Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Timing of Takeovers in Growing and Declining Markets

Empirical studies have found that takeover activity is positively related to the absolute size of industry-level shocks. In this paper we develop a dynamic framework to analyze the timing of takeover which explains this pattern. Takeover may create value either by exploiting synergies or through fixed cost savings, the relative value of each approach being affected by shocks to an industry variable. With competing acquirers of different types, takeover occurs only when shocks are sufficiently large in either direction, with no activity taking place in between. We model both hostile takeover, for which the timing and terms are determined by competing bidders, and agreed takeover, where the target chooses when to open negotiations with one of the acquirers. We examine implications of our analysis for the efficiency of the market for corporate control, finding that the direction of inefficiency depends on the form of takeover. We also analyze the dependence of takeover activity on the degree of uncertainty about industry conditions.
A Great Efficiency Full Adder Cell Based on Carbon Nano-Tube Technology

In this study, we present a very quick full adder cell that has high energy efficiency based on carbon nano-tube transistor technology This project and other circuits in this study were in different voltages and frequencies with HSPICE software . The results of show that the speed and efficiency of this circuit is obviously better than other circuits like: CMOS and CNFET. Also, this full adder that we present, make great ability to on outlet and it works properly in low voltages.
A new Oligo-Miocene dolphin from New Zealand: Otekaikea huata expands diversity of the early Platanistoidea

The New Zealand fossil dolphin Otekaikea huata (latest Oligocene to earliest Miocene, in the range 22.28 to 24.61 Ma) is here identified as an early new species in the clade Platanistoidea, which includes the endangered Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica). Otekaikea huata is known only from the holotype, which comprises a partial skeleton from the marine Otekaike Limestone of the Hakataramea Valley, South Island. Otekaikea huata has multiple procumbent tusks passing back to otherwise near-homodont and polydont teeth, and an elevated face for the nasofacial muscles implicated in production of echolocation sounds. The skull vertex is asymmetrical and strongly left-skewed. Phylogenetic analyses based on morphological features place Otekaikea huata in the clade Platanistoidea. The new species adds to the diversity of the superfamily Platanistoidea near the Oligocene-Miocene boundary.
Targeted Sequencing of Plant Genomes

Targeted Sequencing of Plant Genomes Mark D. Huynh Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences, BYU Master of Science in Genetics and Biotechnology Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized the field of genetics by providing a means for fast and relatively affordable sequencing. With the advancement of NGS, wholegenome sequencing (WGS) has become more commonplace. However, sequencing an entire genome is still not cost effective or even beneficial in all cases. In studies that do not require a whole-genome survey, WGS yields lower sequencing depth and sequencing of uninformative loci. Targeted sequencing utilizes the speed and low cost of NGS while providing deeper coverage for desired loci. This thesis applies targeted sequencing to the genomes of two different, non-model plants, Artemisia tridentate (sagebrush) and Lupinus luteus (yellow lupine). We first targeted the transcriptomes of three species of sagebrush (Artemisia) using RNA-seq. By targeting the transcriptome of sagebrush we have built a resource of transcripts previously unmatched in sagebrush and identify transcripts related to terpenes. Terpenes are of growing interest in sagebrush because of their ability to identify certain species of sagebrush and because they play a role in the feeding habits of the threatened sage-grouse. Lastly, using paralogs with synonymous mutations we reconstructed an evolutionary time line of ancient genome duplications. Second, we targeted the flanking loci of recognition sites of two endorestriction enzymes in genome of L. luteus genome through genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). GBS of yellow lupine provided enough single-nucleotide polymorphic loci for the construction of a genetic map of yellow lupine. Additionally we compare GBS strategies for plant species without a reference genome sequence.
Childhood Diarrhea in Central Ethiopia: Determining Factors for Mothers in Seeking Modern Health Treatments

Background: Diarrhea remains one of the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in children in developing countries. A major contributing factor is the treatment provided by the mother. The current study was carried out to assess the behavior of mothers in seeking modern health care and its impact on childhood diarrhea in the Central Ethiopia. Methods: A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted in randomly selected mothers or care providers who had at least one child under five years who had experienced diarrhea within the previous two weeks. Descriptive statistics, bivariate, and multiple regression analyses were performed. P-values less than 0.05 and 95% confidence intervals were used to determine an association between independent and dependent variables. Results: Ninety-five percent (413/434) mothers or care-providers completed the survey. Seventy-seven percent of urban and 54.4% of rural women sought care at a health institution. Mothers who lived in urban areas were four and half times more likely to seek modern treatment than rural dwellers [OR (95%CIs)=4.49(2.07, 9.7)], while mothers with grade 9-12 levels of literacy were nine times more likely to seek modern treatment than illiterate mothers [8.88 (1.15, 68.6)]. Households using latrines and with income greater than 30USD per month were 4.6 and 3.3 times more likely to seek modern treatment than who used open fields and who earned less than 30USD per month, respectively [4.62 (1.84, 11.60) and 3.31(1.45, 7.54)]. Increased fluids were given to only 50.8% urban and 26% rural children with diarrhea. Notably, fluids were stopped in 3.8% and 11.4% of urban and rural children, respectively, while fluid intake was reduced in 6.8% urban and 19.2% rural children. Conclusion: Socioeconomic factors such as the educational status of the women, the distance of health care facilities, and the method of disposing of excreta were significantly associated with the behavior of the mother in seeking modern treatment. An urgent requirement for improved health education and infrastructure for women is needed.
Stereoscopic Particle-Image Velocimetry (PIV) A New Approach Using Telecentric Lenses

A new stereoscopic approach based on telecentric lenses is introduced. The method offers in-focus imaging at high viewing angles (highly tilted object planes) without systematic image distortion. Telecentric lenses form images by the parallel projection of the object space onto the image plane, because the perspective centre is at infinity. Objects of same size at various distances from the lens will always appear the same size in the image, which is the difference to conventional (entocentric) lenses, where the magnification changes at different object distances. In nonstereoscopic PIV applications telecentric lenses can be used to eliminate projection errors. The stereoscopic setup described in this paper uses lenses telecentric in both object and image space. It overcomes many limitations of the classical methods using entocentric lenses. The setup has been successfully applied for Particle-Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements of separated flows downstream a segmental orifice plate inside a pipe.
Equilibria of corotating nonuniform vortices

Inviscid equilibria for a pair of two-dimensional vortices of different size and circulation are numerically computed. Previous analyses studied the case of vorticity patches. In the present investigation, we introduce vortex profiles ranging from patches to Lamb-type profiles, and analyze how classical results are altered when the vorticity distribution is not piecewise constant. Furthermore we study how nonuniformity of the vorticity distribution affects the instability threshold which has been previously interpreted as a sign of the merging process. It is shown as well how this instability point is modified when one of the vortices is replaced by a point vortex of identical circulation. For this purpose, a numerical solution procedure has been developed capable of computing the perturbed streamlines, using Green’s function integrals.
Analyzing Targeted Attacks using Hadoop applied to Forensic Investigation

Conventional intrusion detection and prevention technologies are mostly based to work on traditional methodologies to detect malicious events, while mining on a midsized log data. In recent years, we have seen the evolution of sophisticated targeted attacks performed by well trained adversaries exhibiting multiyear intrusions; therefore existing security toolsets have become insufficient for analysing targeted attacks with necessary speeds and agility. Dealing with such sophisticated attacks requires working with huge volume of multiyear security log data. Big Data technologies, such as Hadoop, enable the analysis of large and unstructured data sources, therefore, in this paper we propose our framework based on Hadoop for dealing with Intrusions performed by Targeted threat adversaries, using concept of Intrusion kill chains which will be helpful for forensics analysis. Keywords-targeted threats ; Hadoop; intrusion kill chain;
On the Folding of the Rectangular Distribution

Abstract. Based on the concept of the folding, the folding in X-direction and in Y-direction are de ned and denoted by the X-Folding and the Y-Folding respectively. Weconsider a random variable X which follows a rectangular distribution "R(a;b) distribu-tion" with two parameters a;b. This paper aims to apply the folding on the unit areaP(a  X  b) and also to study the proposed folding in each direction for R(a;b) distri-bution and the generated family of the corresponding constructed rectangular probabilitydistributions. Some main properties of this family are reviewed. According to the pro-posed folding, we derive and discuss some important corresponding functions in closedforms. 1. IntroductionThe main idea of folding on manifolds has been introduced by S. A. Robertsonwho studied the strati cation determined by the folds or singularities [13]. Based onthis paper, some studies on folding in many branches such as manifolds, topology,graphs-theory and algebra have been presented in some literatures [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 12]. The conditional foldings of manifolds have been de ned by M. El-Ghoul[3]. Some applications on the folding of a manifold into itself were introduced byP. Di. Francesco [2]. Also a graph folding has been presented and discussed by E.El-Kholy [7]. Moreover, the theory of isometric foldings has been pushed and alsosome di erent types of foldings have been discussed by E. El-Kholy and others [9]. In this article we will discuss the folding of a family of probability distributions intoa generated family of the same type of the probability distributions. Our study will
Parametric Study For Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antennas

This paper discusses the parametric study of Microstrip Patch Antenna. A simple Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna (RMSA) was designed and simulated using Zeland's Method of Moment (MoM) based EM simulation package IE3D and its various parameters such as return loss, VSWR and input impedance were obtained. Then effect of change of width, lenght, loss tangent, feed location, etc is observe on above parameters.
Are the Thigh Circumference, Waist-to-Thigh Circumference Ratio and Serum Creatinine Better Markers of Type II Diabetes than the Body Mass Index?

Overweight and obesity, associated with type 2 diabetes have been characterized by Body Mass Index, waist circumference or waist-to-hip ratio. However, because of the limitation of the Body Mass Index in expressing fat distribution and the fact that visceral obesity has been more implicated in type 2 diabetes than subcutaneous fat, other diabetes markers are being investigated. A hospital-based case control study, using convenience sampling techniques, sought to determine the most appropriate surrogate makers of type 2 diabetes, among Ghanaian diabetics, using thigh circumference, waist-to-thigh ratio, waist circumference, Body Mass Index, plasma creatinine and lipid profile. The 134 diabetics and 70 control subjects were enrolled. Demographics were gathered and anthropometric variables considered were; body weight, measured with scale (Hospibrand ZT-120, England), waist circumference and thigh circumference, measured with a measuring tape (Gay Mills, WI), while height measured with stadiometer (Fischer Scientific). About 5 mL of overnight fasting venous blood sample were drawn for biochemical assays: Plasma glucose, total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoproteins and triglycerides were determined by enzymatic methods and the creatinine assessment based on the Jaffé reaction, were all done on COBAS Intergra 400 Plus auto analyzer (Germany). Data were analysed using Graph Pad Prism version 5.0 (Graph Pad Software, San Diego, California). Continuous variables expressed as Mean±SD. Subjects compared using unpaired t-tests, one-way ANOVA followed by the Bonferroni test for multiple comparisons. Total body weight, waist circumference, waist-to-thigh ratio and triglycerides were significantly elevated in the diabetic subjects, while High density lipoprotein was significantly reduced. Considering gender and the diabetics compared to control group, there was no significant difference in plasma creatinine levels. Though Waist Circumference (WC), Waist-toThigh Ratio (WTR) and Body Mass Index (BMI) were significantly higher in the diabetics as compared to the controls, only WC and WTR predicts dysglycaemia in a linear regression analysis. Waist circumference and waist-to-thigh circumference ratio were better markers of type 2 diabetes in individuals, who are moderately obese than BMI.
ISLAMIC BANK PROFITABILITY: A STUDY OF ISLAMIC BANK IN INDONESIA

The aims of this paper are to examine the effect of factors that contribute towards the profitability of Islamic bank in Indonesia over the period 2008 – 2017. The research method used in this study is the explanatory method. We use secondary data obtained from the OJK to examine the effect of Bank Specific & Macroeconomic Determinants of Islamic Bank Profitability and then analyse the data using GMM techniques. The result of the study found that only Bank Size of Bank Specific determinant had a positive effect both ROA and ROE while Capital, credit risk and Liquidity had a negative effect on the profitability of Islamic banking in Indonesia. Finally, the macroeconomic determinant found only inflation had positive effect while GDP had no significant effect on Islamic bank profitability. The result indicates that Islamic bank in Indonesia need well developed and well supported by government through independent regulation out of the bank of Indonesia, this mean Islamic bank could develop regulation and well Islamic product as conducted by Islamic law and Sunnah
In air synthesis of Psy-cl-poly(AAm) network and its application in water-absorption from oil-water emulsions

In this current investigation psyllium has been functionalized with acrylamide in the presence of potassium per- sulphate (KPS)-hexamethylene tetramine (HMTA) as an initiator-crosslinker system. After the initial optimization of dif- ferent reaction parameters the resultant hydrogel was used for the absorption of water from different water-oil emulsions as a function of time, temperature, pH and NaCl concentration. 4216% of water absorption with 4.279·10 -2 mol·l -1 HMTA concentration has been observed.
OrthoQuery: A Tripal Database Module to Assess and Visualize Gene Family Evolution

Background: The abundance of transcriptomic resources for non-model organisms has enabled researchers to study comparative genomics on a larger scale. Generation of orthologous gene families facilitate the detection of genome duplication events and allows researchers to refine phylogenetic relationships and examine gene family evolution. Comparisons across orthogroups support analyzing selection pressure and novel gene families. Applications developed to study gene homology among species do not allow users to query data directly from external databases hosting resources not associated with a genome reference. In addition, real time computation of orthogroups for user selected subsets paired with interactive visualizations is lacking. Results: OrthoQuery, a web-based Tripal module, provides a semi-automated analytical framework to enable comparisons among curated proteins and interactive visualizations in context of the resulting species tree. OrthoFinder, optimized with Diamond, is leveraged for protein level comparisons, and the Tripal database framework, coupled with Galaxy integration,
Investigating the roles of laforin and malin in glycogen metabolism following fasting and re-feeding in rats.

INVESTIGATING THE ROLES OF LAFORIN AND MALIN IN GLYCOGEN METABOLISM FOLLOWING FASTING AND RE-FEEDING IN RATS. Cassandra Emmett Advisor: University of Guelph, 2013 Dr. Terry Graham This thesis was an investigation of laforin, malin, and AMPK and the possible relationships these proteins share with glycogen content. Rats underwent a 24 h fast followed by a 24 h refeed after which the rectus femoris and a portion of the liver were removed to examine both tissues. Liver glycogen was significantly decreased with 24 h fasting unlike muscle glycogen which remained relatively unchanged. After 24 h re-feeding, significant supercompensation was seen in both muscle and liver glycogen. All quantified proteins for both tissues remained unchanged with the exception of laforin in liver after the 24 h re-feed which was significantly decreased. This finding does not support previous findings that report laforin protein content and glycogen concentration are closely associated.
Concentration and Characteristics of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in the Sediments of Sea and River in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

Environmental pollution with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) continues in Japan due to their high persistency, although their manufacture and use have already been prohibited. In this study, PCBs in sediments at 67 sites in Nagasaki Prefecture were determined by GC-MS, and their profiles were compared with those of commercial PCBs (Kanechlor KC300-600). The concentrations of PCBs in the sediments of sea and river areas in Nagasaki Prefecture were found to be up to 2.5 and 0. 035µg/g, respectively. Higher concentrations of PCBs in the sediments of the sea compared to those from river were observed (except area D vs N). The profile of PCB homologues in the sediments of the sea areas was similar to that of Kanechlor KC600, whereas the profile of PCB homologues in the river sediments was similar to that of Kanechlor KC500. Moreover, the source contribution was estimated by a chemical mass balance (CMB) method using the composition ratio of major congeners of Kanechlor. As a result, it was found that the contributions of KC600 and KC500 were higher in sea sediments (ca. 60%) than in river sediments (ca 50%).
EXPRESSION OF INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE GENE (iNOS) STIMULATED BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE IN HUMAN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS

Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene expresses a calcium calmudolinindependent enzyme which can catalyse NO production from L-arginine. The induction of iNOS activity has been demonstrated in a wide variety of cell types under stimulation with cytokines and lipopoly saccharide (LPS). Previous studies indicated that all nitric oxide synthases (NOS) activated in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were calcium dependent. In this work we indicate that endothelial cells can express iNOS mRNA under stimulation by cytokines, LPS and H2O2. We also found that iNOS mRNA expression has increased by augmentation of H2O2 concentration and its expression depends on increasing in time. Therefore we conclude that two isoforms of NOS are expressed in the HUVEC and induction of iNOS enzyme by H2O2 and NO production in endothelial cells may represent a novel cellular defence mechanism against oxidative stress and infections.
Frequencies of Feet Feathering and Comb Type Genes in the

Incidence of feet feathering condition, different comb types and the relative frequencies of the genes affecting these conditions were studied in 2030 local chickens. 14.78% of the local chicken surveyed had feathered feet, while 85.22% had non-feathered feet. The single comb type was the commonest of the comb type observed in the chickens surveyed. 94.73% of the chickens had single comb, while 3.20% and 2.07% had rose and pea combs respectively. The estimated gene frequency for fsh allele affecting feet feathering in the breed was 0.08, while its recessive allele, fsh an estimated frequency of 0.92. The P allele for pea comb and the R allele for rose comb had a frequency of 0.02 and 0.01 respectively, while the recessive forms, r and p alleles for single comb had frequencies of 0.99 and 0.98 respectively. These estimated frequencies were found to be significantly different from the expected ratio based on simple Mendelian mode of inheritance of these traits.
Infinitesimal and local structures for Banach spaces and its exponentials in a topos

Dans [9] nous avons construit une immersion de la categorie des ouverts d'espaces de Banach et des fonctions holomorphes dans un topos modele analytique de la GDS [8]. Cette immersion preserve les produits finis et elle est compatible avec le calcul differentiel. Nous etudions ici, dans un cadre general, la structure topologique interne heritee par un objet d'une topologie dans l'ensemble de ses sections globales Et nous tenons compte des cas particuliers d'un ouvert d'un espace de Banach et de l'exponentielle de celui-ci avec un objet du site Dans ce dernier cas, nous avons introduit une topologie qui generalise la topologie canonique (consideree dans [10]) dans l'ensemble des morphismes a valeurs complexes d'un espace analytique. Cette topologie tient compte de la convergence uniforme sur des compacts et de la topologie limite inductive dans les anneaux de germes.
A regularized tri-linear approach for optical interferometric imaging

In the context of optical interferometry, only undersampled power spectrum and bispectrum data are accessible. It poses an ill-posed inverse problem for image recovery. Recently, a tri-linear model was proposed for monochromatic imaging, leading to an alternated minimization problem. In that work, only a positivity constraint was considered, and the problem was solved by an approximated Gauss-Seidel method. In this paper, we propose to improve the approach on three fundamental aspects. Firstly, we define the estimated image as a solution of a regularized minimization problem, promoting sparsity in a fixed dictionary using either an $\ell_1$ or a weighted-$\ell_1$ regularization term. Secondly, we solve the resultant non-convex minimization problem using a block-coordinate forward-backward algorithm. This algorithm is able to deal both with smooth and non-smooth functions, and benefits from convergence guarantees even in a non-convex context. Finally, we generalize our model and algorithm to the hyperspectral case, promoting a joint sparsity prior through an $\ell_{2,1}$ regularization term. We present simulation results, both for monochromatic and hyperspectral cases, to validate the proposed approach.