Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Board 97: Is Postdoctoral Training Linked to Faculty Careers and Higher Salaries among Engineering Ph.D.s?

The number of engineering PhDs obtaining postdoctoral research scholar employment has increased over the last 20 years. This study examines the factors associated with obtaining postdoc positions, and the early career outcomes associated with postdoc training. Descriptive and regression analyses, and propensity score matching are conducted using a nationally representative sample of engineering PhDs from the 1993-2013 National Science Foundation Survey of Doctorate Recipients matched with the 1985-2013 Survey of Earned Doctorates. Findings show that engineering PhDs with greater research experience, research ability, or who graduated from doctoral programs with more prevalent postdoc employment among previous PhD cohorts, tend to be more likely to obtain postdoc positions. Compared to PhDs who obtain non-academic positions, postdoc training is associated with greater likelihood of attaining tenure track faculty positions and remaining in academia 7-9 years after PhD graduation. In terms of early career salary, postdoc training may delay salary growth among engineering PhDs who are eventually employed in the private sector, but not among those who are eventually employed in the academic sector. Research findings provide critical information regarding the outlook for postdoctoral employment and its role in the long-term career paths of engineering PhDs. the of training the of These can role The our
Analysis of rainfall variability in the Logone catchment, Lake Chad basin

The socio‐economic consequences posed by climate change in Africa are giving increasing emphasis to the need for trend analysis and detection of changes in hydro‐climatic variables in data deficient areas. This study analyses rainfall data from 17 rain gauges unevenly distributed across the Logone catchment in the Lake Chad basin over a 50‐year period (1951–2000). After quality control of the rainfall data using homogeneity tests, nonparametric Mann–Kendall and Spearman's rho tests were applied to detect the presence of trends. Trend magnitude was calculated using Sen's slope estimator. Results of the homogeneity test showed that rainfall was homogeneous across the catchment. Trend analysis revealed the presence of negative trends for annual rainfall at all the stations. Results of long‐term trend analysis at a monthly time scale revealed the presence of statistically insignificant positive trends at 32% of the stations. Spatially, the analysis showed a clear distinction in rainfall magnitude between the semi‐arid and Sudano zones. The slope of the trend lines for annual rainfall averaged over the respective zones was higher in the semi‐arid zone (−4.37) compared to the Sudano zone (−4.02). However, the station with the greatest reduction in annual rainfall (−8.06 mm) was located in the Sudano zone.
FACTORS INFLUENCING COMMUNITY HEALTH FINANCING ENTERPRISE SCHEME MEMBERSHIP UPTAKE IN KENYA

Despite the significance of community–based health financing schemes in enabling the poor from marginalized areas to access health care, little effort has been made to study their impact on social protection in the communities where they operate. The study explored how the uptake of scheme membership is influenced by human resource management, social capital networks, access to financial capital, awareness and inclusion of community, and entrepreneurship opportunities. A descriptive research survey was conducted targeting the community-based health financing scheme membership located in Western Kenya. A structured self–administered questionnaire was utilized to collect quantitative and qualitative data, which were then analyzed using SPSS. The study found a strong positive relationship between human resource training and development, social capital networks, access to finance, awareness and inclusion, and entrepreneurship opportunity to facilitate improved livelihoods and scheme membership. These findings informed the recommendations that community health financing schemes should lay greater emphasis on initiating viable livelihood activities for their members to increase their income. In addition, there should be exposure of the members and the scheme management to best practice models for increased performance towards social protection.
A comparative study of cognitive insight in schizophrenia patients with and without depression

Background: Lack of insight has been linked to disorganized symptoms or symptoms of formal thought disorder which is often seen in schizophrenia. The main aim of our study was to assess cognitive insight in patients of schizophrenia with and without depression and relation of cognitive insight with psychopathology of schizophrenia. Methods: The Present study was carried out on 60 patients in both groups. After randomization, assessment of Socio demographic details was done with the help of semi-structured performa. Results: There was no significant difference was found in both groups in socio demographic data. Better cognitive insight was found in schizophrenia patients with depression. The cognitive insight and psychopathology were not found significantly correlated to the age of the patient, age of onset of the illness and the total duration of the illness. There was significant difference among groups in relation to the PANSS-P, PANSS-G, with cognitive insight SR, SC, RC (p value 0.000). No significant difference was found for the PANSS-N (p=0.156) among both groups. Conclusions: Cognitive insight may impact negative symptoms directly via a rigid reasoning style that fosters disengagement in constructive activity as well as reduced interpersonal expressivity.
RANK PROBABILITIES FOR REAL RANDOM N × N × 2 TENSORS

We prove that the probability P N for a real random Gaussian N × N × 2 tensor to be of real rank N is P N = (Γ(( N + 1 ) / 2 )) N / G ( N + 1 ) , where Γ( x ) , G ( x ) denote the gamma and Barnes G -functions respectively. This is a rational number for N odd and a rational number multiplied by π N / 2 for N even. The probability to be of rank N + 1 is 1 − P N . The proof makes use of recent results on the probability of having k real generalized eigenvalues for real random Gaussian N × N matrices. We also prove that log P N = ( N 2 / 4 ) log ( e / 4 ) + ( log N − 1 ) / 12 − ζ (cid:48) ( − 1 ) + O ( 1 / N ) for large N , where ζ is the Riemann zeta function.
Corporate reputation in the era of Web 2.0: the case of Primark

This article explores and analyses corporate reputation management in the new environment of the social web, otherwise known as Web 2.0. It looks at issues around corporate reputation and brand management via a case study of Primark. It explores how companies manage their corporate reputation and branding in the new on-line environment of the social web. The article looks at how Primark positions itself in the context of the web 2.0 era in order to build a solid relationship with its stakeholders as well as to protect its reputation whilst enhancing its brand image and value. The spread of information across the web feeds traditional media channels and reaches larger audiences potentially damaging reputation and thus tarnishing the brand. The article furthers understanding of the overall current web brand management practices for effective on-line corporate communications. The Primark case study offers an indication of how companies are or are not using the social web and social media utility tools to communicate their social responsibility.
Body weight and healthy diet among elderly Turkish immigrants Links to income

The already considerable and ever-increasing proportion of elderly people with a migrant background shows that institutions for elderly people, such as retirement homes, outpatient care services and counselling centres, will need to develop a more intercultural openness. There will be a need for research into issues relating to health and a healthy diet. Irrespective of cultural background, a healthy diet with a higher nutrient density and lower energy density is an important preventive goal in this target group. To realise this goal, however, culture-specific factors, such as e. g. traditional dishes and consumption habits, must be taken into account. Furthermore, elderly Turkish migrants are more likely to have a lower socio-economic status (SES) than other population groups. Data from the micro-census of 2005 [2] show that households of elderly people with migrant backgrounds generally have a far lower monthly net income and assets than households of comparable age groups without migrant backgrounds. Calculations made by the Robert KochInstitut (RKI) [3] also prove that migrants from Turkey have the lowest equivalent household income1 out of all the migrants questioned. According to the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees [4], the reasons why elderly migrants often have less money on average are that Turkish men have frequently worked in semi-skilled jobs with lower wages Peer-reviewed | Manuscript received: July 6, 2012 | Revision accepted: November 19, 2012
Ground Plane Identification Using LIDAR in Forested Citation

To operate autonomously in forested environments, unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) must be able to identify the load-bearing surface of the terrain (i.e. the ground). This paper presents a novel two-stage approach for identifying ground points from 3-D point clouds sensed using LIDAR. The first stage, a local height-based filter, discards most of the non-ground points. The second stage, based on a support vector machine (SVM) classifier, operates on a set of geometrically defined features to identify which of the remaining points belong to the ground. Experimental results from two forested environments demonstrate the effectiveness of this approach.
Comparative analysis of the composition of essential oils from the needles, twigs and berries of Juniperus chinensis L. in Korea -

The essential oil constituents from the needles, twigs and berries of Juniperus chinensis from Korea were investigated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The essential oils from the different plant parts were obtained by steam distillation and the yields were 0.34, 0.11 and 0.12% (v/w), respectively. The GC-MS analysis revealed the identification of 36 different components from needles, twigs and berries, which were mostly monoterpene hydrocarbons (42.05 - 48.15%) followed by oxygenated monoterpenes (28.53-39.92%). Among the 36 components, 17 components were identified in all the three essential oils. The components such as bornyl acetate (2.85 – 20.70%), sabinene (10.23 – 18.13%), α-pinene (5.80 – 16.26%), terpinen-4-ol (5.98 – 31.10%), limonene (3.98 – 6.96%), β-pinene (3.05 – 4.39%), γ-terpinene (2.24 – 8.36%), α-elemol (1.74 – 4.77%) and α-cadinol (2.49 – 3.39%) were detected as the major components in the essential oils from the three different parts of J. chinensis. The main differences between the three essential oils can be referred to terpinen-4-ol and bornyl acetate. The essential oil of the berries contained the highest level of terpinen-4-ol (31.10%) than needles (7.51%) and twigs (5.98%). On the other hand, bornyl acetate content was very less in berries (2.85%) when compared with twigs (20.70%) and needles (16.43%).
UM ARCABOUÇO PARA UTILIZAÇÃO DE ROBÔS MÓVEIS NA COLETA EFICIENTE DE DADOS EM REDES DE SENSORES SEM FIO

The goal of this paper is to present a framework that was developed for the efficient collection of data from sensor nodes using mobile robots. This framework is composed basically of three parts: i) the communication protocol employed between the robot and the sensor nodes to transfer the collected data, ii) the localization method based on Hough Transform and Kalman Filter and iii) the control applied to a non-holonomic robot using a potential field approach to guide the robot to the sensors in the environment. Experiments both in simulation and with actual robots and sensor nodes were performed to validate our methodology. Keywords— communication, data collection, localization. Resumo— O objetivo deste artigo é mostrar um arcabouço desenvolvido para utilização de robôs móveis na coleta eficiente de dados em uma rede de nós sensores. Esse arcabouço é composto, basicamente, de três partes principais: i) protocolo de comunicação empregado entre o robô e os nós sensores espalhados no ambiente para transferir os dados coletados, ii) localização baseada em Transformada de Hough e Filtro de Kalman e ii) controle aplicado a um robô não holonômico utilizando um método baseado em campos de potencial para mover o robô em direção aos sensores. Simulações e experimentos são mostrados visando validar a metodologia proposta. Palavras-chave— comunicação, coleta de dados, localização.
An improved non-equilibrium multi-component evaporation model for blended diesel/alcohol droplets and sprays

A non-equilibrium Langmuir-Knudsen model for multi-component pure diesel and blended diesel/alcohol sprays is developed and evaluated through comparisons with experimental measurements. This model takes into account most of the key processes during the droplet lifetime, including the finite heat conduction and limited mass diffusion inside the droplet, the differential diffusion in gas phase, as well as the non-equilibrium Langmuir-Knudsen evaporation law for multi-component droplets. Twenty discrete components are selected to represent the fuel. The present model shows good agreements with experimental measurements for pure ethanol, diesel, and blended diesel/ethanol droplets. Both equilibrium and non-equilibrium models perform nearly identically for low evaporation rate conditions. The nonequilibrium effects become significant when the initial droplet diameter is smaller than 20 μm, and these effects are enhanced with increasing ambient temperature and forced convection intensity. It is additionally observed that the non-equilibrium effects are more significant for the blended diesel/alcohol droplets than pure diesel, especially during the evaporation period of ethanol. The present evaporation model has been implemented into a multi-dimensional CFD code and applied to calculate the evaporation processes of singleand multi-component fuel droplets and sprays under various ambient conditions. The non-equilibrium effects for the blended diesel/alcohol sprays are also evaluated and proved to be significant for the fuel vapor component concentrations. ILASS-Americas 30th Annual Conference on Liquid Atomization and Spray Systems, Tempe, AZ, May 2019 2
New insight into the South Tibetan detachment system: Not a single progressive deformation

Low‐angle normal faults (LANF), typically regarded as accommodating crustal or lithospheric extension, may also form during lithospheric shortening. The best‐studied system of syn‐contractional LANFs is the South Tibetan detachment system, a network of low‐angle normal sense faults and shear zones that formed coevally with and parallel to south‐vergent thrusts during lithospheric shortening accompanying development of the Himalayan orogen. In the eastern Himalaya, there are several across‐strike exposures of the South Tibetan detachment system. We present new structural and thermometry data from the eastern Himalaya that demonstrate that the South Tibetan detachment system cannot have formed as a single progressive structure. We characterize and distinguish two distinct structural and tectonic components within the currently recognized system: (1) an extensive diffuse, sheared layer that formed the boundary between strong upper crust and weak, southward‐flowing middle crust, and (2) a network of brittle‐ductile LANFs that locally exhume, partly excise and overprint the earlier mylonite zone at the topographic break between the Himalayan orogen and the Tibetan plateau. The sheared layer, not a LANF, formed the boundary between upper and middle crust during ductile flow of the middle crust and is extensively exposed in the Himalaya at the base of klippen of upper crustal rocks preserved in Bhutan, along the crest of the Himalaya where it has been excised and exhumed by the brittle‐ductile extrusion LANFs, and bounding the cores of the North Himalayan gneiss domes.
SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM AND JUVENILE GROWTH RATE IN LINYPHIA TRIANGULARIS (LINYPHIIDAE, ARANEAE)

Abstract On three separate occasions during the growth season four populations of the sheet web spider Linyphia triangularis were sampled, twice as immatures and once as adults. For the immature specimens, five linear size characteristics (length and width of the cephalothorax, length of tibia of the first leg, and length and height of the abdomen) were measured in the laboratory and compared with fresh weight. The best predictor of weight was abdomen length, closely followed by cephalothorax width. Cephalothorax width was used to compare the size of immatures with the adult size at time of maturity because the abdomen shrinks in the non-foraging adult males. Mean cephalothorax width was larger for males than for females in both immature and adult specimens. The difference increased from the earliest immature population samples to the adult samples. The relationship between cephalothorax width and abdomen length was linear and equal between the sexes over all immature samples. This means that there was no difference in the allocation of resources to body parts important to female fecundity (the abdomen) vs. body parts important to male fighting ability (the cephalothorax) between males and females. Selection for large male size thus seems to be greater than selection for large female size in this web-building spider, resulting in an overall faster growth rate in males. Males grow >10% larger than females despite the distinct protandry in this species.
The balloon effect: The role of US drug policy in the displacement of unaccompanied minors from the Central American Northern triangle

In recent years there has been a significant increase in unaccompanied minors entering Mexico and the US from the Central American Northern Triangle. This displacement is being encouraged by factors both internal and external to the countries of origin of these unaccompanied minors, and can rightfully be considered one of the most significant migrant crises in recent memory. Drug-related violence and crime in this region is one of several factors underlying this displacement. It is clear that the increasing violence in the CANT is, in part, a consequence of failed US drug policies in Mexico and South America that have displaced drug-related criminal activity to CANT states. This paper provides an overview of the US drug policies that have played a significant role in the continued inflow of unaccompanied minors, which prolongs the humanitarian crisis, and links them to past failed anti-drug efforts attempted by the US in other parts of Latin America.
Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY Running title: Computational Modeling of Personalized Management in PDAC Key words: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Mathematical modeling; Personalized medicine; Metastasis. Abbreviations: ALTkras: cells with alter

Department of Biology, Kyushu University, Fukuoka Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA Departments of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka Medical College Hospital, Osaka Division of Cancer Genomics, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA Laboratory of DNA Information Analysis, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science,
A Novel Approach Based Information Integrity Modeling

Errors in computer based information systems were relatively manageable as long as there was homogenous system environment and centralized control over information. Emerging trends of globalization, changing organizational patterns, strategic partnering, and electronic commerce and distributed computing have changed all this, resulting in loss of integrity in information systems. These errors are essentially caused by online factors of change, complexity, communication, conversion and corruption (the 5 C's). These factors have their presence in IS mainly through system environment that is external to computing (and hence the application) system and overlaps the user environment. The proposed research paper tries to suggest the methodsto improve the optimum Integrity in Information System by quantifying intrinsic integrity attributes of accuracy, consistency and reliability on the data to be mined.
Systematic investigation of localized surface plasmon resonance of long-range ordered Au nanodisk arrays

Ordered Au nanodisk arrays were fabricated on glass substrates using nanosphere lithography combined with a two-step reactive ion etching technique. The optical properties of these arrays were investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Specifically, the effects of disk diameter on localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) were characterized and compared with results from discrete dipole approximation (DDA) calculations. The effects of glass substrate, Cr interfacial layer, and Au thickness on LSPR were investigated computationally. Furthermore, thermal treatment was found to be essential in improving the nanodisk arrays’ LSPR properties. Using atomic force microscopy and DDA calculations, it was established that the improvements in LSPR properties were due to thermally induced morphologic changes. Finally, microfluidic channels were integrated with the annealed disk arrays to study the sensitivity of LSPR to the change in surroundings’ refractive index. The dependence of LSPR on surroundings’ refractive index was measured and compared with calculated results.
Modular Software for an Autonomous Space Rover

The increasing di ﬃ culty of space exploration missions, human support and maintenance of infrastructure push the expectations for future robotic systems. Complex software systems are required to autonomously perform mobile manipulation and interaction tasks in a robust fashion. Component based software development and software frameworks provide a way for e ﬃ cient implementation. This paper introduces the Rock framework, which uses a model driven approach to handle the complexity of component networks which can reconﬁgure at run-time. The Artemis Rover, which participated at the SpaceBot Cup competition is used as an example where the Rock framework has been successfully applied to a mobile manipulation system.
PCR BASED DETECTION OF SUBCLINICAL BOVINE BABESIOSIS IN PUNJAB

A PCR based assay was standardized for the specific and sensitive detection of Babesia bigemina infection in bovine blood samples. Among the 104 samples collected from apparently healthy carrier cattle, an amplicon of 278 bp size specific for B. bigemina was detected in 25.96% animals against the routine blood smear examination, which revealed parasitic piroplasms in only 3.84% of samples. The use of PCR resulted in significantly higher efficacy of detection of the parasite compared to microscopic examination of blood smears. These results clearly demonstrate that bovine babesiosis is common and endemic in the state and PCR is the optimal approach for the detection of subclinical cases.