Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Comparisons of harp trap and bat detector efficiency for 1 surveying bats in an urban landscape . 2 3

18 Bat assemblages in urban landscapes must be surveyed in a cost effective and efficient 19 manner so that adequate information can be obtained in order to make informed 20 conservation management decisions. The efficiency of harp traps and bat detectors 21 for surveying bat assemblages within an urban landscape was compared with respect 22 to number and composition of species. Sampling was carried out in Brisbane, 23 Australia and a total of 27 sites within three habitat types (remnant bushland, 24 parkland, and low density residential) were sampled twice each. Twelve species and 25 the genus Nyctophilus were identified from 3628 calls recorded by the bat detectors 26 and four species and the genus Vespadelus were identified from the 17 individuals 27 captured by the harp traps. All species captured by harp trap were also detected by bat 28 detector, with the exception of Nyctophilus bifax. Species in the genus Nyctophilus 29 cannot be distinguished from one another using bat detectors. Bat detectors recorded 30 significantly more species per site than were captured by harp traps, both overall and 31 within each of the three habitat types. Bat detectors were the most effective method 32
Invasion of open space by two competitors: spreading properties of monostable two‐species competition‐diffusion systems

This paper is concerned with some spreading properties of monostable Lotka–Volterra two‐species competition‐diffusion systems when the initial values are null or exponentially decaying in a right half line. Thanks to a careful construction of super‐solutions and sub‐solutions, we improve previously known results and settle open questions. In particular, we show that if the weaker competitor is also the faster one, then it is able to evade the stronger and slower competitor by invading first into unoccupied territories. The pair of speeds depends on the initial values. If these are null in a right half‐line, then the first speed is the KPP speed of the fastest competitor and the second speed is given by an exact formula describing the possibility of nonlocal pulling. Furthermore, the unbounded set of pairs of speeds achievable with exponentially decaying initial values is characterized, up to a negligible set.
Silicate Matrix with Implanted Peptide Self-Assemblies for Smart Sensor Electrodes and Coated Glass Systems

Objective: Long-term stable and highly versatile and technologically important sol-gel derived material’s synthesis, characterization and some of its potential applications are presented. Methods: Multifunctional sol-gel precursor is added with 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzylamine derived peptide self assembled nanotubes (BTTPNTs), to form a core-shell, BTTPNTs@SiO2 matrix. The prepared material is characterized by UV-vis absorbance (UV-vis), Diffuse Reflectance Spectra (DRS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Confocal Raman Spectral and Imaging (CRS & CRM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Transmittance Electron Microscopy (TEM). Result: The obtained results clearly revealed the expected BTTPNTs implanted core and SiO2 as shell in the formed nanocomposites. Conclusion: Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) studies explore the sensing activity and UV-vis spectroscopy presents the smart UV protective ability of the coated glass systems. A R T I C L E H I S T O R Y Received: March 19, 2018 Revised: May 16, 2018 Accepted: May 28, 2018
Turning Black Swans Green: The Vittorio Santaniello Memorial Lecture

This article argues that the severe (or Black Swan) event of a financial crisis provides the opportunity to address other threatening issues-energy insecurity and climate change with the associated extreme weather events. The financial crisis has been catalytic in reassessing risk and the likelihood of extreme events-whether in finance or energy or climate. Already, a large part of expenditures from the global stimulus has been directed to diversifying the energy base of economies toward less carbon-intensive energy. Public expenditures, in an attempt to compensate for the fall in consumer spending, are stimulating a reformation of the capital and energy infrastructure of nations toward a lower carbon path of growth. Likewise, and consistent with this reassessment and transformation in energy, are the efforts to combat climate change and the prospects of extreme weather events. International negotiations and domestic legislation for cap and trade are moving towards providing more market-based incentives for this diversification of energy and at the same time stimulating lower-cost solutions for reducing carbon emissions. In both energy and climate, it is increasingly recognized that the economies of the world need to move to even greener technologies, which offer zero or even negative emissions. The 50-80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 currently called for by scientists can only be achieved through using energy-rich crops as a major source of fuels. Biofuels and biomass offer near zero emissions and when combined with carbon capture and sequestration could result even in negative emissions-providing energy while capturing carbon from the atmosphere. But advances in biotechnology are needed to reengineer plants to become more fuel rich and have lower cost in harvesting and processing if these ambitious reductions in carbon emissions are to be attained by mid-century.
Affine development of closed curves in Weitzenböck manifolds and the Burgers vector of dislocation mechanics

In the theory of dislocations, the Burgers vector is usually defined by referring to a crystal structure. Using the notion of affine development of curves on a differential manifold with a connection, we give a differential geometric definition of the Burgers vector directly in the continuum setting, without making use of an underlying crystal structure. As opposed to some other approaches to the continuum definition of the Burgers vector, our definition is completely geometric, in the sense that it involves no ambiguous operations such as the integration of a vector field: when we integrate a vector field, it is a vector field living in the tangent space at a given point in the manifold. For a body with distributed dislocations, the material manifold, which describes the geometry of the stress-free state of the body, is commonly taken to be a Weitzenböck manifold, i.e. a manifold with a metric-compatible, flat connection with torsion. We show that for such a manifold, the density of the Burgers vector calculated according to our definition reproduces the commonly stated relation between the density of dislocations and the torsion tensor.
DAMAGE CAUSED BY INSECTS OF IBIS MUMMIES FROM LATE PERIOD: A CASE STUDY

Late Period ibis mummies housed in the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in Cairo, Egypt was selected for this study. In scholarly publications, most authors have dealt with microorganisms, while few have concerned themselves in depth with the effect of insects on the mummies. The mummies showed different signs of deterioration and degradation caused by insects, such as missing and gaps in the linen wrappings, and accumulated dust. This study aims to discuss the significance of insects and the changes they affected to the mummies. To achieve these goals, the mummies were examined by visual assessment and stereo microscope. The following insects could be identified: Attagenus unicolor, Gibbium psylloides.
Treatment of complicated grief in a bereaved mother who lost her son to suicide

Losing a child to suicide is one of the most painful events and will lead to complicated grief reactions. Bereaved family suffer severe grief reactions that interferes with one’s daily functioning. However, there are few case studies on grief or bereavement. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the process of complicated grief treatment (CGT) for a mother who lost her son to suicide. CGT is a manualized evidence-based treatment and it enables client to face the most traumatic aspects of the death and to encourage her to take steps toward the reality. Treating bereaved families is difficult; however, “sense of guilt (ushirometasa, in Japanese)” and “unsolved questions” are keys for understanding these families. There are many limitations for presenting a single case study, however, the client in this study found a reasonable ending to her anguished journey through CGT.
Direct Detection Portals for Self-interacting Dark Matter

Dark matter self-interactions can affect the small scale structure of the Universe, reducing the central densities of dwarfs and low surface brightness galaxies in accord with observations. From a particle physics point of view, this points toward the existence of a 1-100 MeV particle in the dark sector that mediates self-interactions. Since mediator particles will generically couple to the Standard Model, direct detection experiments provide sensitive probes of self-interacting dark matter. We consider three minimal mechanisms for coupling the dark and visible sectors: photon kinetic mixing, Z boson mass mixing, and the Higgs portal. Self-interacting dark matter motivates a new benchmark paradigm for direct detection via momentum-dependent interactions, and ton-scale experiments will cover astrophysically motivated parameter regimes that are unconstrained by current limits. Direct detection is a complementary avenue to constrain velocity-dependent self-interactions that evade astrophysical bounds from larger scales, such as those from the bullet cluster. © 2014 American Physical Society.
An outbreak of anthrax in endangered Rothschild’s giraffes in Mwea National Reserve, Kenya

License. The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. Permissions beyond the scope of the License are administered by Dove Medical Press Limited. Information on how to request permission may be found at: http://www.dovepress. com/permissions.php Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports 2013:4 45–48 Veterinary Medicine: Research and Reports Dovepress
Clinical Study Vitamin D Predicts All-Cause and Cardiac Mortality in Females with Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome : A Comparison with Brain Natriuretic Peptide and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein

Vitamin D may not only reflect disease but may also serve as a prognostic indicator. Our aim was to assess the gender-specific utility of vitaminDmeasured as 25-hydroxy-vitaminD [25(OH)D] to predict all-cause and cardiac death in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and to compare its prognostic utility to brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and high-sensitivity Creactive protein (hsCRP). Blood samples were harvested on admission in 982 patients. Forty percentwerewomen (65.9± 12.6 years). Mortality was evaluated in quartiles of 25(OH)D, BNP, and hsCRP, respectively, during a 5-year follow-up, applying univariate and multivariate analyses. One hundred and seventy-three patients died; 78 were women. In 92 patients (37 women), death was defined as cardiac. In women, the univariate hazard ratio (HR) for total death of 25(OH)D in Quartile (Q) 2 versus Q1, Q3 versus Q1, and Q4 versus Q1 was 0.55 (95% CI 0.33–0.93), 0.29 (95% CI 0.15–0.55), and 0.13 (95% CI 0.06–0.32), respectively. In females, it was an independent predictor of total and cardiac death, whereas BNP and hsCRP were less gender-specific. No gender differences in 25(OH)D were noted in a reference material. Accordingly, vitamin D independently predicts mortality in females with suspected ACS.
Applying a knowledge-generation epistemological approach to computer sci- ence and software engineering education

This paper proposes a brief exploration of the epistemology of knowledge, specifically distinguishing the development of scientific knowledge from the development of engineering knowledge. Based on a pragmatic theory approach (1), the paper proposes a pattern for distinguishing the ‘science’ of computer science from its ‘engineering’ aspects. The paper then applies these distinctions to traditional Computer Science knowledge, and explores its relationship to ‘engineering science’. The implications of this knowledge-generation approach to discipline exploration are then applied to Software Engineering as an engineering discipline. This application aims at distinguishing Software Engineering from the scientific and engineering aspects of Computer Science. A cursory introduction to the literature of the philosophy of engineering reveals competing viewpoints on what distinguishes scientific from engineering knowledge, including engineering (and technology) as applied science (2 p. 42) and the influence of knowledge generation as a means to distinguish between ‘scientific’ and ‘engineering’ knowledge. When seen through the lens of a pragmatic theory of knowledge, the crucial characteristics of scientific knowledge include that scientific knowledge is theory bound, and scientific knowledge is developed to explain the way the world works. (1 p. 2) Engineering knowledge can be considered a distinct form of knowledge since scientific and engineering knowledge aim at different ends. In short, science aims to explain and technology/engineering aims to create artifices. "Technology, though it may apply science, is not the same as or entirely applied science" (3 p. 4).
Worldwide convergence of IFRS: Evidence from the global automotive industry

Worldwide convergence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), ongoing since 2002, is a requirement if international comparability between publicly listed companies is to be ensured. Convergence is examined from the point of view of regulators, accountants, and users of financial information. For this purpose, data on 534 companies from the global automotive industry is used. This paper concludes that worldwide convergence is mostly being effective. Its triumph, however, varies depending on the set of accounting standards being compared to IFRS. Options within IFRS, national tax regulation, cultural differences, different company strategies and country resistance are found to hinder convergence.
Survey and Analyze Processes Status of Information Technology in Electronic Banking Arena by Using Process Maturing View and Main COBIT Model (Case Study: REFAH Bank-Iran)

In global current economy, one of the challenging issues of organizations is their ability to utilize multi skills and knowledge in organizational processes. Expansion of communication technology leads to a revolution in various dimensions of human life and organizations operations. Electronic trading, Electronic business and Electronic banking are the main conclusions of IT usage in economical dimension. In using ITC and specially banking arena, Iran is relatively new and it takes time for it to achieve an ideal status. Permanent evaluation of electronic banking in our country, in regard to recognizing of current status and also to improve the processes, can play significant role in progressing electronic banking of IRAN and to reduce its level against developed countries. In this article it has, after introduce of process maturity approach and the main COBIT model, the current status of IT processes in REFAH Bank is evaluated according 6 level maturity model, which is provided by Software Engineer Institute (SEI), used by COBIT for doing comparative surveys and recognizing essential improvements in IT level. By determining the level of maturity of IT process in Refah Bank, the processes were classified and prioritized by operation-important technique. Three main processes were recognized with high priority for improvement. These processes are: "Determine technological direction", "Communicate management aims and direction" and "Manage IT human resource". Then a number of operational activities were presented according to COBIT framework and Refah Bank expertise's ideas to improve the maturity level of these processes. However, these approaches are prioritized based on using Ease and Impact methods which are approved by Europe Quality Institute and EFQM reward. Finally the following activities were suggested to improve the level of maturity of the selected processes: "Create and maintain a technology infrastructure plan", "Establish and maintain an IT control environment and framework" and "Identify IT skills, position descriptions, salary ranges and personal performance benchmarks".
Low Dimensional Embedding of Climate Data for Radio Astronomical Site Testing in the Colombian Andes

We set out to evaluate the potential of the Colombian Andes for millimeter-wave astronomical observations. Previous studies for astronomical site testing in this region have suggested that nighttime humidity and cloud cover conditions make most sites unsuitable for professional visible-light observations. Millimeter observations can be done during the day, but require that the precipitable water vapor column above a site stays below $\sim$10 mm. Due to a lack of direct radiometric or radiosonde measurements, we present a method for correlating climate data from weather stations to sites with a low precipitable water vapor column. We use unsupervised learning techniques to low-dimensionally embed climate data (precipitation, rain days, relative humidity, and sunshine duration) in order to group together stations with similar long-term climate behavior. The data were taken over a period of 30 years by 2046 weather stations across the Colombian territory. We find 6 regions with unusually dry, clear-sky conditions, ranging in elevations from 2200 to 3800 masl. We evaluate the suitability of each region using a quality index derived from a Bayesian probabilistic analysis of the station type and elevation distributions. Two of these regions show a high probability of having an exceptionally low precipitable water vapor column. We compared our results with global precipitable water vapor maps and find a plausible geographical correlation with regions with low water vapor columns ($\sim10$ mm) at an accuracy of $\sim20$ km. Our methods can be applied to similar datasets taken in other countries as a first step toward astronomical site evaluation.
Deletion of mitochondrial inorganic pyrophosphatase gene extends life span in haploid yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

Aging is a universal but poorly understood biological process and its underlying mechanisms are under intensive study. Mitochondria have a central role in the studies of aging hence they supply the majority of the organisms’ energy requirement from biological fuels. However, the role of mitochondria in the aging process is more complicated than the proposed theories of aging. We addressed a question by asking whether deletion to mitochondrial metabolism genes can extend life span in haploid cell of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast). In this study, strains derived from the yeast open reading frame (ORF) deletions were screened through replicative aging assay in order to identify the mitochondrial metabolism genes that increase life span. This has resulted in the isolation of a long living (22% extended life span) mutant, ppa2Δ, which lack mitochondrial inorganic pyro phosphatase gene. The mitochondrial morphology of this long living mutant was analyzed by fluorescence microscopy. Compared to serpentine nature of wild type mitochondria, a different dynamics and distribution pattern was viewed, i.e. mitochondria were aggregated and formed colonies within the cytoplasm of this long lived cell. The aggregated mitochondrial mass was found to be intact from the young to old stage of life. Thus, this investigation reveals the longevity role of the mutant form of the gene PPA2 through an alteration of mitochondrial morphology. J. Biodivers. Conserv. Bioresour. Manag. 2017, 3(2): 69-76
Megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis in several Tripsacum species (Poaceae)

The Tripsacuin agamic complex (x = 18) will provide valuable characters for maize breeding, provided that apomixis can be manipulated. Apomixis in Tripsacuin was first reported 40 years ago, but its prevalence in the genus has not been established. Reproductive development was determined for eight Mexican and two South American Tripsacuin species by microscopic analysis of ovaries cleared in a benzyl benzoate-dibutyl phthalate solution using interference contrast optics. The occurrence and distribution of callose deposition during megasporogenesis were determined by fluorescence microscopy of ovaries optically cleared in an aqueous sucrose solution containing aniline blue. Diploid genotypes were sexual. Polyploid forms reproduced apomictically following the Antennaria type (complete meiosis abortion) of diplospory. The Taraxacum type (unreduced megaspore production through meiotic restitution nuclei) of diplospory also occurred but rarely. The walls of diplosporic megasporocytes lacked callose whereas the walls of sexual megasporocytes contained a normal complement of callose. The absence of callose suggests that the diplosporic forms of reproduction result from mutations affecting the normal meiotic process. Apomixis in the Tripsacurn genus is facultative, and the production of new polyploid genotypes through genetic exchanges involving both apomictic and sexual genotypes is possible.
Transformational Encounters: Reflections on Cultural Participation and Ecomuseology

Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between cultural participation, community wellbeing and global sustainability. By reframing notions of cultural participation within a perspective that stresses interconnection and deep reflection as key to wellbeing, the author questions the core values that guide, govern and fund cultural organizations, policies and practices. The paper presents ten quasi-fictive scenarios that explore the dynamics of meaningful participation. They creatively illustrate the importance of an ecomuseological perspective in which culture is understood as the foundation for increased human consciousness and responsible action to share limited planetary resources. Resume : Cette communication explore les rapports entre la participation culturelle, le bien-etre de la communaute, et la viabilite globale. L’auteur remet en question les valeurs fondamentales qui guident, gouvernent et subventionnent les organisations culturelles, les principes de fonctionnement et les pratiques courantes. A cette fin, il utilise une tactique qui consiste a reformuler les notions de participation culturelle a partir d’un point de vue qui met l’accent sur les liens etroits et la reflexion profonde afin de favoriser une situation de bien-etre. On y retrouve dix scenarios quasi fictifs qui explorent une dynamique de participation impliquee. Ceux-ci illustrent l’importance d’une perspective ecomuseologique selon laquelle on voit la culture comme etant la base d’une connaissance humaine accrue qui nous permettra de partager des ressources planetaires limitees.