Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Special Solutions of Huxley Differential Equation

Abstract The conditions when solutions of Huxley equation can be expressed in special form and the procedure of finding exact solutions are presented in this paper. Huxley equation is an evolution equation that describes the nerve propagation in biology. It is often useful to obtain a generalized solitary solution for fully understanding its physical meanings. It is shown that the solution produced by the Exp-function method may not hold for all initial conditions. It is proven that the analytical condition describing the existence of the produced solution in the space of initial conditions (or even in the space of the system's parameters) can not be derived by the Exp-function method because the question about the existence of that solution is omitted. The proposed operator method, on the contrary, brings the load of symbolic computations before the structure of the solution is identified. The method for the derivation of the solution is based on the concept of the rank of the Hankel matrix constructed f.
Loughborough University Institutional Repository Design of the user experience for personalized mobile services

This article describes how user centered, and particularly co-design methods can help maximize user experience for personalized services delivered over a mobile device. The specific focus was designing for Chinese spectators at large sports events (such as football matches, swimming galas or athletics meetings). User experience was assumed to comprise user, product, social, cultural and usage context components. Co-design methods were incorporated into a semistructured HCI design process that comprised content, conceptual, interaction and presentation design, followed by field and lab-based user evaluation. There were two co-design methods in particular which were found to be key to working effectively with Chinese users. Emotion Cards were used to help overcome some of the inhibitions of participants and to encourage them to provide more open and unequivocal design input. The User Advisory Board was a group of participants who mediated the relationship between the designer and other participants at various design stages. They helped to ensure genuine collaboration because the wider participants felt (1) less like the object of study and (2) more able to communicate their needs during the design process.
Sero-prevalence of visceral leishmaniasis by using two diagnostic kits (rKE16 and rK39)

The dipstick test was evaluated for sero-diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis. We compared two types of dipstick (rKE16, rK39) tests . The sensitivity of both tests were determined using sera from fifty-two children suspected of having visceral leishmaniasis and thirty healthy children as a control group collected from Central Teaching Hospital of Pediatric in Baghdad. Fifty (96.15%) cases were confirmed to have infection by rKE16 dipstick test while, fourty-six (88.46%) cases were positive by rK39 dipstick test. Non of the sample taken from healthy control showed reactivity in any of these tests. The study indicated that rKE16 test had better sensitivity than rK39 in the diagnosis of VL(100%) ,(92 %) respectively.
Design for Trust - Online Grocery Shopping

This paper presents our ongoing research into trust and the risks related to online grocery shopping. More specifically, we investigate how to increase customer trust when buying perishable products online. Online grocery shopping is an increasing trend in many countries, and several studies on trust have been conducted in the context of online grocery shopping. However, knowledge of how to improve trust and reduce risks is rather limited in this context. Through design, prototyping and user studies, we explore if and how a variety of user feedback mechanics such as ratings, comments and presence help build trust. Several concepts and prototypes were evaluated through group interviews and usability testing. Based on our results, we proposed trust-related design guidelines for online grocery shopping applications. Our results might be useful to both researchers investigating trust in the context of online shopping and to the practitioners designing applications and services in this area.
Pattern Recognition in Numerical Data Sets and Color Images through the Typicality Based on the GKPFCM Clustering Algorithm

We take the concept of typicality from the field of cognitive psychology, and we apply the meaning to the interpretation of numerical data sets and color images through fuzzy clustering algorithms, particularly the GKPFCM, looking to get better information from the processed data. The Gustafson Kessel Possibilistic Fuzzy c-means (GKPFCM) is a hybrid algorithm that is based on a relative typicality (membership degree, Fuzzy c-means) and an absolute typicality (typicality value, Possibilistic c-means). Thus, using both typicalities makes it possible to learn and analyze data as well as to relate the results with the theory of prototypes. In order to demonstrate these results we use a synthetic data set and a digitized image of a glass, in a first example, and images from the Berkley database, in a second example. The results clearly demonstrate the advantages of the information obtained about numerical data sets, taking into account the different meaning of typicalities and the availability of both values with the clustering algorithm used. This approach allows the identification of small homogeneous regions, which are difficult to find.
The Impact of Interactive Whiteboards on Teacher--Pupil Interaction in the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies.

The study set out to investigate the impact of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) on teacher–pupil interaction at Key Stage 2 in the teaching of literacy and numeracy. As part of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies, IWBs have been made widely available as a pedagogic tool for promoting interactive whole class teaching. In order to investigate their impact, the project looked specifically at the interactive styles used by a national sample of primary teachers. A total of 184 lessons were observed over a two‐year period. Using a computerised observation schedule, teachers were observed in literacy and numeracy lessons, with and without an IWB. The findings suggest that IWBs appear to be having some impact on the discourse moves used in whole class teaching, but this impact is not as extensive as that claimed by the advocates of IWBs. Lessons which used IWBs had a faster pace and less time was spent on group work. The implications of the findings for classroom pedagogy, teachers' professional developme.
Effect of Chattonella marina [(Subrahmanyan) Hara et Chihara 1982] bloom on the coastal fishery resources along Kerala coast, India.

To assess the impact of the bloom on the coastal fishery resources of the region, the fish landing data of five gears such as outboard trawl net, outboard drift net, outboard gill net, outboard ring seine and country craft gill net were analysed in detail. The landings of fishes which belonged to lower trophic levels decreased. Fishes which were mainly zooplankton feeders like Stolephorus spp , Thryssa and Leiognathus were entirely absent . But there was an increase in catch of the predatory fishes mainly Euthynnus, Trichiurus, Carcharhinus, Saurida, Scoliodon, Scomberomorus, and Sepia spp which occupy higher trophic level. The variation in catch rate between the bloom and the non-bloom period was significant ( P<0.05) for Cynoglossus spp , Johnius spp , Thryssa spp and Parapenaeopsis stylifera caught in the outboard trawl net . The average taxonomic distinctness (Delta + ) was lower during the bloom period and a clear shift in the community structure was observed. The effect of the C. marina bloom on fish community was short-lived, and the taxonomic diversity was restored soon after the bloom subsided.
Particle habit in tropical ice clouds during CRYSTAL-FACE: Comparison of two remote sensing techniques with in situ observations

[1] Ice crystal shapes in tropical ice clouds are estimated with two different remote sensing methods and compared with measurements from an in situ cloud aerosol spectrometer (CAS) during the Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers–Florida Area Cirrus Experiment (CRYSTAL-FACE) campaign conducted in Florida during July 2002. The remote sensing techniques use dual-satellite reflectances and lidar linear depolarization rates. The ice crystal shape is derived from CAS measurements of forward and backscattered light from individual particles in the size range from 1 to 45 μm. The remote sensing and in situ retrievals are based on ice crystal optical models, which incorporate the scattering phase functions integrated over the collection angles used by the CAS, the view angles from dual-satellites retrievals, and the complete scattering matrix for lidar. Owing to the space and time collocation constraint between in situ and remote sensing techniques, data from only 1 day are used to evaluate the dual-satellite technique (11 July) and from 3 days for the lidar (23, 26, and 29 July). Data from 23 and 29 July are also used to compare the two remote sensing techniques. In total, 40 shape retrievals were obtained for 20 different cloud areas, allowing paired comparisons of the methods. The results show consistent particle shapes for half of the cloud areas studied. The discrepancies for the other cases can be explained by insufficient spatial-temporal collocations of the data or limitations of the CAS that constrain its range to particles <45 μm, whereas the remote sensing techniques are influenced by particles outside the size range of the CAS.
ECOLOGICAL STUDY AND BIRD DIVERSITY OF TAWA RESERVOIR AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS OF HOSHANGABAD DISTRICT (MADHYA PRADESH)

The avian diversity of Tawa Reservoir and its surrounding areas at Hoshangabad district was studied for a period of two years during January 2009 to December 2010. The Line Transect Method was used for bird survey. This area inhabits many residential and migratory bird species. This habitat attracted 74 bird species belonging to 33 families and 14 orders. Saxicoloides fulicata (Indian Robin), Passer domesticus (House Sparrow), Nectarinia asiatica (Purple Sunbird), Bubulcus ibis (Cattle Egret) Acridotheres tristis (Common Mayna), Turdoides Striatus (Jungle Babbler) were prominent residents and Ardea alba (Great Egret), Mesophoyx intermedia (Intermediate Egret), Pseudibis papillosa (Black Ibis), Threskiornis melanocephalus (Oriental white Ibis) Anthracoceros coronatus (Malabar pied Hornbill) were migratory uncommon species and Sturnus pagodarum (Brahminy Starling) Ammomanes phoenicurus (Rufus tailed Finch Lark) Eremopteris grisea (Ashy crowned Sparrow Lark ), Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow) were migratory common species of the study area. Availability of food in different seasons, different type of vegetation, agricultural land, water availability in surrounding areas, field activities were favorable conditions observed for birds’ survival in this area. The determination of bird species will help in the evaluation and comparison of possible changes regarding the bird fauna in the future. KEY WORDS Avian diversity Line transects Migratory species Residential specie
The trade in medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

A study of the trade in medicinal plants in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa undertook to document the species traded, to determine the quantities harvested annually, and to assess the economic value of the trade. All the participants involved at the different levels of the trade were included in the survey, that is, informal street hawkers, owners of amayeza esiXhosal/Ig stores, traditional healers, and consumers of traditional medicines. In total, 282 questionnaires were administered in six urban centres. It was found that poorly educated black middle-aged women of low economic standing dominate the trade. A minimum of 166 medicinal plant species were traded at the study sites alone, providing 525 tonnes of plant material valued at approximately R27 million annually. Plants were harvested from a diverse range of vegetation types including Valley Thicket, Afromontane Forest, Coastal Forest and Moist Upland Grassland, the most frequently sold species differing significantly from those documented in similar studies in other regions. The Forest Biome was the vegetation type found to be most threatened by over-harvesting. Of the species documented, 93% were being harvested unsustainably and 34 species have been prioritised for conservation management.
Territorial Dimension as Political Strategy: Elite-driven Center-Periphery Cleavage in Spain 1977-2008

The Spanish democratic transition and consolidation are internationally acclaimed. Yet there is one issue that poses a major puzzle to political scientists: the persistence of conflict over Spain’s territorial model. If it is true that democracy can better address territorial disputes, why is it that the Spanish territorial model continues to be widely contested? After a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on democracy and ethno-territorial conflict, this paper develops the following hypothesis: the territorial model is still openly contested in Spain because regional political elites vehemently push territorial agendas as a way to boost their electoral power within the Estado de las Autonomias. I present evidence from the content analysis of party manifestos (1977-2008) showing that the most relevant Catalan and the Basque parties have promoted the salience of the center-periphery dimension in their electoral programs while paradoxically receiving fewer votes. Moreover, public opinion surveys demonstrate that citizen’s attitudes towards the existing territorial model are steadily improving, and regional and national identities seem to be gradually overlapping better. It is soon to say, but democracy appears to be steadily solving the political conflict between Madrid and the regions at the street but not at the elite level.
Effect of storage temperature on the quality of eggs from conjugated linoleic acid-fed laying hens

This study was designed to investigate the effects of storage temperature on the quality of eggs from conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)-fed laying hens. For 40 days laying hens (20 per group) were fed a diet containing either 0.5% maize oil (Group A, Control) or 0.5% CLA (Group B). For fatty acid analysis, three eggs were collected after the eighth day of feeding. After two days of feeding, eggs were collected and stored for 28 days at 4°C, 15°C or 24°C for colour quality assessment. For pH measurements, 30 eggs from each group were stored at 4 C or room temperature (21-24°C) for one, two or three weeks. Dietary CLA caused higher levels of C16:0 and C18:0 and lower levels of C16:1(n-7) and C18:1(n-9) compared to the control group. Egg yolk from Group B had higher levels of c-9, t-11 and t-10, c-12 CLA than the control group. The ratio of total saturated to unsaturated fatty acids (SFA/UFA) increased 2.4-fold in the eggs from CLA-fed hens. CLA eggs stored at 4°C had higher pH values in yolk and lower pH values in albumen compared to those from the control group. However, pH values of yolk or albumen in eggs stored at 21-24°C were similar in the control and treatment groups. Dietary CLA caused significant colour changes in yolk and albumen of the eggs stored at 4°C and 15°C. No colour changes were observed in the yolk and albumen of CLA eggs at 21-24°C. Results indicated that dietary CLA influenced fatty acid composition of eggs and had negative effects on the quality of eggs stored at 4°C or 15°C, but not at room temperature (21-24°C). It is suggested that CLA probably changed the permeability of the vitelline membrane during cold storage. South African Journal of Animal Science Vol. 36(1) 2006: 13-19
Global Positioning Systems in the AFL: Worthwhile or Waste of Time?

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the Australian Football League (AFL) are the big-ticket item that sees clubs trying to gain any competitive advantage over their opposition that they can. This paper explores whether the current application of GPS by clubs is worthwhile or a waste of time from three core perspectives: technical, organisational and personal. Issues include poor data storage and analysis, inaccurate units, lack of appropriate business processes in place, and resistance to use. Although many of these issues can be addressed through improved technology, resolving the organisational and personal issues will require a change in mindset to ensure the use of GPS in the AFL is a worthwhile endeavour. The paper concludes that the current use of GPS devices in the AFL is a waste of time.
PROTOTYPING POTENTIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS TO ASSIST COMPLETE QUADRIPLEGICS

This paper discusses a versatile wheelchair control system of potential use to complete quadriplegics. This system employs plug-in components using a common control protocol between the distributed computers. Two headset plug-in units have been developed together with two prototype wheelchairs and an automatic shopping trolley. The trolley would be of most use to a paraplegic, but suggestions are made to show how this could potentially be developed to plug into the control system as a type of “personal assistant”. The system has been prototyped using languageindependent commands so that it can potentially be used by quadriplegics speaking any of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken on Earth. LEGO MindStorms NXT equipment has been used to prototype this system.
Extra Dimension Searches at Accelerators

This lecture addresses the following questions: Why search for extra dimensions, what is the motivation for extra dimensional models and what models are being searched for? How are extra dimensions detectable at accelerators? What are the search signatures? Where are searches being performed? What searches are being performed and in which search channels? What are the results? What are the future prospects?
Stress, fermentation performance and aroma production by yeast

Wine character and style are mostly defined by the flavour of individual wines and are of crucial importance to the wine consumers (Swiegers et al. 2005). While the perception of wine flavour, which includes aroma, taste and mouth‐feel, is somewhat subjective, most wines are made to reflect or to correspond to a specific flavour profile. Winemakers have a number of important tools to try to achieve specific wine styles, one of which is the choice of a specific yeast strains. Yeast strains contribute to wine flavour by the production of many volatile metabolites including esters, higher alcohols, carbonyl compounds, volatile fatty acids, and sulphur containing compounds and different yeast strains are known to produce significantly different flavour profiles. However, the interaction of yeast with specific grape juices and their responses to changing environmental conditions remains largely unexplored. During fermentation yeast strains continually experience stresses that may impact yeast viability, growth, and fermentation performance. These consequences of stress have been well‐studied under laboratory conditions, but current literature provides few insights on the impact of environmental stresses during wine fermentation on wine quality, and in particular on aroma production. This is the first study to investigate the impact of two common fermentation associated stresses, hyperosmotic and temperature stress, on fermentation performance and on the production of aroma compounds in synthetic grape must. The results demonstrate that the stress conditions resulted in a number of significant changes to the aroma profile. Furthermore, the changes observed differed for each strain and each stress treatment. This implies that environmental stress causes numerous changes to the aroma profiles in a manner which is not conserved among the five wine strains tested.
Macroeconomic Variables and Unemployment: The Case of Turkey

This study investigates the response of unemployment to selective macroeconomics shocks for the period of 2000:Q1-2010:Q1. It finds that positive shocks to growth, growth in export and inflation reduce unemployment. On the other hand, shocks to exchange rate, interbank interest rate and money supply increase unemployment. The results are consistent with Phillips curve and Okun’s Law suggestion. Namely, negative relationship between output and unemployment and positive relationship between unemployment and inflation are found. Also, this study finds consistent results with earlier literature.
Seismoelectric wave conversions in porous media: Field measurements and transfer function analysis

We present a series of field experiments showing the transient electric fields generated by a seismic excitation of the subsurface. After removing the powerline noise by adaptive filtering, the most prominent feature of the seismoelectric recordings is the presence of electric signals very similar to conventional seismic recordings. In one instance, we identified small-amplitude precursory electromagnetic disturbances showing a polarity reversal on either side of the shotpoint. Concentrating on the dominant seismoelectric effect, we theoretically show that the electric field accompanying the compressional waves is approximately proportional to the grain acceleration. We also demonstrate that the magnetic field moving along with shear waves is roughly proportional to the grain velocity. These relationships hold true as long as the displacement currents are much smaller than the conduction currents (diffusive regime), which is normally the case in the low-frequency range used in seismic prospecting. Furthermore, the analytical transfer functions thus obtained indicate that the electric field is mainly sensitive to the salt concentration and dielectric constant of the fluid, whereas the magnetic field principally depends on the shear modulus of the framework of grains and on the fluid's viscosity and dielectric constant. Both transfer functions are essentially independent of the permeability. Our results suggest that the simultaneous recording of seismic, electric, and magnetic wavefields can be useful for characterizing porous layers at two different levels of investigation: near the receivers and at greater depth.
The Contribution of Sidney Blatt’s Two-Polarities Model to the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual

This article reviews the theoretical and empirical contributions of Blatt’s two-polarities model of personality development and psychopathology to the second edition of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-2). First, we briefly provide an overview of the manual’s main features and describe the guiding principles of the revision process. We then discuss in more detail how Blatt’s model, which is focused on the dialectic interaction between anaclitic-introjective and relatedness vs self-definition dimensions in both normal and disrupted personality development, increases the PDM-2’s theoretical and empirical comprehensiveness and clinical utility, especially concerning the classification and assessment of personality and overall mental functioning in adult populations. Finally, we address the implications for the therapeutic process, showing how anaclitic and introjective patients may be differentially responsive to different psychodynamic techniques (e.g., supportive or expressive interventions). Taken together, these considerations demonstrate the importance of a more theory-driven and empirically informed diagnostic system that embraces, in accordance with Sidney Blatt’s empirically supported and psychoanalytically-oriented ideas, the complexities of human experience (both normal and pathological) and captures the subjective and underlying dynamics of psychological symptoms and syndromes.