Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
What works in tropical forest conservation, and what does not: Effectiveness of four strategies in terms of environmental, social, and economic outcomes

Tropical forests and their biodiversity are disappearing, despite decades of conservation efforts. Are we now in a position to understand whether some conservation strategies work better while others consistently fail in protecting tropical forests? We searched the literature to evaluate four mainstream strategies (forest certification and reduced impact logging, payments for ecosystem services, protected areas, community forest management) in terms of 35 environmental, social, and economic metrics. We evaluated whether applying the strategy improved, left unchanged, or worsened the conservation metrics and we created an interactive platform to view the data. We concluded that (a) the scientific literature on the effectiveness of conservation strategies in tropical forests is still vastly inadequate, due to poor design, lack of scope, and too few examples; (b) the effects of conservation on biodiversity and the economic outcomes of conservation are particularly understudied; and (c) all strategies fail at least some of the times, but all of them succeed at least some times. Our recommendation is that each new instance of implementing a given strategy should consider in detail, at the very least, the negative evidence on the given strategy, in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes. We introduce an interactive, dynamic platform to host various types of conservation effectiveness evidence.
FEMININST NARRATIVES OF SPORT: A SECOND- AND THIRD- WAVE CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING PROJECT

ii Acknowledgements . iii Chapter 1 . 1 Feminism and Sport . 2 Terms and Approaches . 6 The Thesis.9 Implications of the Project . 12 Chapter 2 Method . 13 The Writing Process.14 What Is and What Might Be . 15 Conditions of Possibility . 18 Overview of the Genre . 21 Stories at Work . 22 Assumptions.25 Criticism of Personal Narratives.28 Conclusion . 34 Chapter 3 Third-Wave Feminism . 37 A Brief Summary of the Firstand Second-Waves of Feminism.40 An Overview of Third-Wave Feminism.43 Characteristics of Second-Wave Feminism . 49 Second Wave and Post Feminism.53 The Relationship of Feminism and the New Right in the 1980s . 55 The Third Wave Emerges . 58 The category of ―woman‖. 60 Inter-sectionality . 61 Judgment Free and Inclusive Practice and Politics . 63 Consciousness-Raising in the Third Wave: . 71 Conclusion . 74 Chapter 4 Canadian Women‘s Sport History.76 1960s . 79
Dialoguer plus, mais sur quoi ? Les régulations d’entreprise en matière d’emploi, de formation et de conditions de travail en temps de crise

A partir des donnees des enquetes « Relations professionnelles et negociations d’entreprise » (REPONSE) 2004-2005 et 2010-2011 et d’enquetes monographiques realisees dans quinze etablissements francais aux relations sociales contrastees, cet article part du constat, a premiere vue paradoxal dans un contexte de crise, d’une intensification du dialogue social au niveau de l’entreprise. Interrogeant le sens et la portee de cette intensification, en partie liee aux developpements de la « negociation administree », il analyse les recompositions actuelles des regulations de la relation d’emploi. Nous montrons ainsi comment la difficulte accrue a mettre en debat les questions d’emploi observee face a la crise conduit a un repositionnement partiel et a un investissement croissant autour des enjeux de conditions de travail, qui contraste avec une implication routiniere mais rarement strategique sur la formation.
The role of computer-aided psychotherapy within an NHS CBT specialist service

Abstract To date, the feasibility of computer-aided psychotherapy as an intervention has only been recognised in primary care practice. The present study sought to evaluate the impact of ‘Beating the Blues’ (BtB), an established computerised cognitive behaviour therapy (CCBT) self-help programme for the management of anxiety and depression, within an NHS CBT specialist healthcare centre. Of the 555 service users who used BtB as part of routine care, with follow-up assessment at six to eight weeks, 71% completed all eight sessions. Statistically significant differences on the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were found in completer and intention-to-treat analyses; 50% of completers achieved reliable change on the BDI-II and approximately 25% of completers achieved reliable and clinically significant change on both measures. Outcomes were benchmarked against outcomes in studies of routine face-to-face CBT. These findings provide evidence that BtB may be of value to serv.
Cerebral Myogenic Reactivity and Blood Flow in Type 2 Diabetic Rats: Role of Peroxynitrite in Hypoxia-Mediated Loss of Myogenic Tone

Dysregulation of cerebral vascular function and, ultimately, cerebral blood flow (CBF) may contribute to complications such as stroke and cognitive decline in diabetes. We hypothesized that 1) diabetes-mediated neurovascular and myogenic dysfunction impairs CBF and 2) under hypoxic conditions, cerebral vessels from diabetic rats lose myogenic properties because of peroxynitrite (ONOO−)-mediated nitration of vascular smooth muscle (VSM) actin. Functional hyperemia, the ability of blood vessels to dilate upon neuronal stimulation, and myogenic tone of isolated middle cerebral arteries (MCAs) were assessed as indices of neurovascular and myogenic function, respectively, in 10- to 12-week control and type 2 diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rats. In addition, myogenic behavior of MCAs, nitrotyrosine (NY) levels, and VSM actin content were measured under normoxic and hypoxic [oxygen glucose deprivation (OGD)] conditions with and without the ONOO− decomposition catalyst 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl) prophyrinato iron (III), chloride (FeTPPs). The percentage of myogenic tone was higher in diabetes, and forced dilation occurred at higher pressures. Functional hyperemia was impaired. Consistent with these findings, baseline CBF was lower in diabetes. OGD reduced the percentage of myogenic tone in both groups, and FeTPPs restored it only in diabetes. OGD increased VSM NY in both groups, and although FeTPPs restored basal levels, it did not correct the reduced filamentous/globular (F/G) actin ratio. Acute alterations in VSM ONOO− levels may contribute to hypoxic myogenic dysfunction, but this cannot be solely explained by the decreased F/G actin ratio due to actin nitration, and mechanisms may differ between control and diabetic animals. Our findings also demonstrate that diabetes alters the ability of cerebral vessels to regulate CBF under basal and hypoxic conditions.
High-frequency limit of the longitudinal impedance of an array of cavities.

The longitudinal impedance of an array of cylindrically symmetric cavities connected by side pipes is estimated in the high-frequency limit. The expression for the impedance is obtained for an arbitrary number of cavities. The transition from the case of a single cavity to a periodic structure is studied. The impedance per cell decreases with frequency . omega. as . omega. /sup -1/2/ for a small number of cells. For a large number of cells the impedance decreases as . omega. /sup -1/2/ or as . omega. /sup -3/2/ depending on a certain relation between the frequency and the number of cells. The parameter which governs the transition from one regime to the other is found. In particular, for the infinite periodic structure there is only the second regime and the impedance decreases as . omega. /sup -3/2/ for all frequencies.
Simple power analysis applied to nonlinear feedback shift registers

Linear feedback shift registers (LFSRs) and nonlinear feedback shift register (NLFSRs) are major components of stream ciphers. It has been shown that, under certain idealised assumptions, LFSRs and LFSR-based stream ciphers are susceptible to cryptanalysis using simple power analysis (SPA). In this study, the authors show that SPA can be practically applied to a CMOS digital hardware circuit to determine the bit values of an NLFSR and SPA therefore has applicability to NLFSR-based stream ciphers. A new approach is used with the cryptanalyst collecting power consumption information from the system on both edges (triggering and non-triggering) of the clock in the digital hardware circuit. The method is applied using simulated power measurements from an 80-bit NLFSR targeted to an 180 nm CMOS implementation. To overcome inaccuracies associated with mapping power measurements to the cipher data, the authors offer novel analytical techniques which help the analysis to find the bit values of the NLFSR. Using the obtained results, the authors analyse the complexity of the analysis on the NLFSR and show that SPA is able to successfully determine the NLFSR bits with modest computational complexity and a small number of power measurement samples.
The Contribution of Work Engagement to Self-Perceived Health, Work Ability, and Sickness Absence Beyond Health Behaviors and Work-Related Factors

Objective: To investigate whether work engagement influences self-perceived health, work ability, and sickness absence beyond health behaviors and work-related characteristics. Methods: Employees of two organizations participated in a 6-month longitudinal study (n = 733). Using questionnaires, information was collected on health behaviors, work-related characteristics, and work engagement at baseline, and self-perceived health, work ability, and sickness absence at 6-month follow-up. Associations between baseline and follow-up variables were studied using multivariate and multinomial logistic regression analyses and changes in R2 were calculated. Results: Low work engagement was related with low work ability (odds ratio: 3.68; 95% confidence interval: 2.15 to 6.30) and long-term sickness absence (odds ratio: 1.84; 95% confidence interval: 1.04 to 3.27). Work engagement increased the explained variance in work ability and sickness absence with 4.1% and 0.5%, respectively. Conclusions: Work engagement contributes to work ability beyond known health behaviors and work-related characteristics.
[Retroviruses in the Caribbean].

The human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) has modes of transmission closely resembling those of the HIV. Surveys conducted in various Caribbean countries after 1980 when the virus was isolated for the 1st time have shown seroprevalence rates for the general population ranging from 2.3% in Trinidad and Tobago to 5.4% in Jamaica. In Trinidad and Tobago differences were found in infection rates of the 2 main population subgroups. The rate was highest among natives of Trinidad of African ancestry slightly lower among natives with mixed ancestry including African and almost nil among persons of East Indian ancestry. East Indians tend to settle in rural agricultural zones of the center while those of African ancestry tend to settle in urban zones. HTLV-1 antibodies have been associated in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago with non-Hodgkins lymphoma. In Jamaica up to 70% of all cases of non-Hodgkins lymphomas show elevated concentrations of antibodies to HTLV-1 suggesting that the virus has contributed considerably to the appearance of lymphoreticular neoplasias on the island. Hiv transmission patterns have differed in some Caribbean islands from the most common pattern of initial transmission by homosexual and bisexual men with the virus subsequently spreading into the heterosexual community. In Antigua Barbados Grenada Guyana St. Kitts-Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago the groups initially affected were homosexual and bisexual men. The AIDS EPIDEMIC ON Saint Lucia however began with heterosexual contacts of migratory laborers who worked part of the year in Belle Glade Florida. In Bermuda nearly 1/2 the diagnosed AIDS case were in intravenous drug users and in the Bahamas 59% of AIDS patients were heterosexual cocaine abusers who supported their drug use by prostitution. A 1984 study of 100 homosexual males at a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Trinidad showed 40% to be infected with HIV and 15% with HTLV-1. 6 subjects were infected with both viruses. After 4 1/2 years of follow-up 5 of the 34 men infected with HIV had progressed to AIDS while 3 of the 6 with both viruses had done so. A larger study is needed to confirm the elevated risk of developing AIDS in individuals simultaneously infected with HIV and HTLV-1.
Size of tumour as a risk factor for malignancy in patients with peripheral pulmonary nodules

ABSTRACT Peripheral pulmonary tumours are often quite difficult to diagnose and treat. Their detection brings immediately the problem of whether clinicians should just wait and observe or operate the patients. The AIM of this study was to determine if there is a direct correlation between tumour size and the risk for malignancy and whether the tumor size should be considered a risk factor for malignancy. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between 1997 and 2009, 145 patients with peripheral pulmonary tumours of less than 3 cm in diameter underwent video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) resection for the purpose of histologic examination of the tumor. RESULTS: The mean age of the patients was 62.60 ± 0.95 years. The youngest patient was 17 years old and the oldest - 82. The study sample included 61 women and 84 men; the men were statistically signifi cantly more than the women (57.3% and 42.07%, respectively) (t = 2.74 , P < 0.01). The total number of patients we operated were 145 with 198 resected tumours. The diameter of the lesions ranged between 0.30 cm and 3 cm (mean 1.41 ± 0.06 cm). We found that 108 (54.55%) of the tumours were malignant, and 90 (45.45%) were benign, the difference between them failing to reach statistical signifi cance (t = 1.82, P > 0.05). The mean size of malignant lesions was statistically signifi cantly greater than that of benign tumours (1.62 ± 0.08 cm vs 1.15 ± 0.06 cm). CONCLUSION: The results of this study suggest that the bigger the diameter of the nodule, the greater the percentage share of malignant tumours, which means that the size of the tumour is an important risk factor for malignancy.
Correlation of histologic grade with other clinicopathological parameters, intrinsic subtype, and patients' clinical outcome in Taiwanese women.

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to reveal the relationships between histologic grade and other clinicopathologic parameters including intrinsic subtype in Taiwanese women with breast cancer. METHODS There were 1302 women diagnosed with breast cancer recruited for this study. Histologic grade was scored according to the Nottingham-modified Bloom-Richardson grading system. RESULTS Higher tumor grade was associated with larger tumor size (P = 0.021), a larger number of lymph node metastases (P = 0.001), advanced clinical stage (P = 0.010), higher human epithelial growth receptor-2 positivity (P < 0.001), negative estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor (P < 0.0001) status. Triple negative breast cancer (56.6%) and human epithelial growth receptor-2 (44.3%) subtypes were associated with more Grade III breast cancer in contrast to luminal A (22.3%) and B (29.9%) breast cancer. In multivariate Cox regression analysis for cancer-specific survival, histologic grade (hazard ratio = 1.78) was a significant prognostic factor. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that histologic grade is highly correlated with some valuable biomarkers and confirmed the significance of histologic grade in Taiwanese female breast cancers.
Gradient-index infrared metamaterials based on metal-dielectric submicrometer pillar arrays

This paper presents the design and microfabrication of a two-dimensional metal-dielectric metamaterial structure based on an array of pillars with submicrometer diameters and heights. The diameters of pillars periodically vary along one axis in a sawtooth fashion and are constant along the other. The electromagnetic field distribution within this graded metamaterial was considered utilizing an accurate analytical approach. The pillar arrays were fabricated in photoresist and subsequently covered with a sputter-deposited aluminum film. Structures were defined by direct laser writing in photoresist film. Controlled overexposure has been applied in order to make pillar features smaller than the nominal resolution of the equipment. The structures were characterized by optical and atomic force microscopy and by angle-dependent Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy. The produced graded frequency-selective surfaces may be used e.g. in sensing.
Preparation and Surface Sizing Application of Sizing Agent Based on Collagen from Leather Waste

Collagen extracted from leather waste was modified with maleic anhydride. Then, using ammonium persulfate as an initiator, by pre-modifying collagen reacted with styrene and ethyl acrylate monomers, a vinyl-grafted collagen sizing agent (VGCSA) for paper was prepared. Before the experiment, the performance of VGCSA was tested and VGCSA emulsion was applied to the surface sizing of the corrugated paper. Effects of the amount of VGCSA, the compound proportion of VGCSA, and starch and styrene-acrylic emulsion were studied relative to paper properties. The morphological changes of the paper before and after sizing were characterized by SEM. It was found that the collagen reacted with styrene and ethyl acrylate monomers. Through the grafting of vinyl and collagen, the crystallinity and thermal stability of VGCSA increased. The structure of VGCSA was spherical with a uniform size, and the average particle size was approximately 350 to 400 nm. After being sized, the surface fibers of paper became smooth and orderly. The optimal sizing of VGCSA was 8 g/m2. The optimal proportion of VGCSA with starch was 4:6, and the optimal proportion of VGCSA with SAE was 2:8. The research indicates that collagen extracted from leather waste could be used as a biomaterial, and environmental and economic benefits could be created as well.
Target Tracking in Confined Environments With Uncertain Sensor Positions

To ensure safety in confined environments such as mines or subway tunnels, a (wireless) sensor network can be deployed to monitor various environmental conditions. One of its most important applications is to track personnel, mobile equipment, and vehicles. However, the state-of-the-art algorithms assume that the positions of the sensors are perfectly known, which is not necessarily true due to imprecise placement and/or dropping of sensors. Therefore, we propose an automatic approach for simultaneous refinement of sensors' positions and target tracking. We divide the considered area in a finite number of cells, define dynamic and measurement models, and apply a discrete variant of belief propagation that can efficiently solve this high-dimensional problem and handle all non-Gaussian uncertainties expected in this kind of environment. Finally, we use ray-tracing simulation to generate an artificial mine-like environment and generate synthetic measurement data. According to our extensive simulation study, the proposed approach performs significantly better than standard Bayesian target tracking and localization algorithms and provides robustness against outliers.
Seamless Handover Method by Channel Switching in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs

We propose a mobility enhancement method in which APs periodically change their RF channels in a predetermined order that prevents overlap of neighboring APs' channels. Improvement in the throughput is also achieved by manipulating the DCF uplink mode and the Downlink mode. A performance evaluation shows that the proposed scheme is superior to IEEE 802.11 WLAN in handoff delay and throughput.
Modeling and Reasoning about DOM Events

Web applications are fundamentally reactive. Code in a web page runs in reaction to events, which are triggered either by external stimuli or by other events. The DOM, which specifies these behaviors, is therefore central to the behavior of web applications. We define the first formal model of event behavior in the DOM, with high fidelity to the DOM specification. Our model is concise and executable, and can therefore be used for testing and verification. We have applied it in several settings: to establish some intended meta-properties of the DOM, as an oracle for testing the behavior of browsers (where it found real errors), to demonstrate unwanted interactions between extensions and validate corrections to them, and to examine the impact of a web sandbox. The model composes easily with models of other web components, as a step toward full formal modeling of the web.
QTL Mapping of Adult-Plant Resistance to Leaf Rust in the Wheat Cross Zhou 8425B/Chinese Spring Using High-Density SNP Markers

Wheat leaf rust is an important disease worldwide. Growing resistant cultivars is an effective means to control the disease. In the present study, 244 recombinant inbred lines from Zhou 8425B/Chinese Spring cross were phenotyped for leaf rust severities during the 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2013–2014, and 2014–2015 cropping seasons at Baoding, Hebei province, and 2012–2013 and 2013–2014 cropping seasons in Zhoukou, Henan province. The population was genotyped using the high-density Illumina iSelect 90K SNP assay and SSR markers. Inclusive composite interval mapping identified eight QTL, designated as QLr.hebau-2AL, QLr.hebau-2BS, QLr.hebau-3A, QLr.hebau-3BS, QLr.hebau-4AL, QLr.hebau-4B, QLr.hebau-5BL, and QLr.hebau-7DS, respectively. QLr.hebau-2BS, QLr.hebau-3A, QLr.hebau-3BS, and QLr.hebau-5BL were derived from Zhou 8425B, whereas the other four were from Chinese Spring. Three stable QTL on chromosomes 2BS, 4B and 7DS explained 7.5–10.6%, 5.5–24.4%, and 11.2–20.9% of the phenotypic variance, respectively. QLr.hebau-2BS in Zhou 8425B might be the same as LrZH22 in Zhoumai 22; QLr.hebau-4B might be the residual resistance of Lr12, and QLr.hebau-7DS is Lr34. QLr.hebau-2AL, QLr.hebau-3BS, QLr.hebau-4AL, and QLr.hebau-5BL are likely to be novel QTL for leaf rust. These QTL and their closely linked SNP and SSR markers can be used for fine mapping, candidate gene discovery, and marker-assisted selection in wheat breeding.
A Sparse Flat Extension Theorem for Moment Matrices

In this note we prove a generalization of the flat extension theorem of Curto and Fialkow for truncated moment matrices. It applies to moment matrices indexed by an arbitrary set of monomials and its border, assuming that this set is connected to 1. When formulated in a basis-free setting, this gives an equivalent result for truncated Hankel operators.
Prediction of anticancer property of bowsellic acid derivatives by quantitative structure activity relationship analysis and molecular docking study

CONTEXT Boswellic acid consists of a series of pentacyclic triterpene molecules that are produced by the plant Boswellia serrata. The potential applications of Bowsellic acid for treatment of cancer have been focused here. AIMS To predict the property of the bowsellic acid derivatives as anticancer compounds by various computational approaches. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this work, all total 65 derivatives of bowsellic acids from the PubChem database were considered for the study. After energy minimization of the ligands various types of molecular descriptors were computed and corresponding two-dimensional quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) models were obtained by taking Andrews coefficient as the dependent variable. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS USED Different types of comparative analysis were used for QSAR study are multiple linear regression, partial least squares, support vector machines and artificial neural network. RESULTS From the study geometrical descriptors shows the highest correlation coefficient, which indicates the binding factor of the compound. To evaluate the anticancer property molecular docking study of six selected ligands based on Andrews affinity were performed with nuclear factor-kappa protein kinase (Protein Data Bank ID 4G3D), which is an established therapeutic target for cancers. Along with QSAR study and docking result, it was predicted that bowsellic acid can also be treated as a potential anticancer compound. CONCLUSIONS Along with QSAR study and docking result, it was predicted that bowsellic acid can also be treated as a potential anticancer compound.