Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
WaveWatch – An Ambient Display of Web Traffic Data

This article describes the iterative development, deployment and evaluation of a novel Ambient Display called the WaveWatch. Employing the concepts of Calm Computing [1] and Informative Art [2] the WaveWatch aims to balance its goals of being minimally attentive while also being a visualisation device. The WaveWatch presents a real-time visualisation through the use of high-definition 3D rendered graphics. An animated ocean scene is presented which can be modulated to visualize the attributes of a real-time data source. This visualisation occurs through the modification of the display’s on screen ocean where the height, frequency and speed of ocean waves are used to signal changes in a real-time data source. As part of this study the WaveWatch was deployed in a real-life marketing office for a period of two weeks. In this case the WaveWatch took on a simple metaphor where if web traffic was low the ocean would remain calm and as web traffic increased the ocean waves would become more turbulent. The outcomes of the development and deployment of the WaveWatch were generally positive with the display being perceived by participants as being easy to interpret, useful and unobtrusive.
VORACIOUS LARVAE HERMETIA ILLUCENS AND TREATMENT OF SELECTED TYPES OF BIODEGRADABLE WASTE

KALOVA MARKETA, BORKOVCOVA MARIE: Voracious larvae Hermetia illucens and treatment of selected types of biodegradable waste. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2013, LXI, No. 1, pp. 77–83 This report is focused on the ability of larvae Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) to consume diff erent types of biodegradable waste. Waste was selected in groups 02, 19 a 20 according to the Waste Catalogue (in Decree No. 381/2001 Coll., Czech Republic). Experiments were carried out in 14 BioPods Plus that are especially designed for insect Hermetia illucens (HI) in order to consume waste. The experiments were measured in laboratory conditions (relatively constant temperature and humidity). The highest weight reduction of waste material (by 66.53% of the original mass) was reached in waste plant tissues. Weight reduction for food scraps – highly problematic kind of waste – was calculated by 46.04%. Worst results were achieved with compost tea from garden waste – larvae reduced the initial
Strategies for providing effective feedback during preceptorship: Perspectives from an Omani hospital

Introduction: Providing effective feedback during preceptorship is essential to advance learning in the clinical area. However in Oman, at present, there is no published data on strategies for giving effective feedback despite the high number of non-Omanis involved in clinical teaching. This study explored the different strategies preceptors at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital use to provide effective feedback. Methods: A qualitative research design was employed using focus groups, with data collection occurring in November 2012. The focus group discussions were recorded, transcribed and analysed thematically. Results: Six strategies emerged, among them providing feedback that is regular and timely; clear and focused; empha- sising preceptees’ performance and progress, as well as respecting preceptee feelings, views and privacy. Other strategies include listening to preceptees and starting with positive remarks during feedback sessions. Conclusion: Feedback during preceptorship provides preceptors with an excellent opportunity to explain to preceptees where and how they are moving along the continuum of meeting expected goals in relation to attainment of professional knowledge, skills and behaviour, and includes specific suggestions for further improvement. The contextual realities in the clinical environment require preceptors to provide timely, regular, clear and focused feedback that emphasises preceptees’ performance, respect their feelings, privacy and opinions. Such feedback techniques when appropriately implemented enable preceptees to improve their performance, by making use of preceptors’ constructive criticism, which in turn enables them to rate their clinical practice in a more realistic way, leading them to seek opportunities for further self-improvement.
Design and Analysis of Key Components in the Nanoindentation and Scratch Test Device

In recent years, nanomechanics as an important branch of nanotechnology has been an effective method to study mechanical properties of structures and materials from microto nano-scale. It has been widely used to study mechanical behaviour and damage mechanism of nanotube, nanobelt as well as other nanostructures (Zhu & Espinosa, 2005; Han et al., 2007). Some researchers studied biomechanics properties of tissues and organs of human body, such as the red cell (Suresh, 2007; Lim et al., 2006) and bone (Tai et al., 2007; Hansma et al., 2006; Thurner, 2009; Zheng & Mak, 1996; Koff et al., 2010; Huja et al., 2010; Diez-Perez et al., 2010; Zhang et al., 2010) by means of experimental nanomechanics approaches, to reveal occurrence rules, prevention and control methods of some diseases. Compared with tensile, torsion, bend and hardness tests etc. during which samples are usually in condition of simple stress state, nanoindentation and scratch test can obtain more parameters of materials including hardness, modulus, fracture toughness, creep property, fatigue, adhesion and so on (Doerner & Nix, 1986; Oliver & Pharr, 1992) because samples are in condition of complex stress state. So, it has been widely used in fields of materials science (Lucas & Oliver, 1999; Yang et al., 2007; Tao et al., 2010), nanotechnology, surface engineering (Jardret & Morel, 2003 ), semiconductor (Michler et al., 2005; Zhao et al., 2009), MEMS/NEMS (Abdel-Aal et al., 2005; Bhushan, 2007), biomedicine (Suresh, 2005), biomechanics (Bruet et al., 2008) and so on. In addition, it is a useful method to study multiphysical field coupled performance of materials (Bradby et al., 2003; Schuh et al., 2005; Nowak et al., 2009). So in past years, nanoindentation and scratch test gave a big boost to the development of related fields and also it was given huge attention in all over the world. With further development of materials science and nanomechanics, more and more researchers tried to study principle of deformation and damage of materials (De Hosson et al., 2006; Rabe, 2006; Zhou & Komvopoulos, 2006). Nanoscale deformation: Seeing is believing (Hemker & Nix, 2008). So research on in situ nanoindentation and scratch test was proposed, through which process of deformation and damage of samples can be observed. However, because of large size and complex structure of existing commercial equipments (MTS NanoIndenter; Hysitron Incorporated; CSIRO.UMIS; Micro Materials Ltd.; CSM instruments), they can not be installed on the stage of SEM or TEM to realize in situ nanoindentation and scratch test. So, novel nanoindentation and scratch test devices are required. And this is advanced technology and up to now there is no mature product for in situ nanoindentation and scratch test.
Regulation of aquatic microbial processes: the 'microbial loop' of the sunlit surface waters and the dark ocean dissected

Our understanding of microbial food web interactions in the ocean is essentially based on research performed in the euphotic layer, where the interactions between phytoplankton and prokaryotic plankton, mainly heterotrophic Bacteria, are well established. In the euphotic layer, particularly in meso- and eutrophic waters, prokaryotic plankton are mainly top-down controlled by bacterivorous flagellates and viruses, affecting metabolically active, fast growing populations more than dormant stages. In the meso- and bathypelagic realm of the ocean, however, prokaryotic plankton are thought to be mainly bottom-up controlled, because the heterotrophic component of the prokaryotic community is limited by the availability of organic carbon. However, deep-water prokaryotes exhibit a number of peculiarities compared to prokaryotes in the euphotic layer, among which are a large genome size and a gene repertoire indicative of a predominately surface-attached mode of life. This indicates that deep-water prokaryotic activity might be primarily associated with particles. Our present knowledge indicates that the microbial communities and their interactions in the deep ocean are likely very different from those known from surface waters. Increasing efforts to shed light on the microbial biota of the ocean's interior will likely lead to the discovery of novel metabolic pathways in prokaryotes and to the resolution of the current discrepancy between the geochemical evidence of remineralization rates of organic matter and actual measurements.
Genetic diversity and evolutionary analysis of Citrus Tristeza Virus p20 gene in Pakistan: insights into the spread and epidemiology

Background : Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is a widespread disease and the most destruction causing agent of citrus. Pakistan is ranked amongst the top ten citrus producing countries around the globe and it contributes about 2% to its foreign exchange earnings. Based on this assumption it is very important to monitor and determine the evolutionary forces and the phylogeography of Pakistani CTV population. Methods: A total of 49 sequences of p20 gene from Pakistan were phylogenetically compared with CTV sequences worldwide. These sequences were analyzed for their genetic diversity and evolution using a Bayesian Probability approach and predicted secondary structure. Results: Phylogenetic analysis using Bayesian probability inference and predicted secondary structures diversity of CTV indicated that Pakistani isolates were not diverse from global isolates. Lineage analysis showed that CTV was introduced in Pakistan in three individual events from various parts of the world. After that CTV dispersed in Pakistan via vector transmission or by use of infected propagating material by local farmers. Conclusions: Our study confirmed multiple introductions of CTV in Pakistan and also confirmed the dissemination of CTV within Pakistan. This study also shows that the mutations are present in the predicted secondary structure of the p20 protein, however, it is not known if it affects the pathogenicity of the virus.
Characterization of the model-based iterative reconstruction algorithm: Confirmation of coexistence of dose reduction and spatial resolution improvement

Poster: "ECR 2015 / C-0946 / Characterization of the model-based iterative reconstruction algorithm: Confirmation of coexistence of dose reduction and spatial resolution improvement" by: "A. Kayugawa1, Y. Noto1, T. Taga1, T. Fukaya1, K. Tasaki1, T. Fujioka2, M. Ohkubo1; 1Niigata/JP, 2Minatoku/JP"
Validation of Gujarati version of 15-item Geriatric Depression scale in elderly medical outpatients of General hospital in Gujarat -

Background: Depressive disorders are a public health problem in developing countries. Access to valid and reliable screening tool is needed to identify geriatric depression. Aims & Objectives: To validate Gujarati version of geriatric depression scale -15 (GDS-15) as a screening instrument to identify geriatric Depression in elderly medical patients. Materials and Methods: This is a hospital based cross -sectional study. 200 Gujarati elderly patients (>65 years) attending the medical out patients department, unaware about their mental health status, were selected and Gujarati GDS-15 was administered. Then all patients were interviewed by a psychiatrist (blind to their GDS-15 scores). DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for major depression were used. Various thresholds of the GDS-15 were compared against the standards of the DSM-IV. A Receiver operator characteristic curve was drawn to obtain the best threshold value. Internal reliability of GDS-15 was assessed using Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficients. Results: 33.5% (67/200) elderly patients satisfied DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for Major Depression. The optimal threshold for the GDS-15 was 7.5 with a sensitivity of 86.6% and a specificity of 73.3%. The area under the curve was 0.877. Cronbach’s alpha of the total scores was 0.806. Conclusion: The Gujarati GDS-15 has good properties as screening instruments for major depression in Gujarati elderly medical patients, as presented in our findings.
A bystander situation from the perpetrator’s perspective : do bystanders influence the occurrence of prosocial or pro-self lying?

To acquire further knowledge about the influence of bystanders we have chosen to carry out a lab study to investigate the influence of bystanders on the perpetrator, using the example of lying. The participants were either assigned to the bystander- or the non-bystander-condition to examine the influence of observers. Furthermore, we chose to add another condition: All respondents were told to have the possibility to earn money. In one condition, they could earn it for themselves. In the other condition, they were told to earn money which will be used for charity purpose. We were thereby aiming to profoundly investigate if, firstly, bystanders have an influence on the occurrence of lying and secondly, if it makes a difference if the goal of the lie was a prosocial or pro-self one. The findings did not show a statistical significance and did therefore not allow to draw a conclusion. This may be caused by the fact that the incentive was too low and therefore only a minority of the participants lied.
A Survey On Side Information for Text Mining

Any text mining application may contain side information. This side information may be any links in the document, web logs which contain user access behavior, provenance information, the links for any document or any other non-textual attributes which are embedded into the text document. All these attributes may contain a huge amount of information for clustering purposes. But it is difficult to count the concerned importance of this side information especially when some of the data is noisy. In that matter, it is dangerous to merge side-information into the mining process because it can upgrade the quality of the representation for the mining process or can add noise in this system. Thus, there should be a right way to do this mining process so that it will make use of side information to maximize their advantages. Therefore, it is suggested to design an efficient algorithm which makes combination of classical portioning algorithm with probabilistic models in order to create an effective clustering approach. Afterwards, extension to the classification problem is also shown.
Return time statistics via inducing

We prove that the return time statistics of a dynamical system do not change if one passes to an induced (i.e. first return) map. We apply this to show exponential return time statistics in (i) smooth interval maps with nowhere-dense critical orbits and (ii) certain interval maps with neutral fixed points. The method also applies to (iii) certain quadratic maps of the complex plane.
Evaluation of tumor angiogenesis in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma

Abstract The aim of this study is to evaluate tumor angiogenesis in patients with non-small cell lung carcinoma. A total of 20 patients with pulmonary adenocarinoma have been included in the study. In order to evaluate tumor angiogenesis we studied the importance of CD34 expression. Evaluation of vascular density was performed with a semiautomated method using the dedicated software called ImageJ. We introduced in our study 20 patients with lung adenocarcinoma. We were able to identify tumor angiogenesis in 19 cases (95%). Immunolabeling of CD34 positive endothelial cells provided a good overview of tumor vascularization. Immunohistochemical staining of CD34 positive endothelium cells provided a good basis for tumor vascularity assessment, and also an excellent contrast for computer assisted morphometric measurements. Also we studied the intensity of the immunohistochemical staining of CD34 in the tumoral cells. We obtained the following results: a minor expression in 4 cases (20%), a moderate expression in 9 cases (45%) and an intense expression in 6 cases (30%). The histological type of adenocarcinomas influences the architecture and branching of the vessels. The density of newly developed vessels is higher in patients with papillary pulmonary adenocarcinomas, which may indicate a possible relationship between the histological type and development of vascular supply.
Defining a spawning population (spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus) over temporal, spatial, and demographic scales

Fish spawning populations are complex and affected by many factors acting over tem- poral, spatial, and demographic scales. To better understand these factors, we chose to study spotted seatrout Cynoscion nebulosus, which has closed populations over small spatial scales and a periodic life-history pattern. We used experimental gill nets and hook and line, within a spatially and tempo- rally explicit sampling design, to collect 2034 spotted seatrout in lower Tampa Bay, Florida, USA, in 2001 and 2002. Ovarian development was evaluated histologically. Mature females did not all spawn throughout the spawning season, and first-time spawners (Age 1) had the lowest probability of doing so. Two reproductive behaviors were observed: fish moving in the late afternoon or evening to a high-intensity spawning site in an inlet and low-intensity spawning within the estuary. Larger, older female and male spawners were more abundant at the inlet site than at nearby estuarine sites. Both batch fecundity and the percentage of females spawning increased with age and size. Spatial- temporal interactions made it difficult to assess certain aspects of reproduction, such as spawning frequency.
Color Varying Distribution Using Unsupervised Method

Apparently it was the color distributions in a manner which takes interactive multilabel Group. They used to scribble a common parzen density estimator for each user by using the color and estimate the location of a joint distribution. It is used to synchronize an external pull up specific color values . The interactive section of the image colors or difficult lighting conditions such approaches often fail. Because they are independent and identically distributed per region, resulting in a single color space input to ensure that the information provided by the user. Due to their strong overlap largely failed. Statistics on account of locally separable, weak constant speculation no tweaks that allow air to get into the local distribution of different color distributions. Spatially adaptive probability density functions, which incorporates a number of plots in the area, starting with a variation of the structure that derives from a Bayesian formulation. It is the color of the outer space and the interactive user is used to show the importance of not only the distribution of tweaks. It is most commonly associated with the user tweaks places. As a result, the location -based approach to scribble color is fundamentally a framework that bridges the gap between data based on the received previous approaches.
A symmetrizable extension of polyconvex thermoelasticity and applications to zero-viscosity limits and weak-strong uniqueness

ABSTRACT We embed the equations of polyconvex thermoviscoelasticity into an augmented, symmetrizable, hyperbolic system and derive a relative entropy identity in the extended variables. Following the relative entropy formulation, we prove the convergence from thermoviscoelasticity with Newtonian viscosity and Fourier heat conduction to smooth solutions of the system of adiabatic thermoelasticity as both parameters tend to zero. Also, convergence from thermoviscoelasticity to smooth solutions of thermoelasticity in the zero-viscosity limit. Finally, we establish a weak-strong uniqueness result for the equations of adiabatic thermoelasticity in the class of entropy weak solutions.
LANTHIONINE SYNTHETASE COMPONENT C-LIKE PROTEINS AS MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS

(57) ABSTRACT The present inVention relates to the field of medical treatments for diseases and disorders. More specifically, the present inVention relates to the use of the lanthionine synthetase component C-like (LANCL) proteins as therapeutic targets for nOVel classes of anti-inflammatory, immune regulatory and antidiabetic drugs. This includes but it is not limited to abscisic acid (ABA), ABA analogs, benzimidazophenyls, repurposed drugs or drug combinations, including thiazolidinediones (TZDs); naturally occurring compounds such as conjugated diene fatty acids, conjugated triene fatty acids, isoprenoids, and natural and synthetic agonists of peroxisome proliferator-actiVated receptors that actiVate this receptor through an altematiVe mechanism of action inVolVing LANCL2 or other membrane proteins to treat or preVent the common inflammatory pathogenesis underlying type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, cancer, some inflammatory infectious diseases such as influenza and autoimmune diseases including but not limited to inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and UlceratiVe colitis), rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes and other chronic inflammatory conditions.
Studying the Impact of Personality Constructs on Employees’ Knowledge Sharing Behavior Through Considering the Mediating Role of Intelligent Competencies in Project-Oriented Organizations

The impacts of individual factors on knowledge management actions as well as the impacts of psychological attributes on employees’ knowledge sharing behavior are highly paid attention by many authors. Such attributes as dynamic environment, the expansion of organizational complexities, generating mass information and knowledge-orientation of project-oriented organizations have caused that focus on knowledge is extraordinarily increased in organizations. In many scientific documents, the then impacts by psychological traits on knowledge sharing behavior are expressed. Personality is seen as the most important predictor component of human behavior. Current paper studied the impact by employee’s personality constructs on their knowledge sharing behavior by considering the role of individuals’ intelligent competencies. Present study is a survey – type with descriptive approach. Its sample size was 118 scholars, employees and managers in project – oriented organizations while research data collection tool was an 80-item questionnaire. Its reliability was calculated by Chronbach’s alpha ratio while its content validity was determined by connoisseurs. PLS software package is used to test research hypotheses. Measuring the personality constructs is based on Five – Big Model (NEO) while measuring intelligent competencies is adapted to Boaytzs model. Data analysis shows the direct impact by personality constructs on knowledge sharing behavior while it does not support the mediating role by intelligent competencies in this regard.
How German Online Retailers Price Foods: An Empirical Analysis for Chocolate Products

Despite the increasing importance of online grocery retailing, little is known about price dispersion across online providers, the relation between online and offline prices as well as the frequency of price adjustments. We employ means of descriptive and inductive statistics as well as panel econometrics to address these issues for German online food retailers. Daily online prices for twelve chocolate products charged by eight pure online and multichannel retailers and collected over three months are investigated. Information economics suggests that a maturing online market will call forth more price homogeneity online due to lower search costs by consumers as well as more flexible prices due to lower costs of price adjustments by retailers. Our results suggest, however, that neither homogenous prices nor frequent price adjustments do occur on the German online chocolate market.