Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Ethnic origin , educational gaps and identification in the Jewish population of Israel 1 , 2

Israel is a deeply divided society along ethno-national lines, separating the Jewish and the Arab (Palestinian) populations, and distinguishing sub-groups within each population. The ethnic-national cleavage separating Jews and Arabs is at the heart of repeated conflicts spanning more than a century. While the Jewish-Arab rift is generally taken for granted in light of the unresolved national conflict, the ethnic cleavage within the Jewish population is typically viewed as a failure of the Jewish State to diminish cultural markers and socioeconomic features that distinguished Jewish communities from one another. Almost 70 years after the establishment of the state of Israel the ethnic cleavage within the Jewish population is still salient. One reason for this is the persistent socioeconomic inequality between Ashkenazim and Mizrahim even among those whose parents were born in Israel.
Approaches for Regulating Alcohol Marketing in a Global Context : A Public Health Perspective

Alcohol consumption is responsible for 3.3 million deaths globally or nearly 6% of all deaths. Alcohol use contributes to both communicable and noncommunicable diseases, as well as violence and injuries. The purpose of this review is to discuss, in the context of the expansion of transnational alcohol corporations and harms associated with alcohol use, policy options for regulating exposure to alcohol marketing. We first provide an overview of the public health problem of harmful alcohol consumption and describe the association between exposure to alcohol marketing and alcohol consumption. We then discuss the growth and concentration of global alcohol corporations and their marketing practices in lowand middle-income countries, as well as in higher-income societies. We review the use and effectiveness of various approaches for regulating alcohol marketing in various countries before discussing challenges and opportunities to protect public health. 385 Click here to view this article's online features: • Download figures as PPT slides • Navigate linked references • Download citations • Explore related articles • Search keywords ANNUAL REVIEWS Further A nn u. R ev . P ub lic H ea lth 2 01 8. 39 :3 85 -4 01 . D ow nl oa de d fr om w w w . a nn ua lr ev ie w s. or g A cc es s pr ov id ed b y 46 . 2 9. 24 0. 22 2 on 0 4/ 05 /1 8. S ee c op yr ig ht f or a pp ro ve d us e. PU39CH22_Esser ARI 10 February 2018 13:5
Ground Target Localization Algorithm Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Image Analysis

Locating ground targets in unmanned aerial vehicle images is a key problem in computer vision and UAV applications. In this paper, we propose a novel ground target localization algorithm based on the image process technique. The main idea of this paper is to utilize scale-invariant feature transform (SIFT) feature descriptor to tackle the proposed problem. SIFT feature descriptor can extract feature points which are invariant to scaling, orientation, affine transforms and illumination changes. Firstly, SIFT descriptors are matched from UAV images and coarse positioning result, and location points are extracted from UAV images. Secondly, coordinates in coarse positioning results are gained from remote sensing images using the radiation transformation model, and the final ground target localization results are obtained from the coordinate transformation relation. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can detect and locate ground target in UAV images with high accuracy.
ff ective debridement with micro water jet technology ( MWT ) : A retrospective clinical application observation of 90 patients with acute and chronic wounds

Objective: This retrospective clinical application observation study shall demonstrate the effect of a wound debridement using micro water jet technology (MWT) as an efficient method promoting wound healing. The final goal is to accomplish a decrease in wound size (reepithelization) due to debridement with MWT. Through the application of MWT, the wound shall receive a healing stimulus. Besides the use of MWT, there are other water-based cleaning/rinsing systems available. Method: From two wound care centers (Kantonsspital Obwalden, Spital Lachen), all data from patients treated with MWT and different types of wound, over a time period of 3 years, were retrospectively analyzed. All patients, except one, could be treated in an outpatient setting. Fewest of the patients did receive a local anesthetic. Included were all patients, independent from gender and age. Results: The retrospective data analysis was carried out on 90 patients (46m/44 f) with an average age of 68.5 years (17/93 years) and a total of 95 different wounds. 58 wounds were completely closed at exit from the wound care center within a median treatment time of 59 days (8.4 weeks). The average treatment time for all 95 wounds was 39 days (5.6 weeks) per wound at the end of debridement, the average wound size 6.1 cm. The reduction of healing time compared to traditional methods was approximately 30%. Conclusion: The result of the retrospective data analysis on patients with predominantly chronic and persistent wounds shows that debriding with micro water jet technology is an efficient, tissue-preserving, precise and timesaving method for outpatient wound care – with excellent healing outcomes. Patient safety was high and we have seen no adverse effects. The MWT is comparable to other water jet-based cleaning/rinsing systems.
Combined effect of iron and wheat genotype on seedling tissue concentration of Fe , Zn , Cu and Mn

Seeds of 15 wheat genotypes were sieved and separated to two seed size groups (seed retained on 4 mm mesh and retained on 2.8 mm mesh). In the lathhouse study the seeds of the 15 wheat genotypes were grown under factorial combination of four levels of Fe treatment and two seed size groups in order to investigate the combined effect of iron and wheat (Triticum aestivum L. )genotype on Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn by measuring the concentration of these micronutrients in wheat seedling plants grown in calcareous soil containing different amount of Fe under lathhouse conditions. Our finding revealed that the application of Fe increased the concentration of Fe in root and shoot of wheat seedling, and generally decreased the concentrations of Zn, Cu and Mn especially with the higher level of Fe applied.
FLUIDS 4 , 024608 ( 2019 ) Dynamo effect in decaying helical turbulence

Axel Brandenburg,1,2,3,4,5,* Tina Kahniashvili,5,6,7 Sayan Mandal,5 Alberto Roper Pol,1,8 Alexander G. Tevzadze,5,7,9 and Tanmay Vachaspati10 1Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA 2JILA and Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA 3Nordita, KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, Roslagstullsbacken 23, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden 4Department of Astronomy, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden 5McWilliams Center for Cosmology and Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA 6Department of Physics, Laurentian University, Ramsey Lake Road, Sudbury, Ontario P3E 2C, Canada 7Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory, Ilia State University, 3-5 Cholokashvili Street, 0194 Tbilisi, Georgia 8Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA 9Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, 3 Chavchavadze Avenue, Tbilisi, 0179, Georgia 10Physics Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
Cold-Cavity Theoretical Investigation of Transverse Modes in VCSELs with Incorporated Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals

The theoretical aspect of single transverse mode operation in photonic crystal surfaceemitting lasers (PCSELs) is presented. The methodology of mode analysis outlined here is based on the computation of normalized modal propagation constants B which directly defines the number of guided modes. The computed results allow to identify geometrical parameters of photonic crystals enhancing single-mode oscillation and it is shown that such lasers are easily accessible to modern fabrication processes.
A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in the ARHGEF6 Gene is Associated with Increased Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Background: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) comprises a range of neurological conditions that can be a lifelong developmental disability. ASD is characterized by deficits in social communication and interaction with repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. Methods: The study population consisted of 155 ASD subjects (134 males, 21 females) selected randomly from Great Plains Laboratory subjects (84 males and 21 females) as well as from the Autism Genetic Resource Exchange (50 male subjects). Subjects were diagnosed by the CARS, DSM-IV, ABC, ADI-R, ADOS, PL-ADOS, or the BSE criteria for pervasive developmental ailment and Childhood Autism Rating Scale. A total of 247 individuals were used as controls (106 males, 141 females). Results: In our study we identified a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs2295868 in the ARHGEF6 gene (Rac/Cdc42 Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor 6) that was present in 36% of patients with ASD vs. 9% of controls. ARHGEF6, a Rho GTPase, is expressed mainly in the brain, immune system, and intestines. Conclusion: SNP rs2295868 on the ARHGEF6 gene has significant association with ASD (odds ratio 4.09, p=2.31 × 10-4).
Efficient Sound Package Design Using Statistical Energy Analysis with Optimisation Through Genetic Algorithm

In the last years, Statistical Energy Analysis (SEA) has evolved into a wellknown analysis tool in order to simulate whole-vehicle acoustic performance at medium and high frequencies. This global approach makes SEA extremely valuable for making acoustic integration possible. It is outside the scope of this paper to describe once more the theoretical fundaments of SEA, as they have been sufficiently reviewed in various publications. As long as airborne noise is concerned, several authors have shown that SEA models can not just be used to match experimental data, but to improve vehicle performance by proposing adequate design changes [1-4].
Cracking of Concrete Members in Direct Tension

This report is concerned with cracking in reinforced concrete caused primarily by direct tension rather than bending. Causes of direct tension cracking are reviewed, and equations for predicting crack spacing and crack width are presented. As cracking progresses with increasing load, axial stiffness decreases. Methods for estimating post-cracking axial stiffness are discussed. The report concludes with a review of methods for controlling cracking caused by direct tension.
An Evaluation of the Reclipse Tool Suite based on the Static Analysis of JHotDraw Technical Report tr-ri-10-322

The detection of software design pattern implementations in existing code helps reverse engineers to understand the software design and the original developers’ intentions. In order to automate the tedious and time-consuming task of finding pattern implementations several research groups developed pattern detection algorithms and reported their precision and recall values to compare the approaches. Our research group developed another approach for the detection of software patterns, Reclipse, that exhibits some unique features like fuzzy expressions to better describe patterns and rate the detected pattern occurrences. For evaluation, we applied our pattern detection approach to JHotDraw. In the following, we present and compare our pattern detection results with those of other approaches.
Evaluation of Surface Water for Different Uses in the Area Between Abu Qurqas-Dyer Mawas Districts , El Minya Governorate , Egypt

Water quality becomes the most demand in the recent years for different uses. Accordingly, thirty samples of surface water have been collected from the study area and were analyzed by using different instruments. The pH and TDS of the studied samples were around 8.16 and 289 ppm, respectively. Generally, this water is considered as earth alkaline water with increased portion of alkalis with prevailing bicarbonate. All the studied ions are within the permissible limits for drinking water except Cd and Pb. The expected sources of Cd and Pb in the study area are agricultural and industrial activities and wastewater. However, it is suitable for irrigation and some industrial purposes.
TWO-DIMENSIONAL TURBULENCE IN CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE

The Spherical Accretion Shock Instability (SASI), in which a supernova shock wave stalls and produces a turbulent post-shock flow, has generally been accepted as an important phenomenon in core-collapse supernovae. However, the effects of the turbulence caused by SASI have not yet been thoroughly investigated; indeed, recent literature presents contradictory results about the evolution of this turbulence on different length scales. We therefore use high-resolution two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of core-collapse supernovae to study the growth of the SASI-driven turbulence. We produce and analyze Fourier transform power spectra in order to quantify energy conversion (i.e. gravitational potential energy to the kinetic energy of turbulent flow) on different length scales, as well as to determine which scaling laws best describe this turbulence. Finally, we present observations on the effects of resolution on the two-dimensional SASI. Subject headings: core-collapse supernovae — SASI, 2-D turbulence, kinetic energy spectra
Traditional Poultry Farmers’ Willingness to Pay for Using Fly Larvae Meal as Protein Source to Feed Local Chickens in Benin

This study estimated poultry farmers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for fly larvae meal as animal protein source to feed local chickens in Benin. A double-bounded contingent valuation approach was used to collect data from 480 poultry farmers, and an interval regression model was performed. We found that 82.10% of poultry farmers are willing to pay for using fly larvae meal. The average WTP was estimated at FCFA/kg 225.10 (€/kg 0.34), indicating a potential and reliable demand in fly larvae meal. Our analysis suggests that public actions can sensitize poultry farmers and support innovative small companies to produce and market fly larvae meal.
Augmenting Formative Writing Assessment with Learning Analytics: A Design Abstraction Approach

: There is increasing interest in use of learning analytics and technologies underpinned by artificial intelligence in the support of learning. In implementing and integrating these technologies there are challenges both with regard to developing the technologies themselves, and in aligning them with existing, or transformable, practices. In this paper we argue that by ‘augmenting’ formative tasks with learning analytics, we can achieve impact both through the integration of the tools, and through the support of existing good practices. We exemplify our approach through its application to the design of tasks for the key skill of learning how to write effectively. The development of these designs and their abstractions holds significant potential in bridging research and practice, by supporting the sharing and interrogation of designs in a way that is intimately tied to both practice (practical applied contexts), and research (through theorized and empirically supported designs targeting particular learning outcomes).
SELECTION OF HIGH-YIELDING SHRUB WILLOW GENOTYPES WITH IMPROVED BIOMASS CHARACTERISTICS FOR CONVERSION TO BIOFUELS

Genetic improvement of shrub willow (Salix), a perennial energy crop suited for temperate climates, has led to the development of new cultivars with improved biomass yield, pest and disease resistance, and biomass composition for bioenergy applications (Serapiglia et al., 2009; Serapiglia et al., 2012). Cultivar development, resulting from controlled hybridizations, exploits the high levels of genetic diversity among natural populations of many willow species. Current research efforts continue to focus on improving willow biomass traits important to the renewable fuels industry, including production yield and compositional quality. Species hybridization leading to heterosis has been exploited by many breeders to improve growth and vigor in several tree species, although little is known about the genetic basis for this phenomenon (Li and Wu, 1996; Kopp et al., 2002).
ON DIESEL ENGINE WORKING ON A MIXTURE OF DIESEL FUEL AND FUSEL OILS Summary

In the foreseeable future, motor transport will be powered using oil as the main raw material. Consequently, in the production and consumption of motor-car fuels, there is a need to find solutions to the dilemma of saving valuable resources and search for alternative sources of raw material, together with finding solutions to reduce negative impacts on the environment. From the results of the analysis of the most prospective types of alternative fuels for combustion engines conducted by the authors from the perspective of resource saving, optimal utilization of harmful industrial wastes, and improvement of technical-operating indexes of the performance of combustion engines, the possibility of using alcoholic fusel oils as additions to agile fuels was evaluated [1]. Experimental research on the operating indexes of different types of fusel oils containing mixtures of petrol and diesel were conducted by the authors earlier [1]. The research studies show that there are certain optimum compositions of mixtures; the economic impact of the use of such fuels was studied on a petrol engine, and a research of ecological indexes from their work was conducted on the modes of idling. The research studies cited aimed to estimate the impact of addition of fusel oils to diesel fuel on basic technical, operating, and ecological parameters in a diesel engine Д21А1.
CFD Simulation of Cooling Pipes Distance in The Growing Medium for Hydroponic Substrate in Tropical Lowland

The precision agriculture paradigm has led to the effort to control environmental parameters based on suitability requirements, responsiveness and performance of the plant, where high temperature is a critical constraint for productivity and adaptability of plants in the tropical lowlands. This paper discusses the development a root zone cooling system using a CFD(computational fluid dynamics) simulation approach to optimize the distance of cooling pipes that can produce the optimal temperature distribution and uniformity in the planting medium for hydroponic substrate. The experimental results showed that the optimal horizontal distance of cooling pipes is 12 cm, where optimal temperature distribution and uniformity was obtained. The comparison between simulated and measured temperatures using linear regression produced correlation coefficient of determination, R 2 value of 96.5%. Hence, this underlies that the CFD approach for developing the root zone cooling can be applied in the hydroponic substrate tropical lowland.
Word Emotion Disambiguation Based on Graph Ranking

Liang Yang, Shaowu Zhang, Hongfei Lin, Yanxue Song (Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116024, China) Abstract: Word emotion disambiguation is vital to sentiment analysis, so we analyzed the differences between word emotion disambiguation and word disambiguation, then selected the multi-emotional word automatically and artificially. From the aspect of sentiment analysis, we promoted the method named word emotion disambiguation based on graph ranking which builds directed meaning graphs according to semantic relations, and then iteratively computed on the graphs, selected the largest iterative value meaning among others of multi-affect word as the right output. We compared our method on MicroBlog corpus and emotional corpus with two others that one was based on part of speech and emotional frequencies, the other was based on Bayesian model, and the results proved that our method was effective than the two others.
Mechanism of Suffusion Erosion Phenomenon In Porous Media

A major cause of failure of embankment dams is internal erosion that is mostly driven by two different mechanisms, suffusion and concentrated leakage. Suffusion mechanism was studied for a cohesionless soil by laboratory experiments using an especially designed erosion apparatus which was capable of applying simultaneous hydraulic and mechanical loading while the erosion process was monitored. The main novel outcomes of the work are i) a new criterion for detecting the internal erosion initiation, ii) a modified theoretical model, namely the Modified Hydromechanical Envelop (MHE), for encountering the soil in-situ stresses and seepage-induced shear stress on internal erosion initiation and its continuation and iii) a semi-empirical constitutive law of internal erosion where the coefficients of this law were extracted experimentally. The MHE was proposed based on Mohr-Coulomb shear failure criterion. The constitutive law was defined as the rate of removal of mass due to the application of excessive shear stress higher than the material internal erodibility resistance. Importantly, both the initiation and the mass removal rate of suffusion are found to be dependent on the soil in-situ stresses.
Miniaturised dual-band implantable antenna for wireless biotelemetry

ELECT A miniaturised implantable antenna with dual-band operation the Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS) (402–405 MHz) and Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) (2400.0–2483.5 MHz) bands is presented. The size of the proposed antenna is 31.5 mm (8.75 mm × 7.2 mm × 0.5 mm) which is the smallest size compared to previous implantable antennas. A serpentine-shaped radiating patch and open-end slot placed on the ground plane are used for miniaturisation. The performance of the antenna was evaluated from measurements and is based on good agreement with simulations.
1 GENERALISED TECHNIQUE FOR THE SIMULATION OF NEAR FIELD ANTENNA MEASUREMENTS

The recent development of a probe-corrected polyplanar near field antenna measurement technique [1] necessitated the development of general-purpose simulation tools that could be used within the validation campaign. This paper demonstrates through numerical simulation and experimental measurement a new, generally applicable, near field simulation tool based on a hybrid physical-optics (PO) reactiontheorem (RT) formulation that is capable of supplying simulations of any of the near field measurement systems that are currently found in use today. This is of interest because it enables 1) an engineer to plan and optimise a measurement campaign before committing valuable facility time, 2) error terms within the facility error budget can be accurately determined, 3) the probe-correction algorithms that form a crucial constituent of any transformation routine to be carefully verified.
A MICROMECHANICAL APPROACH TO INVESTIGATE THE INFLUENCE OF VOIDS ON THE STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR OF FRP UNDER COMPRESSION LOADING

The subject of this presentation is to develop a micromechanical approach to investigate the influence of voids on the structural behaviour of FRP under compression load. Therefore, the fibrematrix-void constellation was analysed and a reduced model composite was conducted. The idea was to imitate a real void in a fibre-reinforced polymer where they appear between fibres and in resin rich areas. Elementary experimental and numerical studies were conducted due to the reduced model (two or more fibres and a unique void between). For the experiments a test jig was designed which fits in a light microscope with integrated photoelasticity and potential digital image correlation. While testing at different load steps the stress and strain material behaviour were analysed. Furthermore, the failure mechanisms (fibre-matrix debonding, fibre buckling and kinking) of the composite could be observed in situ. Numerical studies were compared with the test results. They included a detailed and step by step analysis of the failure mechanisms, especially of the premature fibre buckling.