Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Bridging the Gap between Application and Solid-State-Drives

Data storage is one of the important and often critical parts of the computing system in terms of performance, cost, reliability, and energy. Numerous new memory technologies, such as NAND flash, phase change memory (PCM), magnetic RAM (STT-RAM) and Memristor, have emerged recently. Many of them have already entered the production system. Traditional storage optimization and caching algorithms are far from optimal because storage I/Os do not show simple locality. To provide optimal storage we need accurate predictions of I/O behavior. However, the workloads are increasingly dynamic and diverse, making the long and short time I/O prediction challenge. Because of the evolution of the storage technologies and the increasing diversity of workloads, the storage software is becoming more and more complex. For example, Flash Translation Layer (FTL) is added for NAND-flash based Solid State Disks (NAND-SSDs). However, it introduces overhead such as address translation delay and garbage collection costs. There are many recent studies aim to address the overhead. Unfortunately, there is no one-size-fits-all solution due to the variety of workloads. Despite rapidly evolving in storage technologies, the increasing heterogeneity and diversity in machines and workloads coupled with the continued data explosion exacerbate the gap between computing and storage speeds. In this dissertation, we improve the data storage performance from both top-down and bottomup approach. [top-down] First, we will investigate exposing the storage level parallelism so that applications can avoid I/O contentions and workloads skew when scheduling the jobs. Second, we will study how architecture aware task scheduling can improve the performance of the application when PCM based NVRAM are equipped. [bottom-up] Third, we will develop an I/O correlation aware flash translation layer for NAND-flash based Solid State Disks. Fourth, we will build a DRAM-based correlation aware FTL emulator and study the performance in various filesystems.
Being a Kakehashi: A Case Study of the Link Between Teacher Beliefs and Student Engagement

Schools and universities frequently struggle to nourish sustained language learning in their advanced students. There is limited research investigating the elements of effective teaching, which particularly support advanced language learning performance. This article investigates the apparent effect of language teacher beliefs in shaping development of advanced student performance on a Japanese speech-writing task in the Australian senior secondary school context. It is informed by both the analysis of a narrative written by the teacher and data collected in students’ engagement with the task. It seeks to highlight the active role of teacher beliefs conveyed to students in contributing to advanced achievement in Japanese language learning.
Germination and Seedling Development of Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Optimum germination of Canada thistle [Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. ] occurred at alternating temperatures of 20 to 30 C and 30 to 40 C and at a constant temperature of 30 C. Osmotic pressures of 7 bars and greater reduced germination, but 2% of the seeds germinated at 15 bars. Canada thistle seeds (14%) were able to germinate in NaCl concentrations of 20,000 ppmw. Light was important in seed germination, however, its effect could be overcome by adding GA3 (gibberellic acid) to the germination medium. Optimum pH for germination was between 5.8 and 7.0. Depth of planting influenced emergence; the highest percentage of seedlings emerged from depths of 0.5 to 1.5 cm. Canada thistle seedlings tolerated average soil moisture tensions of 1.3 bars and continued to grow. Canada thistle seedlings 19 days old and with two true leaves were able to resprout after top-growth removal. Regrowth was evident on 8% of the clipped plants 4 days after initial top-growth removal.
Theoretical bases assuming durable resistance to Plasmopara halstedii (sunflower downy mildew).

Sunflower downy mildew is considered as one of the most serious diseases. Therefore, vertical resistance has been used intens ively, but with the appearance of many races since 2000, research on more durable resistance has been undertaken. In this review, we present new results concerning the evolution of pathogenicity under artificial conditions in order to underline a mixture model assuming durable resistance against Plasmopara halstedii . Examples of hostparasite interactions including the influence of pl ant mixture against pathogens and durable resistance are presented to integrate i n our couple P. halstedii / Helianthus annuus .
Traçabilité dans la filière animale

The development of new emerging molecular genetic methods allows to determine characteristic patterns of any individual and opens the way to the identification and traceability of individuals and their products by the "DNA fingerprinting" procedure. Microsatellite DNA sequences analysis gives very effective information for the individual discrimination and paternity testing. This information can be obtained with traces of biological sample. DNA fingerprinting with microsatellite analysis is now a reliable, practical and cheap method for identification, certification and authentication of transformed and untransformed meat products. The first step in the molecular traceability in the bovine sector requires a hair data bank where the samples can be conserved for many years. This is obtained with the "pilotheque project" in relation with the SANITEL control system and seems to be the best way to complete the identification of bovine animals at the production stage. With the new labelling system of bovine meat, DNA fingerprinting associated to SANITEL system will become an objective control criterion at the marketing stage.
Bignoniaceae adventicias en la Argentina: primera cita de Podranea ricasoliana y nuevos registros de Campsis radicans

Bignoniaceae adventitious in Argentina. First reference to Podranea ricasoliana, and new records of Campsis radicans. This paper includes the first reference to Podranea ricasoliana and new records of Campsis radicans (Bignoniaceae) for the adventitious Argentinean Flora. Also includes observations on the expansion mechanisms and the status into the naturalization process for P. ricasoliana, besides a key to differentiate the adventitious Bignoniaceae in Argentina.
Influence of mating and oviposition behavior on progeny production of the ichneumonid parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae

The Campoletis chlorideae Uchida is an important natural enemy of the noctuids, being the most important larval parasitoid of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) in different agro-ecosystem. Regulation of sex ratio in the hymenopterans has an important bearing on the use of natural enemies for the management of insect pests. There is no clear concept of sex ratio manipulation by C. chlorideae, therefore the present studies were conducted to understand the mechanism of sex ratio in C. chlorideae in 4 different mating schemes. Mating and parasitization regimes had a significant influence on the fecundity of C. chlorideae females, while no significant differences were observed for cocoon formation, adult emergence, and larval and pupal periods across mating regimes. There was a positive correlation (r = 0.68) between fecundity and longevity of C. chlorideae females. Attraction of more males to copulating pair resulted in mating of a female with two or three males simultaneously, suggested increased release of sex pheromone by the females during copulation and the competition among the males for mating. However, mating with multiple males simultaneously is not an additive advantage in progeny production, since only 20% of the C. chlorideae females (mated with two males) were able to parasitize the H. armigera larvae successfully. There was no consistent trend in sex ratio across treatments and parasitization days, except in case of unmated females. Studies on sexual and ovipositional behaviors suggested that extrachromosomal factors could be responsible for sex-determination in C. chlorideae, which needs to be tested systematically.
Stavovi srednjoškolaca prema osobama homoseksualne orijentacije i njihova povezanost s vršnjačkim i roditeljskim normama

Cilj istraživanja bio je ispitati povezanost stavova srednjoskolaca prema osobama homoseksualne orijentacije s roditeljskim i vrsnjackim normama te provjeriti kako taj odnos ovisi o opcoj podložnosti roditeljskom i vrsnjackom utjecaju. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 312 ucenika srednjih skola na podrucju Hrvatske. Sudionici su regrutirani metodom snježne grude, a podaci prikupljeni online. Za mjere stavova koristile su se Skala stavova prema gej muskarcima i lezbijkama te Skala socijalne distance koja je ukljucivala samoprocjenu te procjenu roditelja i vrsnjaka. Osim toga, u upitniku su koristeni Skala roditeljskog i vrsnjackog utjecaja i sociodemografska pitanja. Rezultati pokazuju da sudionici, u prosjeku, na mjerama stavova imaju blago pozitivan stav prema osobama homoseksualne orijentacije. Roditeljska i vrsnjacka norma znacajno doprinose objasnjenju stavova sudionika prema osobama homoseksualne orijentacije. Pritom roditeljska norma ima veci doprinos, nego vrsnjacka norma. Sto su roditeljske i vrsnjacke norme negativnije, to je i negativniji stav sudionika prema homoseksualnim osobama. Odnos između vrsnjackih normi i stavova nije moderiran opcom podložnoscu vrsnjackom utjecaju. Rezultati indiciraju da opca podložnost roditeljskom utjecaju ima znacajan moderatorski efekt na odnos između roditeljskih normi i stavova srednjoskolaca prema homoseksualnim osobama. Sto su vise podložni roditeljskom utjecaju, to je snažnija povezanost njihovih stavova s roditeljskim normama. Ovaj efekt nije prisutan kod pozitivnih roditeljskih normi, ali od neutralnih prema negativnijim normama postaje sve izraženiji.
Vibrio cholerae and cholera : molecular to global perspectives

Introduction The bacterium Vibrio cholerae, Isolation and identification of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 from fecal specimens Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in food and water Detection of cholera toxin genes Detection of toxins of Vibrio cholerae 01 and non-01 Non-toxigenic Vibrio cholerae 01 infections in the United States Molecular basis for O-antigen biosynthesis in Vibrio cholerae 01 Ogawa-Inaba switching Non-O group 1 Vibrio cholerae Vibrios in the environment Serologic diagnosis of Vibrio cholerae 01 infection Virulence factors Toxins of Vibrio cholerae 01 Regulation of toxin (CT) expressions The toxin-coregulated pilus: biogenesis and function Animal models in cholera research Cholera: the disease Cholera: pathophysiology Immunity to Vibrio cholerae infection Host susceptibility Epidemiology and surveillance Cholera before 1970 The African epidemic 1970-92 Endemic cholera in Australia and the United States The Latin American epidemic Transmission of cholera Molecular epidemiology of Vibrio cholerae 01 Cholera surveillance Vaccines Polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines for prevention of cholera Molecular recombinant cholera vaccines Protective oral cholera vaccine based on a combination of cholera toxin B subunit and inactivated Cholera vibrios Public health consideration for the use of cholera vaccines in cholera control programs Cholera: the future Cholera: unanswered questions
The roles of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae Paf1 complex in regulating transcriptional repression

The conserved Paf1 complex is important for proper gene expression in both yeast and humans. The Paf1 complex has been shown to repress the transcription of numerous genes. However, the mechanism by which the Paf1 complex mediates transcriptional repression remains largely unstudied. Here I use ARG1 as a model gene to investigate transcriptional repression by the Paf1 complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Interestingly, I found that Paf1 complex-dependent histone modifications that are normally associated with active transcription are enriched on the ARG1 coding region and contribute to repression. The Rtf1 subunit of the Paf1 complex appears to mediate ARG1 repression primarily through histone H2B ubiquitylation and histone H3 K4 methylation. However, Paf1 has repressive functions aside from these histone modifications. Interestingly, occupancy of the activator Gcn4 is increased at the ARG1 promoter in paf1Δ cells, resulting in ARG1 derepression that is dependent on the histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 and histone H3 acetylation sites. Together my results suggest that Paf1 mediates ARG1 repression by preventing Gcn4 recruitment to the ARG1 promoter and subsequent histone H3 acetylation. I found that Paf1 does not alter nucleosome occupancy at the ARG1 promoter. However, I detect antisense transcription in the ARG1 promoter that positively correlates with ARG1 sense transcription. Interestingly, Paf1 prevents antisense transcription from traversing the ARG1 promoter, representing a potential mechanism by which the Paf1 complex controls promoter accessibility and ultimately ARG1 expression. Given these results, I hypothesize that the Paf1 complex mediates ARG1 repression partially by facilitating histone modifications that are refractory to ARG1 transcription and partially by inhibiting antisense transcription which controls promoter accessibility. Importantly, events that I observed at my model gene, ARG1, are demonstrated at other Paf1 complex-repressed genes.
Disturbance facilitates rapid range expansion of aspen into higher elevations of the Rocky Mountains under a warming climate

Aim Trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides Michx.) is absent in the upper foothills region of west‐central Alberta because of the cold conditions and short growing season at this high elevation. However, in recent years it appears that aspen has been establishing from seed in this zone and that it has been doing so mainly as a result of forest harvesting. The objectives of this study were to determine the frequency of and types of microsite required for the successful establishment of aspen seedlings at these higher elevations.
Increase of Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Motivation for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises Through Family Education, Formal Education and Social Environment

Research funded by Directorate of Strengthening Research and Development, Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education of the Republic of Indonesia Abstract Abstract – Everyone has their own financial goals. In order to reach those goals, financial preparation is needed. Financial preparation moreover should be possessed by micro, small, and medium enterprises due to their uncertain income, beside of they should pay for labor expense. In order to prepare the financial, they need sufficient financial literacy so that they can plan the financial properly including choose appropriate investment strategy that is fitted with the personal risk profile. The financial challenge for micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs is because they have greater financial risk due to unstable income. Beside that, entrepreneurs also have temptation of consumptive lifestyle. Consumptive behavior is a common problem in cities. Various facilities available on big cities invite the citizens to spend their money for excessive purchasing. Consumptive behavior happened when a person spend his money to purchase nonproductive goods excessively only to satisfy short term desire. In order to protect themselves from consumptive lifestyle temptation, micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs should have sufficient financial literacy to realize their financial needs in the future. Moreover they have additional financial goal which is to develop their business. The purpose of this research is to discover the influence of family education, formal education in higher education and social environment on financial literacy of micro, small, and medium enterprises. Also to know whether those effects also influence entrepreneurship motivation. The sample used on this research is 300 micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs using purposive sampling method. The research applied multiple linear regression to identify the influence. The results showed that family education, formal, education, and social environment simultaneously and partially influence financial literacy and entrepreneurship motivation, and also financial literacy influence entrepreneurship motivation. Keywords: financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and social environment
Sensory Exploitation And Indicator Models May Explain Red Pelvic Spines In The Brook Stickleback, Culaea Inconstans

Background: Sensory bias models explaining the evolution of sexually selected traits predict that trait preferences evolve as an artifact of a pre-existing preference for certain components of the environment such as specifically coloured prey. Indicator models, in contrast, predict that sexually selected traits indicate mate condition. We investigate the potential for sensory exploitation and condition indication models to explain the evolution of what appears to be a recently evolved sexually selected trait. Question: Did red pelvic spine coloration in male Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge (TNWR) brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans) evolve to exploit a pre-existing sensory bias for red prey, thus helping males draw females to the nest? Or, did it evolve as an intersexual signal indicating male condition to females? Methods: We recorded the frequency of red pelvic spine coloration in males versus females and in breeding versus non-breeding males. We measured the condition factor of males with and without red coloration on their pelvic spines. We presented fish with a paired choice between a red versus an orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple bead, and recorded the proportion of bites at each colour. Results: Red coloration was significantly more common in males than in females and in males during the breeding season than outside the breeding season. Males with strongly red pelvic spines have a significantly higher mean condition factor than those with plain spines. TNWR brook stickleback prefer red to other colours in a predation context. Conclusions: Our results suggest that TNWR brook stickleback red pelvic spine coloration is a secondary sexual character that may exploit a pre-existing sensory bias for red prey while also indicating condition to females.
La perception sensorielle des bébés nés à terme et prématurés

La perception sensorielle est propre a chaque individu. Elle decoule du patrimoine genetique (qui definit les recepteurs sensoriels), mais varie en fonction de la maturation et de l’experience d’un individu. En ce sens, l’etude du bebe nous a permis de tester a la fois 1) l’effet de la maturation, en comparant la perception des bebes avec celle des adultes et 2) l’effet de l’experience sensorielle precoce, en comparant la perception sensorielle de bebes nes a terme ou prematures pour un meme âge donne. Nos resultats ont souligne une perception sensorielle plus etendue chez le bebe que chez l’adulte, via la perception de stimulations tactiles tres fines ou encore la perception d’ultrasons, qui ne sont plus percus a l’âge adulte. Les mecanismes de maturation des organes sensoriels et de « recentrage sensoriel » envers les stimulations pertinentes, pouvant intervenir au cours du temps, ont ete presentes. Nous avons egalement montre une reactivite particulierement marquee des bebes prematures, en comparaison avec les bebes nes a terme. Differents mecanismes sous-jacents potentiels tels qu’une adaptation de la selectivite neuronale aux stimulations environnementales, une plasticite cerebrale conservee/retardee, ou encore le developpement d’une hypersensibilite ont ete discutes. En sus du cœur de cette these, nous nous sommes interesses a l’ « Umwelt » social du bebe, en etudiant 1) ses capacites de perception et de discrimination des odeurs corporelles humaines et 2) sa capacite a s’exprimer sur sa perception sensorielle. Nous avons montre que le bebe est un etre tres receptif a son monde social, capable de discriminer entre les odeurs de ses partenaires sociaux. De plus, le bebe est egalement tres expressif sur sa perception sensorielle, notamment via l’utilisation d’un repertoire vocal complexe (au-dela des pleurs), dont certains types de vocalisations pourraient refleter son etat de confort ou d’inconfort. Les resultats de cette these ouvrent de nombreuses pistes de reflexion en termes d’adaptations des pratiques neonatales.
The Cardiac Na+‐Ca2+ Exchanger

The sections in this article are: 1 A Brief Historical Perspective and Prelude to the Review 2 Physiological Role of The Cardiac Na+-Ca2+ Exchanger 3 Reverse Na+-Ca2+ Exchange as A Trigger for SR Ca2+ Release 4 Digitalis Effects 5 Immunolocalization 6 Transport Properties 6.1 Stoichiometry 6.2 Transport Mechanism 6.3 Turnover Rates and Exchanger Density 6.4 Ion Selectivity 6.5 Temperature Dependence 7 Molecular Biology of the Na+-Ca2+ Exchanger 7.1 The Prototypical Canine Cardiac Na+-Ca2+ Exchanger 7.2 The Exchanger Superfamily 7.3 Topology of the Na+-Ca2+ Exchanger 7.4 The Calx-α and Calx-β Repeats 7.5 Alternative Splicing of Na+-Ca2+ Exchangers 8 Regulation of Na+-Ca2+ Exchange 8.1 Ionic Regulation 8.2 Structure–Function Relationships of Ionic Regulation 8.3 Regulation by Phosphorylation 8.4 Regulation by PIP2 8.5 Regulation by pH 8.6 Cytoskeletal Interactions 9 Pharmacology of Na+-Ca2+ Exchange 9.1 The Exchanger Inhibitory Peptide, XIP 9.2 Other Peptide Inhibitors 9.3 KB-R7943 9.4 Other Inhibitors 10 Studies in Transgenic Mice 11 Adenoviral Transfection of Na+-Ca2+ Exchange Proteins 12 Antisense Oligonucleotides 13 Frequency-Dependent Behavior of Na+-Ca2+ Exchange 14 Developmental Changes 15 Species Differences 16 Pathophysiological Alterations in Na+-Ca2+ Exchange 16.1 Contribution of Na+-Ca2+ Exchange to Cardiac Injury 16.2 Alterations in Na+-Ca2+ Exchange Levels 17 Summary
Messel : an insight into the history of life and of the earth

Curriculum vitae of the messel pit, Stephan Schaal Europe in the eocene - messel in time and space, Jens Lorenz Franzen the genesis of the messel oil shale, Stephan Schaal the vegetation - fossil plants as witnesses of a warm climate, Friedemann Schaarschmidt giant ants and other rarities - the insect fauna, Herbert Lutz ancient knights-in-armour and modern cannibals, Norbert Micklich amphibia at lake messel - salamanders, toads and frogs, Michael Wuttke freshwater turtles, Thomas Keller and Stpehan Schaal crocodiles - large ancient reptiles, Thomas Keller and Stephan Schaal lizards - reptiles en route to success, Thomas Keller and Stephan Schaal messel birds - a lang-based assemblage, Dieter Stefan Peters the marsupials - inconspicuous opossums, Wighart von Koenigswald and Gerhard Storch primitive insectivores, extraordinary hedgehogs and long fingers, Wighart von Koenigswald, et al bats - already highly specialized insect predators, Jorg Habersetzer, et al our closest relatives - the primates, Jens Lorenz Franzen and Wighart von Koenigswald pangolins - almost unchanged for 50 million years, Gerhard Storch and Gotthard Richter the ant-eater eurotamandua - a South American in Europe, Gerhard Storch and Gotthard Richter rodents - at the start of a great career, Wighart von Koenigswald, et al carnivores - agile climbers and prey catchers, Rainer Springhorn the arboreal kopidodon, a relative of primitive hoofed animals, Wighart von Koenigswald the messel horse show and other odd-toed ungulates, Jens Lorenz Franzen primitive even-toed ungulates - loners in the undergrowth, Jens Lorenz Franzen and Gotthard Richter death and burial of the vertebrates, Michael Wuttke conservation - dissolution - transformation, on the behaviour of biogrnic materials during fossilization, Micahel Wauttke from excavation to exhibition piece, Michael Ackermann, et al fossilized gut contents - analysis and interpretation, Gotthard Richter the messel fauna and flora - a biogeographical puzzle, Gerhard Storch and Friedemann Schaarschmidt.