Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Metabolic costs of sexual advertisement in the bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Hypothesis: Sexual traits serve as honest signals of male quality because they are costly. Question: Is olfactory signalling costly? Organism: Bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus) from generations 3–5 of a large laboratory colony reared from individuals trapped in the field. Methods: We investigated the energetic and immune costs of male investment in olfactory signalling in the bank vole. The mass of the preputial gland, the main source of male sexual attractants, was a measure of investment in sexual signalling. We measured male basal metabolic rate both before and after pairing with females and exposure to conspecific males. After pairing, we also challenged males with a novel antigen (sheep red blood cells) and measured their antibody production. Results: Preputial gland mass did not correlate with basal metabolic rate before pairing (both traits corrected for body mass). After pairing, basal metabolic rate increased significantly and the increase was significantly correlated with preputial gland size. Gland size was not significantly related to a humoral immune response following a challenge with sheep red blood cells. Conclusion: Olfactory signalling in the bank vole is associated with energetic, but not immune, costs.
BIOMASS AND ENERGY PRODUCTION AT SHORT ROTATION Eucalyptus CLONAL PLANTATIONS DEPLOYED IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

1 Received on 08.08. 2014 accepted for publication on 30.11. 2016. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Unidade Acadêmica Especializada em Ciências Agraria, Macaíba, RN, Brasil . E-mail: <marabio_rn@hotmail.com>,<meire_caico@yahoo.com. br>,<gualtergcs@yahoo.com. br>,<sarahcostaa@yahoo.com. br> and <aspimenta@ufrnet.br>. Universidade Federal de São João Del-Rei, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brasil . E-mail: <castrorvo@ymail.com> and <mendesafn@hotmail.com> 4 Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal, Viçosa, MG, Brasil . E-mail: <cassiacarneiro@ufv.br>.
The effect of auditory perception training on reading performance of the 8-9-year old female students with dyslexia: A preliminary study

Background and Aim: Dyslexia is the most common learning disability. One of the main factors have role in this disability is auditory perception imperfection that cause a lot of problems in education. We aimed to study the effect of auditory perception training on reading performance of female students with dyslexia at the third grade of elementary school. Methods: Thirty-eight female students at the third grade of elementary schools of Khomeinishahr City, Iran, were selected by multistage cluster random sampling of them, 20 students which were diagnosed dyslexic by Reading test and Wechsler test, devided randomly to two equal groups of experimental and control. For experimental group, during ten 45-minute sessions, auditory perception training were conducted, but no intervention was done for control group. An participants were re-assessed by Reading test after the intervention (pre- and post- test method). Data were analyed by covariance test. Results: The effect of auditory perception training on reading performance (81%) was significant (p<0.0001) for all subtests execpt the separate compound word test. Conclusion: Findings of our study confirm the hypothesis that auditory perception training effects on students' functional reading. So, auditory perception training seems to be necessary for the students with dyslexia.
THE ISPRS BENCHMARK ON INDOOR MODELLING

Abstract. Automated generation of 3D indoor models from point cloud data has been a topic of intensive research in recent years. While results on various datasets have been reported in literature, a comparison of the performance of different methods has not been possible due to the lack of benchmark datasets and a common evaluation framework. The ISPRS benchmark on indoor modelling aims to address this issue by providing a public benchmark dataset and an evaluation framework for performance comparison of indoor modelling methods. In this paper, we present the benchmark dataset comprising several point clouds of indoor environments captured by different sensors. We also discuss the evaluation and comparison of indoor modelling methods based on manually created reference models and appropriate quality evaluation criteria. The benchmark dataset is available for download at: http://www2.isprs. org/commissions/comm4/wg5/benchmark-on-indoor-modelling.html .
A Review of Works on Shaped Charges

Shaped charges are used to pierce hard targets in all three versions of warfare land, air and naval. High explosives compositions fillings produce a thin high velocity metal jet which is used for target damage. Shaped charges can efficiently damage tanks possessing thick armour protection, bunkers and aircraft and are also useful for attacking ships and submarines. Shaped charges have a very long history since the Second World War Theoretical modeling started with the steady state theory of Birkhoff in 1948, which was modified by the non-steady state theory known as PER theory of shaped charges. To review the development in the shaped charges three stages are defined. In the first stage development until 1990 is presented when shaped charge theory was fully developed and penetration predictions with fairly good accuracy were possible. In the second stage, review of the work carried out in the last decade of the 20th century is discussed. During this period experimental verification of different parameters was established. The third stage deals with all the work carried out in the 21st century (2000-2010), including tools for advanced diagnostics, new fabrication and inspection, as well as new liner materials were included. The anomalies occurred were resolved by further refinements in the theoretical models.
Forecasts on neutrino mass constraints from the redshift-space two-point correlation function

We provide constraints on the accuracy with which the neutrino mass fraction, $f_{\nu}$, can be estimated when exploiting measurements of redshift-space distortions, describing in particular how the error on neutrino mass depends on three fundamental parameters of a characteristic galaxy redshift survey: density, halo bias and volume. In doing this, we make use of a series of dark matter halo catalogues extracted from the BASICC simulation. The mock data are analysed via a Markov Chain Monte Carlo likelihood analysis. We find a fitting function that well describes the dependence of the error on bias, density and volume, showing a decrease in the error as the bias and volume increase, and a decrease with density down to an almost constant value for high density values. This fitting formula allows us to produce forecasts on the precision achievable with future surveys on measurements of the neutrino mass fraction. For example, a Euclid-like spectroscopic survey should be able to measure the neutrino mass fraction with an accuracy of $\delta f_{\nu} \approx 6.7\times10^{-4}$, using redshift-space clustering once all the other cosmological parameters are kept fixed to the $\Lambda$CDM case.
Logical Model of Human Mental Image Processing in Spatiotemporal Language Understanding

Natural language is the most convenient means that people use to communicate with each other conventionally. This is also the case for casual and intuitive interaction between ordinary non-expert people and artifacts such as robots. Therefore, it is doubtless that the technology of Natural Language Understanding (NLU) should play a key role at such scenes of humans and machines. In this paper, focusing on spatiotemporal (or 4D) language, NLU by human based on mental image is attempted to simulate so that robots can understand texts in the same way as people. The proposed methodology is quite distinguished from conventional ones and shows a good potential for providing robots with an NLU mechanism guided by humanlike awareness control based on mental image.
Magnetically Triggered Monodispersed Nanocomposite Fabricated by Microfluidic Approach for Drug Delivery

Responsive microgel poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) or PNIPAM is a gel that can swell or shrink in response to external stimuli (temperature, pH, etc.). In this work, a nanocomposite gel is developed consisting of PNIPAM and magnetic iron oxide nanobeads for controlled release of liquids (like drugs) upon exposure to an alternating magnetic field. Microparticles of the nanocomposite are fabricated efficiently with a monodisperse size distribution and a diameter ranging from 20 to 500 µm at a rate of up to 1 kHz using a simple and inexpensive microfluidic system. The nanocomposite is heated through magnetic losses, which is exploited for a remotely stimulated liquid release. The efficiency of the microparticles for controlled drug release applications is tested with a solution of Rhodamine B as a liquid drug model. In continuous and pulsatile mode, a release of 7% and 80% was achieved, respectively. Compared to external thermal actuation that heats the entire surrounding or embedded heaters that need complex fabrication steps, the magnetic actuation provides localized heating and is easy to implement with our microfluidic fabrication method.
13-03 The Economy-wide Impacts of the South African Child Support Grant : a MicroSimulation-Computable General Equilibrium Analysis

We examine the economy-wide impact of the child support grant (CSG) on the South African economy using a bottom-up/top-down approach. This allows us to estimate the potential effects on households’ welfare and on the economy following a change in the CSG. Three simulations are presented, in simulation 1 the value of the CSG is increased by 20%; in simulation 2 the number of beneficiaries among the eligible children is increased by two million and simulation 3 combines these two. A positive link between the CSG and the probability of participating in the labour market is found. The positive impacts on the labour market, together with the increase in the transfers received by households, results in an increase in their income. Poverty decreases in comparison with the base year for the whole population and for children. Finally, we can conclude that simulation 1 is the most cost effective of the policies.
Politics, Marketisation and the Struggle for Inclusive Education

The theme of this paper is one of the most important and urgent issues facing all societies concerned with the education of their future citizens. The pursuit of 'Education for All' will entail engaging with questions of injustice, social justice, equity and participatory democracy. It is thus part of a human-rights approach to education and living, one in which the barriers to the empowerment of all pupils must be removed. It is essential, therefore, that we do not underestimate the serious, complex and contentious nature of the issues involved in the pursuit of inclusive policies and practice. The process will be challenging and disturbing necessitating fundamental changes to the social and economic conditions and relations of a given society. This will include, changes to the values informing the prioritisation and distribution of resources, how society views difference, how schools are organised, how teachers view their work, the styles of their teaching and the nature of the curriculum. This paper will briefly contextualise the analysis within a socio-political framework, explore the essential aspects of a social model of disability, discuss the question of inclusive education and the marketisation of education and, finauy, offer some concluding comments. Prominence will be given to the voices of disabled people and I will discuss the developments within my own society which (hopefully) will act as a stimulus and source of ideas and questions. In both the formulation and presentation of this paper I am reminded of the salutary and insightful statement of Apple (1986) in his discussion of critical analysis. He maintains that:
EFFECT OF CRUDE PALM OIL PROTECTION WITH FORMALDEHYDE ON HYDROGENATION OF RUMEN FLUID UNSATURATED FATTY ACID: ITS EFFECT ON BLOOD AND MEAT FATTY ACID

This research aimed to determine the effect of crude palm oil protected with formaldehyde on the hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids in the rumen and its effect on blood and meat fatty acids. Fifteenth local male lambs aged 9-12 months weighing 14-17 kg, were divided into 3 groups ration treatment. The first group received only the basal ration (R0), the 2 nd group received the basal ration and 3% CPO (R1), while the 3 rd group received the basal ration and 3% CPO protected with 2% formaldehyde (R2). Basal feed consisted of 60% grass, 30% bran and 10% soybean meal, with the nutrient content of 62.98% TDN, 45.5% DM, 14.48% CP, 4.70% EE and 21.93% CF. Parameters observed were the fatty acid from rumen fluid, blood and meat of sheep. Data were analyzed by complete randomized design direction patterns. Differences between treatments were tested further using Duncan's New Multiple Range Test. The results showed that treatment of R2 can increase unsaturated fatty acids in the rumen, blood and meat (P<0.01). Concluded that the protection of crude palm oil in the ration with formaldehyde can reduce the hydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids by rumen microbes, which affects the increase in unsaturated fatty acids, both in blood and in the meat.
In-silco structure prediction of beta amyloid: A novel protein in alzhemers, on different aspects

Alzheimer's disease (AD) that are relevant to the design and interpretation of clinical treatment trials. Longitudinal data from patients tested with the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale demonstrate that cognitive symptoms and non cognitive symptoms. Functional measures of activities of daily living are difficult to standardize for AD patients but are important for determining the overall clinical and economic impact of AD treatments. This project is a longitudinal data collected from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) that are relevant to the design and interpretation of clinical treatment trials. Using NCBI, done the data mining of beta amyloid and from phylogenetic analysis , infer that Musculus is closely related to beta amyloid. From Texshade and Boxshade alignments, observed that more conserved regions are present when compared different model organisms . The energy range before docking is Energy range: Emin = -132.04, Emax = -82.92 and after docking is Energy range: Emin = -134.00, Emax = - 68.35.
Secondary Teachers' Professional Uses of Computers.

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' perceptions of the role computers play in their workplace performance. Subjects were 142 secondary public school teachers who responded to a 71-item questionnaire. Follow-up telephone interviews were conducted with 15 carefully selected subjects to provide more depth. Data were analyzed to provide a multifaceted description of teachers' current professional computer uses, their perceptions of the effects of the computer on their work, and what most facilitates or impedes their computer use. Subjects generally use the computer for typical tasks, such as creating instructional materials and performing administrative tasks. Most perceived their computer use as having a positive impact on their work, making them more professional, more creative, better informed, and generally better educators. Surprisingly, improved interaction with colleagues did not emerge as a particularly important use of the computer. Accessibility to e-mail and Internet access was moderate or high for only 33.8% of the subjects, and few use the computer to communicate with colleagues, a use that might ease the isolation of teachers and foster professional development. (Author/MES) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Secondary Teachers' Professional Uses of Computers PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY
Interaction between the bluestain fungal associates of mountain pine, and pine engraver beetles, ( Dendroctonus ponderosae and Ips pini , Coleoptera: Scolytidae) and their effects on the beetles

We investigated the potential antagonism between the fungal associates of the pine engraver and mountain pine beetles. We measured and compared their rates of growth in bolts of lodgepole pine and in living trees: Ophiostoma ips from Ips pini against 0. clavigerum from Dendroctonus ponderosae . We measured the length of lesions shown by discolored xylem, but we found both fungi outside of visibly stained areas, which showed that mere staining is not a reliable indicator of fungal growth. There were no significant differences in brood development or survival between the two beetle spp. , when bolts were inoculated with either fungal associate. Key words: Colcoptera:Scolytidae; bluestain fungi; Pinus contorta ; Princeton; Williams Lake, B.C.
Marked Improvement of Levothyroxine Malabsorption by Simply Changing the Timing of Thyroxine Ingestion in an Adult Woman With Hypothyroidism After Radioiodine Therapy for Graves’ Disease

We report the case of a 37-year-old woman suffering from hypothyroidism resistant to oral levothyroxine (LT4) substitution after radioiodine therapy for Graves’ disease. She was admitted to our endocrinology clinic for persistent hypothyroidism despite administration of full-dose LT4 (175 m g/day). The patient complained of severe general fatigue, leg edema, and body weight gain. Her serum free thyroxine (FT4) and thyrotropin (TSH) levels were 0.64 ng/dL and 58.0 mIU/L, respectively. Extensive investigations excluded disease of the small bowel, liver, and pancreas, as well as drug interactions. She also had no gastrointestinal diseases (for exmple, ulcer, inflammatory colitis). We were also able to rule out failure to take LT4 and concomitant use of other drugs. One month after changing the timing of LT4 ingestion from after breakfast to before breakfast, her serum TSH level did not decrease and her serum FT4 level increased from 0.64 to 1.02 ng/dL. The symptoms of hypothyroidism remained unchanged. We then changed the timing of LT4 ingestion from morning to bedtime. One month later, her serum TSH level had normalized and signs of hypothyroidism had disappeared. This case emphasizes the clinical importance of the timing of thyroxine ingestion in not a few patients with hypothyroidism resistant to LT4, although the reason for the malabsorption in this patient remains unclear. doi: http://dx.doi. org/10.4021/jem129w
Predictors of needs for community and financial resources for families of pre-school children with cerebral palsy

An understanding of predictors of family needs for the families of preschool children with cerebral palsy (CP) is important for provision of efficient and cost-effective services. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of children, families and services that are risk factors to meeting family needs for community and financial resources. 234 parents of pre-school children with CP completed a modified version of the Family Needs Survey (FNS), the Measure of Processes of Care (MPOC-20), and a demographic questionnaire. The gross motor function level and communication function level of children were classified on the basis of the Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) and the Communication Function Classification System (CFCS) respectively. Two hierarchical multiple regression models were generated to determine the predictors of unmet family needs. The socialisation and communication skills of children, as well as caregiver employment and family income levels were significant predictors of family needs for community resources (adjusted R2=0.44). Significant risk factors in terms of family needs for financial resources included the child's gross motor limitations, caregiver employment, low levels of family income and no ability to receive services on the basis of enabling and partnership principles (adjusted R2=0.51). A child's limitations in terms of communication, gross motor functions and socialisation, as well as the socioeconomic status of the child's family, must be taken into account when planning services for families with preschool children with CP.
A History of GPS Sounding

The roots of GPS sounding go back to the first days of interplanetary flight. In the early 1960’s teams from Stanford University and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory exploited radio links between Earth and the Mariner 3 and 4 spacecraft to probe the atmosphere and other properties of Mars. Radio science has since been a staple of planetary exploration. Before the advent of GPS, application of radio occultation to Earth was deemed impractical, and it was not immediately evident that even GPS could be usefully adapted. Techniques devised for geodesy in the 1980’s, including “codeless” carrier reconstruction, clock elimination by double differencing, GPS-based precise orbit determination, and compact, low-cost receivers, set the stage. JPL submitted the first GPS occultation proposal to NASA in 1988. Though that “GPS Geoscience Instrument” did not fly, it established the concept and led soon to the GPS/MET experiment, conceived by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and sponsored by the US National Science Foundation. The remarkable success of GPSIMET has led NASA to mount follow-on experiments on five international missions, launching between 1999 and 2001. Those will refine the systems and techniques of GPS sounding, setting the stage for COSMIC-the first operational GPS occultation constellation.
Constructing Meanings of a Green Economy: Investigation of an Argument for Africa’s Transition towards the Green Economy

The Green Economy, in the context of sustainable development and poverty reduction, is currently the most important item on the international environmental policy agenda. While conferences proceed and countries prepare for a transition to the Green Economy as advised by UNEP, the definition of the concept remains contested, yet still demanded. In parallel, countries have requested, and agreed on principle that they be given relative flexibility to dictate the implementation of their transitions. The result, like sustainable development before it is a multiple meanings which may position the Green Economy concept for failure in the long term as these meanings erode its practical relevance across contexts. By means of argumentation analysis supported by framing theory, this study argues that the fulfillment of both requests is not necessarily compatible as countries define and redefine the concept of the Green Economy within different contexts. It also argues that ultimately Green Economy does indeed share weaknesses similar to those observed in sustainable development literature which may lead to its long term irrelevance and dim the likelihood of achieving its purpose. The object of analysis is a speech given at an African Economic Conference that is analysed to illustrate the already existing divergence of definitions and expose these weaknesses.
A Coupled CFD/Multibody Dynamics Analysis Tool for Offshore Wind Turbines With Aeroelastic Blades

Aero-elasticity is an important issue for modern large scale offshore wind turbines with long slender blades. The behaviour of deformable turbine blades influences the structure stress and thus the sustainability of blades under large unsteady wind loads. In this paper, we present a fully coupled CFD/MultiBody Dynamics analysis tool to examine this problem. The fluid flow around the turbine is solved using a high-fidelity CFD method while the structural dynamics of flexible blades is predicted using an open source code MBDyn, in which the flexible blades are modelled via a series of beam elements. Firstly, a flexible cantilever beam is simulated to verify the developed tool. The NREL 5 MW offshore wind turbine is then studied with both rigid and flexible blades to analyse the aero-elastic influence on the wind turbine structural response and aerodynamic performance. Comparison is also made against the publicly available data.