archaic temple recently discovered near Catallar Tepe on the high eastern ridge of Mount Mykale, which H. Lohmann sees as Melia and the earlier »Panionion 1«, might, however, be identifiable as Mykalessos-Mykale. The city Mykalessos-Mykale, which gave its name to the Mount Mykale massive, may be considered - like Melia, Thebes, and Kadme-Priene - as a Boeotian colony founded in Protogeometric or Geometric times. After the destruction of Melia, Mykalessos - along with Thebes - became a dependency of Miletos. The settlement included a sanctuary to Zeus Mykaleus that, according to local legend, had been founded by Perseus. This might possibly be associated with the newly discovered temple. Moreover, local legend also situated the beheading of Medusa (or Gorgo) at Mykalessos on Mount Mykale - as well as the pursuit of Perseus by the sisters of Medusa, Sthenno and Euryale. The city and the massive is said to have been named for the angry lamentations (μυκαoματ/mukao-mai) of the Gorgons. The take-over of Mykalessos and Thebes by Miletos brought with it an adoption of local mythos and cults which were connected to it; only thus can be explained the connection seen between the springs of the oracle at Milesian Didyma and the springs of Mykale, not to mention the pursuit of Perseus by the Gorgons sculpted on the frieze of the Archaic Temple of Apollo - followed by that of a Gorgo-Medusa head on that of the Hellenistic-Roman period.
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Indian agriculture: recent performance and prospects in the wake of globalization

Following macroeconomic reforms introduced in the Indian economy in the early 1990s, and the reforms in the multilateral trading order brought about in the wake of GATT negotiations and the setting up of the WTO, the Indian agriculture has entered into the phase of globalization and diversification. It is expected that the combined effect of the reforms in the domestic policies and international trade reforms would result in a much larger integration of the Indian economy with the rest of the world, and such a scenario would bring about substantial benefits to the Indian farmers. The reforms undertaken so far have, however, failed to bring about the expected gains to Indian farmers. The process of reforms is still continuing and it is hoped that once the negotiations on reforms conclude and the envisaged reforms are implemented in letter and spirit, the gains to Indian agriculture would be positive and substantial. To realize the expected gains from trade liberalization, apart from improvement in infrastructure, the Indian agriculture would need to become more competitive. The recent deceleration of growth in Indian agriculture both in production as well as in crop productivity has however been a cause of worry. Unless this trend is reversed, India may not be able to take on the opportunities that may be made available to it in the wake of globalization. Based on some of the available literature on the subject, the present paper attempts to present a brief review of the recent growth performance of Indian agriculture and some of the agricultural support policies that have a major impact on agriculture. The paper provides a brief description of the status of WTO negotiations in agriculture and the Indian stand on some of these issues under negotiation. In the light of this discussion the paper then gives a brief review of some of the recently conducted studies on the potential impacts of these negotiations on agricultural prices, trade, production and welfare.
EQUATION FROM THE SIX-VERTEX MODEL By

A stochastic telegraph equation is defined by adding a random inhomogeneity to the classical (second order linear hyperbolic) telegraph differential equation. The inhomogeneities we consider are proportional to the two-dimensional white noise, and solutions to our equation are two-dimensional random Gaussian fields. We show that such fields arise naturally as asymptotic fluctuations of the height function in a certain limit regime of the stochastic six vertex model in a quadrant. The corresponding law of large numbers – the limit shape of the height function – is described by the (deterministic) homogeneous telegraph equation.
Development of an analytical methodology for ultra-trace selenium speciation determination in soils.

This study aimed to develop a methodology to determine selenium speciation in soils at ultra-trace level. This methodology was optimised with a soil containing 431 ± 44 μg/kg of native selenium. Analytical procedure was based on liquid chromatography-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICPMS). A special attention was paid on selenium species extraction optimisation. Extractants were chosen on the basis of reagents used in Se sequential extraction schemes. Conservation of the original Se speciation in soil during extraction was checked for each extractant. After extraction, total Se was quantified in dissolved (extracts) and solid phases. Extraction efficiencies were in order waters<< citric acid ≈ phosphate buffers< nitric acid<<sodium hydroxide. Speciation analyses indicate the occurrence of selenite (SeIV) in all extracts whereas selenate (SeVI) and a Se containing compound, with retention time close to the one of selenocystine specie (SeCys2), were detected only in water extracts.
Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano: Un Análisis De Cointegración (Integrated Markets of Latin American: A Cointegration Analysis)

Spanish Abstract: Este articulo examina la existencia de una relacion de equilibrio de largo plazo entre los mercados accionarios integrantes del Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano (MILA) desde un ano antes de la implementacion de la infraestructura y hasta tres anos despues. Luego de probar que existe no estacionariedad en las series originales y estacionaridad en primeras diferencias, se aplico el test de cointegracion de Johansen. Los resultados revelaron que un ano antes y luego de su primer ano de funcionamiento, los mercados accionarios del MILA no se encontraban cointegrados. Durante el segundo y tercer ano, luego de su implementacion, se detecto un vector de cointegracion significativo, mostrando los mercados un equilibrio a largo plazo entre sus indices bursatiles. En base a estos resultados es posible concluir que los fundamentos economicos y financieros de cada mercado accionario del MILA pueden tener un impacto en el largo plazo en los otros mercados accionarios integrantes, generando a su vez que los efectos de los derramamientos de volatilidad y contagio “spillover effects” puedan llegar a ser mas significativos entre los mercados, disminuyendo asi los beneficios de la diversificacion internacional en el marco del MILA.English Abstract: This article examines the existence of a long-term equilibrium relationship between the stock markets from Colombia, Chile and Peru, a year before the implementation of Latin American Integrated Markets’ infrastructure (MILA in Spanish) and until three years later. After proving that there exists nonstationarity in the original series and stationarity in the stock market returns, the Johansen cointegration test was applied. The results revealed that a year before and during the first year of operation, the MILA stock markets were not cointegrated. During the second and third year, the statistical tests indicate that there is one cointegrating vector, which means that the markets showed a long-term equilibrium relationship between their stock indices. This implies that the economic and financial fundamentals related to one stock market may have an impact on the long term performance of the rest of equity markets, leading in turn that the spillover and contagion effects can become more significant between markets, thus decreasing the potential benefits of international diversification within the MILA.