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PariGUI 2012: user side

Questo elaborato analizzera il processo di progettazione e realizzazione dell'interfaccia grafica del client di PariPari. Verranno esaminate le problematiche derivanti dall'integrazione nella struttura del programma e dalla rappresentazione coerente delle funzionalita offerte, arrivando ad un progetto incentrato sull'espandibilita e sull'usabilita dell'interfaccia. Ne sara poi illustrata la realizzazione, esponendo le difficolta incontrate nello sviluppo e le soluzioni adottate
A CENSORED SYSTEM ESTIMATION OF HISPANIC HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS

A system of nine censored Engel curve equations was estimated for Hispanic households in the U.S.: grains, vegetables, fruits, milk, meat, legumes, fats, sugar, and beverages. Income and household size elasticities, with their respective confidence intervals, are reported and the results compared with other ethnic groups in the U.S.
Magnetic shielding in MgB/sub 2//Fe superconducting wires

Transport critical current (I/sub c/) was measured for MgB/sub 2//Fe round wires, with the magnetic field oriented perpendicular to the wire and parallel to it. Measurements were made on a wire with a pure MgB/sub 2/ core and another wire where the MgB/sub 2/ core was doped with nano-size SiC. This doping strongly improved the vortex pinning in MgB/sub 2/. The field dependence of I/sub c/ was strongly improved due to the presence of the iron sheath. At 30 K, I/sub c/ did not depend on the field for fields between 0.09 and 0.7 T. At lower temperatures, I/sub c/ increased with the field, after an initial decrease, resembling a "peak effect. " This effect was extended to higher fields as the temperature was decreased: at 10 K the peak appeared at 3.5 T. This improvement was not due to mere magnetic shielding by iron, but more likely to an interaction between the iron sheath and the superconductor. Improvement of vortex pinning did not affect the range of fields within which this effect was observed. J/sub c/ of SiC doped MgB/sub 2//Fe wires at elevated fields already satisfies the requirements for their use in production of superconducting magnets for particle accelerators.
Utilisation de la génétique pour éradiquer la tremblante dans les élevages de brebis laitières des Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Compte-tenu du nombre d'elevages declarants la tremblante en Pyrenees-Atlantiques, un dispositif de recherche-developpement a ete instaure dans les annees 90: il a permis dans un premier temps de conforter les donnees de la litterature sur la notion de resistance universelle des ovins ARR/ARR et l'absence de porteurs sains. L'idee d'utiliser le levier genetique pour eradiquer la tremblante dans des elevages atteints a donc fait son chemin en race Manech tete rousse (MTR). D'action de demonstration envisagee dans 2 ou 3 elevages, le projet est devenu departemental avec 34 elevages volontaires en suivis. Simultanement des modifications importantes du schema de selection sont intervenues a partir de 1999, incluant la creation d'un cheptel sanitaire » de beliers d'IA de genotype ARR/ARR, en plus du cheptel classique de beliers d'IA. Les premiers resultats disponibles dans 4 elevages atteints de facon enzootique, avec un recul suffisant de 3 a 5 ans, depuis l'introduction de beliers resistants ARR/ARR, semblent indiquer qu'il serait possible d'eradiquer totalement la tremblante en 2 ou 3 ans, a condition de procreer des femelles de renouvellement au moins heterozygotes ARR et d'eliminer les vieilles brebis ARQ/ARQ qui seraient encore presentes dans l'elevage a l'issue de ce processus de 2-3 ans. Il existe peut-etre un effet de seuil, qui n'imposerait pas 100 % du renouvellement a partir de beliers ARR/ARR. Il importe donc de confirmer ces resultats dans les prochaines annees a partir de l'ensemble des elevages actuellement en suivi. A l'echelle de la population, le travail s'est intensifie en 2002 avec la mise en place du programme national de selection pour la resistance a la tremblante. Les premiers resultats sont observes par exemple pour les beliers d'insemination artificielle (IA) du cheptel genetique classique en MTR, dont la frequence de l'allele ARR a augmente de 0,19 a 0,52 du millesime 1999 au millesime 2002. Finalement l'objectif de l'Union pour la promotion de race (UPRA) est que tous les beliers du noyau de selection ou du Centre d'insemination artificielle (CIA) soient porteurs de l'allele ARR a partir de 2003 ou 2004.
WEAK AND COMPACT RADIO EMISSION IN EARLY HIGH-MASS STAR-FORMING REGIONS. I. VLA OBSERVATIONS

We present a high-sensitivity radio continuum survey at 6 and 1.3 cm using the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array toward a sample of 58 high-mass star-forming regions. Our sample was chosen from dust clumps within infrared dark clouds with and without IR sources (CMC–IRs and CMCs, respectively), and hot molecular cores (HMCs), with no previous, or relatively weak radio continuum detection at the 1 mJy level. Due to the improvement in the continuum sensitivity of the Very Large Array, this survey achieved map rms levels of ∼3–10 μJy beam−1 at sub-arcsecond angular resolution. We extracted 70 continuum sources associated with 1.2 mm dust clumps. Most sources are weak, compact, and prime candidates for high-mass protostars. Detection rates of radio sources associated with the millimeter dust clumps for CMCs, CMC–IRs, and HMCs are 6%, 53%, and 100%, respectively. This result is consistent with increasing high-mass star formation activity from CMCs to HMCs. The radio sources located within HMCs and CMC–IRs occur close to the dust clump centers, with a median offset from it of 12,000 au and 4000 au, respectively. We calculated 5–25 GHz spectral indices using power-law fits and obtained a median value of 0.5 (i.e., flux increasing with frequency), suggestive of thermal emission from ionized jets. In this paper we describe the sample, observations, and detections. The analysis and discussion will be presented in Paper II.
Gender and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Men and women differ in susceptibility and exposure to environmental risk factors for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) but various endogenous sex-determined differences in immune reactions might play a role in IBD pathogenesis as well. There is a sex-specific pattern of extra-intestinal manifestation and men and women suffer from different long-term complications of the disease. This review focuses on the gender and sex dimorphic disease profile and outlines the potential mechanisms of sex-specific pathogenesis in the view of current understanding of sex-specific immunity.
A LONG MEMORY CONDITIONAL VARIANCE MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL GRAIN MARKETS*

The study explores a long memory conditional volatility model on international grain markets, demonstrating importance of modeling both temporal effects of volatility and long memory process. This study adopts six different volatility models, nested in an ARMA(p,q)FIGARCH(P,D,Q), to capture dependence of grain cash price volatility and compares the performance of the six models. It also visits a related question about non-normal behaviors of grain prices and adopts the student-t density intended to account for fat-tailed properties of the data. We find suitability of the FIGARCH type models under the student-t distribution and competitiveness of the parsimonious FIGARCH(1,d,0) for modeling long memory volatility. * This Research was supported by the Chung-Ang University Research Grants in
Empirical Analysis of Poverty and Income Inequality in West Virginia

Poverty and income inequality have attracted a lot of attention in recent literature and policy discussions. Using Ordinary Least Squares and Two stage least squares and cross sectional data for all counties in West Virginia, this study examines the determinants of poverty and income inequality and possibility of simultaneous relationship between them. Findings indicate there is a weak simultaneous relationship and income inequality is declining among aged 65 and above. Education, seen as social equalizer does not provide any evidence in reducing income inequality in West Virginia but as more and more women take up headship in families, poverty and income inequality increase.
DARK MATTER DECAY AND ANNIHILATION IN THE LOCAL UNIVERSE: CLUES FROM FERMI

We present all-sky simulated Fermi maps of γ-rays from dark matter (DM) decay and annihilation in the local universe. The DM distribution is obtained from a constrained cosmological simulation of the neighboring large-scale structure provided by the CLUES project. The DM fields of density and density squared are then taken as an input for the Fermi observation simulation tool to predict the γ-ray photon counts that Fermi would detect in 5 years of an all-sky survey for given DM models. Signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) sky maps have also been obtained by adopting the current Galactic and isotropic diffuse background models released by the Fermi Collaboration. We point out the possibility for Fermi to detect a DM γ-ray signal in local extragalactic structures. In particular, we conclude here that Fermi observations of nearby clusters (e.g., Virgo and Coma) and filaments are expected to give stronger constraints on decaying DM compared to previous studies. As an example, we find a significant S/N in DM models with a decay rate fitting the positron excess as measured by PAMELA. This is the first time that DM filaments are shown to be promising targets for indirect detection of DM. On the other hand, the prospects for detectability of annihilating DM in local extragalactic structures are less optimistic even with extreme cross-sections. We make the DM density and density squared maps publicly available online.
Melanocytes and Melanoma Etiology

Melanocytes are pigment-producing cells originated from the neural crest. Epidermal melanocytes contribute to photoprotection and thermoregulation by packaging melanin pigment intomelanosomes and sending them to keratinocytes. There are still many gaps in the understanding of early events of melanocyte differentiation and advanced melanoma regarding genetic and molecular processes. In this review, the authors present a summary of the main aspects of the melanocyte biology and its relation with the melanoma etiology, which are of major importance for guiding novel therapies development and to well understand this disease.
Modified expanded clay lightweight concretes for thin-walled reinforced concrete floating structures

Reinforced concrete floating structures have much more durable metal structures and do not require frequent repairs. Heavy and lightweight shipbuilding concrete is used for these structures. Floating structures are operated in difficult climatic conditions. Properties of modified expanded clay concrete for thin-walled reinforced floating structures were investigated. The experiment was carried out according to the 3-factor optimal plan. Concretes with the strength of up to 43 Mpa, with water resistance up to W12 and the average density of up to 1750 kg/m3 were obtained. Due to the use of expanded clay lightweight concrete, the carrying capacity of a ship, in particular, the floating dock, is increasing, and the comfort of people and technological equipment is increasing. Regulations for the technology of manufacturing modified shipbuilding expanded clay lightweight concrete for the construction of thin-walled floating structures and floating docks were developed and approved. The results of the research were used in the development of the national standard of Ukraine "Shipbuilding Concrete".
Emulating Satellite Drag from Large Simulation Experiments

Obtaining accurate estimates of satellite drag coefficients in low Earth orbit is a crucial component in positioning and collision avoidance. Simulators can produce accurate estimates, but their computational expense is much too large for real-time application. A pilot study showed that Gaussian process (GP) surrogate models could accurately emulate simulations. However, cubic runtime for training GPs means that they could only be applied to a narrow range of input configurations to achieve the desired level of accuracy. In this paper we show how extensions to the local approximate Gaussian Process (laGP) method allow accurate full-scale emulation. The new methodological contributions, which involve a multi-level global/local modeling approach, and a set-wise approach to local subset selection, are shown to perform well in benchmark and synthetic data settings. We conclude by demonstrating that our method achieves the desired level of accuracy, besting simpler viable (i.e., computationally tractable) global and local modeling approaches, when trained on seventy thousand core hours of drag simulations for two real-world satellites: the Hubble space telescope (HST) and the gravity recovery and climate experiment (GRACE).
Molecular origin of mesoderm : conservation of T-box genes in non-bilaterian animals

Several members of the T-box gene family were characterized from cnidarians, ctenophores, sponges and placozoans, which are considered as the four metazoan phyla at the basis of animal evolution leading to bilaterians. T-box genes code for transcription factors with high sequence similarity in a region of about 180 amino acids called T-box domain, which is involved in DNA binding. T-box genes have important roles in many developmental processes such as mesoderm formation, antero-posterior axis formation, muscle and limb formation. Thus, T-box genes have been considered key genes to study developmental processes linked to evolutionary aspects. In this study it is shown that the four extant nonbilaterian phyla have members of well-defined T-box gene subfamilies such as Brachyury or Tbx2/3. These are clear homologs of higher evolved bilaterian genes, suggesting the presence of a complex T-box gene family already in the hypothetical common ancestor of all metazoans (Urmetazoa). The data collected in this study were also used to test the phylogenetic relationship of the four basal metazoan phyla in relation to bilaterian animals. Molecular phylogeny has redefined the evolutionary tree, introducing the ecdysozoa and lophotrochozoa as new clades of protostomes, but did not solve the relationship and the branching order of many phyla, especially of the four phyla at the base of animal evolution. In this study most of the investigations were done to clarify the position of the placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens, which is an enigmatic organism that has been interpreted either as a derived cnidarian or as a primitive non-bilaterian within its own phylum named Placozoa. The phylogenetic analyses reported here confirm that Trichoplax forms an own phylum, but does not really improve the knowledge about its phylogenetic position. An important improvement for the investigation of the biology of Trichoplax was achieved by adapting in situ hybridisation methods. Experiments with T-box genes such as Brachyury and Tbx2/3, homeobox genes such as Not and Trox-2, and additional reference genes suggest that Trichoplax has more than the four cell types described in the literature and that the process of regeneration could be regulated by a homeobox gene of the Not class.
Abalones, Shells, and Sea Otters: Dynamics of Prey Populations in Central California

Densities, sizes, and species composition of abalones, Haliotis refescens, H. walallensis, and H. kamtschatkana, remained stable from 1972 to 1981 within a sea otter habitat in central California. Almost all censused abalones were in crevices, with densities averaging 1.8 animals/10 m2. Live abalones and empty abalone shells resulting primarily from predation by sea otters averaged 7.5 and9 cm length, respectively. In contrast, out of the range of sea otters, live abalones were over twice as large and were numerous outside crevices (when protected from human predation). At our study site within their range, sea otters selected abalones larger than were proportionately available in crevices, and they broke many large shells with stone tools. An average of 55 freshly produced empty abalone shells, equivalent to °20% of the crevice population of live abalones, were found each month in our study area over a 12—mo period. Indirect calculations of feeding rates of sea otters also indicated a high production rate of abalones, as did observations of abalones in mapped crevices. The high production rates of abalones must result from high rates of juvenile recruitment and growth, and are indicative of a highly dynamic population, with a turnover time of 1—3 yr.
Experimental and numerical studies of a laboratory fire whirl

Results from a laboratory study of a fire whirl with dimethyl ether fuel are introduced and discussed in relation to fundamental and semi-empirical scaling results. The laboratory study also forms the basis for a stabilised direct numerical simulation (DNS) study of convection with Boussinesq buoyancy. A comparison of results suggests the basic simulation methodology holds promise but that a tighter characterisation of simulation and experimental boundary conditions will benefit future work.
An analysis method for complex attack pattern using the coupling metrics

ABSTRACT Recently, since the most software intensive systems are using i nternet environment for data exchange, the software security is being treated as a big issue. And, to minimize vulnerability of software system, security ensuring steps which are applying secure coding rules, are introduced in the software development process. But, since actual attacks are using a variety of software vulnerabilities, it is hard to analyze software weakness by monotonic analysis.In this paper, it is tried to against the complex attack on the variety of software vulnerability using the coupling which is one of the important characteristic of software. Furthermore, pre-analysis of the complex attack patterns using a combination of various attack methods, is carried out to predict possible a ttack patterns in the relationship between software modules. An d the complex attack pattern analysis method is proposed based on this result.Keywords: Secure Coding, Coupling Metrics, Software security I. 서 론
Complex inner core of the Earth: The last frontier of global seismology

The days when the Earth's inner core (IC) was viewed as a homogeneous solid sphere surrounded by the liquid outer core (OC) are now behind us. Due to a limited number of data sampling the IC and a lack of experimentally controlled conditions in the deep Earth studies, it has been difficult to scrutinize competitive hypotheses in this active area of research. However, a number of new concepts linking IC structure and dynamics has been proposed lately to explain different types of seismological observations. A common denominator of recent observational work on the IC is increased complexity seen in IC physical properties such as its isotropic and anisotropic structure, attenuation, inner core boundary (ICB) topography, and its rotational dynamics. For example, small‐scale features have been observed to exist as a widespread phenomenon in the uppermost inner core, probably superimposed on much longer‐scale features. The characterization of small‐scale features sheds light on the nature of the solidification process and helps in understanding seismologically observed hemispherical dichotomy of the IC. The existence of variations in the rate and level of solidification is a plausible physical outcome in an environment where vigorous compositional convection in the OC and variations in heat exchange across the ICB may control the process of crystal growth. However, further progress is hindered by the fact that the current traveltime data of PKIKP waves traversing the IC do not allow discriminating between variations in isotropic P wave velocity and velocity anisotropy. Future studies of attenuation in the IC might provide crucial information about IC structure, although another trade‐off exists—that of the relative contribution of scattering versus viscoelastic attenuation and the connection with the material properties. Future installations of dense arrays, cross paths of waves that sample the IC, and corresponding array studies will be a powerful tool to image and clearly distinguish between viscoelastic and scattering attenuation, and isotropic‐ and anisotropic‐heterogeneity related effects on traveltimes of core‐sensitive body waves. This will then inevitably contribute to a better understanding of what the IC is made of, how it solidifies and how it contributes to the generation and dynamics of the geomagnetic field.
Recent Results of Semi-inclusive DIS Experiments at Jefferson Lab

Semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS) is a powerful tool to explore the 3-d structure of nucleon in momentum space. Through a combination of polarized or unpolarized lepton beam and nucleon target one can study various transverse-momentum dependent parton distribution functions (TMDs) that appear in the SIDIS cross-section. TMDs provide a description of nucleon structure in terms of parton’s transverse momentum and its transverse spin, which enables us to study the quark orbital angular momentum effects in the nucleon. Several SIDIS experiments were performed in three experimental halls at JLab with 6 GeV electron beam using both polarized or upolarized beam and target combinations. The kinematic range was mainly focued on valence quark region. In this proceeding we will discuss some of the recent results from JLab 6 GeV run.
Path integral approach to random neural networks

In this work we study of the dynamics of large-size random neural networks. Different methods have been developed to analyze their behavior, and most of them rely on heuristic methods based on Gaussian assumptions regarding the fluctuations in the limit of infinite sizes. These approaches, however, do not justify the underlying assumptions systematically. Furthermore, they are incapable of deriving in general the stability of the derived mean-field equations, and they are not amenable to analysis of finite-size corrections. Here we present a systematic method based on path integrals which overcomes these limitations. We apply the method to a large nonlinear rate-based neural network with random asymmetric connectivity matrix. We derive the dynamic mean field (DMF) equations for the system and the Lyapunov exponent of the system. Although the main results are well known, here we present the detailed calculation of the spectrum of fluctuations around the mean-field equations from which we derive the general stability conditions for the DMF states. The methods presented here can be applied to neural networks with more complex dynamics and architectures. In addition, the theory can be used to compute systematic finite-size corrections to the mean-field equations.
Strength of Blended Cement Sandcrete & Soilcrete Blocks Containing Cassava Waste Ash and Plantain Leaf Ash

This work investigated the compressive strength of binary and ternary blended cement sandcrete and soilcrete blocks containing cassava waste ash (CWA) and plantain leaf ash (PLA). 135 solid sandcrete blocks and 135 solid soilcrete blocks of 450mm x 225mm x 125mm were produced with OPC-CWA binary blended cement, 135 with OPC-PLA binary blended cement, and 135 with OPC-CWA-PLA ternary blended cement, each at percentage OPC replacement with pozzolan of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, and 25%. Three sandcrete blocks and three soilcrete blocks for each OPC-pozzolan mix and the control were crushed to obtain their compressive strengths at 3, 7, 14, 21, 28, 50, 90, 120, and 150 days of curing. Sandcrete and soilcrete block strengths from binary and ternary blended cements were found to be higher than the control values beyond 90 days of hydration. The 150-day strength values for OPC-CWA-PLA ternary blended cement sandcrete and soilcrete blocks were respectively 5.90N/mm 2 and 5.10N/mm 2 for 5% replacement, 5.80N/mm 2 and 4.95N/mm 2 for 10% replacement, 5.65N/mm 2