Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Updating distribution of Borbo borbonica ( Boisduval , 1833 ) in southern Iberian Peninsula ( Lepidoptera , Hesperiidae ) : potential and future distribution models

The Borbo Skipper (Borbo borbonica) (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) is one of the European butterflies with a more restricted geographical distribution. It has been observed in several localities of southern Spain next to the Strait of Gibraltar, in an area that includes the southernmost latitude of continental Europe. In this paper we update the current known distribution of the species by compiling bibliographic data and our field data, demonstrating the status of resident and current colonization of south-western Iberian Peninsula. We model the potential distribution of this species with Maxent using both bioclimatic, topographic and land use variables obtaining a 99% success rate (AUC value). We also predict further expansion of this species in southern Spain in a climate change scenario for 2050. These models can be effective tools for monitoring and management in possible future actions for the conservation of the discussed species.
Design and Experimentation of a Personal Pendulum Vehicle

This paper describes the development of a vehicle based on the stabilization of an inverted pendulum. The prototype has been designed and developed by the School of Engineering of Seville using commercial and low-cost components. Two vehicle controllers (linear and nonlinear) have been developed and applied. Moreover, they have been tested successfully in various experiments. ∗∗∗ ∗∗∗ This project won the Schneider Electric (Spain) “Innovation and Development of Automation Systems” award.
SMART GRID Technologies , August 6-8 , 2015 Control Scheme for Power Quality Improvement in Islanded Microgrid operation

The growing demand for reliable, flexible and high quality power with a concern for environment has lead to the concept of microgrid. When the microgrid is islanded either by fault or by design, it creates number of control challenges with respect to stability, power quality and harmonics. Control of Islanded microgrid is even more challenging due to the penetration of large number of intermittent Distributed Renewable Energy Sources (DRES) such as wind and solar. This paper proposes a control scheme to improve the power quality through voltage sag mitigation of islanded microgrid by injecting reactive power using DistributionStatic compensator (D-Statcom). The simulation results show that the proposed control scheme provides required voltage stability under Voltage Sag, thereby improves the power quality in an Islanded microgrid. The simulations are carried out in MATLAB/Simulink environment. © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Peer-review under responsibility of Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University.
Short-term effects of carbohydrate versus carbohydrate protein ingestion on subsequent resistance training performance in male rugby players

Introduction A recent investigation into glycogen replenishment following exercise by Ivy et al. (2002) reported that glycogen restoration during 240-min of recovery was significantly greater with a carbohydrate-protein supplement (49%) compared with an iso-caloric (31%) and iso-carbohydrate equivalents (28%). However, Van Hall et al., 2000 and Carrithers et al., 2000 have disputed the benefits of carbohydrate-protein supplements in short-term restoration of glycogen stores. The present study investigated the short-term effects of carbohydrate and carbohydrate-protein beverages on subsequent resistance training performance.
Ferox trout : A Predator worthy of Pursuit and Protection

In June 1985, a mixed group of anglers and scientists gathered on the banks of Loch Quoich in North West Scotland at the invitation of a major whisky company, seeking to promote its brand name through the capture of a new rod-caught Scottish record Brown trout. The record attempt failed, despite the capture of several large trout in excess of 5kg. However, the week-long pursuit cemented friendships and professional cooperation which have lasted until the present day. An umbrella organisation called the Ferox 85 Group was set up at the end of the attempt to further research into both the biology of our target species and also into the angling methods required to catch them. The group was so called to mark the year of our formation and also to honour the traditional name of our quarry ‘Ferox’, first coined by the anglerscientist Sir William Jardine in 1835. Behind our scientific curiosity and angling enthusiasm, we knew that we were dealing with an almost lost angling tradition that was once a great part of our national sporting heritage. In addition, the professional biologists within the group were aware of a huge gap in knowledge that existed in many aspects of the biology and ecology of our chosen quarry, and were determined, often against the perceived wisdom of their employers, to ensure that this gap would be narrowed. That gap has indeed been narrowed over the last twenty years of the group’s existence both in our knowledge, regarding the basic biology of the fish, and in our application of specialist angling knowledge.
Anorexigènes et maladies cardiovasculaires : les liaisons dangereuses Anorectic drugs and cardiovascular diseases : Les Liaisons dangereuses

In the past decades, obesity has been identified as an important driver of morbidity and mortality in the western countries. As a result, pharmacological approaches have been developed to fight obesity, including amphetamine-like drugs acting through a central appetite-suppressant effect. These compounds knew a significant marketing and sales success as early as the years 1960. Very soon after market access, caution has been raised on a potential risk for the cardiovascular system with the use of aminorex, leading to a first outbreak of “primary pulmonary hypertension” (PPH) in the European countries were it was available. A decade later, convincing epidemiological evidence accumulated supporting that both fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine were definite risk factor for the development of PPH, now called pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In addition, these drugs appeared to be responsible for severe mitral and aortic regurgitations similar to carcinoid syndrome leading to surgery or death. Similar to aminorex, the cases of anorectic-drug induced complications abated after market withdrawal. Despite these serious warnings, the story repeated itself recently when a chemically similar compound called benfluorex, licensed to treat resistant diabetes and dyslipidemia, has been suspected to be responsible for almost identical cardiovascular complications. This is explained in a large part by the effect of norfenfluramine, the active metabolite of benfluorex, through it’s high affinity for the serotonin receptor 5-HT2B responsible for the fenfluramine-induced valvular heart diseases. Curiously, benfluorex has only been withdrawn from the French market after more than 20 years of access and six years after the first publication of suspected cases. A good decision? Very likely. The purpose of this article is to review the epidemiological and physiopathological evidence linking fenfluramine-derived drugs to cardiovascular complications, and to discuss the currently available data on benfluorex. To cite this journal: Réanimation 20 (2011).
Accounting research and the public interest

Purpose – This essay sets out to introduce the special issue. Design/methodology/approach – The essay discusses a variety of approaches to exploring the relationship between accounting and the public interest, and briefly reviews the contribution of the articles in the issue. Findings – Not applicable. Originality/value – The essay argues that accounting research can be opened up by problematizing the notion of the public interest, and by considering not only how accounting constitutes the public interest, but how various public interests constitute accounting.
Debugging RISC-V Processors with FPGA-Accelerated RTL Simulation in the FPGA Cloud

We present DESSERT, an FPGA-accelerated methodology for simulation-based RTL verification. The RTL design is automatically transformed and instrumented to allow deterministic simulation on the FPGA with initialization and state snapshot capture. Assert statements, which are present in RTL for error checking in software simulation, are automatically synthesized for quick hardware-based error checking. Print statements in the RTL design are also automatically transformed to generate logs from the FPGA, which are compared on the fly against a functional golden-model software simulator for more exhaustive error checking. To rapidly provide waveforms for debugging, two parallel deterministic FPGAaccelerated RTL simulations are run spaced apart in simulation time to support capture and replay of state snapshots immediately before an error. We demonstrate DESSERT with the public FPGA cloud services by catching bugs in a complex out-of-order processor hundreds of billions of cycles into SPEC2006int benchmarks running under Linux.
Fraud Detection through Modified K Means Clustring in Social Media

Social media is expanding day by day. With advancement in technology users can interact with each other through social media. Companies sell their products by publicizing their product on social media. Users and vendors of social media are expanding with the rate of knots. Users are of varying intensions. Some users (consumers) and vendors are malicious in nature.
The Impact of Digital Transformation on Technological Trends regarding IoT and Smart Systems

The present time is the time of digital transformation. New smart or intelligent devices and technologies influence our everyday life and have a great impact on our environment. Such paradigms as Internet of Things (IoT) and Smart Systems are also unavoidable undergoing changes and modifications. Especially the domain of Smart Cities is getting more and more attention and is benefiting from the outcomes of digital transformation. In this paper we focus on the evolution of technologies in this fields and provide an overview over a selection of numerous applications.
A New Similarity Measure for Time Series Data Mining Based on Longest Common Subsequence

In this research, a new similarity measurement method that named Developed Longest Common Subsequence (DLCSS) is suggested for time series data mining. The main idea of the DLCSS is using the logic of the Longest Common Subsequence (LCSS) method and the concept of similarity in time series data. In most studies related to time series data mining, referred to the LCSS and Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) methods as the best and most usable for similarity measurement methods, but the LCSS is intrinsically designed to measure the similarity of two sequences of character, which later was developed for time series by defining and determining the similarity threshold. The value of similarity threshold has huge impact on the quality of time series data mining. In the DLCSS by defining two similarity thresholds and determining the values of them, this defect is eliminated. The performance of the DLCSS will be compared with the LCSS and DTW in time series data mining by the Query by content and K-medoids Clustering techniques on 23 datasets from the UCR datasets. The result shows that it is possible to claim that the performance of the DLCSS is better than the LCSS and DTW with 90% confidence.
Improving Action Recognition using Temporal Regions

Recognizing actions in videos is an important task in computer vision area, having important applications such as the surveillance and assistance of the sick and disabled. Automatizing this task can improve the way we monitor actions since it is not necessary to have a human watching a video all the time. However, the classiﬁcation of actions in a video is challenging since we have to identify temporal features that best represent each action. In this work, we propose an approach to obtain temporal features from videos by dividing the sequence of frames of a video into regions. Frames from these regions are merged in order to identify the temporal aspect that classiﬁes actions in a video. Our approach yields better results when compared to a frame-by-frame classiﬁcation.
Modern Pharmacologic Strategies in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation

Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most prevalent clinically-significant arrhythmia, is associated with high burden in terms of morbidity, mortality and socioeconomic consequences. The maintenance of sinus rhythm is an attractive therapeutic goal, but this strategy has failed to result in net clinical benefit in multiple clinical trials due to the relative inefficacy and toxicity of the classic antiarrhythmic drugs. New agents, like dronedarone and vernakalant, have shown promise and have emerged as viable options for AF pharmacotherapy. However, concerns regarding their efficacy and safety still limit their clinical utility. As such, a rate-control strategy to AF management is remains the standard. Recent data has shown that the strict heart rate (HR) control of HR may not be as beneficial as previously thought, and a more lenient approach to HR control is now considered a reasonable initial treatment goal. Stroke thromboprophylaxis is also an integral aspect of AF management. The CHA2DS2-VASc score is a new risk stratification scheme that is purported to be a superior to the classic CHADS2 scoring system in terms of predictive value, although this assertion has yet to be verified in a randomized trial. Novel classes of drugs have emerged in an attempt to simplify treatment and improve compliance to antithrombotic therapy. Dabigatran, an oral direct thrombin inhibitor, has recently been added as a first-line alternative to warfarin in high-risk patients. Dual antiplatelet therapy with combination aspirin-clopidogrel has also become a viable treatment option in patients not suitable for warfarin anticoagulation. Other emerging agents, such as oral Factor Xa inhibitors and novel vitamin K antagonists, are currently under investigation and are showing promise. However, more definitive data regarding their efficacy, safety, and cost-effectiveness are clearly required before they become part of the pharmacologic armamentarium for AF therapy.
An Exploration and Examination of the School Culture of Accumulated Virtue and Kind Deeds : Using Organizational Commitment and Teacher Efficacy to Examine its Efficacy

Under the influence of folk beliefs, Chinese society believes that good deeds yield good results, and that people must accumulate virtue and practice goodness to secure fortune for themselves and their posterity. At school, Buddhist charity organizations promote practicing good deeds and accumulating virtue. Through organizational socialization, Chinese school culture has gradually evinced the culture of accumulated virtue and kind deeds. This study used literature review to construct a culture of accumulated virtue and kind deed scale and other school culture scales. Teacher efficacy and organizational commitment were utilized as indicators for examination, using stratified cluster random sampling of 1318 teachers. After factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and regression analysis, the research findings showed that Chinese school culture includes a supportive culture, a learning culture, an innovative culture, and the culture of accumulated virtue and kind deeds. Compared to the other three types of culture, the culture of accumulated virtue and kind deeds can best predict teacher efficacy and effort commitment. This result showed that the culture of accumulated virtue and kind deeds provides a new vision for academic study into school administration, and is conducive to future international comparisons.
Downregulation of KIF 20 A induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis by suppressing PI 3 K / AKT in human glioblastoma

Background/Aim: Aberrant function of the kinesin family member 20A (KIF20A) has been reported to be vital in tumor genesis and development. However, the role of KIF20A in cell proliferation and invasion, as well as the mechanism underlying cell cycle arrest, remains unclear. Materials and Methods: Here, we first measured the expression of KIF20A in malignant astrocytoma and glioblastoma cell lines by immunohistochemistry and western blotting. Next, we knocked down KIF20A expression using siRNA to study its effect on cell proliferation and cycle. Results: We found that KIF20A knock down significantly suppressed cell proliferation, migration and invasion of glioblastoma cells. Importantly, KIF20A knock down induced cell cycle arrest in G0/G1 phase and promoted apoptosis by inactivating the PI3K/Akt pathway via c-Myc and activating the intrinsic apoptosis pathway. Conclusion: Taken together, our results suggest that KIF20A down-regulation can inhibit glioma tumorigenesis, which may provide a therapeutic target for treating glioma.
EFFECTS OF SEX, ENVIRONMENT, AND CONDITION ON THE MUSKING BEHAVIOR OF SYMPATRIC GARTERSNAKES (THAMNOPHIS SPP.)

Despite an abundance of studies documenting antipredator and defensive behaviors of gartersnakes (genus Thamnophis), few have quantitatively examined musking, a widely utilized antipredator tactic. In this study we quantify musking behaviors in the Terrestrial Gartersnake (Thamnophis elegans) and the Plains Gartersnake (T. radix) when hand-captured at four sites in and near Denver, Colorado, USA. Overall, Plains Gartersnakes musked significantly more often than Terrestrial Gartersnakes. Female Terrestrial Gartersnakes musked more frequently than males, a pattern not evident in the Plains Gartersnake. Additionally, we observed a positive correlation in body condition and musking propensity in Terrestrial Gartersnakes, suggesting resource-dependent behavior in this species. Musking behavior was consistent across variations in predation pressure, environmental conditions, and snake body size, all factors shown to influence other gartersnake defensive behaviors. These results corroborate other research which demonstrates that snake antipredator behaviors are determined by complex interactions of abiotic and biotic factors.
Arthur Cayley: Mathematician Laureate of the Victorian Age

Another difficult problem faced by a translator concerns which modern words to use in the translation. Here the difficulty is caused by the evolving interpretation of words commonly used in the probability literature. How should early concepts of the probability calculus, expressed in late 17thor early 18th-century Latin, be rendered into English when some 21st-century uses of probabilistic words differ from their original meaning? To address this problem, Sylla has chosen consistently to render, for example, the Latin phrase aequa sorte as “with equal lot” where others might translate it as “with equal probability” or “with equal likelihood. ” The latter phrases come with 300 years of interpretative baggage; the word “lot,” on the other hand, is rarely used in this sense and maintains the original meaning. Initially, I found this approach, especially with “lot,” archaic and jarring. But that was perhaps intentional, since each time the phrase is encountered it reminds the reader that the approach to probability theory at its birth was different from what it is now in adulthood. For those who have a problem with some of Sylla’s word choices, it would be useful to photocopy her explanation of the translation of some key words on pp. 113–123 and refer to it as you read through Bernoulli’s text. Clearly written for historians of mathematics, Sylla’s translation and commentary is an excellent read and should immediately be seen as a valuable resource for those interested in the history of probability.
Designing for Social Participation in the Virtual Universe

Increasingly, our emotional connections, artistic experiences and playful escapes are migrating to the virtual world. Virtual environments and online communities are growing and becoming more commonplace in society; for many, they are already a primary means of social interaction. This experiment is a preliminary investigation into the underlying emotional motivation behind participants in the IMVU virtual universe. We seek a deep understanding of why these users choose to spend their time and money to take part in creating this online community. Our collaborative research team includes members from the areas of engineering, design, psychology and communication. Our need-finding interactions with users both inside and out of the IMVU environment have given us insight into the role of avatars, creative expression and social interaction in the virtual world. We assess how users manipulate their social identity and exercise their influence to achieve personal fulfillment online. The full experiment offers compelling implications for creating effective design interventions in team-based engineering and design classes, particularly those involving distributed collaboration, as well as for those pursuing compassion, empathy and social change by design.
A SINGLE PHASE INVERTER BASED ON STEP UP SWITCHED CAPACITOR USING THIRD ORDER HARMONIC INJECTION METHOD

In the microgrid system, single-phase inverter is usually used for the distributed energy resource (DER). To reduce conversion losses, Removing the transformer and reducing power devices will bring down the cost and zise of the converter. The objective of this paper is to build simulation of seven level multi string inverter topology for DERs based DC to AC system. In this paper, a high step-up converter isused as front-end stage to improve the conversion efficiency of conventional boost converters and to stabilize the output DC voltage of various DERs such as PV and fuel cell modules for use with the simplified multilevel inverter. Seven level inverter requires only six active switches instead of the eight required in the conventional cascaded H-bridge inverter. In addition, two active switches are operated under line frequency. The simulated seven level string inverter topology offers strong advantages such as improved output waveforms, small filter size, and low magnetic interference and harmonic distortion. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed solution.
The suitability of cloud-based speech recognition engines for language learning

As online automatic speech recognition (ASR) engines become more accurate and more widely implemented with CALL software, it becomes important to evaluate the effectiveness and the accuracy of these recognition engines using authentic speech samples. This study investigates two of the most prominent cloud-based speech recognition engines- Apple’s Siri and Google Speech Recognition (GSR) to determine which engine would be more accurate at transcribing L2 learners’ speech. The average recognition accuracy of Siri and GSR is reported using language samples of Japanese learners speaking English. The study also presents a series of computerized speech assessment tasks that were developed by the researchers using a cloud-based speech recognition engine in conjunction with Moodle, a widely used course management system.
- 5 , Issue-1 ) Survey on Location-Based Services

Ever increasing grows of mobile links and need to new technologies in many industries and other job like tourism. Taxi services, could compensate this blank with location based service (LBS) and introduce as public example of GIS in the world. Therefore, in the present article, we consider the background of location based services, architecture, mobile location based services, component and other information of it by most valid resource and applications. General Terms: Location Based Services