Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis of a New Three-Dimensional Quadratic Chaotic System

This paper has reported the finding of a new simple three dimensional quadratic chaotic system with three nonlinearities obtained by adding a cross-product nonlinear term to the first equation of the Lu system. Basic properties of the system have been analyzed by means of Lyapunov exponent spectrum and bifurcation diagram of an associated Poincare map. This analysis shows that the system has complex dynamics with some interesting characteristics in which there are several periodic regions, but each of them has quite different periodic orbits. Shiľnikov's criterion is included and discussed.
Measurement of neutralizing antibodies against porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in sow serum, colostrum, and milk samples and in piglet serum samples after feedback

The introduction of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) into the naive US swine population in April 2013 resulted in significant mortality. The high mortality rates observed indicated the need to boost herd immunity to PEDV. To optimize feedback protocols or other future control measures used to increase immunity, a fluorescent focus neutralization (FFN) assay was developed and used to determine the titers of neutralizing antibodies in sow serum, milk, and colostrum samples and in piglet serum samples. Sow serum samples from two farm sites within different production systems (A, B) were tested. At least 24 sows per site were screened for neutralizing antibodies at 0, 3, 6, 7, and 24 weeks post feedback (PF). These functional antibodies were detected in sow serum samples at both sites 3, 6, 7, and 24 weeks PF and in milk and colostrum samples by 7 weeks PF. At 6 weeks PF, neutralizing antibodies were detected in 27 of 30 Site A piglets (90%), compared to 15 of 29 Site B piglets (52%). Piglets at both sites had detectable neutralizing antibodies, and sentinel pigs were successfully introduced into both systems without re-infection with PEDV by 24 weeks PF.
Recurrence relations of the multi-indexed orthogonal polynomials V: Racah and q-Racah types

In Paper II, we presented conjectures of the recurrence relations with constant coefficients for the multi-indexed orthogonal polynomials of Laguerre, Jacobi, Wilson, and Askey-Wilson types. In this paper we present a proof for the Laguerre and Jacobi cases. Their bispectral properties are also discussed, which gives a method to obtain the coefficients of the recurrence relations explicitly. This paper extends to the Laguerre and Jacobi cases the bispectral techniques recently introduced by Gomez-Ullate et al. [J. Approx. Theory 204, 1 (2016); e-print arXiv:1506.03651 [math.CA]] to derive explicit expressions for the coefficients of the recurrence relations satisfied by exceptional polynomials of Hermite type.
The role of epigenetics in regeneration

Complex changes in chromatin structure and at the transcriptional level occur from the creation of a single parental gamete throughout fertilization, embryo development and the life of an adult organism. Epigenetic changes, such as methylation and hydroxymethylation of DNA or histone methylation and acetylation, are an important part of these processes. Epigenetic regulation has an essential influence on gene expression level. DNA methylation in promoter regions of genes results in the inhibition of their transcription. It is known that the ability of pluripotent stem cells to differentiate corresponds to genomic DNA methylation patterns, while a few studies have also reported that the capability to re-grow damaged tissues in regenerative processes is associated with epigenetic changes. In addition to embryonic stem cells differentiation, epigenetic regulation of regeneration has been found to be pivotal for limb regeneration in the tadpole of Xenopus laevis and muscle repair after damage in mammals.
Mure . js : Toward Flexible Authoring and Reshaping of Networks

When interpreting data as a graph for visualization, an analyst first assigns semantic meaning to graph concepts. For example, they may choose to represent actors and movies as nodes, and roles as edges. Alternatively, they may wish to represent movies as edges, connecting actor nodes when they collaborate. Data abstraction choices such as these are critical, because different data abstractions can limit—or inspire—different analysis questions, approaches, perspectives, and visualizations [2, 5]. However, current network modeling frameworks, systems, and databases narrowly define graph abstraction constructs—such as nodes, edges, node / edge classes, supernodes, hyperedges, etc.—in terms of how the data is stored in memory or on disk, rather than semantic, human-driven abstractions. Consequently, the ability of an analyst to iterate on a data abstraction becomes fundamentally limited by the implementation details of data wrangling software. We present work-in-progress toward a broader framework for modeling network data that is less dependent on its underlying structure and storage. Our goal is to use semantic data abstraction constructs to inform how algorithms wrangle data, instead of allowing algorithmic concerns to define and constrain the semantics. We also present mure.js, a software library that represents an initial implementation of this framework, allowing users to map semantic graph constructs to arbitrary data structures as metadata, that can, in turn, be used to select, navigate, and reshape the underlying data. Additionally, we discuss an early software prototype of a visual graph wrangling system based on this library.
Towards Automatic Design of Adaptive Evolutionary Algorithms

Adaptive evolutionary algorithms aim to enhance the performance of traditional evolutionary algorithms by adjusting their parameter in an online manner. The literature is rich with several adaptive evolutionary algorithm approaches. Their success required a good design of adaptive parameter control strategy that suited the problem at hand, which is a nontrivial task due to several alternative designs of adaptation strategies available today. in this paper, a framework for automating the design of adaptive evolutionary algorithm is presented. The framework utilizes the adaptive parameter control model and grammatical evolution to evolve the design of adaptive evolutionary algorithms for different problems. Keywords—automatic algorithm design; adaptive evolutionary algorithm; grammatical evolution;
Interactive comment on “ Light absorption by organic carbon from wood combustion ” by

Response: We agree that the differential absorption of class 3 aerosols in Qin and Mitchell (2009) could be possibly produced by organic carbon; however, it is difficult to compare exactly without an estimate of the BC content. We have also observed low single-scattering albedo (SSA) from cook stoves operating on biofuel (at 530nm, ranging from 0.4 to 0.5, Roden et al., 2009). Resinous wood, especially used in lighting,
Temporal Social Media Analytics

Social Media represent a valuable source of subjective user-generated-content since they reflect opinions, beliefs, findings, or experiences of a large number of users on a wide range of topics. Temporal Analytics of social media content aims to provide insights regarding the dynamics of user conversations in different mining tasks over the vocabulary of words employed in the corresponding posts. For example, a time-aware analysis of social media posts will enable to recognize popular conversation trends over a period of time, to alert about emerging topics that are fast gathering momentum, to monitor how topics of particular interest evolve, to trace changes in key aspects of conversation summaries, such as user opinions and sentiments, or to identify relationships among these summaries (e.g., correlations).
The Etching of InP in HCl Solutions: A Chemical Mechanism

The etch rate of InP in solutions of high HCl concentration was shown to be independent of the applied potential ina wide potential range negative with respect to the flatband value. Dissolution of the solid led to the formation of PH3.The etch rate, which was not mass-transport controlled, was first order in molecular HCl concentration. The results leadus to conclude that, in HCl etchants, InP is dissolved by a purely chemical mechanism. The influence of chemical etchingon the anodic behavior of InP in these electrolytes is described
Foraging in a Grid World Using Action Templates

The emergence of behavioural and structural congruence based on simple local interactions of atomic units is a fascination to the scientific community across many disciplines. The climax of behavioural congruence and emergence of behaviour is exemplified by the community life-style of ants. Each individual ant possesses the capability only to solve part of the overall puzzle while aggressively communicating in primitive methods with the spatially related neighbours to produce emergent behaviour. The primary hypothesis of this research is that the constituent atomic actions of a complex behaviour could be successfully coordinated by a collection of collaborative and autonomous agents with the use of Action Templates. The AAANTS (Adaptive Autonomous Agent colony interactions with Network Transparent Services) model was conceptualised and implemented as a platform to represent the biologically inspired coordination and learning model to test the research hypothesis. The domain of foraging in a grid-world was identified as the experimental basis to evaluate the AAANTS coordination model. The experiments demonstrated relative improvements in achieving behavioural congruence using the AAANTS model in relation to the traditional Monte-Carlo based methods. Keywords: Collective Intelligence, Action Templates, Emergent Behaviour, Reinforcement Learning, Frame Representation. doi: 10.4038/icter.v1i1. 449 The International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions 2008 01 (01) : 24 - 32
The Cutting Edge WHAT MINDFULNESS BRINGS TO PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION

Ariel J. Lang received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University, her M.A. and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of California Los Angeles, and her M.P.H. in Biometry from San Diego State University. She also completed a preand postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at the University of California San Francisco. She is currently a Professor in Residence in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, and Chief of the Psychotherapy Unit of the VA San Diego Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental Health. Dr. Lang’s research primarily involves assessment of and psychotherapy for anxiety and trauma-related disorders. She is particularly interested in novel interventions and increasing engagement in psychotherapy.
Legacy and emerging pollutants in pristine and polluted boreal catchments

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are bioaccumulative chemicals that are ubiquitously and globally distributed in the environment. Several species of POPs have been studied extensively and are continuously being monitored in various environmental matrices for decades. However, with the increasing amounts of chemicals produced and made commercially available, potential emerging POPs are receiving more attention. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) are two groups of emerging substances that are currently of great concern due to their potential toxicity and high mobility in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. The overall objective of this thesis was to improve our understanding on the impact of various pollution sources, environmental pathways, transport and fate of both legacy and emerging PFASs and PACs in pristine and polluted boreal catchments. In Paper I, population density was found to be significantly correlated with PFAS levels in rivers. Ten rivers with distinctly higher ƩPFAS concentrations and with a common compositional profile (higher fraction of perfluoroalkane sulfonic acids) were identified, suggesting a major impact from a similar kind of point source(s) in these rivers. Significant positive relationships between several PFASs and dissolved organic carbon were detected in river and sea water, indicating chemical binding and co-transport in aquatic ecosystems. The findings in Paper II show that levels and compositional profiles of PFASs in river water were highly impacted by point sources and hydrological conditions. Seasonal trends of PFASs were impacted by river flow probably caused by mobilization of PFASs from contaminated soil and groundwater. In Paper III, fluxes of PACs in atmospheric deposition showed that they were higher during the cold season, both for PAHs and PAH-derivatives. The deposited PACs were found to be largely retained in the terrestrial environment of the boreal forest catchment or lost by other processes with <2% of the total deposited amount of ƩPACs exported via the outlet of the headwater on average over a year. During spring flood, the concentrations of PACs were found to be significantly higher than levels during the preceding snow-covered and snow-free seasons (Paper IV). Besides seasonal changes, landscape type (forest or mire) was found to have an impact on terrestrial export of PACs, with higher levels of PACs in a mire stream than in stream water in a forested sub-catchment.
Chapter 3 Preferential Expression of the Mucosal Homing Receptor Integrin a 4 ß 7 in Gastrointestinal Non-Hodgkin ' s Lymphomas

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Identification of Sources of Fecal Pollution of Karst Waters

Fecal contamination in Midwestern karst regions was evaluated by a combination of Bacteroidales-based microbial source tracking (MST), traditional bacterial indicators, and environmental variables. Water samples from springs and wells were collected from Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Missouri. A quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with seven primer sets targeting different members of Bacteroidales was used to discriminate human and livestock fecal pollution. The results suggested that most samples were contaminated by a mixture of human and animal waste sources, with only a few samples showing pollution solely by humans or animals. Spring water tended to be more contaminated than well water, and fecal biomarkers were detected in higher numbers in urban spring systems than rural spring systems. Correlation between traditional bacterial indicators and fecal contamination determined by Bacteroidales-based MST was weak, with the exception of E. coli, chloride, and dissolved oxygen (DO), which correlated well with the level of Bacteroidales fecal biomarkers. The Bacteroidales-based MST method used in this study did not give definitive results, but nevertheless we believe it could be a powerful tool used in conjunction with other measures, including traditional bacterial indicators and a variety of environmental variables. It appears that there currently is no single “silver bullet” for MST in karst aquifers, and future studies should continue to combine chemical-MST and microbe-MST techniques.
Effect of Black Hole Attack on MANET Routing Protocols

Due to the massive existing vulnerabilities in mobile ad-hoc networks, they may be insecure against attacks by the malicious nodes. In this paper we have analyzed the effects of Black hole attack on mobile ad hoc routing protocols. Mainly two protocols AODV and Improved AODV have been considered. Simulation has been performed on the basis of performance parameters and effect has been analyzed after adding Black-hole nodes in the network. Finally the results have been computed and compared to stumble on which protocol is least affected by these attacks.
Sustained Competitive Advantage : Building Work Culture through Strategic HRM in Indian Firms Velmurugan

It is know that providing quality products or services for a long period to maintain sustained competitive advantage (SCA) with the fellow firms in the market is quite a challenging task for the employer. In this paper, we examine one of the tangible resources namely Human Resources (HR) which is considered as internal sources, from strategic perspective and how it could be playing an important role to build a work culture in order to achieve SCA in Indian firms. We focused BWC with only two empirical dimensions of potential source for achieving SCA namely (i) unique value, (ii) sustainable. The study undoubtedly concluded that the firm’s performance is a function of the potential return to influence strong culture into the firms. Hence, SHRM practices were highly influential factors in promoting better work culture, which surely helps to maintain SCA in the competitive market of Indian firms.
Torino Enhanced hydrogen uptake / release in 2 LiH – MgB 2 composite with titanium additives /

The influence of different titanium additives on hydrogen sorption in LiHeMgB2 system has been investigated. For all the composites LiHeMgB2eX (X 1⁄4 TiF4, TiO2, TiN, and TiC), prepared by ball-milling in molar ratios 2:1:0.1, Þve hydrogen uptake/release cycles were performed. In-situ synchrotron radiation powder X-ray diffraction (SR-PXD) and attenu-ated total reßection infrared spectroscopy (ATR-IR) have been used to characterize crystal phases developed during the hydrogen absorptionedesorption cycles. All the composites with the titanium additives displayed an improvement of reaction kinetics, especially during hydrogen desorption. The LiHeMgB2eTiO2 system reached a storage of about 7.6 wt % H2 in w1.8 h for absorption and w2.7 h for desorption. Using in-situ SR-PXD measurements, magnesium was detected as an intermediate phase during hydrogen desorption for all composites. In the composite with TiF4 addition the formation of new phases (TiB2 and LiF) were observed. Characteristic diffraction peaks of TiO2, TiN and TiC additives were always present during hydrogen absorptionedesorption. For all as-milled composites, ATR-IR spectra did not show any signals for borohydrides, while for all hydrogenated composites BeH stretching (2450e2150 cm ) and BeH bending (1350e1000 cm ) bands were exactly the same as for commercial LiBH4.
A Pattern for Distributing Turn-Based Games

A common choice of applications used in introductory computer science courses is from the domain of simple games. Games present some interesting design notions including move, outcome, state, and turn. If one focuses on the notion of a turn a new design is revealed that combines the familiar patterns of the ModelView-Controller architecture and Proxy when the game is played over a network.
How much is a dollar worth ?

This paper uses eld experiments to identify substantial and persistent arbitrage opportunities on online auctions sites. Auction and two-sided market theory require price disparity to be small for competing sites of di¤erent sizes to coexist in equilibrium. Yet, statistical evidence suggests a violation of this no arbitrage condition in eBay and Yahoo coin markets. Buyers on eBay pay 20 to 60 percent more than those on Yahoo, despite buyer and seller mobility between sites. The magnitude of the revenue di¤erence is striking, overwhelming possible rationales relating to information availability, the value of reputation and trustworthiness of site users. The price disparity may signal unexploited opportunities or represent a market in transition.
Investigation of the Role of Reductant on the Size Control of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles on Rice Straw

The goal of this study was to prepare nanocomposites of rice straw coated with different percentages of Fe3O4 nanoparticles (Fe3O4-NPs) [1.0, 5.0, 10.0, and 20.0 wt. %]. In this process, the size of Fe3O4-NPs changed with varying volumes of NaOH (2M). The Fe3O4-NPs were precipitated with sodium hydroxide from a solution of Fe(II) and (III) chloride in water under ambient conditions and N2 gas by the quick precipitation method using urea as a stabilizer. The rice straw/Fe3O4 nanocomposites (NCs) prepared by this method had magnetic properties in percentages higher than ten (10 wt. %). When the volume of NaOH increased, Fe3O4-NPs with uniform size and better distribution could be prepared, which means that the size of the NPs decreased as the reducing agent was increased. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) showed that Fe3O4-NPs in rice straw were spherical with diameters from 18.47 to 9.93 nm. The SEM results show that the structure of rice straw underwent no particular change. EDX indicated the presence of Fe3O4-NPs on the surface of rice straw. X-ray powder diffraction (PXRD) indicated that the magnetic Fe3O4-NPs were pure and that the particles were small. The FT-IR results showed that the Fe3O4-NPs were successfully coated on the surface of rice straw.
highly selective fluorescent chemosensor for Ag + based on calix [ 4 ] arene with ower-rim proximal triazolylpyrenes

Ligand 3, a calix[4]arene with lower-rim proximal triazolylpyrenes, is a ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor for Ag+ with higher sensitivity compared to ligand 5, a calix[4]arene with lower-rim distal triazolylpyrenes, and the conventional fluoroionophore with non-conjugated triazole and pyrene. In a polar protic solvent, the binding ratios for 3·Ag+ was determined to be 1:1 and the association constant was found to be 7.0 × 103 M−1. The detection of Ag+ by ligand 3 even works in aqueous methanol solution. eywords: hemosensor luorescence alix[4]arene riazolylpyrene lick © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.