Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Creative cities: the cultural industries and the creative class

Abstract. The aim of this article is to critically examine the notion that the creative class may or may not play as a causal mechanism of urban regeneration. I begin with a review of Florida's argument focusing on the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings. The second section develops a critique of the relationship between the creative class and growth. This is followed by an attempt to clarify the relationship between the concepts of creativity, culture and the creative industries. Finally, I suggest that policy‐makers may achieve more successful regeneration outcomes if they attend to the cultural industries as an object that links production and consumption, manufacturing and service. Such a notion is more useful in interpreting and understanding the significant role of cultural production in contemporary cities, and what relation it has to growth.
interaction of estrogen and progesterone receptors, and human epithelial receptor 2, with breast cancer risk factors: a multi-center case-only study in iran

BACKGROUND: The etiology of breast cancer and our understanding on the carcinogenicity of different risk factors is impotant for control programms. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the expression of estrogen and progesterone receptors (ER, PR), and human epithelial receptor 2 (HER2) overexpression and its associations, with environmental risk factors among breast cancer patients. METHODS: We classified the patients into four groups including; triple negative (ER–/PR–/HER2-), HER2-overexpression (ER–/PR–/HER2+), luminal A (ER+ and/or PR+/HER2-) and luminal B (ER+ and/or PR+/HER2+). We used a case-only design and multinomial logistic regression analyses. RESULTS: In premenopausal patients, those with high BMI had lower prevalence of luminal B tumors compared to luminal A groups (OR= 0.42, 95% CI= 0.23 to 0.74). However, in the postmenopausal groups, prevalence of the luminal B tumors was less than luminal A tumors oral contraceptive pill (OCP) users (OR= 0.64, 95% CI= 0.42 to 0.98). In addition, among those who had an older age at menarche had a higher risk of ER2-overexpression tumors compared to luminal A tumors (OR= 2.82, 95% CI= 1.29-6.19). CONCLUSIONS: Expression of HER2, ER, and PR, among breast cancer patients seems to be associated with OCP use, BMI, age at menarche and age at first pregnancy.
18 OPTIMAL TIMING OF LEGAL INTERVENTION : THE ROLE OF TIMING RULES

In a recent Harvard Law Review article, Jacob E. Gersen and Eric A. Posner investigated the optimal timing of legislative action and the role of timing rules in constraining legislative action.1 Although decisions about the timing of legal intervention are often as important as decisions about the content of new law,2 the issue of timing rules had previously lacked systematic treatment in the literature. Gersen and Posner successfully fill this gap, providing a comprehensive and coherent discussion of the various constitutional, economic, practical, and theoretical issues involved in timing rules, while also developing a robust normative framework for assessing the optimal timing of legislation. In Part I of this Comment, we identify some of the issues that are relevant when considering the optimal timing of legislation. In Part II, we touch upon some of the points Gersen and Posner discussed, noting some opportunities they may have missed and formulating suggestions for future extensions of their work.
DISCRETE EVENT MODEL STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION USING PROCESS MINING

A novel structure identification procedure for discrete event systems described by Petri nets are proposed in this paper for model-based diagnostic purposes that utilize the notions and tools of process mining. The identification of the structurally different discrete event system models describing a system in its normal and/or faulty modes was used for model-based isolation of the considered faulty modes. From the available process mining techniques that allow for the automatic construction of process models in Petri net form based on event logs, the genetic algorithmbased structure identification procedure has been found to be most capable of identifying the characteristic structural elements of the faulty models. The proposed procedures are illustrated on a simple example of an operated parking gate automaton with two faulty modes.
TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING OF INDOOR SCENES WITH SCATTERING COMPENSATION

D images from time-of-flight cameras may suer from false depth readings caused by light scattering. In order to reduce such scattering artifacts, a scattering compensation procedure is proposed. Assuming a space invariant point spread function as a model for the scattering leads to a solution in a form of a deconvolution scheme. The improvement brought by scattering compensation, as well as the computational cost involved are further discussed in this paper.
Field Application of Brassicaceous Amendments for the Control of Root Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) on Cucumber

Biofumigation with brassicaceous green manures for controlling root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) on cucumber was evaluated under field conditions during two subsequent growing seasons. Cauliflower residues were incorporated into the soil two weeks before planting cucumber at rates of 15, 20 and 5 kg/plot ( 15 m 2 ) while both cauliflower and cabbage residues were incorporated at rates of 25 kg /plot in the second season. Cauliflower and cabbage residues at rates of 25 kg /plot significantly reduced disease severity expressed as reduction in the percentage of root galling to 15% and around 19% compared to 48% and 54% in the controls in the first and second seasons, respectively and significantly increased cucumber yield to 121 and 116 kg/plot, respectively compared to 92 kg/ plot in the control in the second season. The field application of cauliflower and cabbage green manures has effectively controlled the root-knot nematode disease and increased the yield of cucumber.
Effects of genistein treatment on molecular markers related to fibrosis: Addition to histological changes in the lung of ovariectomized diabetic rats

aDrug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. bMolecular Biology Department, Tuberculosis and Lung Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. cNeurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. dDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. eDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical science, Tehran, Iran. f Tuberculosis and Lung Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Correspondence to Faeze Daghigh (email: F_daghigh@yahoo.com). (Submitted: 25 March 2018 – Revised version received: 18 April 2018 – Accepted: 27 June 2018 – Published online: 26 September 2018)
Efficiency in Phenol Removal from Aqueous Solutions of Pomegranate Peel Ash as a Natural Adsorbent

Background: Phenol is an organic pollutant found in industrial effluents that is very toxic to humans and the environment. This study used pomegranate peel ash as a natural absorbent to remove phenol from aqueous solutions. Methods: In this study, pomegranate peel ash in different doses was used as a new adsorbent for the removal of phenol. The effects of contact time, pH, adsorbent dose and initial phenol concentration were recorded. Then, the adsorption data was described with Langmuir and Freundlich adsorption isotherms; Excel software was used for data analysis. Results: The highest percentage of phenol adsorption was observed at pH = 7. The optimum amount of adsorbent was 0.6 g/l, and after 120 minutes, the process reached an equilibrium state. The adsorption of phenol decreased following an increase in the pH of the solution. It was also observed that contact time significantly affected the rate of phenol adsorption. The experimental data fit much better in the Freundlich (R2 = 0.9056) model than in the Langmuir (R2 = 0.8674) model. Conclusion: Pomegranate peel ash has the potential to be utilized for the cost-effective removal of phenol from aqueous solutions. Keywords: Phenol removal, Pomegranate peel ash, Aqueous solution
Financial and Social Capitals of Elderly People in Thailand

The number of ageing population in Thailand has been increased rapidly. The country was ranked as the most aged economy in South-east Asia after Singapore. However, there exists a body of research that associates social connectedness with good health. It hence is the objective of this study to examine of whether the correlation holds for Thai elderly. Using the first round pilot survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Thailand (HART), the study found that being married and, the level of education of the respondent contribute positively significantly to the probability of reporting good physical and mental health. The more the elderly participate in social activities, the higher the probability of reporting good or very good health, in particular, the mental health. Social participations to good physical health is an income equivalence of a 5 percent increase in an individual non-labor income, whilst social participations to good mental health accounts to almost 14 percent increase in the total asset value. Participating in voluntary associations thus reduces heath inequalities among older people. The research findings hence advocate for the social involvement of elderly people as a part of the quality ageing policy and the community-based welfare policy.
Movement patterns of lions (Panthera leo) in an East African conservancy

The conflict between wildlife, particularly predators, and humans is one of the main reasons for the rapid decline of predator populations. In Kenya, lions (Panthera leo) are a major threat to livestock and humans living around the wildlife conservancies. Ol Pejeta, in Laikipia County, is such a conservancy where three wildlife corridors allows the animals to move freely between the conservancy and adjacent areas. Knowledge about when, and why, the lions move in and out of Ol Pejeta could help understanding how to better manage the population and give information to people living in the area of when the risk of lion depredation might be higher. To investigate the activity patterns of the lions in Ol Pejeta, I compared the passages at the corridors with environmental data such as rain period and moon phase. I also looked at how the lions distributed their activity during the day to see at what time they were most active. Finally I compared the number of passages with gender distribution to see if there was a difference between males and females. The results showed that there was no difference in activity between moon phases but a high significance between rain periods where there was a higher activity during the driest period. I also found that the lions were active right after sunset all the way to sunrise with a peak between 19.00 pm to 20.00 pm, and all passages out of the conservancy occurred during nighttime. There was no difference in passages between males and females. Due to these results, I suggest that the reason for the activity outside the conservancy is due to hunting and that the lions might be hunting for different types of prey during different times of the month which could further help farmers in the area, and the monitoring unit at Ol Pejeta, to know when there might be a higher risk for depredation.
Globalization & gender wage gap

It is a well-documented fact that women earn less than men, even when looking at relatively equal societies such as the Northern European countries, and after controlling for observable worker characteristics and hours worked. Equally well-known is the fact that exporters pay a higher wage than nonexporters, and this exporter wage premium remains even after controlling for a variety of worker and firm characteristics. How are these different wage gaps related? While the effects of globalization on the gender wage gap has been studied extensively in the context of developing countries, the effects in developed countries have received scant attention.
Analysis of Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW) Resonator and Design of Miniaturized SIW Bandpass Filter

In this paper, the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) resonator is designed to study the influence of dielectric materials on its operating parameters (insertion loss, fractional bandwidth and unloaded Q -factor). The results obtained show that the use of high permittivity substrate in the SIW resonator by increasing its thickness allows reducing the size of resonator by causing the increase in its unloaded Q -factor. A SIW bandpass filter is designed using low temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology and high permittivity substrate. The filter has a fractional bandwidth of 27 % centered at 14.32 GHz with insertion loss of 0.7 dB.
The effects of explicit chiral symmetry breaking multiquark interactions on the spin 0 and 1 meson nonets: the ruling of the vector mesons.

We have recently extended the scalar-pseudoscalar sector of a generalized NJL Lagrangian that includes all NLO non derivative interactions in Nc counting (including explicit symmetry breaking ones) in order to incorporate the spin 1 mesons in the low-lying ground state of QCD. Upon bosonization, the well known mixing of the scalar-vector and of the pseudoscalar- axial-vector fields occurs in the quadratic part of the Lagrangian. We show that a linearized diagonalization of these terms can be effected in a completely general way without compromising the underlying symmetries of the Lagrangian. The resulting spin 1 mass spectra evidence a relation involving only the vector and axial-vector meson masses and the constituent quark masses. We discuss the dominant role of this relation in the fits and we show that the model may be fitted to accommodate to a very good accuracy the 4 low-lying meson spectra.
General Equilibrium Dynamic Models and the Doha Round Impact on Underdeveloped Economies

The authors have focused on the provision of a general outlook on global multiregional models that enable the study of the effects of commercial policies, and have particularly analysed the models that can be applied to underdeveloped economies. Starting from a simple model, the hypotheses introduced into general equilibrium models are analysed, focusing on the study of commercial policies. Following a synthetic description of the main Walrasian global multiregional models, selected according to the possibility of applying these instruments to the analysis of commercial policies in underdeveloped countries, attention is particularly given to the main limitations entailed by these models, thus emphasizing their disagreement with the characteristics of the underdeveloped economies. Moreover, the study underlines the hypotheses according to which these models would not be suitable for the economies of those states. The authors also insist on the impact of the possible scenarios derived from the Doha Round, which have caused significant assessment differences.
Geriatric Cardiology in Dogs-Part 2 : Challenge with HF Therapy in Geriatric Dogs : Adverse Drug Reactions and Comorbidities

In geriatric dogs, aging-specific changes in cardiovascular physiology, drug metabolism, drug pharmacokinetics and drug tolerance contribute to adverse drug reactions (ADRs). Comorbidities can also cause polypharmacy and thus drug-drug interactions. Adverse drug reactions for ACE inhibitors, β–blockers, furosemide, aldosterone antagonists and digoxin are common. Geriatric cardiology epitomizes the principle that cardiovascular disease is only 1 component of a larger, multidimensional disease state with concomitant geriatric syndromes. Comorbidities (cardiorenal syndrome, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, atherosclerotic disease, metabolic syndrome, obesity, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and frailty and cognitive dysfunction) are common, aggravate HF, complicate therapy and increase the total heart failure burden.
Does Branded Food Product Advertising Help Or Hurt Farmers

This study investigates market conditions when food processor/handler brand advertising, whether undertaken by an investor-owned firm or by a cooperative, will benefit or harm farmers. Addressing this question provides insight into the policy issue of whether and when promotion funds intended to benefit farmers should be used in support of brand advertising. Analysis of a two-stage oligopoly-oligopsony model shows that advertising by an investor-owned firm is most likely to be harmful to farmers when it takes place in a relatively unconcentrated industry and when advertising is relatively more effective at creating brand market power than at increasing total demand.
Enhancement and Design Considerations Distributed FACTS for Mitigation of Power Quality problem

This paper introduces the concept of a distributed static series compensator (DSSC) for Flexible AC transmission systems (FACTS) devices can control power flow in the transmission system to improve asset utilization, relieve congestion, and limit loop flows. High costs and reliability concerns have restricted their use in these applications. The concept of distributed FACTS (D-FACTS) is introduced as a way to remove these barriers. A new device, the distributed static series compensator (DSSC), attaches directly to existing HV or EHV conductors and so does not require HV insulation. It can be manufactured at low cost from conventional industrial-grade components. The DSSC modules are distributed, a few per conductor mile, to achieve the desired power flow control functionality by effectively changing the line reactance. Experimental results from a prototype module are presented, along with examples of the benefits deriving from a system of DSSC devices. Index Terms: Distributed FACTS, Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), interconnected power systems, MATLAB Simulink and programming, Power flow control.
A STRINGENT LIMIT ON THE WARM DARK MATTER PARTICLE MASSES FROM THE ABUNDANCE OF z = 6 GALAXIES IN THE HUBBLE FRONTIER FIELDS

We show that the recently measured UV luminosity functions of ultra-faint lensed galaxies at z ≈ 6 in the Hubble Frontier Fields provide an unprecedented probe for the mass mX of the warm dark matter (WDM) candidates independent of baryonic physics. Comparing the measured abundance of the faintest galaxies with the maximum number density of dark matter halos in WDM cosmologies sets a robust limit of mX ≥ 2.9 keV for the mass of thermal relic WDM particles at a 1σ confidence level, mX ≥ 2.4 keV at 2σ, and mX ≥ 2.1 keV at 3σ. These constraints are independent of the baryonic physics involved in galaxy formation and constitute the tightest constraints on WDM particle mass derived to date. We discuss the impact of our results on the production mechanism of sterile neutrinos. In particular, if sterile neutrinos are responsible for the 3.5 keV line reported in observations of X-ray clusters, our results firmly rule out the Dodelson–Widrow production mechanism and yield msterile ≳ 6.1 keV for sterile neutrinos produced via the Shi–Fuller mechanism.
Introduction to Privacy, 5G and Economics Minitrack

The mini-track on Privacy, 5G and Economics focus on discussion of different aspects of security and privacy in the data rich environment including user right to privacy with regards to collection, retention, analysis and transfer of personal data. Differences between the regulation in the EU and the USA are debated in different examples. The mini-track also insists on the economic value of end users’ data to innovatively redefine the relationships between end users’ concerns on their personal data handling and the legal businesses on data analytics, in order to make that relationship ethically correct, compliant with regulation and also profitable for all.
Cratons, mobile belts, alkaline rocks and continental lithospheric mantle: the Pan-African testimony

Several late-collision and intraplate features are not entirely integrated in the classical plate tectonic model. The Pan-African orogeny (730–550 Ma) in Saharan Africa provides some insight into the contrasting behaviour of cratons and mobile belts. Simple geophysical considerations and geological observations indicate that rigidity and persistence of cratons are linked to the presence of a thick mechanical boundary layer, the upper brittle part of the continental lithospheric mantle, well attached to an ancient weakly radioactive crust. The surrounding Pan-African mobile belts, characterized by a much thinner mechanical boundary layer and more radioactive crust, were the locus of A-type granitoids, volcanism, tectonic reactivation and basin development during the Phanerozoic. During oceanic closures leading to the assembly of Gondwana, lithosphere behaviour was controlled by its mechanical boundary layer, the crust being much less rigid. We suggest that the 5000 km wide Pan-African domain of Saharan Africa, a collage of juvenile and old reactivated basement terranes, has suffered regional continental lithospheric mantle delamination during the early stages of this orogeny, as has been postulated for the more recent Himalayan orogeny in Tibet. Delamination of the continental lithospheric mantle and juxtaposition of crust against hot asthenosphere can explain many features of the late Pan-African (around 600 Ma): reactivation of old terrains, abundant late-tectonic high-K calc-alkaline granitoids, high temperature-low pressure metamorphism, important displacements along mega-shear zones and mantle-derived post-tectonic granitoids linked to a rapid change in mantle source. Recycling into the asthenosphere of large amounts of continental lithospheric mantle delaminated during the Pan-African, can provide one of the reservoirs needed to explain the isotopic compositions of ocean island basalts. Lastly, the lithospheric control over the location of the alkaline rocks enjoins us to consider the thermal boundary layer (the lower ductile part of the continental lithospheric mantle) as a major mixing source zone for these rocks.
Evaluating the Determinism of Brain Signals Using Recurrence Chaotic Features in Positive, Negative and Neutral Emotional States in the Sources Achieved From ICA Algorithm

Background: This study investigates electroencephalogram (EEG) signals in positive, negative and neutral emotion states. Method : It is assumed that the brain draws on several independent sources in any activity that are observable by independent component algorithm (ICA). To overcome the problem of ill-posedness of extracted components from ICA algorithm, first these sources are sorted out by Shannon entropy and then based on these sources, the features of trapping time and determinism of Recurrence Quantification Analysis (RQA) are extracted as representative of determination. Result: The results show that the degree of determinism of sorted sources related by emotions is significantly different over time and in three positive, negative and neutral states. The degree of determinism increases in neutral, positive and negative emotional states respectively.