Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A new source of suprathermal O(+) ions near the dayside polar cap boundary

A new dayside source of O+ ions for the polar magnetosphere is described, and a statistical survey presented of upward flows of O+ ions using 2 years of data from the retarding ion mass spectrometer (RIMS) experiment on board DE 1, at geocentric distances below 3 RE and invariant latitudes above 40°. The flows are classified according to their spin angle distributions. It is believed that the spacecraft potential near perigee is generally less than +2 V, in which case the entire O+ population at energies below about 60 eV is sampled. Examples are given of field-aligned flow and of transversely accelerated “core” O+ ions; in the latter events a large fraction of the total O+ ion population has been transversely accelerated, and in some extreme cases all the observed ions (of all ion species) have been accelerated, and no residual cold population is observed (“toroidal” distributions). However, by far the most common type of O+ upflow seen by DE RIMS lies near the dayside polar cap boundary (particularly in the prenoon sector) and displays an asymmetric spin angle distribution. In such events the ions carry an upward heat flux, and strong upflow of all species is present (H+, He+, O+, O++, and N+ have all been observed with energies up to about 30 eV, but with the majority of ions below about 2 eV); hence, these have been termed upwelling ion events. The upwelling ions are embedded in larger regions of classical light ion polar wind and are persistently found under the following conditions: at geocentric distances greater than 1.4 RE; at all Kp in summer, but only at high Kp in winter. Low-energy conical ions (<30 eV) are only found near the equatorial edge of the events, the latitude of which moves equatorward with increasing Kp and is highly correlated with the location of field-aligned currents. The RIMS data are fully consistent with a “mass spectrometer effect,” whereby light ions and the more energetic O+ ions flow into the lobes and mantle and hence the far-tail plasma sheet, but lower-energy O+ is swept across the polar cap by the convection electric field, potentially acting as a source for the nightside auroral acceleration regions. The occurrence probability of upwelling ion events, as compared to those of low-altitude transversely accelerated core ions and of field-aligned flow, suggests this could be the dominant mechanism for supplying the nightside auroral acceleration region, and subsequently the ring current and near-earth plasma sheet, with ionospheric O+ ions. It is shown that the total rate of O+ outflow in upwelling ion events (greater than 1025 s−1) is sufficient for the region near the dayside polar cap boundary to be an important ionospheric heavy ion source.
Effects of orally inhaled budesonide in seasonal allergic rhinitis.

It has previously been demonstrated that topical nasal treatment with glucocorticosteroids has significant effects on the bronchial airways. Less is known about effects on nasal disease by topical bronchial treatment with these drugs. The present study examined effects on nasal allergic disease of inhaled budesonide (avoiding nasal deposition of the drug). Patients with seasonal allergic rhinitis, but without asthma, were thus given inhalations of budesonide (600 microg b.i.d.) or placebo. The aim of the design was to allow the study of eosinophilic airway disease in a part of the airway other than the directly treated locus. Moderate to high birch pollen levels were recorded during the study season, and nasal symptoms were significantly increased in both treatment groups, although they were milder in patients receiving budesonide than in the placebo group (p<0.05). Nasal brush eosinophils and nasal lavage fluid levels of eosinophil cationic protein as well as blood eosinophils were increased during the season (p<0.05), but these increases were prevented by the inhaled budesonide. Nasal lavage fluid levels of alpha2-macroglobulin were particularly elevated in the placebo group but did not differ between patients receiving placebo and budesonide. Budesonide prevented the seasonal development of increased bronchoconstrictor responses to methacholine challenge (p<0.05). In conclusion, budesonide reduced the seasonal eosinophilia both in the circulation and in the nose along with an attenuation of seasonal nasal symptoms. Hence, at a daily dose of 600 microg b.i. d. , known to cause no, or minimal, adverse effects, inhaled budesonide produces clinically significant anti-inflammatory effects in the entire airways, including the nasal mucosa, which is not exposed topically to the drug. We suggest that nasal and systemic anti-eosinophil actions are produced at commonly employed dose levels of orally inhaled budesonide.
The use of laboratory centrifugation studies to predict performance of industrial machines: studies of shear-insensitive and shear-sensitive materials.

A method for using a bench-top centrifuge is described in order to mimic the recovery performance of an industrial-scale centrifuge, in this case a continuous-flow disc stack separator. Recovery performance was determined for polyvinyl acetate particles and for biological process streams of yeast cell debris and protein precipitates. Recovery of polyvinyl acetate particles was found to be well predicted for these robust particles. The laboratory centrifugation scale-down technique again predicted the performance of the disc stack centrifuge for the recovery of yeast cell debris particles although there was some suggestion of over-prediction at high levels of debris recovery due to the nature of any cell debris aggregates present. The laboratory centrifuge scale-down technique also proved to be an important investigative probe into the extent of shear-induced breakup of shear-sensitive protein precipitate aggregates during recovery in continuous high speed centrifuges. Such breakup can lead to over 10-fold reduction in separator capacity.
Performance Study of a Cross-Frequency Detection Algorithm for Pulsed Sinusoidal RFI in Microwave Radiometry

An analysis of the performance of a cross-frequency detection algorithm for pulsed sinusoidal radio frequency interference (RFI) is performed. The performance obtained is compared with that of pulse and kurtosis detection methods that have been previously reported. The results of the study show that the cross-frequency algorithm provides good performance in detecting pulsed sinusoidal RFI at high duty cycles, including the case of continuous sinusoidal interference. The use of the cross-frequency algorithm requires choice of a detection threshold that in practice can be estimated using measured data. The effect of this threshold estimation on the detector performance is also examined.
TRABALHO VOLUNTÁRIO E SEU GERENCIAMENTO: DESAFIOS PARA UM HOSPITAL COMUNITÁRIO

Embora a presenca de voluntarios em organizacoes hospitalares remonta a varios seculos o trabalho voluntario tem sido negligenciado por estudiosos das organizacoes e particularmente da administracao de sistemas complexos como os hospitais. Mais recentemente, a gestao do trabalho voluntario tem se constituido em atividade relevante para a gestao hospitalar e comeca a merecer maior atencao. O presente estudo tem como objetivo examinar as praticas de gestao do trabalho voluntario desenvolvido em um hospital comunitario brasileiro. Trata-se de um estudo de caso, de carater descritivo, em que sao examinadas as praticas gerenciais desenvolvidas com o trabalho voluntario analisando sua relevância, bem como os desafios encontrados em sua gestao em um Hospital Comunitario. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas semi estruturadas com gestores e voluntarios, alem da analise documental e observacao nao participante. A analise revelou que o trabalho voluntario caracteriza-se por contribuir, efetivamente, para a humanizacao, maior integracao dos setores, e utilizacao de recursos internos, e melhoria da gestao do proprio hospital alem de reforcar a imagem social e legitimidade institucional. Observou-se que a gestao do trabalho voluntario enfrenta desafios relacionados a escassez de recursos e falta de maior profissionalizacao da gestao do trabalho voluntario. As conclusoes apontam para a necessidade de maior e melhor qualificacao da gestao do voluntariado com impacto positivo na melhoria da qualidade dos servicos hospitalares e do desempenho organizacional.
The development of an energy-awared mobile 3D graphics SoC with real-time performance/energy monitoring and control

Portable mobile computing and communication applications demand low-power and low-energy with high performance. These competing demands drive SoC development. Especially, 3D graphics-intensive applications are predicted to become widely available on a variety of portable mobile devices ranging from laptops to PDAs to mobile phones. Such 3D graphics coprocessors were originally developed for home computers and game consoles, which use steady power supplies. But a portable mobile device has a limited battery life, which needs to be prolonged as much as possible. Consequently, low power design is the most important segment in order to become competitively portable mobile consumer electronics. We are developing a high-performance, low-power, 3D-graphics SoC to meet such requirements. This paper introduces our developing energy-awared mobile 3D graphics SoC and its real-time performance/energy monitoring and control.
An Investigation of Emergent Perceptual Phenomena in Primates: Illusions and Biases in Decision-Making

The perceptual system operates ideally to reveal rapidly processed, accurate and functional information to an organism. However, illusory phenomena emerge when there is discontinuity between sensory input and perception on the basis of misleading contexts. Because illusions emerge as a byproduct of an otherwise functional and efficient perceptual system, they provide a means to understand better mechanisms of perception within and across species. Beyond anatomical and functional similarities in the visual system across primates, nonhuman primate species reveal intriguing similarities in the perception of visual illusions with one another and humans. This dissertation explored visual illusions across the Order Primates, including human adults and children, chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, and capuchin monkeys, with a focus on when, why and for whom geometric illusions emerge. Geometric illusions occur when a target’s perceived properties (e.g., size, shape, color) are impacted by an illusory context. Specifically, I focused on similarities and differences in perceptual mechanisms across primate species and on the role of attention in illusion emergence. I also assessed the translational impact of visual illusions on everyday decision-making (i.e., food-choice behavior). Overall, this research demonstrated that illusions are complex, and they emerged differently across species as a function of processing mode (i.e., global versus local processing) and attentional control. Further, not all illusions were perceived equally. External factors including illusory array design (i.e., the relationship between target and inducer stimuli) and testing paradigm directly impacted illusion perception. Response competition emerged if the illusory array was too heavily weighted towards inducing stimuli, such that the inducers were the more salient element within the array relative to the target stimulus. These methodological challenges proved to be especially true for local processors (e.g., monkeys) that first perceived the individual elements within an array prior to perceiving the global figure. The manner in which illusions are presented to preand non-verbal species can constrain or perhaps create a scaffold for illusory perception. Comparative research as in this dissertation provides a deeper understanding of how context influences perception and choice and will shed light on how we see and subsequently interact with our world. INDEX WORDS: Perception, Visual illusions, Decision making, Biases, Nonhuman primates, Comparative AN INVESTIGATION OF EMERGENT PERCEPTUAL PHENOMENA IN PRIMATES: ILLUSIONS AND BIASES IN DECISION-MAKING
An intimate relationship in the shadow of narcissism: What is it like to live with a narcissistic spouse?

Narcissistic personality disorder was recognized as a mental disturbance in the U.S. in 1980. Typical characteristics of narcissism are, among others, the illusions of one’s own omnipotence, an excessive need for admiration, as well as ruthless manipulation of the others. The purpose of this study is to describe the life in the shadow of narcissism, as a narcissist’s spouse. The research problems are 1) how a narcissistic person is defined by his/her spouse and 2) what kind of model of the narcissistic behavior in an intimate relationship can be constructed? The qualitative data in this research was collected from a platform at the website of the Registered Association for Support for the Victims of Narcissists in Finland. The data consisted of 100 chains of messages (326 pages, 254 pseudonyms). The research data was analyzed with inductive content analysis. According to the victims’ stories and experiences, narcissistic persons appear as unstable and immoral exercisers of power and manipulators who lack the sense of reality. Based on the results, the origin of these problems is in low self-esteem. The research results show how narcissism affects intimate relationships in many destructive ways.
Effects of swing-weight on swing speed and racket power

Abstract Measurements are presented of the speed at which six different rods could be swung by four male students. Three of the rods had the same mass but their swing-weight (i.e. moment of inertia) differed by large factors. The other three rods had the same swing-weight but different masses. Our primary objective was to quantify the effects of mass and swing-weight on swing speed. The result has a direct bearing on whether baseball, tennis, cricket and golf participants should choose a heavy or light implement to impart maximum speed to a ball. When swinging with maximum effort, swing speed (V) was found to decrease as swing-weight (I o) increased, according to the relation V = C/I o n , where C is a different constant for each participant and n = 0.27 when I o > 0.03 kg · m2. Remarkably similar results were obtained previously with softball bats (where n = 0.25) and golf clubs (where n = 0.26). Swing speed remained approximately constant as swing mass increased (when keeping swing-weight fixed). The implications for racket power are discussed.
Leavers and stayers discuss returning home: Internet discourses on migration in the context of the post-communist transformation

There is a significant difference between previous waves of Polish migrants and the massive outflow of people from Poland after the EU expansion. Information technologies enable post-accession migrants to participate actively in an ongoing dialogue with those who stayed in the home country about, among others, various social issues related to the process of the post-communist transformation. This paper discusses an electronic newspaper forum as an example of transnational space of participation in a recreated civil society. Recently there has been an on-going debate in the Polish media about a possible return of the post-04 migrants. Newspapers and magazines emphasise the economic (very strong Polish currency) as well as the political arguments (change of a government for the more liberal one) in order to explain that a mass return might happen. Both migrants and ‘non-migrants' make comments on the issues and they post their views on Internet fora of a number of e-papers. Anchoring the study in narrative and discourse analyses, I shall describe topics and linguistic forms of the participants’ entries to the fora. I shall also comment on the interactional function of the selected data. In doing so I hope to shed light on the role of such Internet sites as translocal platforms of a new form of involvement in the public sphere. The data come from approximately 500 entries on an Internet forum triggered by newspaper reports and articles in the electronic version of the Gazeta Wyborcza between January and March 2008.
Predicting Hunting Intentions and Behavior: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Using a mail survey ( n = 395) of outdoor recreationists, the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991) was applied to the prediction and explanation of hunting. In a series of hierarchical regression analyses, it was found that hunting intentions, but not perceptions of behavioral control, contributed to the prediction of self-reported hunting frequency. Hunting intentions, in turn, were strongly influenced by attitudes, subjective norms, and perceptions of behavioral control, and these predictors correlated highly with theoretically derived sets of underlying beliefs. Broad values related to wildlife and to life in general correlated weakly with hunting behavior, and their effects were largely mediated by the components of the theory of planned behavior.
House Flies in the Confined Cattle Environment Carry Non-O157 Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

Abstract Cattle manure is one of the primary larval developmental habitats of house flies, Musca domestica (L.). Cattle serve as asymptomatic reservoirs of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), and bacteria are released into the environment in cattle feces. The USDA-FSIS declared seven STEC serogroups (O157, O26, O45, O103, O145, O121, and O111) as adulterants in beef products. In addition, the serogroup O104 was a culprit of a large outbreak in Germany in 2011. Our study aimed to assess the prevalence of seven non-O157 STEC (O26, O45, O145, O103, O121, O111, and O104) serogroups in adult house flies. Flies (n = 463) were collected from nine feedlots and three dairy farms in six states in the United States and individually processed. This involved a culturing approach with immunomagnetic separation followed by multiplex polymerase chain reactions for detection of individual serogroups and virulence traits. The concentration of bacteria on modified Possé agar ranged between 1.0 × 101 and 7.0 × 107 (mean: 1.5 ± 0.3 × 106) CFU/fly. Out of 463 house flies, 159 (34.3%) carried one or more of six E. coli serogroups of interest. However, STEC was found in 1.5% of house flies from feedlots only. These were E. coli O103 and O104 harboring stx1 and ehxA and E. coli O45 with stx1, eae, and ehxA. This is the first study reporting the isolation of non-O157 STEC in house flies from the confined cattle environment and indicating a potential role of this insect as a vector and reservoir of non-O157 STEC in confined beef cattle.
Computational Analysis of Shockwave in Convergent Divergent Nozzle

The objective of this paper is to computationally analyse shock waves in the Convergent Divergent (CD) Nozzle. The commercial CFD code Fluent is employed to analyse the compressible flow through the nozzle. The analysis includes static pressure, temperature, Mach number and density of the flow for different nozzle pressure ratios (NPR i.e., the ratio between exit pressure of the nozzle to ambient pressure). The results are compared with the analytical results of quasi-one dimensional equation. The flow characteristic before and after the shock is discussed. Nomenclature A = Nozzle area, m 2 F = External body force, N M = Mach number NPR = Nozzle Pressure Ratio (p e / p a) p = Static pressure, N/m 2 r = Local radius, m v = Velocity, m/sec ρ = Density, kg/m 3 Subscript 0 = Stagnation conditions 1 = Before Shock 2 = After Shock a = Ambient conditions c = critical conditions e = Exit i = Inlet r = Radial coordinate x = Axial coordinate Superscript * = Throat
Data Mining Applications In Healthcare Sector: A Study

: In this paper, we have focused to compare a variety of techniques, approaches and different tools and its impact on the healthcare sector. The goal of data mining application is to turn that data are facts, numbers, or text which can be processed by a computer into knowledge or information. The main purpose of data mining application in healthcare systems is to develop an automated tool for identifying and disseminating relevant healthcare information. This paper aims to make a detailed study report of different types of data mining applications in the healthcare sector and to reduce the complexity of the study of the healthcare data transactions. Also presents a comparative study of different data mining applications, techniques and different methodologies applied for extracting knowledge from database generated in the healthcare industry. Finally, the existing data mining techniques with data mining algorithms and its application tools which are more valuable for healthcare services are discussed in detail.
WET CORN GLUTEN FEED STARCH , SWEETNER , ALCOHOL GLUTEN MEAL CORN OIL STEEP CORN BRAN DRY CORN GLUTEN FEED ?

Corn milling byproducts are expected to increase dramatically in supply. Two primary types of milling processes currently exist, resulting in quite different feed products. The dry milling process produces distillers grains plus solubles, and the wet milling process produces corn gluten feed. These feeds can be marketed as wet feed, or they can be dried and marketed as either dry corn gluten feed or dry distillers grains with or without solubles. For the purposes of this article, only wet corn gluten feed (WCGF) and wet distillers grains plus solubles (WDGS) will be discussed. The majority of plant expansions are dry milling plants; however, an increase in supply of both WDGS and WCGF is expected. Therefore, these feeds may be very attractive for beef producers to use as an energy source. This article will focus on the production, composition of these feeds, energy value and implications, and economics of using WDGS. Some other management issues will be discussed as well including grain processing when these byproducts are used in feedlot diets, roughage level when these byproducts are used, and feeding combinations of WDGS and WCGF. Forage fed situations will not be covered primarily because wet byproducts are not common ingredients in many forage feeding situations. However, wet byproducts work well in forage based diets performing similar to or better than dry byproducts.
The Effect of Primed and Framed Reference Points on Product Attribute Importance

INTRODUCTION Identifying product attributes that are important in judgment and choice is a key objective of consumer research. A wide variety of methods to identify important attributes has been proposed and examined (Van der Pligt et al. 2000). However, the convergent validity among these methods is low, and sometimes replications even yield inconsistent results (Jaccard, Brinberg, and Ackerman 1986). Low levels of validity and reliability can cause serious empirical and practical problems. The main objective of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of the effect of consumers' reference points on product attribute importance. Building on the reference-dependent theory (Tversky and Kahneman 1991), we show that the importance of an attribute in judgment and choice is larger if the attribute levels in the product space represent a loss, relative to the consumer's reference point. Subsequently, we demonstrate how the effect of consumers' reference points on the importance of attributes in consumer judgment and choice can be strengthened by priming consumers' reference points and can be changed by framing their reference points. The results guide researchers how to improve the validity and reliability of attribute importance measurement and provide marketing managers with tools to infiuence the importance of attributes in consumer judgment and choice.