Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
THE INTERNET IN THE 2008 U . S . PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION “ Technology is a Commodity ” : The Internet in the 2008 United States Presidential Election

The role of the Internet as a tool for participation and organization has been considered the most important innovation in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign and one of the key strategic factors in Barack Obama’s conquest of the Democratic nomination and the White House. This paper analyzes e-campaigning in the 2008 election through data drawn from qualitative interviews with thirty-one consultants and operatives who were involved in the presidential race. Rather than adopting a techno-centric perspective, our interviewees acknowledge that several contextual factors enhance or hinder the effectiveness of online tools, such as the message of the campaign, the candidate’s personality, and his or her ability to generate enthusiasm in the electorate, together with the campaign’s strategic prioritization of grassroots electioneering. Technology is seen more as an efficient channel of preexisting motivations and loyalties than as a driver of these attitudes. Moreover, while the Web has often been characterized as presenting campaigns with a dilemma between top-down hierarchy and bottom-up spontaneity, Internet professionals and operatives argue that contemporary e-campaigning tools can help achieve both goals and breed a hybrid organizing model that reconciles control and empowerment through the skillful use of individual data. These findings have important implications regarding the strategic and organizational dynamics of contemporary campaigns and the role of citizen participation within them.
In Vitro Comparison of the Effects of Two Different Acid Etchants on the Microleakage of Composite Restorations

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Operative Dentistry, Dental School, Shahaid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Postgraduate Student, Dept. of Operative Dentistry, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: maryam_ira@yahoo.com Dentist. Abstract Objective: Etching of enamel and dentin is an important step in restoration of teeth with composite resin ensuring the retention of restoration and decreasing microleakage. This in vitro study sought to compare the effects of Kimiya and Etch-Rite acid etchants on the microleakage of composite restorations. Methods: This experimental study was conducted on 30 sound human molar teeth. Class V cavities were prepared on the buccal surface of teeth and the teeth were randomly divided into 2 groups of 15. Iranian acid etchant (Kimiya, Iran) was used in group 1 and Etch-Rite (Pulpdent, Watertown, MA, USA) in group 2. The teeth were restored with Valux Plus (3M, ESPE, St. Paul, MN, USA) composite resin and polished by disc. The canal apices were sealed with sticky wax and the entire tooth surface was coated with 2 layers of nail varnish except for 1 mm around the restoration margins. Specimens were immersed in 2% Fuchsin (Fuchsin Dye, Merck, Germany) for 24h and then buccolingually sectioned. Specimens were evaluated under a stereomicroscope (SF-100B, Lomo, Russia) at 40X magnification and the degree of microleakage was determined using a 0-4 scale. The degree of microleakage was statistically analyzed using Mann Whitney U test. Results: No significant difference was found between the two groups of Kimiya and Etch-Ritein the degree of microleakage at the occlusal wall (p=0.1). The degree of microleakage at the gingival wall was not significantly different between the two groups either (p=0.68). Conclusion: Based on the results, Kimiya Iranian acid etchant has an efficacy equal to that of Etchrite.
Essential role of PKC d in histone deacetylase inhibitor-induced Epstein – Barr virus reactivation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells

Correspondence Ching-Hwa Tsai chtsai@ntu.edu. tw Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10051, Taiwan, ROC Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA Department of Life Science and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo-Kuang Road, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
The role of nurse plants in the restoration of degraded environments

Traditional ecological models have focused mainly on competition between plants, but recent research has shown that some plants benefit from closely associated neighbors, a phenomenon known as facilitation. There is increasing experimental evidence suggesting that facilitation has a place in mainstream ecological theory, but it also has a practical side when applied to the restoration of degraded environments, particularly dry-lands, alpine, or other limiting habitats. Where restoration fails because of harsh environmental conditions or intense herbivory, species that minimize these effects could be used to improve performance in nearby target species. Although there are few examples of the application of this “nursing” procedure worldwide, experimental data are promising, and show enhanced plant survival and growth in areas close to nurse plants. We discuss the potential for including nurse plants in restoration management procedures to improve the success rate of such projects.
IMID : SIMulation of Infectious Diseases using random etworks and GIS

In this paper we discuss the SIMID tool for simulation of the spread of infectious disease, enabling spatio-temporal visualization of the dynamics of influenza outbreaks. SIMID is based on modern random network methodology and implemented within the R and GIS frameworks. The key advantage of SIMID is that it allows not only for the construction of a possible scenario for the spread of an infectious disease but also for the assessment of mitigation strategies, variation and uncertainty in disease parameters and randomness in the progression of an outbreak. We illustrate SIMID by application to an influenza epidemic oftware for epidemic surveillance
Algorithms and tools for optimization of integrated RF VCOs

approved: Kartikeya Mayaram This thesis presents algorithms and tools for the automated design of RF LC CMOS voltage controlled oscillators (VCOs) with low phase noise given a set of specifications. The electromagnetic solver, ASITIC, combined with the circuit simulator, SpectreRF, allows optimization of the VCO circuit parameters and inductor layout. This approach gives a phase noise improvement of up to 20 dBc/Hz in the flicker noise region and up to 5 dBc/Hz in the thermal noise region. An optimization program for the computer-aided design of on-chip spiral inductors has also been developed. This program allows the designer to obtain the layout of an inductor with a required inductance value and maximal quality factor, thus enabling a reduction in the phase noise of the VCO being designed. The circuit simulator SPICE3 has been extended to handle phase noise analysis based on a non-linear perturbation analysis for oscillators. The implemented technique allows for an accurate simulation of phase noise due to devices described either by analytical or numerical models. With this extension, the automated design of RF LC oscillators can be performed within the SPICE3 framework. Furthermore, the technique is available in a public domain software and can be extended to other application domains. Redacted for Privacy © Copyright by Volodymyr Kratyuk June 6, 2003 All Rights Reserved Algorithms and Tools for Optimization of Integrated RF VCOs by Volodymyr Kratyuk
Rapid transformation from auditory to lin-1 guistic representations of continuous 2 speech 3

1) Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, 5 U.S.A 6 2) Department of Psychiatry, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland 7 School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S.A 8 3) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College 9 Park, Maryland 20742, U.S.A 10 4) Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, U.S.A 11
The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program: Overview of Phase I Results

The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP) is an international effort designed to investigate the uncertainties in regional-scale projections of future climate and produce highresolution climate change scenarios using multiple regional climate models (RCMs) nested within atmosphere–ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs) forced with the Special Report on Emission Scenarios (SRES) A2 scenario, with a common domain covering the conterminous United States, northern Mexico, and most of Canada. The program also includes an evaluation component (phase I) wherein the participating RCMs, with a grid spacing of 50 km, are nested within 25 years of National Centers for Environmental Prediction–Department of Energy (NCEP–DOE) Reanalysis II. This paper provides an overview of evaluations of the phase I domain-wide simulations focusing on monthly and seasonal temperature and precipitation, as well as more detailed investigation of four subregions. The overall quality of the simulations i.
’ s repository of research publications and other research outputs ’ There ’ s more than meets the eye ’ : analysing verbal protocols , gazes and sketches on external mathematical representations Conference or Workshop Item

’There’s more than meets the eye’: analysing verbal protocols, gazes and sketches on external mathematical representations Conference or Workshop Item How to cite: San Diego, Jonathan; Aczel, James; Hodgson, Barbara and Scanlon, Eileen (2006). ’There’s more than meets the eye’: analysing verbal protocols, gazes and sketches on external mathematical representations. In: 30th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 30), 16-21 Jul 2006, Prague, Czech Republic.
Derivatives Reporting Practices by Multinationals

If you believe this document infringes copyright then please contact the KAR admin team with the take-down information provided at http://kar.kent. ac.uk/contact.html Citation for published version Abhyankar, Abhay and Klumpes, Paul J.M. and Tang, Liyan and Wang, Pengguo (2010) Derivatives Reporting Practices by Multinationals. The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ISBN 978-1-85908-463-2.
Device characteristics of antenna-coupled metal-insulator-metal diodes (rectenna) using Al2O3, TiO2, and Cr2O3 as insulator layer for energy harvesting applications

Antenna-coupled metal-insulator-metal devices are most potent candidate for future energy harvesting devices. The reason for that they are ultra-high speed devices that can rectify the electromagnetic radiation at high frequencies. In addition to their speed, they are also small devices that can have more number of devices in unit area. In this work, it is aimed design and develop a device which can harvest and detect IR radiation.
EGG PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF NATURALLY MATED NIGERIAN INDIGENOUS HENS TREATED WITH CLOMIPHENE CITRATE ( CLOMID ® )

Poultry Unit, Farm Management Centre, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. scholtica@gmail.com; scholarurom@yahoo.com +234(0)9037532340; +234(0)8036343611 The trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of Clomiphene citrate (Clomid) on the egg production of Nigerian indigenous hens. The study involved 48 Nigerian indigenous cocks and 48 Nigerian indigenous hens sexually matured (24 – 26 weeks old). The birds were divided into 4 treatment groups of 12 birds per treatment, for the hens and the cocks respectively. Clomiphene citrate (Clomid) was administered at 0mg, 10mg, 20mg and 30mg levels to the groups represented as T1c, T2c, T3c and T4c and T1h, T2h, T3h and T4h for cocks and hens respectively. The birds were fed ad-libitum with growers mash for cocks and breeders mash for hens. Seven days after Clomiphene citrate administration, the birds were paired according to their treatment groups for natural mating. The result shows that number of eggs laid increased with 10mg Clomid inclusion from 42 in the control to 63 in T2 (10mg) but decreased with 30mg Clomiphene citrate treatment. T2 also recorded the highest value in fertility (78.6%) and hatchability (90.9%), while T4 recorded the lowest value in fertility (34.9%) and hatchability (19.2%). It could be inferred that Clomiphene citrate (Clomid) encouraged egg production, fertility and hatchability at 10mg dosage administered.
Finnish Students’ Dedication to and Interaction in Communicative Oral Practice in Foreign Language Classroom

The aim of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of how Finnish-speaking students’ communicative oral practice in a foreign language, Swedish , is carried out through cooperative scheme-based and elaboration tasks in the language classroom. The specific focus is on the students’ dedication and participatory interaction. The study is carried out as a didactically oriented micro-ethnographic case study, in which the teacher acts as a researcher of her own teaching. The data, gathered through tape recordings of the students’ oral practice, are analysed through qualitative content analysis methods supplemented with some quantifications. The main research findings are that a good deal of dedication to the oral practice, as well as cooperation, and interactive and self-generated communication in Swedish are realised. Many students’ use of L1, Finnish, especially when creating intersubjectivity and in scaffolding, is also evident.
SOME ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS OF THE HUMAN CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM (THE RESONANT ARTERIAL SYSTEM)

Abstract : A study was made from an engineering viewpoint primarily to determine the need for (1) a human heart that produces a pulsating rather than steady flow and (2) an elastic circulatory system. It is suggested that the normal rhythmic contractions of the heart may produce pulsed flows which resonate with the natural frequencies of the arterial system. As a consequence the magnitudes of the myocardial forces and energies expende by the heart would then be minimal and tightly bounded for large flow rate variations. Sufficiently great and uncorrected changes in either or both the resonant character of the arterial system or the pulsed flows may cause the heart to overwork and die prematurely or may result in other system malfunctions. Resonance then may possible be a major physical design principle upon which the human cardiovascular system is based an which allows it to operate within its many constraints. (Author)
Housing Deprivation in Europe: On the Role of Rental Tenure Types

Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyse the link between housing tenure types and housing deprivation in 26 European countries. Empirical analyses are based on European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2007, enabling comparisons of deprivation across a large set of countries. A multilevel framework is employed. It is hypothesized that the organization of the rental sector inherently produces different housing market dynamics, which is likely to affect housing deprivation rates. An integrated rental sector covering broader parts of the population is expected to reduce the risk of housing deprivation. Housing deprivation is measured in terms of experiencing overcrowding and while also suffering any of the following accommodation problems: a leaking roof; no bath/shower; no indoor toilet; or a dwelling considered too dark. The findings indicate a negative association between the size of the rental sector and the prevalence of housing deprivation. The organization of the rental sector appears crucial and only an integrated rental sector encompassing broader parts of the population significantly reduces the prevalence of housing deprivation and its components. This association is robust in terms of confounding factors at the individual-level and central country-level contextual variables.
Evodiamine induces apoptosis in pancreatic carcinoma PANC-1 cells via NF-κB inhibition

NF-κB constitutively expresses in human pancreatic cancer cells and has been implicated in pancreatic tumorigenesis. Evodiamine, a bioactive alkaloid has been shown to possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antitumor properties. In the present study, the anti-pancreatic cancer potential of evodiamine have been evaluated. Evodiamine effectively inhibited growth and induced apoptosis in PANC-1 cells in a dose-dependent manner. SN50 (NF-κBp65 inhibitor) significantly increased the evodiamine-induced apoptotic cell death in PANC-1 cells, indicating that NF-κB is involved in evodiamine-induced apoptotic cell death. Furthermore, Western blot analysis showed that evodiamine inhibited the constitutive activation of NF-κBp65, decreased the expression of anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2, increased the expression of pro-apoptotic protein Bax and cleaved caspase-3 in PANC-1 cells in a dose-dependent manner. The present study suggests that evodiamine induces apoptosis in PANC-1 cells via NF-κBp65 inhibition and apoptosis regulators modulation.
B-Mode ultrasound assessment of intima-media thickness of common carotid, internal carotid, brachial, femoral arteries and abdominal aorta in patients with cardiovascular risk factor

Amac: Bu calismada, farkli anatomik bolgelerden olculen intima-media kalinligi (IMT) ile ana karotid IMT arasindaki iliskiyi degerlendirmeyi amacladik. Yontemler: 256 hasta prospektif olarak incelendi. B-mod ultrasound ile ana karotid, internal karotid, brakiyal ve femoral arter ile abdominal aort IMT degerleri olculdu (CC-IMT, IC-IMT, B-IMT, F-IMT ve A-IMT). Hastalar normal ve artmis CC- IMT degerlerine gore iki gruba ayrildi. Bulgular: 256 hastanin 55’inde (%21,5) artmis CC-IMT tespit edildi. Tum IMT degerleri CC-IMT ile pozitif olarak korelasyon gostermekteydi. Femoral IMT bagimsiz olarak artmis CC-IMT ile iliskiliydi. Regresyon analizine gore F-IMT'deki her 0,1 mm'lik artis, artmis CC-IMT riskini % 70,2 artirmaktaydi. F-IMT cut-off degeri 1,1 mm olarak kabul edildiginde artmis CC-IMT varligini %96,4 duyarlilik ve %90 ozgulluk ile tespit etmekteydi. ROC egri analizinde, egri altinda kalan alan degeri 0,936 olarak olculdu. Sonuc: Artmis CC-IMT’i en iyi belirleyen diger IMT bolgesi F-IMT oldugu bulundu. Klinik pratikte F-IMT sinir degeri olarak >1,1 mm kullanilabilir. CC-IMT olcumu tum diger vaskuler IMT olcumu ile yakin ve pozitif olarak iliskilidir.
OF ‘ NONCOMPLIANT ’ PATIENT

‘Noncompliant’ (NC) patient is a common label in medical records. While it encapsulates many dimensions of undesired patient behavior, the semiotics by which it is generated and applied is unclear: What data indicate noncompliance? How are the data analyzed and interpreted to label a patient as noncompliant? How does the label frame the physician’s thinking? How does it affect the physician’s diagnosis, treatment, instructions and actions? How does it affect medical outcomes? This lack of semiotic clarity can result in medical errors. We provide a framework (a) for conceptualizing the semiotics of NC, and (b) to understand the sources of potential medical errors. We illustrate the framework with a case study. The framework can be used to manage noncompliance effectively and reduce medical errors, especially with EMRs.
SORPTION AND SOLUBILITY OF LOW- SHRINKAGE RESIN-BASED DENTAL COMPOSITES

SUMMARY Background: Resin-based composites are well-established restorative materials. However, these materials may absorb significant amounts of water when exposed to aqueous environments. Sorption and solubility are affecting composite restorations by two different mechanisms; the first is the up taking of water producing an increased weight and the second is the dissolution of materials in water, leading to a weight reduction of the final conditioned samples. Objective: To measure the water sorption and solubility of different low-shrinkage resin-based composites. Six materials were selected: Filtek P60, Filtek Ultimate, SonicFill, Filtek Silorane, Kalore, Venus Diamond. Materials and methods: Five disc specimens were prepared of each material and polymerized with diode lightcuring unit. Water sorption and solubility of the different materials were were calculated by means of weighting the samples before and after water immersion and dessication. Data were statistically analyzed using Shapiro-Wilk One Way Analysis of Variance followed by the Holm-Sidak comparison test . Results: There were significant differences (p<=0.001) between materials regarding sorption and solubility. Regarding sorption F. Silorane showed lowest values, followed by SonicFill, without significant difference between them. Statistical significant difference exist between F. Silorane and F.P60, F. Ultimate, Kalore. Significant difference exist between SonicFill and F. Ultimate. F.Silorane (-0.018) and Kalore (-0.010) showed lowest values of solubility but there were marginal difference among all composites investigated. Conclusions: 1.The material with lowest values of sorption and solubility was F.Silorane. 2. The attained sorption and solubility values for composites are influenced by the differences in resin matrix composition and filler contend. 3. Modifications of dimethacrylate matrix did not minimase significantly sorption and solubility of composites. 4. Besides water sorption resin composites are stabile structures: solubility is lower then sorption.
The Costs of What? Measuring Services and Quality of Care

If we are to be able to reflect the cost implications of changes in the nature, quality and productivity of long-term care interventions in future projections, we need an approach to measurement that reflects the value and quality of care. This paper describes a theoretically based but pragmatic approach to identifying the welfare gain from government expenditure on social care and illustrates an application in projecting the costs of long-term care used in the Wanless review of future needs of social care for older people in England.
Fault simulation of multiple faults in PLAs

A novel approach is presented to the problem of the simulation of multiple crosspoint faults in PLAs (programmable logic arrays). An efficient algorithm is presented that makes use of concepts derived from the critical path method. To reduce memory allocation, the technique makes use of the minimal information set needed for exact analysis. Results obtained on benchmark PLAs show that those multiple crosspoint faults which are undetectable by means of single-fault-oriented test vectors represent a nonnegligible fraction of all possible faults and should, therefore, be explicitly considered. <<ETX>>
Embedding Interactive Markdown into Multifaceted Visualization Tools

Unlike most other forms of data, text is deeply structured and textured. However, existing knowledge about data transformation in visualization is almost entirely for arrays of atomic data values. Although aspects of text can be reduced to arrays for useful visualization, representing and interacting with the full structure and texture of text remain open problems. In this paper, I describe work-in-progress to support representation of text structure in visualization tools following well-known principles of information visualization. By integrating text markdown features into an existing declarative visual querying language, one can dissect, reconstitute, and embed richly formatted text fragments as visual elements in views. Coordinated interaction between multiple views can also involve the embedded text fragments themselves through the functional reactive features of the visual querying language. This makes it possible to reflect multidimensional navigation and selection deeply within the displayed structure and formatting of text. I present applications of embedded interactive markdown in a pair of visualization tools for exploration and analysis of library archives.