Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Part 1: Possible Graviton Detection, for Outer Space Treatment of the Gertenshehtein Effect. i.e. Dyson’s Construction/Analysis Does Not Precludes Earth Bound Generation of Gravitons

We are reviewing Freeman Dyson’s paper which alleged that detection of gravitons via LIGO, or by outer space experiments (due to probabilistic calculations which we review in the document), an impossibility. The disagreement we have with Dr. Dyson is that his probability calculations are taking place in almost infinite spatial domains, which renders the detection protocols, using his probability scheme, impossible. After we summarize the Dyson outer space arguments, and how Dyson got them, we will refer the reader to the very strain calculation done in the referenced PRD article, so cited, as to how a nuclear weapon could generate GW, and then afterwards, refer the reader to a 2nd paper, of how Tokamaks could detect GW/ Gravitons, as detectable by the 3DSR effect. Nowhere are we suggesting DETONITION of a nuclear device to generate GW! The reader is referred to another Li et al. PRD article, 2008, as to 3DSR, as to how detection of GW/Gravitons could occur due to something other than the Gertenshehtein effect, in this paper, i.e. they can look it up, and then in a 2nd follow up paper learn how a Tokamak could be utilized to have a finite sized geometry, for using the 3DSR effect for GW generation. The first paper highlights how if one assumes that only by use of infinite spatial geometry, and by using only the Gertenshehtein effect, that indeed one can convince oneself as to not bothering with the very real prospects of earthbound generation of Gravitons and GW, and that in doing so, GW research will be strictly limited, even with the outstanding results of LIGO, which in no way should be criticized. The entire analysis makes the case that foundational research as to the nature of GRAVITY means moving beyond the mental limitations place on GW/Graviton research by Dyson’s 2009 paper.
Fiscal Policy, Home Production and Growth Dynamics

Using an endogenous growth model with physical and human capital, we explore short-run as well as long-run effects of fiscal policy in the presence of households' production activities. We first show that our model has a unique balanced-growth path that satisfies saddlepoint stability. We then conduct fiscal policy experiments both in and out of the balanced-growth equilibrium. The main focus of the paper is to study the dynamic behavior of the model economy and the effects of fiscal actions analytically. In so doing, we examine how the presence of home production yields the policy implications that are different from those obtained in the standard setting that does not consider home production.
Facebook as a Surveillance Tool: From the Perspective of the User

With the increasing use of online social networks such as Facebook in recent years, a lot of research has been focussing on the privacy issue of the network. The main question being asked is: how do users navigate their privacy on Facebook? While this research has been very important for the understanding of the privacy issue on Facebook, it also has the tendency to focus entirely on the user and look at personal information revelation, ignoring societal aspects, such as capitalism and the changing notion of privacy in the current society. Recently, there has been a new trend in studying privacy on Facebook - looking at Facebook as a surveillance tool and studying the privacy issue within the political economy of capitalism, led mainly by Christian Fuchs (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011). This research raises important questions as to what happens with our data and how Facebook uses its users. This paper looks at the perspective of the user by using the critical approach, or Critical Media and Communication Studies. The privacy in the age of the Internet can be described as either social or institutional (Raynes-Goldie 2010). The social focuses on the control of personal information, while the institutional focuses on the data usage by corporations, such as Facebook. By talking to different users about privacy, I was interested to learn what they think about both aspects of privacy. From my interviews it emerged that users care about both social and institutional privacy, but while, in most cases, they are quite aware, and concerned about the surveillance aspect of Facebook's usage, the benefits of using the network at this moment are too strong to either leave Facebook or switch to an alternative medium. There is a definite feeling among users, based on my interviews, that their options are limited, and more should be done to raise the level of knowledge among users about how they can better protect both their social and institutional privacy. We will start this paper with a short introduction and an explanation of the methodology, then, we will briefly look at the current research on privacy on Facebook, move to a more in-depth overview of Facebook as a surveillance tool and finally look at the perspective of the user, followed by a conclusion.
Design of an Asymmetrical Rotor for Easy Assembly and Repair of Field Windings in Synchronous Machines

This paper introduces a new asymmetrical rotor design for easy assembly and repair of field windings in synchronous machines. A new rotor geometry is adopted in order to simplify the manufacture and maintenance process of installing the rotor windings. The asymmetrical rotor design is simulated by the 2-D finite element analysis (FEA), and verified by experimental tests on a 27.5 kVA prototype machine. The proposed topology can drive down the maintenance and repair costs of the machine without impacting on the machine’s electro-magnetic performance. This design will have significant economic implications for machine design and repair industry, especially for mass production markets such as wind turbines and engine-generators.
A model explaining student militancy in secondary schools: Kenyan perspective

Student upheavals and activism is not a recent phenomenon in Kenya, but has been a problem over the years. Indeed the upheavals can be closely linked to adolescence. The nature of student upheavals in secondary schools is multi-faceted as it involves indiscipline that is destructive of the individual student, school property and the school community where such upheavals take place. The main objective of this study was to construct a theoretical model that establishes a causal relationship between student militancy, socialcultural environment and personal growth. Data was collected from 238 students, 16 secondary school head teachers, educational experts and community stakeholders by use of questionnaires, focus group discussion and interviews. The collected data was quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed. The findings revealed that student militancy is a social phenomenon common in many Kenyan secondary schools, although its nature and magnitude varied across the geographical locations of the sampled schools. In the light of these findings, it is recommended that the Ministry of Education should review the situation existing in Kenyan schools with a view to determining the social problems that make students’ lives more and more meaningless. Lewis M. Ngesu Senior lecturerUniversity of Nairobi Mary Ngina Mulonzi Maths teacher-Tudor day secondary school-Mombasa Agnes Njoki Mugo Part-time lecturer and PhD student-University of Nairobi
Green Synthesis of Silver Nano-particles Using Kelussia odoratissima Mozaff. Extract and Evaluation of its Antibacterial Activity

In this research Kelussia odoratissima Mozaff. leaf extract was used for the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). At first we compared antioxidant activity of different extracts of K. odoratissima. Then solution containing silver nitrate was treated with the extract which showed high antioxidant activity. Synthesized AgNPs were evaluated by analyzing the excitation of surface plasmon resonance. TEM analysis was also used for nanoparticle characterization. Antibacterial activity of the solution containing AgNPs was measured by microdilution test. Common food contaminant bacteria such as gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Listeria monocytogenes) and gram-negative (Escherichia coli O157: H7, Salmonella enterica and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) were used for the evaluation. The aqueous extract showed the highest antioxidant activity and the solution was used for the green synthesis of AgNPs. The particle diameters were calculated to be 20-40nm with -17 to -19.9 mV zeta potential. The TEM micrographs showed that the AgNPs are nearly spherical in shape and highly monodispersed. MIC of the AgNPs against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria was between 0.012-0.025 and 0.006-0.012 mg/ml respectively.
How Plasma Membrane and Cytoskeletal Dynamics Influence Single-Cell Wound Healing: Mechanotransduction, Tension and Tensegrity

Organisms are able to recover from injuries by replacing damaged tissues, which recover by replacing damaged cells and extracellular structures. Similarly, a cell recovers from injuries by replacing damaged components of its structural integrity: its plasma membrane and cytoskeletal structures. Cells can be thought of as tensegral structures, their structural integrity relying on the interplay between tensile forces generated within and without the cell, and the compressive elements that counteracts them. As such, direct or indirect insults to the plasma membrane or cytoskeleton of a cell may not only result in the temporary loss of structural integrity, but also directly impact its ability to respond to its environment. This chapter will focus on the various aspects linking tensile forces and single-cell wound healing: where and how are they generated, how does the cell counteract them and how does the cell return to its previous tensegrity state? These questions will be explored using ubiquitous and cell-type specific examples of single-cell repair processes. Special attention will be given to changes in plasma membrane composition and area to cytoskeletal dynamics, and how these factor each other to influence and effect single-cell repair.
Cashew nut shells as source of chemicals for preparation of chalcogenide nanoparticles

Metal chalcogenides quantum dots (QDs) or semiconducting nanocrystals are interesting due to their highly refined chemistry, availability, and super tunable optical and electronic properties suitable for variety of applications in different fields, such as photovoltaics, light-emitting devices, environmental sciences and nanomedicine [1–7]. Recently, increasing concern about the environment has led researchers to focus on ‘green chemistry’, i.e. the utilization of nontoxic chemicals, environmentally benign solvents and renewable materials. The aforementioned are some of the key issues that merit important consideration in a green synthesis strategy. In order to reduce the environmental and health effects associated with nanoparticle synthesis, greener synthetic routes are being investigated [8, 9]. Green chemistry aims at addressing ways to reduce environmental and health impacts of chemical production [10]. In the field of nanotechnology, green synthesis involves three key issues; “utilization of non-toxic chemicals, environmentally benign solvents, and renewable materials” [11]. Recently, researchers have begun using green renewable chemicals for the generation of inorganic nanostructures and materials. These chemicals have shown the capability to control architectures of materials at nanoscale level. Castor oil and ricinoleic acid [12], olive oil and oleic acid [13–16] and anacardic acid [17, 18] are some of the green chemicals that have been used as capping agents to fabricate nanoparticles. In the present communication, we extend our earlier work using cashew nut shell liquid extracts for the synthesis of metal chalcogenides (Cadmium and lead sulfide, selenide and telluride) nanoparticles via a solution-based technique. Synthetic methods based on naturally occurring resources not only provide an alternative, friendly means of obtaining these metal chalcogenides nanoparticles, but also have a well-defined size and morphology. The use of cashew nut shell liquid and its isolate, anacardic acid (Fig. 1), in nanoparticle synthesis is associated with their chemical structures, easy availability, non-toxicity, low cost, non-food competition, high boiling point and high viscosity.
Pharmacogenetics of Psoriasis Treatment

Psoriasis is a chronic systemic, immune-mediated disorder of unknown aetiology, usually presenting with typical inflammatory skin lesions and/or joint manifestations, but sys temic inflammation that may lead to the development of co-morbidities may also be present. First-line therapy encompasses local cutaneous treatment and phototherapy, but with more severe symptoms or systemic course, systemic treatment with methotrexate (MTX), immunosuppressant cyclosporine, retinoid acitretin or biologicals may be used. Treatment response varies between patients in terms of efficacy and/or toxicity, which could, among other reasons, be due to genetic differences between patients. Approximately 10–30% of patients experience adverse drug reactions with MTX treatment, leading to discontinuation of MTX mostly due to hepatotoxicity. Around 15% of patients experience adverse events when treated with biologicals; however, the most frequent reason for dis - continuation is inefficacy or loss of the initially favourable response over time. Inefficacy or occurrence of adverse drug reactions cannot be predicted, so genetic biomarkers of drug response in combination with clinical data could be helpful in treatment planning. Several polymorphic genes have already been associated with treatment outcome, most of them involved in drug metabolism, transport and target pathways. Genetic biomark ers could be helpful in personalized care of psoriasis patients in order to prevent adverse events or predict inefficacy of a certain drug.
L7 Classification and Policing in the pfSense Platform

The typical paradigm of identifying network traffic resorting to IP packet fields or to a set of well-known ports is highly limitative. Due to profound ongoing changes on the way applications try to hide their true nature by, for instance, using non default communication ports, a new challenge is presented to the way traffic classification and policing is accomplished. We argue and demonstrate that application layer inspection is a possible and convenient approach to derive the correct application protocol. This detection and classification process is of paramount importance to allow an efficient control of traffic entering the network. Taking pfSense as a case study, we extend its current layer 3 and 4 classification scheme with layer 7 capabilities, providing a powerful solution to control traffic based on application patterns. The user can easily create a set of rules for layer 7 inspection, which will drive lower level traffic control. In addition, we also provide a mechanism to create automatically useful application inspection scenarios. I. INTRODUCTION
Personalization of LBS using Recommender Systems Based on Collaborative Filtering

While a supply of GPS-enabled smartphone is increased, LBS whic h is studied and developed for special function is changed to personal solution. In this paper, we propose and implement on personalized method of individual LBS using collaborative filtering-based recommend system. Proposed personalized LBS system recommends contents which is expected to be interest for individual user, by predicting location-based contents within a user's setting radius. To evaluate performance of proposed system, we observed prediction accuracy with various experiment al condition using our prototype. As a result, we confirmed that the convergence of collaborative filtering and LBS is effective for personalized LBS.
Assessment of Dietary Adherence in Hypertensive Patients Referred to Shahid Sayyad Shirazi Teaching Hospital in Gorgan

Background: Hypertension is a risk factor for many diseases. Nutritional methods are considered as major tools in lifestyle modification for lowering blood pressure. The present study was conducted to determine the level of dietary adherence in hypertensive patients. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed in 2015, on hypertensive patients who were referred to Heart Clinic of Sayyad Shirazi Hospital in Gorgan. Overall, 200 patients (62% female) were selected by purposive sampling. The dietary adherence was evaluated in five following groups of salt-, fat-, fruit-, vegetables- -and dairies-intake through daily completion of data collection form within two weeks. This form was designed by the researchers and its validity and reliability were tested in a pilot study. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney, Chi-square, and logistic regression analysis tests. Results: The mean and standard deviation (SD) of age of patients was 48.6±7.51 years. Mean and SD of systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients were 152.31±9.1 and 93.53±2.87 mmHg, respectively. The results showed that 7% of patients had complete dietary adherence, 66.5% had poor adherence, and rest of the subjects had average dietary adherence. The highest level of dietary adherence was observed in the case of diaries intake (43.5%) and the lowest was related to fruit intake (3.5%). Conclusion: Given the importance of dietary adherence in controlling hypertension and lack of dietary adherence in hypertensive patients, it is recommended to conduct further studies to identify factors affecting dietary adherence and implement necessary interventions to improve this issue in patients.
Effects of adding beef tallow to diets with sorghum-based dried distillers grains with solubles on growth performance and carcass characteristics in finishing pigs

A total of 112 barrows (average weight of 158 lb) were used in a 65-d growth assay to determine the effects of adding beef tallow (a source of saturated fat) into diets with high inclusion of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS). The pigs were sorted by ancestry and blocked by weight with seven pigs/pen and four pens/treatment. Treatments were a corn-soybean, meal-based control and diets having 40% DDGS (US Energy Partners, Russell, KS) with none, 2.5, and 5% added tallow. Feed and water were consumed on an ad libitum basis until the pigs were slaughtered (average wt of 287 lb) to allow collection of carcass data and jowl samples. Fatty acid composition of the jowl samples was used to calculate iodine value as an indicator of carcass fat firmness. Overall (d 0 to 65), the corn-soy control supported greater ADG (P 0.35) compared to the DDGS treatments. Increasing fat additions from none to 5% in diets with DDGS did not affect ADG (P>0.76) but improved (linear effect, P<0.03) F/G by 9%. As for carcass data, adding DDGS to diets reduced HCW (P<0.004) and dressing percentage (P<0.03) but increased iodine value of jowls (P<0.001) compared to pigs fed the corn-based control diet. Among the DDGS treatments, hot carcass weight (linear increase, P<0.07), dressing percentage (linear increase, P<0.07), and backfat thickness (quadratic decrease, P<0.08) responded positively as fat addition to the diets was increased from none to 5%. However, changes in iodine value indicated a trend for deposition of softer fat in pigs fed DDGS when additions of beef tallow were increased in the diet (linear effect, P<0.06). In conclusion, adding beef tallow to diets with DDGS improved efficiency of growth and several carcass measurements but did not improve iodine value of jowl fat.
Supplementary material 9 from: Weigand AM, Macher J-N (2018) A DNA metabarcoding protocol for hyporheic freshwater meiofauna: Evaluating highly degenerate COI primers and replication strategy. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 2: e26869. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.2.26869

The hyporheic zone, i.e. the ecotone between surface water and the groundwater, is a rarely studied freshwater ecosystem. Hyporheic taxa are often meiofaunal (<1 mm) in size and difficult to identify based on morphology. Metabarcoding approaches are promising for the study of these environments and taxa, but it is yet unclear if commonly applied metabarcoding primers and replication strategies can be used. In this study, we took sediment cores from two near natural upstream (NNU) and two ecologically improved downstream (EID) sites in the Boye catchment (Emscher River, Germany), metabarcoding their meiofaunal communities. We evaluated the usability of a commonly used, highly degenerate COI primer pair (BF2/BR2) and tested how sequencing three PCR replicates per sample and removing MOTUs present in only one out of three replicates impacts the inferred community composition. A total of 22,514 MOTUs were detected, of which only 263 were identified as Metazoa. Our results highlight the gaps in reference databases for meiofaunal taxa and the potential problems of using highly degenerate primers for studying samples containing a high number of non-metazoan taxa. Alpha diversity was higher in EID sites and showed higher community similarity when compared to NNU sites. Beta diversity analyses showed that removing MOTUs detected in only one out of three replicates per site greatly increased community similarity in samples. Sequencing three sample replicates and removing rare MOTUs is seen as a good compromise between retaining too many false-positives and introducing too many false-negatives. We conclude that metabarcoding hyporheic communities using highly degenerate COI primers can provide valuable first insights into the diversity of these ecosystems and highlight some potential application scenarios.
A generalization of Chakiris' fibrations

Chakiris [5] constructed examples of holomorphic Lefschetz fibra tions of genus 2 with separating singular fibers and proved a classifica tion theorem for such fibrations in the late 1970's. We generalize some parts of his construction topologically to give new examples of hyper elliptic Lefschetz fibrations of arbitrary genus with separating singular fibers which include homeomorphic but non-diffeomorphic 4-manifolds.
Determination of Wetland Vegetation Height with LIDAR

Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is a new technology that offers a potential alternative to field surveying and photogrammetric techniques for the collection of elevation data. It has the advantages of being rapid accurate and able to map areas that are difficult to access. LIDAR has demonstrated the capability to accurately estimate important vegetation structural characteristics such as forest canopy height. For these reasons, airborne LIDAR data were used to compare vegetation height determinations with field observations on one selected transect in the vicinity of Lake Hatchineha in Florida, USA. The approach was based on the LIDAR and field measurements. The results showed that the lowest height (0 cm) appeared to be open water and barren fields. Vegetation heights of 0-30 cm corresponded to short grassy areas and 90-180 cm corresponded to medium height plants. Tall plants were determined to be vegetation heights ranging from 180 to 365 cm and very tall plants were determined to range from 365 to 600 cm. In addition, vegetation heights ranging from 600 to 1200 cm and from 1200 to 1700 cm corresponded to low and medium-height trees, respectively. Sources of potential error in determining forest tree canopy height were found to evolve from the fact that medium-height tree branches were sometimes reflected and recorded as a first hit and so were incorrectly classified as either low tree or tall plant classes. The results showed that, in most cases, while field and photogrammetric methods fail to determine tree and other plant heights, they could be accurately detected by using LIDAR classification in the wetlands where the ground is not visible. The next step will be to try to find a correlation between LIDAR vegetation heights and water boundaries.