Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mangrove response to environmental change in Australia's Gulf of Carpentaria

Abstract Across their range, mangroves are responding to coastal environmental change. However, separating the influence of human activities from natural events and processes (including that associated with climatic fluctuation) is often difficult. In the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia (Leichhardt, Nicholson, Mornington Inlet, and Flinders River catchments), changes in mangroves are assumed to be the result of natural drivers as human impacts are minimal. By comparing classifications from time series of Landsat sensor data for the period 1987–2014, mangroves were observed to have extended seawards by up to 1.9 km (perpendicular to the coastline), with inland intrusion occurring along many of the rivers and rivulets in the tidal reaches. Seaward expansion was particularly evident near the mouth of the Leichhardt River, and was associated with peaks in river discharge with LiDAR data indicating distinct structural zones developing following each large rainfall and discharge event. However, along the Gulf coast, and particularly within the Mornington Inlet catchment, the expansion was more gradual and linked to inundation and regular sediment supply through freshwater input. Landward expansion along the Mornington Inlet catchment was attributed to the combined effects of sea level rise and prolonged periods of tidal and freshwater inundation on coastal lowlands. The study concluded that increased amounts of rainfall and associated flooding and sea level rise were responsible for recent seaward and landward extension of mangroves in this region.
A Coasian Approach to Efficient Mechanism Design

Vickrey-Clarke-Groves and d'Apresmont Gerard-Varet mechanisms implement efficient social choice by paying each agent the externality her report imposes on all other agents. This paper provides an alternative mechanism, where each pair of agents directly compensates each other according to the externalities they impose. In the new mechanism any agent can guarantee to receive her ex ante efficient payoff by committing to report truthfully, regardless of others' strategies. This absence of ex ante externalities makes all equilibria efficient, whether agents act individually or in coalitions. Truthful report is a coalition-proof equilibrium, and under mild assumptions it is the uniquely rationalizible strategy. The mechanism is extended to repeated interactions.
Exotic Invasive Shrub Glossy Buckthorn Reduces Restoration Potential for Native Forest Herbs

Invasive glossy buckthorn could reduce restoration potential for understory native forest herbs by compromising their growth and biodiversity. Few studies of glossy buckthorn’s effects on forest herbs exist, and none were done in early-successional, partially open hardwood forests. This study was conducted in a mature hybrid poplar plantation invaded by buckthorn, located in southeastern Quebec. We tested the effect of buckthorn removal on the growth of three forest herb species, whether this effect varied among species, and if canopy type (two poplar clones) influenced this effect. Forest herbs were planted in herbicide (buckthorn removed) and control treatments in the plantation understory, an environment similar to that of early-successional hardwood forests. Over the first two growing seasons, species showed specific reactions to buckthorn cover. Mean relative growth rate (RGR) for Asarum canadense and Polygonatum pubescens was increased in the herbicide treatment (48% and 33%, respectively) and decreased in the control treatment (−35% and −33%, respectively). Sanguinaria canadensis growth was the highest among species, with no difference between treatments. No effects of canopy type were detected. Results suggest that planting forest herbs for restoration purposes may be unsuccessful if buckthorn is present. Important changes in understory flora biodiversity are likely to occur over the long term in forests invaded by buckthorn.
Handbook of Psychotherapy Supervision.

This is not a book to be read from one cover to the other. A book of thirty-one separate and discrete essays rarely is. But the editor thankfully makes a reviewer's task relatively easy in his eminently clear introduction depicting his purpose and method in organizing the book. He intends to provide an up-to-date resource; to define psychotherapy supervision; to describe various of its models and orientations; to address some of its teaching formats as well as some of its “specialized forms and modes”; to review critically some relevant current research; and, finally, to address today's hot issues of gender and ethnicity. All are well accomplished. Nevertheless, he admits, some important topics are absent, notably sex therapy. His intended audience is “graduate students who are enrolled in supervision courses and seminars” and the rather broadly designated “mental health professionals. ”
Measured temporal and spectral PMD characteristics and their implications for network-level mitigation approaches

Signal degradation due to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) effects may become significant for signaling rates of 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, and beyond. To assess the utility of various PMD mitigation schemes, temporal and spectral measurements of differential group delay (DGD) were made on 95 km of buried standard single-mode fiber over an 86-d period to determine the distribution and rate of change of high-DGD events. As expected, statistical analysis of variations in DGD indicate that excursions from the mean DGD by factors of 3.7 or higher have very low probability. For this link, the DGD varied slowly with time (having a drift time of about 3.4 d) and rapidly with wavelength. The DGD data agree well with results of similar experiments reported in the literature. Statistical analysis of the measured DGD data shows that high-DGD episodes will be exceedingly rare and short-lived. The impact of PMD on network operations is explored and approaches to ensure network reliability are reviewed for network operators given the task of transporting high-bit-rate channels over fiber links with known PMD characteristics.
Determination of the Arsenic Content in Surface Water by Silver Diethyldithiocarbamate Spectrophotometry

At present, arsenic in the environment has caused obviously global health problem, an effective monitoring method for measuring the content of arsenic in surface water is urgent. In this paper, the silver diethyldithiocarbamate spectrophotometric method was used to measure arsenic content in surface water. It was concluded that the related coefficient for standard curve was 0.9996, the detection limits was 0.007mg / L, the relative error was below 3.6%, the recovery efficiency of standard adding material was from 90 % to 110 %, which was suitable for measuring arsenic content in large quantities of surface water and wastewater. Through measuring arsenic content in the eight sections of Fen River and in the six drainage of sewage in Taiyuan, the results showed that arsenic content didn't exceed emission standards, but which was still higher than that of the environmental water.
A Generalised Low-Complexity SISO Sphere Decoder for Lattice-based Communication Systems

Soft-input soft-output sphere decoders are known to achieve near- maximum likelihood performance with a reasonable complexity, in lattice-based communication systems. They are designed by combining a list sphere decoder with the a posteriori probability technique. In this paper, we first derive generic linear equations that bind a lattice point to a received codeword in single or multiple antennae lattice-based communications. We then propose a novel list-sphere decoding algorithm that is generalised for any kind of two-dimensional constellations, any type of channel matrices, and any number of transmit or receive antennae. This algorithm generates an optimal list of possible transmit codewords, which are the closest to the one received in terms of Euclidean distance, with a computational complexity independent of the initial sphere radius. Results show that our algorithm exhibits a lower complexity than the previously-designed algorithms.
A modified hill detouring algorithm for hinging hyperplanes minimization

This paper considers the global optimization of hinging hyperplanes (HH), which is a widely applied nonlinear model. HH minimization can be equivalently transformed into difference of convex functions (D.C.) programming, and further, concave optimization over a polyhedron. Motivated by a novel algorithm called Hill Detouring (HD), we present a modified hill detouring (MHD) algorithm. The proposed algorithm escapes local optima efficiently with a new search strategy, and establishes an exact stopping criterion for global optimality based on the theory of γ valid cut. In the numerical experiments, MHD is compared with mixed integer programming (MIP) and HD, which shows its superior performance on the numerical efficiency and the global search capability.
Differential regulation of telomerase activity and TERT expression during brain development in mice

Telomerase is an enzyme activity consisting of a reverse transcriptase called TERT and an RNA component that adds repeats of a DNA sequence (TTAGGG) to the ends of chromosomes, thereby preventing their shortening. Associations between telomerase activity and proliferation and differentiation of neural tumor cells and neural stem cells have been reported, but the role of telomerase in brain development is unknown. We now report analyses of telomerase activity, TERT mRNA levels and levels of mRNAs encoding the telomere‐associated proteins TRF1 and TRF2 in three different brain regions (brainstem, hippocampus and cerebral cortex) and the eye of mice at increasing developmental time points. Telomerase activity is high in the brain at embryonic day 13 (E13), declines markedly between E13 and E18, remains at a low level until postnatal day 3 (P3) and becomes undetectable by P10. Surprisingly, the temporal pattern of change in telomerase activity is not paralleled by a decrease in levels of TERT mRNA that remain elevated from E13 to P5 (with fluctuations during this time window that vary among brain regions), and then decrease to a lower level that is maintained into adulthood. TRF1 and TRF2 mRNA levels are relatively constant throughout brain development. Our data are consistent with a role for telomerase activity in proliferation of neural progenitor cells, and further suggest that TERT may play roles in neuronal differentiation and survival. The dissociation between TERT expression and telomerase activity is a novel finding that suggests biological functions for TERT in addition to telomere maintenance. J. Neurosci. Res. 64:252–260, 2001. Published 2001 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Local Pain Dynamics during Constant Exhaustive Exercise

The purpose of this study was to delineate the topological dynamics of pain and discomfort during constant exercise performed until volitional exhaustion. Eleven physical education students were tested while cycling and running at a “hard” intensity level (e.g., corresponding to Borg’s RPE (6–20) = 15). During the tests, participants reported their discomfort and pain on a body map every 15s. “Time on task” for each participant was divided into five equal non-overlapping temporal windows within which their ratings were considered for analysis. The analyses revealed that the number of body locations with perceived pain and discomfort increased throughout the five temporal windows until reaching the mean (± SE) values of 4.2 ± 0.7 and 4.1 ± 0.6 in cycling and running, respectively. The dominant locations included the quadriceps and hamstrings during cycling and quadriceps and chest during running. In conclusion, pain seemed to spread throughout the body during constant cycling and running performed up to volitional exhaustion with differences between cycling and running in the upper body but not in the lower body dynamics.
Optimal beamforming for two-way multi-antenna relay channel with analogue network coding

This paper studies the wireless two-way relay channel (TWRC), where two source nodes, S1 and S2, exchange information through an assisting relay node, R. It is assumed that R receives the sum signal from S1 and S2 in one timeslot, and then amplifies and forwards the received signal to both S1 and S2 in the next time-slot. By applying the principle of analogue network coding (ANC), each of S1 and S2 cancels the so-called "self-interference" in the received signal from R and then decodes the desired message. Assuming that S1 and S2 are each equipped with a single antenna and R with multi-antennas, this paper analyzes the capacity region of the ANC-based TWRC with linear processing (beamforming) at R. The capacity region contains all the achievable bidirectional rate-pairs of S1 and S2 under the given transmit power constraints at S1, S2, and R. We present the optimal relay beamforming structure as well as an efficient algorithm to compute the optimal beamforming matrix based on convex optimization techniques. Low-complexity suboptimal relay beamforming schemes are also presented, and their achievable rates are compared against the capacity with the optimal scheme.
Pulmonary Function as a Cause of Cognitive Aging

Human aging is associated with decline in cognitive and physical functioning. Although pulmonary function predicts long-term performance (up to 10 years) on measures of cognitive function, recent data suggest the opposite relationship: Cognitive decline predicts self-reported physical limitations. In the study reported here, we utilized dual-change-score models to determine the directional relationship between pulmonary and cognitive function. Our sample consisted of 832 participants (ages 50–85 years at baseline), who were assessed in up to seven waves of testing across 19 years as part of the longitudinal Swedish Adoption/Twin Study of Aging. Changes in pulmonary function led to subsequent changes in fluid cognitive function, specifically, in tasks reflecting psychomotor speed and spatial abilities. There was no evidence that declines in cognitive function led to subsequent declines in pulmonary function. Thus, these data indicate a directional relationship from decreased pulmonary function to decreased cognitive function, a finding that underscores the importance of maintaining pulmonary function to ensure cognitive performance.
Virtual Reality Based Robot Graphic Simulation and Virtual Manufacturing System

This paper reports research into an interface between industry robots and Virtual Reality systems and creates a virtual robot for robot arm simulation, control language conversion, physical communication, robot networking and teleoperation control. The paper is based on an integrated manufacturing networking software which includes a PUMA robot, a Lansing welding robot, and CNC machines. The aim of the research is to combine VR and robot technology for system testing, to establish VR based simulation workshop for defining and checking robot arm movement trajectory, eliminating the chance of potential collision. The paper also presents a system that can interpret the recognised operations into operator-level commands using task-dependent interpretation rules and a world model. A robot executes the defined task in the workspace by replicating operator’s movements in the virtual workspace.
Nighttime sleep and daytime behavior in children : studies based on parents' perceptions of five to eight year old children

The aim of this thesis is to survey sleep-wake characteristics and their associations with other factors, especially behavioural and emotional difficulties, in children. Parents' reports showed that various sleep disturbances were fairly common phenomena among 5-6-year-olds. Comparisons with Swedish studies performed 30 years earlier suggest slightly shorter sleep duration, and higher prevalence of night terrors among contemporary children. Disturbed sleep was correlated to several factors, e.g. health problems and life events. Prospective reports of specified sleep disturbances displayed persistence rates between 30% and 60% over the course of one year. Recurring nightmares were associated with behavioural and emotional difficulties, and also with other distress. Moreover, 36% of children with global reports of current sleep problems also had behaviour problems. Certain sleep disturbances tended to be specifically related to particular types of behavioural difficulties. Previous consultations for sleep problems, reported in 7% of the children, were associated with more current sleep disturbances. A need to remedy current sleep problems was confirmed in one percent of the 5-6-year-olds. Sleeping difficulties attributed to parenthood, in 22% of the mothers and 12% of the fathers, coincided with more sleep disturbances in their 5-6-year-olds. A new behavioural screening form, The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire was translated from English and used in studies of associations between sleep and daytime behaviour in children. The Swedish SDQ displayed adequate psychometric properties.Studies show that in latency children sleep disturbances are common, often persistent and frequently associated with behavioural difficulties; however, they are not necessarily indicated by obvious daytime somnolence. Findings also suggest that parents sometimes hesitate to express a need to remedy sleep problems in children. Hence, health care professionals, e.g. in child psychiatry and paediatrics need to assume an active attitude towards the exploration and treatment of sleep problems in 5-8-year-old children.
Denoising DNA deep sequencing data—high-throughput sequencing errors and their correction

Characterizing the errors generated by common high-throughput sequencing platforms and telling true genetic variation from technical artefacts are two interdependent steps, essential to many analyses such as single nucleotide variant calling, haplotype inference, sequence assembly and evolutionary studies. Both random and systematic errors can show a specific occurrence profile for each of the six prominent sequencing platforms surveyed here: 454 pyrosequencing, Complete Genomics DNA nanoball sequencing, Illumina sequencing by synthesis, Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencing, Pacific Biosciences single-molecule real-time sequencing and Oxford Nanopore sequencing. There is a large variety of programs available for error removal in sequencing read data, which differ in the error models and statistical techniques they use, the features of the data they analyse, the parameters they determine from them and the data structures and algorithms they use. We highlight the assumptions they make and for which data types these hold, providing guidance which tools to consider for benchmarking with regard to the data properties. While no benchmarking results are included here, such specific benchmarks would greatly inform tool choices and future software development. The development of stand-alone error correctors, as well as single nucleotide variant and haplotype callers, could also benefit from using more of the knowledge about error profiles and from (re)combining ideas from the existing approaches presented here.
Mengzi : with selections from traditional commentaries

Bryan Van Norden's new translation of the Mengzi (Mencius) is accurate, philosophically nuanced, and fluent. Accompanied by selected passages from the classic commentary of Zhu Xi--one of the most influential and insightful interpreters of Confucianism--this edition provides readers with a parallel to the Chinese practice of reading a classic text alongside traditional commentaries. Also included are an Introduction that situates Mengzi and Zhu Xi in their intellectual and social contexts; a glossary of names, places and important terms; a selected bibliography; and an index.
Compensatory Role of Inositol 5-Phosphatase INPP5B to OCRL in Primary Cilia Formation in Oculocerebrorenal Syndrome of Lowe

Inositol phosphatases are important regulators of cell signaling, polarity, and vesicular trafficking. Mutations in OCRL, an inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase, result in Oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe, an X-linked recessive disorder that presents with congenital cataracts, glaucoma, renal dysfunction and mental retardation. INPP5B is a paralog of OCRL and shares similar structural domains. The roles of OCRL and INPP5B in the development of cataracts and glaucoma are not understood. Using ocular tissues, this study finds low levels of INPP5B present in human trabecular meshwork but high levels in murine trabecular meshwork. In contrast, OCRL is localized in the trabecular meshwork and Schlemm’s canal endothelial cells in both human and murine eyes. In cultured human retinal pigmented epithelial cells, INPP5B was observed in the primary cilia. A functional role for INPP5B is revealed by defects in cilia formation in cells with silenced expression of INPP5B. This is further supported by the defective cilia formation in zebrafish Kupffer’s vesicles and in cilia-dependent melanosome transport assays in inpp5b morphants. Taken together, this study indicates that OCRL and INPP5B are differentially expressed in the human and murine eyes, and play compensatory roles in cilia development.
Monte-Carlo Based Charge Sharing Investigations on a Bulk 65 nm RHBD Flip-Flop

Charge sharing in a dual-interlocked storage cell (DICE) Flip-Flop (FF) manufactured in 65 nm CMOS Bulk is analyzed using a new proprietary Monte-Carlo tool suite named TIARA (Tool suIte for rAdiation Reliability Assessment). Monte-Carlo simulations show the simultaneous charge collection by transistors in the same well is 5 X more important than charge sharing in different wells. Additionally, TIARA simulations are used to identify layout weaknesses. Subsequent layout modifications have increased the threshold LET by 50%.
Adaptive supervised learning decision networks for traders and portfolios

We propose an adaptive supervised learning decision network for portfolio management which learns the best past investment decision directly instead of making a good prediction first and then making an investment decision based on the prediction. Without any extra effort, this network can be realized directly by any existing adaptive supervised learning neural networks. We propose to use an extended normalized radial basis function (ENRBF) network with matched competitive learning (MCL). We demonstrate with experimental results that the proposed approach can bring in appreciable profit on trading in the foreign exchange market.
Temperature in the hot spot: oesophageal temperature and whole body thermal status in patent foramen ovale

Seemingly effortless interactions between our physiological systems allow for our remarkable ability to constantly adapt to the changing forces and environments to which we are exposed. Hence, it is no surprise that the study of human physiology requires integrative approaches to understand interactions in physiological function in health and disease. An example of an integrative approach to physiological function is provided by the study of Davis et al. recently reported in The Journal of Physiology (Davis et al. 2015). The human cardiovascular, respiratory and thermoregulatory systems are brought together by these authors in their investigation of oesophageal temperature and respiratory heat loss in individuals with a patent foramen ovale.