Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Nycteris grandis

DIAGNOSIS. Bats of the genus Nycteris can be distinguished from all other bats by their tails, which terminate in a Yor T-shaped piece of cartilage (Kingdon, 1974; Rosevear, 1965). Nycteris grandis can be distinguished from all other nycterids except N. hispida by its trifid upper incisors (upper incisors are bifid in other species of Nycteris—Rosevear, 1965). N. grandis can be distinguished from N. hispida (and all other Nycteris species) by its large size (forearm length, 57–66 mm—Hayman and Hill, 1971).
UNSUCCESSFUL PREDATION AND LEARNING OF PREDATOR CUES BY CRAYFISH

Abstract The effect of latent inhibition on learning about cues related to increased predation risk was studied in a native crayfish, Orconectes virilis, and in an invasive species, Orconectes rusticus. Individuals of both species either were exposed or not exposed to the conditioned stimulus (potential “predator” odor = goldfish odor) prior to simultaneous exposure to conditioned (potential predator odor) and unconditioned (crushed conspecific = alarm odor) stimuli. Crayfish were then tested one day and one week later for inhibition of feeding responses following introduction of goldfish odor. Both species were clearly inhibited in their formation of an association between the goldfish odor and a predator risk stimulus after a training period during which they were exposed only to the goldfish odor. Thus, the effect of latent inhibition was demonstrated in both species. The implications for the learning of cues associated with predation risk are discussed.
Resdiue-residue contact driven protein structure prediction using optimization and machine learning

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NEW RECORDS OF CRUSTACEANS (AMPHIPODA, ISOPODA) IN THE SACRAMENTO/SAN JOAQUIN DELTA, CALIFORNIA, AND APPLICATION OF CRITERIA FOR INTRODUCED SPECIES

Abstract The amphipod Crangonyx floridanus and the isopods Caecidotea racovitzai and Asellus hilgendorfii were discovered in the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta, California, U.S.A. We applied Chapman and Carlton's (1994) criteria for determining introduced species to test whether these species are non-indigenous to the delta. The majority of the attributes scored positive, indicating that these species are non-indigenous. These populations appear to be firmly established, as they occurred at a variety of freshwater wetland habitats throughout a one-year study. The species are briefly described, and distinguished from similar native and non-indigenous species known to exist in the surrounding area.
Early Warning Systems for Banking Crises : Political and Economic Stability

Early Warning System (EWS) is a system that tries to predict the probability of crises using environmental factors. This study seeks to develop an EWS for the probability of systemic banking crises in East Asian countries by using a logit model taking into account a wide range of political and economic factors. Results reveal that short-term debt and exchange rate depreciation may trigger speculative attacks during political instability, economic slowdown, and inefficient regulatory environments. Policymakers and regulators may be able to prevent crises by stabilizing political and economic conditions. Furthermore, results indicate that government instability, corruption, high short-term debt, unstable monetary and fiscal policies do not only reduce investors’ confidence but also prevent effective crisis prevention strategies. Therefore, by adopting the EWS the government would be able to monitor environmental changes causing crises.
Investigating neural communication with scanning ion conductance microscopy

The microelectrode pipette used for imaging by scanning ion conductance microscopy may also be applied for cell-attached recording from the fine structures imaged. This combination of techniques can potentially determine the localisation of ion channels within particular cellular regions. I aim to use this approach to investigate the mechanism of a form of synaptic plasticity in the cerebellum, depolarisation-induced potentiation of inhibition. This is believed to be mediated by a retrograde messenger acting on presynaptic NMDA receptors. However, the presence of functional NMDA receptors in the relevant presynaptic terminals is disputed. My intention is to resolve this question by recording directly from identified presynaptic boutons.
High tolerance of repeated heatwaves in 1 Australian native plants 2 3

Heatwaves, with increases in day and night time temperatures, are predicted to increase in frequency. We investigated the response of forbs, shrubs, grasses and non-grass monocotyledons from warm temperate environments in Australia to repeated heatwaves to determine if responses differed with growth form and whether the addition of hot night temperatures influenced the ability of species to grow and acclimate. Plants were subjected to 3, 3-day heatwaves comprising either hot days and nights or hot days and cool nights, with control plants maintained under cool days and nights. All species were thermotolerant to repeated heatwaves, although two species showed lower biomass under heat treatments, indicating repeated heatwaves influenced function in some, but not all species. While there was evidence of photosynthetic damage in some species, these recovered by the end of the experiment. While grasses and one herb showed some evidence of photosystem acclimation, increases in the threshold temperatures for membrane breakdown only occurred in one shrub. Leaf sacrifice in grasses was significantly increased after repeated heatwaves suggesting that fuel loads in grass communities will increase in the future. These results indicate high resilience for these Australian native warm temperate plants although lower growth rates in some species after heatwaves may result in changes to community composition. Publication Details French, K. , Jansens, I. B. , Ashcroft, M. B. , Ecroyd, H. & Robinson, S. A. (2019). High tolerance of repeated heatwaves in Australian native plants. Austral Ecology, Online First 1-12. This journal article is available at Research Online: https://ro.uow. edu.au/smhpapers1/616 High tolerance of repeated heatwaves in 1 Australian native plants 2
dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui kondisi psikologis dalam setting klinis yang nantinya dapat membantu dokter, perawat, psikolog dan praktisi kesehatan lainnya dalam membuat suatu keputusan klinis

Psychological factors in patients with chronic renal failure conditions are severely affected by prolonged course of the disease, disability and discomfort should depend on the hemodialysis machine. Hemodialysis therapy in addition to disturbing the physical, complications can trigger mental disorders. Patients with chronic renal failure often have psychological disorders associated with general medical conditions. Anxiety and depression are often psychological disorders experienced. Symptoms that are almost similar to each other will require experts to correctly identify them based on the patient's perceived symptoms. Limitations of health practitioners in exploring the psychological conditions felt by the patient to be one reason for the necessity of a clinical decision support system capable of integrating patient information (demographic, clinical, social psychological) with a knowledge base with the aim of identifying psychological conditions in a clinical setting that can assist physicians, nurses, psychologists and health practitioners others in making a clinical decision on their patients. The approach in this study uses case-based reasoning (Case-Based Reasoning) (CBR). CBR process through four stages of the process are: retrieve, reuse, revise and retain. If there is a similar case then the reasoning to weigh the nearest case using the Simple Matching Coefficient (SMC) method so that the system is able to streamline the diagnostic process by taking into account the closeness between the base case and the target case. As a result, the system will be able to provide a recommendation picture of the initial diagnosis of the highest percentage of possible types of psychological disturbance suffered with its severity level and the best solution for new cases based on the nearest case solution of the nearest similarity level.
The Liberalization of Retail Services in India : a CGE model

In order to address the signi cant increase in importance of FDI and of MNCrelated policies, we develop an extended GTAPmodel and associated global database that accounts for both foreign direct investment and multinational companies differentiated by the region of ownership. The model is calibrated on the GTAP v8 database augmented by global foreign a liate statistics data described in Fukui and Lakatos (2012) and the FDI stocks data of Boumellassa et al. (2007). To illustrate the model's behaviour, we examine the recent policy debate with respect to allowing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retailing in India. We nd that the ∗Corresponding author. Csilla Lakatos (clakatos@purdue.edu) is a Research Economist at the Center for Global Trade Analysis at Purdue University and a Visiting Fellow at the U.S. International Trade Commission. †Tani Fukui is an economist at the U.S. International Trade Commission from the O ce of Economics. The views expressed in this paper are strictly those of the authors and do not represent the opinions of the U.S. International Trade Commission or of any of its Commissioners.
Using Venn , Sankey , and UpSet Diagrams to Visualize Students ’ Study Progress Based on Exam Combinations

Educational dashboards allow educators to gain insights about their students and their learning progress. It is essential to understand why students may drop out of the university. In our educational dashboard, we used a combination of Venn, Sankey, and UpSet diagrams to perform an in-depth analysis by investigating the effects of individual courses and their combinations. We present our visualizations based on student data from a computer science course at a German university.
Daily Gratitude Towards One’s Parents and Subjective Well-Being

The effect of daily gratitude towards one’s parents on various subjective well-being measures was investigated. Sixty native Japanese speakers were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions (five listings of gratitude towards parents, five listings of daily events, and no treatment) for a week. Results indicated that the parental gratitude group significantly increased their life satisfaction and subjective happiness, and the daily events listing group significantly increased their life satisfaction and empathy after the intervention. Conscious recitation of gratitude towards one’s parents or daily events may induce positive subjective well-being.
Longitudinal vehicle dynamics control via sliding modes generation

In this chapter the application of Sliding Mode Control techniques is illustrated to solve the longitudinal vehicle dynamics control problem. Sliding Mode Control is a nonlinear control method capable of offering a number of benefits, the majority of which is its robustness versus a significant class of uncertainties. It can also be profitably used to efficiently solve automotive control and observation problems, as widely testified in the literature. The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview on the longitudinal dynamics control of vehicles, in particular electric vehicles with individual motors for each wheel, focusing on recent developments based on Sliding Mode Control theory.
Design and Implementation of UPnP-based Energy Gateway for Demand Side Management in Smart Grid

Legacy electrical grids are urged to evolve towards smart grids, the smarter power delivery system that relies heavily on ICT. Numerous smart grids applications are expected to be developed for efficient management and utilization of electricity at the demand side such as home automation, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI), dynamic energy pricing, efficient load management, etc. For easing and boosting the development of new demand side services, the concept of Home Energy Gateway (HEG) has recently been proposed in literature. It involves communication with the utility as well as with devices at the consumer sites. The literature still lacks a comprehensive HEG design that could provide all essential features such as zero-configuration, auto-discovery, seamless plug & play communication, interoperability and integration, customers privacy and communication security. This paper addresses the HEG challenges in an effective way through the design of suitable communication frameworks and a security mechanism for enabling strong protection against cyber attacks. The proposed system effectively copes with the interoperability and integration issues between plethora of heterogeneous devices at the consumer sites. The devices in proposed system inherit plug & play features and support zero-configuration and seamless networking. Further, the proposed system design is technology-agnostic and flexible enough to be adopted for the implementation of any specific demand side service. This paper also evaluates the proposed system in real-networking environment and presents performance metrics.
THE POWER TO DELAY: EXPLAINING THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT’S INFLUENCE IN THE CONSULTATION PROCEDURE

This paper analyses the European Parliament’s legis lative influence in the consultation procedure. It examines all (925) consu ltation proposals in the period 1 May 1999 and 30 April 2007. The paper finds that th rough its ‘power of delay’ the European Parliament can act as a significant legisl ative institution alongside the Council and Commission. In addition, the results de monstrate that the support of the Commission, the issue type contested and the ab ility of the EP to link its opinions to co-decision proposals are the strongest predictors of Parliamentary success.
Minimum-time path planning for robot manipulators using path parameter optimization with external force and frictions

This paper presents a new minimum-time trajectory planning method which consists of a desired path in the Cartesian space to a manipulator under external forces subject to the input voltage of the actuators. Firstly, the path is parametrized with an unknown parameter called a path parameter. This parameter is considered a function of time and an unknown parameter vector for optimization. Secondly, the optimization problem is converted into a regular parameter optimization problem, subject to the equations of motion and limitations in angular velocity, angular acceleration, angular jerk, input torques of actuators’, input voltage and final time, respectively. In the presented algorithm, the final time of the task is divided into known partitions, and the final time is an additional unknown variable in the optimization problem. The algorithm attempts to minimize the final time by optimizing the path parameter, thus it is parametrized as a polynomial of time with some unknown parameters. The algorithm can have a smooth input voltage in an allowable range; then all motion parameters and the jerk will remain smooth. Finally, the simulation study shows that the presented approach is efficient in the trajectory planning for a manipulator that wants to follow a Cartesian path. In simulations, the constraints are respected, and all motion variables and path parameters remain smooth.
Deforestation and Agricultural Land Use Change in Bolivia as a Function of Socio-Economic Realities

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To Appear in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems Lock Trace Reduction for Multithreaded Programs

Many happened-before based detectors for debugging multithreaded programs implement vector clocks to incrementally track the casual relations among synchronization events produced by concurrent threads and generate trace logs. They update the vector clocks via vector-based comparison and content assignment in every case. We observe that many such tracking comparison and assignment operations are removable in part or in whole, which if identified and used properly, have the potential to reduce the log traces thus produced. This paper presents our analysis to identify such removable tracking operations and shows how they could be used to reduce log traces. We implement our analysis result as a technique entitled LOFT. We evaluate LOFT on the well-studied PARSEC benchmarking suite and five large-scale real-world applications. The main experimental result shows that on average, LOFT identifies 63.9% of all synchronization operations incurred by the existing approach as removable and does not compromise the efficiency of the latter.
Performance Measurement Quality by Any Other Name ? : A Comparison of Three Profiling Systems for Assessing Health Care Quality

ion Two separate teams of four professional nurse reviewers experienced in using each instrument completed the focused and global explicit reviews, after receiving project specific training. Implicit reviews were conducted by 12 boardcertified internal medicine physicians. The average time per review was 35 minutes for the focused explicit review, 164 minutes for the global explicit review, and 101 minutes for the implicit review.
Échec de l ’ antibiothérapie en réanimation Failure of antibiotic therapy in the intensive care unit

r © 200 . 003 Résumé La prescription d’antibiotique et l’évaluation de la réponse au traitement sont une pratique quotidienne en réanimation. Lors d’une infection bactérienne, l’hôte, la bactérie, le site infecté et l’antibiotique sont les déterminants de l’évolution du processus infectieux. La définition de l’échec de l’antibiothérapie doit donc être adaptée, en termes de critère et de délai, selon la combinaison de ces éléments, dont chacun peut par conséquent être impliqué dans l’échec (défenses de l’hôte, résistance bactérienne, accessibilité du site, schéma thérapeutique adapté). Seule une démarche rigoureuse permet, après avoir confirmé le diagnostic et éliminé un certain nombre de faux échecs, de systématiquement envisager et déterminer le mécanisme en cause. © 2007 Publié par Elsevier Masson SAS pour la Société de réanimation de langue française.
BERT for Coreference Resolution

Several downstream NLP tasks including knowledge extraction hinge on effective coreference resolution, the task of determining which noun phrases in text refer to the same real-world entity. In this paper, we focus on a subtask of coreference resolution, ambiguous gendered pronoun resolution (GAP). Noting the ability of Transformer encoders to capture intra-sequence dependencies via self-attention, we explore in this paper the effect of incorporating bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT) into two architectures for coreference a rule-based heuristic and a mention-ranking model. We also discuss and provide significant code for utilizing BERT in an end-to-end clustering coreference model. Our best model, the mention ranking algorithm using BERT as an embedding layer, achieves an overall F1 of 76.0 and bias of 1.00 on the GAP snippet-context task, improving upon the baseline Parallelism F1 provided in paper by 9.1 and on bias by 0.07.
Evaluating Ways of Adapting Word Similarity

People judge pairwise similarity by deciding which aspects of the words’ meanings are relevant for the comparison of the given pair. However, computational representations of meaning rely on dimensions of the vector representation for similarity comparisons, without considering the specific pairing at hand. Prior work has adapted computational similarity judgments by using the softmax function in order to address this limitation by capturing asymmetry in human judgments. We extend this analysis by showing that a simple modification of cosine similarity offers a better correlation with human judgments over a comprehensive dataset. The modification performs best when the similarity between two words is calculated with reference to other words that are most similar and dissimilar to the pair.
Plant Diversity and Utilization on Ethnobotany of Local People at Hmong

The study on plant diversity and utilization on ethnobotany of local people was conducted in montane forest adjacent to Hmong village at Doi Suthep-Pui National Park, Chiang Mai Province during January to December 2016. It aimed to compare plant biodiversity and utilization of ethonobotany of local people between natural montane forest (NMF) and forest edge adjacent to Hmong Village Doi Pui. The three sampling plots, 20 m x 50 m, were established in each site. information of plant utilization was being interviewed from ethnobotanists, herbal healers, and villagers. The result showed the total, 53 families, 98 genera and 133 species of plants were found in the study areas. The 42 families, 72 genera and 90 species were existed in the NMF, while 39 families, 51 genera and 71 species in the forest edge. The similarity of families, genera and species were 30, 46, and 65 respectively in both sites. Trees distribution pattern based on diameter class in the two forest areas was found in a negative exponential growth form. Indicating they can be maintained their forest structure in the future. However, considering the distribution of sapling, DBH < 5 cm. , the bell-shape form was found in the forest edge. Indicting the effected of ethnobotanical used on plant regeneration was detected. The highest ethnobotanical used was a food group (39 species), while the lowest was a dying color group (6 species). The most utilized species was Castanopsis diversifolia, Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, and Diplazium escculentum. Regarding sustainable used of the forest edge, the agroforestry should be promoted by planted the utilized species in their agricultural areas or used as a buffer zone between the forest and agricultural areas.
OF TEACHER EVALUATION POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN AUSTRALIAN STATES AND THEIR RELATION TO QUALITY TEACHING AND LEARNING

There is now broad acknowledgement that student learning is directly linked to the knowledge and skills of teachers. It is a short step from this understanding to recognising the importance of teacher evaluation in schools. The education systems in all Australian states now have teacher evaluation policies and practices in place, but it is as yet unclear whether the directions that are currently being taken will result in the desired improvements in teacher performance or even whether basic goals of accountability will be met. ACER and Edith Cowan University are currently engaged in the second year of a three year research project that maps teacher evaluation practices across all Australian states and territories. This paper reports on some of the findings of the project. A critical discussion of the "top down" performance management systems that are linked to pay increases in some states is offered and three specific and relatively recent initiatives in teacher evaluation at the "accomplished teacher" level are discussed in some detail. These are the evaluations for the Victorian Experienced Teacher with Responsibility (ETWR) and Western Australian Level 3 Classroom Teacher positions, and the UK "Threshold" classification. It is argued throughout the paper that progress will only be made when the limitations imposed upon teacher evaluation by "loose coupling" are overcome and teachers are encouraged to participate in the development of evaluation systems that respect to the complexity and depth of their professional knowledge and practice.