Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Efficacy of Membrane Sweeping at Term and Effect on the Duration of Pregnancy: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Background: This study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of membrane sweeping on the duration of pregnancy at term and induction rate. The study design was a randomized controlled trial. Method: The study conducted at the King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from January 1, 2011 to January 1 2012. One hundred and sixty women with uncomplicated pregnancy attending the antenatal clinic and delivery room were randomized to membrane sweeping (study group, n = 80) or no sweeping (control group, n = 80) at 38 weeks of gestation. Results: Most of the women who underwent membrane sweeping entered spontaneous labor (90 vs. 75%), with a significant difference in mean gestational age (39.5 ± 0.9 vs. 40.0 ± 1.2, P = 0.004). The overall incidence of pregnant women at 41 week gestation was 10 % in women who underwent membrane sweeping and 25% in the controls (OR 3.0, 95% CI 1.2 - 7.3, P = 0.01). The induction rate was less in study compared to control group (10 % vs. 25%; P = 0.01). There were no differences in the incidence of cesarean delivery, or maternal or fetal morbidity between the two groups. Conclusion: Sweeping of the membranes at term is safe and reduces the incidence of post-date gestation. Most women required only a single cervical sweeping. J Clin Gynecol Obstet. 2014;3(1):30-34 doi: http://dx.doi. o rg/10.14740/jcgo225 w
Statistical Mechanical Models of Adsorption and Diffusion of Fluids in Crystalline Nanoporous Materials: Extensions to Percolation and Multicomponent Fluids

Kamat et al. has developed an analytical statistical mechanical theory that can be used to model pure component and binary liquid mixtures confined within crystalline nanoporous materials [1, 2]. The theory can be used to predict diffusivities, adsorption isotherms, and heats of adsorption as functions of temperature, pressure, and composition. The predictions obtained from this theory can then be used in macroscopic process level simulations to investigate the use of new adsorbents without conducting expensive experiments. Kamat et al. has verified that the analytical adsorption theory can be used to model methane confined within zeolite Na-Y [3]. However, the diffusion theory failed to quantitatively model the self-diffusion coefficients for methane confined within Na-Y. Thus, an attempt has been made to improve the fit of the self-diffusion coefficients by incorporating the effects of percolation into the diffusion model. Incorporating the effects of percolation into the diffusion model did not improve the quantitative fit of the selfdiffusion coefficients. The analytical theory is generalizable and can be used for a variety of liquids confined within a variety of nanoporous materials. In this work, the theory is used to model pure component methane and pure component ethane confined within AlPO4-5. The lattice parameters required for the theory are obtained by comparing the theoretical results to results obtained from molecular dynamics simulations. In this work, it has been proven that the theory is generalizable and can be used for different liquids confined within a nanoporous material. The adsorption theory can also be used to model binary mixtures confined within nanoporous materials. The lattice parameters obtained from the pure component parameter optimizations are used to verify the analytical theory with binary mixtures. Results have been presented which indicate the binary theory does not accurately model a binary mixture confined within nanoporous materials. Problems arise both due to approximations within the theory as well as deviations of the real system from the lattice model.
Individual differences in searching behaviour and spatial foraging consistency in a central place marine predator

Consistent intra-population variability in foraging behaviour is found among a wide range of taxa. Such foraging specialisations are common among marine vertebrates, yet it is not clear how individuals repeatedly locate prey or foraging sites at ocean-wide scales. Using GPS and time-depth loggers we studied the fine-scale foraging behaviour of central-place northern gannets Morus bassanus at two large colonies. First, we estimated the degree of consistency in individual foraging routes and sites across repeated trips. Second, we tested for individual differences in searching behaviour in response to environmental covariates using reaction norms, estimated from mixed effect models. Adult gannets tracked over multiple foraging trips showed repeatable between-individual differences in terminal points and departure angles of foraging trips, but low repeatability in trip duration and trip length. Importantly, individual birds showed highly repeatable dive locations, with consistently different environmental conditions (such as copepod abundance), suggesting a high degree of foraging site specialisation. Gannets also showed between-individual differences in searching behaviour along environmental gradients, such that individuals intensified searching under different conditions. Together these results suggest that widespread individual foraging consistency may represent specialisation and be linked with individual responses to environmental conditions. Such divergent searching behaviour could provide a mechanism by which consistent foraging behaviour arises and is maintained among animals that forage across large spatial scales.
The Hardware-In-The-Loop simulation system of the diesel generator set based on the NARMAX model

The control of the speed of the diesel engine is the key to guarantee the AC output quality of the DGS (Diesel Generator Set). Because of the heavy noise and pollution of the physical DGS, it is a good way to build the mathematical model for research on the control of the diesel engine output speed. But the theoretical models often were not accurate and their control algorithms had poor usability due to nonlinearity and soft parameters of the diesel engine. To solve these problems, a Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation system of the DGS has been built in this paper. In the HIL system, the power unit (includes diesel engine, generator and load tank) is replaced by the mathematic model, and the other devices are same as ones in the physical DGS. In order to ensure the accuracy of the model, this paper proposes modeling method for the power unit of the DGS. Thanks to the NARMAX (Nonlinear AutoRegressive Moving Average with eXogenous inputs) model’s good ability to describe the nonlinear system, the measurement data of the power unit are used to training NARMAX model and a high accuracy model of the power unit has been obtained. The experiments on the HIL system show the model can reproduce the static and dynamic characteristic of the physical DGS power unit to meet the research needs of the electronic governor. KeywordsDiesel generator set; Electronic governor; LabVIEW; NARMAX model; Hardware-in-the-loop.
Relativistic Paschen-Back Effect for the Two-Dimensional H-Like Atoms

Low-dimensional quantum systems have been the focus of extensive theoretical investigations in the last decades. Technological advances in semiconductor physics and recent developments in nanostructure technology provide techniques of creating low-dimensional structures like superlatices, quantum dots, quantum wires, or quantum wells [1]. The most representative analogues of hydrogen-like systems in the world of semiconductors are hydrogenic donors being the bound states of conduction electron and a donor impurity [2] and the Wannier–Mott excitons formed by an electron and a hole [3]. After the renormalization of Coulomb potential by introducing of dielectric constant and replacing the electron mass by effective one, the atomic objects in two-dimensional structures can be treated as 2D hydrogen-like atoms. At this stage, the 2D hydrogen problem determines a leading approximation for study of hydrogen type bound states in extreme anisotropic crystals, in which the zcomponent of a diagonal anisotropic mass tensor is much larger than the two remaining ones [4]. The nonand weak-relativistic [5] approaches are usually considered as sufficiently good approximations to the realistic description of the 2D objects in solid matter. However, in a searching of both spin and relativistic effects the complete relativistic theory based on the Dirac equation is inevitable. The first-order relativistic correction for wide range of magnetic fields have been calculated recently in the framework of direct perturbation theory (DPT) [6]. The aim of this paper is the calculation of the first-
Identification and molecular characterization of fusion genes in hematological malignancies and disorders

Im ersten Teil des Projekts wurde der Fusionspartner von ETV6 (ein hamatopoetischer Transkriptionsfaktor) bei einem AML-Patienten identifiziert. Mittels RACE PCR, Klonierungen und Sequenzierungen wurde die neurotrophe Rezeptorkinase NTRK3 als Partner ermittelt. FISH-Studien belegten die zugrundeliegende Chromosomentranslokation. Weiters wurden die strukturelle Organisation des Chimartranskriptes und alternatives Splicing der NTRK3-RNA beschrieben. Das Fusionstranskript wurde in der Form bisher noch nicht fur AML beschrieben. Im zweiten Teil sollten ebenfalls Fusionsgene identifiziert und die Methode dazu etabliert werden. Zwei Eosinophilie-Patienten zeigten ungewohnliche Translokationen, die nur durch konventionelle Zytogenetik definiert wurden. Die Chromosomenbruchpunkte sollten mittels bakteriellen artifiziellen Chromosomen (BACs) spezifiert werden. Dazu wurde erst die Einfuhrbewilligung beantragt, danach wurde nach den passenden BACs in Internetdatenbanken gesucht und diese schlieslich uber Internet (BACPAC Resources Center at CHORI in California, USA) bestellt. Weiters wurde eine adaquate Methode zur Herstellung von fluoreszenzmarkierten BAC-Sonden etabliert und die komfortabelste Arbeitsweise fur Hybridisierungen gefunden. Die fluoreszenzmarkierten BACs wurden schlieslich verwendet, um Bruchpunkte zu lokalisieren und Gene zu finden, die von der Translokation betroffen sind. In einem der Patientenfalle konnte leider kein Bruchpunkt gefunden werden. Dies zeigt, dass zusatzliche Analysen durch passende Sonden erforderlich sind, um die Translokation genau zu definieren. Im weiteren Patientenfall wurden die BAC-Sonden verwendet, um entlang eines betroffenen Chromosomenarms zu wandern. Der Bruchpunkt wurde so auf einen weitaus kleineren Bereich eingeengt und weitere BAC-Hybridisierungen identifizierten ein Kandidat-Gen, Lipidphosphatase TPIP, das mit sehr hoher Wahrscheinlichkeit von der Translokation betroffen ist.
High-performance Computing Initiative AtMUN: CS-6728 Experience

An interdisciplinary graduate course on high-performance computing. CS6728, was organized and offered for the first time at MUN in the Winter '96 term. The principal objective of this course was to provide a 'hands on' experience in high-performance computing. The course was designed as project-oriented; each of the participating students worked on an individual computational project related to his/her area of research. The organization of the course, the experience and conclusions are discussed in this paper.
Response to olfactory stimuli in gregarious Pieris brassicae caterpillars

Insects search primarily to find food, egg-laying sites, resting sites or conspecifics. Understanding the search behaviour of insects at the point when they are not in contact with the host is relevant to for instance the control of pest species. There are many studies on how adult butterflies respond to different olfactory signals when distanced from the host, but less is known of how caterpillars use and respond to such signals. This study was conducted to investigate what olfactory signals attract gregarious Pieris brassicae caterpillars. Are damaged host plants more attractive than undamaged plants, or will signs of conspecifics such as frass attract the caterpillars? Furthermore, will caterpillars respond differently to different genotypes of the host? Using four-way olfactometers, preference experiments were conducted on the genotypes broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. cymosa), cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) and cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis) of the larval host Brassica oleracea. One preference experiment tested the caterpillars’ response to undamaged plants of the genotypes. In the other three experiments the response of gregarious P. brassicae caterpillars to insect-induced damage (by conspecifics), no damage, and frass treatments of each of the genotypes were tested. The results showed no difference in preference for any of the undamaged genotypes. There was also no difference in the caterpillars’ preference for any of the treatments of broccoli or cabbage, but a significant preference for damaged cauliflower over frass and the control (air). This could be explained by an attraction to the damaged plant tissue itself, or an attraction to conspecific presence because of the species-specific combination of compounds released by the plant. If the lack of difference between the undamaged genotypes is because the genotypes are equally preferred cannot be concluded before further studies have been made, comparing damaged treatments of the genotypes. It is clear from this study that caterpillars of P. brassicae respond to olfactory signals.
The Impact of Phytostanols and Policosanol on Hypertriglyceridemia

Phytostanols referred to as plant sterols and stanols which are normal constituents of the human diet. In this study the impact of bakol (phytosterols and policosanols) on the level of triglycerides was investigated. The results revealed that phytostanols supplement can improve the triglycerides level thus phytostanols consider as protect agent against hypertriglyceridemia and dyslipidemia.
Comparative Proteome Analysis of Porcine Longissimus dorsi on the Basis of pH24 of Post-mortem Muscle

To identify proteins contributing to meat quality, a comparative shotgun proteomic profiling of Berkshire longissimus dorsi muscles was conducted in high pH group (HpHG) and low pH group (LpHG) based on 24 hour post-mortem pH. Triplicate liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry analysis identified a total of 208 and 204 proteins in the HpHG and LpHG, respectively. A total of 128 proteins were classified on the basis of molecular function, cellular components, and biological process by gene ontology analysis, of which 13 and 21 proteins were exclusively found in the HpHG and LpHG, respectively. A total of 15 proteins, of which 6 proteins belonged to the LpHG and 2 to the HpHG, were assigned to the Sus scrofa genomic database. The dominant expressions of Igc, Prep, Ldhb, and Aco2 were identified in the LpHG by shotgun proteomic analysis, and confirmed by reverse transcriptase–mediated polymerase chain reaction analysis. These protein markers are suitable for determining meat quality.
Evolution of social learning in lattice-structured populations

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Origins and Influences: Answering Held’s Call to Realism

In 1995 Barbara Held, professor of Psychology, published what is, I think, the first book of its kind Back to Reality: A Critique of Postmodem Theory in Psychotherapy a book not about how to do psychotherapy, but about how we should think about doing it. The work engages in a vigorous examination of the recent antirealist trend in psychotherapy and it opens up an important and timely epistemological debate, but its conclusion that postmodem (narrative) therapists ought to reject antirealism in favour of a modest realism is based on a fundamental misinterpretation of the originary aim behind the adoption of an antirealist epistemology. It is Held's contention that the na"ative therapy movement adopted antirealism as a means of "maxilflizing individuality" in therapy, a goal which can and should be achieved by way of realism. I suggest here that, to the contrary, the aim of this epistemological shift was the resolution of strictly epistemological problems, and that a return to realism would be antithetical to this aim. RESUME: En 1995, Barbara Held, professeure de psycho logie, a publie ce qui, a mon avis, est un livre inoui': Back to Reality: A Critique of Postmodem Theory in Psychotherapy. L' ouvrage entreprend un examen critique des tendances antirealistes que I'on retrouve dans la psychothirapie aujourd'hui et ouvre un debat epistemologique important et opportun. Cependant, sa conclusion, a I'effet que les therapeutes postmodemes (narratifs) devraient rejeter I'antirealisme au profit d'un realisme modeste, se fonde sur une interpretation erronee du but premier de I' epistemologie antirealiste. Held soutient que Ie mouvement de therapie narrative a adopte I' antirealisme afin de "maximiser I' individualite" en thirapie, un but qui peut et devrait etre atteint plutot par Ie realisme. lei, je pretends au contra ire que Ie toumant epistemologique a ete entrepris dans Ie but de resoudre des problemes strictement epistemologiques, et qu 'un retour au realisme serait contra ire a ce but. The turbulent shift in psychotherapy over the past twenty years from realist to antirealist theory has generated a great deal of theoretical confusion, and Held's Back to Reality is one of the first books in its field to confront this confusion head on. Though I disagree with the ultimate conclusion of Held's work that postmodern (narrative) therapists ought to give up on antirealism Symposium, III, 1 (1999),27-41
Anatomy, reproductive biology, and phylogeny of the Planaxidae (Cerithiacea-Prosobranchia)

Houbrick, Richard S. Anatomy, Reproductive Biology, and Phylogeny of the Planaxidae (Cerithiacea: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, number 445, 57 pages, 27 figures, 6 tables, 1987. —The family Planaxidae Gray comprises a small, monophyletic, mainly pantropical marine group of six extant genera in the superfamily Cerithiacea Fleming that are adapted to an intertidal environment. They are microphagous herbivores and usually occur in large populations on hard substrates. Planaxids are gonochoristic and have open pallial gonoducts, aphallic males, produce spermatophores, and brood their young in specialized cephalic brood pouches of ectodermal origin. Embryos of most species are released at the veliger stage and undergo a planktotrophic phase before settlement, but some species undergo a direct, lecithotrophic development. Species in the genus Angiola are unique among prosobranchs in having a bioluminescent mantle organ. On the basis of morphological homology, ontogeny, and advocacy, Batillaria (of the subfamily Batillariinae, family Potamididae) and Melanoides (of the freshwater family Thiaridae) were chosen as outgroups for phylogenetic analysis of all genera except Holcostoma. The polarities of characters were established by outgroup comparison, and transformation series of multi-state characters were ordered by structural complexity and by reciprocal illumination. Two equally parsimonious cladograms were produced that arrange the taxa in essentially similar sequence. Planaxis and Fissilabia share many apomorphies as do Angiola and Hinea. Six Recent genera are recognized as comprising the Planaxidae: Planaxis Lamarck, 1822; Fissilabia Macgillivray, 1836; Supplanaxis Thiele, 1929; Hinea Gray, 1847; Angiola Dall, 1926; Holcostoma H. and A. Adams, 1853. Synonymies, concnological, radular and anatomical descriptions, and the ecology and life histories of each genus are presented. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION DATE is handstamped in a limited number of initial copies and is recorded in the Institution's annual report. Smithsonian Year. SERIES COVER DESIGN: The coral Monastrea cavernosa (Linnaeus). v Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Houbrick, Richard S. Anatomy, reproductive biology, and phylogeny of the Planaxidae (Cerithiacea: Prosobranchia) (Smithsonian contributions to zoology ; no. 445) Bibliography: p. Includes index. Supt. of Docs, no.: SI 1.27:445 I. Planaxide. I. Title. II. Series. QL1.S54 no. 445 591s 86-600266 [QL430.5. P46] [594'. 32]
Sistema de Localização com Ultra-sons

In this paper, we present a robot location system using ultrasonic beacons. The robot-beacon distance is computed from the measured time-of-flight of the sound waves. In order to distinguish the different beacons we used Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK) modulation with Gold sequences as the modulated signal. The robot uses Differencial BPSK (DBPSK) demodulation and a match-filter to detect the emitted pulses. The position of the robot is computed by using the triangulation of the distances from the robot to each beacon. Practical test results showed that this system can obtain the robot’s position with a maximum error of 30 cm.
CW Yb-fibre laser with wavelength-variable efficient intracavity frequency doubling in partially coupled enhancement cavity

This paper presents the results on second harmonic generation in a tuneable Yb-fibre laser with an enhancement cavity partially coupled to the laser resonator. The maximal second harmonic output power was 880 mW at 536 nm when pumped with 6.2 W at 976 nm. The output radiation line width of the second harmonics of the Yb-fibre laser did not exceed 0.5 nm with a tuning range of 521–545 nm and the output power at the ends of this range 220 and 450 mW respectively. Further presented is an analysis of different frequency doubling configurations both with and without an enhancement cavity in a broad range of output powers of the fundamental radiation.
Securing innovation through corporate spin-off : an exploratory case study

Trykk: Allkopi Bergen Samfunnsog næringslivsforskning AS Centre for Applied Research at NHH This thesis explores how a large established firm can secure and manage technology-based innovation through the use of a corporate spin-off. This study is performed in the setting of a large media firm and its four technology spin-off companies. The inductive findings of this research are then related to the broader literature on corporate spin-offs as well as the literature on organizational ambidexterity.