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Nest-site selection and breeding biology of Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus in sandy beaches of the Portuguese west coast

SUMMARY. —Nest-site selection and breeding biology of Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus on sandy beaches of the Portuguese west coast. Aims: The nest-site selection and breeding biology of Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus were studied on sandy beaches of the Portuguese West coast. Methods: Nest-site characteristics were compared with those of random points and between successful and unsuccessful nests. Breeding parameters (timing of laying, nesting success and egg size) were examined on sandy beaches and these data combined with a literature review to provide a comparison of Kentish Plovers’ breeding parameters between natural (sandy beaches, saline lakes) and man-made coastal habitats (salinas and fish-farms). Results and Conclusions: Three temporal peaks of breeding activity were distinguished: end of April, mid May and end of June. Most nests were located less than 100 meters from the nearest active nest. The dimensions (breadth and volume) of the eggs from late clutches were significantly smaller than those from eggs of early and intermediate clutches. Nesting success was 32% (12.3% using the Mayfield method). There were significant differences in nesting success between the four studied beaches (56% of all clutches produced chicks in Gala while only 18% of all clutches produced chicks in Costinha). Despite the lower success of intermediate clutches no significant difference in nesting success was found between early, intermediate and late clutches. There was a higher probability of finding nest-sites near objects and in areas with a higher cover of sparse vegetation and objects than were random points. Successful nests were placed farther from the nearest mammal footprint, were closer to the nearest vehicle sandmark and had a lower cover of shells and pebbles than did unsuccessful nests. Nesting success was highly variable for both natural and man-made coastal habitats and affected mainly by predation and flooding. In terms of conservation it seems important to maintain habitat diversity for Kentish Plovers.
TOWARD PACLITAXEL-(60)FULLERENE IMMUNOCONJUGATES AS A TARGETED PRODRUG AGAINST CANCER

Two newly synthesized water-soluble conjugates of Paclitaxel with malonodiserinolamide-derivatized [60]fullerene (C60-ser) undergo hydrolysis and release their medical payload under biological conditions. In vivo testing of one of these compounds in a murine model showed tumor volume reduction similar to the FDA-approved drug Abraxane, but without the associated weight-loss, indicating better tolerance of this new formulation.
Virtual Breakpoints for x 86 / 64

Efficient, reliable trapping of execution in a program at the desired location is a hot area of research for security professionals. The progression of debuggers and malware is akin to a game of cat and mouse each are constantly in a state of trying to thwart one another. At the core of most efficient debuggers today is a combination of virtual machines and traditional binary modification breakpoints (int3). In this paper, we present a design for Virtual Breakpoints, a modification to the x86 MMU which brings breakpoint management into hardware alongside page tables. We demonstrate the fundamental abstraction failures of current trapping methods, and rebuild the mechanism from the ground up. Our design delivers fast, reliable trapping without the pitfalls of binary modification
Bearing fault classification based on conditional random field

Condition monitoring of rolling element bearing is paramount for predicting the lifetime and performing effective maintenance of the mechanical equipment. To overcome the drawbacks of the hidden Markov model (HMM) and improve the diagnosis accuracy, conditional random field (CRF) model based classifier is proposed. In this model, the feature vectors sequences and the fault categories are linked by an undirected graphical model in which their relationship is represented by a global conditional probability distribution. In comparison with the HMM, the main advantage of the CRF model is that it can depict the temporal dynamic information between the observation sequences and state sequences without assuming the independence of the input feature vectors. Therefore, the interrelationship between the adjacent observation vectors can also be depicted and integrated into the model, which makes the classifier more robust and accurate than the HMM. To evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method, four kinds of bearing vibration signals which correspond to normal, inner race pit, outer race pit and roller pit respectively are collected from the test rig. And the CRF and HMM models are built respectively to perform fault classification by taking the sub band energy features of wavelet packet decomposition (WPD) as the observation sequences. Moreover, K-fold cross validation method is adopted to improve the evaluation accuracy of the classifier. The analysis and comparison under different fold times show that the accuracy rate of classification using the CRF model is higher than the HMM. This method brings some new lights on the accurate classification of the bearing faults.
A discrete-time analogue preserving the global stability of a continuous SEIS epidemic model

In this paper, we show dynamical consistency between the continuous SEIS epidemic model and its discrete-time analogue, that is, both global dynamics of a continuous SEIS epidemic model ‘without delays’ and the positive solutions of the corresponding backward Euler discretization with mesh width are fully determined by the same single-threshold parameter which is the basic reproduction number of the continuous SEIS model. To prove this, we first obtain lower positive bounds for the permanence of this discrete-time analogue for and then apply a discrete version of Lyapunov function technique in the paper [12].
A review on Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Iranian Young adults and Adolescents

Self-harm is one of the strongest predictions of suicide attempts which is categorized into different types. Non-suicidal self-injury attempts is a part of this division, which has become a common phenomenon in schools and universities, but the extent of understanding its process requires more investigations. Since various studies have been conducted in different parts of Iran, more detailed review on this subject and final conclusion in this regard is necessary. In this review, keywords including adolescent, young, self-injury behavior, non-suicidal selfinjury, self-mutilation, deliberate self-harm and prevalence were searched through SID, Magiran, Google Scholar and PubMed sources in English and Persian languages. In this way, 6 English and 10 Persian articles were obtained. Finally, 3 English and 3 Persian articles were used. The results of various relevant studies indicated that the prevalence of non suicidal self-injury was 4.3% to 40.5% in Iran.
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Contextual information provides important cues for disambiguating visually similar pixels in scene segmentation. In this paper, we introduce a neuron-level Selective Context Aggregation (SCA) module for scene segmentation, comprised of a contextual dependency predictor and a context aggregation operator. The dependency predictor is implicitly trained to infer contextual dependencies between different image regions. The context aggregation operator augments local representations with global context, which is aggregated selectively at each neuron according to its onthe-fly predicted dependencies. The proposed mechanism enables data-driven inference of contextual dependencies, and facilitates context-aware feature learning. The proposed method improves strong baselines built upon VGG16 on challenging scene segmentation datasets, which demonstrates its effectiveness in modeling context information.
Our external dacryocystrohınostomy results ın management of unsuccessful lacrimal surgery

Objective: The aim of this study is to evaluate the suc­cess rate of the external dacryocystorhinostomy (EX-DSR) in recurrences of dacryostenosis after unsuccessful dacryocystorhinostomy (DSR). Methods: In this study, we retrospectively examined the data of 52 eyes of 52 patients that underwent EX-DSR due to recurrences of dacryostenosis after unsuccessful dacryocystorhinostomy (DSR) between 2013 and 2016 in our clinic. Patients were divided into three groups accord­ing to the operations performed previously. Group 1 was composed of 16 patients who were previously operated by using EX-DSR procedure. Group 2 was composed of 15 patients who were previously operated by using endo­nasal endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy procedure and Group 3 was composed of 21 patients who were oper­ated by using transcanalicular multidiod dacryocystorhi­nostomy procedure. The Surgical success was defined as loss of the patient’s symptoms and to provide anatomic patency after lacrimal irrigation. Results: There was no significant difference between groups in terms of demographic features (p >0.05). The follow-up duration of patients upon revision surgery was 7 to 29 months. The surgical success was obtained at 12 patients in group 1 (75%), 12 patients in group 2 (80%), and 19 patients in group 3 (90.5%) during this follow-up time period. When groups were compared to each other, it was observed that there was no significant difference between them in term of success rate (p=0.525). Conclusion: EX-DSR is a successful surgical procedure in recurrences of dacryostenosis after unsuccessful DSR regardless from previous surgical methods.
Weibo Comments Sentiment Analysis Based on Deep Learning Model

In this paper, the sentiment analysis based on the deep learning model was studied. By comparing the effects of the shallow learning model SVM and the deep learning model LSTM on the classification of Weibo comments, we found that the classification result of the LSTM model is better than that of the SVM model under the same group of training set and test set. One of the main reasons lies in that the LSTM model exploits the information of word order during training. Firstly, we need to crawl the original Weibo data from Website and pre-process these data. Secondly, with the help of the neural network language model inside word2vec, the word embedding as the input of the SVM model and the LSTM model are trained. Thirdly, inputting the training set and test set constructed by the word embedding into the SVM model and the LSTM model respectively, then we got the experimental results. Finally, by comparing the experimental results of the SVM model and the LSTM model, we found a way to improve the accuracy of sentiment classification by introducing the information of word order in the model. Keywords—sentiment analysis; word2vec; SVM; LSTM
S E ] 2 9 A ug 2 01 8 Precise Condition Synthesis for Program Repair

Due to the difficulty of repairing defect, many research efforts have been devoted into automatic defect repair. Given a buggy program that fails some test cases, a typical automatic repair technique tries to modify the program to make all tests pass. However, since the test suites in real world projects are usually insufficient, aiming at passing the test suites often leads to incorrect patches. This problem is known as weak test suites or overfitting. In this paper we aim to produce precise patches, that is, any patch we produce has a relatively high probability to be correct. More concretely, we focus on condition synthesis, which was shown to be able to repair more than half of the defects in existing approaches. Our key insight is threefold. First, it is important to know what variables in a local context should be used in an “if” condition, and we propose a sorting method based on the dependency relations between variables. Second, we observe that the API document can be used to guide the repair process, and propose document analysis technique to further filter the variables. Third, it is important to know what predicates should be performed on the set of variables, and we propose to mine a set of frequently used predicates in similar contexts from existing projects. Based on the insight, we develop a novel program repair system, ACS, that could generate precise conditions at faulty locations. Furthermore, given the generated conditions are very precise, we can perform a repair operation that is previously deemed to be too overfitting: directly returning the test oracle to repair the defect. Using our approach, we successfully repaired 17 defects on four projects of Defects4J, which is the largest number of fully automatically repaired defects reported on the dataset so far. More importantly, the precision of our approach in the evaluation is 73.9%, which is significantly higher than previous approaches, which are usually less than 40%.
The Role of School-based Programs in Protection and Development of School Health

The children who attend preschool, primary and secondary education institutions comprise about 32% of the total population. School health includes all aspects of service of evaluating and improving the health of the students and the school staff and providing and maintaining a healthy school life. The aim of school health services is to provide and maintain the best possible physical, mental and social health of all children in the school age in the community. So that, the health degree of the children and the community rises altogether, also the goal of school-based programs is to improve and preserve the health of the students and the school staff with multidisciplinary team. This study focuses on the role of school-based programs in protection and development of school health
Biosorption of some Heavy Metals by Deinococcus radiodurans Isolatedfrom Soil in Basra Governorate-Iraq

The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans has been isolated from Basra soil. On the basis of morphological, biochemical, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogeny analysis, the isolates were authentically identified as D. radiodurans. The biosorption capabilities of D. radiodurans for cadmium (Cd+2) and lead (Pb+2) were monitored at different concentrations and contact times. The characterization of heavy metals around the cells of bacterial strains was observed using the Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectrophotometer, X-ray powder diffraction analysis (XRD) and transmission electron microscope (TEM).
Influence of sulfur on cadmium (Cd) stress tolerance in Triticum aestivum L.

A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the influence of sulfur on cadmium (Cd) stress tolerance in Triticum aestivum L. (cv. Samma). The treatments were given as follows: 0 mM S + 0 mM Cd (control), 1 mM S + 0 mM Cd (S1), 5 mM S + 0 mM Cd (S 2 ), 10 mM S + 0 mM Cd (S 3 ), 0 mM S + 1 mM Cd (Cd), 1 mM S + 1 mM Cd (S 1 +Cd), 5 mM S + 1 mM Cd (S 2 +Cd),) and 10 mM S + 1 mM Cd (S 3 +Cd). Plants fed with Cd showed reduced plant growth characteristics and increased malondialdehyde (MDA) accumulation. However, S-exposed plants clearly exhibited enhanced antioxidant enzymes activity (catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase), chlorophyll a and b content and total soluble carbohydrates (TSC) accumulation, and decreased MDA content in wheat plants. The results indicate that application of S mitigated the adverse effects of Cd stress by enhancing TSC, photosynthetic pigments and antioxidant enzymes. Key words: Antioxidant, cadmium stress, carbohydrates, photosynthetic pigments, Triticum aestivum .
Purification of acidic protease from the cotyledons of germinating Indian bean (Dolichos lablab L. var lignosus) seeds

The positive correlation between the developments of acid, neutral and alkaline proteases (azocaseinolytic) with protein depletion suggest the involvement of these proteases in the degradation of proteins in germinating Indian bean. These proteases increased in the early stages of germination and decreased later. However, the activity of acid proteases was higher throughout the germination period compared with the activities of neutral and alkaline proteases. The acid protease from the cotyledons of 4-day old germinating Indian bean seedlings was purified to 152 folds by a five step procedure comprising - crude extract from cotyledons, (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 fractionation, DEAE-cellulose, CM-cellulose and finally casein-agarose affinity chromatography. The molecular mass of acidic protease is 32 kDa. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 4 (7), pp. 703-707, 2005
Discriminating tastes: self‐selection of macronutrients in two populations of grasshoppers

Abstract The capacity to self‐select an optimal balance of macronutrients (protein and carbohydrate) is studied in two populations of Melanoplus sanguinipes F. (Orthoptera: Acrididae). One population derives from the subarctic (interior of Alaska) and the other from the temperate zone (Idaho, U.S.A.). Over the duration of the fourth and fifth stadia, Alaskan grasshoppers consistently self‐select a diet centred on a 0.90 ratio of protein : carbohydrate, whereas protein and carbohydrate intake by the Idaho grasshoppers is contingent on the particular food choices presented to them. When restricted to imbalanced diets, the Alaskan grasshoppers develop more rapidly than the Idaho grasshoppers, regardless of diet composition. The Idaho grasshoppers also have a greater amount of lipid than the Alaskan grasshoppers across all diets. Performance measures (body mass, survival, developmental times) are more sensitive to dietary imbalances in the Alaskan grasshoppers than in the Idaho grasshoppers. When fed diets with low, but balanced, proportions of protein and carbohydrate, grasshoppers of both populations are able to increase consumption to compensate for the low concentration of nutrients. The results suggest that demographic responses of insects to changes in host plant quality, such as may result from climate change, may differ among populations within a species.
Expression of the p 53 family of proteins in central and peripheral human corneal endothelial cells

At least 40,000 corneal transplants are performed each year in the United States (Eye Bank Association of America). The demand for corneas is so marked that the development of artificial corneas for human transplant is justified. In order to develop functional artificial corneal tissue, a thorough understanding of the human cornea is needed. In the human cornea, the endothelium is the most important layer for the maintenance of osmotic balance and the transparency of corneal tissue [1]. This monolayer of cells appears to be inhibited from dividing in the adult, although these cells have limited proliferation in vitro in response to growth promoting factors and wounding [1-3]. To understand this phenomenon better, the regenerative properties of human endothelial cells have been studied extensively [1,4-6]. In this study, we analyzed the expression of three proteins (the p53 family) involved in cell division in the peripheral and central corneal endothelium. Since stem cells have been found to be isolated at the peripheral/limbal region of the epithelium [7-9], this study also investigates cell division potential in central and peripheral endothelial tissue. p53 is an important protein involved in the negative regulation of cell division. It is well known that this protein is a common target for genetic mutations in rapidly dividing cancer cells [10]. p53 expression is usually not detected in dividing tissues such as skin, kidney, lung, stomach, or breast [11,12]. However, p53 expression has previously been detected in the cytoplasm of normal human corneal endothelial cells [13], and these cells have a limited potential for cell division. In 1997, two other p53 related proteins were identified (p63 and p73) [14,15]. Each of these proteins possess several oforms with characteristics that either mimic or antagonize the role of p53. Both p63 and p73 contain two classes of isoforms; those containing a transactivating domain (TAp63 and TAp73) and those lacking the transactivating domain (∆Np63 and ∆Np73). A simplified model attributes transcriptionally active properties to the TA proteins, whereas the ∆N proteins possess dominant negative functions toward themselves and p53 [16]. Therefore, the TA isoforms of p63 and p73 may play a role in negatively regulating cell division like p53, while the ∆N isoforms of p63 and p73 may play a role in positively regulating cell division. The latter may even contribute to immortalization of cell tissue [16]. The interactions between these p53 family members have been thoroughly reviewed by Moll and Slade [16], and the implications for the results of this study are explained further in the Discussion section. This investigation showed the expression patterns of p53 protein family members in the reluctantly dividing cells of the human corneal endothelium. Although the corneal endothelium has historically been thought to be nondividing, recent data suggests that endothelial cells may be induced to divide ©2005 Molecular Vision
Formality of a higher-codimensional Swiss-cheese operad

We study configurations of points in the complement of a linear subspace inside a Euclidean space, $\mathbb{R}^{n} \setminus \mathbb{R}^{m}$ with $n - m \ge 2$. We define a higher-codimensional Swiss-Cheese operad $\mathsf{VSC}_{mn}$ associated to such configurations, a variant of the classical Swiss-Cheese operad. The operad $\mathsf{VSC}_{mn}$ is weakly equivalent to the operad of locally constant factorization algebras on the stratified space $\{\mathbb{R}^{m} \subset \mathbb{R}^{n}\}$. We prove that this operad is formal over $\mathbb{R}$.
Composition and Microstructure of the Al-Multilayer Graphene Composites Achieved by the Intensive Deformation

Graphene Composites Achieved by the Intensive Deformation T. Czeppe, E. Korznikova, P. Ozga, M. Wrobel, L. Litynska-Dobrzynska, G.F. Korznikova , A.W. Korznikov, P. Czaja and R. Socha Institute of Metallurgy and Materials Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland b Institute for Metals Superplasticity Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland Institute of Catalysis and Surfaces Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
A Single Case of Two Synchronous Metastatic Tumours

The incidence of multiple primary tumours increases with age and due to multiple other factors as environmental and genetic predisposition. The authors describe a case of a 77-year-old female patient with diagnosis in September 2009 of colon mucinous adenocarcinoma. She was submitted to surgery, considered R1 and adjuvant chemotherapy. Six months after treatment she had abdominal recurrence on a nodular lesion in peritoneal fat. The patient was submitted to surgery and did multiple courses of systemic treatment. She underwent cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic chemotherapy, too. In December 2014 she presented a nodular lesion on the bladder and after excision, the histology confirmed a high-grade transitional cell carcinoma and she maintains treatment with endovesical BCG instillations. After that, she had no evidence of peritoneal disease progression. Besides the bad prognosis associated to peritoneal disease, our case report describes a long survival (5 years with no disease progression) in a patient with high risk at diagnosis to peritoneal recurrence. This case shows the importance of multimodal approach and the impact of locoregional treatment in localized metastatic disease.
Use of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Assess How Motor Phenotypes of Parkinson's Disease Respond to Deep Brain Stimulation

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well‐accepted treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD). Motor phenotypes include tremor‐dominant (TD), akinesia‐rigidity (AR), and postural instability gait disorder (PIGD). The mechanism of action in how DBS modulates motor symptom relief remains unknown.