Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
ASSESSMENT OF SPATIALLY VARYING GROUND MOTION COHERENCE BASED ON MICROSEISMIC FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND NUMERICAL ANALYSES

The influence of the subsurface soil structure and in particular its fundamental frequency on the evolution of the spatial coherence of ground motion, a measure of importance in high sensitivity accelerator facilities such as synchrotrons and linear colliders, is studied based on extensive field measurements of micro-seismic activity and numerical analysis of wave propagation in layered media. Specifically, the evolution of the micro-seismic activity at the surface of the NSLS II site consisting of ~600m deep formation of silt, clay, sand and sandy gravels over bedrock with a water table interface near the surface has been assessed over an extensive period of daily and seasonal variations. Along with the micro-seismic amplitudes and spectra, coherence measurements were made both at the said site and other sites around the world where stability sensitive synchrotrons were being constructed. Observed characteristic behavior of the spatial coherence was explored using twoand three-dimensional, numerical models representing the site were field measurements were conducted. The field data indicated loss of coherence even at small separation distances attributed to the resonant frequency of the deposit. This elaborate study was conducted in an effort to understand the impact of the soil layer (s) as well as the spatial variation of soil properties on coherence and help explain the observed behavior. Results of the field study on micro-seismic background which includes natural and cultural noise (ocean wave action and man-made sources) and of the analytical/numerical effort aiming to predict the coherence spatial evolution will be presented. 407 Available online at www.eccomasproceedia. org Eccomas Proceedia COMPDYN (2017) 407-422 © 2017 The Authors. Published by Eccomas Proceedia. Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of COMPDYN 2017. doi: 10.7712/120117.5429. 18488
HTPI: Hadoop Text Processing Interface

Text mining is a practice which is regarded as the supporting pillars of Information Retreival. This paper is in simple terms dedicated to text mining and bear a prime focus on mining academic papers. An architecture is proposed by the authors is presented in the paper, which they have named HTPI. This framework is built upon Java eclipse using Apache Hadoop. The problem under consideration for the paper is the reference metamorphosis of the references mentioned in the references section of any scientific paper based upon the similarity score(between the referenced paper and the paper whose reference list is being re-ordered) retrieved. Various notions have been used in the paper like stemming, skipping and similarity calculation using Jaccard Coefficient.
Identifying the Roles of Interleukin-13 in Childhood Asthma

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways manifested by reversible airflow obstruction and airway hyperresponsiveness. While recent research has mapped several genes as possible factors predisposing to asthma, interleukin-13 remains one of the most commonly found genes in various populations. IL-13 is a pleiotropic TH2 cytokine which has been linked to cause an increase in goblet cell differentiation, activation of fibroblasts, elevation of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and switching of B cell antibody from IgM to IgE. The aim of this review is to study and identify the three main single-nucleotide polymorphisms of IL-13 (IL13 R130Q, IL-13Rα1 and IL-13 A2044G) that have been linked to asthma in children, and to understand their respective roles in the pathogenesis of this disease.
Regional Integration in East Asia and Its Impacts on Welfare and Sectoral Output in Vietnam

The economic impacts of some current and hypothetical regional FTAs on Vietnam's welfare and sectoral output are assessed using a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. Trade facilitation and endogenously determined sectoral productivity, which are part of the liberalization process, are incorporated into the model. The results show marginal gains of welfare for Vietnam and other members of FTAs. Welfare gains for Vietnam, as well as for some other ASEAN countries, are highest under the ASEAN-China FTA. The results also reveal the importance of liberalizing the rice sector. When rice is excluded from trade liberalization, welfare gains of rice exporting and importing countries fall significantly. At the sectoral level, Vietnam's manufacturing sectors expand thanks to an increase in the output of textiles, garment, leather products and machinery. Agricultural production would expand if rice is liberalized, but would contract otherwise.
O ct 1 99 8 December 1997 DPSU-97-11 Quasi-Hopf twistors for elliptic quantum groups

The Yang-Baxter equation admits two classes of elliptic solutions, the vertex type and the face type. On the basis of these solutions, two types of elliptic quantum groups have been introduced (Foda et al.[1], Felder [2]). Frønsdal [3, 4] made a penetrating observation that both of them are quasi-Hopf algebras, obtained by twisting the standard quantum affine algebra Uq(g). In this paper we present an explicit formula for the twistors in the form of an infinite product of the universal R matrix of Uq(g). We also prove the shifted cocycle condition for the twistors, thereby completing Frønsdal’s findings. This construction entails that, for generic values of the deformation parameters, representation theory for Uq(g) carries over to the elliptic algebras, including such objects as evaluation modules, highest weight modules and vertex operators. In particular, we confirm the conjectures of Foda et al. concerning the elliptic algebra Aq,p(ŝl2). q-alg/9712029 (to appear in Transformation Groups) e-mail address : jimbo@kusm.kyoto-u.ac. jp e-mail address : konno@mis.hiroshima-u.ac. jp e-mail address : odake@azusa.shinshu-u.ac. jp e-mail address : shiraish@momo.issp. u-tokyo.ac. jp
Is HbA1c the only choice? Alternative biomarkers for glycaemic control assessment

A rise in concentrations of glycated proteins occurs in diabetic patients; glycated hemoglobin is the most significant parameter, a ‘gold standard’ for glycaemic control. Other serum proteins also become glycated, i.a albumins and immunoglobulins. In practice, Fructosamine and glycated albumin are used. However, some conditions influence HbA1c concentrations, hence the search for alternative biomarkers for glycaemia monitoring. Glycated albumin (GA) appears to be the most promising, as its assessment enables both faster detection of changes in glycaemia control in cases of poor metabolic discipline and documentation of glyceamic control improvement, after appropriate treatment is implemented. This may be important mostly in patients scheduled for surgical, cardiosurgical or orthopedic procedures, which are sometimes postponed because of inadequate glycaemia control. Monitoring GA in particular groups of patients (i.a during pregnancy, with renal insufficiency or haematologic comorbidities) reflects glycaemic control levels more accurately than HbA 1c .
Thermodynamics and quantum corrections from molecular dynamics for liquid water

In principle, given the potential energy function, the values of thermodynamic variables can be computed from statistical mechanics for a system of molecules. In practice for the liquid state, however, two barriers must be overcome. This paper treats the first problem, how to quantum correct the classical mechanical thermodynamic values available from molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo, perturbation, or integral methods in order to compare with experimental quantum reality. A subsequent paper will focus on the second difficulty, the effective computation of free energy and entropy. A simple technique, derived from spectral analysis of the atomic velocity time histories, is presented here for the frequency domain quantum correction of classical thermodynamic values. This technique is based on the approximation that potential anharmonicities mainly affect the lower frequencies in the velocity spectrum where the system behaves essentially classically, while the higher spectral frequencies, where the deviation f.
An Explanation of Financial Market Anomalies: Risk-Based or Behavioral View? A New Perspective on Financial Constraints

At present, there are two main explanations for market anomalies, namely, risk-based and behavioral. While the risk-based perspective states that abnormal returns arise owing to investors undertaking financial risks, the behavioral perspective states that abnormal returns arise owing to investor psychology. However, we believe that the source of abnormal returns originates from financing constraints. Viewed from a different perspective, financial constraints arise from information asymmetry, which in turn leads to an incorrect assessment of behavior. Moreover, the risk of financial distress also has a correlation with financial constraint. The link between the two provides another common explanation for market anomalies. This study utilizes publicly disclosed stock data of the Taiwan stock exchange in order to prove the above argument. Furthermore, apart from the commonly observed explanations of under- and overreaction, cash dividends can also logically explain the extent of under- and overreaction, which plays a critical role in determining the expected returns of an asset portfolio
Aid to Low-Income Countries with a Participation Constraint

This paper provides a theoretical framework to compare grants with concessional loans to low-income countries (LICs). Its main focus is on aid-dependency and debt sustainability. The issue of aid-dependency is important because, as the paper shows, standard growth regressions suggest that growth rates tend to stagnate around the threshold between low and lower-middle income countries. The model suggests that this stagnation may be due to the existence of an income level above which the country is ineligible for concessional loans or grants (which is referred to as the cutoff). The paper endogenizes debt sustainability by imposing a participation constraint—a constraint that ensures that the LIC recipient honors the aid contracts. The key result of the paper is that optimal concessional lending is better than its grant counterpart, provided that the perverse effects of concessional loans, namely over-borrowing and over-spending in the earlier periods due to the low concessional interest rate and the existence of the cutoff ,a re small enough. When the perverse effects are large enough, the country becomes permanently aid-dependent and remains at the cutoff, depending on the country’s total factor productivity (TFP) level and initial conditions.
Dual-Band Composite Wideband Absorbing Material for Broadband Antenna in-Band Radar Cross Section Reduction

A composite wideband absorbing material (WAM) covering dual bands is designed, to reduce the in-band radar cross section (RCS) for broadband antenna in this paper. The upper layer is a traditional absorber while the lower one is a dual-band frequency selective surface (FSS), which is formed by a square ring and an improved Jerusalem cross structure. The absorbing band has been broadened to 112% compared with the magnetic sheet without FSS. Over C and X bands, the absorption rate is over 90%. By using the FSS-based WAM as the ground plane of a Vivaldi antenna, substantial RCS reduction is obtained from 2–18 GHz. Moreover, the RCS is reduced remarkably over −80◦–80◦ incident angles except for minority angles, with the radiation performance preserved at the same time. The experimental results are in good agreement with the simulated ones.
Diagnosing Present and Future Permafrost from Climate Models

AbstractPermafrost is a characteristic aspect of the terrestrial Arctic and the fate of near-surface permafrost over the next century is likely to exert strong controls on Arctic hydrology and biogeochemistry. Using output from the fifth phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), the authors assess its ability to simulate present-day and future permafrost. Permafrost extent diagnosed directly from each climate model's soil temperature is a function of the modeled surface climate as well as the ability of the land surface model to represent permafrost physics. For each CMIP5 model these two effects are separated by using indirect estimators of permafrost driven by climatic indices and compared to permafrost extent directly diagnosed via soil temperatures. Several robust conclusions can be drawn from this analysis. Significant air temperature and snow depth biases exist in some model's climates, which degrade both directly and indirectly diagnosed permafrost conditions. The range of directl.
Multiple genetic stocks of longfin squid Loligo pealeii in the NW Atlantic : stocks segregate inshore in summer, but aggregate offshore in winter

The longfin squid Loligo pealeii is distributed widely in the NW Atlantic and is the tar- get of a major fishery. A previous electrophoretic study of L. pealeii was unable to prove genetic dif- ferentiation, and the fishery has been managed as a single unit stock. We tested for population struc- ture using 5 microsatellite loci. In early summer (June), when the squids had migrated inshore to spawn, we distinguished 4 genetically distinct stocks between Delaware and Cape Cod (ca. 490 km); a 5th genetic stock occurred in Nova Scotia and a 6th in the northern Gulf of Mexico. One of the sum- mer inshore stocks did not show genetic differentiation from 2 of the winter offshore populations. We suggest that squids from summer locations overwinter in offshore canyons and that winter offshore fishing may affect multiple stocks of the inshore fishery. In spring, squids may segregate by genetic stock as they undertake their inshore migration, indicating an underlying mechanism of subpopula- tion recognition.
Parallaxes and proper motions of interstellar masers toward the Cygnus X star-forming complex. I. Membership of the Cygnus X region

Context. Whether the Cygnus X complex consists of one physically connected region of star formation or of multiple independent regions projected close together on the sky has been debated for decades. The main reason for this puzzling scenario is the lack of trustworthy distance measurements. Aims. We aim to understand the structure and dynamics of the star-forming regions toward Cygnus X by accurate distance and proper motion measurements. Methods. To measure trigonometric parallaxes, we observed 6.7 GHz methanol and 22 GHz water masers with the European VLBI Network and the Very Long Baseline Array. Results. We measured the trigonometric parallaxes and proper motions of five massive star-forming regions toward the Cygnus X complex and report the following distances within a 10% accuracy: 1.30 +0.07 ―0.07 kpc for W 75N, 1.46 +0.09 ―0.08 kpc for DR 20, 1.50 +0.08 ―0.07 kpc for DR 21, 1.36 +0.12 ―0.11 kpc for IRAS 20290+4052, and 3.33 +0.11 ―0.11 kpc for AFGL 2591. While the distances of W 75N, DR 20, DR 21, and IRAS 20290+4052 are consistent with a single distance of 1.40 ± 0.08 kpc for the Cygnus X complex, AFGL 2591 is located at a much greater distance than previously assumed. The space velocities of the four star-forming regions in the Cygnus X complex do not suggest an expanding Stromgren sphere.
Nitrogen retention in natural Mediterranean wetland-streams affected by agricultural runoff

Abstract. Nitrogen retention efficiency in natural Mediterranean wetland-streams affected by agricultural runoff was quantified and the effect of the temporal variability and hydrological/chemical loading was examined from March 2007 to June 2008 in two wetland-streams located in Southeast Spain. Nitrate-N (NO−3-N), ammonium-N (NH+4-N), total nitrogen-N (TN-N), total organic nitrogen-N (TON-N) and chloride (Cl−) concentrations were analyzed to calculate nitrogen retention efficiencies. These wetland-streams consistently reduced water nitrogen concentration throughout the year with higher values for NO−3-N (72.3%), even though the mean value of inflow NO−3-N concentrations was above 20 mg l−1. Additionally, they usually acted as sinks for TON-N (8.4%), but as sources for NH+4-N. Over the entire study period, the Taray and Parra wetland-streams were capable of removing on average 1.6 and 0.8 kg NO−3-N a day−1, respectively. Retention efficiencies were not affected by temperature variation. NO−3-N retention efficiency followed a seasonal pattern with the highest retention values in summer (June–September). The temporal variability for NO−3-N retention efficiency was positively and negatively explained by the hydrologic retention and the inflow NO−3-N concentration (R2adj=0.815, p
On the Spectrum of Curved Planar Waveguides

The spectrum of the Laplace operator in a curved strip of constant width built along an infinite plane curve, subject to three different types of boundary conditions (Dirichlet, Neumann and a combination of these ones, respectively), is investigated. We prove that the essential spectrum as a set is stable under any curvature of the reference curve which vanishes at infinity and find various sufficient conditions which guarantee the existence of geometrically induced discrete spectrum. Furthermore, we derive a lower bound to the distance between the essential spectrum and the spectral threshold for locally curved strips. The paper is also intended as an overview of some new and old results on spectral properties of curved quantum waveguides.
Customer Orientation of Service Employees: A Case Study of Iranian Islamic Banking (Based on COSE Model)

With the performance of service personnel often constituting a major element of a service per se, the customer orientation of service employees (COSE) is often regarded as a main determinant of service firm's success. The purpose of this study is Understands how customer orientation (CO) of service employees (SE) affects customer satisfaction (CS), customer commitment (CC), customer retention (CR) and increasing service quality (SQ) in Iranian Islamic banking sector. This is based on 300 responses collected from customers using Iranian Islamic bank service in three provinces (Khorasan-e Razavi, Khorasan-e Shomali & Khorasan-e Jonobi), in private and governmental sectors. The results show that customer orientation of service employees (COSE) has no impact in customer retention in Iranian Islamic banking. Therefore, other hypotheses accepted. There are important variables in the service sectors that affect customer quality perception. This paper draws on the conceptualization suggested by Henning-Thurau and Thurau and tests model of COSE dimensions (Technical and Social Skills, Motivation and Decision Making Authority) and customer–sided consequence in Islamic banking in Iran.
Long-term trends in native mammal capture rates in a jarrah forest in south-western Australia

Summary The south-western Australian forests and woodlands are important refugia for many species of native mammals that were once widespread across the continent. In the late 1960s, the Perup jarrah forest was identified as being particularly rich in native mammals. Following light selection logging in the 1960s and early 1970s, the forest was primarily managed for the conservation of fauna in recognition of its outstanding conservation value. Detailed fauna studies commenced in 1974 following a preliminary survey and trapping in 1971. Mammal trapping has continued in the Perup forest for twenty-six years, making that forest the site of one of the longest mammal monitoring studies in Australia. Long-term trends in the capture rates of four species, Bettongia penicillata (woylie), Dasyurus geoffroii (chuditch), Isoodon obesulus (quenda) and Trichosurus vulpecula (common brushtail possum), reveal that capture rates, which could be interpreted as mammal abundance, coincide with the level of effort to control the introduced fox (Vulpes vulpes). In the absence of fox control during the early 1970s capture rates of native mammals were less than 12% (i.e. fewer than 12% of traps set caught an animal overnight). In the northern part of Perup forest the woylie was presumed extinct as none was trapped or observed. Between 1977 and 1998, with ongoing fox control, capture rates increased to more than 70%. The woylie showed the greatest increase in capture rate and was the most widespread and commonly caught animal. The capture rates of the other species also increased, but more than 80% of mammals captured were woylies. The high abundance of woylies in recent times has compromised the monitoring protocol, with virtually all traps set catching or being tampered with by woylies, rendering them unavailable to other less-abundant species. A new monitoring protocol is suggested to accommodate the high population density of native mammals.
Optical Characterization of Porous Sputtered Silver Thin Films

The optical properties of various porous silver films, grown with a commercial DC sputter coater, were investigated and compared for different plasma parameters. Effective Drude models were successfully used for those films whose spectra did not show particular resonance peaks. For the other films, neither an effective Drude model nor effective medium models (Maxwell Garnett, Bruggeman, and Looyenga) can describe the optical properties. It turns out that a more general approach like the Bergman representation describes the optical data of these films accurately adopting porosity values consistent with physical measurements.
Stylized features of the investment-growth connection in Latin America, 1980-2012

Estimates of investment and its components in Latin America over the past 30 years are used to review stylized facts relating to investment and explore factors that explain its connection with economic growth. In particular, the low level of investment, the reduction in public spending in the 1980s and its partial recovery along with private investment between 2003 and 2010 are explored. It is found that the increase in national income —on the back of rising terms of trade— made it possible to increase national saving and its contribution to financing investment between 2004 and 2008. The analysis of causality between the investment ratio and growth in gross domestic product (gdp) suggest that —for a considerable number of Latin American countries— changes in the growth rate have preceded changes in the investment ration in the period under study.
Management and planning of a collaborative construction planning process

Construction planning is performed in a multi-disciplinary environment in which it is crucial to explore interdependencies, manage the uncertainty of the information exchange and the understanding of the context. Current construction planning often works on a "throw over the wall" basis - plans are developed only or mainly for control purpose, and ignore the "how" aspect. Construction method planning is treated as a linear process and isolated from information and logistics management. Planners are often puzzled by information; they usually receive a large amounts of formal and informal communications with different formats, some of which are not relevant to their role. The quality of the information received is also often poor (i.e. incomplete design information). In order to deal with the uncertainty caused by insufficient information, guesses are frequently made in the planning process, which neither the initial planner, nor the downstream planner will later check. They are usually ignored and left until execution of the plan, when the problems reveal themselves. This paper argues the importance of effective management of information flow in a planning process and the need to improve the management and planning of construction planning. A collaborative planning process model using a dependency structure matrix tool to manage and optimize the construction planning process is presented.