Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dispersion of Bumblebee Bombus Semenoviellus Skorikov (Hymenoptera, Apidae) in Poland

Abstract The aim of the study is to present all distribution sites of Bombus semenoviellus in Poland reported between 1988 and 2019. The increase of species dispersion was concluded, especially in the central part of the country, as well as the occurrence in the high Karkonosze and Tatry mountains. This is likely the effect of progressing climate change, as well as the increase in climate continentalism in Europe. Differences between summer and winter temperatures favour the spread of this Siberian bumblebee species throughout the continent. Many specimens were found on plants originating from its central and west Asia. Those plants also occur in eastern and central Europe which could have helped this bumblebee spread west throughout Europe. B. semenoviellus will increase its range towards Western Europe. Based on observations so far, it is not possible to determine its invasive features and increased competitiveness for food and nesting places in relation to other bumblebee species.
Biomass Production and Nitrogen Accumulation by Hairy Vetch–Cereal Rye Mixtures: A Meta‐Analysis

1197 Cover crop mixtures can provide more agroecosystem services than monocultures because of the combined benefits of the different species in the mixtures (Schipanski et al., 2014; Blanco-Canqui et al., 2015; Finney et al., 2016). In legume–grass mixtures such as hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth)–cereal rye (Secale cereale L.), hairy vetch fixes atmospheric N that can be utilized by companion cereal rye or the following cash crop through root exudates or decomposition of N-rich hairy vetch tissues (Fujita et al., 1992), while cereal rye provides rapid ground cover, produces large quantities of biomass, aggressively scavenges residual soil N, and suppresses weeds (Mirsky et al., 2011; Kaspar et. al., 2012; Hayden et al., 2012, 2014; Lawson et al., 2015). Research has shown that the intermediate C/N ratio (25–30:1) of the biomass from hairy vetch–cereal rye mixtures results in a more balanced mineralization–immobilization turnover of N (Ranells and Wagger, 1996; Rosecrance et al., 2000; Poffenbarger et al., 2015b). The reduced net N mineralization of hairy vetch–cereal rye mixtures compared with hairy vetch monocultures and reduced risk of N immobilization compared with cereal rye monocultures may not only reduces early season nitrate (NO3 −) leaching and denitrification losses, but also sometimes improve synchrony between cover crop N release and N demand of the succeeding cash crops (Rosecrance et al., 2000; Poffenbarger et al., 2015a). Therefore, hairy vetch–cereal rye mixtures can increase N use efficiency from cover crop N and potentially increase cash crop yield during wet years with greater leaching potential. Moreover, hairy vetch–cereal rye mixtures have been reported to suppress weeds more effectively than hairy vetch monocultures, and at least as well as cereal rye monocultures depending on seeding proportions in the mixtures (Burgos and Talbert, 1996; Mirsky et al., 2011; Hayden et al., 2012, 2014; Lawson et al., 2015). Aboveground biomass and N content are proxies that indicate the potential value of cover crop monocultures or mixtures in terms of agroecosystem services provisioned. Cover crop biomass is positively correlated with weed suppression and retention of N against leaching loss in some regions (Brennan and Smith, 2005; Brennan et al., 2009; Finney et al., 2016; Martinez-Feria et al., 2016; Blesh, 2017; R. Thapa et Biomass Production and Nitrogen Accumulation by Hairy Vetch–Cereal Rye Mixtures: A Meta-Analysis
Water Management Strategies and Cultural Practices for Strawberry Establishment in Florida

Florida’s strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch) production system is mainly dependent on short-day cultivars produced as bare-root (BR) transplants, which are high-yielding and low-cost options for Florida growers. The strawberry industry in Florida is greatly dependent on early yield (mid-November, early December). Therefore, Florida growers must secure rapid establishment of the BR transplants and for that reason, high volumes of irrigation water are applied to reduce air temperature around plant crowns and mitigate desiccation. This practice accounts for nearly 14.7 million m3 of irrigation water between mid-September and early October. Several alternatives are available to growers to reduce irrigation water for establishment. One of those alternatives suggests replacing BR transplants for actively growing strawberry plugs (SPs). However, the higher price of SP transplants seems to be the main limitation for their implementation. Alternately, growers could explore the possibility of introducing intermittent irrigation or low-volume sprinklers into their system to establish BR transplants. An inexpensive option, based on a large body of research, would be the application of crop protectants against excessive sun radiation, which could reduce irrigation water for establishment by up to 30%. Despite the suggested alternatives, there is still a great deal of work needed to increase grower’s confidence in these technologies.
Changes in pollinator fauna cause spatial variation in pollen limitation

1. Pollen limitation may be a consequence of changes in pollinator abundance, diversity and identity. However, no empirical evidence exists concerning the consequences that the spatial variation in pollinator fauna has on pollen limitation intensity and plant reproduction. In this study, we test the effect that changes in flower‐visitor abundance, diversity and identity exert on the occurrence and strength of pollen limitation by experimentally quantifying pollen limitation in eight populations of Erysimum mediohispanicum, a pollination‐generalist plant native to the Iberian Peninsula.
Control of magnetic properties of 
MnBi2Te4
 using a van der Waals ferroelectric 
III2−VI3
 film and biaxial strain

Using the first-principles calculations, we systematically investigated magnetic properties of a $\mathrm{MnB}{\mathrm{i}}_{2}\mathrm{T}{\mathrm{e}}_{4}$ (MBT) monolayer in contact with $\mathrm{II}{\mathrm{I}}_{2}\text{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{V}{\mathrm{I}}_{3}$ two-dimensional ferroelectric substrates. As the electric polarization in the ferroelectric films is switched, a semiconductor to half-metal transition occurs in MBT, and its magnetic easy axis in several cases reorients. As an example, the Curie temperature of $\mathrm{MBT}/\mathrm{I}{\mathrm{n}}_{2}\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{e}}_{3}$ can be enhanced to 21.5 or 32 K under the influence of electric polarization and biaxial strain, much higher than that of the pristine MBT monolayer, which is 14.5 K in our calculations. Our results suggest effective ways to tune magnetic properties of MBT and provide useful insights for the further development of these important van der Waals functional materials.
Quadratic convergence of Newton ’ s method to the optimal solution of second-order conic optimization

Under strict complementarity and primal and dual nondegeneracy conditions we establish the quadratic convergence of Newton’s method to the unique strictly complementary optimal solution of second-order conic optimization, when the initial point is sufficiently close to the optimal set. When strict complementarity fails but the primal and dual nondegeneracy conditions hold, we show that if the optimal partition of the problem is known, then the application of Newton’s method to the optimality conditions of a reduced nonlinear optimization problem results in quadratic convergence to the unique maximally complementary optimal solution. For a special case of the optimal partition, we present a rounding procedure which gives an exact strictly complementary optimal solution in strongly polynomial time.
The influences of shopping motivation on adolescent online-shopping perceptions

Adolescents are a major proportion of internet users. Accordingly, this study attempts to explore the effects of online shopping motivations on shopping perceptions (that is, hedonic and utilitarian perceptions) among adolescents. Based on Westbrook and Black’s (1985) typologies, this study proposes alternative types of online shopping motivations to address the online shopping context, by integrating previous studies and characteristics of online shopping. Besides, adolescents usually form their judgments and make decisions based on not only their own evaluation but also others’ perceptions and thus, their involvement and subjective norm are treated as moderating effects. The findings indicate that shopping motivations of role enactment, sensory stimulation, and choice optimization are significantly and positively associated with utilitarian shopping perceptions. Social interaction and emotional utility are positively and significantly related to hedonic perception. In addition, our results support the moderating effect of involvement on the relationships between sensory stimulation and hedonic perception, emotional utility and hedonic perception, as well as choice optimization and utilitarian perception. Surprisingly, the moderating effect of subjective norm on an adolescent’s shopping motivations and shopping perceptions is not significant. Key words: Shopping motivation, shopping perception, involvement, subjective norm, online shopping.
Chapter 12 Apoptosis and Infections

Apoptosis is a process that plays a critical role in the elimination of infected cells. Infectious diseases modulate apoptosis, and this contributes to disease pathogene‐ sis. Apoptosis is initiated by various kinds of stimuli, including infections, radia‐ tion, etc. Increased apoptosis may assist the dissemination of intracellular pathogens or induce immunosuppression. However, apoptosis may also help eradi‐ cate pathogens from the host in many cases. Consequently, several viruses, bacteria, and parasites have evolved mechanisms to inhibit host cell by apoptosis as a strat‐ egy that may support intracellular survival and persistence of the pathogen. Bacte‐ ria are recognized by cellular receptors and elicit a multitude of signal transduction events that alter the cell’s response toward apoptotic stimuli. The result of patho‐ genic bacteria entering into mammalian cells evokes variety of responses, including internalization or phagocytosis of the bacteria, release of cytokines, secretion of de‐ fensins, production of oxygen radicals and the triggering of apoptosis. Bacteria can trigger apoptosis through a large variety of mechanisms that include the secretion of protein synthesis inhibitors and pore forming proteins. They can also activate apoptotic proteins such as caspases, inactivate antiapoptotic proteins, or lead to up‐ regulation of the endogenous receptor/ligand system. However, new research has shown that many bacterial pathogens can in fact prevent apoptosis during infection. As in bacteria, many viral genomes encode proteins that repress apoptosis to escape from immune attack by the host or viruses promote apoptotic death of the host cells. Virus-host interactions may determine viral persistence, extent and severity of inflammation, and pathology associated with infectious disease. The elucidation of the signaling pathways, the cellular receptors, and/or the microbial factors involved in the induction or reduction of apoptosis could reveal new therapeutic targets for blocking microbial-induced apoptosis. This chapter will summarize the most recent research on microorganisms’ apoptotic and antiapoptotic strategies and the mecha‐ nisms relating to disease.
Sub-kHz Linewidth Extended-DBR Lasers Heterogeneously Integrated on Silicon

We demonstrate single-mode E-DBR lasers with 1kHz linewidth and >37mW output power, and ring-assisted E-DBR lasers with 500Hz linewidth, by heterogeneously integrating III-V gain material with a 15mm long ultra-low loss silicon waveguide-based Bragg reflector.
The changing migration patterns of the 65+ population in Australia, 1976-2016

Background The demand for amenity, health and aged care, and social support are of concern to rapidly ageing communities. Understanding how the migration trends of the 65+ population compare to movements made by the rest of the population can assist in planning for future growth. Aim The aim of the paper is to understand how the migration patterns of the 65+ population in Australia have changed over the past forty years in comparison to the total population. Data and methods Five-year interval census migration data were used to examine the migration flows of the 65+ population between 1976 and 2016. A range of metrics was used to measure the level or intensity of internal migration and its impact on the redistribution of the population at the national level. Regional net migration rates were then used to compare net gains and losses between regions and track changes over time in the direction of flows across the Australian settlement system. Results The propensity to migrate declined over the forty years for all ages but proportionally less for the over 65+ group. Gains in the 65+ population were spread across a range of middle-density regions with losses from the most urban and remote areas. The migration patterns observed in the total population were less spatially consistent, with periods of gain in some remote regions. Conclusions The system-wide metrics showed an overall decline in migration propensity between regions and changes in the redistributive impact of migration by age. The net migration maps and scatterplots revealed large changes in the regional growth and decline of the 65+ population as new destinations emerged in regional Victoria and New South Wales.
Selinexor, daratumumab, and dexamethasone in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (MM).

8510 Background: Selinexor is a first-in-class oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound that binds and inactivates exportin 1 (XPO1). Selinexor in combination with low dose dexamethasone (Sel-dex) was approved by the FDA, based on data from the STORM study, wherein Sel-dex induced an overall response rate (ORR) of 26.2% in patients (pts) with relapsed/refractory MM (RRMM). Single agent daratumumab has demonstrated an ORR of 29% in MM reftactory to proteasome inhibitors (PIs)/immunomodulatory drug (IMiDs). We evaluated the safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy of the combination of Sel-dex and daratumumab (SDd) in pts with MM refractory to PIs/IMiDs. Methods: This is a multicenter, open-label, phase 1b/2 dose escalation and expansion study. Pts were eligible if they had received ≥ 3 prior lines of therapy, including a PI and an IMiD, or whose MM was refractory to a PI and an IMiD. In the expansion phase, pts were required to be anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody-naïve. One dose level was tested at each schedule: selinexor once-weekly (QW at 100 mg) or twice-weekly (BIW at 60 mg) with dexamethasone 40 mg. Daratumumab 16 mg/kg IV was administered per label. Primary objective was to determine the maximum tolerated dose and recommended phase 2 dose (RP2D), and assess safety, tolerability and efficacy of SDd in pts with RRMM. Results: A total of 34 pts were enrolled; 3 in the 60 mg BIW and 31 in the 100 mg QW cohorts. Median age was 69 and median number of prior treatment regimens was 3 (range, 1–10). Out of 34 pts, 62% and 65% were refractory to bortezomib and lenalidomide respectively. Common treatment related adverse events (all grades, grades 3/4) included: thrombocytopenia (71%, 47%), fatigue (62%, 18%), nausea (71%, 9%), anemia (62%, 32%) and neutropenia (50%, 26%). Two dose limiting toxicities (DLTs) were reported in the 60 mg BIW cohort: Grade 3 thrombocytopenia and Grade 2 fatigue requiring dose reduction in selinexor to 100 mg QW. In the 100 mg QW escalation cohort (n = 6), no DLTs occured. 32 patients were evaluable for efficacy. The ORR was 73% (11 VGPR, 11 PR) for 30 daratumumab-naïve pts. Median progression-free survival was 12.5 months in both groups. Conclusions: Based on tolerability and efficacy, the RP2D of SDd is selinexor 100 mg, daratumumab 16 mg/kg and dexamethasone 40 mg, administered QW. In pts with PI and IMiD refractory MM, weekly SDd demonstrated promising activity with an ORR of 73% in daratumumab-naïve pts and a median PFS of 12.5 months. This supports further development of a novel non-PI, non-IMiD backbone in earlier lines of therapy. Clinical trial information: NCT02343042 .
Incidence of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease in a Tertiary Care Hospital

DOI: 10.21276/sjams.2018. 6.3. 7 Abstract: The burden of coronary artery disease (CAD) continues to rise globally, including India, due to adopting of sedentary lifestyles. Stroke and myocardial infarction are clearly interrelated events. Determine the incidence of carotid artery atherosclerosis by carotid Doppler ultrasonography in patients with coronary artery disease in a tertiary care hospital. This prospective study was done at kamineni hospitals, l.b. nagar, hyderabad, during june 2012 to March 2014 over 70 patients. The overall incidence of Carotid artery atherosclerosis measured in terms of increased IMT, the presence of plaques, the presence of hemodynamically significant stenosis in carotid and vertebral artery. Increased IMT found in 65.715, plaques in 62.85%, carotid artery stenosis in 14.28%, and carotid and vertebral artery stenosis in 22.85% cases. Incidence of increased IMT, plaques and hemodynamically significant stenosis in the carotid and vertebral artery is more common in TVD patients than SVD patients. However, there is no such association between SVD & DVD and DVD &TVD patients.
Short-term rainfall prediction with time series analysis techniques for real-time flash flood forecasting

The incorporation of quantitative precipitation forecasting has been recognised to play a key role in flash flood warning systems, allowing for an extension of the lead-time that enables a more timely implementation of the control measures. This study compares the performances of time-series methods for determining short-term rainfall forecasting in absence of meteorological information other than some historical rainfall data over the basin and the measurement of the current rainfall, so that the implementation of numerical weather prediction models or radar and satellite images extrapolation methods is not feasible. The examined rainfall time-series modeling approaches include linear stochastic models, artificial neural network models, and nearest-neighbour methods. The aim of the analysis is a comparison of the performances attainable by integrating the above methods in a runoff forecasting system applied to a real world case study, referred to the Sieve River basin on the Apennine Mountains in Italy. The time of concentration of the basin is around 10 hours and the drainage area is 830 km. The issued rainfall forecasts are routed through a conceptual, lumped, rainfall-runoff model and the efficiency of the forecasted river discharges are compared with those obtained with empirical approaches often adopted in the operational practice relying on the prediction of future rainfall based on heuristic methods.
Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Understand Mediating Impact of Customer Satisfaction (Sat) On Esq-Bi Linkage: A Study of Internet Banking

In the modern competitive environment, the quest of customer’s satisfaction hugely depends on the firms overall service quality (SQ) and is considered to be an essential strategy. The e-banking or any other service providers deliver e-service quality through the website. The e-service quality in the e-banking creates value for the customer where customer receive perceived value from their expectation which impacts their attitude toward the service provider positively which in turns leads to positive WOM, repeat purchase and ultimately consumer loyalty. Satisfied customers are the ambassador for an enterprise because their satisfaction can influence word of mouth effect for that particular enterprise which ultimately brings more customers for the company. In the field of mobile services, research studies show that customer satisfaction has positive effects on the intention to continue the service. The current study tested a model linking ESQ-SAT-BI to understand the mediating impact of Customer Satisfaction through an empirical investigation based on the customers perceptions toward Internet Banking. The results of the data analysis through AMOS confirmed the proposition that customer Behavioral Intentions toward Internet Banking are mediated through Satisfaction perceived from the electronic quality of net banking portal used to access the Online services of the Banks. A structural model was presented as the outcome of the study.
Tilburg University Biofuel Mandating and the Green Paradox

The theory on the green paradox has focused primarily on the consumption of a clean substitute produced using a static technology. In reality, we observe the gradual accumulation of the clean substitute’s capacity, suggesting that supply decisions for the clean substitute and finite carbon resource should both be treated as dynamic. This paper shows that when climate policy is preannounced, and with simultaneous consumption of a finite carbon resource and a clean substitute, myopia in the supply of the latter leads to the green paradox. When clean substitute producers can accumulate capacity and are forward looking, the green paradox may or may not arise, however. In this setting, its occurrence depends on both the size of the discount rate and the remaining stock of carbon resource. These and other drivers of the green paradox are investigated in a multi-producer game-theoretic model calibrated to real-world global oil market data. The timing of mandating policy is shown to be the single most important variable for mitigating the green paradox. Moreover, for EU-2020 and US-2022 style biofuel mandating targets, a rather robust 0.3% decline in production is observed during the premandate phase, suggesting that concerns over the green paradox may be seriously overstated.
Integrated prediction of deep-water gas channels using seismic coloured inversion and spectral decomposition attribute, West offshore, Nile Delta, Egypt

ABSTRACT In the West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM) concession many important gas reservoirs have been recently discovered. To improve the possibility of discovering new natural gas resources, an integrated prediction method approach is used in this study to identify the deep-water gas reservoirs. Post-stack seismic coloured inversion and the spectral decomposition attribute, combined with composite logs of five wells, are used to indicate the lateral and vertical variations of the gas channels in El Wastani Formation. Data conditioning and petrophysical analysis are performed. Both techniques help and improve visual evidence to detect gas channels. Coloured inverted seismic profile show relatively low impedance zones represent the gas channels. Spectral decomposition attribute solves the problem related to thin gas-sand layers through three different frequency magnitude values. The spatial distribution of the gas-channels properties indicates a good calibration at the well location with the effective porosity in the range of 15–35%. Comparing the results of the coloured seismic inversion with the spectral decomposition attribute, the low-frequency range through the spectral decomposition analysis is consistent with the low impedance values represents the gas channels. Furthermore, the methodology followed in the current study is advantageous to identify the gas reservoirs in various basins with similar geological settings.
Commentary Fruiting and sink competition

Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1499, USA; USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO 80526, USA; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Department of Forest Science, University of Helsinki, FI-00014, Finland; College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA; Corresponding author (Mike.Ryan@colostate.edu)