Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Spatial Analysis of the Relationship Between Mangrove (Avicennia marinavar.australasica) Physiognomy and Sediment Accretion in the Hauraki Plains, New Zealand

The relationship between mangrove (Avicennia marina var. australasica) physiognomy and forest bed accretion was quantified using experimental and field measurements at the Piako river mouth, Firth of Thames, New Zealand. Sediment accretion under six densities of artificial pneumatophores was monitored for 13 weeks in an experimental plot, while accretion was simultaneously monitored for 5 months at 102 locations along two parallel 500-m transects. Experimental results demonstrated that accretion increases with pneumatophore density. This was supported by bivariate analyses of cumulative accretion and Avicennia marina stem density, basal area and pneumatophore density along the transects. Only the latter is significantly correlated with accretion. Geostatistical analyses showed that variation in sediment accretion occurs at the same spatial scale as pneumatophore density. Accretion and pneumatophore density are spatially autocorrelated over distances <70 m and have fractal dimensions of 1·5‐1·6. It is proposed that Avicennia marina grow pneumatophores at a density that balances the benefits of aeration with the drawbacks of sediment accretion. These results are compared with the concept of positivefeedback switches in plant communities. 1996 Academic Press Limited
Recovery and prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella from fresh goat meat in Arusha, Tanzania

Meat products are clearly associated with foodborne pathogens including, antibiotic-resistant strains. Population growth and growing consumer demand facilitate the transmission of foodborne pathogens, particularly in developing countries. To determine the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella in goat meat, a study was done in Tanzania (June to July, 2015). Overall 120 goat meat samples were collected from five large and five small slaughter facilities (n = 60, respectively). Pre-enrichment for Salmonella isolation was done in Tryptic Soy Broth followed by selective enrichment in Modified Semisolid Rappaport-Vassiliadis agar. Isolation of Salmonella was done in xylose-Lysine-Deoxycholate agar followed by biochemical confirmation in triple sugar iron agar. The average prevalence of Salmonella was 60 and 63% in large and small facilities, respectively. Breakpoint assays indicated an overall low prevalence of resistance (2 to 4%; n = 219 isolates) to ampicillin, amoxicillin, streptomycin, sulphamethoxazole and trimethoprim with complete susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, ceftazidime and cefotaxime. No significant difference (p > 0.05) in the prevalence of resistance between large and small facilities was observed. High probability of Salmonella contamination of goat meat from Arusha area of Tanzania can pose risks to consumers. Antibiotic resistance appears minimal in this population. Improved hygienic slaughter and meat-handling practices are encouraged to reduce the burden of Salmonella-positive meat products. Key words: Antibiotic resistance, goat meat, Salmonella, Arusha, Tanzania.
A Graph Based Approach for Clustering Ensemble of Fuzzy Partitions

Fuzzy clustering and Cluster Ensemble are important subjects in data mining. In recent years, fuzzy clustering algorithms have been growing rapidly, but fuzzy Clustering ensemble techniques have not grown much and most of them have been created by converting them to a fuzzy version of Consensus Function. In this paper, a fuzzy cluster ensemble method based on graph is introduced. Proposed approach uses membership matrixes obtained from multiple fuzzy partitions resulted by various fuzzy methods, and then creates fuzzy co-association matrixes for each partition which their entries present degree of correlation between related data points. Finally all of these matrixes summarize in another matrix called strength matrix and the final result is specified by an iterative decreasing process until one gets the desired number of clusters. Also a few data sets and some UCI datasets data set are used for evaluation of proposed methods. The proposed approach shows this could be more effective than base clustering algorithms same of FCM, K-means and spectral method and in comparison with various cluster ensemble methods, the proposed methods consist of results that are more reliable and less error rates than other methods.
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Associative recognition memory: the relation between two items, such as a pairwise association between an object and context or a pair of words (word–word), which either co-occur or are presented contiguously at study and are tested by instructing observers to discriminate studied from new pairs. Associative recognition memory is generally regarded to be mediated by recollection when the pairs are previously unrelated (non-unitized) but can be supported by familiarity-based processes. Episodic memory: the conscious encoding, storage, and retrieval of personally experienced past episodes, composed of integrated sensory, conceptual, emotional, what, when, and where content. Episodic memory can support the simulation of episodes in either the past or the future, and subtends our sense of a coherent identity that across time. Familiarity: the subjective conscious experience of recognising an item, object, or event, without the retrieval of specific contextual details about the original episode in which it was encountered. Notably, there is ongoing controversy regarding whether recognition memory is driven by recollection and familiarity or independent contributions from recollection and familiarity signals. Perceptual identification priming: items are presented briefly and priming is demonstrated if a greater proportion of old (previously studied) items are identified relative to new (non-studied) items. Perceptual identification and recognition can be measured using the same psychophysical response metric: d’. Recognition memory: the capacity to recall whether items have been presented before. For example, in a recognition test, old (studied) items are presented in a list also composed of new (non-studied) items, and observers decide whether each item on the list was presented during the study. Recognition of complex associations: recognition memory can result from new associations formed within an experiment. These tasks measure recognition as the ability to retrieve either discontiguous associations within domains or associations across stimulus domains or sensory modalities. Repetition priming: the faster or more accurate production, identification, or classification of a previously presented stimulus or related stimulus on a memory test that does not make reference to the prior presentation. Priming can support memory effects that last minutes or longer and for different materials (e.g., words or faces), and operates without awareness of memory retrieval and, thus, has been considered an expression of non-conscious or implicit memory. Subtypes have been described with respect to whether perceptual, meaning (conceptual), or both types Forum The Anatomy of [20_TD$DIFF]Non-conscious Recognition Memory Clive R. Rosenthal* and David Soto*
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Corporate social responsibility is often framed in terms of opposing constructions of the firm. These reflect, respectively, different accounts of its obligations: either to shareholders or to stakeholders (who include shareholders). Although these opposing constructions of corporate responsibility are diametrically opposed, they are also much more fluid and mobile in certain contexts, since they can act as discursive resources that are deployed and brought into play in the struggle over shaping what responsibility means. They are less the fixed, ideological ‘‘signposts’’ they might appear, and more like ‘‘weathervanes’’ that move alongside changing rhetorical currents. To show this, we analyse the Securities and Exchange Commission consultation process, and legislation, relating to the provenance of ‘‘conflict minerals’’. We identify two dialectically opposed camps, each seeking to influence final legislation and with end goals in keeping with the shareholder/stakeholder dichotomy. One camp lobbied for firms to scrutinize their entire supply chain, constructing the firm as a ‘‘global citizen’’ with very wide social responsibilities. The second camp lobbied for a lighter touch approach, constructing the firm as a ‘‘trader’’, with much narrower social responsibilities. We analyse the complex interplay between these two opposed camps, our contribution being to show how both deploy competing conceptions of the corporation as discursive resources.
BUDGET FORMATION AND IMPLEMENTATION IN UKRAINIAN COMPANIES: EMPIRICAL STUDY

Information on an application of the budgeting by Ukrainian enterprises at the moment is virtually non-existent, but the budget is one of the most important management methods in most companies in the world, that is the reason why benefit of practice of this method formation and application is not questionable. Recently, this topic became significantly relevant, when the need of efficient competitive potential is increasing, it is necessary to realize changing tendencies of the current business environment and to adapt to them, because users’ instability or incomprehensibility of immaterial resources for a longer period of time negatively affects business results. Consequently, an intense scientific discussion is in the progress about budgets in practice, which are not adjusted to the modern realms, but also do not encourages business and cause negative consequences to the organizations that are utilizing them. Therefore, the level of budget formation and its implementation in Ukrainian companies has been carried out in this article by the questionnaire survey method collecting primary data. The analysis of the survey results shows, almost all Ukrainian companies set up the budgets. There are investigate the budgeting models, review preferences of the budgeting system, consider an organization of the budgeting process and assess an accomplishment and difficulties of the budgeting system in Ukrainian companies, which would create the potential for successful economic operators in the future. JEL Codes: M40, M49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15544/ssaf.2016. 16
Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication PrinciplesDynamic Binding Framework for Adaptive Web Services

Dynamic selection and composition of autonomous and loosely-coupled Web services is increasingly used to automate business processes. The typical long-running characteristic of business processes imposes new management challenges such as dynamic adaptation of running process instances. To address this, we developed a policy-based framework, named manageable and adaptable service compositions (MASC) , to declaratively specify policies that govern: (1) discovery and selection of services to be used, (2) monitoring to detect the need for adaptation, (3) reconfiguration and adaptation of the process to handle special cases (e.g., context-dependant behavior) and recover from typical faults in service-based processes. The identified constructs are executed by a lightweight service-oriented management middleware named MASC middleware. We implemented a MASC proof-of-concept prototype and evaluated it on stock trading case study scenarios. We conducted extensive studies to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed techniques and illustrate the benefits of our approach in providing adaptive composite services using the policy-based approach. Our performance and scalability studies indicate that MASC middleware is scalable and the introduced overhead are acceptable.
Tumor-initiating Cells Neurotrophin-mediated Proliferation of-Secretases Is Required for γ and-α p 75 Neurotrophin Receptor Cleavage by Neurobiology :

Bruce D. Carter, Michael K. Cooper and Gibney, Michele Zeinieh, Philip A. Barker, Potthast, Prakash Chinnaiyan, Geoffrey T. A. Fenstermacher, Michelle Fournier, Lisa David Lawn, J. Gerardo Valadez, Xiaotao Qu, Peter A. Forsyth, Niveditha Krishna, Samuel Brain Tumor-initiating Cells Neurotrophin-mediated Proliferation of -Secretases Is Required for γ and α p75 Neurotrophin Receptor Cleavage by Neurobiology:
Bond strength of a resin composite and a resin-modified glass-ionomer cement associated or not with chlorhexidine to eroded dentin

Objective : Even resin composites and glass-ionomer cements are widely used for dental cervical region restorations, under erosive condition they can wear out quickly. This study aimed to compare, by means of bond strength by microshear, the performance of a resin composite (RC) and a resin-modified glass-ionomer cement (RMGIC) to eroded dentin and its association with 2% chlorhexidine up to 6 months. Material and Methods :. Eighty sound third molars teeth were cutt to obtain flat coronal dentin, which were subsequently embedded in self-curing acrylic resin circular molds exposing only this surface available. Teeth were divided into two groups, according to the treatment with the Adper Single Bond 2 + RC Filtek Z250 (Z) or the RMGIC Vitremer (V). Half of the specimens were immersed in artificial saliva-AS for 24 hours (control groups) and half subjected to 3x/1 minute daily immersion in Regular Coca Cola ®-RC for 5 days. Half of the specimens for each described condition were treated with water and half with 2% chlorhexidine for 1 minute prior the restoration. For all groups, the specimens were stored in artificial saliva weekly renewed up to tests. The bonding strength was evaluated by microshear test after 1 month and 6 months . Data, in normal distribution, were analyzed with 3-way ANOVA and Tukey (p <0.05). Results : Challenge factors, materials and time were statistically significant. Restorations with Z showed significantly higher bond strength compared to V in all situations. There was a reduction in bond strength values over time for all tested conditions. The prior application of 2% chlorhexidine was able to preserve the Z bond strength between 1 and 6 months, but this factor was not statistically significant. Conclusion : For eroded dentin, the use of resin composite seems presents greater bond strength compared to resin-modified glass-material, disregarding their association to chlorhexidine or not.
Approaches to Create a Data Basis for Modelling of Long-distance Travel Behaviour

Long-distance travel, respectively interurban travel, makes up a considerable share in transport performance: nearly half of the passenger transport performance is accounted by trips of more than 100 km. Furthermore passenger long-distance travel is achieving considerable growth while other segments of transport rather remain static. Above that passenger long-distance travel is in the focus of politics and research against the background of energy and climate objectives and due to a dynamic supply development. Despite the relevance of this transport segment, an appropriate depiction of long-distance travel behavior within the framework of a multimodal model is missing in Germany and most other countries. One fundamental reason for that is the heterogeneous data situation, resulting from the fact that the topic is of interest by different institutions that generate relevant data. By means of different survey methods the data on long-distance travel behavior is collected, but mostly with deviant focuses or different objectives. The question arises, whether it is possible to generate a consistent and exclusive data set from the different data sources, which can build the basis for long-distance travel model. The aim is, to apply and enhance statistic and econometric methods, to build a model respectively an instrument for data fusion of long-distance travel data. An essential basic work hereby is to clearly differentiate and define the segment of long-distance travel. In the next step the today available data sources are listed and contrasted with each other. Finally I provide a methodological framework on how the available data can enhance the current data basis for long-distance travel behavior. The work intends to contribute to presently existing fundamental challenges in modelling long-distance passenger travel through combining available data in a creative and innovative manner.
Effect of different storage times on Japanese quail egg quality characteristics

The aim of this research was to monitor selected quality parameters of Japanese quails ( Coturnix coturnix japonica ) - the loss of egg weight, changing yolk and white index, Haugh units, egg yolks color. Quail eggs were stored for 0, 1, 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks at 4 °C. The weight of the quail eggs ranged from 11.67 to 12.27 g. The ratio of the shell range 7.60 to 8.16 % (resp. 0.89 - 0.96 g), ratio of egg white from 59.33 to 62.10 % (resp. 6.31 - 6.66 g) and a ratio yolk of 30.13 - 32.88 % (resp. 3.68 - 3.91 g). The lost of egg weight ranged from 0.47 to 2.93 % during the quail eggs storage, corresponding to a weight loss of 0.26 - 0.58 g of the total weight of the eggs. The average values of the yolk index ranged from 42.67 - 48.53 % and the average values of the quail egg white index ranged from 6.77 to 11.35 %. The average Haugh units were set between 56.93 and 73.72. The color of quail egg yolk was determined using the La Roche scale with the most frequent value 3. During the quail eggs storage, a statistically significant difference was found with most of the quality traits observed.
Regional Referral Center Diagnostic Yield of Genetic Testing in Children Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorders at a

The aim was to systematically review genetic testing guidelines in the evaluation of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The Clinical Report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended individualizing the workup, including karyotype and specific DNA testing for fragile X syndrome. A recent publication reported higher rates of abnormalities on CGH microarray (CMA) testing on children with ASD. The medical records of 507 children seen through the Kirch Developmental Services Center were abstracted for genetic testing and factors associated with this testing. Abnormalities were found on karyotype in 2.3% and in DNA for fragile X in 0.04%. The author concludes that the diagnostic yield of the genetic testing was low in this population. Furthermore, their findings support the theory that CMA can be considered as part of the initial genetic screening in children with ASD in most situations. Future studies will need to be done prospectively to evaluate children in a standard fashion.
Determination of Vibration Strength of a Small Structure-Borne Source Using a High Mobility Reception Plate

This paper presents the characterization of vibration strength obtained from reception plate method by applying the mobility concepts. It describes a laboratory-based measurement procedure, which determines the strength of a vibration source in terms of the total squared free velocity of the source. The source used in the experiment is the small electric fan motor installed on high mobility aluminum panel in order to neglect the influence of the source mobility. The complexity of the mobilities at the contact points are reduced using the single value of effective mobility. The aim is to validate the data obtained from the reception plate method with one from the direct measurement. A good agreement is found between the two results.
The “Quiet Migration”: Is Intercountry Adoption a Successful Intervention In the Lives of Vulnerable Children?

Practitioner’s Keypoints Based on the reviewed research findings, this paper supports the following arguments: · overall, children adopted internationally can and do thrive in their adoptive countries; · such success is guaranteed by the high commitment of adoptive parents and the availability of post-adoption support services; · there is, however, a lack of evidence-based practice relating to interventions best suited to the needs of these children post-international adoption; · following a globally standardised process and strict protocols may help alleviate illicit activity in international adoptions; · existing guidelines must be tightened to ensure that children are the central focus in intercountry adoption and that their development is not affected by cross-border movement.
Women's relationships with their own mothers in the early motherhood period

The aim of this paper is to explore women's experiences of their relationship with their own mother in the early motherhood period. Method: van Manen's phenomenological approach was used for this research. Thirteen healthy first time expectant mothers were recruited in the antenatal period between 28-34 weeks gestation through antenatal clinics and classes. Women were invited to participate in depth interviews held at three key periods (late pregnancy, 2 weeks and 8 weeks after birth). Interviews were 45-60 minutes long, audio recorded, and transcribed verbatim prior to being analysed. Findings: A key adult relationships that emerged as being important for the participants during the early motherhood period was their relationship with their own mother. Participants' mothers were often very supportive but tensions occurred when participants' mothers were not available or perceived as intrusive. Conclusion: New motherhood involves significant transitions for first time mothers. It is recommended that health agencies such as midwifery and maternal and child health services include significant discussion about communication, relationships and planned support at home in their education and care interventions.
Hierarchical random effect models for coastal erosion of cliffs Modelli gerarchici a effetti casuali per l ’ erosione costale di scogliere

Riassunto: Il programma di monitoraggio della costa di Holderness, iniziato nel 1951, fornisce un’inestimabile sorgente di informazioni spazio-temporali del fenomeno dell’erosione costiera. Capire e prevedere l’entità dell’attività erosiva è importante per un’adeguata pianificazione dell’uso del territorio. Fino a poco tempo fa i metodi previsivi utilizzati nell’ambito dell’erosione costiera sono stati di tipo deterministico; solo negli ultimi anni si è cominciato ad utilizzare semplici modelli probabilistici per catturare la forte variabilità del processo erosivo. Il nostro scopo, presentando un modello gerarchico a effetti casuali, è quello di migliorare tali modelli cercando di utilizzare al meglio le conoscenze sulle dinamiche dell’erosione costiera. Si presenta anche una soluzione al problema dei dati mancanti, attraverso tecniche di Reversible Jump MCMC.