Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE JOB ENTRY COMPETENCIES OF STOUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES AS PERCEIVED BY LOCAL METAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES AND BUSINESSES

Name: Giese, Douglas J. Title: The Job Entry Competencies of Stoughton High School Graduates as Perceived by Local Metal Manufacturing Industries and Businesses Graduate Major: Masters of Science in Technology Education Research Advisor: Michael J. Galloy, PHD Date: May 2003 58 Pages American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual The purpose of this study was to determine if the current curricular content of the introductory metals manufacturing course reflects the needs of local businesses and industry in the city of Stoughton. The objectives of the study were to identify the entrylevel metal manufacturing job/occupations available to high school graduates, identify the most important entry level personal characteristics, metalworking techniques and skills and processes. The study also set out to compare the current metals manufacturing course with the results of the study. The study was conducted by sending a survey to 24 heads of personnel at metal manufacturing related businesses and industries in the city of Stoughton. The list of subjects was obtained in an on-line yellow pages directory. The list of contact persons represented a cross section of the metal manufacturing sector. The subjects ranged from small welding businesses to large metal manufacturing companies.
Highly Sensitive Miniature All-Silica Fiber Tip Fabry–Perot Pressure Sensor

This letter presents the design, fabrication, and testing of a diaphragm-based, all-silica fiber tip pressure sensor. A piece of 1.2-<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-thick silica diaphragm was thermally bonded to the end face of an etched fiber with an outer diameter (OD) of 125 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> to form a Fabry–Perot (FP) interferometer. The diameter of the etched FP cavity is <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$105~\mu \text{m}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, enabling the sensing area to be large, and thus, a static pressure sensitivity of 12.4 nm/kPa (85.3 nm/psi) is accomplished without the need for any post polishing or etching. The sensor also shows a low-temperature cross sensitivity during tests, owing to its all-silica structure. It is suitable for extensive production, and it has a great potential to work in applications, where miniature size and high sensitivity are essential such as medical applications.
The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Orthostatic hypotension is associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality, but little is known of its association with incident chronic kidney disease. We evaluated this association in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Orthostatic hypotension was defined as a decrease in systolic blood pressure 20 mm Hg or a decrease in diastolic blood pressure 10 mm Hg within 2 minutes of standing. Incident chronic kidney disease was defined using an estimated glomerular filtration rate 60 mL/min/1.73 m, or a coded hospitalization (discharge) or death for chronic kidney disease through 2005, after exclusion of chronic kidney disease at baseline. The associations between orthostatic hypotension and chronic kidney disease were modeled using Cox proportional hazard while adjusting for confounders including resting blood pressure and medications. Among 12 593 participants, 1326 developed chronic kidney disease (6.3 cases per 1000 person-years; median follow-up of 16 years), with higher rates in blacks than whites. An increased risk of chronic kidney disease was observed among persons with orthostatic hypotension compared with those without it (blacks hazard ratio 2.0, 95% CI, 1.5 to 2.8; whites hazard ratio 1.2, 95% CI, 1.0 to 1.6; P for race interaction 0.02). An alternative chronic kidney disease classification, based on an increase in serum creatinine at the 3or 9-year follow-up visits, showed significant associations with orthostatic hypotension in both whites and blacks. These findings suggest that orthostatic hypotension increases the risk of chronic kidney disease in middle-aged persons, but race effects vary by choice of chronic kidney disease definition. (Hypertension. 2010;56:1054-1059.)
The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

Copyright © 2008 American Heart Association. All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online 72514 Circulation is published by the American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107. 716159 published online Jan 22, 2008; Circulation Pamela L. Lutsey, Lyn M. Steffen and June Stevens Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Dietary Intake and the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome. The http://circ.ahajournals. org/cgi/content/full/CIRCULATIONAHA.107. 716159/DC1 Data Supplement (unedited) at: http://circ.ahajournals. org located on the World Wide Web at: The online version of this article, along with updated information and services, is
Collaborative Tagging and Information Management: Influences on Tag Choices in del.icio.us

Collaborative tagging systems have the potential to produce socially constructed information organization schemes. However, their effectiveness depends on how users choose tags. Using data from del.icio. us, a popular collaborative tagging system for organizing web bookmarks, we quantitatively test three hypotheses concerning users’ tag choices: 1) Users imitate other user’s choices of tags, 2) Users choose tags from the organization of their own personal collection, and 3) Users choose tags recommended by the system. We find evidence for strong influence of a user’s existing organization and little evidence to support the other hypotheses.
Numerical Modelling Of The December 13, 1990,M=5.8 Eastern Sicily Earthquake

This paper aims at evaluating the effectiveness of some numerical techniques used for ground motion modeling. The focus of the analysis in the paper is on the site of the Catania ENEA-ENEL accelerometric station that recorded the M = 5.8 Eastern Sicily earthquake on December 13, 1990. The recorded seismogram features an anomalously high amplitude, which was interpreted as a possible effect of crustal structure or site response. In the first part of the paper, the authors compare the recorded seismograms to those computed numerically by the 2-D Spectral Element Method (SPEM), a technique which solves the 2-D full-wave propagation through a complex geological structure. The agreement is very good. Next, the authors show that any plane layer representation, which simplifies the same structure, does not provide a comparable agreement. In this case, synthetic seismograms are computed by the wavenumber integration method. Finally, the authors compare the H/V spectral ratios (HVSR) obtained from: (1) seismic noise; (2) the earthquake record; and (3) the seismogram simulated by the SPEM. Again, the overall agreement is very good. However, microtremor HVSR identify well the fundamental mode of vibration near 1.5 Hz well, but miss a peak at higher frequencies. The study has several outcomes. First, it demonstrates that the whole approach based on the SPEM and used in a previous study to simulate the ground shaking for a destructive scenario earthquake provides reliable results. Second, the paper shows that the model used to represent the crustal structure beneath the area is realistic. Indeed, simplified models do not predict the site response adequately. Finally, the paper explains the high amplitude displayed by the Catania station during the 1990 earthquake as a combined effect of site and structure-path.
Postglacial Population History of the Common Shrew ( Sorex araneus ) in Fennoscandia

apparent reduction of gene flow in a hybrid zone between the West and North European karyotypic groups of the common shrew, Sorex araneus. II Andersson A-C. Lack of mitochondrial DNA structure between chromosome races of the common shrew, Sorex araneus, in Sweden. Implications for chromosomal evolution. (Manuscript). dian phylogeography of the common shrew (Sorex araneus). Post-glacial recolonisation – combining information from chromosomal variation with mitochondrial DNA data. (Manuscript). levels of male gene flow in a hybrid zone between the North and West European karyotypic groups of the common shrew, Sorex ara-neus. Chromosomally based explanation for Haldane's rule? (Manuscript).
Guida al recupero egli elementi caratterizzanti l'architettura del territorio del G.A.L. Mongioie

Il G.A. L. , Gruppo di Azione Locale, e soggetto intermedio tra il territorio, la Regione Piemonte e l'Unione Europea, in grado di programmare e gestire i progetti finanziati con contributi di vario livello. La Guida fa riferimento al territorio del G.A. L. Mongioie che si sviluppa a ridosso delle Alpi Liguri tra Piemonte, Liguria e un lembo di confine francese, comprendendo 49 comuni. La tutela e la valorizzazione del paesaggio rurale devono essere basate sul riconoscimento dei caratteri peculiari dell'ambiente naturale e costruito che insieme concorrono a definirne l'assetto e i valori. Mediante documentazione fotografica e rilievi sul campo, partendo da una individuazione delle morfologie insediative ricorrenti, la Guida fornisce descrizioni, indicazioni e consigli di carattere soprattutto metodologico nella forma di linee di indirizzo operative per affrontare in modo corretto e sostenibile il recupero dell'architettura rurale in questo territorio. La Guida e stata realizzata nell'ambito del programma di iniziativa comunitaria Leader plus, in attuazione del Piano di Sviluppo Locale del G.A. l. Mongioie
Molecular regulation of skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain isoforms

Research investigating the regulation of muscle fibre type has traditionally been conducted in vivo, analyzing global changes at a whole muscle level. Broadly, this thesis aimed to explore more “molecular” approaches, utilizing molecular and cell biology to understand the expression and regulation of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms as an indicator of muscle fibre composition. The mRNA expression profile of six MyHC isoform genes during C2C12 myogenesis was elucidated to reveal that the C2C12 cell line mimics developing fast-twitch muscle fibres. Additional characterization of the C2C12 cell line revealed a dramatic restructuring of metabolic gene expression during the switch from proliferating to fully differentiated C2C12 muscle cells. Post-mitotic muscle cells exhibited increased glycolytic gene expression and reduced oxidative gene expression and an increase in gene expression of enzymes involved in redirecting glucose carbons into ATP generating pathways and away from macromolecule biosynthesis (p<0.01 for all genes). The dynamic plasticity of MyHC isoform gene expression was compared between C2C12 muscle cells and fully differentiated adult muscle. Exposure of adult muscle to the beta-adrenergic agonist, Ractopamine, induced dynamic transitions in MyHC isoform expression, from the IIA/IIX isoforms to increased IIB isoform expression (p<0.05 for all genes). An acute exposure of C2C12 muscle cells to Ractopamine was capable of inducing an exclusive and rapid induction of the MyHC IIB isoform gene expression during myogenesis (p<0.001). The C2C12 cell line was utilized as a host environment for a molecular-based approach to understand the role of the promoter sequence in regulating the species-differential induction of the MyHC IIB gene during myogenesis. A 3bp miss-match in the CArG-Ebox region (at -74bp, -68bp and -48bp) of the proximal MyHC IIB promoter was identified that dictates the differential expression of MyHC IIB in pigs and humans.
Semi-doubly optimal concentric circles fitting with presence of heteroscedasticity

ABSTRACT Previous studies focus on homogeneous and isotropic assumptions about the noisy data. Many methods have been developed recently for fitting concentric circles to data. In this paper, these statistical assumptions have been relaxed. To the best of our knowledge, only one iterative method has been recently developed. Due to its complexity, no such algorithm is available to compute the reliable maximum likelihood estimator (MLE). Accordingly, we have developed four new methods that outperform the existing methods including the orthogonal distance regression (ODR). We also discuss which of these methods is superior according to the four principles: statistical efficiency, accuracy, robustness, and computational efficiency. Numerical experiments on synthetic and real images have been conducted to validate our findings.
Inteligencia De Mercados: Comportamientos Estratégicos Sobre Precios De Oferta En El Mercado Spot Eléctrico Colombiano (Market Intelligence: Strategic Behaviors with Prices in the Colombian Electricity Spot)

Spanish Abstract: El mercado de energia mayorista es uno de los sectores industriales mas competitivos de Colombia, y representa uno de los ejes principales en la economia del pais. Este mercado ha sido objeto de estudio de varias areas de conocimiento como la ingenieria electrica, economia, finanzas y otros. Aqui se presenta un analisis de los posibles comportamientos estrategicos de los principales agentes de la industria, desde la perspectiva de la inteligencia artificial orientada a la inteligencia de mercados, es decir, un trabajo multidisciplinar centrado en la explicacion y emulacion de la conducta inteligente y posiblemente estrategica de los agentes involucrados en la actividad de generacion de energia en Colombia.English Abstract: The energy market is one of the most competitive Colombian industry sectors, and represents one of the main strategic focus in economy and development of the country. This market has been under study of many knowledge areas such as electric engineering, economy, financial and others. In this work, is presented an analysis of all the possible strategic behaviors of major industry players, from the basis of artificial intelligence oriented to market intelligence, that is, a multidisciplinary work focused on the explanation and emulation of intelligent behavior and possibly strategic of the actors involved in each market activities and in particular the behavior of energy-generating agents in Colombia.
Déterminisme de la régénération chez quinze espèces d'arbres tropicaux en forêt guyanaise : les effets de l'environnement et de la limitation par la dispersion

Dans les communautes de foret tropicale humide, la competition interspecifique et la limitation du recrutement par la dispersion ont generalement invoquees pour expliquer la coexistence de nombreuses especes d'arbres. Le role de ces mecanismes dans la regeneration reste peu connu, bien que leur comprehension soit essentielle pour la gestion des forets exploitees. Dans ce travail, les conditions du milieu et les relations intraspecifiques ont ete prises en compte dans l'analyse des distributions de juveniles. Quinze especes non pionnieres ont ete selectionnees selon un gradient de tolerance a l'ombre et des modes de dispersion varies. La modelisation statistique de la densite locale a permis de relier le succes d'installation des juveniles aux conditions du milieu et aux distances aux arbres adultes simultanement. Les predictions des modeles confirment le gradient de tolerance parmi les especes etudiees et revelent des courbes d'installation differentes selon le mode de dispersion.
Phytoplankton variability in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands: six years of monitoring

Surface phytoplankton samples were studied quantitatively and qualitatively in February 1996 – November 1998 and January 2003 – November 2005 at the shore and in the center of Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Phytoplankton assemblages showed spring− summer peaks (maxima 4.0–5.2×106 cells l−1) associated with small variations in low atmo− spheric pressure, and low velocity winds. They were dominated by nano−sized ( 20 μm) Fragilariopsis spp. Nano−sized Thalassiosira spp. were the winter dominants. Diatom species dominance structure may change at each of the two sites within a month (e.g. shore site: F. cylindrus dominant in October ’98; T. gravida in November ’98). Dinoflagellates showed summer increases associated with diatom blooms. Variations in phytoplankton cell concentrations, the species structures between the shore and open wa− ters, and between seasons appear to be related to physical factors: changes in wind velocity and direction, inflow of waters from the Bransfield Strait, ice melting and changes in atmo− spheric pressure.
Two to Tango: Trust, Taxation and the Economics of Environmental Policy

This thesis examines the question of environmental dilemmas from both a local and a global perspective. It explores the open question of cooperation in the climate commons and provides evidence in favor of a key role of trust in spurring cooperation in global dilemmas. Given the potential for cooperation in both local and global environmental dilemmas, this thesis explores the rationales for the limited diffusion of environmental taxes. It encompasses the issues of effectiveness and public acceptability in local and global situations and concludes that what most likely hampers the implementation of environmental taxes is the general public’s perception of ineffectiveness rather than any empirical ineffectiveness. Finally, it provides new insights on how to overcome this barrier to effective policymaking tackling local and global externalities. Overall, this thesis sheds new light on the question of environmental dilemmas. It examines from different perspectives the issues related with the application of market-based instruments to environmental externalities and provides original evidence-based insights to the political economy of commons. While different in terms of methodology, all chapters share the same behavioral implications. Individuals may be willing to play cooperatively in environmental dilemmas if they trust others to do so. That is, people's reticence to environmental taxes most likely stems from a general suspicion with respect to the taxes themselves rather than from a pure unwillingness to cooperate. This thesis provides the literature with a better understanding of cooperation and policy formation in the environmental arena, bringing to the issue both a touch of optimism, by underlying the importance of social norms, and a touch of pessimism, by recalling the endogeneity of environmental policy and emphasizing the obstacles to its acceptability. With no spirit of cooperation, the future would not look very bright for environmental taxation. There is no surprise though, it always takes two to tango.
Incidence of bacteremia at the time of ICU admission and its impact on outcome

Context: Blood culture is routinely taken at the time of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) for patients suspected to have infection. We undertook this study to determine the incidence of bacteremia at the time of ICU admission and to assess its impact on the outcome. Methods: Retrospective cohort study from all the admissions in ICU, in whom blood cultures sent at the time of admission were analyzed. Data regarding patient demographics, probable source of infection, previous antibiotic use and ICU course was recorded. Severity of illness on admission was assessed by acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score. Statistical Analysis: Qualitative data were analyzed using Chi-square or Fisher Exact test and quantitative data were analyzed using Student's t-test. Primary outcome measure was ICU mortality. Results: Of 567 patients, 42% patients were on antibiotics. Sixty-four percent of the patients were direct ICU admission from casualty, 10.76% were from wards and 6.17% from other ICUs, and 19.05% were transfers from other hospitals. Blood cultures were positive in 10.6% patients. Mortality was significantly higher in patients with positive blood cultures (45% vs. 13.6%; P=0.000). On univariate analysis, only previous antibiotic use was statistically associated with higher mortality (P=0.011). Bacteremic patients who were already on antibiotics had a significantly higher mortality (OR 12.9, 95% CI: 1.6–100). Conclusions: Blood cultures may be positive in only minority of the patients with suspected infection admitted to ICU. Nevertheless, the prognosis of those patients with positive blood culture is worse, especially if culture is positive in spite of the patient being on antibiotics.
Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter ( ICL 2014 ) Light localization and stimulated emission in InGaN / GaN nanocolumns

We report the dependence of stimulated emission phenomena on randomness in a collection of regularly arranged InGaN/GaN nanocolumns. By comparing the stimulated emission behavior for two samples with different degrees of randomness, we found that localization effects are inevitable even in the almost perfect sample, and several modes partially overlapping in space will compete with each other. The ultrafast dynamics of stimulated emission under femtosecond pulsed laser excitation were also investigated, and the emission peaks were observed to change with time. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. Peer-review under responsibility of The Organizing Committee of the 17th International Conference on Luminescence and Optical Spectroscopy of Condensed Matter.
Physical Activity and Improvement of Glycaemia in Pre-diabetes by Different Diagnostic Criteria

Context: The effects of physical activity (PA) on improvement of glycemia may differ between prediabetic individuals defined by oral glucose tolerance test vs glycated hemoglobin (HbA 1c ). Objective: We studied the association between PA and improvement of glycemia in individuals with prediabetes defined by glucose vs HbA 1c criteria. Design, Setting, and Participants: From the Whitehall II study, 957 participants with prediabetes defined by isolated impaired fasting glucose (i-IFG), isolated impaired glucose tolerance (i-IGT), or both and 457 with prediabetes defined by HbA 1c were included. Main Outcome Measures: The associations of PA with concomitant changes in glucose-related outcomes during 5 years of follow-up were analyzed. A recursive partitioning analysis was performed to study heterogeneity in the association between baseline PA and the probability of reversion to normoglycemia. Results: After 5 years of follow-up, 405 (42%) individuals with glucose-defined prediabetes reverted to normal glucose tolerance (NGT). A 5-year increase in moderate-to-vigorous-intensity PA was associated with improvements in insulin sensitivity and b -cell function, but PA was not generally associated with reversion to NGT. Only among women $ 50 years with i-IFG or i-IGT, higher amounts of PA were associatedwithhigher probabilityof reversiontoNGT.InHbA 1c -definedprediabetes,only20individuals (4.4%) reverted to normoglycemia, and PA was not associated with improvement in glycemic markers. Conclusions: PA may beparticularly important for reversion to normoglycemia among older women with i-IFG or i-IGT. Individuals with prediabetes identified by HbA 1c have a low probability of reversion to normoglycemia, and their changes in glycemia are not related to PA. ( J Clin Endocrinol Metab 102: 3712 – 3721, 2017)