Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Geochronologic and thermobarometric constraints on the evolution of the Main Central Thrust, central Nepal Himalaya

The Main Central Thrust (MCT) juxtaposes the high-grade Greater Himalayan Crystallines over the lower-grade Lesser Himalaya Formation; an apparent inverted metamorphic sequence characterizes the shear zone that underlies the thrust. Garnet-bearing assemblages sampled along the Marysandi River and Darondi Khola in the Annapurna region of central Nepal show striking differences in garnet zoning of Mn, Ca, Mg, and Fe above and below the MCT. Thermobarometry of MCT footwall rocks yields apparent inverted temperature and pressure gradients of ∼18°C km−1 and ∼0.06 km MPa−1, respectively. Pressure-temperature (P-T) paths calculated for upper Lesser Himalaya samples that preserve prograde compositions show evidence of decompression during heating, whereas garnets from the structurally lower sequences grew during an increase in both pressure and temperature. In situ (i.e., analyzed in thin section) ion microprobe ages of monazites from rocks immediately beneath the Greater Himalayan Crystallines yield ages from 18 to 22 Ma, whereas late Miocene and Pliocene monazite ages characterize rocks within the apparent inverted metamorphic sequence. A Lesser Himalayan sample collected near the garnet isograd along the Marysandi River transect contains 3.3±0.1 Ma monazite ages (P ≈ 0.72 GPa, T ≈ 535°C). This remarkably young age suggests that this portion of the MCT shear zone accommodated a minimum of ∼30 km of slip over the last 3 Ma (i.e., a slip rate of >10 mm yr−1) and thus could account for nearly half of the convergence across the Himalaya in this period. The distribution of ages and P-T histories reported here are consistent with a thermokinematic model in which the inverted metamorphic sequences underlying the MCT formed by the transposition of right-way-up metamorphic sequences during late Miocene-Pliocene shearing.
A topic-specific crawler with dynamic concept context graph based on FCA

An excellent topic-specific crawler should retrieve as many high related web pages as possible in the limited time. The historical clicked web pages can express the users’ interest in a certain extent. By using the knowledge of Formal Concept Analysis (FCA), some information is extracted out to construct the concept lattice which is used to build the Concept Context Graph (CCG). In this paper, we construct a knowledge background for the topic-specific crawler by using the relevant web pages. And a Dynamic CCG (DCCG) is proposed in this paper which updates the concepts in a way of elimination mechanism all the crawling process. At last, several different CCGs are taken into the experiment for the comparison in their performance.
Estudio de la presencia del usuario en cámara de reverberación

Los efectos de la presencia del usuario sobre las prestaciones MIMO de los sistemas de comunicacion inalambricos seran analizados mediante la realizacion de medidas en una camara de reverberacion. Los resultados medidos han demostrado que ademas del decremento de los coeficientes de correlacion, es de esperar una degradacion de la ganancia de diversidad asi como la capacidad MIMO. La validez de los coeficientes de correlacion como indicadores del comportamiento MIMO es muy limitada en presencia del usuario, pero ademas estos efectos se han demostrado tambien muy importantes en la frecuencia, la topologia de las antenas y las caracteristicas del usuario. Esto ha demostrado que la potencia absorbida en el usuario juega un papel muy importante en la capacidad MIMO, no limitandose solo al cambio de los coeficientes de correlacion.
Don’t Trust Your Roommate

A “home” sharing environment consists of the data sharing relationships between family members, friends, and acquaintances. We argue that this environment, far from being simple, has sharing and trust relationships as complex as any general-purpose network. Such environments need strong access control and privacy guarantees. We show that avoiding information leakage requires both to be integrated directly into (rather than layered on top of) replication protocols, and propose a system structure that meets these guarantees.
Efficient estimation of influenza epidemics based on seasonal ARIMA models

The issue of big data has received a lot of attention from researchers working in various fields as big data sets have been considered to have great potential in detecting or predicting future events such as epidemic outbreaks and changes in stock prices. Reflecting the current popularity of big data, a number of studies have been published to propose models that track influenza epidemics by using internet-based information. The most recent version of influenza tracking model was ARGO, which harnesses search queries from Google and reports from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Although the ARGO appears to predict the outbreaks of influenza accurately and outperform other existing methods such as Google Flu Trends (GFT), in this study, a classical seasonal autoregressive and integrated moving average (SARIMA) model is demonstrated to show that it outperforms the ARGO. Compared to the ARGO, the time series model incorporates more accurate seasonality of the past influenza activities, and takes less input variables into account since it utilizes only the reports provided by the CDC. The findings in this study show that the SARIMA model is a more efficient tool for estimating influenza epidemics.
Gravimetric and morphometric assessments in Wistar rats with experimental diabetes mellitus type 1 and cardiac failure.

recorded in group 1 and group 2, with 0.37(10 2 ) ±0.06 and 4.19(10 2 ) ±0.79 respectively in group 1 (P<0.05), 0.40(10 2 ) ±0.04 and 3.73(10 2 ) ±0.74 respectively in group 2 (P<0.05). Transversal diameter/ longitudinal diameter ratio recorded no significant differences between all groups, but significant differences occurred between group 3 and control.
3 - Discrimination basée sur un critère d'homogénéité locale

Le papier que nous presentons propose une methode de reconnaissance de formes que l'on pourrait situer parmi les techniques non parametriques basees sur des procedures geometriques . Les idees qui y sont developpees se retrouvent dans certaines approches de restauration d'images bruitees et dans des procedures d'apprentissage supervise basees sur la relaxation . Notre demarche s'articule autour de trois points : * La definition d'une structure de voisinage possedant certaines proprietes * L'elaboration d'un critere d'homogeneite locale que l'on cherchera a optimiser en vue d'un reetiquetage . * L'adoption d'une regle d'etiquetage pour des individus anonymes . Nous concluerons par la presentation de quelques resultats experimentaux.
Mesures, modélisations et simulations numériques des propriétés optiques effectives de métamatériaux auto-assemblés

Ce travail de these a ete consacre a l’etude experimentale, theorique et numeriquede metamateriaux auto-assembles constitues de nanoparticules d’or, operant dans la gammedu visible. Nous nous sommes interesses a trois types de structures differentes et avons analyseleurs proprietes optiques par ellipsometrie spectroscopique.Nous avons etudie experimentalement et numeriquement l’effet de la proximite d’un substratde haut indice sur la reponse plasmonique d’une nanoparticule, grâce a un systeme experimentalconstitue de monocouches de nanoparticules d’or sur une multicouche de polyelectrolytes.Nous avons discute d’un effet d’exaltation de la section efficace d’absorption des nanoparticulesaux plus faibles distances au substrat. Nous avons montre que des films composites denses depolymere et de nanoparticules d’or ont des reponses controlees par la fraction en or et qu’ilsse comportent, a haute fraction en or, soit comme des dielectriques soit comme des metauxselon la gamme de frequence. Nous avons developpe un modele phenomenologique, adapte ade nombreuses situations, qui decrit bien les proprietes optiques des films. Enfin, nous avonsetudie des nanocomposites lamellaires a base de copolymeres a blocs et de nanoparticules d’or.Nous avons montre comment avoir acces, pour certains systemes, a l’extraction et la modelisationde leur anisotropie de permittivite, qui est affectee par la resonance plasmonique desnanoparticules.
A FUZZY MODEL UPDATING TECHNIQUE MOTIVATED BY BAYESIAN INFERENCE

In this paper, the problem of structural uncertainty of models in the field of model updating is discussed. It is shown that stochastic methods are not appropriate to quantify this type of uncertainty, because of its epistemic nature and different properties. In this context, the fuzzy Bayesian estimation is introduced, which enables the analysis of structural uncertainty by means of fuzzy arithmetic. In this framework, uncertain parameters of the model are estimated and represented by fuzzy numbers. The estimates are based on measured reference outputs and prior information about the parameters in form of a sparse sample of observations or expert knowledge. For this purpose, a methodology for the combination of the information of the reference data and the prior information is proposed. The additional information of the prior is beneficial, as the accuracy of the estimated parameters is increased.
Predicting Turning Points by Modelling Leading Indicators

This paper proposes a statistical model for business cycles. The purpose of this model is to construct a leading index, the structure of the model being simpler than the Stock-Watson model. Estimation is based on partial common principal component analysis using leading indicators. The model produces two useful series for forecasting turning points; one expresses the leading fluctuation of the business cycle as the usual leading index and the other is the turning point indicator. The model is estimated for US data using the five components from the Long Range Gauge of the Economic Cycle Research Institute. The estimated series performs well for forecasting official turning points.
Perception of vision up to occipital cortex of brain.

The main goal of the exploration was to clarify the whole mechanism of visual perception of real object in cerebral cortex: to explain some paradoxes of perception with turning wheel, when the spokes of a wheel seem to turn in opposite direction of wheel? s spinning; or flashing lights reversal, when successive shifting of light seems changing its direction in turn within perceived picture. So the article presents explanation of told above phenomena by analyzing of visual perception at stages of visual path. Each following stage of perception was analyzed step by step. Determination of the form and type of image at each stage was based on schemes of damages at mentioned stages of visual path as it is given in a textbook for students of medical university. Illustrative examples are created in macromedia FLESH MX for the purpose of clear understanding of essence of perception for all categories of audience. The main conclusion was based on anatomic specifity that retinal yellow spots of both eyes are represented in both (left and right parts of) occipital cortex, whereas each occipital cortex contains only "one-side-information" of opposite visual field. Cortical corresponding parts of yellow spots are represented only as frame of reference for the future synthesis of half images in higher cortical systems. At the same time conception of perception in higher visual system was given.
Microbial Ecology of Decontaminated and Not Decontaminated Beef Carcasses

The objective of this study was to investigate spoilage microflora of decontaminated and not decontaminated beef carcasses. Carcasses after skinning and after chilling at two beef plants (A, a small plant where no interventions but dry chilling are used; B, a large plant where multiple antimicrobial interventions and spray chilling are used) were swab-sampled for determination of carcass microflora. The numbers of aerobes, Pseudomonas , Brochothrix thermosphacta , lactic acid bacteria (LAB), and Enterobacteriaceae (EB) on carcasses at plant A after skinning were 5.2, 3.7, 2.8, 3.9, and 1.6 log cfu 15,000 cm -2 and they were not significantly different (p>0.05) from those on carcasses at plant B at equivalent times. The numbers of EB were significantly lower (p 0.05). At plant A, the microflora on carcasses after skinning and after chilling included 18 and 19 bacterial species, with Psychrobacter (30.9%) and Psychrobacter (42.9%) being the respective predominant genus, respectively. At plant B, the microflora after skinning and after chilling included 21 and 17 bacterial species, with Chryseobacterium (18.6%), Kocuria (18.6%) and Brevibacterium (18.6%), and Pseudomonas (33.3%) being the respective predominant genera. The spoilage microflora of decontaminated beef carcasses is similar in numbers to that of conventionally produced carcasses, suggesting the decontamination treatments for beef carcasses may not cause major difference in storage life of chilled vacuum packaged beef, the major form of beef for international and domestic trading in North America.
Major and Minor Compounds in a Mexican Spirit, Young Mezcal Coming from Two Agave Species

Vera-Guzman A.M., Guzman-Geronimo R.I. , Lopez M.G . (2010): Major and minor compounds in a Mexican spirit, young Mezcal coming from two Agave species. Czech J. Food Sci., 28: 127-132. Major and minor compounds in a traditional Mexican spirit, young mezcal from Agave angustifolia Haw . and Agave potatorum Zucc. , were characterised using gas chromatography and solid phase microextraction-gas chromatogra - phy-mass spectrometry. A large variability in both mezcal samples was detected in the content of methanol, higher alcohols, acetic acid, and ethyl acetate. However, their values were below the maximum concentration permitted by the Mexican Standards. The minor compounds identified by mass spectrometry included alcohols, esters, ketones, acids, and furanes. The similarities found between mezcal from Agave angustifolia and Agave potatorum may be due to their processing methods. In addition, mezcals contain unique compounds that can be used as markers to identify
Managing diversity in organizations: Is there a link between diversity theories and organizational practices?

Diversity management is a nowadays a trendy topic in organization studies. Considerable research is done on the antecedents and causes of organizational diversity. However, the amount of research done on diversity is not expected to trigger a fashion in managerial practices (Abrahamson, 1996). It is rather other socio-psychological factors (e.g., demographic changes, globalization) that do that. Although theoretical developments do not drive managerial practices, there is strong evidence in the literature that the two are closely related. The present paper explores the connection between different approaches used in diversity management and the theoretical developments in the field of organizational diversity. It uses print-media indicators to establish if the theoretical developments in diversity research co-evolve with the trends in diversity management. The results show a close co-evolution of discrimination and fairness as well as value in diversity paradigms with the research on diversity in organizations.
Effects of Dietary Fish Oil on the Contents of Eicosapentaenoic Acid and Docosahexaenoic Acid and Sensory Evaluation of the Breast Meat in Mule Ducks

The objectives of this study were to investigate the effects of dietary fish oil inclusion on the eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) contents and organoleptic characteristics of breast meat in mule ducks. Three hundred mule ducks at four weeks of age were randomly assigned to three dietary treatments with five replicate pens in each. One replicate pen had ten males and females each with a total of 100 ducks in each treatment. The diet in the three treatments contained 0, 1.5, and 3.0% fish oil, respectively. Body weights at 4, 6, 8, and 10 weeks of age, and feed efficiency at 4 to 6, 6 to 8, and 8 to 10 weeks of age were recorded. At 10 weeks of age, one male and one female from each replicate were sacrificed for oxidative stability of breast meat and the sacrificed males were employed for the analysis of fatty acids in breast meat and skin. Sensory evaluation of breast meat was also performed. A level of 3.0% fish oil in the diet significantly deteriorated feed efficiency and body weight gain. Dietary fish oil inclusion had a trend of increasing abdominal fat deposition and decreasing the flavor of breast meat. The EPA and DHA contents in the breast meat were higher than those in the breast skin irrespective of oil sources. The EPA and DHA contents in breast meat and breast skin was significantly increased in the 3.0% fish oil group. Although EPA and DHA were not efficiently deposited in the duck meat through dietary fish oil inclusion, this method can still provide a partial supplementation of EPA and DHA.
ELECTRONIC SHELL ENERGIES AND DEFORMATIONS IN LARGE SODIUM CLUSTERS FROM EVAPORATION SPECTRA

Abundances of sodium clusters resulting from evaporation in vacuo of a large ensemble are analyzed quantitatively. Electronic shell structure gives rise to oscillations in the abundance distributions with maxima at the shell closings. From this, atomic separation energies and shell energies are derived from clusters with 50\char21{}230 atoms. The experimental shell energies are 2\char21{}3 times smaller in amplitude than calculated theoretically for spherical clusters. The discrepancy is understood as the result of deformations of the nonmagic clusters. In addition, the energy oscillations due to shell structure are extracted from (i) the atomic separation energies and (ii) the ionization potentials of clusters with sizes up to 110 electrons. The two quantities are compared and found to be nearly identical.
To the Efficiency of a Green's Function Modification of the Method of Functional Equations

Analysis of the computational potential is provided for a modification of one of the numerical approaches to the classical boundary integral equations method. The originally proposed name of the approach is the method of functional equations, but in nowadays it is also referred to as the fundamental solutions method. Undesired after effects of this name flip are pointed out. The modification, implemented in this study, requires computer-friendly representations for some relevant Green's function and significantly enhances the resolving potential of the method. This work focuses on the exploration of the computational applicability of this modification. Chosen for that boundaryvalue problems and stated on regions of irregular configuration for second order elliptic equations with discontinuous coefficients.
Biodiversity Restoration and Renewable Energy from Hydropower: Conflict or Synergy?

Hydropower plants have a negative impact on biodiversity by transforming stream habitat and hydrology and thereby affecting aquatic organisms negatively. The negative effects can be mitigated by releasing water into the old river bed. This study investigates if the measure of releasing water creates costs and if ecological conditions at the old river bed contribute to such an impact. To this end, we used the cost-minimization framework in economics for deriving hypotheses. Tests were made with data from a survey to 76 hydropower plants in Sweden with questions on existence of a cost, size of the plant, type of water release from reservoirs, characteristics of the dried downstream old river bed, and official statistics on ecological status of the downstream dried segments. The results showed that 42% of the plants reported no cost, measured as impact on electricity production, from release of water into downstream old river bed. We applied logit and probit models to explain the probability of a cost. Significant results were obtained were the electricity produced and program for minimum water discharges increase the probability of loss in electricity production, but favorable ecological conditions in the old river bed decrease the probability of a cost.
EU Governance of Governance: Political Steering in a Non-Hierarchical Multilevel System

This article analyses 65 years of European governance as a process that has evolved from a simple model, based on hierarchical means of political steering, to a complex system of governance, using both hierarchical and non-hierarchical governance modes and combining them in innovative ways. The central thesis is that European governance constitutes a system of governance of governance, aimed at shaping and directing the governance of the member states. The article elaborates a conceptual framework by drawing on Kooiman's concept of three orders of governance. It identifies European governance as predominantly second order governance, focussing on the creation of appropriate procedures and institutional settings that structure governance processes. Empirically, the article provides an overview of the emergence and consolidation of a system of governance of governance in four phases. Furthermore, it analyses the creation of appropriate procedures and institutional arrangements in three selected policy areas. It thus highlights how second order governance is incrementally shaped. The article concludes that the evolving system of governance of governance reflects the multilevel structure of the EU and the need to balance permanently the contradictory policy objectives, governance modes and implementation strategies of the European and the national government levels, as well as the divergences among the member states.