Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationships between drug use and male sexual aggression across time

The relationship between drug use and sexual aggression in a sample of men was examined at five time points from adolescence through the fourth year of college. Hierarchical Linear Modeling explored the relationship between proximal drug use and level of sexual aggression after controlling for proximal alcohol use at each time period. Results revealed that level of proximal drug use was associated significantly with sexual aggression severity: increased levels of drug use predict increased levels of sexual aggression across time. A second set of analyses explored the relationship between distal marijuana use and level of sexual aggression after controlling for distal alcohol use. Results indicated that increased levels of marijuana use predicted increased levels of sexual aggression across time. A third set of analyses explored the relationship between distal use of other illicit drugs and level of sexual aggression after controlling for distal alcohol use. Results mirrored the results of the second set of analyses. Results are discussed in terms of drug use as a component of deviant lifestyles that may include sexually aggressive behavior.
THE M33 GLOBULAR CLUSTER SYSTEM WITH PAndAS DATA: THE LAST OUTER HALO CLUSTER?

We use CFHT/MegaCam data to search for outer halo star clusters in M33 as part of the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey. This work extends previous studies out to a projected radius of 50 kpc and covers over 40 deg2. We find only one new unambiguous star cluster in addition to the five previously known in the M33 outer halo (10 kpc ⩽ r ⩽ 50 kpc). Although we identify 2440 cluster candidates of various degrees of confidence from our objective image search procedure, almost all of these are likely background contaminants, mostly faint unresolved galaxies. We measure the luminosity, color, and structural parameters of the new cluster in addition to the five previously known outer halo clusters. At a projected radius of 22 kpc, the new cluster is slightly smaller, fainter, and redder than all but one of the other outer halo clusters, and has g′ ≈ 19.9, (g′ − i′) ≈ 0.6, concentration parameter c ≈ 1.0, a core radius rc ≈ 3.5 pc, and a half-light radius rh ≈ 5.5 pc. For M33 to have so few outer halo clusters compared to M31 suggests either tidal stripping of M33's outer halo clusters by M31, or a very different, much calmer accretion history of M33.
Anatomical characteristics of some woody plants of the Angmagssalik District of Southeast Greenland

Ten species are represented by the 40 wood specimens collected in 1969 from the Angmagssalik District of S.E. Greenland. Information concerning collection localities, diameter of wood specimens, number and breadth of growth rings and eccentricity is given. A comparison of growth ring observations is made with those made by Kruuse (1912), in three species from the same area, in relation to their growth form and environment. An anatomical description of the wood of the 10 species has been made together with an evaluation of some of the anatomical characteristics. Trends towards a modification of the wood due to environmental factors are indicated, but the fact that caution must be exercised when carrying out such an investigation is stressed, with special emphasis on the need for more accurate information regarding environment, the size and age of specimens. H. J. Miller Institute for Systematic Botany State University, Utrecht Netherlands
Does the acquisition of aspect have anything to do with aspectual pairs

purpose of this research was to trace the developmental steps in the acquisition of aspectual oppositions in Russian and to examine the validity of the 'aspect before tense' hypothesis for L1-speaking children. Imperfective/perfective verbs and their inflections, as well as aspectual pairs, were analysed in the first five months of verb production (and the respective months in the input) in three children. Additionally, the first four months of verb production were investigated in one boy with less data. Verb forms marked for the past and for the present occur simultaneously in all children. These early forms relate to 'here and now' situations: verbs marked for the past denote 'resultative' events that are perceived by the children as occurring during the speech time or immediately before it, while verbs marked for the present typically denote on-going events. Thus, with early tense oppositions (or tense morphology) children mark aspectual contrasts in the moment of speech: evidence in favour of the 'aspect before tense' hypothesis. A strong preference in using the perfective aspect for the past and the imperfective aspect for the present events has been found in both adults and children. Further, only very few aspectual pairs were documented within the analysed period (from the onset of verb production to the period when children produce rule-driven inflectional forms). The productive use of the finite forms of perfective and imperfective verbs doesn't concord with the ability of the productive use of the contrastive forms of one lemma. Data suggest that children (start to) learn aspectual forms in an item-based manner. The acquisition of aspectual oppositions (aspectual pairs) is lexically dependent and is guided by the contextual 'thesaurus'. Aspectual pairs are learned in a peace-meal way during much longer, than observed for this article, period of time. Generally, aspect is not learned as a rule, also because there are no (uniform) rules of forming of aspectual pairs, but as the 'satellite' of the inherent lexical meaning of verbs of diverse Aktionsarten. The issues addressed here are relevant for other Slavic languages, exhibiting the morphological category of aspect.
Genetic analysis of natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster in Japan. I. Protein polymorphism, lethal gene, sterility gene, inversion polymorphism and linkage disequilibrium.

Genetic parameters such as allozyme polymorphisms, lethal frequency, sterility frequency, inversion frequency and linkage disequilibrium were examined simultaneously in 780 second and third chromosomes, extracted from 2 natural populations of Drosophila melanogaster. The following results were obtained. 1) The average heterozygosities of 16 allozyme loci were 0.159 in the Akayu (AK) population and 0.181 in the Tanushimaru (TS) population. Little genetic differentiation was observed between populations (I=0.99). No linkage disequilibrium was observed between allozyme loci. 2) The frequency of the polymorphic inversion In(2L)t was 0.188 and 0.106 in the Akayu and Tanushimaru populations. That of the In(2R)NS was 0.115 and 0.049. That of the In(3L)P was 0.009 and 0.037, and that of the In(3R)P was 0.107 and 0.052. There were no significant linkage disequilibria between inversions. 3) The frequency of lethal carrying second chromosomes was 0.315 and 0.182 in the Akayu and Tanushimaru populations. Those on the third chromosome were found at a frequency of 0.327 and 0.305. The frequencies of sterile second chromosomes in Akayu were 0.147 and 0.127 in males and females, and of the third chromosomes, the respective frequencies were 0.093 and 0.084. Corresponding values for the Tanushimaru population were 0.091 and 0.07, and 0.0 and 0.084, respectively. Significant statistical associations were found between male and female sterility of the same shromosome, indicating pleiotropic gene action. 4) Negative or repulsion linkage disequilibria were found between inversions and allozymes, and between inversions. No evidence of frequency dependent selection with minority advantage was found.
The sample autocorrelation function of non-linear time series

When studying a real-life time series, it is frequently reasonable to assume, possibly after a suitable transformation, that the data come from a stationary time series (Xt). This means that the finite-dimensional distributions of this sequence are invariant under shifts of time. Various stationary time series models have been studied in detail in the literature. A standard assumption is that the time series is Gaussian or, more generally, that it has a probability distribution with light tails, in the sense that P(lXtl > x) decays to zero at least exponentially. Zie: Summary
Purification and Properties of β-lactamase from Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae

βlactamase was purified from a β-lactam antibiotic resistant strain of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The purified enzyme of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae by ammonium sulfate fractionation followed by Sephadex G75 gel filteration,resuled in an overall recovery of 30% with purification fold of 63 (E.coli) and of 23%with purification fold of 33(K.pnemoniae). The molecular weight of the native enzyme as determined by gel filteration was 32000 dalton (E.coli) and 35000 dalton (K.pneumoniae). The enzyme showed, a unique substrate profile by hydrolysing most of the Cephalosporines at a high rate. KEYWORDS
Investigating Suggestibility in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

Supervisory Committee Dr. Kimberly Kerns, (Department of Psychology) Supervisor Dr. Stephen Lindsay, (Department of Psychology) Departmental Member Dr. Jonathan Down, (Department of Psychology) Departmental Member Interrogative suggestibility refers to the extent to which an individual internally accepts messages communicated during a formal questioning situation, as indicated by an external response. Research indicates low intelligence, poor memory and weak inhibitory control is associated with heightened suggestibility. Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) may also display deficits in these key areas, indicating a potential vulnerability to suggestion. The present study compared levels of suggestibility among alcohol exposed and typical children. The findings indicate that children with FASD may be at heightened risk to suggestion following negative feedback or pressure. In addition, a large amount of the suggested material was elicited and internalized as truth by all children, dependent on question format. These findings have important consequences for future interrogative interactions with children with and without FASD, to ensure information is not presented and thus elicited in a suggestive
Proxy Issue Proposals: Impact of the 1992 Sec Proxy Reforms

This article assesses the impact of the 1992 SEC reforms that enhanced the ability of shareholders to communicate during a proxy contest. Utilizing a sample of 361 share-holder-sponsored corporate governance issue proposals from 1991 to 1995, the article finds that the mean percentage of total outstanding votes cast in favor of an issue proposal declined significantly post-reform. As explanation, the article furnishes evidence that certain sponsors interested in their own private agenda rather than general shareholder welfare exploited more fully the proxy mechanism post-reform; controlling for the com-position of sponsors, the proxy reforms generated no significant change in the for-vote outcome of issue proposals. The article concludes instead that the reforms resulted in a shift in the composition of issue proposals targets toward companies relatively less vul-nerable to such proposals pre-reform.
Analyzing the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Commodity Subsectors: Currency Devaluation and the Maize Subsector in Mali

Structural adjustment programs (SAPs) are intended to help increase productivity and income growth over the long run. Technological and institutional innovation are necessary if increases in productivity growth are to be sustained. This paper applies a subsector framework to the analysis of the effect of currency devaluation on the demand for agricultural production and processing technologies for maize in Mali. The framework stresses how conditions at one level ofa subsector influence constraints and opportunities for technical and institutional innovations at other levels. The framework is relevant to National Agricultural Research Systems (NARS) in Africa as a means to better understand the needs oj, and strengthen linkages with, private and public sector research users. • The research underlying this paper was carried out under the Institut d'Economie Rurale (lER) Michigan State University Maize Subsector Study, financed by the USAID-MSU Food Security II Cooperative Agreement. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of USAID (Africa Bureau/SD/PSGE/TDT, Bureau of Research and Development (R&DIEID), and USAIDlMali), as well as the intellectual contributions of colleagues in IER. The views expressed here, however, are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or IER. 00 The authors are, respectively, Visiting Assistant Professor and Professors, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. The study on which this paper is based benefitted from the advice of Bakary Coulibaly, Eric Crawford, Toon Defoer, Josue Dione, Oumar Niangado, Stefan Keyler, Tom Reardon, Ousmane Sanogo, Bino Teme and Mike Weber. ANALYZING THE IMPACT OF STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT ON COMMODITY SUBSECTORS: CURRENCY DEVALUATION AND THE MAIZE SUBSECTOR IN MALI
Numerical Simulation of Tunnel Effect Transistors Employing Internal Field Emission of Schottky Barrier Junction

Tunnel transistors employing internal field emission of the Schottky barrier junction (SBTT) are expected to be a promising component for high-density and low-cost integrated circuits. In order to characterize the performance of SBTT, we carried out 2-D numerical simulation on four typical device structures. The output characteristics of SBTT are basically triodelike; that is, the drain current increases exponentially with increasing gate voltage, having high and nonlinear transfer performance, as elucidated by the simulation. This triodelike characteristic is observed when the channel layer is thicker than the depletion layer width formed by gate bias near the drain. In the case of a thin channel layer, a saturation feature of the drain current with increasing gate bias appears due to a pinch-off effect, which is favorable for reducing the leakage current in the off state. A prototype n-channel SBTT of crystalline silicon was fabricated and its transistor action was confirmed.
Embodiment and Performance

ABSTRACT Evidence suggests that some cognitive processes are based on sensorimotor systems in the brain (embodied cognition). The premise of this is that ‘Biological brains are first and foremost the control systems for biological bodies’. It has therefore been suggested that both online cognition (processing as we move through the world) and offline cognition (processing through reflection) might be body-based. We tested whether acting out or thinking movements relevant to a poem would therefore improve memory for the poem. Here, we discuss the results of this study in relation to embodied cognition.
Characterization of mechanical damage in coffee seeds by the LERCAFÉ test

The present work aimed at evaluating the use of the LERCAFE test to estimate germination and characterize mechanical damage in coffee seeds. The experiment was conducted in the Laboratory of Seed Research at the Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Vicosa-MG. Coffea arabica seeds were submitted to the following treatments: Lot 1 (0% of damaged seeds), Lot 2 (5% of damaged seeds), Lot 3 (10% of damaged seeds) and Lot 4 (15% of damaged seeds). The mechanical damage was caused with the use of the Pulverisette 14 (Fritsch) apparatus. The damage was caused randomly and individually in the seeds, and the lots proportionally combined undamaged and damaged seeds, totaling 1600 seeds per lot. The seeds were evaluated by the germination and LERCAFE tests. For this type of damage, the germination results achieved by the LERCAFE test presented high correlation with those achieved by the germination test (r=0,9550). Although being randomly caused in the seeds, in other words, without reaching a pre-determined region, the mechanical damage was always characterized by a breach in the embryo region and/or in the region opposite to the embryo and the edges of these breaches presented a green stain. The LERCAFE test was efficient to estimate germination and characterize mechanical damage in coffee seeds. Lots of seeds mechanically damaged presented a sharp decrease in the germination power
Influence of Different Dietary Levels of Energy and Protein on Reproductive and Post Hatch Growth Performance in Japanese Quails

The response of laying Japanese quails to dietary levels of energy and protein on performance, egg quality, hatchability, fertility and their effect on subsequent offspring live body weight was investigated. A total of 432 Japanese quails (13 weeks old) were divided into nine treatments. Each treatment comprised of four replicates of twelve birds (9 females and 3 males). Nine diets including three levels of metabolizable energy (ME) (11.51, 12.41 and 12.77 MJ/kg diet) and three levels of crude protein (CP) (180, 200 and 220 g/kg diet) in a 3 × 3 factorial design were formulated. Weight gain and egg production were higher in quails fed diets with high level of ME (12.77 MJ/kg diet) and CP (220 g/kg diet). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) improved linearly with the increase in dietary energy level, and the best FCR was obtained by 12.77 MJ ME/kg diet (P<0.05). Increasing energy and protein levels resulted in an increase in egg shell thickness, egg shell strength, albumen and yolk indexes (P<0.01). Percentage of hatchability and subsequent offspring live body weight at hatch were significantly affected by dietary ME and CP levels (P<0.01). Offspring live body weight were higher in chicks from hens fed diets high in energy and protein level. Based on the results of the present study, ME and CP levels of laying Japanese quails diets had significant effects on performance, egg quality and offspring live body weight at hatch.
Pervasive Computing for Automobiles: An Approach to Maximize User Convenience and Safety Using VANETs

Invention of wheel was perhaps the most significant invention in the evolution of mankind. From the earliest carts to the present day automobiles, industry has witnessed dramatic changes and innovations. But even today, automobiles are equipped with mechanical, electrical and electronic devices that are not smart enough to take decisions on behalf of the user. The way mobile computing devices and applications are developed, deployed and used in automobiles today falls short of the potential for pervasive computing. This paper attempts to build a model of an automobile that uses pervasive computing to maximize user convenience and safety. The concept used is that of Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs). The major concern in a VANET is to provide reliable and efficient packet delivery mechanism taking into consideration the limited battery back-up of the mobile devices and also the available bandwidth. Moreover, data communication between vehicular mobile devices can minimize head-on collisions by proper auto-break mechanism implementation using Ultra Sound Generators and sensors. The implementation issues are also addressed in this paper. Ultimately, this paper presents ideas that could make driving simpler and safer as compared to the present day.
Distribution, relative abundance, biomass and production of bay anchovy Anchoa mitchilli in the Chesapeake Bay

Seasonal distribution, relative abundance, biomass production, population consumption, and energy storage in bay anchovy Anchoa rnitchilli were estimated from midwater trawl surveys in the upper and mid Chesapeake Bay from April 1990 to October 1991 Abundance and biomass both peaked in late summer and fall before declining significantly in winter, a result of southward migration to lower Bay areas that were not sampled. Production also peaked between summer and fall, a consequence of rapid growth and recruitment of larval and juvenile anchovies. Annual production of youngof-the-year (YOY) anchovy was 856.69 g 100 m-3, 87.9% of which was produced in the first 3 mo of life. Production by YOY anchovy accounted for nearly all annual production (92.6%) in this short-lived species. Total annual production was estimated to be 233014 t \vet wt in upper to mid-Bay regions. The production/biomass ( P / B ) ratio for YOY anchovy was 8.07 when larval and early juvenile stages were included but only 0.97 without those stages. The estimated translocation of nitrogen biomass from the upper and mid Bay to the lower Bay via anchovy migration was 1027 t N during fall 1990, which is approximately 0.8 % of the annual N input to Chesapeake Bay. Estimated population consumption (primarily zooplankton) by bay anchovy ranged from 5.29 to 12.81 g dry wt 100 m-3 d ' in August and from 5.35 to 6.78 g dry wt 100 m-3 d. ' in October, suggesting that consumption by larvae and juveniles of this species could significantly impact populations of its plankton prey.
Fair-weather atmospheric electricity study at Maitri (Antarctica)

Results of near-surface measurements of atmospheric electric field and meteorological parameters at the Indian Antarctic station, Maitri, during 12 fair-weather days of January and February, 2005, are presented. Data are analyzed to study the diurnal variation of the electric field and its departure, if any, from the global electric fields. Fair-weather days are classified into two groups depending upon the average of the hourly surface temperature. Group one, when the average of the hourly surface temperature is mostly above the freezing point, and group two, when the same is below the freezing point. The role of different ion sizes on the Maxwell current density and the air-Earth current density for the two groups are quite different under different conditions. To study the effect of ions on the atmospheric electric fields, ions are grouped as small ions, intermediate ions and large ions. We find that the small and the large ions largely influence the air-Earth current density with a correlation coefficient higher than 70%. The intermediate ions have a negative correlation in the case of group one fair-weather days, whereas for group two days no correlation is found. The diurnal variations of the Maxwell current density and the electric field show a peak between 1800 UT and 2000 UT and the nature of the variation can be attributed to the variation in worldwide thunderstorm activity. The correlation coefficient between the measured electric field and the electric field from the Carnegie curve is 0.93 with a <0.0001 significance level. Thus, the observed electric field at Maitri represents the global electric field. The results show that a wind velocity of less than 10 m/s and a surface temperature of lower than +7°C have almost no impact on the electric field and Maxwell current density.
Classification of local conformal nets

We completely classify diffeomorphism covariant local nets of von Neumann algebras on the circle with central charge c less than 1. The irreducible ones are in bijective correspondence with the pairs of A-D2n-E6,8 Dynkin diagrams such that the difference of their Coxeter numbers is equal to 1. We first identify the nets generated by irreducible representations of the Virasoro algebra for c < 1 with certain coset nets. Then, by using the classification of modular invariants for the minimal models by Cappelli-ItzyksonZuber and the method of α-induction in subfactor theory, we classify all local irreducible extensions of the Virasoro nets for c < 1 and infer our main classification result. As an application, we identify in our classification list certain concrete coset nets studied in the literature.
First record of males of Encentrum mucronatum Wulfert, 1936 and Encentrum martes Wulfert, 1939 (Rotifera: Dicranophoridae) including notes on males across Rotifera Monogononta

A detailed description is given of the males of Encentrum mucronatum Wulfert, 1936 and Encentrum martes Wulfert, 1939. The degree of miniaturisation relative to the corresponding females is assessed and compared to males in selected planktonic rotifers. Different degrees of miniaturisation are related to differences in population dynamics.