Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Beyond the Special and General Relativity Theories The Micro-quanta Paradigm

Despite the arbitrary postulate of empty space (which was as arbitrary as the old aether ), Albert Einstein obtained through the conceptually powerful postulate of the constancy of light velocity in any reference system, the relativistic equations of motion. The kinematic basis of Special relativity was responsible of several physical paradoxes that accompanied the growing reliability of SR along the XX century. Conversely, in the Micro-quanta paradigm the particle dynamics is directly derived in dynamical conditions from Compton's collisions between particles and the isotropic flux f o of micro-waves filling the space with speed c and energy E o . When considering the proper Doppler function for waves incident forwards and behind any moving particle, the balance between the two opposite momenta gives the momentum predicted by SR and defines also the rest-mass m i of the particle, which results (equivalence mass-energy) to the energy m i c 2 = N i E o , where N i = (s i t o f o ) is the number of quanta colliding simultaneously with the particle during the interaction time t o . In the M-Q paradigm the uniform flux fills everywhere the space, so particles “measure” their effective velocity through the momentum of Compton's collisions. The old inertial frames of reference become unnecessary. Any particle moving uniformly in strait-line is shown to collide with micro-quanta without receiving any net force (Principle of inertia). When the particle velocity is not constant and uniform during the interaction time, the local energy density ' o = f o E o / c gives rise to the inertial forces. Since two particles immersed in the quantum flux always show mutual shielding, they feel a pushing force which is recognised to be the gravitational force. Thus, the concept of “gravitational mass” is discarded. This inevitably requires to re-examine the fundamentals of General relativity which appears inadequate to explain the recent observations of the accelerating universe achieved through the Ia supernovae measurements. Even the Strong nucleonic force and the Weak force on electrons at very short distances are shown to originate from mutual shielding in the M-Q paradigm. Despite micro-quanta are very small, they do not lose the fundamental characteristics of the quantum waves. The very little quantum energy E o = h o n o is coupled to a very little action constant and a very small quantum wavelength l o (of the order of the Planck’s length), so that the number of quanta simultaneously incident on a nucleon is about N n »10 50 . This explains why the inertial forces were for three centuries (from Newton up to Einstein) believed to originate from the continuum of space and time, instead of from physical objects.
Effects of moderate exercise and dissonant music on salivary cortisol fluctuations

Thesis Abstract The influences of moderate exercise and dissonant music on Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) axis activity was studied in 14 healthy individuals. Both moderate exercise and music are potent stimuli that influence HPA axis activity. Exercise and music have been used in clinical settings to help alleviate pain and improve quality of life among patients. The effects of music on hormonal release and cortisol levels depend on the type of music being used. The aim of this study was to better understand how cortisol levels were affected by dissonant music, which had not been studied as extensively as consonant music. To reduce the subjectivity aspect of music, a dissonant piece of music that was unfamiliar to participants was selected. To gain a better understanding of the effects of moderate exercise and dissonant music on HPA axis activity, cortisol (an end product of the HPA axis) from the saliva samples of 14 participants was measured after random exposure to the following activities: 1. Moderate exercise (stationary cycling at 60% of VO2 max) 2. Listening to dissonant music 3. Listening to dissonant music during moderate exercise (stationary cycling at 60% of VO2 max) 4. Resting on stationary bike without pedaling and without listening to music Saliva samples were collected prior to and at specific time intervals after the intervention. Salivary cortisol was measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). A two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used to investigate the effects of the four variable activities and variable time. Both variables, activity and time, were within-subject factors. The potential significance of the interaction of the two variables, activity and time was also studied. The effect of variable activity was not statistically significant, as repeated F-tests uniformly displayed p-values well above the significance level of 0.05. However, a significant main effect of time was observed. Salivary cortisol levels changed across time points. Salivary cortisol levels decreased over time in each group. Time had a significant effect on the salivary cortisol level, with F (2, 26) = 9.216 and p-value=. 001, according to the F-test assuming sphericity. Music was not statistically significant, with F (1,12) = 0.162 and p-value = 0.695. These findings suggest that moderate exercise and pre-selected musical stimuli had no effect on HPA axis activity as indicated by cortisol levels in young, healthy adults. Keywords: music, dissonant, moderate exercise, HPA axis, salivary cortisol
Vortex-Induced Vibrations

This review summarizes fundamental results and discoveries concerning vortex-induced vibration (VIV), that have been made over the last two decades, many of which are related to the push to explore very low mass and damping, and to new computational and experimental techniques that were hitherto not available. We bring together new concepts and phenomena generic to VIV systems, and pay special attention to the vortex dynamics and energy transfer that give rise to modes of vibration, the importance of mass and damping, the concept of a critical mass, the relationship between force and vorticity, and the concept of "effective elasticity," among other points. We present new vortex wake modes, generally in the framework of a map of vortex modes compiled from forced vibration studies, some of which cause free vibration. Some discussion focuses on topics of current debate, such as the decomposition of force, the relevance of the paradigm flow of an elastically mounted cylinder to more complex systems, and the relationship between forced and free vibration.
Enhancing Amharic Information Retrieval System Based on Statistical Co-Occurrence Technique

Information retrieval (IR) systems are designed to help information seekers retrieving relevant information from vast document. The need for relevant information from a vast amount of document gave birth to IR systems. Even though different IR systems exist, they cannot meet all users’ expectations. A different level of users’ knowledge makes queries to be expressed in different ways. As a result, the system may miss the core meaning of users query and retrieve dissatisfactory results. This happens mainly because of the ambiguities of words involved in the natural languages and expression mismatch among users and authors. The existing ambiguities in Amharic language have negative impacts on the performance of Amharic IR system. Some of the ambiguities for this type of problem are: spelling variants of the same word, polysemous and synonymous terms. If users are not fully knowledgeable about the information domain area, they will mostly formulate weak queries to retrieve documents. Thus, they end up frustrated with the results found from an IR system. This research has been conducted, aiming at augmenting the recall of previous work. Statistical co-occurrence technique has been used in order to expand query terms. The main reason for performing query expansion is to provide relevant documents as per users’ query that can satisfy their information need. Statistical co-occurrence method considers, frequently appearing terms with the query term, regardless of their position. The efficiency of proposed technique has been tested on the prototype system and the result found compared with the result of previous study. Accordingly, 6% recall and 2% f-measure improvement has been made. Hence, the statistical co-occurrence method outperformed the bi-gram based IR system.
Geometric morphometric and meristic analysis of the deepwater goby, Ponticola bathybius (Kessler, 1877) (Teleostei: Gobiidae) in the Iranian waters of the Caspian Sea

Landmark-based geometric morphometric and meristic characters were used to explore morphological variation among three population samples of deepwater goby, Ponticola bathybius , (Family Gobiidae) along the southern Caspian Sea in Iran. Morphological differences were studied using the geometric morphometric method of thin-plate splines and multivariate analysis of partial warp scores on the left and dorsal sides of the specimens. Non parametric MANOVA discerned significant differences in shape variations among the population samples. Also, the three samples exhibited significant differences in meristic data. Mantel test results indicated that there was no relationship between the morphological data and geographic distances, suggesting spatially heterogeneous levels of morphological divergence.
SQL Injection Signatures Evasion

3 Introduction. 4 Recognizing Signature Protection. 5 Common Evasion Techniques. 7 Different Encodings.7 White Spaces Diversity . 7 TCP Fragmentation.7 Advanced Evasion Techniques . 8 The 'OR 1=1' Signature.8 Evading Signatures with White Spaces . 10 Evading Any String Pattern.12 Conclusion . 14 References . 16 SQL Injection Signatures Evasion
Funcionalidad de las estrategias de autorregulación y regulación interpersonal de la ira y la tristeza

En este trabajo se analiza si el uso de estrategias adaptativas para la regulacion de la experiencia emocional de la ira (enojo) y de la tristeza se asocia congruentemente con la percepcion de haber tenido exito en el manejo de estas emociones en uno mismo (autorregulacion) y en otras personas (regulacion interpersonal). Para ello 296 estudiantes recordaron episodios de ira y de tristeza y contestaron un Cuestionario de Regulacion Emocional Interpersonal (CIRE-43) y una escala de evaluacion de las metas de regulacion emocional. Los resultados del estudio confirman que a) se usan mas estrategias de regulacion emocional adaptativas que desadaptativas, b) se usan mas estrategias para regular las emociones propias que para regular las emociones de otras personas, c) se tiende a usar las mismas estrategias para la autorregulacion que para la regulacion interpersonal de estas emociones y d) existe un conjunto de estrategias de regulacion emocional que son adaptativas para la regulacion de las emociones de uno mismo y de los otros, ya que en ambos casos su uso en episodios emocionales de ira y tristeza generan, al finalizar el episodio, una percepcion de haber regulado eficazmente (funcionalidad) las emociones propias y las de los demas.
Gene discovery in glioma in the context of molecular reclassification of tumors

Conventional classification of tumors, especially in terms of staging and grading is of immense importance for both prognostication as well as management strategies. However it is not a perfect system and there are many instances where tumor behaviour does not correspond to what is expected. In addition, with the onset of targeted therapy, the identification of the distinct molecular target in a subset of tumors becomes a marker of tumor behaviour as well as a target of therapy. This leads to the concept of molecular subclassification of tumors where molecular markers further refine and in some cases, alter conventional classification. We would be presenting this concept in relation to glial tumors, especially in the context of molecular markers discovered in our laboratory.
The Performance Of Team Start-Ups In The First Phases Of The Life Course

This article describes the benefits and pitfalls of starting a firm with an entrepreneurial team, drawing on a longitudinal empirical analysis of the life course of 90 team start-ups and 1196 solo start-ups in the Netherlands. In the first three years of their existence, team start-ups perform better than solo start-ups on several success indicators. However, after this start phase, entrepreneurial teams face particular problems in realizing further growth. These team-specific bottlenecks can even threaten firm survival. In later life course phases we found a clear distinction between entrepreneurial teams with stagnating growth and teams that succeeded in solving these problems and went on to realize further growth.
Virulence factors attributed to pathogenicity of non albicans Candida species isolated from Human Immunodeficiency virus infected patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis.

Background: Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) is the most common opportunistic mycoses among HIV infected patients. Although Candida albicans is the most common aetiological agent of OPC, in recent years non albicans Candida (NAC) species have become increasingly prominent pathogens. As compared to C. albicans , NAC spp. often demonstrates low susceptibility to commonly used antifungal drugs. Aim: The present study was conducted with an aim to determine the expression of virulence factors of NAC spp. isolated from HIV infected patients with OPC. Methods: A total of 123 NAC spp. isolated from HIV infected patients with OPC were included in the study. The virulence factors studied were adherence to buccal epithelial cell, exoenzymatic activity and haemolytic activities. Results: C. glabrata and C. tropicalis were predominant isolates from NAC spp. ABEC was more in C. dubliniensis isolates. As compared to other NAC spp. C. glabrata demonstrated low ABEC. High phospholipase activity was noted in C. tropicalis followed by C. kefyr . Proteinase activity was high in C. dubliniensis followed by C. tropicalis . Haemolysin production was high in C. tropicalis followed by C. kefyr isolates. Conclusion: NAC spp. once overlooked as mere contaminants or non pathogenic commensals have emerged as potent pathogens. These isolates are capable of producing virulence factors once attributed only to C. albicans . Knowledge of these virulence factors is important for understanding the pathogenesis of candidiasis and will help to explore new antimycotic drug targets for improved therapeutic regimens.
A comparison between random and stochastic modeling for a SIR model

In this article, a random and a stochastic version of a SIR nonautonomous model previously introduced in [ 19 ] is considered. In particular, the existence of a random attractor is proved for the random model and the persistence of the disease is analyzed as well. In the stochastic case, we consider some environmental effect on the model, in fact, we assume that one of the coefficients of the system is affected by some stochastic perturbation, and analyze the asymptotic behavior of the solutions. The paper is concluded with a comparison between the two different modeling strategies.
Composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oils from Poiretia bahiana C. Müller (Papilionoideae-Leguminosae)

Poiretia bahiana known as "arrudinha", "arruda da serra" or "arruda brava", has its occurrence restricted to the rock fields (campo rupestre) areas in Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, northeastern region of Brazil. Its aerial parts present a pungent smell and have been used by local communities as fumigant for the control of infestation of fleas and in the treatment of hemorrhoids, articulations pain and sinusitis. This work reports the composition of the volatile oils from aerial parts of five specimens and of the essential oil from the fruits of one specimen of Poiretia bahiana that were harvested in four different places of Chapada Diamantina. Twenty nine components were identified from the oils analyzed by GC-FID and GC-MS. Umbellulone, in concentrations between 55.0% and 75.3% and sabinene, in concentrations between 10.3% and 25.2% are the major components. The oil from the aerial parts of one specimen and the oil of fruits of another specimen had their antimicrobial properties evaluated against six bacteria, two yeasts and five filamentous fungi by the agar diffusion method and microdilution assay. The in vitro results demonstrated that these essential oils exhibit antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli, Salmonella choleraesuis, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, methicilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans, Cladosporium herbarum, Microsporum canis, Trichophyton rubrum and are inactive against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aspergillus fumigatus and Penicillium notatum. The oil obtained from the aerial parts of one specimen displayed moderate toxicity against Artemia salina with a LC50 value of 459.03 mg mL-1.
Heterogeneous Returns to College Selectivity and the Value of Graduate Degree Attainment

Existing studies on the returns to college selectivity have mixed results, mainly due to the difficulty of controlling for selection into more-selective colleges based on unobserved ability. Moreover, researchers have not considered graduate degree attainment in the analysis of labour market returns to college selectivity. In this paper, I estimate the effect of a U.S. four-year undergraduate programâ€™s selectivity on wages, including graduate degree attainment. I control for both observed and unobserved selection by extending the model of Carneiro, Hansen and Heckman (2003). There are two channels through which college selectivity affects future labour market outcomes. The first is the wage returns to college selectivity conditional on graduate degree attainment. The second is the effect of college selectivity on the probability of graduate degree attainment and the wage returns to graduate degree attainment. The results show that the former effects dominate the latter, but both are small in magnitude.
Medical Big Data Analysis in Hospital Information System

The rapidly increasing medical data generated from hospital information system (HIS) signifies the era of Big Data in the healthcare domain. These data hold great value to the workflow management, patient care and treatment, scientific research, and education in the healthcare industry. However, the complex, distributed, and highly interdisciplinary nature of medical data has underscored the limitations of traditional data analysis capabilities of data accessing, storage, processing, analyzing, distribut‐ ing, and sharing. New and efficient technologies are becoming necessary to obtain the wealth of information and knowledge underlying medical Big Data. This chapter discusses medical Big Data analysis in HIS, including an introduction to the funda‐ mental concepts, related platforms and technologies of medical Big Data processing, and advanced Big Data processing technologies.
ISP-Friendly Data Scheduling by Advanced Locality-Aware Network Coding for P2P Distribution Cloud

Peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution imposes increasingly heavy traffic burden on the Internet service providers (ISPs). The vast volume of traffic pushes up ISPs’ costs in routing and investment and degrades their networks performance. Building ISP-friendly P2P is therefore of critical importance for ISPs and P2P services. So far most efforts in this area focused on improving the locality-awareness of P2P applications, for example, to construct overlay networks with better knowledge of the underlying network topology. There is, however, growing recognition that data scheduling algorithms also play an effective role in P2P traffic reduction. In this paper, we introduce the advanced locality-aware network coding (ALANC) for P2P file distribution. This data scheduling algorithm completely avoids the transmission of linearly dependent data blocks, which is a notable problem of previous network coding algorithms. Our simulation results show that, in comparison to other algorithms, ALANC not only significantly reduces interdomain P2P traffic, but also remarkably improves both the application-level performance (for P2P services) and the network-level performance (for ISP networks). For example, ALANC is 30% faster in distributing data blocks and it reduces the average traffic load on the underlying links by 40%. We show that ALANC holds the above gains when the tit-for-tat incentive mechanism is introduced or the overlay topology changes dynamically.
Model-free coordinate test and variable selection via directional regression

We consider the paradigm of marginal coordinate tests (Cook (2004)) for model-free variable selection. To combine the strength of existing tests based on sliced inverse regression and sliced average variance estimation, we design a new marginal coordinate test via directional regression. Given the method-specific marginal coordinate test statistics, a maximum ratio criteria is proposed to facilitate model-free variable selection. Under mild conditions, the variable-selection consistency is guaranteed when n goes to ∞.
MULTIPLICATIVE SUBSETS OF ATOMS

A reduced, cancellative, torsion-free, commutative monoid M can be embedded in an integral domain R, where the atoms (irreducible elements) of M correspond to a subset of the atoms of R. This fact was used by J. Coykendall and B. Mammenga to show that for any reduced, cancellative, torsion-free, commutative, atomic monoid M , there exists an integral domain R with atomic factorization structure isomorphic to M . More generally, we show that any “nice” subset of atoms of R can be realized as the set of atoms of an integral domain T that contains R. We will also give several applications
Contraception and abortion: the French paradox

Despite the large-scale increase in use of very effective contraceptive methods (mostly the pill and IUD in France) since the legalization of contraception in 1967, abortion rates have remained surprisingly stable since the early 1990s after an initial decline from 1975 (date of abortion legalization in France) to 1990. This overall stability, however, appears to conceal a rise in abortion rates among women under the age of 25 (Vilain 2011). The abortion rates in France fluctuates around 14-15 abortions per year per 1,000 women aged 15-49, i.e. representing approximately 210,000 procedures annually (Vilain 2011). In 2008, it was estimated that some 35% of women would have an abortion at some point during their reproductive years.
Tunnel Vaults under Seismic Excitation

This chapter discusses factors that affect the seismic response of tunnels vaults, as the seismic ground motions, the geological condition and rock mechanics properties, and the relevance of numerical analysis, fundamental in the modeling of complex structures and processes, and in regional-scale analysis. As an example, this chapter focuses on the Laboratories of National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN) located in a Tunnel within the Gran Sasso mountain (Abruzzo, Italy). In addition to the L ’ Aquila (2009) earthquake, the chapter refers to observations reported in the literature related to the İ zmit earthquake, Turkey (1999); the Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan (1999); and the Kobe earthquake (2004); and, as historical event, the Kern County earthquake (1952).