Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Investor psychology: a behavioural explanation of six finance puzzles

This paper surveys the behavioural finance explanation of six puzzles of finance. These puzzles are: stock price under- and overreactions, excessive trading and the gender puzzle, financial hypes and panic, the equity premium puzzle, the winner/loser puzzle and the dividend puzzle. After an introduction of prospect theory and a description of heuristics and biases in the judgment of information, the paper applies behavioural insights to explain the puzzles.
Molecular cloning and characterization of human age-related NADH oxidase (arNOX) proteins as members of the TM9 superfamily of transmembrane proteins

Age-related NADH oxidase (arNOX = ENOX3) proteins are superoxide-generating cell surface oxidases that increase in activity with age beginning at about 30 y. A soluble and truncated exfoliated form of the activity is present in blood and other body fluids. The activity was purified to apparent homogeneity from human urine and resolved by 2-D gel electrophoresis into a series of 24 to 32 kDa components of low isoelectric point. The purified proteins were resistant both to N-terminal sequencing and trypsin cleavage. Cleavage with pepsin revealed peptides corresponding to the TM9 family of transmembrane proteins. Peptide antisera raised to all five members of the human TM9 family sequentially blocked the arNOX activity of human saliva and sera. The soluble truncated N-terminus of the human homolog TM9SF4 was expressed in bacteria. The recombinant protein was characterized biochemically and exhibited ar-NOX activity. The findings identify five arNOX isoforms each of which correspond to one of the five known TM9 family members. The exfoliated soluble arNOX forms are derived from the 24 to 32 kDa N-termini exposed to the cell’s exterior at the cell surface. Each of the shed forms contain putative functional motifs characteristic of ECTO-NOX (ENOX) proteins despite only minimal sequence identity. Our findings identify arNOX as having functional characteristics of ENOX proteins and the TM9 superfamily of proteins as the genetic origins of the five known arNOX isoforms present in human sera, plasma and other body fluids1.
Studies on antioxidant, hepatoprotective, and vasculoprotective potential of Viola odorata and Wrightia tinctoria

We have reported the antidyslipidemic, antihypertensive, and Ca++ channel blocking activities of Viola odorata (VO) and Wrightia tinctoria (WT). This study extends our understanding of their therapeutic potential by exploring the effects on biomarkers of hepatic and vascular dysfunction together with phytochemical standardization and antioxidant potential. Total phenolic compounds, total flavonoids content, and proanthocyanins of the methanolic extracts were identified using HPLC. Antioxidant capacity was measured using the in vitro assays. Two studies of 6‐week duration were conducted on a high‐fat diet rat model to test the leaves and seed extracts of VO and WT (300 and 600 mg/kg) for their effect on biomarkers for hepatic and vascular dysfunction. The HPLC analysis showed high contents of total phenolic compounds, total flavonoids content, and proanthocyanins along with distinctive phenolic composition. Both extracts exhibited significant antioxidant potential in 1,1‐diphenyl‐2‐picrylhydrazyl, 2,2′‐azino‐bis(3‐ethylbenzothiazoline‐6‐sulphonic acid), fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) assays, comparable with synthetic standard antioxidants. The in vivo studies indicated a significant reduction in the high‐fat‐diet‐induced rise in serum uric acid, phosphorus, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and gamma‐glutamyl transferase. This study indicates the potential of VO and WT to protect from vascular and hepatic damage and an antioxidant effect, thus making these herbs strong candidates for managing cardiometabolic disorders.
ANALYSE DYNAMIQUE DE LOGICIELS MALVEILLANTS

L'objectif de cette these est le developpement de methodes de comprehension des logiciels malveillants, afin d'aider l'analyste humain a mieux apprehender cette menace. La premiere realisation de cette these est une analyse a grande echelle et en profondeur des protections de logiciels malveillants. Plus precisement, nous avons etudie des centaines d'exemplaires de logiciels malveillants, soigneusement selectionnes pour leur dangerosite. En mesurant de facon automatique un ensemble de caracteristiques originales, nous avons pu alors montrer l'existence d'un modele de protection particulierement prevalent dans ces programmes, qui est base sur l'auto modification du code et sur une limite stricte entre code de protection et code utile. Ensuite, nous avons developpe une methode d'identification d'implementations cryptographiques adaptee aux programmes en langage machine proteges. Nous avons valide notre approche en identifiant de nombreuses implementations d'algorithmes cryptographiques -- dont la majorite sont completement invisibles pour les outils existants --, et ceci en particulier dans des protections singulierement obscures de logiciels malveillants. Finalement, nous avons developpe ce qui est, a notre connaissance, le premier environnement d'emulation de reseaux de machines infectees avec plusieurs milliers de machines. Grâce a cela, nous avons montre que l'exploitation d'une vulnerabilite du protocole pair-a-pair du reseau Waledac permet de prendre son controle
Long noncoding RNA LINC00052 suppressed the proliferation, migration and invasion of glioma cells by upregulating KLF6.

OBJECTIVE Recent studies have discovered a class of dysregulated long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) related to carcinogenesis. This study aims to uncover the molecular functions of lncRNA LINC00052 in the tumorigenesis of glioma. PATIENTS AND METHODS Quantitative Real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) was performed to detect LINC00052 expression in 40 glioma samples and 4 glioma cell lines. Besides, regulatory effects of LINC00052 on the in vitro behaviors of glioma cells were evaluated by the proliferation assay, transwell assay and wound healing assay. Furthermore, the interaction between LINC00052 and kruppel-like factor 6 (KLF6) in mediating the progression of glioma was studied by performing qRT-PCR and Western blot. RESULTS LINC00052 expression was remarkably downregulated in glioma samples compared with that in adjacent samples. Moreover, cell proliferation, invasion, and migration of glioma were inhibited after overexpression of LINC00052 in vitro. Besides, LINC00052 overexpression upregulated mRNA and protein level of KLF6. Besides, the expression of KLF6 in tumor tissues was positively correlated to the expression of LINC00052. CONCLUSIONS These results suggested that LINC00052 could repress cell migration, invasion and proliferation in glioma through upregulating KLF6, which may offer a new therapeutic intervention for glioma patients.
Development of Robust Control and Multivariable Dynamic Model of a Voltage Source Converter for Power System Applications

A new multivariable dynamic model and a control approach have been proposed for a voltage-source converter (VSC) based on adopting instantaneous real- and reactive-power components as the VSC dynamic variable. Using power components as the dynamic variables reduces the degree of nonlinearities of the VSC model in comparison with the conventional VSC model that uses current components as variables. Furthermore, since waveforms of power components are independent of the selected coordinates, the proposed control is more robust to the conventionally unmodelled dynamics such as dynamics of the VSC phase- locked loop system. The proposed control system regulates the VSC ac-side real- and reactive-power components and the dc-side voltage. This paper also introduces an over current limiting mechanism, based on limiting the VSC power exchange during abnormal conditions, for the proposed control system.
Digestibility of Soybean Cake, Niger Seed Cake and Linseed Cake in Juvenile Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L.

The apparent digestibility coefficients (ADCs) of dry matter, protein, lipid and energy for soybean cake (SBC), Niger seed cake (NSC) and linseed cake (LSC) were determined in juvenile Nile tilapia. The ADCs were determined using faeces collected with a settling chamber attached to the fish rearing tank. Test diets contained 70% reference diet and 30% test ingredients, with Cr2O3 as an inert marker. All treatments were triplicated. There was significant difference in Apparent Dry Matter Digestibility (ADMD), Apparent Protein Digestibility (APD) and Apparent Energy Digestibility (AED) between the test ingredients. However, there was no significant difference (P>0.05) in Apparent Lipid Digestibility (ALD) between the test ingredients. Of the three ingredients tested, SBC produced the highest nutrient digestibility coefficients (P<0.05) while LSC showed the lowest nutrient digestibilities (P<0.05). The NSC, which was the cheapest plant protein source, was a good feed ingredient for Nile tilapia diets in terms of overall nutrient composition and acceptable digestibility coefficients enabling more accurate and economical feed formulation.
Gravitational wave production from the decay of the standard model Higgs field after inflation

This work is supported by the Research Project of the Spanish MINECO, Grant No. FPA2013-47986-03-3P, and the Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa Program No. SEV-2012-0249. F.T. is supported by the FPI-Severo Ochoa Ph.D. fellowship No. SVP-2013-067697. We acknowledge the use of the IFT Hydra cluster for the development of this work
PERCH LANDING MANEUVERS AND CONTROL FOR A ROTATING-WING MAV

OF THESIS PERCH LANDING MANEUVERS AND CONTROL FOR A ROTATING-WING MAV This thesis addresses flight control of the perch landing maneuver for micro-aerial vehicles. A longitudinal flight model is constructed for a pigeon-sized aircraft. In addition to a standard elevator control surface, wing-rotation also considered as a non-standard actuator for increasing low-speed aerodynamic braking. Optimal state and control trajectories for the perch landing maneuver are computed using commercial software. A neighboring optimal control law is then developed and implemented in a set of flight simulations. Simulations are run with both a quasisteady and an unsteady aerodynamic model. The effectiveness of wing rotation and of the neighboring optimal control law is discussed, as is the importance of unsteady aerodynamics during the maneuver. Wing rotation was found to be minimally effective in this case, but it showed potential to be more effective in further research. The unsteady aerodynamic model has significant influence over the success or failure of the maneuver.
Forest cover influence on regional flood frequency assessment in Mediterranean catchments

Abstract. The paper aims at evaluating to what extent the forest cover can explain the component of runoff coefficient as defined in a regional flood frequency analysis based on the application of the rational formula coupled with a regional model of the annual maximum rainfall depths. The analysis is addressed to evaluate the component of the runoff coefficient which cannot be captured by the catchment lithology alone. Data mining is performed on 75 catchments distributed from South to Central Italy. Cluster and correlation structure analyses are conducted for distinguishing forest cover effects within catchments characterized by hydro-morphological similarities. We propose to improve the prediction of the runoff coefficient by a linear regression model, exploiting the ratio of the forest cover to the catchment critical rainfall depth as dependent variable. The proposed regression enables a significant bias correction of the runoff coefficient, particularly for those small mountainous catchments, characterised by larger forest cover fraction and lower critical rainfall depth.
Coordination des Mouvements Oculaires dans l'Espace 3D chez l'Homme : substrat Cortical Étudié par TMS

Tout deplacement du regard dans l'espace 3D se decompose en une composante conjuguee (meme direction pour les deux yeux) et une autre disconjuguee (directions opposees). Cette division reflete l'activation de systemes distincts qui pourtant interagissent. Notre hypothese est que cette interaction, traditionnellement localisee dans le tronc cerebral, a lieu a de multiples niveaux depuis le cortex et qu'elle est activee pour tous les mouvements oculaires. Au moyen de la stimulation magnetique transcrânienne (TMS), l'interaction est examinee dans l'initiation des combinaisons de saccades et de divergences et dans la coordination binoculaire des saccades. Lors des mouvements combines, les declenchements des saccades et de la divergence sont concertes. La TMS du cortex parietal posterieur (PPC) retarde l'initiation des mouvements impredictibles mais non des mouvements predictibles : les memes aires, parietales ou frontales selon la predictibilite, coordonnent le declenchement des deux composantes. La lecture est basee sur des sequences automatisees de saccades, dont la coordination est optimisee chez le jeune adulte avec une bonne vision binoculaire. La TMS du PPC perturbe la coordination des saccades isolees et des sequences entieres de saccades de lecture. Pour la premiere fois, nous montrons que la coordination binoculaire est aussi corticale. Les resultats suggerent une interaction corticale permanente entre les systemes de saccade et de vergence. La regulation de la coordination au cours de la vie se base sur la plasticite et l'apprentissage de cette interaction. La these a des implications cliniques pour la reeducation des personnes avec des troubles de la coordination.
A 2 V 2 GHz BJT variable-frequency oscillator

An LC-tuned negative-resistance variable-frequency oscillator (VFO) is described. Frequency tuning is accomplished by using a variable impedance converter to simulate the varactor function. Implemented in a 0.8 /spl mu/m 12 GHz f/sub T/ BiCMOS technology, the VFO has a tuning range from 1.55 GHz to 2.02 GHz, while consuming 15 mA from a -2 V supply.
Do plasma leptin levels predict diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertension

Introduction: Increased plasma leptin levels were showed in a number of cardiac problems such as hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction. The possibility that leptin plays a role in the cardiovascular system was strengthened by the evidence that chronic leptin infusion had been shown to increase heart rate and blood pressure through stimulation of sympathetic nervous system activity. However, the relationship between increased plasma leptin levels and diastolic dysfunction hasn’t been exactly investigated so far. Thus, we investigated relation between plasma leptin levels and diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertension. Material and methods: Sixty male patients with newly diagnosed essential hypertension were consecutively included in the study. Hypertensive patients were divided into two groups according to Doppler echocardiographic parameters as patients with diastolic dysfunction (group I, n = 38) and without diastolic dysfunction (group II, n = 22). Both groups were compared patients’ characteristics, plasma leptin levels, glucose, insulin, insulin resistance and thyroid hormones. Results: There were no significant differences between patients’ characteristics, fasting insulin, glucose, insulin resistance, thyroid hormones. Echocardiographic evaluation showed similar values of septal and posterior wall thickness, left ventricular end-systolic and end-diastolic diameters, fractional shortening and ejection fraction in both groups. Plasma leptin levels were also found similarly in both groups (group I, 40.6 ±18.4 ng/ml vs. group I, 36.7 ±20.7 ng/ml, p = 0.650). Conclusions: We suggested that leptin levels didn’t predict diastolic dysfunction in patients with hypertension.
The Construction and Validation of a Test of Wrestling Skill

his study was conducted to determine the objectivity, reliability and validity of a wrestling skill test protocol among male Samples (n = 50), consisted of skilled (n = 25) and amateur (n =25). Researchers tested a researcher made questionnaire and Rear take down test twice in a single trial, test and re-test protocol. Pearson-Product Moment Correlation method's was used to determine the value of objectivity and reliability. Validity tested through independent T-test, analyze of variance, and discriminate analysis. Findings suggested that the high consistency between the two testers with a value of r = 0.90. Likewise, the reliability value between test and re-test for the Rear take down test (r=.83). RMANOVA conducted to check objectivity and there were no difference between each time conducting the test (p > 0.05). Validity of Rear take down checked trough ANCOVA, significant differences between skilled and amateur wrestler (F=11.932, p<0.05) specified, Agility (F= 3.68, p= 0.014), and power (F= 2.68, p= 0.028) had significant effect on the Rear take down skill. To check the remaining items validity a discriminate and T-test analyses was run and revealed all skills except single leg tackle predicted significantly meaningful(Canonical Correlation= o.442, Wilks’ Lambda=0.804, sig. = 0.039). Background: Evaluation is essential in the process of teaching and coaching. One of the important stages to prepare elite wrestlers is to technically evaluate champions. Although few scatter research to evaluate wrestlers were conducted, lack of reliable and standardized tool is recognized (Baumgartner et al., 2003; Fleishman, 1964; Rousson et al., 2002;Schultz, 1992). Despite all effort to build a skill test, many researchers like Edwin Fleishman (1964) concluded a one dimensional evaluation cannot be a valid criterion(Fleishman, 1964). Objective: determining the objectivity, reliability and validity of a wrestling skill test protocol Results: write the main and most important results for your paper. Conclusion: write the main conclusion for your paper
Overabundance of alpha-elements in exoplanet host stars

We present the results for a chemical abundance analysis between planet-hosting and stars without planets for 12 refractory elements for a total of 1111 nearby FGK dwarf stars observed within the context of the HARPS GTO programs. Of these stars, 109 are known to harbour high-mass planetary companions and 26 stars are hosting exclusively Neptunians and super-Earths. We found that the [X/Fe] ratios for Mg, Al, Si, Sc, and Ti both for giant and low-mass planet hosts are systematically higher than those of comparison stars at low metallicities ([Fe/H] < from -0.2 to 0.1 dex depending on the element). The most evident discrepancy between planet-hosting and stars without planets is observed for Mg. Our data suggest that the planet incidence is greater among the thick disk population than among the thin disk for mettallicities bellow -0.3 dex. After examining the [alpha/Fe] trends of the planet host and non-host samples we conclude that a certain chemical composition, and not the Galactic birth place of the stars, is the determinating factor for that. The inspection of the Galactic orbital parameters and kinematics of the planet-hosting stars shows that Neptunian hosts tend to belong to the "thicker" disk compared to their high-mass planet-hosting counterparts.We also found that Neptunian hosts follow the distribution of high-alpha stars in the UW vs V velocities space, but they are more enhanced in Mg than high-alpha stars without planetary companions. Our results indicate that some metals other than iron may also have an important contribution to planet formation if the amount of iron is low. These results may provide strong constraints for the models of planet formation, especially for planets with low mass.
X-Ray Spectral Analyses of AGNs from the 7Ms Chandra Deep Field-South Survey: The Distribution, Variability, and Evolutions of AGN Obscuration

We present a detailed spectral analysis of the brightest active galactic nuclei (AGNs) identified in the 7Ms Chandra Deep Field-South (CDF-S) survey over a time span of 16 years. Using a model of an intrinsically absorbed power-law plus reflection, with possible soft excess and narrow Fe Kα line, we perform a systematic X-ray spectral analysis, both on the total 7Ms exposure and in four different periods with lengths of 2–21 months. With this approach, we not only present the power-law slopes, column densities , observed fluxes, and absorption-corrected 2–10 keV luminosities LX for our sample of AGNs, but also identify significant spectral variabilities among them on timescales of years. We find that the variabilities can be ascribed to two different types of mechanisms, either flux-driven or flux-independent. We also find that the correlation between the narrow Fe line EW and can be well explained by the continuum suppression with increasing . Accounting for the sample incompleteness and bias, we measure the intrinsic distribution of for the CDF-S AGN population and present reselected subsamples that are complete with respect to . The -complete subsamples enable us to decouple the dependences of on LX and on redshift. Combining our data with those from C-COSMOS, we confirm the anticorrelation between the average and LX of AGN, and find a significant increase of the AGN-obscured fraction with redshift at any luminosity. The obscured fraction can be described as .
Continuously Changing Light-Dark Phase Decreases Milk Yield, Fat, Protein and Lactose in Dairy Cows

Photoperiod impacts feeding behavior, health, growth and milk production of dairy cattle. In humans behaviors that are asynchronous with the natural light-dark cycle, such as shift work or jet lag, are strongly associated with metabolic disorders as well as impaired reproductive performance. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of exposing mid-lactation dairy cows to chronically shifting 8h light (L)-8h dark (D) cycles on feed intake, milk yield, milk composition and mammary gene expression. Six first lactation Holsteins ∼90d in milk were maintained on a 16 h L: 8 h D cycle and milked at 5AM and 4PM for 7d (control, Period 1). During Period 2, 7 d immediately following Period 1, cows were exposed to continuous cycles of 8 h L: 8 h D, but maintained on the same milking and feeding schedule. Exposure to chronic 8 h LD cycles significantly depressed milk yield (P<0.05), but did not affect daily feed intake. Percent milk fat, protein and lactose were not different, but milk urea nitrogen (MUN) significantly increased. On the last day of each period mammary gene expression was measured by Q-PCR of total RNA isolated from the cytosolic components of milk fat globules. Expression of the core clock gene BMAL1 in addition to Beta-casein, Alpha-lactalbumin, Fatty acid synthase and Acetyl CoA-carboxylase were all decreased (P < 0.05) after 7 d of chronic 8 h LD cycles. The results from this study show for the first time that exposing lactating cows to chronic light shifts decreases milk production and may alter metabolism. Further, experimental design may provide a paradigm to study the effects of changing lighting schedules on milk production and a potential model to study effects of disrupting circadian system on production efficiency.
Electrocatalytic Determination of Cysteamine in the Presence of Folic Acid Using a Modified Carbon Nanotube Paste Electrode

Electrocatalytic oxidation of cysteamine at a carbon paste electrode modified with benzoylferrocene has been studied. The modified electrode showed excellent electrocatalytic activity toward cysteamine oxidation in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) (pH 7.0) with an overpotential of about 225 mV lower than that of the bare electrode. Under the optimized experimental conditions, the proposed electrochemical cysteamine sensor exhibited a linear calibration plot ranged from 7.0×10 �8 to 2.5×10 �4 M with a detection limit of 5.0×10 �8 M. Also, Square wave voltammetry (SWV) was used for simultaneous determination of cysteamine and folic acid at the modified electrode. Finally, the proposed method was applied to the determination of cysteamine and folic acid in urine.