Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Mimesis : The “ missing link ” between signals and symbols in phylogeny and ontogeny ?

The basic idea is not new, but has been recently elaborated and defended with respect to human phylogeny by Donald (1991, 2001), and applied to child development by Nelson (1996), and (independently) by Zlatev (2001a, 2001b). At the same time, with the strongly rekindled interest in the evolution of language, similar but competing evolutionary theories have instead attributed a pivotal role to praxis (Corballis 1991), gesture (Armstrong, Stokoe and Wilcox 1995), imitation (Tomasello 1999) and ritual (Deacon 1997). I would suggest that the battle is at least in part terminological, reflecting the importance of “branding” in modern capitalist culture (Klein 2000), with theorists keen on emphasizing their own favorite concept at the expense of those of competitors. My choice falls on Donald’s work, since it stands out as the most integrative, and his concept of mimesis as most comprehensive. It has been defined as follows:
Age-related changes in the carcass tissue composition and distribution of meat and fat with skin in carcasses of laying-type cockerels

From time to time mass media in Poland inform about the common practice of euthanasia among cockerels treated as a “by-product” during laying hen production. According to the majority of poultry breeders and producers, layer-type cockerels are unsuitable for meat production and should not be used for this purpose due to higher, compared with broiler chickens, feed consumption per body weight unit and a worse slaughter value. However, very few papers deal with this problem. The slaughter value of domestic fowls depends first of all on their carcass dressing percentage, carcass tissue composition and meat quality, as well as the distribution of particular tissue components in the carcass. As much meat as possible, should be located in the most valuable carcass parts, i.e. the breast and legs, and less in the neck, wings and back. The distribution of tissue components has already been presented in carcasses of Pekin ducks (BOCHNO et al., 2004), Muscovy ducks (WILKIEWICZ-WAWRO et al., 2004) and broiler chickens (BOCHNO et al., 2003). However, available literature on the topic provides no information on age-related changes in their location in carcasses of laying-type cockerels. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine changes in the carcass tissue composition and distribution of meat and fat with skin in carcasses of laying-type cockerels aged two to 18 weeks.
A Survey on Natural Inspired Computing (NIC): Algorithms and Challenges

Nature employs interactive images to incorporate end users’ awareness and implication aptitude form inspirations into statistical/algorithmic information investigation procedures. Nature-inspired Computing (NIC) is an energetic research exploration field that has appliances in various areas, like as optimization, computational intelligence, evolutionary computation, multi-objective optimization, data mining, resource management, robotics, transportation and vehicle routing. The promising playing field of NIC focal point on managing substantial, assorted and self-motivated dimensions of information all the way through the incorporation of individual opinion by means of inspiration as well as communication methods in the study practices. In addition, it is the permutation of correlated study parts together with Bio-inspired computing, Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning that revolves efficient diagnostics interested in a competent pasture of study. This article intend at given that a summary of Nature-inspired Computing, its capacity and concepts and particulars the most significant scientific study algorithms in
Civil Servants in Malawi: Mundane Acts of Appropriation and Resistance in the Shadow of Good Governance

Good Governance and the “dysfunctional” African state Today there is widespread consensus in circles of practitioners and academics that “dysfunctional” state bureaucracies constitute the biggest impediment to development. Excessive red-tape, opaque procedures and corrupt civil servants are perceived to delay and reroute badly needed aid. Already in 1989 a World Bank report (1989) blamed “bad governance” – a bloated bureaucracy, patrimonialism and corruption – for the elusiveness of economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. In subsequent years the concept of Good Governance was developed as remedy. This process was soon dominated by the Bretton Woods institutions who devoted enormous resources to the promotion of tools to improve governance (IMF 1997, World Bank 1992, 1994, 2000a, 2000b). By the end of the 1990s the concept constituted one of the central elements of international development assistance in sub-Saharan Africa (Abrahamsen 2000). The term Good Governance denotes a set of policy-measures intended to transform “dysfunctional” public institutions into efficient and transparent serviceproviders that will be accountable to the public and subject to the rule of law. Under Good Governance fall reforms of the police and the judiciary, decentralisation, civil service reform and anti-corruption measures. It has to be noted though, that although there seems to be a general consensus with regard to the desirability and scope of Good Governance laid down in documents such as the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers there is a huge variation in the definition, interpretation and application of the concept depending on donor agency, national government and situation. This paper addresses one specific aspect of Good Governance, civil service reform, at a particular place in space and time, Malawi in the late 1990s and early 2000s, to explain why the implementation of the civil service in that count ry took the course it took. Although this is a exercise worth wile the implications for the analysis of the postcolonial state in Africa are more general. By drawing on detailed anthropological evidence gathered during fieldwork, however, I hope to avoid and criticise some common fallacies about the state in Africa.
An Efficient Block Assignment Policy in Hadoop Distributed File System for Multimedia Data Processing

SUMMARY Hadoop, a distributed processing framework for big-data, is now widely used for multimedia processing. However, when processing video data from a Hadoop distributed ﬁle system (HDFS), unnecessary network tra ﬃ c is generated due to an ine ﬃ cient HDFS block slice policy for picture frames in video ﬁles. We propose a new block replication policy to solve this problem and compare the newly proposed HDFS with the original HDFS via extensive experiments. The proposed HDFS reduces network tra ﬃ c, and increases locality between processing cores and ﬁle locations.
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR PUBLIC – PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS IN NIGERIA : A PERCEPTUAL SURVEY

There has been a movement towards involvement of the private sector in the provision of public infrastructure and services through the use of Public Private Partnerships (PPPs). This paper sought to identify a number of factors judged critical to the success or failure of PPP projects in order to determine the criticality of those factors. A questionnaire survey was conducted based on the experience of the respondents on PPP related projects. Five main success factors (SFs) and some success sub factors (SSFs) were identified. Of the main SFs, economic viability was ranked most critical to the success of PPP projects followed by appropriate risk allocation via reliable contractual arrangements, sound financial package, favourable investment environment, and reliable concessionaire with strong technical strength respectively. The study findings further suggest that there is agreement in the perceptions of both the public and private sectors on the criticality of SFs and significance of SSFs. It is recommended that relevant stakeholders can be appropriately guided in policy formulation for PPP projects in Nigeria.
Chloronorlichexanthone Inhibits the Growth of Murine SV 40 Transformed Lymphoid Sarcoma Cells in vitro

We test the effects of 7-Chloronorlichexanthone, secondary metabolite of the lichen Biatora ru-betaula, on the growth of murine SV40 transformed lymphoid sarcoma cells in vitro. We find that 7-Chloronorlichexanthone is a potent inhibitor of growth. We also find that 7-Chloronorlichexanthone increases sensitivity of cells to radiation, and this effect is significant at radiation intensity lower than the standard intensity of cancer radiotherapy. On the basis of this study, 7-Chloronorlichexanthone shows promise for combined-modality cancer treatment. *Corresponding author: Alanguay C Idandah, Serjay International College,Conakry, Guinea, Tel: + 224 442 020; E-mail: kuumwa@yahoo.com, kuumwa@afra-mail.com Received April 22, 2013; Accepted July 25, 2013; Published July 27, 2013 Citation: Idandah AC, Akechowoo BY, Oloosamah NHO, Labolonee SD (2013) 7-Chloronorlichexanthone Inhibits the Growth of Murine SV40 Transformed Lymphoid Sarcoma Cells in vitro. Med chem 3: 238-240. doi:10.4172/21610444.1000145 Copyright: © 2013 Idandah AC, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Development of an ' all-digital ' IF chain Contact person :

Radio telescopes operate with high efficiency over many octaves of bandwidth and a reasonable goal over the next decade is to exploit this capability by developing receiver systems that can simultaneously receive and process the full width of the atmospheric transmission windows from 1 GHz up into the sub-millimeter bands. While current low noise frontend amplifiers and heterodyne receivers have ten GHz or more of instantaneous bandwidth, the conversion of the analog signal into bits for digital processing is a severe bottleneck in the signal and data path. We propose that future telescope receiver IF (intermediate frequency) systems will be 'alldigital', by which we mean that receiver analog signal processing will be minimized in favor of digital processing. Minimization of the analog processing can be achieved by using one or more ultra-wideband (high clock-rate) samplers to convert the entire receiver bandwidth to digital data streams. Network switches can be used to distribute the all-digital IF signal to multiple backend instruments for commensal observations supporting a variety of science projects.
ANALYSIS EFFICIENT FILE DOWNLOAD TIME REDUCTION SYSTEM FOR MULTI-CLIENT FOG / CLOUD ENVIRONMENT

*(S.Srimadhura, M.E,.Dept of computer science, Arasu Engineering College, Kumbakonam ,India)* ** (R.Sudha , Assistant Professor ,Dept of computer science, Arasu Engineering College, Kumbakonam ,India)** ----------------------------------------************************---------------------------------Abstract: The concept is decreasing the download time of various records asked for by numerous customers from different cloud/mist stockpiling servers. Given conceivable past document downloads by the customers, organize coding can be productively abused to assist the download procedure. Since every customer can tune to just a single server at any given moment, the arrangements of customers served by the diverse servers must be disjoint so as to ensure a most extreme decrease in download time. To achieve disjoint download systems, a double clash organize coding chart is proposed. Given the immovability of the long haul ideal arrangement, we propose an online calculation utilizing the structured double clash diagram. For the instance of one record ask for per customer, both asymptotic lower and upper limits of the execution of the proposed strife free calculation are inferred.
What Should We Expect from Somebody Who Teaches Mathematics in Elementary Schools?

This paper is an extension of my plenary talk in SEMT 11 (Vinner, 2011) in which I promised to elaborate on some issues that I could not discuss at the talk because of time restrictions. The paper recommends that, in addition to the mathematical knowledge needed for teaching in elementary schools, attention should be given to other aspects of the teacher’s work. It is suggested that the rationale of teaching mathematics as a compulsory subject to the entire population should be discussed with the teachers as well as the ultimate goals of education. The paper recommends also avoiding in teacher training topics which are beyond the zone of proximal development (ZPD) of the teachers.
Current status of IL-10 and regulatory T-cells in cancer

Purpose of review—Tumor growth elicits antigen-specific cytotoxic as well as immune suppressive responses. Interleukin-10 (IL-10) is a key immune-suppressive cytokine produced by regulatory T-cells (Tregs) and by helper T-cells (TH). Here we review pleiotropic functions of IL-10 that impact the immune pathology of cancer. Recent findings—The role of IL-10 in cancer has become less certain with knowledge of its immune stimulatory functions. IL-10 is needed for T-helper cell functions, T-cell immune surveillance, and suppression of cancer-associated inflammation. By promoting tumor specific immune surveillance and hindering pathogenic inflammation IL-10 is emerging as a key cytokine in the battle of the host against cancer. Summary—IL-10 functions at the cross roads of immune stimulation and immune suppression in cancer. Immunological mechanisms of action of IL-10 can be ultimately exploited to develop novel and effective cancer therapies.
Self-limiting versus conventional carious tissue removal: a randomized clinical trial

A single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial in patients with deep caries and symptoms of reversible pulpitis compared outcomes from a self-limiting excavation protocol using chemo-mechanical Carisolv gel / operating microscope (self-limiting) vs. selective removal to leathery dentin using rotary burs (control). This was followed by pulp protection with mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA), restoration with glass ionomer cement and resin composite, all in a single visit. The pulp sensibility and periapical health of teeth were assessed after 12 months, in addition to the differences in bacterial tissue concentration post-excavation. Apical radiolucencies were assessed using Cone beam computed tomography/periapical radiographs (CBCT/PA) taken at baseline 0 months (M0) and 12 months (M12). 101 restorations in 86 patients were placed and paired subsurface and deep (post-excavation) dentin samples were obtained. DNA was extracted and bacteria-specific 16S rRNA gene quantitative PCR was performed. No significant difference was found in bacterial copy numbers
Introduction to information theory and data compression

Shannon imagined that every possible input sequence that may have to be compressed has a given probability pi, where the pi 's sum to one. So if we transform the i-th input sequence into one having `i bits, the expected length of the output bit sequence is ∑i pi`i. One can reverse engineer a transformation (or compression) algorithm and construct a binary tree that maps every binary output back to an input. It is similar to the old decision tree we saw when arguing about lower bounds. Leaves correspond to possible inputs.
An interior penalty method for a sixth order elliptic equation

We derive and study a C 0 interior penalty method for a sixth order elliptic equation on polygonal domains. The method uses the cubic Lagrange finite element space, which is simple to implement and is readily available on commercial software. After going over some notation and preliminary results, we provide a detailed derivation of the method. We then prove well-posedness of the method as well as derive quasi-optimal error estimates in the energy norm. The proof is based on replacing Galerkin orthogonality with a posteriori analysis techniques. Using this approach, we are able to obtain a Cea-like Lemma with minimal regularity assumptions on the solution. Numerical experiments are presented which back up the theoretical findings.
University of Dundee Fault rupture modification by blocky inclusions

Subterranean fault rupture has been responsible for many recorded instances of building damage during past earthquakes. Differential displacement in the ground can cause shearing in overlying structures and can leave buildings in an unsupported condition. As the demand for land use increases, it may be necessary to adopt strategies to protect certain key structures from fault-related damage. This paper presents the results of an investigation of one potential mitigation scheme, that of providing rigid inclusions in the soil beneath the structure. Theoretically, the blocks should split the fault so that the fault expression at the surface is not a single surface scarp but a more gradual profile, with the effect of reducing the risk of the building being damaged either by rupture emergence along the length of the foundation or by excessive rotation. Modelling of a simple footing above a uniform sand is performed using both discrete element modelling and centrifuge model testing. While the numerical model demonstrates that blocks may be beneficial, the centrifuge tests were unable to demonstrate any splitting of the main rupture plane. However, the block mass was sufficient to increase local stresses and guide the fault. Based on this, it is concluded that while blocks may be capable of deflecting faults the method is too unreliable to be recommended without further supporting research.
400 μ g Oral and Vaginal Misoprostol Comparison Before Manual Vacuum Aspiration for Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy Before 10 Weeks Gestation 10

Amaç: Bu çal›flman›n amac› 10 haftadan küçük gebeliklerin terminasyonu için kullan›lan cerrahi evakuasyonun 3 ve 6 saat öncesi kullan›lan 400 μg oral ve vaginal misoprostolün etkinli¤i ve tolerabilitesinin karfl›laflt›r›lmas› Gereç ve Yöntemler: Klini¤imizde en s›k kullan›lan 4 misoprostol rejiminin kullan›ld›¤› 210 hasta retrospektif olarak de¤erlendirildi; Evakuasyondan 3 saat önce oral 400 μg (O3), 6 saat önce oral 400 μg (O6), 3 saat önce ovaginal 400 μg (V3), 6 saat önce vaginal 400 μg (V6). Bulgular: Dozaj›na, kullan›m yoluna ve zamanlamas›na bak›lmaks›z›n misoprostolün servikal dilatasyon üzerine belirgin etkisi vard›r. Dilatasyon ihtiyac› kontrol grubuna k›yasla tüm misoprostol gruplar›nda belirgin olarak azd›r. Di¤er dört gruba k›yasla kontrol grubunda %5.8 oranla afl›r› miktarda kan kayb› izlenmifltir. Postoperatif inceleme, hematocrit düflüflü, endometrial kal›nl›k ve analjezik ihtiyac› tüm gruplarda benzer bulunmufltur. Preoperatif VAS skorlar› O6 ve V6 gruplar›nda yüksekti. En s›k görünen yan etki bulant› olup, özellikle oral (O3, O6) gruplarda belirgindi. Sonuç: Analiz 10 haftal›k ve öncesi gebeli¤in istemli sonland›r›lmas›ndan 3 saat önce al›nan 400 μg vaginal misoprostolün ideal kullan›m yolu ve dozaj› olarak göstermektedir. Anahtar kelimeler: Misoprostol; planlanmam›fl gebelik ABSTRACT Aim: The aim of the present study was to compare the effectiveness and tolerability of 400 μg oral and 400 μg vaginal misoprostol administered 3 or 6 hours before surgical evacuation for termination of pregnancy before 10 weeks of gestation Material and Method: A total of 210 patients with mostly used four regimens in our department; oral 400 μg misoprostol 3 hours before evacuation (O3), oral 400 μg misoprostol 6 hours before evacuation (O6), vaginal 400 μg misoprostol 3 hours before evacuation (V3), vaginal 400 μg misoprostol 6 hours before evacuation (V6) were retrospectively analyzed. Results: Misoprostol administration regardless to dosage, route and timing had significant effect on cervical dilatation. Dilatation requirement was significantly low in all misoprostol groups compared with control. 5.8% of subjects in control group had abundant blood loss significantly higher than other four groups. Postoperative evaluation showed that hematocrite decrease, endometrial thickness measurement and postoperative analgesic usage were similar in all groups. Preoperative VAS scores were higher in O6 and V6 groups. The most frequent side effect was nausea and it was especialy seen in oral (O3,O6) groups. Conclusion: The analyze showed that 400 μg vaginal misoprostol taken 3 hours before vacuum aspiration for voluntary termination of pregnancy before 10weeks gestation seems as an ideal route and dosage.
Reputation and Social Mechanisms : A Comment on Origgi ’ s “ A Social Epistemology of Reputation ”

On my reading, the originality of this framework arises from Origgi implicitly posing two related, but analytically distinct, types of questions. On the one hand, the first part of the essay reviews the social science literature on reputation and addresses “how-questions” in that it sketches some basic mechanisms that may lead a given actor (social object or institution) to possess a given amount of reputation. In particular, Origgi focuses on the social and cultural embeddedness of our reputational judgments that leads Origgi to conceive reputation as a “relational/social property”. On the other hand, in the second part of the essay, Origgi addresses a “function-question” in that she describes the role that reputation plays for actors’ apprehension of the social world. In this respect, Origgi’s main argument is that reputation should be considered as an epistemic device, i.e. a cognitive shortcut through which actors process and acquire information about the social world when, in particular, they are over-whelmed by information and when the properties relevant to act are difficult to observe. According to Origgi, the cognitive purpose served by reputation explains its omnipresence in social life as well as the success of recent webbased technologies that exploit the power of reputation as a cognitive shortcut.
P 1 . 10 ABOUT THE USE OF WIND FIELD RETRIEVALS FROM DOPPLER RADAR FOR DYNAMICAL ANALYSES OF STRATIFORM SNOWFALL

Field campaigns are currently carried out in Switzerland by the IACETH aiming at the investigation of snow particle habit, fall characteristics and growth mechanism. Baschek et al. (2002) and Schefold et al. (2002) present the concept, instrumentation and results from the field measurements at this conference (presentations 8.3 and 8.4). The vertical wind speed is an important variable for many cloud-physical processes. It influences fluxes of moisture and heat, the residence time of precipitation particles in the cloud layers and collision efficiencies. The investigation of particle mass growth by riming is a focus of the above-mentioned campaigns and the riming degree of snow particles was previously found to correlate with the cloud dynamics by Wüest et al. (2000).
No 6 SPONTANEOUS TRANSITIONS IN DETERMINISTIC NETWORKS

The neural assemblies undergo spontaneous changes between various dynamical states characterized usually by spiking or bursting at a single neuron level. These microscopic states contribute to a global neural dynamics that may be measured in a form of electric signal referred to as a local field potential. Here, we present a model neural network composed with nodes exhibiting autonomous spiking dynamics. We show that under a particular coupling configuration and slight mismatches between the nodes, the neural network exhibits deterministic transitions between two possible configurations of clusters. The clusters, composed of two neurons each, differ in internal (always chaotic) dynamics as well as in synchronization properties. Such clusters features may contribute to a temporal increase or decrease of local field potential in the neural network, and thus give an insight into the possible mechanisms of the spontaneous brain transitions. We consider two different models for nodes, namely, forced FitzHugh–Nagumo equations and Rulkov map, and show that the presented results are nodetype independent. Finally, we propose a mechanism explaining the origin of these transitions.