Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dislocation networks in helium-4 crystals

The mechanical behavior of crystals is dominated by dislocation networks, their structure and their interactions with impurities or thermal phonons. However, in classical crystals, networks are usually random with impurities often forming non-equilibrium clusters when their motion freezes at low temperature. Helium provides unique advantages for the study of dislocations: crystals are free of all but isotopic impurities, the concentration of these can be reduced to the ppb level, and the impurities are mobile at all temperatures and therefore remain in equilibrium with the dislocations. We have achieved a comprehensive study of the mechanical response of 4He crystals to a driving strain as a function of temperature, frequency and strain amplitude. The quality of our fits to the complete set of data strongly supports our assumption of string-like vibrating dislocations. It leads to a precise determination of the distribution of dislocation network lengths and to detailed information about the interaction between dislocations and both thermal phonons and 3He impurities. The width of the dissipation peak associated with impurity binding is larger than predicted by a simple Debye model, and much of this broadening is due to the distribution of network lengths.
Effect of Game-Based Nutrition Education on Nutritional Knowledge of Preschool Children

Background: Nutrition education during childhood plays a substantial role in promotion of healthy eating habits throughout the life. We aimed to assess the effect of a newly designed game-based nutrition education program on nutritional knowledge of preschool children. Methods: An experimental study was conducted at eight kindergartens from various socioeconomic levels in Shiraz, Iran. Forty-eight children aged 5 to 6 years old were recruited to the study. We developed a computer-game containing health improving nutritional messages, based on snake and ladder game. The intervention period of game playing was 20 minutes per day for a week. All children were asked to complete a questionnaire, including 9 questions designed for their age group, before and after playing the game. Also, we assessed the acceptance of the game among the experimental group. Results: Forty-seven children including 27 boys and 20 girls completed the study (23 in the experiment and 24 in the control groups). The mean age of participants was 5.71±0.41 years. Baseline scores of nutritional knowledge were significantly more in high socioeconomic regions. The mean score of nutritional knowledge in experimental and control groups improved significantly (0.73±1.62 and 0.52±1.78, respectively). Considering the baseline mean score as covariate, the mean score of nutritional knowledge significantly increased in the experiment group. The results showed that all children preferred to select more healthy foods after playing game. Moreover, the experimental group was interested in playing the game in 3 levels; low (8.7%), high (52.2%), and very high (39.1%). Conclusion: This new game-based educational approach may simplify the education in preschool children and enhance their nutritional knowledge.
Three-Year Follow-Up Study of Allergen-Induced in vitro Cytokine and Signalling Lymphocytic Activation Molecule mRNA Responses in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Allergic Rhinitis Patients Undergoing Specific Immunotherapy

Background: Allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) is known to affect the allergen-specific T helper cell (Th2/Th1) balance and to induce T regulatory (Treg) cells. These observations have usually been made during the first treatment year and often without symptom monitoring. This study was performed to investigate allergen-induced Th2 (IL-4, IL-5)-, Th1 [IFN-γ, IL-18, signalling lymphocytic activation molecule (SLAM)]- and Treg (IL-10)-type immune responses in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and their association with symptom improvement in allergic rhinitis patients after 3 years of SIT. Methods: Twenty patients were treated with SIT and 8 patients were studied as untreated controls. PBMC were collected before and after 1 and 3 years of SIT and stimulated with specific allergen. Cytokine and SLAM mRNA expression was determined by TaqMan® RT-PCR. Symptoms were recorded yearly using visual analogue scale (VAS) scoring. Results: IL-18, SLAM and IL-10 mRNA expression increased after 3 years of SIT, with a peak at 1 year, whereas IL-5 mRNA expression transiently decreased and IFN-γ mRNA expression transiently increased after 1 year of SIT. The increases in IL-18 and SLAM expression were not associated with symptom improvement, whereas decreases in both IL-4 expression and the IL-4/IFN-γ ratio after 1 year of SIT were found in patients with a good therapeutic outcome (>40 percentage unit reduction in VAS). Conclusions: SIT has long-term effects on allergen-specific immune responses. The induced Treg- and Th1-type responses persist over 3 years of SIT, whereas Th2-type responses are transiently decreased only during early therapy.
Genetic Diversity and Molecular Markers in Introduced and Thai Native Apple Snails ( Pomacea and Pila )

Bungorn Thaewnon-ngiw, Sirawut Klinbunga* Kantimanee Phanwichien, Nitsri Sangduen, Nitaya Lauhachinda and Piamsak Menasveta Program of Bioscience, Graduate School of Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand Marine Biotechnology Research Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), 113 Paholyothin Rd., Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand Department of Zoology, Department of Genetics, Department of General Science, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Evolutionary changes in correlations among functional traits in Ceanothus in response to Mediterranean conditions

Abstract. Ceanothus is a widely speciated genus with two sections that differ markedly in size, patterns of biomass allocation and reproductive strategies. On greenhouse-grown seedlings we tested whether divergence occurred in single traits or in suites of traits, and whether taxonomic affinity or the ability to fix nitrogen (N) influenced the relationships among functional traits. Species of the subgenus Cerastes differed from species in the subgenus Ceanothus in the following characteristics: reproduction by seed rather than primarily resprouting, high rates of photosynthesis and high stomatal conductance, thick leaves, low root allocation, and high leaf allocation. Correlations of traits across the entire genus showed positive correlations among traits that maximize photosynthesis and tradeoffs between root allocation and carbon gain patterns frequently observed in other broad taxonomic comparisons. Trait correlations differed between the two subgenera (divergence in allocation-photosynthesis tradeoffs in Ceanothus and divergence of growth-related traits in Cerastes). Similarly, N-fixers, which were distributed broadly between the two subgenera, differed in trait correlations (primarily among traits related to photosynthesis) from non-fixers (primarily among traits related to growth and allocation). These results indicate that 1) divergence in genus Ceanothus was associated with changes in entire suite of traits, rather than independent changes in individual traits and 2) evolution occurring under different environmental or nutritional circumstances alters the suites of traits exhibited by plants.
First giant otter distribution survey in the southeast of Roraima, Brazil, with notes on the OSG Guidelines for a Standardization of Survey Methods

A distribution survey of giant otter was conducted for the first time in the southeast corner of Roraima, bordering the state of Amazonas, in Brazil (1° 4' S, 61°36' O). The region has recently been recognized as a protected area and is currently elaborating its own management plan. Our survey was carried out according to the guidelines for a standardisation of survey methods as recommended by the IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group. The short expedition covered two squares of 100x100km on the UTM grid and interested tree different river basins, investigating black-water as well as white-water watercourses. With the aim of contributing to the optimisation of the standard survey methodology, we carried out some field tests during the survey and present the results in this paper. The expedition revealed the presence of giant otter in all the basins investigated and recorded a series of human activities that may represent a threat to the species survival in the future. Although the results presented are preliminary, we discuss the implication of the presence of the giant otter in the region from a conservation perspective and provide suggestions for the protected area management plan.
Mendelian Randomization Causal Analysis Increased alcohol consumption as a cause of alcoholism , without similar evidence for depression : a Mendelian randomization study

Background: Increased alcohol consumption has been associated with depression and alcoholism, but whether these associations are causal remains unclear. We tested whether alcohol consumption is causally associated with depression and alcoholism. Methods: We included 78 154 men and women aged 20–100 years randomly selected in 1991–2010 from the general population of Copenhagen, Denmark, and genotyped 68 486 participants for two genetic variants in two alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) genes, ADH-1B (rs1229984) and ADH-1C (rs698). We performed observational and causal analyses using a Mendelian randomization design with antidepressant medication use and hospitalization/death, with depression and alcoholism as outcomes. Results: In prospective analyses, the multifactorially adjusted hazard ratio for participants reporting >6 drinks/day vs participants reporting 0.1–1 drinks/day was 1.28 (95% confidence interval, 1.00–1.65) for prescription antidepressant use, with a corresponding hazard ratio of 0.80 (0.45–1.45) for hospitalization/death with depression and of 11.7 (8.77–15.6) for hospitalization/death with alcoholism. For hospitalization/death with alcoholism, instrumental variable analysis yielded a causal odds ratio of 28.6 (95 % confidence interval 6.47–126) for an increase of 1 drink/day estimated from the combined genotype combination, whereas the corresponding multifactorially adjusted observational odds ratio was 1.28 (1.25–1.31). Corresponding odds ratios were 1.11 (0.67–1.83) causal and 1.04 (1.03–1.06) observational for prescription antidepressant use, and 4.52 (0.99–20.5) causal and 0.98 (0.94–1.03) observational for hospitalization/death with depression. Conclusions: These data indicate that the association between increased alcohol consumption and alcoholism is causal, without similar strong evidence for depression. VC The Author 2014; all rights reserved. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association 526 International Journal of Epidemiology, 2015, 526–539 doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu220 Advance Access Publication Date: 29 November 2014
Evaluation on physico-chemical characteristics in vermicompost of sawdustwith different animal manure

The present work was carried out to evaluate the vermicompost of Sawdust with three different animal manures. Sawdust and animal manures such as cow manure, goat manure and poultry manure were collected and mixed separately with 1:2 ratio. The different substrate mixers were subjected to pre-decomposition for 21d. The predecomposed sawdust materials were taken in plastic troughs and introduced with microbial consortium (T1-b, T2-b and T3-b) and with adult clitellate earthworms Eudrilus eugeniae (T1-c, T2-c and T3-c) and combination with microbial consortium and earthworms, E. eugeniae (T1-d, T2-d and T3-d) of in various treatments and maintained control for all three animal manures (T1-a, T2-a and T3-a). The various physico-chemical parameters such as organic carbon, N, P, K, and C: N and C/P ratios were analysed at every 15 d interval up to 60 d.
Extended Kalman Filter Model based acceleration measurement Steering Velocities Accelerations Slipratios Pacejka Tire ModelCar Model SLAM LiDAR Controls States Process Propagation Measurement Update GSS IMU GNSS WSS Failure Detection Motor Torque

In autonomous racing, vehicles operate close to the limits of handling and a sensor failure can have critical consequences. To limit the impact of such failures, this paper presents the redundant perception and state estimation approaches developed for an autonomous race car. Redundancy in perception is achieved by estimating the color and position of the track delimiting objects using two sensor modalities independently. Specifically, learning-based approaches are used to generate color and pose estimates, from LiDAR and camera data respectively. The redundant perception inputs are fused by a particle filter based SLAM algorithm that operates in real-time. Velocity is estimated using slip dynamics, with reliability being ensured through a probabilistic failure detection algorithm. The sub-modules are extensively evaluated in realworld racing conditions using the autonomous race car gotthard driverless, achieving lateral accelerations up to 1.7G and a top speed of 90km/h.
Effect of cholinergic deafferentation of prefrontal cortex on working memory for familiar and novel odors

EFFECT OF CHOLINERGIC DEAFFERENTATION OF PREFRONTAL CORTEX ON WORKING MEMORY FOR FAMILIAR AND NOVEL ODORS by Emily Carter University of New Hampshire, May, 2009 The role of acetylcholine in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in working memory was investigated in aged rats. Subjects with cholinergic lesions of the prelimbic portion of the mPFC (pACh-lx) or a sham lesion of the same region were trained on an odor delayed non-match to sample paradigm. The effects of prefrontal cholinergic depletion and aging were assessed in task variations that manipulated mnemonic demand and stimulus novelty. pACh-lx animals were impaired relative to sham-lx animals at memory for familiar stimuli over delays. This global impairment was not dependent on the length of the delay, suggesting that aged pACh-lx animals were impaired at a nonmnemonic component of the working memory task (e.g., see page 7). Aged animals' accuracy was also impaired during sessions with novel sample stimuli, indicating a novel encoding impairment due to age-related cholinergic depletion in the entorhinal cortex.
Optical binding between nanowires

Optical binding occurs in systems of both dielectric and metal particles and results in the formation of clusters and coupled dynamical behaviour. Optical binding between spherical particles has been long studied, but comparatively little work has appeared describing binding in lower symmetry systems. In this paper we discuss recent theoretical work and computer simulations of optical binding between nanowires in linearly polarised counter propagating beams.
Corporate Vulnerability, External Financing and Size as Determinants of Corporate Capital Structure: A study on select Indian Industries

Research studies have produced both affirmative and dissenting evidences in respect of a particular factor or group of factors as clear determinants of corporate capital structure. Scott (1972) and Scott and Martin (1976) have empirically established that industrial class has a bearing on the firm's capital structure. Scott and Martin (1976) also support the view that size might shape the firm's debt-equity mix. Remmers, Stonehill, Wright and Beekhuisen (1974) have presented contrary opinion that neither 'size' nor 'industry class' is a clear determinant of the firm's use of debt capital. The present study, conducted on 626 selected non government and non financial companies spread across industries in India reveals that 'corporate vulnerability', 'external financing' and 'size' have significant influence on the capital structure of the firms.
Poorer Long-Term Outcomes among Persons with Major Depressive Disorder Treated with Medication

verer MDD or other liabilities (e.g., intrapsychic, physical, social) that eventually outweighed treatment benefits, and/or (c) some depression treatments, such as medications, produced long-term harms [5] . The current analyses of a national sample with 9-year follow-ups clarified these possibilities. Using the same assessments for treated and untreated persons excluded the first possibility. Testing whether MDD severity and a wide range of demographic, psychosocial, and clinical variables accounted for long-term differences between treated and untreated persons estimated the second possibility, with remaining outcome differences more likely due to treatment. The Midlife Development in the United States Survey conducted in 3 waves in the years 1995–1996 ( n = 7,108), 2004–2006 ( n = 4,963), and 2013–2014 ( n = 3,294) provided data [6] . Participants were English-speaking, noninstitutionalized adults, residing in the coterminous United States, aged 25–74 at wave 1. Waves 2 and 3 attempted to reassess all living participants. Participants completed telephone interviews and mail-in questionnaires. Analyzed variables were collected at each wave unless noted. The Composite International Interview short-form [7] assessed DSM-III-R MDD, generalized anxiety disorder, and panic disorder. Participants with 2 weeks of depressed mood and/or anhedonia during the past year completed assessment of 6 additional symptoms, yielding a 0–7 depression scale, and scores ≥ 4 also defined MDD. Major depressive disorder (MDD) is more often chronic or recurrent in clinical than in community samples. For example, perhaps 85% of patients but only 35% of persons in the community with MDD experience another depressive episode within 15 years [1] . Nonetheless, active treatments including antidepressant medication or cognitive therapy reduce depressive symptoms and delay relapse compared to inactive controls [2–4] . Follow-ups of treated and untreated persons in clinical trials have rarely exceeded 1–2 years, however. Possible explanations for short-term treatment benefits but poorer long-term outcomes in clinical versus community samples include: (a) measurement differences between studies (e.g., perhaps patients were assessed more rigorously), (b) patients had seReceived: January 29, 2017 Accepted after revision: June 29, 2017 Published online: September 14, 2017
A NEW MATHEMATICAL MODELING OF CONTACT TREATMENT BETWEEN AN ORTHOTROPIC MATERIAL AND A RIGID INDENTER

The boundary value problems involving contact are of the great importance in industries related to mechanical and materials engineering. These mixed problems are challenging since a priori unknown deformed surface of the material contacting a rigid indenter is to be determined as a part of the solution. Anisotropic solids represent an important class of engineering materials including crystals, woods, bones, thin solid films, polymer composites, etc. Contact analysis of an anisotropic media, however, is more difficult and is developed less completely in the literature. In this work, both analytical and computational studies of the contact treatment of a semi-infinite orthotropic material indented by a rigid spherical indenter have been considered in two different sections. This approach can be applied to determine the interfacial contact area and pressure distribution for three-dimensional orthotropic materials, and can then be used to calculate the resulting stress and strain fields of the media. Results presented herein can serve as benchmarks with which to compare solutions obtained by ANSYS commercial package.
A premature stop mutation in the porcine myostatin gene is a candidate causative variant for a recessive leg weakness syndrome and affects muscle depth

Citation for published version: Matika, O, Robledo Sanchez, D, Pong-Wong, R, Woolliams, J, Bishop, S, Riggio, V, Hoste, A, Walling, GA, Archibald, A & Houston, R 2018, 'A premature stop mutation in the porcine myostatin gene is a candidate causative variant for a recessive leg weakness syndrome and affects muscle depth', Paper presented at 11th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Auckland, New Zealand, 11/02/18 16/02/18 pp. 297.
Research and Application of Fuzzy Control with Multiple Weighted Factors by Genetic Algorithm

It is difficult to control the complex object with lagging uncertainty and nonlinearity effectively. To solve this kind of control problem, this paper presents a self-correction fuzzy controller with multiple weighted factors based on genetic algorithm. According to information achieved on line, it finds the global optimum weighted factors with a high speed by the improved genetic algorithm so that to amend and perfect the control rules. It also has done some simulation experiments in the tobacco-redrying control process. The simulation results demonstrate that this kind of control method can achieve good performance.
Adoption of Innovations by Individuals within Organizations: An Australian Study

Despite much research on organizational adoption of innovation, little is currently known about the adoption of innovation by individual employees within organizations. Organizational innovations that need to be incorporated in work processes of an organization are of little value if they are not adopted by employees. The purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of innovation adoption and provide a new theoretical framework that addresses the adoption decision by individual employees within an organization. Using data collected from an Australian organization, the study develops and tests an enhanced model of innovation adoption to investigate a wide range of factors affecting individuals’ adoption of innovation in an organizational context. The study is based on a sample comprised of 275 academic and administrative staff across several departments of the University of South Australia. After data collection, correlation matrix, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and multiple regressions were applied to conduct data analysis to test a proposed enhanced mode, which is largely supported and validated, accounting for 53% of the variances in usage. Finally, theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Transverse Emittance Compensation for the Rossendorf SRF Gun II

Superconducting RF particle sources combine the advantages of normal conducting RF sources and high duty cycle non-RF sources. The Rossendorf SRF gun was the first to demonstrate this injecting electrons into the ELBE accelerator at 13MHz. Recently, a new 3-1/2-gun cavity has been prepared at Jefferson Lab for its use in an updated injector which is expected to increase the electron energy from 2.4 to 7.5MeV. Along with this new cavity, a new gun cryostat has been introduced. It combines several minor updates to the setup with the installation of a superconducting solenoid right at the exit of the gun, compensating the emittance growth of the electron bunch at an early stage. Hereby, the results of the commissioning of the new cryostat including the solenoid are concluded and compared to the prior concept of using a normal conducting solenoid outside the cryostat. As it is of great importance to this subject, studies of the magnetic shielding are going to be presented as well.
Draft In silico genome-wide identification and characterization of glutathione S-transferase gene family in Vigna radiata ( L . )

Complete List of Authors: Vaish, Swati; Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-Deva Road, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh 225003, India Awasthi , Praveen; National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute Tiwari, Siddharth; National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute Tiwari, Shailesh Kumar; Indian Institute of Vegetable Research Gupta, Divya; Institute of Bioscience and Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow-Deva Road, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh 225003, India Basantani, Mahesh; Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Institute of BioScience and Technology