Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Finite element model updating of a semi‐rigid moment resisting structure

Partial‐strength composite steel–concrete moment‐resisting frame structures can be designed to develop a ductile response in components of beam‐to‐column joints and column bases, including flexural yielding of beam end plates, shear yielding of column web panel zones and yielding of anchors. To evaluate the performance of a statically indeterminate structure under different earthquake intensities, a series of pseudo‐dynamic, quasi‐static cyclic and vibration tests were carried out at the European Laboratory for Structural Assessment of the Joint Research Centre at Ispra, Italy. The identified modal parameters from forced vibration tests at three different damage levels were used in order to quantify local and global damage indices by updating a 3D FE model of the structure with the non‐linear Powell's Dog‐Leg optimization method. Then, the Latin Hypercube Sampling technique, a variant of the Monte Carlo method, was employed to study the sensitivity of the updated parameters of the 3D model to modal inputs, caused by measurement noise. Rotations of beam‐to‐column joints and column bases, storey displacements and forces were employed during the final cyclic test in order to update a 2D FE model of the test structure. To avoid numerical instabilities during the detection of the non‐linear behaviour of the structure, a novel technique based on the transformation of the origin coordinates in each half cycle was implemented. The identified joint behaviours allowed low‐cycle fatigue energy‐based damage indices to be applied. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Research Article Biomonitoring status and contribution to the knowledge of benthic macro invertebrates for river Meenachil, Southern Kerala, India: A First case approach

The diversity patterns and occurrence of benthic macro invertebrate families encountered in river Meenachil, originati ng from the Western Ghats, Kerala was a first approach conceded based on the knowledge of benthic macro invertebrates, since there is no available research done in this area. The primary objective of this study was to identify the fresh water benthic macro invertebrates and to find out the biological water quality using BWQC developed by Central Pollution Control Board (New Delhi). The study a lso emphasizes the anthropogenic influences especially of pollution -sensitive organisms belonging to the order Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera and Tricoptera. A total of 134 individuals of aquatic insects belonging to 36 genera, 31 families and 9 orders wer e collected from the six stations of the River Meenachil during pre monsoon and monsoon (2010) period. The highest specie s richness and abundance was observed in Poonjar (Station 2) followed by Erattupettah (Station 3) during monsoon and pre monsoon respectively. The most dominant taxa found in this river were Ephemeroptera. The sampling stations showed less taxonomical diversity than expected. The rivers in Kerala is undergoing serious anthropogenic effects, the need to conserve the pollution sensitive organisms bears prime significance. Temporal/biological factors could have conceivably diminished the density of benthic communities, however the ever increasing population load, wetland filling, sand mining, encroachment of river banks have adverse ly affected the diversity of life forms.
Mechanical response characterization of saxophone reeds

Summary The subjective quality of single cane reeds used for saxophone or clarinet may be very different from a reed to another although reeds present the same shape and the same strength. In this work, we propose an experimental system in order to try to classify reeds in different families which could represent the musician feeling. In the long term, this measuring would enable to enhance the quality of the reed classification during the manufacturing process. The aim of the measurement is to estimate the equivalent mechanical parameters of the reed. The reed is mounted on a tenor saxophone mouthpiece which cavity is excited with a loudspeaker is the frequency range 500 Hz - 6 kHz. The acoustic pressure is measured in the mouthpiece and the reed displacement is measured using a optical sensor near the reed tip. The frequency Response Function is analyzed using a modal analysis technique (MDOF) and the equivalent reed parameters are estimated (mass, sti ness and damping) for each mode. Different reeds chosen for their subjective differences (rather di cult and dark, medium, rather easy and bright) are characterized with the measuring system and by measuring the mouth pressure and the spectral centroid of the acoustic pressure radiated at the saxophone horn. First results show that differences between spectral centroid of the radiated pressure could be explained by differences in the equivalent mass of the vibration mode estimated by means of the measuring system.
Batch experiments on the removal of U(VI) ions in aqueous solutions by adsorption onto a natural clay surface

The efficiency of the clay from Bikougou deposit (Gabon) as adsorbent for removing U(VI) ions dissolved artificially in aqueous solutions has been studied. Batch experiments have been performed for that by varying pH, U(VI) ions solution concentration, ionic solution strength, clay dosage, interaction duration and temperature. The U(VI) ions uptake per unit mass of clay, increases with the increase in pH (2-7), U(VI) ions solution concentrations and temperature. It decreases with the increase in ionic solution strength and clay dosage. The adsorption isotherm is best described by Dubinin-Kaganer-Radushkevich isotherm model. The kinetics of the adsorption of U(VI) ions on clay surface follows the pseudo-second-order kinetic model and the interaction realized spontaneously is exothermic. The mean values of thermodynamic constants ? H°, ? S° and ? G° obtained at 308k are respectively-62.54kJ/mol, -0.18kJ/K.mol and -8.68 kJ/mol. Keywords : Adsorption capacity, adsorbent, U(VI) ions solution, isotherm model, distribution constant
Stock market’s reaction to money supply: a nonparametric analysis

Abstract We empirically investigate the link between monetary policy measures and stock market prices. We document the following stylized facts about stock market’s reaction to money supply and examine the effect across the entire distribution of stock returns. Using a nonparametric Granger causality in mean test, we find that money supply has no impact on stock prices, which confirms many of the existing results that were based on linear mean regression. By contrast, when a nonparametric causality in distribution (hereafter general Granger causality) test and quantile regression based test were used, the effect of money becomes apparent and statistically very significant. Interestingly, money supply affects the left and right tails of stock return distribution but not its center. This might indicate that the monetary policy measure money supply is effective only during recessions and expansions. We have also investigated the extent to which the impact of money supply on stock returns detected by the nonparametric and quantile regression based tests can be attributed to a time-varying conditional variance of stock returns. After controlling for volatility persistence in stock returns, we continue to find evidence for the reaction of conditional distribution of stock market returns to money supply growth rate.
Growth and Photosynthetic Performance of Seedlings of Two Larch Species Grown in Shaded Conditions

To study the regeneration pattern of the Japanese larch (Larix kaempferi Sarg.) and its hybrid larch (Larix gmelinii x L. kaempferi), we compared the growth and photosynthetic performance of two larch seedlings under differing light levels (8%, 16%,32% shade conditions, with 100% light as control) and fertilizer regimes (5mg and 25mg per seedling). The total dry mass of the shaded seedlings was smaller than for the control seedlings after 12 weeks of the growing period in both larch species. The lowest needle area was observed in seedlings grown under 8% light level. The specific leaf area (SLA, needle area per unit dry mass) of seedlings grown at 100% light was significantly lower than in seedlings grown in 8% light. However, there was no significant difference in dry mass allocation for either larch species in the two nutrient treatments. Fertilizer regimes did not affect the needle area of either species. The total chlorophyll content per unit leaf area increased with increasing irradiance, due mainly to the reduction in SLA. Seedlings of both species grown at 100% light have a significantly higher light-saturated rate of net CO2 assimilation (Amax) and higher Vcmax (maximum rate of carboxylation) than for the other light treatments given the same fertilizer level. The Japanese larch displayed greater changes in response to decreasing PPFD, as a result of its remarkable change in SLA. However, Japanese larch seedlings treated with high nutrient fertilizer were suppressed in shady conditions. These results suggest that the hybrid larch would be more dominant in slightly shaded conditions on infertile soil.
Aerosol optical properties variability during biomass burning events observed by the eole-aias depolarization lidars over Athens, Greece (2007-2016)

The EOLE multi-wavelength aerosol Ramandepolarization lidar, and the AIAS depolarization lidar, in synergy with a sun photometer (CIMEL), were used, in the period 2007-2016, to provide the vertical profiles of the aerosol optical properties over Athens, Greece. More than 30 biomass burning events (fresh and aged smoke particles) were observed, with smoke layers between 1.5 up to 4-5 km height, while their duration ranged from 1-3 days. Lidar ratio (LR) values ranged from 40-105 sr (at 355 nm) and from 40-100 sr (at 532 nm), while the linear particle depolarization ratio (LPDR) at both 355 and 532 nm, remained ) at 355 nm/532 nm) ranged from 0.3 to 2.1. Additionally, a case of a near-range transport of biomass burning aerosols arriving over Athens up to 4 km height, between 27 and 28 June 2016, was studied. For this case, we found LRs of the order of 70±5 sr (355 nm) and 65±15 sr (532 nm) and AEa (355 nm/532 nm) around 1.
Genus and Kauffman polynomial of a 2-bridge knot

In [6, Theorem 6], arbitrarily many 2-bridge knots sharing the same Jones polynomial are constructed. The construction is as follows (See Example 2.): Two 2-bridge knots 1022 and 10^ [15, Table] are obtained as symmetric skew unions [11] of 52. They have the same Jones polynomial [4] but have distinct genera, and so have distinct Alexander polynomials [3,14]. From these knots, we get four 2-bridge knots as symmetric skew unions. Continuing this construction, we have 2 distinct 2-bridge knots with the same Jones polynomial for any positive integer N. The question is whether the Alexander polynomials, or genera, of these 2-bridge knots are mutually distinct or not. In [7, Theorem 5], we constructed a pair of 2-bridge knots which have the same Kaufϊman polynomial and so have the same Jones polynomial, but have distinct Alexander polynomials. In fact, in the set of all the 2-bridge knots through 22 crossings, there are 239 pairs sharing the same Kauίfman polynomial, among which 58 pairs also share the same homfly polynomial and the rest have distinct Alexander polynomials [9]. Also in [8], we constructed arbitrarily many skein equivalent 2-bridge knots with the same Kauffman polynomial, and so they have the same homfly, Jones and Alexander polynomials. We refer [13] for the definition of the skein equivalence and the homfly polynomial, and [10] for the Kauffman and L polynomials and the writhe. In this paper, we prove:
Intergenerational and Inter-Ethnic Well-Being: An Analysis for the UK

This paper uses a UK nationally representative data set to examine the extent to which family migration history helps explains inter-ethnic variations in subjective well-being. We confirm that there is significant variation in well-being across ethnic group and across migrant generations. On average, recent migrants appear to have higher levels of well-being. We also find that, while language difficulties are associated with lower well-being, retaining cultural links is important: living in areas where one’s own ethnic group is well represented and having friends from the same ethnic group is associated with a higher level of well-being. Individuals’ choice to retain cultural ties and identity may alleviate feelings of cultural distance and difficulties with integration.
Nectar sugar content: estimating standing crop and secretion rate in the field

fleurs et du taux de secretion au champ. Cet article decrit les methodes pour echantillonner et mesurer les taux de secretion et les quantites de nectar disponibles dans les fleurs au champ. Il vise a resoudre certaines omissions et certains desaccords presents dans d'autres articles de synthese sur les techniques de mesure du nectar. Parce que la valeur energetique du nectar est importante pour les animaux qui visitent les fleurs, la quantite de nectar est souvent exprimee par la teneur en sucre (mg sucre par fleur). Elle peut etre calculee par les mesures au champ du volume du solute et de sa concentration dans des fleurs prises individuellement. Pour l'echantillonnage, je recommande les pipettes microcapillaires en verre, suffisamment fines pour echantillonner quantitativement les fleurs pollinisees par les insectes sans les dechirer et je discute de methodes alternatives d'echantillonnage pour les tres petites quantites ou pour le nectar tres visqueux. J'indique un type de refractometre a main qui peut mesurer la concentration du solute (en g de saccharose pour 100 g de solution) dans de tres petits volumes de nectar et je considere dans quelle mesure les calculs de la valeur energetique du nectar basee sur les lectures du refractometre sont affectes par les facteurs suivants : presence de sucres autres que le saccharose ou de composes autres que les sucres, temperature, regroupement des echantillons de nectar provenant de plusieurs fleurs ou essai de dilution d'un echantillon de nectar dans la micropipette. La quantite de nectar est souvent distribuee irregulierement parmi les fleurs d'une parcelle et la quantite moyenne de sucre par fleur rencontree par un insecte qui butine systematiquement peut depasser celle echantillonnee par un ecologiste non selectif. Le taux de secretion, communement exprime en mg de sucre par fleur et par heure, est mesure par le taux d'accumulation de nectar dans des fleurs videes et dont on a exclu les visiteurs en ensachant les fleurs. Les sachets en voile de mariee ou en moustiquaire agissent moins sur le microclimat, et donc sur la concentration en nectar et le taux de secretion, que les sachets en papier ou en polyethylene. Certaines especes reabsorbent le nectar et cette reabsorption par les fleurs peut reduire le taux apparent de secretion. Pour minimiser cet effet, la duree pendant laquelle la secretion de nectar est mesuree doit etre aussi breve qu'il est possible pour une mesure precise. Un protocole pour suivre la quantite de nectar disponible et le taux de secretion sur une journee de l'aube au crepuscule est indique.
DISJUNCTIVE PROGRAMMING-TABU SEARCH ( DP-TS ) APPROACH FOR JOB SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEM

Scheduling, in short, is the allocation of various resources with the aim to arrange and control to find an optimization in the work process. Appearance of job shop scheduling problem brings a big impact to the manufacturing sector since this method affect the production process and profit of the industry. To improve the efficiency of the manufacturing process as well as minimizing the cost, it is vital to apply job shop scheduling problem in this sector. One of the metaheuristic methods, tabu search has been selected to apply to the job shop scheduling problem. The initial solution is gained by disjunctive programming using Lingo software and the neighborhood structure is based on the swapping of the jobs in critical paths. The final result with the best makespan will be obtained in this paper.
Paleomagnetism and counterclockwise tectonic rotation of the Upper Oligocene Sooke Formation, southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia

The age of the Sooke Formation on the southern coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, has long been controversial. Prior paleomagnetic studies have produced a puzzling counterclockwise tectonic rotation on the underlying Eocene volcanic basement rocks, and no conclusive results on the Sooke Formation itself. We took 21 samples in four sites in the fossiliferous portion of the Sooke Formation west of Sooke Bay from the mouth of Muir Creek to the mouth of Sandcut Creek. After both alternating field (AF) and thermal demagnetization, the Sooke Formation produces a single-component remanence, held largely in magnetite, which is entirely reversed and rotated counterclockwise by 35° ± 12°. This is consistent with earlier results and shows that the rotation is real and not due to tectonic tilting, since the Sooke Formation in this region has almost no dip. This rotational signature is also consistent with counterclockwise rotations obtained from the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula in the Port.
The Car–Sgr arm as outlined by superclouds and the grand design of the Galaxy

It is found that H I superclouds are regularly spaced along the very long Car-Sgr arm, the mutual distances being mostly 0.1 and 0.2 in units of the Solar distance to the centre. Such regularity is instrinsic to the grand design galaxies with density-wave spiral arms. A higher density of old stars and star clusters within the Car-Sgr arm is observed, implying a strong density wave. A symmetric second arm should exist in a grand design galaxy yet this arm is well seen only in the I1 quadrant, being behind the Per arm. The positions of most superclouds, the giant H I1 regions and GMCs over the Galaxy are compatible with a four-arm spiral structure with two less pronounced additional arms midway between the two principal arms; the nearby Per arm is one of t,he secondary arms. The pitch angle of such a grand design spiral pattern is 10°-120. If this pattern does exist, the long segments of the (urn6 have none tlie above-mentioned spiraltracers. At any rate the Car-Sgr arm is certainly mud1 brighter and more regular than all the others. The most probable aim class of the Galaxy is 9-12: it is multiarm or grand design galaxy.
Masgomas-4: Physical characterization of a double-core obscured cluster with a massive and very young stellar population

Context. The discovery of new, obscured massive star clusters has changed our understanding of the Milky Way star-forming activity from a passive to a very active star-forming machine. The search for these obscured clusters is strongly supported by the use of all-sky, near-IR surveys. Aims. The main goal of the MASGOMAS project is to search for and study unknown, young, and massive star clusters in the Milky Way, using near-IR data. Here we try to determine the main physical parameters (distance, size, total mass, and age) of Masgomas-4, a new double-core obscured cluster. Methods. Using near-IR photometry (J, H, and KS ) we selected a total of 21 stars as OB-type star candidates. Multi-object, near-IR follow-up spectroscopy allowed us to carry out the spectral classification of the OB-type candidates. Results. Of the 21 spectroscopically observed stars, ten are classifi ed as OB-type stars, eight as F- to early G-type dwarf stars, and three as late-type giant stars. Spectroscopically esti mated distances indicate that the OB-type stars belong to the same cluster, located at a distance of 1.90 +1.28 −0.90 kpc. Our spectrophotometric data confirm a very young and mas sive stellar population, with a clear concentration of pre-main-sequence massive candidates (Herbig Ae/Be) around one of the cluster cores. The presence of a surrounding H II cloud and the Herbig Ae/Be candidates indicate an upper age limit of 5 Myr.
Balanced anaesthesia 2005: Avoiding the Transition from Acute to Chronic Pain

ABSTRACT When general anaesthesia consisted of the administration of a volatile anaesthetic agent according to clinical parameters usually preceded by premedication, was chronic post-operative pain a significant problem? Have we, by working hard to deliver balanced anaesthesia and rapid recovery lost sight of the fundamental importance of abolishing noxious reflexes at the spinal level? We need to identify, ameliorate and manage specific features and risk factors, including the severity of the acute pain experience, for individuals at risk for the development of a chronic pain syndrome. Anaesthetists' actions and the drugs they use have multiple and profound effects to be taken into account, appropriately modified and controlled, combined with excellent postoperative analgesia, particularly for those patients or procedures at high risk to minimise the transition of acute to chronic pain following surgery. Acute nociceptive pain is the risk for the transition to chronic neuropathic pain.
Bias in a Just World? Sexual Prejudice, Gender Self-Esteem, and Intimate Partner Violence

Each year, approximately 835,000 men and 1.3 million women are victims of intimate partner violence (IPV; American Bar Association, n.d). Although the prevalence of same-sex intimate partner violence (IPV) is approximately the same as IPV in heterosexual couples (Alexander, 2002), fewer studies have examined perceptions of IPV in same-sex couples or of IPV perpetrated against heterosexual men compared to heterosexual women. In the current study, Just World Theory (Lerner & Miller, 1978) is used as a framework for understanding factors associated with perceptions of heterosexual and same-sex IPV, including sexual prejudice and gender self-esteem. Perceptions of IPV were examined in a sample of 251 male and female undergraduate students from Indiana State University. Participants were randomly assigned to one of four vignette conditions in which the gender of the perpetrator and victim were manipulated, resulting in two heterosexual and two same-sex conditions. Participants then completed several self-report measures, including the Collective Self-Esteem Scale (assesses self-esteem related to gender) and the Modern Homonegativity Scale (assesses sexual prejudice). Participants also completed a measure of social desirability and a measure assessing attributions of blame in the IPV scenario. Results indicated that men and women did not differ significantly in their blame of perpetrators and victims as a function of target character gender or sexual orientation. Additionally, gender self-esteem was not related to blame of victims and sexual prejudice was related to victim responsibility for women but not for men. Sexual prejudice and gender self-esteem were not significantly correlated for men or women. Results emphasize the importance of professionals’
KNOWLEDGE EXPLORATION: SELECTED WORKS ON QURAN ONTOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

This paper presents key features and challenges ahead for the development and knowledge retrieval of Quran ontology. Recent studies have made significant advances towards the development of Quran ontology. In the recent past, there have been numerous studies conducted on the application of semantic technologies on Quran. Contribution of this paper is its focus on finding the direction of knowledge exploration in Quran. Several studies on Quran ontology development help us in analyzing its linguistic features. Another dimension where Quran excels is the Knowledge of it. There are few studies that concentrate on retrieval of knowledge from Quran. In this literature review, we have included studies that can help us in developing semantic application for knowledge exploration from Quran. This paper devises challenges mainly focusing towards exploration of knowledge in the Quran and summaries research in this area, discuss key features and open research issues.