Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The embedded star clusters in the nebulae NGC 2327 and BRC 27 in Canis Majoris R1

We employed J;H and Ks photometry from the 2MASS Catalogue to study the embedded star clusters in the nebulae NGC 2327 and BRC 27 locate in the molecular cloud Canis Majoris R1. We made use of colour- colour and colour-magnitudes diagrams of the sample objects in conjunction with those of the Trapezium cluster which was used as a template, together with theoretical isochrones. The fundamental parameters were derived for the clusters. The distances found for NGC 2327 and BRC 27 were 1.2 kpc which are compatible with previous distances for the complex. The estimated ages are based mostly on the number of stars with anomalous colours, supposedly of types Herbig AeBe and T Tauri. Both embedded clusters have ages of1.5 Myr. The results suggest the birth of a physical pair of star clusters in CMaR1.
The Composition of Fatty Materials from a Thule Eskimo Site on Herschel Island

Analysis of midden material from a Thule Eskimo dwelling site on the shore of Herschel Island showed it to contain a high proportion of fatty material. Chemical analysis shows this to consist of a mixture of fatty acids from the fats and oils of marine animals which has been partially, but far from completely, converted to adipocere. The lack of complete conversion is attributed to anaerobic conditions, low ambient temperature, and lack of bacterial action. The results are consistent with, but not a proof that the debris is from a mixture of harbour, ringed, and bearded seal, which is the conclusion from the bone fragments found. Key words: Thule dwelling, midden, fat and oil, adipocere, anaerobic decay, whale fat, seal fat
A remark on the word length in surface groups

Let $\Sigma$ be a surface of negative Euler characteristic and $S$ a generating set for $\pi_1(\Sigma,p)$ consisting of simple loops that are pairwise disjoint (except at $p$). We show that the word length with respect to $S$ of an element of $\pi_1(\Sigma,p)$ is given by its intersection number with a well-chosen collection of curves and arcs on $\Sigma$. The same holds for the word length of (a free homotopy class of) an immersed curve on $\Sigma$. As a consequence, we obtain the asymptotic growth of the number of immersed curves of bounded word length, as the length grows, in each mapping class group orbit.
Unit Consistency and Bipolarization of Income Distributions

Most of the polarization measures proposed in the literature, and likewise the inequality and poverty indices, assume some invariance condition, be that scale, translation or intermediate, which imposes value judgements on the measurement. In the inequality and poverty fields, B. Zheng suggests rejecting these invariance conditions as axioms and proposes replacing them with the unit-consistency axiom (Economica 2007, Economic Theory 2007 and Social Choice and Welfare 2007). This property demands that the inequality or poverty rankings, rather than their cardinal values, are not altered when income is measured in different monetary units. Following Zheng’s proposal we explore the consequences of the unit-consistency axiom in the polarization field and propose and characterize a class of intermediate polarization orderings which is unit-consistent.
Gastrointestinal (GI) Tract Microbes and Microbial Neurotoxins in the Human Central Nervous System (CNS) in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD)

Our ongoing appreciation of the magnitude and complexity of the human microbiome has resulted in a reassessment of many fundamental concepts of the contribution of the microbial community to neurological health and disease. The assumption of the privileged immunological and compartmentalized status of the human central nervous system (CNS) has been recently challenged in multiple investigations - particularly because microbial-derived nucleic acid sequences and highly neurotoxic and pro-inflammatory exudates representative of gastrointestinal (GI) tract Gram-negative anaerobic bacteria are showing up within CNS compartments. Unanticipated microbial presence has also recently been discovered in the anatomical regions of the CNS implicated in pro-inflammatory pathological signaling and neuro-immune disruptions that characterize progressive and lethal neurodegenerative diseases of the CNS such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). This communication (i) will briefly review some very recent research on the contribution of the GI tract microbiome and microbial neurotoxins to inflammatory neurodegeneration in the CNS with emphasis on AD wherever possible; (ii) will review the evidence that the GI tract microbiome may have an increasing inter-relationship with the CNS via leaky barriers as we age; and (iii) will review recent experimental findings that support the intriguing possibility that the CNS may possess its own microbiome whose basal complexity is in part derived from the GI tract microbiome of the host
Big data analytics - towards the enrichment of content tourism for revitalization of Japanese rural area

Japan's domestic travel and tourism industry expenditure has been declining gradually since 1998 (from 33.5 in 1998 to 21.6 trillion JPY in 2016). Our research purpose is to construct a data analysis model to transform the collected data to a meaningful graphical format by using big data analytics techniques to discover anomalies and sustainable development possibilities for economy and tourism of Japan's rural areas, with a particular focus on the prefecture of Hokkaido, subprefecture of Okhotsk. To strengthen the reliability of this model we apply popular Monte Carlo simulation combined with Bayesian statistic and implement it on an Apache Spark platform to acquire results within the span of the study. Through this research, we focus on observing and analyzing interests, expectations and tendencies of Japanese people living in rural areas. From such collected information, we can obtain reasons for the decline of this sector’s impact on Japan’s economy. Measuring public awareness has become more efficient since the content generator role has been passed on to ordinary people. Therefore, the analysis of Big Data with the use of data science techniques has become important to comprehend human behavior from multiple points of view, including the scientific, economic, political, historical and sociological.
Building the knowledge base of the question-answer system based on the syntagmatic analysis of the text

Question-answer (QA) systems are systems that can take questions and respond to them in a natural language. In most cases, the principles of building question-answer systems are used in the development of decision support systems. The mechanism of syntagmatic patterns is used when processing open-ended questions and when extracting answers to it from semi-structured resources. This article describes the application of the mechanisms of syntagmatic patterns in the construction of various types of QA-systems and expert systems.
Improvement of Symptomatic West Syndrome in a Child with Protein C Deficiency following Liver Transplantation

In symptomatic West syndrome, multiple brain pathologies have been demonstrated as causal factors. Usually the epileptic spasms are intractable and the patients remain in a state of severe intellectual disability. Because adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is a standard and the most effective therapy for intractable spasms, neuro-immuno-modulatory aspects have been postulated to be involved in the pathogenesis, but details remain unclear. We here present the clinical course of a girl with West syndrome due to neonatal intracerebral hemorrhages secondary to protein C deficiency whose intractable spasms and electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormality improved dramatically after liver transplantation which included tacrolimus administration. Recently, many studies have shown that activation of calcineurin is involved in the enhancement of cortical excitability through the control of GABAergic inhibition. We speculate that tacrolimus, as a calcineurin inhibitor, may have played a role in the improvement of her spasms following liver transplantation by promoting GABAergic inhibition. This is the first report that West syndrome can be improved by tacrolimus.
Speech Impairment, Phonation, Writing, Salivation, and Swallowing in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Introduction Parkinson’s disease (PD) can influence the function of respiration, pho‐ nation and articulation, quality of speech, swallowing, salivation, and graphomotor skills. Aim and methodology: This chapter is based on research of the degree of impairments of speech, phonation, salivation, swallowing, and handwriting in 64 patients with PD. The results of maximal phonation time (MPT) were compared with two control groups of healthy young (N = 35) and healthy elderly (N = 35) subjects. The degree of impairment of these functions was measured by the Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) subtests. Results and discussion: In the group with PD, speech impairments of various degrees were present in 82.81% of patients. The problem of salivation control of different degrees was present in 68.75% of the sample. Swallowing difficulty of different degrees was present in 53.15% of the sample. Difficulty writing of various degrees had 84.38% of the sample. The average MPT in group with PD was 11.61 s, 21.39 s in the group of healthy young, and 20.52 in the group of healthy elderly subjects. Conclusion: Patients with PD on subtests UPDRS had various degrees of damages to the functions. Patients with PD had significantly shorter MPT than the control group.
Modified General Relativity and the Klein-Gordon Equation in Curved Spacetime

From the existence of a line element field $(A^{\beta},-A^{\beta}) $ on a four-dimensional time oriented Lorentzian manifold with metric, the Klein-Gordon equation in curved spacetime, $ \nabla_{\mu}\nabla^{\mu}\Psi=k^{2}\Psi $, can be constructed from one of the pair of regular vectors in the line element field, its covariant derivative and associated spinor-tensor; and scalar product for spins 1,1/2 and 0, respectively. The left side of the asymmetric wave equation can then be symmetrized. The symmetric part, $ \tilde{\varPsi}_{\alpha\beta}$, is the Lie derivative of the metric, which links the Klein-Gordon equation to modified general relativity for spins 1,1/2 and 0. Modified general relativity is intrinsically hidden in the Klein-Gordon equation for spins 2 and 3/2. Massless gravitons do not exist as force mediators of gravity in a four-dimensional time oriented Lorentzian spacetime. The diffeomorphism group Diff(M) is not restricted to the Lorentz group. $ \tilde{\varPsi}_{\alpha\beta}$ can instantaneously transmit information to, and quantum properties from, its antisymmetric partner $ K_{\alpha\beta} $ along $ A^{\beta} $. This establishes the concept of entanglement.
Infl uência da inoculação de Azospirillum sp. em trigo, cevada e aveia

The aim of this study has been to evaluate the infl uence of inoculation with Azospirillum sp. RAM-7 in wheat, barley and oats on yields, density and N total of grains. The experiments were conducted under fi eld conditions. The treatments involved bacterial inoculation with or without different levels of nitrogen fertilization and absolute control. The inoculation was carried out by the seed coating method with bacterial suspension containing 1010 CFU.mL-1. Statistically signifi cant effects on grain yield in wheat were obtained at the inoculated treatment without any nitrogen fertilizer, increasing the yield by 23.9% over de control (p<0.05). In the inoculated treatment associated with 48 kg of N.ha-1, the yield was similar to that obtained at 60 kg of N.ha-1 with or without inoculation. In barley, the grain yields of the inoculated treatment associated with 32 kg of N.ha-1 was statistically equivalent to that obtained with 40 kg de N.ha-1 with or without inoculation (p<0,05). In oats, there was no
The (A)temporal Emergence of Spacetime

This article examines two cosmological models of quantum gravity (from string theory and loop quantum gravity) to investigate the foundational and conceptual issues arising from quantum treatments of the big bang. While the classical singularity is erased, the quantum evolution that replaces it may not correspond to classical spacetime: it may instead be a nonspatiotemporal region that somehow transitions to a spatiotemporal state. The different kinds of transition involved are partially characterized, the concept of a physical transition without time is investigated, and the problem of empirical incoherence for regions without spacetime is discussed.
LE Physical therapy in sexually dysfunctional women : a systematic review

The World Health Organization (WHO) considers Female Sexual Dysfunctions (FSDs) to be a public health issue. There are a multitude of disorders such as female sexual arousal disorder, hypoactive sexual desire disorder, orgasmic disorder, dyspareunia, and vaginismus. FSDs are detected in 67.9% of the women in the world and are present in 50% of Asians, in 30-50% of Americans, and in 30% of Brazilians. Objective: To systematically review the literature on the different physiotherapy techniques used in the treatment of FSDs. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in the databases EMBASE, PEDro, and MedLine in data as recent as June 2013, by combining words and descriptors of physical therapy treatments and female sexual dysfunctions. Excluded from review were articles concerning male sexual dysfunction, pilot studies, multicentric papers of projects, and those which were either not available in their entirety or were duplicated in another database. After the selection of studies was complete, the randomized clinical trials were scored on the PEDro Evaluation Scale. Results: Eleven articles were included, six of which went on to be qualitatively evaluated on the PEDro scale. The present study followed the methodological structure of PRISMA (Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies). All studies found used questionnaires to assess the effects of physical therapy on FSDs. A total of five different types of interventions were verified: kinesiotherapy (Kegel exercises and pelvic floor muscle training PFMT), Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), biofeedback, electrotherapy (transcutaneous electrical stimulation TENS, and therapeutic ultrasound US), and manual therapy. The limitations found in this systematic review were related to the unavailability of the articles in full and the low methodological quality of the studies. Conclusion: All studies showed improvements in sexual function after physical therapy intervention. There is no consensus on any intervention with better results; however, kinesiotherapy using PFMT proved to be advantageous because of its easy application, low cost, easy learning curve, and lasting results achieved in a short period. However, there are methodological shortcomings that still need to be dealt with to determine the most suitable physical therapy treatment for FSDs, as well as defining the best dosage, the protocol to be followed, and the duration of therapy, as well as the best cost-benefit.
Mega-epibenthic diversity: a polar comparison

The diversity of Arctic (off Northeast Greenland) and Antarctic (Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas) megabenthic assemblages was compared using underwater video at depths of between 30 and 550 m. The number of taxa found at each station was highest on the Weddell Sea shelf, which can be interpreted as being a result of the long isolation of the Antarctic fauna. However, the within-habitat (alpha-) diversity of these assemblages did not differ significantly from those off Greenland or in the Bellingshausen Sea at a comparable depth range. This is apparently due to the similarity in dominance patterns, independent of species numbers. The Bellingshausen Sea and Greenland stations exhibited similar between-habitat (beta-) diversity patterns, while the Weddell Sea stations showed a slightly different beta- and a pronounced higher overall diversity. This can be partly explained by the development of an epibiotic behaviour by several Antarctic suspension feeding species. On the shallow shelf off Northeast Greenland the alpha-diversity was found to be low but the beta-diversity was relatively high. This may be due to the relatively high impact of physical and biological disturbances at shallower depths and the more stable environmental conditions in the deeper parts of all three investigation areas.
Propagating diurnal disturbances embedded in the Madden‐Julian Oscillation

Fine structure of large‐scale intraseasonal disturbance associated with the Madden‐Julian Oscillation (MJO) was analyzed using the 3‐hourly (3B42) TRMM rainfall data. Over the Maritime Continent, diurnal cycle becomes pronounced during the passage of MJO, and the eastward propagating diurnal disturbances (PDDs) dominate as an internal structure of large‐scale convection system of MJO. Importantly, fast PDDs that penetrate through the islands are observed within the slowly propagating MJO system. This eastward penetration of PDDs through the islands result in a sudden shift of the convection center from the western part of the islands to the east, causing an overall propagation of the MJO from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific. Our results demonstrate that the diurnal cycle of convection over and around the major islands thus plays an active role in the propagation of the MJO over the Maritime Continent.
Metonymic Target Identification: In Search of a Balanced Approach

The article concerns metonymy observed in certain proper names used in specialist contexts. The names under consideration primarily designate places of international prominence (e.g., the United States , Washington , the White House , Iran , Tehran , etc.). The identification of a metonymic target is the metonymy researcher’s primary goal. The first part of the article reviews and critically assesses several analyses in which authors intuitively search for metonymic targets. In the second part, a passage concerning international relations is scrutinized for the use of the name Iran and other related names. As a whole, the article attempts to demonstrate that metonymic target identification escapes rigorous methodology.
Strategic Interactions in Migration Decisions in Rural Mexico

Given the economic significance of migration and its relevance for policy, it is important to understand the factors that cause people to migrate. We add to the literature on the determinants of migration by examining whether strategic interactions matter for migration decisions. There are several reasons why a household's migration decisions may depend on the migration decisions of its neighbors, including migration networks and information externalities. Using instrumental variables to address the endogeneity of neighbors' decisions, we empirically examine whether strategic interactions in migration decisions actually take place in rural Mexico, whether the interactions depend on the size of the village, and whether there are nonlinearities in the strategic interactions. Our results show that there is a significant and positive own migration strategic effect. In our base case specification, an increase of 0.1 in the fraction of neighbors with new migration to the US increases a household's probability of new migration to the US by around 13 percentage points, while an increase of 0.1 in the fraction of neighbors with new migration to other states within Mexico increases a household's probability of migration to other states within Mexico by around 9.5 percentage points. We also find that strategic interactions vary non-linearly with village size.
Advanced Features of InfraTec Pyroeletric Detectors

The key element of InfraTec’s variable color products is a silicon micro machined tunable narrow bandpass filter, which is fully integrated inside the detector housing. Applying a control voltage to the filter allows it to freely select the wavelength within a certain spectral range or to sequentially measure a continuous spectrum. This design is very different from detectors with fixed filter characteristics and enables the customer to realize a low resolving and low cost spectrometer. The variable color product group currently includes the
Developing EHD-model for mobile game evaluation

Heuristics are a much researched, scientifically studied way to solve usability issues in user interface. However, the way of conducting usability evaluation is based on abstract models. As the heuristics as guidelines are abstract and their interpretation depends on the researcher, the gap between scientifically created heuristics and the practitioners’ methods of developing games has grown. This study introduces the Explicit Heuristics Design-model (EHD). It has been developed by using design science research methodology. This model can be implemented by using heuristic evaluation and expert evaluation methods. The EHD-model enables the extraction of explicit heuristics data from the games. The hypothesis proposed a connection between the heuristics and the revenue. The final evaluation phase of the EHD-model revealed that a correlation between the heuristics and the revenue generated by Android mobile fighting games exist. The EHD-model was also able to point out the most important heuristics affecting the generated revenue. This study reduces the gap between the scientific community and practitioners. It offers the scientific community a new view and results concerning heuristics and the practitioners a tool to enhance the profitability of a game.
Disaster Plan of Hacettepe University Hospital in Turkey : A H o sp ital Emergency Dep a r tment Tr i age Drill

Materials and Methods: H ac e tt epe Univ e rsity Hosp ital, with a 1150-bed cap acity, is one of the largest hosp itals in Ank ara, Turkey’s cap ital city. The ED dis a ster triage drill was cond u cted acc o rding to Hac e tt epe Univ e rs i t y H o sp ital’s Dis a ster Plan Book on June 15th, 2004. Hac e tt epe Univ e rsity Hosp ital’s Triage Tag which were prep ared in a dou bl e s ided format both in Turkish and English were used in drill. The ED triage drill was perf o rmed foll owing a mock expl os ion scen ar io. A total of 35 vol u nt eers took part in this drill (emergency physcians (EP), nurses, par am edics as well as 19 other hosp ital pers o nnel as pat ients and pat ients’ fam il ies). Triage training were given to all of the vol u nt eers two weeks ago. Bef ore the drill, the front part of the ED was set up as triage area and the ED was sep ar ated into 4 areas (1. red, 2. yellow, 3. green, 4. black). One of the EPs was charged in triage area, one of them in red area, one of them in yellow area, one of them in green area and one emergency nurse was c h a rged in black area. After the drill fin i shed, the time of the drill and acc uraccy of the triage were doc um e nt e d and comp ared to other stud ie s .
MARKETING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT: CURRENT PRACTICE AND THE ROLE OF FIRM ORIENTATION

Tim Ambler is Grand Metropolitan Senior Fellow and Flora Kokkinaki is Research Fellow, both at London Business School. The present research is part of the “Marketing Metrics” project, a research programme sponsored by the Marketing Society, the Marketing Council, the Institute for Practitioners in Advertising, the Sales Promotions Consultants Association, London Business School (UK) and the Marketing Science Institute (USA).