Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Psychophysiological, behavioral, and self-reported validity of a video-mediated mood induction in a preschool-aged sample

The current study examined the validity of a script-prompted video-mediated mood induction task in a sample of 98 children aged 3-4 (M age = 3.48 years, 58% boys). Preschoolers viewed fear, neutral, sadness, and happiness films that lasted an average of 81 seconds (range 65 – 93 seconds). Validity of the task to induce the intended mood states was assessed via heart rate (HR), behavioral observation, and self-report. Repeated-measures Multivariate Analysis of Variance (MANOVA)’s showed that HR during the anxiety, sadness, and happiness film clips all differed significantly from baseline measure of HR. Repeated-measures MANOVA’s and ChiSquare analyses of behavioral observation found that children were more likely to display the congruent facial emotion. Chi-square analyses conducted on self-reports indicated that children were more likely to report the intended emotion during the fear and happiness videos, than other emotions. Collectively, the results suggested that the anxiety and happiness clips are inducing emotions as intended. Results for the sadness video are mixed but were still supported by the psychophysiological and behavioral findings. Introduction Given the challenges of studying emotion processes in children in ecologically-valid contexts (Forgas, 2002) there is a need to develop reliable and valid experimental procedures that can be administered in the laboratory setting. Mood induction techniques have been used successfully in relatively older youth and adults, though much less is known about the effectiveness of such procedures with young preschool-age children (Blau & Klein, 2011). The current study examined the effectiveness of script-prompted video-mediated mood inductions to induce fear, sadness, and happiness in a sample of 98 children aged 3-4 (M age = 3.48 years old;
Temporary Work Agencies in Italy: A Springboard Toward Permanent Employment?

This paper measures to what extent Temporary Work Agency (TWA) employment creates a "springboard" toward permanent jobs, or a "trap" of endless precariousness. Applying Propensity Score matching in the presence of choice-based sampling, we estimate the causal effect of the treatment "TWA assignment" on the outcome "finding a permanent job after 18 months". The data come trom Italy, where TWA employment was liberalized in 1997, and they were specifically collected for this evaluation study. We show that a TWA assignment increases the probability of finding a permanent job by 19 percentage points in Tuscany and by 11 percentage points in Sicily, although this second effect is only barely significant. These effects are large given that the observed baseline probabilities in the treated goup are respectively 31% and 23% in the two regions. This treatment effect is highly heterogeneous with respect to observable characteristics such as age, education and firm's sector.
Science of Camel and Yak Milks: Human Nutrition and Health Perspectives

Camels and yaks milks are rich in numerous bioactive substances that function beyond their nutritive value. Milk Camel milk is more similar to goat milk and contains less short-chain fatty acids than cow, sheep and buffalo milks, and about 3 times greater vitamin-C than cow milk. One kg of camel milk meets 100% of daily human requirements for calcium and phosphorus, 57.6% for potassium, 40% for iron, copper, zinc and magnesium, and 24% for sodium. Camel milk helps treat liver problems, lowers bilirubin output, lightens vitamin inadequacy and nutrient deficiency, and boosts immunity. Camel milk reduces allergies caused by cow dairy products. Camel milk has low milk fat made mainly from polyunsaturated fatty acids. It lacks ss-lactoglobulin and is rich in immunoglobulins, compatible with human milk. Yak milk has 16.9 - 17.7% solids, 4.9 - 5.3% protein, 5.5 - 7.2% fat, 4.5 - 5.0% lactose, and 0.8 - 0.9% minerals. Yak milk fat is richer in polyunsaturated fatty acids, protein, casein and fat than cow milk. Yak milk casein is used to produce antihypertensive peptides with capacities for producing value-added functional foods and proteins. Continual system-atic education of milk science especially for non-cow species will be an obligation for health implications to be optimally perceived by human populations worldwide.
Financial Globalization, Financial Frictions and Monetary Policy

Should monetary policy change in an environment with high degrees of …nancial globalization? To answer this question we lay down an open economy model where net lending toward the rest of the world is constrained by a borrowing limit motivated by limited enforcement. Borrowing is secured by collateral in the form of durable goods whose accumulation is subject to adjustment costs. We demonstrate that, although this economy can generate persistent current
Realized and potential larval connectivity in the Southern California Bight

Populations of many nearshore marine species are connected through the dispersal of their larvae. In this paper, larval connectivity patterns in the Southern California Bight are explored using 2 quantities: potential and realized larval connectivity. Potential connectivity is defined as the probability of larval transport from a source to a destination location and is quantified using Lagrangian particle simulations. Realized connectivity is the product of potential connectivity with larval production and can be used to estimate larval settlement patterns. Potential and realized con- nectivity patterns are quantified for kelp bass Paralabrax clathratus, kelp rockfish Sebastes atro- virens, and red abalone Haliotis rufescens, 3 species with a range of larval dispersal characteristics. Connectivity patterns were found to be both heterogeneous, with locations having different source and destination strengths, and asymmetric, with directionality in larval transport. Both potential and realized connectivity were strongly influenced by the length and timing of the spawning season as well as planktonic larval duration. For kelp bass and kelp rockfish, a strong correspondence was found between realized and potential destination locations, suggesting that circulation processes have a dominant role in shaping the spatial distribution of these 2 species. Strong temporal variabil- ity in realized larval connectivity was observed on seasonal and inter-annual time scales (particularly between El Nino and La Nina conditions). These results provide novel information for use in marine fisheries and conservation management.
The role of keiretsu in the global production sharing: The case of Toyota Motors

Over the past two decades, Japanese automobile industry has experienced the growing global production sharing— a disintegration of production process in which a final product is assembled at home with intermediate goods imported from other countries. The established understanding is that foreign parts suppliers have difficulty penetrating into Japanese market due to the existence of keiretsu, a long-term and continuous business relationship between an assembly maker and its domestic parts suppliers. Given the growing globalization of the Japanese auto industry, this study aims to reexamine a role of keiretsu for auto parts imports in Japan, using the case of Toyota Motors. This study estimates a gravity model with Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood estimator and finds that the domestic keiretsu network does not reduce imports but the global keiretsu network increases it. The additional examination supports that the global keiretsu network increases exports as well. These findings suggest that keiretsu membership reduces the cost of market entry not only in Japan but also host countries by lower transaction costs. JFL classification: F14, F15, L62 Keyword: keiretsu, global production sharing, Toyota Motors, recall problem
The real exchange rate as a target of macroeconomic policy

In recent years several authors have argued that developing countries should aim to target a stable and competitive real exchange rate (SCRER) to foster economic growth. A growing body of empirical research gives support to this claim. Although more theoretical work is needed, some ideas from development theory can help to explain the empirical findings. For instance, if modern tradable activities display some form of increasing returns to scale, market forces alone would deliver a set of relative prices that would make capital accumulation in these activities suboptimal. This paper supports the view that developing countries could target SCRER as a part of a development strategy that promotes the expansion of modern tradable activities. We review the empirical findings, discuss the channels through which a SCRER can stimulate economic growth, and describe the policies needed to pursue a strategy based on a SCRER.
THE USE OF ROUTINE MONITORING DATA FOR ASSESSMENT AND PREDICTION OF WATER CHEMISTRY

Mining companies collect and analyze numerous water samples every year to protect the environment and to meet permit requirements. Through the years, the collective number of analyses at any minesite can extend into the thousands. This water-quality database is periodically reported to mine administration and regulatory agencies, and then often lies dormant until the next report. A water-quality database can be used for much more than monitoring environmental conditions and meeting permit requirements. Through the years, the database becomes a valuable scientific tool for the further assessment and prediction of water chemistry. The scientific value is derived from several attributes, including (1) the abundance of data which permits valid statistical analyses and (2) the composite variability in chemistry due to natural processes such as temperature variations and artificial factors such as analytical error. This paper presents the concepts behind this approach for assessment and prediction, the limiting assumptions, and examples from an actual water-chemistry database in British Columbia. The mathematical validity of the approach is demonstrated by an accompanying paper at this symposium using an intensive database of daily and hourly sampling.
Biodegradation of Diesel by Aeromonashydrophila Lakshmi Priya

Hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms play a major role in the environment. The purpose of the present study was to enumerate of Aeromanas sp from oil contaminated soil and to study degrading capacity, emulcification activity and production of biosurfactant. The hydrocarbon substrate specificity test shown that diesel is also one of the best substrate for growth and emulsification of biosurfactant by Aeromonas. Among 6 strains of Aeromonas, frist strain(A1) shows maximum degradation rate at end of 168 hrs upto19.37% followed by other strains, about 75% of diesel was degraded by Aromonas over a period of 7days. Emulsification upto 75% by A1 followed by A2(63.75%) ,A3(57.5%), Biosurfactant production by A1 strain 0.064g/1 followed by other strains it represents a new type of biosurfactant with strong emulsifying ability.
Hybrid Recommendation Solution for Online Book Portal

: Recommendation System is an application which uses information filtering technique to generate personalized preferences and decision making to users. Rapid growth in information technology and availability of web services has increases demand. Web related use like booking tickets for movies, trains, flights, buses, selecting books and newspaper, hotel location etc. are on demand. This technique works on the basis of related items and relevant features or requirements and suggest user according to similarities or common user. This method of recommendation is a useful method which provides suitable suggestions to users. For the administration recommendation system, data research problem has been worked on in the latest years. For it administrations, clients, networks resources are all connected and developed quickly. The method works on learning, suggestion, administration, revelation and customization, and applying it on recommendation provides user with support in decision making and suggestions for data items. In this research work a hybrid recommendation is used for online book portal. Depending upon the quality of book and user demand it will help user in suggesting required book.
An analytic model of tropical cyclone wind profiles

A physically based analytic model (λ model) is presented to describe the wind profile of tropical cyclones in terms of the pressure deficit and a single shape parameter (λ). To test the λ model, an idealized full‐physics numerical model is employed to provide wind‐profile samples and also to show the influence of environmental temperature and the properties of initial vortices on tropical cyclone size. It is found that the λ model provides an accurate fit of the azimuthal wind profile at the top of the boundary layer. In the simulations, tropical cyclone size is sensitive to sea‐surface temperature, upper tropospheric temperature and initial vortex structure. The numerical model confirms the assumed Gaussian distribution with width λ of the moist entropy in the boundary layer. A linear relationship between model cyclone size and λ is found, in agreement with the λ model. The λ model predicts a weak relationship between tropical cyclone size and intensity, as is observed. In addition, the λ model suggests that change in tropical cyclone size should be closely related to angular momentum transport near the boundary layer, as has been found in observations. The good agreement of the λ model with the numerical model shows that the λ model could be a reasonable alternative for characterizing the wind structure of tropical cyclones with only one scaling parameter.
Competition between Private Labels and National Brands in a Multichannel Retailer

This chapter analyzes private label and national brand competition across online and offline channels. We analyze competition using three measures: market share, a loyalty index, and what is called in the literature conquesting power (a measure of the ability of a brand to capture nonloyal consumers). We first provide a brief theoretical introduction and literature research about the topic. We also do an empirical analysis using data of a multichannel grocery retailer that sells both its own private label and national brands, through physical stores and an online store. The data include the purchases made by a sample of multichannel consumers. We find that the private label increases, in general, its competitive position in the online channel, compared to the offline channel. However, this result does not hold for all the product categories. We discuss some drivers of this general improvement, as well as potential causes for the differences between categories. We conclude with some recommendations for multichannel retailers and manufacturers.
PHENOLOGICAL TIMING OF SOME ARBOREAL SPECIES IN A PHENOLOGICAL GARDEN IN PERUGIA (ITALY)

Phenology is the manifestation of the phenomena associated with the life cycle of plant. It depends on the plant’s internal and external factors, as for example, climate. Considering the fact that phenology is one of the best tools for analysing the consequences of climatic change in the ecosystems, this study investigates how the climatic trend of a ten year period (1997-2006) influenced the reproductive phase manifestation of eight plant species, both typical ones and those adapted to the Mediterranean environment, situated in the phenological garden near Perugia, Italy. The TMax amounts appear to be closer to the flowering dates in comparison to the other meteorological variables for all the species investigated, indicating that for the reproductive development the forcing temperatures are represented above all by the higher temperature that works as a environmental timer. The subdivision of the historical series in two sub-periods of five years evidenced a phenomenon of delay of the four reproductive phases in almost all vegetative species in the recent years. The average delay is more considerable for the two species of Salix, especially for the R3 phase, as a consequence a flower development slowdown. Meteorological data showed that currently the first months of the year are characterized by a tendency for colder temperatures; afterwards, as the seasons progress, the tendency inverts, to a warming trend in summer.
MOGUĆNOSTI KORIŠTENJA DALJINSKIH ISTRAŽIVANJA ZA ANALIZU UTJECAJA NA OKOLIŠ BIVŠEG RUDNIKA VIHOVICI

The paper presents recently developed methods along with a toolset for monitoring the environmental impact of mining operations, and in particular, for analyzing water quality, by using earth observations. Cuttingedge technology is proposed for the combined use of aerial lightweight measurements, including hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Water quality was analyzed using airborne and in situ measured water data. Measurements of the water-leaving radiance (Rw) spectra provide sufficient information to estimate water quality because of the combination of parameters derived from the measurements: total suspended matter (TSM), phytoplankton (with the most active component Chlorophyll a, CHL-a) and colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM). The in situ Rw spectra were used along with the in situ concentrations measurements to find the most optimal band ratio algorithm for each water quality parameter. Analysis of the linear regression between the band ratios and the concentration measurements showed very strong correlation. The small root mean square errors (RMSE) for the most of the parameters lead to conclusion that there is no significant change in water quality resulting from a latent effect of the old mining industry or waste dumping within the region of Mostar.
Testing serial dependence in the stock markets of the G 7 countries , Portugal , Spain and Greece

This paper utilizes several tests to analyze serial dependence in financial data. In an attempt to provide a better explanation of the behavior of financial markets, we utilized tests that make use of mutual information and developed a detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA). Applying these tests to the series of stock market indexes of 10 European countries, we concluded for the absence of linear autocorrelation. However, with other tests, we found nonlinear serial dependence that affects the rates of return. Our results of mutual information and global correlation based tests confirmed such results. With DFA, we found out that most return rates series have long-range dependence, which appears to be more pronounced for Spain, Greece and Portugal. These conclusions could imply possibility of prediction in those series and thus the violation of the efficient market assumption.
Abdominal Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy: Local Control and Correlationto Biologically Equivalent Dose

Aim: We conducted a retrospective study to report on the outcome and toxicity of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) and to analyze the correlation of local control (LC) and biological equivalent dose (BED) of patients treated with SBRT for upper abdominal lesions. Methods: Patients who completed stereotactic radiotherapy treatment between 05/2007 and 03/2012 were enrolled into the analysis. Different fractionation regimens depending on the dose to organs at risk (OAR) were given. The primary endpoint was LC determined on imaging studies. Toxicities were classified according to CTCAE v4. Physical dose was converted into BED (α / β = 10 Gy) and a tumor control probability model (TCP) was used for dose-response relationship. For outcome analyses the Kaplan-Meier method and log rank tests were used. Results: Forty-two patients were treated with SBRT. Thirty-three patients with 39 lesions were evaluable for further analysis with a median follow-up of 15.2 months. Lesions were located in liver (n = 28), hepatic hilum (n = 8), nodal (n = 2), adrenal (n = 2) and pancreatic head (n = 1). Local failure was observed in 7 lesions at a mean time of 7.3 months (range, 1.5 - 17.9) resulting in a LC rate of 83% at one year and 63% at two years. No significant difference for intra- vs extrahepatic lesions was observed. Lesions treated with a BED ≥ 59.5 Gy had a better LC vs. lesions treated with a BED < 59.5 Gy (88% vs. 68%, p = 0.027). Median overall survival was 14.5 months (2 - 32.5). Observed toxicities were mild (grade 2 in 4 patients, grade 3 in 1 patient). Conclusion: Upper abdominal SBRT is well tolerated and results in excellent local control if BED is ≥ 59.5 Gy. We therefore propose to aim for doses at or above this BED.
Fluctuational dynamics and the structure factor of nonlinear reactive systems on a 1D lattice

Within the investigated model of a one-dimensional biand tri-molecular chemically reacted crystal, the asymptotic behaviour of the amplitude of a two-particle static structure factor (as a function of the crystal length) has been discovered. The nonlinear fluctuational scenario leads us to the conclusion as to the possibility of existence of an asymptotic metastable cluster fragmentation within initially homogeneous 1D systems. A connection between some possible effects and the properties of the fluctuations in reacting systems and reactive dynamics in a partially filled lattice is also shown.
Effects of physical trawling disturbance in a previously unfished sheltered Scottish sea loch

The effects of trawling disturbance on a benthic community were investigated with a manipulative field experiment in a fine muddy habitat that has been closed to fishing for over 25 yr. We examined the effects of extensive and repeated experimental trawl disturbance over an 18 mo period on benthic community structure and also followed the subsequent patterns of recovery over a further 18 mo During the penod of trawl disturbance the number of species and individuals increased and measures of diversity (Shannon's exponential H' and S~rnpson's reciprocal D) and evenness decreased in the trawled area relative to the reference site. The cirratulid polychaetes Chaetozone setosa and Caulleriella zetlandica were found to be most resistant to disturbance. whilst the bivalve Nucula nitidosa and polychaetes Scolopolos armiger and Nephtys cirrosa were identified as sensitive species. Multivariate analysis and abundance biomass comparison plots confirmed that community changes occurred following disturbance. with some differences between treatment and reference sites still apparent after 18 mo of recovery. Physical effects, examined with Side-scan and RoxAnn, were identifiable immediately after disturbance, but were almost indistinguishable after 18 mo of recovery. Such long recovery times suggest that even fishing during a restricted period of the year may be sufficient to maintain communities occupying fine muddy sediment habitats in an altered state.
On the use of incoming longwave radiation parameterizations in a glacier environment

On the use of incoming longwave radiation parameterizations in a glacier environment J. Sedlar and R. Hock Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden Received: 7 May 2008 – Accepted: 19 May 2008 – Published: 1 July 2008 Correspondence to: J. Sedlar (josephs@misu.su.se) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
Interoperable Simulation and Serious Games for creating an Open Cyber Range

The paper proposes an open architecture to support the creation of a synthetic environment devoted to simulate complex scenarios related to the protection of cyberphysical systems. The proposed approach is based on applying the combination of interoperable simulation and serious games to develop a framework where different models, as well as real equipment, could interoperate based on High Level Architecture standard. By this approach, it becomes possible to create a federation reproducing a scenario including multiple physical and cyber layers interacting dynamically and reproducing complex situations. The authors propose an example of specific case study conceptually developed to apply this approach.