Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Southern H ii Region Discovery Survey (SHRDS): Pilot Survey

The Southern H ii Region Discovery Survey is a survey of the third and fourth quadrants of the Galactic plane that will detect radio recombination line (RRL) and continuum emission at cm-wavelengths from several hundred H ii region candidates using the Australia Telescope Compact Array. The targets for this survey come from the WISE Catalog of Galactic H ii Regions and were identified based on mid-infrared and radio continuum emission. In this pilot project, two different configurations of the Compact Array Broad Band receiver and spectrometer system were used for short test observations. The pilot surveys detected RRL emission from 36 of 53 H ii region candidates, as well as seven known H ii regions that were included for calibration. These 36 recombination line detections confirm that the candidates are true H ii regions and allow us to estimate their distances.
Antioxidant properties of pecan kernels.

Pecan kernels from cvs. : Kanza, Nacono, Pawnee, Shawnee, and Desirable were collected and analyzed for their antioxidant capacity (AC), total phenolic content (TP), condensed tannin content (CT), and High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) phenolic profile. Values obtained for antioxidant capacity assessed with the Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) assay (ACORAC) followed the trend ‘Kanza’ > ‘Nacono’ ≥ ‘Shawnee’ ≥ ‘Pawnee’ > ‘Desirable’. Similar trends were observed for TP, CT, and AC measured with the DPPH assay. ‘Kanza’ had the greatest ACORAC value and ‘Desirable’ the least, with 817 and 372 µmoles of trolox equivalents/g defatted kernel, respectively. Cultivars differed greatly in their phenolic content; CT ranged from 23 to 47 mg catechin equivalents/g defatted kernel and TP from 62 to 106 mg chlorogenic acid equivalents/g defatted kernel. After basic-acid hydrolysis, gallic and ellagic acids were identified, suggesting the presence of hydrolyzable tannins. The presence of phenolic compounds with high antioxidant capacity indicates that pecan kernels should be added to the list of important dietary sources of antioxidants.
A new optimal allocation sampling design to improveestimates and precision levels of discards from two different Fishery Units of Spanish trawlersin northeast Atlantic waters (ICES subareas VIIc,j,k)

The present report discusses a new onboard sampling design for the Spanish trawlers in northeast Atlantic waters –International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) subareas VIIc,j,k–. This sampling design comprises three stages: i) number of vessels and trips per vessel to be sampled; ii) the minimum number of sampled hauls; and iii) a temporal distribution of those sampled hauls throughout the fishing trip to balance hauls sampling along the fishing trip. As a result, an optimal allocation sampling is suggested, comprising at least one vessel and one trip per vessel to be sampled monthly, between 30 to 50 sampled hauls within that fishing trip, and a time-division for hauls during the fishing trip, containing 8-15 sampled hauls at the beginning, middle and end of the trip.
Separate Translation of Synchronous Programs to Guarded Actions

This report gives an overview of the separate translation of synchronous imperative programs to synchronous guarded actions. In particular, we consider problems to be solved for separate compilation that stem from preemption statements and local variable declarations. We explain how we solved these problems and sketch our solutions implemented in the our Averest framework to implement a compiler that allows a separate compilation of imperative synchronous programs with local variables and unrestricted preemption statements. The focus of the report is the big picture of our entire design flow.
Reese, Jason and Lockerby, Duncan A. and Emerson, David (2009) Gas dynamics at the micro-scale : a review of progress in hydrodynamic modelling. In: 2nd Micro and Nano Flows

We review some recent developments in the modelling of non-equilibrium (rarefied) gas flows at the microand nano-scale using extended hydrodynamic models. Following a brief exposition of the challenges that non-equilibrium poses in microand nano-scale gas flows, we outline the field of extended hydrodynamics, describing the effective abandonment of Burnett-type models in favour of high-order regularised moment equations. We then review the boundary conditions required if the conventional NavierStokes-Fourier (NSF) fluid dynamic model is applied at the micro scale, describing how 2 nd -order Maxwelltype conditions can be used to compensate for some of the non-equilibrium flow behaviour near solid surfaces. While extended hydrodynamics is not yet widely-used for real flow problems because of its inherent complexity, we finish with an outline of recent ‘phenomenological extended hydrodynamics’ (PEH) techniques — essentially the NSF equations scaled to incorporate non-equilibrium behaviour close to solid surfaces — which offer promise as engineering models.
Kinetics of Copper Desorption from Regenerated Spent Bleaching Earth

Recent studies have shown that spent bleaching earth (SBE), a clayey waste from edible oil refineries, could be used to remove Cu from aqueous solutions. This could result in copper-laden material whose continual disposal into the environment may lead to bioaccumulation of toxic metal ions in the ecosystems. To assess the reversibility of copper uptake by spent bleaching earth, the kinetics of copper recovery from regenerated spent bleaching earth (RSBE) was studied on a batch basis in H SO , and CaCl . The acid showed superior 2 4 2 desorption efficiency than competitive effects of Ca ions. The initial solid-phase Cu concentration and 2+
Strobilus production and growth of Pacific yew under a range of over story conditions in western Oregon

La production de strobiles, la croissance et la morphologie de l'if de l'Ouest (Taxus brevifolia Nutt.) ont ete examinees dans trois sites de la chaine des Cascades et dans un site de la vallee Willamette de l'Ouest de l'Oregon. La production de strobiles sur des segments de branches etait associee positivement avec l'ouverture de l'etage dominant chez les arbres mâles et femelles dans les quatre sites, au cours des deux annees. La production de strobiles etait aussi associee avec la vigueur des branches, mais pas de facon aussi reguliere qu'avec l'etage dominant. D'autres variables, incluant la taille et l'âge des arbres, la masse des branches, leurs bifurcations et le rayonnement potentiel, n'ont pas reussi a expliquer les variations importantes dans la production de strobiles. L'ouverture de l'etage dominant etait egalement correlee avec l'augmentation de l'accroissement de cinq ans de tous les arbres, de meme qu'avec l'accroissement en poids des branches de 1994 des arbres femelles, suggerant que la vigueur des arbres a augmente avec l'ouverture de l'etage dominant. De plus, le poids des branches et le nombre de leurs bifurcations etaient associes positivement avec le degre d'ouverture de l'etage dominant.
Monitoring floodplain dynamics in the Sahel region to detect land degradation processes

Most of the major rivers in the Sahel region of West-Africa contain extensive floodplains. These floodplains have a high ecological and economical value. Local communities make use of the floodplain for agriculture, fishing and dry season grazing. The productivity and carrying capacity of the Sahelian floodplains are highly correlated with the extent of the flooding. Fourier analysis of Moderate Resolution Image Spectrometer (MODIS) time-series data was applied to monitor flooding extent of the Waza-Logone floodplain, located in the north of Cameroon. Fourier transform (FT) enabled the quantification of the temporal distribution of the MIR band and three different indices: the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), the Normalized Difference Water Index (NDWI) and the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI). The resulting amplitude, phase and amplitude variance images were used as inputs for an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to calculate flooding extent for the different years in the time-series. Different combinations of input variables were evaluated by calculating Kappa Index of Agreement (KIA) of the resulting classification maps. The combinations MIR/NDVI and MIR/EVI resulted in the highest KIA values. When the ANN was trained on pixels from different years, a more robust classifier was obtained, which could consistently separate flooded land from dry land for each year. A rainfall-runoff model will be used to simulate streamflow of the Logone river based on 10-day African Rainfall Estimates (RFE). Once such a model is calibrated for the catchment area, the relationship between streamflow distribution and flooding extent will be analyzed.
A new genus and two new species of arctiine tiger moth (Noctuidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini) from Costa Rica.

Leichosila gen. n. is described based on two new species, Leichosila talamanca sp. n. and L. wagneri sp. n. , from montane rain forests of Costa Rica. Leichosila is allied to the North American Hyphantria Harris generic group (subtribe Spilosomina) which is largely temperate-subtropical in distribution, suggesting that Leichosila is derived from North American faunal elements rather than Andean/South American.
TOWARDS AUTONOMOUS LONG-RANGE NAVIGATION

The recent success of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rovers has demonstrated the important benefits that mobility adds to landed planetary exploration missions. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has been conducting research in ground control and in autonomous robotics for several years already. One of the target applications is planetary exploration using mobile platforms. The emphasis of our research program is on reactive on-board autonomy software and long-range rover navigation. This paper describes recent activities of the CSA in this area. Key results are described in the areas of terrain modelling, path planning and rover guidance.
Loop Responses of Posture Complexity in Biomechanics

The reactionary responses to control human standing dynamics were estimated under the assumption that postural complexity mainly occurs in the mid-sagittal plane. During the experiment, the subject was exposed to continuous horizontal perturbation. The ankle and hip joint rotations of the subject mainly contributed to maintaining standing postural control. The designed mobile platform generated anterior/posterior (AP) motion. Non-predictive random translation was used as input for the system. The mean acceleration generated by the platform was measured as 0.44  . The measured data were analyzed in the frequency domain by the coherence function and the frequency response function to estimate its dynamic responses. The significant correlation found between the input and output of the postural control system. The frequency response function revealed prominent resonant peaks within its frequency spectrum and magnitude. Subjects behaved as a non-rigid two link inverted pendulum. The analyzed data are consistent with the outcome hypothesized for this study.
Bacterial diversity in a tropical crude oil-polluted soil undergoing bioremediation

The bacterial diversity in a tropical soil experimentally polluted with crude oil during a 57 days bioremediation was investigated in five 1 m2 plots using total culturable hydrocarbon utilizing bacteria, heterotrophic bacteria and gas chromatographic analyses. Four out of the five experimental plots received each 4 L of Bonny light crude oil while three treatment plots received 3 kg of NPK, urea fertilizers or poultry droppings with periodic tilling. Two plots, oil-contaminated and pristine served as controls. Bacterial counts increased 200 fold and 2 fold in the NPK treated and poultry-dropping-treated plots respectively, by day 31 post-inoculation. Detectable hydrocarbons in the treatment plots decreased by 84 - 95% and 96 - 99%, 31 and 57 days post-inoculation, respectively, compared with the petroleum contaminated control. Bacterial strains isolated included Rhodococcus sp. , Nocardia sp. , Arthrobacter sp. , Gordonia sp. , Mycobacterium sp. , Corynebacterium sp. , Bacillus sp. , Micrococcus sp. , Flavobacterium sp. , Pseudomonas sp. and Alcaligenes sp. The overall data suggest an important contribution of Actinobacteria during bioremediation of crude oil-polluted soil.
Effects of pH and Cadmium on Tetracycline Sorption to Soils

Batch sorption experiments were conducted to evaluate the sorption of tetracycline (TC) on soils as affected by pH and cadmium. Sorption isotherms of TC on soils in the presence and absence of Cd (II) were well fitted with the Freundlich equation. Sorption of TC strongly depended on environmental factors and soils characteristics. Lower pH facilitated TC sorption through cation exchange mechanism which also took place at pH above 5.5 where TC existed as zwitterion (H 2L 0 ) or anions (HL - and L 2- ). When pH was above 7, ligand-promoted dissolution of TC might occur due to the TC weakening the Al-O bond of aluminum oxide and Fe-O bond of iron oxide. The presence of Cd (II) increased TC sorption on soils, which was resulted from the decrease of equilibrium solution pH caused by Cd 2+ exchange with H + ions of soil surfaces. The increase of TC sorption was also related to the formation of TC-Cd complexes and the bridge provided by Cd 2+ between the soil and TC.
解説 Discrete Electromagnetism by the Finite Integration Technique

The Finite Integration Technique (FIT) is a consistent discretization scheme for Maxwell's equations in their integral form. The resulting matrix equations of the discretized fields can be used for efficient numerical simulations on modern computers. In addition, the basic algebraic properties of this discrete electromagnetic field theory allow to analytically and algebraically prove conservation properties with respect to energy and charge of the discrete formulation and gives an explanation of the stability properties of numerical formulations in the time domain.
The Born Rule and Free Will: why Libertarian Agent-Causal Free Will is not "antiscientific"

In the libertarian “agent causation” view of free will, free choices are attributable only to the choosing agent, as opposed to a specific cause or causes outside the agent. An often-repeated claim in the philosophical literature on free will is that agent causation necessarily implies lawlessness, and is therefore “antiscientific. ” That claim is critiqued and it is argued, on the contrary, that the volitional powers of a free agent need not be viewed as anomic, specifically with regard to the quantum statistical law (the Born Rule). Assumptions about the role and nature of causation, taken as bearing on volitional agency, are examined and found inadequate to the task. Finally, it is suggested that quantum theory may constitute precisely the sort of theory required for a nomic grounding of libertarian free will. Born Rule; free will; anomic action 1. The Born Rule and Free Choices The agent causation (AC) theory of free will holds that truly free human choices are attributable not to specific events or causes external to a choosing agent, nor to desires or other internal psychological influences, but only to the volitional power of the choosing agent. In effect, that is what “volition” means according to AC. But the latter is currently a minority view. The more “mainstream,” conservative approach to the problem of free will is to assert that “free will” simply means acting in accordance with our desires in a way that is free of external constraints. This view is called compatibilism, because it was developed specifically to be compatible with deterministic laws. In effect, it defines the term “free will’ in such a way that we can say we are making free choices as to how to behave even when all of our behaviors are fully determined by past causes and inexorable deterministic laws (or even fated in the sense of being elements of a “block world” in which the future exists in the same way as the past and present). In contrast, AC is a form of incompatibilism, which denies that free will is compatible with determinism. It holds that in order for us to have free will, the world must be fundamentally indeterministic. AC is the libertarian form of incompatibilism; it asserts that the world is in fact indeterministic, and that we do have free will. Our own volitional power is taken as the primary cause of our choices. The complementary form of incompatibilism is to assert that the world is deterministic and therefore to deny that we have free will. It is often asserted that the agent causation view requires lawlessness, and is necessarily ”antiscientific. ” For example, the entry on incompatibilism in the Stanford Encyclopedia
Near threshold production of η-mesons in proton neutron collisions at ANKE

The interaction between hadrons and η-mesons is an intensively studied topic. Due to its stength it might lead to the formation of η-mesic nuclei. In order to study the characteristics of this interaction a measurement of the reaction p + d → d + η + p sp has been performed at the ANKE spectrometer at the COSY accelerator of the Forschungszentrum Julich. The two different beam momenta ( p 1 = 2.09 GeV/c and p 2 = 2.25 GeV/c) in combination with the Fermi motion inside the target deuteron grant access to the determination of total and differential cross sections in an excess energy range from threshold up to Q = 90 MeV. While the course of the total cross section, especially near threshold, will allow to extract the scattering length a dη via an s-wave final state interaction ansatz, the differential cross sections permit to verify the legitimacy of the s-wave assumption.
Nonequilibrium dynamics of photoexcited electrons in graphene : collinear scattering, Auger processes, and the impact of screening

We present a combined analytical and numerical study of the early stages (sub-100-fs) of the nonequilibrium dynamics of photoexcited electrons in graphene. We employ the semiclassical Boltzmann equation with a collision integral that includes contributions from electron-electron (e-e) and electron–optical phonon interactions. Taking advantage of circular symmetry and employing the massless Dirac fermion (MDF) Hamiltonian, we are able to perform an essentially analytical study of the e-e contribution to the collision integral. This allows us to take particular care of subtle collinear scattering processes—processes in which incoming and outgoing momenta of the scattering particles lie on the same line—including carrier multiplication (CM) and Auger recombination (AR). These processes have a vanishing phase space for two-dimensional MDF bare bands. However, we argue that electron-lifetime effects, seen in experiments based on angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, provide a natural pathway to regularize this pathology, yielding a finite contribution due to CM and AR to the Coulomb collision integral. Finally, we discuss in detail the role of physics beyond the Fermi golden rule by including screening in the matrix element of the Coulomb interaction at the level of the random phase approximation (RPA), focusing in particular on the consequences of various approximations including static RPA screening, which maximizes the impact of CM and AR processes, and dynamical RPA screening, which completely suppresses them.
Lactate clearance: its relationship with the success of non-operative management in patient with blunt abdominal trauma

Background: Occult ongoing bleeding has become the second highest cause of death in blunt abdominal trauma. Undetected abdominal injury has caused morbidity and mortality in patients at the early phases of trauma. Non-operative Management (NOM) in solid organ trauma is safe and effective, and this strategy has become widely used. Lactate clearance (LC) has important clinical benefits in patients with acute trauma that is superior to initial lactate examination. Methods: This study was a prospective cohort study of patients with history of hemorrhagic shock caused by blunt abdominal trauma that came to emergency room of Hasan Sadikin Hospital Bandung from August 2015 to July 2016. The tests were including initial blood lactate, 2 hours, and 4 hours post-resuscitation and then calculation of LC. Analysis using SPSS with chi square for the significance of relationships and Spearman correlation to determine the strength of the relationship between variables. Comparison test between LC2 and LC4 were calculated using Mann-Whitney tests. Results: During one year period, from August 2015 to July 2016, there were 34 patients. Age was in the range of 15-65 years, with a range of 15-25 years were 19 (55.8%), 25-50 years were 11 (32.4%), and >50 years as many as four (11.8%). By sex, there were 28 (82.4%) male gender and 6 (17.6%) women. Based on the type of trauma, there were 11 (32.4%) single trauma patients and 23 (67.6%) multiple trauma patients. Based on the results of statistical analysis with chi square, there was a significant correlation between lactate clearance 2 hours (LC2) and lactate clearance 4 hours (LC4) with the success of NOM (p 0.05). Conclusions: There was a significant relationship between lactate clearance 2 hours (LC2) and lactate clearance 4 hours (LC4) in determining the success of non-operative management (NOM) in patients with history of hemorrhagic shock caused by blunt abdominal trauma. In addition, there are no significant differences between the LC2 and LC4 in determining the success of the NOM, so that either LC2 or LC4 may be used in predicting the success of NOM, as LC4 is the first preference. The low level of lactate clearance may be used as one of indicators to terminate non-operative management and proceed with surgery right before all symptoms of hemorrhagic shock arise.
A-4-11 A Fast Method of Subpixel Image Registration Based on Phase-Only Correlations of Image Projections

where Fi=1;2(! 1; 0) are the 1-D spectra of the vertical pro- jections of Ii=1;2, and Fi=1;2(0;! 2) are the 1-D spectra of the horizontal projections of Ii=1;2. In practice, the POCs gv(n1) and gh(n2) are discrete functions. The 1-D POCs gv(n1) and gh(n2) can be approximated by two continuous sinc functions given by sinc(n1 + 1) and sinc(n2 + 2), respectively. Then, we use a quadratic fitting method (3) to estimate the displacement ( 1; 2) with subpixel accuracy.
Impact of Internal Marketing on Job Satisfaction Among Bank Employees in Yemen

The main purpose of the current study is to examine the effects of internal marketing on job satisfaction among banks employees in Yemen. The independent variable was internal marketing factor represented by several dimensions namely, development, vision, internal communications, rewards and empowerment adopted from the models of Foreman and Money (1995). The dependent variable was job satisfaction factor, represented by several dimensions namely; pay, promotions, supervision, work and co-workers, adopted from Stanton (2002). The study made use of a survey questionnaire distributed to 407 Yemeni bank employees, after which data was analyzed with the help of descriptive statistics, and exploratory factor analysis. Added to this, the study used the structural equation modeling and the findings confirmed that internal marketing has a significant relationship with job satisfaction. In examining model fit, the value of fit statistics (GFI=.95, CFI=.975 and RMSEA=.068) indicated that the hypothesized model fitted the data. Finally, this study contributed positively in the direction of internal marketing factors and its impact on job satisfaction in the banking sector in Yemen. © 2016 Published by Future Academy www.FutureAcademy. org.uk