Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
La narrativa colonial española sobre Marruecos como fuente para el estudio de la mora-bestia: deshumanización y monstruosidad

The objective of these pages is to study the representation of a secondary character, but one that appears frequently in the Spanish colonial narrative published during the 20th century and which has been decided to name moor-woman-beast . This moor-woman-beast is a type of «other» Moroccan who has always lived in the countryside, which is often described as a beast of burden and suffers different dehumanizing processes such as animalization, naturalization, reification and monstruosification. A islamophobic representation that, under civilizing pretexts that serve as an alibi for applying colonial and/or hegemonic policies, encourages the otherisation and dehumanization of the true Moroccan women, those women plural and diverse that live in the factual Morocco.
Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes and Selected Related Conditions of Six Reservations in Montana and Wyoming

Objective— To describe the prevalence of diabetes and related complications in Plains Indians. Research Design and Methods— The medical records of individuals with diagnosed diabetes seen in IHS facilities before 1 January 1987 were reviewed. Records were obtained from primary care clinics and hospitals accessible to the following six reservation communities in Montana and Wyoming: Blackfeet, Crow, Fort Belknap, Fort Peck, Northern Cheyenne, and Wind River. Medical records were reviewed to ascertain accuracy of diagnosis and associated complications. Results— Age-adjusted prevalence rate of diagnosed diabetes was 119/1000 adults ≥15 yr of age. Conclusions— Diabetes rates in Plains Indians are higher than rates described for the general U.S. population.
Analytical Determination of Conduction and Switching Power Losses in Flying-Capacitor-Based Active Neutral-Point-Clamped Multilevel Converter

Multilevel converters are mainly used in medium-voltage high-power applications. Active neutral-point-clamped (ANPC) flying capacitor multicell (FCM) converter is a well-known type of multilevel converters which is commercially available in high-power medium-voltage motor drive market. Since power loss investigation can be very advantageous in the design phase of multilevel converters, this paper presents an analytical approach to calculate and investigate the conduction and switching power loss in ANPC-FCM converter. First, the RMS and average currents of insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) and antiparallel diodes are analytically calculated by considering the associated duty cycle of each IGBT and diode, converter modulation index, load current, and load power factor. Numerical results of the derived closed-form equations to calculate the RMS and average currents of IGBTs/diodes are compared with simulation results and experimental measurements. Numerical results match the simulation results and experimental measurements which validates the derived closed-form equations. Afterward, the obtained equations for RMS and average current computations are utilized to calculate the conduction power losses in a 12.1-MVA 6.6-kV nine-level (line-to-line) ANPC-FCM multilevel converter. For this purpose, a 4.5-kV 1.2-kA IGBT module from ABB is considered as a power switch and its parameters are employed in analytical computations and simulation of the ANPC-FCM multilevel converter for conduction power loss determination. Moreover, closed-form equations are derived for analytical determination of switching power losses for ANPC-FCM converter using Kapteyn (Fourier-Bessel) series. Based on the derived closed-form equations for conduction loss and switching loss calculation, a method is presented to determine the junction temperature in IGBTs and diodes for ANPC-FCM converter.
Efficient Self-Shadowing Using Image-Based Lighting on Glossy Surfaces

In this paper we present a novel natural illumination approach for real-time rasterization-based rendering with environment map-based high dynamic range lighting. Our approach allows to use all kinds of glossiness values for surfaces, ranging continuously from completely diffuse up to mirror-like glossiness. This is achieved by combining cosine-based diffuse, glossy and mirror reﬂection models in one single lighting model. We approximate this model by ﬁlter functions, which are applied to the environment map. This results in a fast, image-based lookup for the different glossiness values which gives our technique the high performance that is necessary for real-time rendering. In contrast to existing real-time rasterization-based natural illumination techniques, our method has the capability of handling high gloss surfaces with directional self-occlusion. While previous works exchange the environment map by virtual point light sources in the whole lighting and shadow computation, we keep the full image information of the environment map in the lighting process and only use virtual point light sources for the shadow computation. Our technique was developed for the usage in real-time virtual prototyping systems for garments since here typically a small scene is lit by a large environment which fulﬁlls the requirements for image-based lighting. In this application area high performance rendering techniques for dynamic scenes are essential since a physical simulation is usually running in parallel on the same machine. However, also other applications can beneﬁt from our approach.
Surface enhanced fluorescence

Fluorescence is widely used in optical devices, microscopy imaging, biology, medical research and diagnosis. Improving fluorescence sensitivity, all the way to the limit of single-molecular detection needed in many applications, remains a great challenge. The technique of surface enhanced fluorescence (SEF) is based upon the design of surfaces in the vicinity of the emitter. SEF yields an overall improvement in the fluorescence detection efficiency through modification and control of the local electromagnetic environment of the emitter. Near-field coupling between the emitter and surface modes plays a crucial role in SEF. In particular, plasmonic surfaces with localized and propagating surface plasmons are efficient SEF substrates. Recent progress in tailoring surfaces at the nanometre scale extends greatly the realm of SEF applications. This review focuses on the recent advances in the different mechanisms involved in SEF, in each case highlighting the most relevant applications.
Behavior of a common source traveling wave amplifier versus temperature in SOI technology

In this paper, the design and the results of a CMOS Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) traveling wave amplifier (TWA) versus temperature are presented. The four stage TWA is designed with a single common source n-MOSFET in each stage using a 130 nm SOI CMOS technology requiring a chip area of 0.75 mm/sup 2/. A gain of 4.5 dB and a unity-gain bandwidth of 30 GHz are measured at 1.4 V supply voltage with a measured power consumption of 66 mW. The designed circuit has been characterized over a temperature range from 25 to 300/spl deg/C. The performance degradation on the gain of the TWA, the SOI transistors as well as the microstrip lines used for the matching network are analyzed.
IL-23 Enhances the Inflammatory Cell Response in Cryptococcus neoformans Infection and Induces a Cytokine Pattern Distinct from IL-121

IL-23, a heterodimeric cytokine composed of the p40 subunit of IL-12 and a novel p19 subunit, has been shown to be a key player in models of autoimmune chronic inflammation. To investigate the role of IL-23 in host resistance during chronic fungal infection, wild-type, IL-12- (IL-12p35−/−), IL-23- (IL-23p19−/−), and IL-12/IL-23- (p40-deficient) deficient mice on a C57BL/6 background were infected with Cryptococcus neoformans. Following infection, p40-deficient mice demonstrated higher mortality than IL-12p35−/− mice. Reconstitution of p40-deficient mice with rIL-23 prolonged their survival to levels similar to IL-12p35−/− mice. IL-23p19−/− mice showed a moderately reduced survival time and delayed fungal clearance in the liver. Although IFN-γ production was similar in wild-type and IL-23p19−/− mice, production of IL-17 was strongly impaired in the latter. IL-23p19−/− mice produced fewer hepatic granulomata relative to organ burden and showed defective recruitment of mononuclear cells to the brain. Moreover, activation of microglia cells and expression of IL-1β, IL-6, and MCP-1 in the brain was impaired. These results show that IL-23 complements the more dominant role of IL-12 in protection against a chronic fungal infection by an enhanced inflammatory cell response and distinct cytokine regulation.
Glyphosate Resistance in Tall Waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) from Mississippi is due to both Altered Target-Site and Nontarget-Site Mechanisms

Abstract A tall waterhemp population from Missisippi was suspected to be resistant to glyphosate. Glyphosate dose response experiments resulted in GR50 (dose required to reduce plant growth by 50%) values of 1.28 and 0.28 kg ae ha−1 glyphosate for the glyphosate-resistant (GR) and -susceptible (GS) populations, respectively, indicating a five-fold resistance. The absorption pattern of 14C-glyphosate between the GR and GS populations was similar up to 24 h after treatment (HAT). Thereafter, the susceptible population absorbed more glyphosate (55 and 49% of applied) compared to the resistant population (41 and 40% of applied) by 48 and 72 HAT, respectively. Treatment of a single leaf in individual plants with glyphosate at 0.84 kg ha−1, in the form of 10 1-µl droplets, provided greater control (85 vs. 29%) and shoot fresh weight reduction (73 vs. 34% of nontreated control) of the GS plants compared to the GR plants, possibly indicating a reduced movement of glyphosate in the GR plants. The amount of 14C-glyphosate that translocated out of the treated leaves of GR plants (20% of absorbed at 24 HAT and 23% of absorbed at 48 HAT) was significantly lower than the GS plants (31% of absorbed at 24 HAT and 32% of absorbed at 48 HAT). A potential difference in shikimate accumulation between GR and GS populations at different concentrations of glyphosate was also studied in vitro. The IC50 (glyphosate concentration required to cause shikimate accumulation at 50% of peak levels measured) values for the GR and GS populations were 480 and 140 µM of glyphosate, respectively, resulting in more shikimate accumulation in the GS than the GR population. Sequence analysis of 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS), the target site of glyphosate, from GR and GS plants identified a consistent single nucleotide polymorphism (T/C, thymine/cytosine) between GR/GS plants, resulting in a proline to serine amino acid substitution at position 106 in the GR population. The GR and GS plants contained equal genomic copy number of EPSPS, which was positively correlated with EPSPS gene expression. Thus, glyphosate resistance in the tall waterhemp population from Mississippi is due to both altered target site and nontarget site mechanisms. This is the first report of an altered EPSPS-based resistance in a dicot weed species that has evolved resistance to glyphosate. Nomenclature: Glyphosate; tall waterhemp, Amaranthus tuberculatus (Moq.) Sauer.
Projektmanagement life - Best Practices und Significant Events im Software Projektmanagement

Noch immer gelingt es einem Grosteil der Software-Entwicklungsprojekte nicht, die geforderten Funktionalitaten in der vorgegeben Zeit mit den geplanten Ressourcen umzusetzen. In den letzten Jahren entstanden in vielen Bereichen des Projektmanagements immer mehr Methoden und Entwicklungsphilosophien, welche einen "Pool" von "Best Practices" verwenden. Dieser Methodenpool sollte den Projektmanagern die Arbeit erleichtern und die Erfolgsquote der Projekte verbessern. Was bedeuten "Best Practices" fur Projektleiter und den Projekterfolg jedoch wirklich? Mit dieser Arbeit wurden zwei Ziele verfolgt. Das erste Ziel war das "Nebeneinander-Stellen" des theoretischen Projektmanagements (Literatur) und des Projektmanagementalltags (Interviews). Das zweite Ziel war die Ausarbeitung und Analyse von "Best Practices" und "Significant Events" im Rahmen der Experteninterviews. Die Daten wurden mittels halbstrukturierten Interviews mit erfahrenen Projektleitern und CIOs zu den Themen "Best Practices" und "Significant Events" erhoben. Die Interviewdaten wurden in folgende Richtungen ausgewertet: Welche Erfahrungen haben erfahrene Projektleiter und CIOs in ihrer Karrierelaufbahn gemacht? Wo "zwickt es" im taglichen Projektgeschaft? Was sind immer wiederkehrende Probleme und was sind die ganz personlichen Losungs- und Erfolgsstrategien der Entscheidungstrager fur diese Probleme. Es wurden die alltaglichen Probleme, deren Ursachen und Auswirkungen aufzeigt, mit welchen Projektmanager im Rahmen eines Softwareprojektes in der Praxis regelmasig konfrontiert sind. Weiters wurden signifikante Ereignisse aus abgeschlossenen Projekten naher betrachtet. Dabei wurden Antworten auf die Fragen "Wie kam es zu diesem Ereignis? ", "Welche Personen (Rollen) spielten eine wesentliche Rolle? ", "Wie hatte man diese Situation verhindern konnen bzw. wie kann man gezielt auf diese Situation "hinarbeiten"? ", "Was kann man dadurch allgemein fur (zukunftige) Software-Projekte ableiten? " und "Was fur Auswirkungen hatte das Ereignis auf den Projektverlauf? " gesucht. Die dafur aus den verschiedenen Einzelinterviews erhobenen signifikanten Ereignisse wurden miteinander verglichen, um Ahnlichkeiten herauszufinden.
Influence of culture period on the allergenic composition of Pityrosporum orbiculare extracts

Background Previous characterization studies of Pityrosporum orbiculare allergens have led to contradictory results. In immunoblotting studies a range of IgE‐bitiding proteins of 10–100kDa have been identified. In another study, however, the IgE‐binding structures were claimed to be associated with high‐molecular‐weight polysaccharides or glycoproteins, presumably mannans or mannoproleins. Objective In the present study the reasons for these discrepancies were investigated.
T?rkiye?de Muhafazakarlasma: Kuşak Farki Var mi? (Rising Conservatism in Turkey: Is There a Generation Gap?)

One of the most important findings of the studies concerning political behavior in Turkey is Turkish voters’ shift towards the right, and rising religiosity. The erosion of the electoral support of the center right political parties in favor of political Islamist and ultranationalist alternatives starting with mid-1990s, as well as the increasing tendency of the participants of public opinion studies to place themselves to more rightist ideological positions and their rising levels of religiosity are regarded as signs of shift towards the right. Yet, not many studies take up the question of whether this observed shift is necessarily associated with rising conservatism in social and political values. In case the answer is affirmative – i.e., in case the shift towards the rights is also associated with change in core social and political values of citizens, we should also take up the question of whether this is a result of new generations socializing into politics in the post-1980 period developing values that are different from the past generations, or whether there is a change in the values of all citizens. This study seeks to contribute to these discussions by testing hypothesese drawn from political socialization theories and using World Values Survey data collected in Turkey in 1990, 1996, 2001 and 2007. The main questions we seek to answer are whether ideological shift towards the right is accompanied by a parallel rise in conservative social AP G. Arıkan – E. Şekercioğlu alternatif politika Cilt 6, Sayı 1, Mart 2014 63 and political values and attitudes, and whether the change/stability in values are a result of generational replacement.
Performance of fixed‐gain amplify‐and‐forward nonlinear relaying with hardware impairments

In this paper, a fixed‐gain amplify‐and‐forward relaying under non‐ideal hardware is analyzed. The relaying system is impaired because of relay's power amplifier (PA) nonlinearity and in‐phase and quadrature‐phase (IQ) imbalance at a destination. Closed‐form expressions for outage probability as well as ergodic capacity approximation and its upper bound are derived. Also, the outage probability and the ergodic capacity asymptotic expressions in the high signal‐to‐noise ratio are deduced. For the first time, the joint influence of PA nonlinearity and IQ imbalance on the system in terms of outage probability, symbol error rate, and ergodic capacity is investigated. The results are compared with the respect to soft envelope limiter and traveling‐wave tube amplifier at the relay. Based on the analytical and the numerical results, important insights into the impact of IQ imbalance and nonlinearity of the aforementioned PA models on the system performance are gained as well as valuable information on the performance of practically deployed fixed‐gain amplify‐and‐forward relaying system. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Consensus of multi-agent directed networks with perturbations

In this paper, stochastic consensus seeking problem is considered for multi-agent networks on directed graphs with intrinsic deterministic nonlinear perturbations and stochastic noises. It is supposed that each agent can only use its local state and the state of its neighbors corrupted by white noises. Based on a transformation of matrix theory, the original stochastic system is turned into a reduced-order system. To attenuate the measurement noises, stochastic approximation type algorithm with decreasing step size is employed so that the individual states converge in mean square to the same limit. A sufficient criterion is obtained to guarantee mean square global asymptotical consensus of all agents. A simulation example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme.
Population requirement for primary knee replacement surgery: a cross-sectional study.

OBJECTIVES To determine the population requirement for total knee replacement (TKR) in England. METHODS Population-based study using an age/sex-stratified random sample of 28 080 individuals aged 35 yr and over. Incident disease was estimated from prevalence by statistical modelling. The New Zealand priority criteria for major joint replacement were used for case selection. RESULTS Patients with knee disease were less likely than those with equally severe hip disease to have been referred to a specialist, to have consulted an orthopaedic surgeon or to be on a waiting list for joint replacement. The estimated annual requirement of TKRs in England, based on New Zealand Scores alone, was 55,800 (95% CI 40 700-70,900), contrasting sharply with an annual provision of 29,300 actually observed. However, in contrast to previously reported hip replacement data, when patient willingness to undergo surgery was considered, this estimate decreased considerably. CONCLUSIONS There appears to be an underprovision of TKR in England. This may be due in part to differences in perception of disease severity and likely response to surgery between patients and general practitioners on one hand, and rheumatologists and orthopaedic surgeons on the other.
Expression of Phospholipase C-?1 in Experimental Cholesteatoma Using Mongolian Gerbils

Phospholipase C (PLC)-gamma1 is known to play a central role in ligand-mediated signal transduction for cell proliferation. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the distribution of PLC-gamma1 in deep meatal skin, retroauricular skin and cholesteatoma matrix of experimental animals. We induced canal ligation cholesteatoma using Mongolian gerbils and investigated the expression of PLC-gamma1 in this model by using Western blot analysis and immunohistochemistry. By Western blot analysis, considerably higher levels of PLC-gamma1 protein were detectable in experimental cholesteatoma. On immunohistochemistry, experimental cholesteatoma showed more intense immunolabeling of PLC-gamma1 protein than deep meatal skin and retroauricular skin. In conclusion, overexpression of PLC-gamma1 may in part contribute to abnormal proliferation and differentiation of experimental cholesteatoma in Mongolian gerbils.
Electric Field and Temperature Dependence of Electrical Conductivity in Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene Films

In pulsed power systems, metallized film capacitors facilitate the operation of the film with a relatively small margin to its dc breakdown strength. Electrical conduction in metallized biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film may result in the leakage in high energy density capacitors and thus the reduction of the energy efficiency. This paper investigates the mechanism of the electric field and temperature dependence of electrical conduction in the BOPP film capacitor. A proposed model for the electrical conductivity takes into consideration both the Poole-Frenkel effect and field-enhanced carrier mobility. Experiments are performed to measure the electrical conductivity of the BOPP film at different electric fields and temperatures.
Smoking, nicotine and thrombotic risk--a role for platelet dependent thrombin generation?

was 12·4%, whereas 11·3% of patients were still on antiarrhythmic medication. The reason for maintaining antiarrhythmic therapy in some patients is unclear and deserves further evaluation. Another point that remains to be established is the possibility that for patients with rare episodes of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia and good clinical tolerance a single dose of an antiarrhythmic drug might be the best treatment for determining rapid tachycardia termination and avoiding risk and costs related to radiofrequency catheter ablation. In conclusion, this study provides additional support to the evidence that radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia is an effective and safe procedure. Moreover, modification of the slow pathway seems to be associated with a similar success and complication rate as ablation. Additional evidence is, however, necessary in order to support the concept that preservation of some atrioventricular node function not only does not limit the efficacy of treatment but also reduces shortand long-term complications related to application of radiofrequency energy to the atrioventricular node. F. LOMBARDI Ospedakle S. Paolo, Milan University, Milan, Italy References
Responses of female New World screwworm flies, Cochliomyia hominivorax, to coloured targets in the laboratory

Abstract. The responses of unmated female New World screwworm flies, Cochliomyia hominivorax Coquerel, to visual targets were studied in a wind‐tunnel. Both activity and frequency of contacts with targets increased greatly when the screwworm attractant mixture swormlure‐4 was added to the airstream. Target‐orientated responses depended on target colour, with red and black targets being preferred over blue, white and yellow ones; this preference was much greater in the presence of odour than in its absence. No preference was detected for different shapes and orientations of red targets, all of equivalent surface area. Omitting different components from swormlure‐4 generally resulted in a large reduction in activation and target contacts. Attempts to substitute 1‐octen‐3‐ol for the butanol fraction were unsuccessful, but skatole may substitute to some extent for indole; the two isomers of butanol normally present in swormlure‐4 may substitute partly or completely for each other. This type of measurement forms a suitable bioassay in the development of attractive targets for monitoring and control of wild adult screwworm populations.