Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Deformation in Nisyros volcano (Greece) using differential radar interferometry

Nisyros Volcano located at the southeastern Aegean Sea (Greece) has recently shown (1996-97) a high seismic activity, associated with a significant deformation has determined by DGPS measurements. The deter­ mination of the overall deformation of the island was also attempted by Differential Radar Interferometry (DInSAR). The DInSAR analysis has been applied using the ERS-2 satellite data, covering the period 19961999. The removal of the interferometric phase related to the topography has been done using an external high resolution DEM. Two areas of the island show a good coherence, the southwestern and the eastern part. Almost two interferometric fringes were respectively recognized and evaluated. These two zones coincide with the main tectonic fractures of the island. The time separation and resolution, which consist important factors, for the extraction of the effective information and the quality of the finally produced differential interferogram, seem however that influence very slight its accuracy. The deformation outlined by the interferogram is compatible with the existing differential GPS observations.
Determinants of Improved Maize Seed and Fertilizer Use in Kenya: Policy Implications

Maize is a key food crop in Kenya. While maize yields increased from 1.25 t ha-1 in early 1960s to over 2 tonnes in 1982, they fell below 1.5 t ha-1 in 2000. Given the limited land area, there is no doubt that Kenya will have to rely more on modern technologies for increased yields . Use of improved maize varieties and fertilizers will therefore continue to be critical inputs for improving productivity. To improve production, it is important to understand factors determining adoption and intensity of use of modern technologies. A stratified 2-stage sampling design was used to select 1800 households, subsequently interviewed by means of structured questionnaire. Econometric models were used to explore factors influencing adoption and intensity of use of the improved varieties and fertilizer. Access to credit was positively related to adoption and intensity of use of the two inputs. Extension contacts positively influenced the likelihood of adoption of improved maize seed, while amount of planting fertilizer used positively influenced both the adoption and intensity of use of improved varieties. Distance to market negatively determined the adoption and intensity of use of fertilizer. In addition gender and access to hired labour had negative impacts on the intensity of use of fertilizer. There is need to think of alternative sources of credit to farmers and also revamp the existing extension service (including privatization in the long term) for efficient delivery of information.
FLY POSTING: INFORMATIVE vs PUBLIC NUISANCE

Advertisement is a strategic marketing tool employed by the manufacturers and service industries, retailers, government and organizations to promote their products and services. It contains information designed in many forms combining text, visual, sound or motion with the aim to persuade the public. With the availability of new communication technologies in this 21 st century, today’s advertisements are more savvy and sophisticated. Nevertheless, the old and simple form of advertisement known as fly posting is still popular and used by individuals and small entrepreneurs. The two principal aims of this article are to discuss the significant role of fly posting in the society today and evaluation on the medium as an informative source or a public nuisance. The discussion is based on systematic review of past literature and observation on fly posting posted in Klang Valley, Malaysia as to provide a unique insight of the real-world setting. Based on observation, it was found that fly posting. The study concludes by revealing that fly posting is an informative advertising medium, however, the pattern of exposure also sets up the conditions as a public nuisance in Malaysia.
Huxley neurons − ring of Hodgkin Bifurcation analysis of delay-induced patterns in a

371 2013 Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A Markus Kantner and Serhiy Yanchuk Huxley neurons − ring of Hodgkin Bifurcation analysis of delay-induced patterns in a References html#related-urls http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing. org/content/371/1999/20120470.full. Article cited in: 70.full. html#ref-list-1 http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing. org/content/371/1999/201204 This article cites 38 articles, 4 of which can be accessed free
An integrated three-dimensional model on financing risk evaluation for PPP power plant projects based on WSR

This article starts from the risky factors that influence the smooth running of PPP power plant project financing, such as insufficient income, changes in interest rates and so on. On the basis of previous studies, we develop an integrated three-dimensional model for financing risk evaluation of PPP power plant projects based on the WSR systems methodology, so that its "past", "present" and "future" are organically combined. Verifications in case studies show that this model effectively solves the evaluation problems for PPP financing risk and it can make risk control better.
Counting endpoint interval orders and

Gan hael Belfer, A. and M.C. Golumbic, Counting endpoint sequences for interval orders and interval graphs, Discrete Mathematics 114 (1993) 23-39. In this paper we design and analyze efficient algorithms for counting the number of endpoint sequences representing a given interval graph or interval order. The results are based on the construction of a suitable tree data structure to represent multiple solutions. We describe the relation of our meth, to PQ-trees and MPQ-trees. Finally, we discuss the connection of these structures with temp, reasoning.
Molecular Cell Primase Promotes Release of DnaC from DnaB at oriC

An AAA+ ATPase, DnaC, delivers DnaB helicase at the E. coli chromosomal origin by a poorly understood process. This report shows that mutant proteins bearing alanine substitutions for two conserved arginines in a motif named box VII are defective in DNA replication, but this deficiency does not arise from impaired interactions with ATP, DnaB, or singlestranded DNA. Despite their ability to deliver DnaB to the chromosomal origin to form the prepriming complex, this intermediate is inactive. Quantitative analysis of the prepriming complex suggests that the DnaB-DnaC complex contains three DnaC monomers per DnaB hexamer and that the interaction of primase with DnaB and primer formation triggers the release of DnaC, but not the mutants, from DnaB. The interaction of primase with DnaB and the release of DnaC mark discrete events in the transition from initiation to the elongation stage of DNA replication.
Applications of Shape Memory Polymers in Kinetic Buildings

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) have attracted significant attention from both industrial and academic researchers, due to their useful and fascinating functionality. One of the most common and studied external stimuli for SMPs is temperature; other stimuli include electric fields, light, magnetic fields, water, and irradiation. Solutions for SMPs have also been extensively studied in the past decade. In this research, we review, consolidate, and report the major efforts and findings documented in the SMP literature, according to different external stimuli. The corresponding mechanisms, constitutive models, and properties (i.e., mechanical, electrical, optical, shape, etc.) of the SMPs in response to different stimulus methods are then reviewed. Next, this research presents and categorizes up-to-date studies on the application of SMPs in dynamic building structures and components. Following this, we discuss the need for studying SMPs in terms of kinetic building applications, especially about building energy saving purposes, and review recent two-way SMPs and their potential for use in such applications. This review covers a number of current advances in SMPs, with a view towards applications in kinetic building engineering.
Rectification and tunneling effects enabled by Al2O3 atomic layer deposited on back contact of CdTe solar cells

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of Aluminum oxide (Al2O3) is employed to optimize the back contact of thin film CdTe solar cells. Al2O3 layers with a thickness of 0.5 nm to 5 nm are tested, and an improved efficiency, up to 12.1%, is found with the 1 nm Al2O3 deposition, compared with the efficiency of 10.7% without Al2O3 modification. The performance improvement stems from the surface modification that optimizes the rectification and tunneling of back contact. The current-voltage analysis indicates that the back contact with 1 nm Al2O3 maintains large tunneling leakage current and improves the filled factor of CdTe cells through the rectification effect. XPS and capacitance-voltage electrical measurement analysis show that the ALD-Al2O3 modification layer features a desired low-density of interface state of 8 × 1010 cm−2 by estimation.
Redes Neurais de Hopfield como Ferramenta de Otimização Aplicado ao Despacho Hidrotérmico

This paper presents an application of the A rtificial Neural Networks (ANN ) to solve the hydrothermal generation system dispatch problem. The ANN here used is the recurrents networks of “H opfield and Tank” after be improved by “ Kennedy and Chua ” . The dispatch problem is modeled as a linear programming problem(LPP) where the constrain matrix represents the energy balance an d the objective function search the minimum operation cost. The LPP is solved as a dynamic problem through analogs circuits as proposed by “Kennedy and Chua”.
Effects of Mulching Blueberry Plants With Cranberry Fruits and Leaves On Yield, Nutrient Uptake and Weed Suppression

Integration of local organic wastes as mulches into farm production can provide waste management options and an alternative to landfilling. In 2000, cranberry growers needed ways to dispose of excess cranberries caused by overproduction and a federal regulation limiting the fruit's marketable production. This study examined the use of excess cranberry fruits and leaves as mulches on established blueberry plants. The objective of this study was to determine the effects of these novel mulches on established blueberry plant nutrient uptake, fruit yield, selected soil chemical properties and weed suppression. A randomized block design was set up and maintained for two years with four different mulch treatments (no mulch, 5.1cm cranberry fruit, 10.2-cm cranberry fruit and 10.2-cm cranberry leaves). Leaf tissue nutrients (N, P, K, Ca, Mg, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, S, B, Al), fruit yield and average fruit size, selected soil properties, weed biomass and number of weed types were determined. In the second year, the fruit yield in the mulched treatments was lower than in the control (P<0.05), but not the fruit size. One possible reason is a significant decrease in leaf nitrogen uptake observed in some mulch plots. Weed biomass was significantly reduced along with species diversity. This study shows that novel mulches need to be carefully evaluated before being used due to their potential environmental and plant impacts.
THE GROWING ROLE OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN THE ICU

The admission of cancer patients into intensive care units (ICUs) is on the rise. These patients are at high risk for physical and psychosocial suffering. Patients and their families often face difficult end-of-life decisions that highlight the importance of effective and empathetic communication. Palliative care teams are uniquely equipped to help care for cancer patients who are admitted to ICUs. When utilized in the ICU, palliative care has the potential to improve a patient’s symptoms, enhance the communication between care teams and families, and improve family-centered decision making. Within the context of this article, we will discuss how palliative care can be integrated into the care of ICU patients and how to enhance family-centered communication; we will also highlight the care of ICU patients at the end of life.
Enhanced Posttransplant T Cell Reconstitution With Interleukin-7 , Keratinocyte Growth Factor , and Lymphoid Precursors

94 in most cases in the first weeks after HSCT and is primarily determined by engraftment of donor HSCs, B cell, and especially T cell reconstitution takes much longer, and recipients of allogeneic HSCT can have an impaired T and B cell function even years after their HSCT [2]. In recent years a number of strategies to enhance posttransplant immune reconstitution have been developed and successfully tested in preclinical models. These studies in experimental models mark ‘‘the end of the beginning,’’ and in this article we will discuss the first attempts to introduce these strategies in clinical trials with HSCT recipients.
CARING FOR THE CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT ONLINE FIRST Effects of Targeting Higher vs Lower Arterial Oxygen Saturations on Death or Disability in Extremely Preterm Infants

EXTREMELY PRETERM INFANTS are monitored with pulse oximeters for several weeks after birth because they may require supplemental oxygen intermittently or continuously. The goal of oxygen therapy is to deliver sufficient oxygen to the tissues while minimizing oxygen toxicity and oxidative stress. It remains uncertain what values of arterial oxygen saturations achieve this balance in immature infants, who are especially vulnerable to the harmful effects of oxygen. Oxygen therapy for preterm infants was introduced in the 1940s. In the 1950s, after approximately 10 000 preterm children had been blinded, randomized trials confirmed that liberal oxygen therapy may cause retinopathy of prematurity. In the 1960s, oxygen therapy was restricted and many nurseries adopted arbitrary upper limits for Author Affiliations are listed at the end of this article. Corresponding Author: Barbara Schmidt, MD, MSc, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Division of Neonatology, Ravdin 8, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (barbara.schmidt@uphs.upenn .edu or schmidt@mcmaster.ca). Caring for the Critically Ill Patient Section Editor: Derek C. Angus, MD, MPH, Contributing Editor, JAMA (angusdc@upmc.edu). Importance The goal of oxygen therapy is to deliver sufficient oxygen to the tissues while minimizing oxygen toxicity and oxidative stress. It remains uncertain what values of arterial oxygen saturations achieve this balance in preterm infants.
Health in the Management of the Common Cold or Other Related Infectious Respiratory Illnesses Herbs and Other Dietary Supplements : Current Regulations and Recommendations for Use to Maintain

Herbal preparations are sold as dietary supplements in the United States and are subject to the rules and regulations of various health care and economic government agencies that monitor the sale of these products. One approach to assessing the usefulness of these substances is to focus on one particular disease state and then review both the primary literature and expert opinion. The common cold is an important illness due to its recurring nature, the number of people it afflicts, and its economic impact on patients. Dietary supplements have been shown to decrease the duration, the severity, and the frequency of symptoms of the common cold. The most commonly available supplements are zinc, ginseng, echinacea, and vitamin C. Data from expert opinion suggested that certain supplements are more beneficial than others to maintain one’s health during episodes of the common cold. Expert opinion regarding the use of dietary supplements in other related infectious respiratory illnesses, such as the flu, when aggregated with expert opinion findings regarding the common cold were not contradictory. The primary literature provided insights into specific dosages and compounds that may be used in practice.
Design of Printed Semi Circular Patch Monopole Antennas for Ultra Wideband Communication

In this paper we have investigated Printed Semicircular disc monopole antenna, which is basically printed micro strip antenna with etched ground plane for UWB applications. In high performance aircraft, spacecraft, satellite, missile and consumer electronics applications, where weight, cost, performance, ease of installation, and aerodynamic profile are constraints, low profile antennas may be required. Presently there are many other government and commercial applications, such as mobile radio and wireless communications that have similar specification. To meet these requirements, micro strip patch antennas can be used. These antennas are low profile, conformable to planar and non planar surfaces, simple and inexpensive to manufacture. In particular we have simulated Semicircular disc monopole antenna with etched ground plane. Simple rectangular micro strip line is used for feeding the printed monopole antenna and which is having impedance of 50 Ohms. This designed Semicircular disc UWB monopole antenna works well for the whole UWB frequency band 3.1-10.6GHz.
A NONLINEAR MAP FOR MIDPOINT LOCALLY UNIFORMLY

A normed space (X, ‖ · ‖) (or its norm) is said to be midpoint locally uniformly rotund if for every x ∈ X and every sequence (xn)n in X such that ‖xn + x‖→‖x‖ and ‖xn − x‖→‖x‖ we have ‖xn‖→ 0. Recall also that X is locally uniformly rotund if for every x ∈ X and every sequence (xn)n ⊂ X such that lim n ‖xn‖ = ‖x‖ and lim n ‖xn + x‖ = 2‖x‖ we have lim n ‖xn − x‖ = 0, and that X is strictly convex or rotund (R for short) if x = y whenever x and y are elements of X such that ‖x‖ = ‖y‖ = ∥∥(x + y)/2∥∥. It is clear that locally uniformly rotund ⇒ midpoint locally uniformly rotund and that midpoint locally uniformly rotund ⇒ R. In the paper [5], devoted to the renorming of spaces of continuous functions on trees, R. Haydon provides the first example (the only known to date) of midpoint locally uniformly rotund space with no equivalent locally uniformly rotund renorming. There, he also shows that for every tree Υ, the existence of an equivalent strictly convex norm on C(Υ) implies midpoint locally uniformly rotund renormability on this space. This coincidence is not true in general: an example of strictly convexifiable space without midpoint locally uniformly rotund renorming is `∞ (see [2, 6]). Our aim in this paper is to provide a criterion for midpoint locally uniformly rotund renorming of spaces that have images in midpoint locally uniformly rotund spaces through special non linear maps. These are the σ-slicely continuous maps recently introduced in [11], where a non linear transfer technique for locally uniformly rotund renormability has been developed.
Magneto-elastic oscillations modulating the emission of magnetars

Magneto-elastic oscillations of neutron stars are believed to explain observed quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in the decaying tail of the giant flares of highly magnetized neutron stars (magnetars). Strong efforts of the theoretical modelling from different groups have increased our understanding of this phenomenon significantly. Here, we discuss some constraints on the matter in neutron stars that arise if the interpretation of the observations in terms of superfluid, magneto-elastic oscillations is correct. To explain the observed modulation of the light curve of the giant flare, we describe a model that allows the QPOs to couple to the stellar exterior through the magnetic field. In this magnetosphere, the shaking magnetic field induces currents that provide scattering targets for resonant cyclotron scattering of photons, which is calculated with a Monte-Carlo approach and coupled to a code that calculates the momentum distribution of the charge carriers as a one-dimensional accelerator problem. We show first results of a simplified, but self-consistent momentum distribution, i.e. a waterbag distribution, and of the corresponding spectra.
Immunopharmacology and in fl ammation Semaphorin 7 A plays a critical role in IgE-mediated airway in-fl ammation in mice

Elevated allergen-specific IgE levels are a hallmark of allergic asthma, a disease involving chronic airway inflammation characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR); neutrophilic airway inflammation is found in patients with severe asthma. Furthermore, we have reported that interleukin (IL)-33 and IL-17A contribute to IgE-mediated AHR through neutrophilic inflammation in mice. Meanwhile, semaphorins regulating neuronal and immune function have been focused on in several diseases. Here, we investigated whether semaphorin 7A (SEMA7A) is related to IgE-mediated neutrophilic inflammation in mice. BALB/c mice sensitized with antigen-specific IgE monoclonal antibody were repeatedly challenged by the antigen. When anti-SEMA7A antibody was administered during the fourth to seventh challenges, the infiltration by macrophages, lymphocytes, neutrophils, and eosinophils in the lungs was reduced at the seventh challenge (Po0.05, 0.05, 0.01, and 0.05, respectively). However, the increased production of IL-4, IL-5, IL-13, IL-33, IL-17A, IL-6, and CXCL1 in the lungs was not suppressed. In histological analysis, the epithelial cells, blood vessels, and inflammatory cells in the lungs of IgE-sensitized mice showed SEMA7A expression; plexin C1 for the receptor was expressed in the inflammatory cells. Meanwhile, we examined the effect of anti-SEMA7A antibody on AHR and neutrophilic inflammation enhanced by the collaborative action of IL-33 and IL-17A in normal mice, resulting in the suppression of these responses (Po0.05 and 0.01, respectively). Collectively, we demonstrated that SEMA7A plays a critical role in IgEmediated neutrophilic airway inflammation. Therefore, SEMA7A may be a potential therapeutic target for severe allergic asthma showing neutrophilic airway inflammation. & 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Double-averaged velocity profiles over fixed dune shapes

Spatially averaged profiles of time averaged velocity, using integrals over thin horizontal slabs (Cartesian double average), are employed in characterizing the flow over fixed dune shapes. For comparison the spatial averaging method of Smith and McLean (1977) that averages along lines at constant distance from the local bed elevation is also investigated. The Cartesian double averaged profiles of the inverse of the velocity shear are nearly constant below the crest elevation, but increase rapidly above the crest level. This results in velocity profiles that increase linearly with distance from the bed below the crest. Above the crest it can be argued that the velocity increases logarithmically, but a power law profile can also be argued. Spatially averaged eddy viscosity profiles are calculated by multiplying the average Reynolds stress by the inverse shear. The resulting profile is more complex than the uniform flow counterpart.