Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Interannual variations in upper-ocean transport by the Gulf Stream and adjacent waters between New Jersey and Bermuda

Since the fall of 1992, an acoustic Doppler current profiler mounted on a freighter, the CMV Oleander, has been measuring upper-ocean currents between New Jersey and Bermuda on a weekly basis. The extensive database that results from the frequent, systematic, and sustained sampling enables the exploration of a number of questions regarding currents in the northwest Atlantic. This paper reports on interannual variations in transport in the Gulf Stream and adjacent waters. The repeat sampling greatly increases the ability to discern even rather subtle variations in near-surface transport and explore their possible causes. The transect is divided into three subregions: the Gulf Stream is defined by a high velocity core with an instantaneous width set by where the downstream component of velocity changes sign; the Slope Sea exists between the Gulf Stream and the continental shelfbreak; the Sargasso Sea lies between the Gulf Stream and Bermuda. These three regions exhibit quite different signatures of variability. Over the eleven years of operation to date annual averages of Gulf Stream transport have a standard deviation of 6% but a 23% peak-to-peak range. No discernable trend in transport is evident in the eleven-year record. The westward transport in the Slope and Sargasso seas can both vary by a factor two in magnitude but they have quite different temporal characteristics: the Slope Sea transport changes take place gradually whereas the Sargasso Sea exhibits much larger variations on shorter time scales. It is conjectured that the Slope Sea time scales are set by high-latitude buoyancy-related forcing, whereas the Sargasso Sea and Gulf Stream variability reflects tropical and subtropical mechanical forcing. The lateral position of the Gulf Stream exhibits a correlated behavior with westward transport in the Slope Sea. When Slope Sea transport increases, the Gulf Stream shifts to the south with a concomitant hint of increased Gulf Stream transport. The southward shift of the Gulf Stream may be part of a dynamical response to this increased circulation in the Slope Sea since the Slope Sea flow is blocked in the west by the Gulf Stream at Cape Hatteras suggesting that the path of the Gulf Stream is governed more by thermohalinethan wind-driven forcing. The fast time scales of transport in the stream, on the other hand, point to wind-driven forcing from the tropics and subtropics. Thus Gulf Stream position and transport would appear to be driven by quite different physical processes. 1. Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, 02881, U.S.A. 2. Corresponding author. email: trossby@gso.uri. edu 3. Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, U.S.A. Journal of Marine Research, 63, 203–226, 2005
EVALUATION FOR NEPHROPROTECTIVE ACTIVITY OF ETHANOLIC EXTRACT OF ALLIUM CEPA LINN. IN GENTAMICIN-INDUCED NEPHROTOXICITY IN RATS

ABSTRACT Objective: Kidney diseases are a major problem of worldwide proportions, and renal damage is very common since kidney has the capacity to excrete toxic substances. This study aimed to evaluate the protective effect of the ethanolic extract of Allium cepa Linn. (EEAC) plant leaves against gentamicininduced nephrotoxicity in rats. Methods: Nephroprotective activity was estimated by inducing gentamicin (100 mg/kg) to all the groups of animals; acute kidney dysfunction is an evidenced by significant elevation of serum creatinine, total protein and decreased body weight with multiple histological damages. Results: Treatment with the A. cepa Linn. has shown significant (p<0.01 and p<0.001) dose-dependent improvement in the body weight at the dose of 200 and 400 mg/kg and also shown significant improvement by protecting the kidney from the oxidative stress. It is also identified that treatment with A. cepa significantly lowered the level of serum creatinine, total protein when compared with the toxic group. Conclusion: Nephroprotective activity of EEAC treatment was found compared with the standard group (Vitamin E – 250 mg/kg) and control group against the toxic control group animals in parameters including serum creatinine, total protein, kidney weights, and body weights. The histopathological studies were also evinced the protective effect of EEAC. Keywords: Nephroprotective activity, Gentamicin, Nephrotoxicity, Allium cepa Linn.
Papillary villoglandular carcinoma of cervix with multiple hpv genome

We report a case of well differentiated villoglandular adenocarcinoma with adenocarcinoma in situ component. Patient was an asymptomatic premenopausal woman, which was referred with atypical glandular cells of undetermined significance (AGUS) diagnosis established with cervicovaginal smear. Chromogenic in situ hybridization showed the presence of dual HPV (subtype 16/18 and 31/33) genomes. P53 overexpression and increased Ki 67 expression were detected on both invasive and in situ component. No evidence of disease was detected sixty-five months after staging laparotomy. This case is an uncommon example of multiple HPV infections leading to unusual cervical tumor.
The Laminin α2-Chain Short Arm Mediates Cell Adhesion through Both the α1β1 and α2β1 Integrins*

Laminin-2, a heterotrimer composed of α2, β1, and γ1 subunits, is the primary laminin isoform found in muscle and peripheral nerve and is essential for the development and stability of basement membranes in these tissues. Expression of a domain VI-truncated laminin α2-chain results in muscle degeneration and peripheral nerve dysmyelination in the dy 2Jdystrophic mouse. We have expressed amino-terminal domains VI through IVb of the laminin α2-chain, as well as its laminin-1 α1-chain counterpart, to identify candidate cell-interactive functions of this critical region. Using integrin-specific antibodies, recognition sites for the α1β1 and α2β1 integrins were identified in the short arms of both laminin α1- and α2-chain isoforms. Comparisons with a β-α chimeric short arm protein possessing β1-chain domain VI further localized these activities to α-chain domain VI. In addition, we found that the laminin α2-chain short arm supported neurite outgrowth independent of other laminin-2 subunits. A heparin/heparan sulfate binding activity was also localized to this region of the laminin α2 subunit. These data provide the first evidence that domain VI of the laminin α2-chain mediates interactions with cell surface receptors and suggest that these integrin and heparin binding sites, alone or in concert, may play an important role in muscle and peripheral nerve function.
Temporal and vertical variability in picophytoplankton primary productivity in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre

Picophytoplankton (≤3 μm) are major contributors to plankton biomass and primary productivity in the subtropical oceans. We examined vertical and temporal variability of picophytoplankton primary productivity at near-monthly time scales (May 2012– May 2013) in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) based on filter size-fractionated and flow cytometric sorting of radiolabeled (14C) pico plankton cells. Primary productivity by picophytoplankton comprised ~68 to 83% of total (>0.2 μm) particulate 14C-based productivity, and was lowest be tween September and December and highest between March and August. Group-specific rates of production by Pro chlorococcus, Synechococcus, and photosynthetic pico eukaryotes (PPE) averaged ~39, ~2, and ~11% of the total 14C-productivity, respectively. Average cellspecific rates of production by PPE (15.2 fmol C cell−1 d−1) were 25to 90-fold greater than Prochlorococcus (0.36 fmol C cell−1 d−1) and Synechococcus (1.56 fmol C cell−1 d−1). Prochlorococcus dominated (61−78%) the summed picophytoplankton biomass, while PPE and Synechococcus contributed 21−36% and 2−8%, respectively. Rates of production normalized to biomass were nearly equivalent amongst Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus, and PPE, averaging 0.6, 0.5, and 0.4 d−1, respectively. Over our study period, Prochlorococcus and PPE production varied 4to 5-fold, while biomass varied ~3-fold. In contrast, Synechococcus production varied ~30-fold, with peak rates in March 2013 accompanied by ~13-fold increase in biomass. Combined, our results provide evidence for rapid growth by picophytoplankton in this persistently lownutrient ecosystem, highlighting the importance of cell loss processes responsible for mediating organic matter cycling in the euphotic zone of the NPSG. Flow cytometric sorting of 14C-radiolabeled cells allowed quantification of primary productivity by specific picophytoplankton in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Images: Flow cytogram and shipboard operations at Station ALOHA (Photo & diagram: Y. Rii) OPEN ACCESS
3 Enzymes for Aerobic Degradation of Alkanes

Alkanes are major constituents of crude oil and are also present at low concentrations in diverse non-contaminated habitats because many living organisms produce them as chemo-attractants or as protecting agents against water loss. Although the metabolism of these compounds poses problems derived mainly from their hydrophobicity, many microorganisms can use them as carbon and energy source. This chapter is focused on how bacteria metabolize n-alkanes aerobically, with a particular emphasis on the enzymes involved in the initial oxidation of the alkane molecule, which is the most critical step given that alkanes are chemically rather inert.
Exponents of Spectral Functions in the One-Dimensional Bose Gas

The one-dimensional gas of bosons interacting via a repulsive contact potential was solved long ago via Bethe’s ansatz by Lieb and Liniger (Exact Analysis of an Interacting Bose Gas. I. The General Solution and the Ground State). The low energy excitation spectrum is a Luttinger liquid parametrized by a conformal field theory with conformal charge c = 1 . For higher energy excitations the spectral function displays deviations from the Luttinger behavior arising from the curvature terms in the dispersion. Adding a corrective term of the form of a mobile impurity coupled to the Luttinger liquid modes corrects this problem. The “impurity” term is an irrelevant operator, which if treated non-perturbatively, yields the threshold singularities in the one-particle and one-hole Green’s function correctly. We show that the exponents obtained via the finite size corrections to the ground state energy are identical to those obtained through the shift function.
The Appeal of Media Populism: The Media Preferences of Citizens with Populist Attitudes

Although a growing body of literature points to the particular media diet of populist voters, we know too little about what specific media preferences characterize citizens with populist attitudes. This article investigates to what extent citizens with antiestablishment and exclusionist populist attitudes are attracted to attitudinal-congruent media content. We collected survey data using a nationally representative sample (N = 809) and found that citizens’ preferences for media content are in sync with their populist attitudes. Beyond having a tabloidized and entertainment-based media diet, populist voters self-select media content that actively articulates the divide between the “innocent” people and “culprit” others. These findings provide new insights into the appeal of different types of media populism among citizens with populist attitudes on different dimensions.
Exploitation of a chemosynthetic food resource by the polychaete Capitella sp. I

In organically enriched sediments of coastal areas, sulfate-reducing bacteria decom- pose organic matter anaerobically, producing high levels of hydrogen sulfide. Chemoautotrophic sul- fur-oxidizing bacteria proliferate at the sulfide/oxygen interface and use hydrogen sulfide as an elec- tron donor. A few species of small polychaete worms, including Capitella sp. I, often dominate the macrofaunal benthic communities in such sulfide-rich environments in the organically enriched sed- iments. In this study, we conducted 2 laboratory experiments to determine whether Capitella sp. I can benefit trophically through the exploitation of the organic matter chemosynthetically produced by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. In the first experiment, we reared juveniles of Capitella sp. I with natural sediment of very low organic content, with no additional organic matter, under dark conditions, and exposed them to 3 different levels of sodium sulfide. The worms reared in the sulfide treatments showed better survival, enhanced growth and reproduction. They had lower δ 13 C values (-24.3‰, mean) than control worms (-20.1‰, mean) and the sediments in which the worms were cultured (-21.4‰, mean). The distinctive δ 13 C signature of the worms in the sulfide treatments indicates that they did not share the same carbon source as the control worms. The second experiment was done in the same manner as the first, but the carbonate in the water was replaced with 13 CO2 in order to trace the autotrophic fixation of carbon dioxide by chemosynthetic bacteria occurring within the sedi- ments. The results indicate that fixation of 13 CO2 was promoted in sediments with Na2S amendments, and further enhanced by the presence of Capitella sp. I. The worms in these sediments had extremely high δ 13 C values (+5218.2‰). The results of this study introduce the possibility of enhanced survival and growth of Capitella sp. I in sulfide-rich environments in the organically enriched sediments, facilitated by its utilization of a novel source of organic matter.
A Review on Routing Protocols for In-NetworkAggregation in Wireless Sensor Networks

In this project, we can design data aggregation using the routing protocols, that can reduce the cost of communication in the wireless sensor network. Due to the multiple sensor nodes has detected one or more events, results in heavy traffic. To save the energy, the network should notify the event properly, only when an event occurs. Overhead occurs in InFRA because its scalability is very low. In The proposed DRINA (Data Routing for In-Network Aggregation) algorithm reduces the communication cost and saves the energy consumption by building the routing tree, maximized the number of overlapping routes and eliminating the redundant data. The performance of the DRINA has compared to two other known protocols: the Information Fusion-based Role Assignment (InFRA) and Shortest Path Tree (SPT) algorithms and Centered-At- Nearest-Source algorithm.
Escaneo corporal 3D de bajo costo para monitoreo y seguimiento remotos de sobrepeso

Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), el sobrepeso y la obesidad infantil constituyen dos de los principales problemas de salud pública del siglo XXI. De 42 millones de niños y niñas con sobrepeso en el mundo, el 80% vive en países en desarrollo, especialmente Latinoamérica. En Argentina, el 27,4% de los hombres y el 31% de las mujeres sufren de obesidad, es por esto que es reconocida como una enfermedad de interés nacional (Ley 26.396/08) e integrada por el Ministerio de Salud dentro del Programa Médico Obligatorio. Para su tratamiento, es crucial un diagnóstico preciso y un monitoreo y seguimiento regular. Hay creciente consenso en que el índice de masa corporal (BMI), que se basa únicamente en estatura y peso, es insuficiente para tal propósito, requiriéndose en cambio técnicas más elaboradas para poder evaluar la forma y tamaño corporales. Existen diversos sistemas aplicables al escaneo corporal, pero debido a su costo no son de uso masivo o accesibles. En cambio, las mediciones que se realizan usualmente carecen de la suficente exactitud y precisión antropométricas como para poder brindar información confiable para dicho seguimiento. En este trabajo se presenta una aplicación para dispositivos móviles que, junto con un servicio en la nube, permite realizar un escaneo 3D, sobre el cual se pueden obtener variables antropométricas de calidad y que permitan cuantificar adecuadamente la forma corporal. Mediante un procedimiento simple y no invasivo se analiza la forma y tamaño corporal, permitiendo diagnosticar obesidad o condiciones similares, accediendo a su vez a la historia clínica del paciente para conocer datos específicos, su evolución temporal o valores de referencia de la OMS. Palabras Clave: Procesamiento de imágenes, Structure from Motion (SFM), Morfometría Geométrica, Reconstrucción 3D, antropometría.
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanoparticle-Surface Collisions in Crystalline Silicon

We present a microscopic description for the impacting process of silicon nanospheres onto a silicon substrate. In spite of the relatively low energy regime considered (up to 1 eV/atom), the impacting process exhibits a rich behavior: A rigid Hertzian model is valid for speeds below 500 m/s, while a quasi-ellipsoidal deformation regime emerges at larger speeds. Furthermore, for speeds up to 1000 m/s the particle undergoes a soft landing and creates a long-lived coherent surface phonon. Higher speeds lead to a rapid attenuation of the coherent phonon due to a partial diamond cubic to-tin phase transformation occurring in the particle.
Effect of diet with varying levels of dried grape pomace on dry matter digestibility and growth performance of male lambs

1 SUMMARY The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different levels of dried grape pomace (DGP) on the growth performance of male lambs. Twenty-five 100-day-old Lori-Bakhtiari male lambs obtained with an initial live weight of 25 ± 0.21 kg were fed the experimental diets, which were formulated in accordance with the NRC-1994. Treatments were arranged in a completely randomized design of five treatments with 5 replicates each (0, 5, 10, 15 and 20% DGP) and observed during 84 days growth period. Dry Matter Intake (DMI) was measured daily and Daily Weight Gain (DWG) was determined fortnightly. Feeding male lambs on diets containing 5 and 10 % DGP significantly improved their growth performance (P<0.01) compared to the other treatments. In addition, digestibility of Dry matter (DM), Crude Protein (CP), Organic Matter (OM) and Neutral Detergent Fiber (NDF) of the diets, was significantly increased by adding 5 and %10 DGP to diet. The present results showed that utilizing DGP at 10% level of diet could be useful in fattening male lambs without negative effect on performance.
Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Brain Function as Measured by Quantitative EEG, Neuropsychological, and Psychological Tests

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) has been the subject of much recent controversy as a result of Rind, Tromovitch and Bauserman's (1998) meta-analytic examination of CSA, which found a weak relationship between CSA and self-reported psychopathology in college samples. There have been few studies of CSA which look beyond self-report. The present study is an exploration of the relationships between CSA, quantitative electroencephalographic (QEEG), neuropsychological, and psychological measurements in 24 high-functioning, unmedicated CSA adults who were matched for age, gender, and handedness with a group of adults without CSA (NCSA). The objectives of this study were to: 1) examine EEG abnormalities associated with CSA, 2) investigate QEEG cortical coherence in the groups using neuroelectric Eigen image (NEI) connectivity indices (Hudspeth, 1999), 3) integrate personality differences associated with CSA with EEG differences, and 4) better understand left versus right hemisphere functioning in CSA using intelligence testing. An examination of QEEG cortical coherence revealed moderate to large effect sizes indicating patterns of decreased connectivity between brain regions on the right frontally in the delta band, and frontally and centro-temporally on the right in the alpha band, and posteriorly in the alpha and beta bands, as well as in the cross-correlation; increased connectivity between brain regions was evidenced centrally across the motor strip and on the left temporally in the delta band, which differentiated the groups. Large effect sizes obtained on measures of personality were related to poorer adjustment for CSA adults in comparison to NCSA adults. In contrast to prior findings with clinical groups (Black, Hudspeth, Townsend, & Bodenhamer-Davis, 2002; Ito et al., 1993), hypotheses related to QEEG cortical coherence (left hemisphere alpha hypercoherence and right hemisphere theta hypocoherence), EEG abnormalities, and IQ (Verbal less than Performance) were not supported. Walker's (2003) theoretical modular coherence model was utilized to integrate coherence and personality variables and provide treatment options.
HMM-based decision model for smart home environment

The smart home environment typically includes various systems with high level of heterogeneity characteristics. Smart home environment are configured in such a way that it comfort driven as well as achieving optimized security and task-oriented without human intervention inside the home. Smart home environment contain diversified systems ranging from entertainment to automation like devices that is heterogeneous in nature. For the reason that of systems heterogeneity, it is frequently challenging to execute interoperation around them and realize desired services preferred by the home occupants. The interoperation complexity stands at the bottleneck in ensuring various tasks executed jointly among diversified systems in smart home environment. In this paper, we present a Hidden-Markov Model (HMM) based decision model for smart home environment by providing decision support ability. The implementation has been carried out in such a way that quality information is acquired among the systems to demonstrate the effectiveness of interoperability among them. This proposed decision model is tested and proven that there is an elevated amount of reliability on this decision model in the smart home setting.
Singular integral operators, john–nirenberg inequalities and triebel–lizorkin type spaces on weighted lebesgue spaces with variable exponents

We establish the boundedness of singular integral operators, the Fefferman–Stein inequality and the John–Nirenberg inequalities on weighted Lebesgue spaces with variable exponents by using the extrapolation theorem. Moreover, as a consequence of the extrapolation theorem, we have the Fefferman–Stein vector-valued inequalities on weighted Lebesgue spaces, and hence we use it to study the weighted Triebel–Lizorkin spaces with variable exponent.
Cognitive Demand and Accommodative Microfluctuations

Previous studies have shown cognition to have an influence on accommodation. Temporal variation in the accommodative response occurs during the fixation on a stationary target. This constantly shifting response has been called accommodative micro-fluctuations (AMFs). The aim of this study is to determine the effects of increasing task cognitive demand on the ocular accommodation response. AMFs for 12 myopes and 12 emmetropes were measured under three conditions of varying cognitive demand and comprising reading of numbers (Num), simple arithmetic (SA), and complex arithmetic (CA). Fast Fourier transforms were used to analyze the different frequency band components of the AMFs. Other aspects of AMFs including root mean square accommodation values and chaos analysis was applied. A repeated measures ANOVA revealed a significant main effect of cognition in the mean power of the high frequency component (HFC) (F2,44 = 10.03, p < 0.005). Pairwise analyses revealed that these differences exist between SA and CA tasks (p < 0.005) and the Num and CA (p < 0.005) tasks with the HFC power being the highest for the CA condition. It appears that the difficulty of a task does affect active accommodation but to a lesser extent than other factors affecting accommodation.