Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Measure of quasistability of a vector integer linear programming problem with generalized principle of optimality in the Helder metric

A vector integer linear programming problem is considered, principle of optimality of which is defined by a partitioning of partial criteria into groups with Pareto preference relation within each group and the lexicographic preference relation between them. Quasistability of the problem is investigated. This type of stability is a discrete analog of Hausdorff lower semicontinuity of the many-valued mapping that defines the choice function. A formula of quasistability radius is derived for the case of metric lp,1 ≤ p ≤ ∞, defined in the space of parameters of the vector criterion. Similar formulae had been obtained before only for combinatorial (boolean) problems with various kinds of parametrization of the principles of optimality in the cases of l1 and l∞ metrics (1-4), and for some game theory problems (5-7).
Intense terahertz radiation from relativistic laser–plasma interactions

The development of tabletop intense terahertz (THz) radiation sources is extremely important for THz science and applications. This paper presents our measurements of intense THz radiation from relativistic laser–plasma interactions under different experimental conditions. Several THz generation mechanisms have been proposed and investigated, including coherent transition radiation (CTR) emitted by fast electrons from the target rear surface, transient current radiation at the front of the target, and mode conversion from electron plasma waves (EPWs) to THz waves. The results indicate that relativistic laser plasma is a promising driver of intense THz radiation sources.
Microorganisms Responsible of Diabetic Foot Infection in Taiz City, Yemen

Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects on about 14 million Americans and increasing in population to the point where public health authorities are calling diabetes an" epidemic" that requires argent attention. Every year, 600,000 additional cases are diagnosed (Bennett, 1999). Diabetes drain 33% of health budgets in European countries and cost the United State of Americans (USA) 115 billion dollars ($) annually. In kingdom Saudi Arabia, the rate of infection 24.7% a year and annual growth rate of DP are about 1% (Rubaiaan, 2008).
Analysis of the rich frequency spectrum of KIC 10670103 revealing the most slowly rotating subdwarf B star in the Kepler field

We analyse 2.75 yr of Kepler spacecraft observations of the pulsating subdwarf B star KIC 10670103. These 1.4 million measurements have an impressive duty cycle of 93.8 per cent, a frequency resolution of 0 . 017 µ Hz, and a 5 σ detection limit of 0.1 parts-per-thousand (ppt). We detect 278 periodicities, making KIC 10670103 the richest pulsating subdwarf B star to date. Frequencies range from 23 to 673 µ Hz (0.4 and 11.8 h), with amplitudes from the detection limit up to 14 ppt. Follow-up spectroscopic data were obtained from which it was determined that KIC 10670103 does not show signiﬁcant radial velocity variations. Updated atmospheric model ﬁts determined T eff = 21 485 ± 540 K, log g = 5.14 ± 0.05, and log N (He) / N (H) = − 2.60 ± 0.04. We identify pulsation modes using asymptotic period spacings and frequency multiplets. The frequency multiplets indicate a spin period of 88 ± 8 d. Of the 278 periodicities detected in KIC 10670103, 163 (59 per cent) have been associated with low-degree ( (cid:3) ≤ 2) pulsation modes, providing tight constraints for model ﬁtting. While the data are exquisite, amplitudes (and some frequencies) are not stable over the course of the observations, requiring tools which are non-standard for compact pulsators such as sliding Fourier transforms and Lorentzian ﬁtting. Using the 163 identiﬁed pulsation modes, it is possible to make detailed examinations of the pulsation structure; including where the pulsation power is concentrated in radial order, over what frequency range mode trapping is inefﬁcient, and how power switches between multiplet members.
Pervasiveness of endophytic fungal diversity in Anisomeles malabarica from Aliyar, Western Ghats, South India

A total of 616 fungal isolates were obtained from 1600 segments of leaves and stems of the medicinal plant Anisomeles malabarica during four seasons (2009–2010). Fourteen different morphospecies were isolated: Botryodiplodia theobromae, Colletotrichum dematium, Pestalotiopsis microspora, Phoma betae, Phomopsis arnoldiae, Phomopsis stipata, Phomopsis sp. , Phomopsis tersa, Phyllosticta murnadensis, Septoria sp. , Penicillium sp. , Nigrospora sp. and sterile forms. Phomopsis spp. was the most dominant and frequently isolated taxon. Colonization frequency (%) differed significantly between the seasons. The total colonization frequency of endophytes during south–west monsoon comprised young leaves 6.6%, mature leaves 15.7%, young stems 3.6% and mature stems 13.4%; north–east monsoon comprised young leaves 4.3%, mature leaves 16%, young stems 7% and mature stems 15.9%; winter comprised young leaves 14%, mature leaves 21.7%, young stems 12.5% and mature stems 17.1%; summer comprised young leaves 1.2%, mature leaves 4.4%, young stems 0.9% and mature stems 2.6%. The colonization rate was higher during the winter than in the monsoon and summer seasons. Moreover, the higher colonization frequency was found in mature leaves than in young leaves. The maximum relative percentage occurrence was coelomycetes (97.91%) followed by agnomycetes (1.33%) and hyphomycetes (0.76%).
Rigidity of commutative non-hyperbolic actions by toral automorphisms

Abstract Berend [Multi-invariant sets on tori. Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.280(2) (1983), 509–532] obtained necessary and sufficient conditions on a ℤr-action α on a torus 𝕋d by toral automorphisms in order for every orbit to be either finite or dense. One of these conditions is that for every common eigendirection of the ℤr-action there is an element n∈ℤr such that αn expands this direction. In this paper, we investigate what happens when this condition is removed; more generally, we consider a partial orbit {αn⋅x:n∈Ω} where Ω is a set of elements which acts in an approximately isometric way on a given set of eigendirections. This analysis is used in an essential way in the work of the author with E. Lindenstrauss [Topological self-joinings of Cartan actions by toral automorphisms. Preprint, 2010] classifying topological self-joinings of maximal ℤr-actions on tori for r≥3 .
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Requestive S Act Realization Patterns in Persian and American English

This study compared patterns in the requests of native Persian-speakers (n=50) and native speakers of American English (n=52) under the same social constraints. Students were undergraduate students in their native countries. Data were gathered by controlled elicitation (open questionnaire) and coded for degree of directness. Results show the Persian speakers were much more direct than American speakers when making requests, and that Persian speakers us-:d considerably more alerters, supportive moves, and internal modifiers than American speakers. It is suggested that in some languages such as Persian, speakers may compensate for level of directness by such strategies. It is also noted that these differences in requestive speech acts may cause some cross-cultural communication problems. Implications for teaching awareness of directness conventions in second language teaching are discussed. Contains 24 references. (MSE) **********************'; ****** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ********************************************************. *************** Pragmatics and Language Learning Monograph Series, Vol 4, 1993 A Cross-Cultural Comparison of the Requestive Speech Act Realization Patterns in Persian and American English
Method for Modeling Component Reliability with the Number of Load Application as the Life Parameter

Abstract: A method to model component reliability is presented, where the life is measured by the number of load applications. With static strength failure and fatigue failure as the scenario, the dynamic models for calculating the reliability and failure rate of components under random repeated loads both without strength degradation and those with strength degradation are derived. The relationship between reliability and the number of load applications, and that between failure rate and the number of load applications are discussed in different cases. The result shows that both the reliability and the failure rate of components decrease as the number of load applications increases. This is even though the strength does not degenerate, and the failure rate curve has the partial characteristics of a bathtub curve, with an early failure period and a random failure period. When strength degenerates with the number of load applications, the reliability of components decreases more obviously, and the failure rate curve of components is bathtub-shaped.
Crizotinib: From Chemical Entity to Anticancer Agent

Crizotinib is a mesenchymal-epithelial transition/anaplastic largecell kinase (MET/ALK) multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor and has been rapidly and successfully developed as an inhibitor in ALK-rearranged NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer). Lung cancer is the major cause of cancer-related mortality, accounting for over one quarter of cancer deaths. Lung cancers are generally divided into two main categories: SCLC (small cell lung cancer) and NSCLC. NSCLC accounts for approximately 85% of all lung cancers. ALK gene rearrangements are identified and targeted resulting in promising response rates for NSCLC in early studies. Considering the significance of Crizotinib in the treatment of NSCLC, the synthesis, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic trials and adverse events are briefly overviewed in order to make more scholars, medical workers and patients have a more clear and comprehensive recognition on Crizotinib.
Temporal trends in probabilistic maturation reaction norms and growth of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on the Icelandic shelf

Decreasing temporal trends in probabilistic maturation reaction norm (PMRN) midpoints, symptomatic of earlier maturation despite environmentally induced variation in growth, have been observed in many exploited fish stocks. Here, we studied the growth and maturation trends of female and male Icelandic cod (Gadus morhua) by estimating PMRN mid- points for cohorts 1964-1999 and found evidence that a shift towards maturation at smaller sizes and younger ages has oc- curred independently of changes in growth, condition, and temperature. Weighting the data with regional survey abundance estimates to account for spatial heterogeneity in maturity status and sampling intensity did not qualitatively af- fect the temporal trends. Length-at-age also decreased through the study period, which, through simulations, could be at- tributed to the energetic costs of earlier maturity at maturing age groups but not at younger ages. These findings support the hypothesis that such changes in maturation schedules are not caused by environmental factors alone but could also re- flect a genetic change, potentially in response to intensive fishing.
Interactive comment on “ Comment on “ Using multiple observationally-based constraints to estimate climate sensitivity ” by

main recommendation of the Comment is to revert to results from earlier literature, even though AH06 identified an important problem in that work. The Comment does not address the limitations of this previous work in any detail, and as a result provides no evidence that approximations in AH06 are worse than those that were made before. Moreover, the main result of AH06 has now been substantially superseded by Annan and Hargreaves (2009) (AH09). We suggest that a more useful approach would be to improve on the methods of AH06 and AH09, rather than abandon the idea completely, especially as the Comment explicitly agrees that the main point raised by AH06 is valid.
Response of North Pacific Ocean Circulation in a Kuroshio-Resolving Ocean Model to an Arctic Oscillation (AO)-Like Change in Northern Hemisphere Atmospheric Circulation Due to Greenhouse-Gas Forcing

Time-slice experiments are performed using a high-resolution North Pacific ocean general circulation model (NPOGCM) resolving the strong currents near Japan, such as the Kuroshio and the Oyashio, to investigate the effect of global warming on the North Pacific ocean circulation. The NPOGCM is forced by heat, momentum, and fresh-water fluxes obtained from a global warming projection using a global climate model (MRI-CGCM2.2). The annual mean sea-level pressure trend exhibits an annular pattern similar to the positive phase of the Arctic Oscillation in a global warming projection by MRI-CGCM2.2 based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) SRES A2 emission scenario. Associated with this trend, the anticyclonic atmospheric circulation is intensified over the mid-latitude North-Pacific, leading to a northward shift of the oceanic subtropical wind-driven gyre boundary, where extensions of the Kuroshio exist in MRI-CGCM2.2. Under these forcing changes, NPOGCM projects that in the future climate warm core eddies are more frequently pinched off from the Kuroshio off the eastern coast of Japan, leading to an annual mean SST rise over 5 K at its maximum, compared with the present climate. The projected annual mean sea-level rise ranges from 12 to 18 cm along the coasts of Japan, and about 40 cm over the ocean east of Japan.
Aerosol Radiative Impact on Spectral Solar Flux at the Surface, Derived from Principal-Plane Sky Measurements

Accurate measurements of the spectral solar flux reaching the surface in cloud-free conditions are required to determine the aerosol radiative impact and to test aerosol models that are used to calculate radiative forcing of climate. Spectral flux measurements are hampered in many locations by persistent broken cloud fields. Here a new technique is developed to derive the diffuse solar spectral flux reaching the surface from principal-plane measurements conducted in the last six years by the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET). This 50‐100 instrument global network measures the principal-plane radiances in four spectral bands (0.44‐1.02 mm) approximately every hour every day. These instruments also measure the spectral optical thickness and derive the aerosol size distribution and other properties from sky measurements. The advantage of the AERONET measurements is that collimated sky radiance is measured for each 1 83 18 field of view. Clouds and cloud shadows are rejected before the total sky brightness is reconstructed and the flux is derived. The results compare favorably with shadow band measurements and with aerosol models. Studied are smoke aerosol in Brazil; Saharan dust
LESSONS FROM HUANGLONGBING MANAGEMENT IN SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL

Huanglongbing (HLB) was first identified near Araraquara in the central region of Sao Paulo State (SPS), Brazil, in March 2004. As of November 2009, HLB was present in 242 of the 425 citrus-growing municipalities of SPS. In April 2009, the current total number of symptomatic trees was estimated to be ca. 2.0 million (ca. 0.87%) and 4 million trees had already been removed. The recommended measures for HLB management are based on two phytopathologically sound principles: (i) inoculum reduction by frequent removal of HLB-affected trees and (ii) control of psyllid vector populations by insecticide treatments. The goal of this management strategy is to prevent as many trees as possible from becoming infected with the HLB pathogen. After five or six years of HLB management, several SPS citrus farms have shared their results on HLB control. Here we present data from eighteen farms where the recommended measures have been applied since 2004 or 2005 in SPS, showing that HLB can be controlled. SPS is one of the first regions in the world where preventive control against Asian HLB has been carried out on a large scale under various conditions and found to be successful when the recommended measures were applied rigorously. However, only one-third of SPS citrus trees are under effective HLB-management and they are located on large farms, where HLB management is easier than on small farms. The majority of trees in small and medium-sized groves commonly do not benefit from HLB management. This is the reason that HLB incidence in SPS has increased in spite of HLB management. Many groves in which no HLB management is carried out have high proportions of HLB-affected trees and large populations of HLB-positive psyllid vectors. These groves are the major obstacle to HLB management in SPS. These severely affected groves endanger the very existence of the Brazilian citrus industry. When such groves are within a ca. 4km range from well-man- Corresponding author: J.M. Bove Fax: +33.5. 57122369 E-mail: joseph.bove@wanadoo.fr aged farms, their psyllids invariably invade and contaminate the latter farms. SPS has legal tools, which make possible the removal of contaminating groves, but the laws are not strictly enforced. Costs of HLB management vary considerably, but inspections range from $4 to 17 $US each per ha, and insecticide treatments from about $US 240 to > $1,000 per ha annually, depending on the products used, the means and frequency of application. HLB management as described here is only a short-term solution to keep the citrus industry alive and to buy time for long-term solutions, probably based on engineered citrus genotypes, to become available, hopefully, in five to ten years.
Segmentation et Regroupement en Locuteur pour le traitement incrémental des collections volumineuses

Les systemes de Segmentation et Regroupement en Locuteurs cross-show actuels reposent princi-palement sur un processus de regroupement global qui traite collectivement chaque emission d'une collection. Cette approche a deja ete etudiee dans diverses situations et semble etre le meilleur moyen a ce jour pour atteindre des taux d'erreur satisfaisants, dans une duree de traitement raisonnable. Neanmoins, ce processus montre ses limites dans un contexte applicatif realiste ou de grandes et dynamiques collections doivent etre traitees. Dans cet article, nous etudions l'utilisation d'un regroupement cross-show incremental pour traiter de maniere iterative des emissions devant etre inserees dans une collection existante. Les nouvelles emissions a inserer sont traitees les unes apres les autres, selon l'ordre chronologique de diffusion. Les experiences ont ete menees sur les enregistrements LCP et BFMTV distribues au cours des campagnes d'eva-luation francaises ETAPE et REPERE. L'ensemble represente 67 heures de donnees annotees, reparties sur 310 enregistrements, couvrant une periode d'environ deux ans (de septembre 2010 a octobre 2012). ABSTRACT Cross-show Speaker Diarization to Incrementally Process Large Volume of Data Current cross-show diarization systems are mainly based on an overall clustering process that handles collectively each show of a collection. This approach has already been studied in various situations and seems to be the best way so far to achieve low error rates. Nevertheless, that process shows its limits in a realistic applicative context where large and dynamically increasing collections have to be processed. In this paper we investigate the use of an incremental clustering cross-show speaker diarization architecture to iteratively process new shows within an existing collection. The new shows to be inserted are processed one after another, according to the chronological order of broadcasting. Experiments were conducted on the LCP and the BFMTV show recordings distributed among the ETAPE and the REPERE French evaluation campaigns. It represents 67 hours of annotated data, distributed among 310 shows, and covering a 2-years period (from Sept. 2010 to Oct. 2012). MOTS-CLES : SRL, architecture incrementale, regroupement PLNE global, i-vecteurs.
Association between PCR-RFLP polymorphism of the fifth intron in lipoprotein lipase gene and productive traits in pig resource family

The study was aimed at detecting polymorphism of the fifth intron in lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene and analyzing association between the polymorphism and productive traits. A pair of primers was designed for amplifying the fifth intron. Sequence analysis indicated that a G1171C substitution existed in Large White breed. The mutation was detected by PCR-AfaI-RFLP. Polymorphism analysis in a pig resource family showed that there existed significant effects on carcass and meat quality traits. Thorax- waist fat thickness of BB genotype was significantly higher (14.2%, p<0.05) than that of AA on carcass traits, while BB genotype was significantly lower (3.6% p<0.01, 4.1% p<0.01; 2.3% p<0.01, 1.9% p<0.01; 1.8% p<0.01, 1.4% p<0.05) than AA and AB genotype in pH of m. Longissimus Dorsi (LD), m. Biceps Femoris (BF), m. Semipinali Capitis (SC). The allelic frequencies were also significantly different between indigenous Chinese breeds and exotic breeds. Data analyzed revealed that the mutation locus affected production traits mostly by additive effects. Based on these results, it is necessary to do more studies on LPL gene before making the LPL locus into the application of marker-assisted selection (MAS) programs. (Asian-Aust. J. Anim. Sci. 2005. Vol 18, No. 4 : 458-462)
Collective Behavior with Endogenous Thresholds ∗

We endogenize the threshold points in Granovetter’s threshold model of collective behavior (Granovetter 1978). We do this in a simple model that combines strategic complementarity and private information in a dynamic setup with endogenous order of moves. Looking at Granovetter’s model in the strategic context allows us to highlight the sensitivity of collective outcomes to the timing of the games and the reversibility of the actions, and to emphasize an extra incentive for people to follow other people: to encourage more people to follow them. JEL Classification Codes: C7, D7.
THE EFFECT OF LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS ON WALKABILITY IN EGYPTIAN GATED COMMUNITIES

Walking has always been one of the important modes of transport all over the world. During the second half of the twentieth century, motorized modes, especially private cars, emerged. A situation of overdependence on motorized transport evolved. Recently, the notion of reviving walking as one of the urban transport modes started to emerge, especially in developed countries. Both research work and professional practice now search for ways to rehabilitate urban areas in order to facilitate walking and cycling. The focus has mainly been on macro-scale factors such as land use distribution and street network planning. However, landscape elements, such as micro-scale measures, could play an important role in achieving that goal. This paper addresses the role of landscape elements in enhancing urban walkability. It mainly focuses on gated communities, which are widely emerging types of residential urban areas across the world and also in Egypt. Using statistical analysis, the paper identifies the most important landscape elements that could affect the walkability of gated communities in Egypt.
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