Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
(refereed) - postprint

p r initiation distance (FID). Using waders wintering on an estuarine area, we experimentally disturbed foraging birds on the Wash Embayment, UK, by walking towards them and recording their responses (FID, alert time, time spent in flight, time taken to resume feeding, and total feeding time lost). We present data for 10 species of conservation concern: Curlew Numenius arquata , Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus , Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica , Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola , Redshank Tringa totanus , Knot Calidris canutus , Turnstone Arenaria interpres , Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula , Sanderling Calidris alba and Dunlin Calidris alpina . Larger species responded more strongly, response magnitude was greater under milder environmental conditions, and responses varied over both small and large spatial scales. The energetic costs of individual disturbance events, however, were low relative to daily requirements and unlikely to be frequent enough to seriously limit foraging time. We suggest, therefore, that wintering wader populations on the Wash are not currently significantly negatively impacted by human disturbance during the intertidal foraging period. This is also likely to be the case at other estuarine sites with comparable access levels, visitor patterns, invertebrate food availability and environmental conditions.
A modified surface energy balance algorithm for land (M‐SEBAL) based on a trapezoidal framework

The surface energy balance algorithm for land (SEBAL) has been designed and widely used (and misused) worldwide to estimate evapotranspiration across varying spatial and temporal scales using satellite remote sensing over the past 15 yr. It is, however, beset by visual identification of a hot and cold pixel to determine the temperature difference (dT) between the surface and the lower atmosphere, which is assumed to be linearly correlated with surface radiative temperature (Trad) throughout a scene. To reduce ambiguity in flux estimation by SEBAL due to the subjectivity in extreme pixel selection, this study first demonstrates that SEBAL is of a rectangular framework of the contextual relationship between vegetation fraction (fc) and Trad, which can distort the spatial distribution of heat flux retrievals to varying degrees. End members of SEBAL were replaced by a trapezoidal framework of the fc‐Trad space in the modified surface energy balance algorithm for land (M‐SEBAL). The warm edge of the trapezoidal framework is determined by analytically deriving temperatures of the bare surface with the largest water stress and the fully vegetated surface with the largest water stress implicit in both energy balance and radiation budget equations. Areally averaged air temperature (Ta) across a study site is taken to be the cold edge of the trapezoidal framework. Coefficients of the linear relationship between dT and Trad can vary with fc but are assumed essentially invariant for the same fc or within the same fc class in M‐SEBAL. SEBAL and M‐SEBAL are applied to the soil moisture‐atmosphere coupling experiment (SMACEX) site in central Iowa, U.S. Results show that M‐SEBAL is capable of reproducing latent heat flux in terms of an overall root‐mean‐square difference of 41.1 W m−2 and mean absolute percentage difference of 8.9% with reference to eddy covariance tower‐based measurements for three landsat thematic mapper/enhanced thematic mapper plus imagery acquisition dates in 2002. The retrieval accuracy of SEBAL is generally lower than M‐SEBAL, depending largely on the selected extremes. Spatial distributions of heat flux retrievals from SEBAL are distorted to a certain degree due to its intrinsic rectangular framework.
Pembuatan Konten dan Digital Marketing sebagai Upaya Peningkatan Pemasaran Produk UMKM Kecamatan Danau Teluk

Kerupuk ikan Mursida dan kelompok usaha bersama (KUB) Mayang Mangurai merupakan usaha mikro kecil dan menengah (UMKM) yang ada di Kota Jambi tepatnya di Kecamatan Danau Teluk. Kedua UMKM memiliki kendala jangkauan pemasaran produk yang masih sebatas ruang lingkup Kota Jambi, belum memiliki media sosial sebagai media promosi produk, dan belum memiliki pemahaman dan keterampilan dalam membuat konten iklan digital marketing. Berdasarkan permasalahan tersebut, kegiatan Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat (PPM) ini melakukan upaya untuk meningkatkan pemasaran produk UMKM tersebut melalui pelatihan digital marketing, pembuatan konten iklan, perbaikan desain label dan kemasan produk. Kegiatan PPM ini diikuti oleh 10 orang peserta yang berasal dari kedua UMKM tersebut dan dilaksanakan dalam 3 tahap kegiatan yaitu pra kegiatan, pelaksanaan kegiatan dan evaluasi. Hasil dari kegiatan ini adalah terciptanya desain label produk dan kemasan yang telah diperbarui, video iklan digital, serta keterampilan mitra dalam membuat konten digital marketing. Realisasi ketercapaian dari kegiatan knowledge sharing digital marketing adalah 82%, memiliki desain label kemasan adalah 100%, dan membuat konten iklan digital adalah 90%.
Circulating and tissue forms of the intestinal growth factor, glucagon-like peptide-2.

Glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2) has recently been identified as a stimulator of intestinal epithelial growth, prompting the development of RIA and HPLC methodologies to study this peptide in more detail. A GLP-2-specific antiserum (UTTH-7) was developed that recognizes amino acids 25–30 of human and rat GLP-2-(1–33). UTTH-7 cross-reacts with N- and C-terminally modified forms of GLP-2, proglucagon, and the major proglucagon fragment. Analysis of rat ileal extracts demonstrated the presence of GLP-2-(1–33) as well as significant amounts of GLP-2-(3–33) (16 ± 7% of total GLP-2). The level of total immunoreactive GLP-2 in plasma from fasted rats was 700 ± 71 pg/ml, and this increased 3.6-fold (P < 0.001) in 24-h fed rats. HPLC analysis demonstrated the presence of both GLP-2-(1–33) and GLP-2-(3–33) in plasma from fasted rats, with increments in both peptides in plasma from fed rats. Immunoreactive GLP-2 increased in plasma from human subjects 2 h after a meal, rising from 851± 230 to 1106 ± 211 pg/ml (P < 0.
Amsterdam Oxford Joint Rescue Forces: Team description paper: Virtual Robot competition: Rescue Simulation League: RoboCup 2008

With the progress made in active exploration, the robots of the Joint Rescue Forces are capable of making deliberative decisions about the frontiers to be explored. The robots select the frontiers having maximum information gain, taking into account potential communication limitations. The robots incorporate the positions of their team mates into their decisions, to optimize the gain for the team as a whole. Active exploration is based on a shared occupancy map, which is generated online. The images of the omnidirectional camera can be used to automatically detect victims and to add additional information to the map.
Data Analysis of Rayleigh-Taylor Unstable Flows

Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov instabilities (RTI and RMI) occur when a fluid interface between fluids of different densities is accelerated against the density gradient. RTI/RMI plays an important role in the dynamics of fluids and plasmas on microscopic scales, such as inertial confinement fusion, through astronomical scales, such as supernova explosions. These problems have been studied for decades, yet it remains a challenge to observe, model, and describe RTI/RMI mathematically. Without the tools used to analyze stable equilibrium, we must find more robust analyses. This work uses robust data analysis techniques to systematically study RT unstable flows. We report a thorough analysis of experimental data in supernova experiments conducted at high powered laser facilities, evaluating what information experiments and simulations may tell us about the fundamentals of RTI and RT mixing in high energy density plasmas by comparing the data with rigorous theoretical approaches. We investigate the statistically unsteadiness of RT mixing by numerically modeling the set of stochastic nonlinear differential equations which govern the rate of change of momentum in a packet of fluid undergoing RT instability. By analyzing the modeled solutions, we measure the influence of fluctuations on measurable quantities, find new characteristic values which may be used as to diagnose the regime of an experiment or simulation, and measure the spectra of fluctuations as they propagate throughout the system. We study the effect of the initial perturbation amplitude on the RMI interfacial dynamics using Single Particle Hydrodynamics simulations. The compound motion of the interface and bulk fluid flow is measured, an empirical model is found to describe data, and we find an upper bound for the amount of energy deposited to the interface. There exists a plethora of data that may still be analyzed systematically,
Viticultural performances of different 'cabernet sauvignon' clones

Ten clones of V. vinifera L. Cabernet Sauvignon? from different origins (Italy, clone R5; Chile, clone ISV117; California, clones VCR8 and ISV2; France, clones 191, 341, 338, 169, 685; Argentina, clone ISV105), grafted on V. Berlandieri × V. riparia SO4 rootstock, were grown in pots to compare vegetative, productive (bud fertility, grape yield, mean cluster and berry weight) and qualitative (soluble solids, pH, titratable acidity, tartaric acid, anthocyanins, polyphenols, stilbenes) parameters. The clones showed similar yields but different cluster and berry weights. Differences in phenolic and technological maturity were observed.
Spectral kissing and its dynamical consequences in the squeezed Kerr-nonlinear oscillator

Transmon qubits are the predominant element in circuit-based quantum information processing due to their controllability and ease of engineering implementation. But more than qubits, transmons are multilevel nonlinear oscillators that can be employed in the discovery of new fundamental physics. Here, they are explored as simulators of excited state quantum phase transitions (ESQPTs), which are generalizations of quantum phase transitions to excited states. We show that the coalescence of pairs of adjacent energy levels (spectral kissing) recently observed with a squeezed Kerr oscillator [arXiv:2209.03934] is an ESQPT precursor. The classical limit of this system explains the origin of the quantum critical point and its consequences for the quantum dynamics, which includes both the fast scrambling of quantum information, characterized by the exponential growth of out-of-time-ordered correlators, and the slow evolution of the survival probability at initial times, caused by the localization of the energy eigenstates at the vicinity of the ESQPT. These signatures of ESQPT in the spectrum and in the quantum dynamics are simultaneously within reach for current superconducting circuits experiments.
Handbook of methods for acid-deposition studies. Laboratory analyses for soil chemistry

The handbook describes methods used to process and analyze soil samples. It is intended as a guidance document for groups involved in acid deposition monitoring activities similar to those implemented by the Aquatic Effects Research Program of the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program. These methods were developed for use in the Direct/Delayed Response Project, a component project of the Aquatic Effects Research Program within the Office of Ecological Processes and Effects Research. The program addresses the following issues relating to the effects of acid deposition on aquatic ecosystems: The extent and magnitude of past change; The change to be expected in the future under various deposition scenarios; The maximum rates of deposition below which further change is not expected; and The rate of change or recovery of aquatic ecosystems if deposition rates are decreased. Chemical and physical parameters were measured during the Direct/Delayed Response Project and are described in the document.
Moveout approximation for vertical seismic profile geometry in a 2D model with anisotropic layers

I introduce a new explicit form of vertical seismic profile (VSP) traveltime approximation for a 2D model with non‐horizontal boundaries and anisotropic layers. The goal of the new approximation is to dramatically decrease the cost of time calculations by reducing the number of calculated rays in a complex multi‐layered anisotropic model for VSP walkaway data with many sources. This traveltime approximation extends the generalized moveout approximation proposed by Fomel and Stovas. The new equation is designed for borehole seismic geometry where the receivers are placed in a well while the sources are on the surface. For this, the time‐offset function is presented as a sum of odd and even functions. Coefficients in this approximation are determined by calculating the traveltime and its first‐ and second‐order derivatives at five specific rays. Once these coefficients are determined, the traveltimes at other rays are calculated by this approximation. Testing this new approximation on a 2D anisotropic model with dipping boundaries shows its very high accuracy for offsets three times the reflector depths. The new approximation can be used for 2D anisotropic models with tilted symmetry axes for practical VSP geometry calculations. The new explicit approximation eliminates the need of massive ray tracing in a complicated velocity model for multi‐source VSP surveys. This method is designed not for NMO correction but for replacing conventional ray tracing for time calculations.
Small-subunit rRNA genotyping of rhizobia nodulating Australian Acacia spp

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés. Small-subunit rRNA genotyping of rhizobia nodulating Australian Acacia spp. Bénédicte Lafay, Jeremy J. Burdon
Integração de conhecimentos: pescadores e a ciência em uma compreensão mais ampla da distribuição dos recursos pesqueiros

A perda da conexao da humanidade com a natureza e observada na pesca com a inversao dos valores de seguranca alimentar, pelo desenvolvimento impulsiondo pelo mercado economico, que resultou na insustentabilidade de estoques pesqueiros em todo o mundo. Entretanto, a ciencia da pesca tem enfatizado, nas ultimas decadas, a abordagem ecossistemica, mediante a integracao do Conhecimento Ecologico Local (CEL) dos pescadores e o conhecimento cientifico (CC), na construcao de informacoes suficientes e complementares que reduzam tempo, custos e conflitos sociais. O presente estudo tenta compreender a distribuicao espacial e sazonal dos recursos pesqueiros de forma interdisciplinar, atraves de duas abordagens distintas do conhecimento da pesca. A primeira, com base no metodo cientifico CC em observacoes diretas a bordo de uma frota pesqueira de rede de emalhar de fundo, e, a segunda abordagem, atraves de entrevistas com mestres da pesca, de modo que se buscou compreender, pelo CEL, a dinâmica da pesca com este tipo de petrecho e a formacao de padroes comuns na percepcao dos pescadores da distribuicao dos recursos pescados. O Capitulo 1 traz uma compreensao geral das capturas observadas pela abordagem CC, com diferenca espacial na biomassa e diversidade de especies. No Capitulo 2, foi analisada a influencia de fatores ambientais quanto a ocorrencia e distribuicao espacial de individuos adultos em estagio reprodutivo da especie Caranx crysos, a mais observada (CC) dentre as que foram capturadas com rede de emalhar de fundo. No Capitulo 3, o CEL dos pescadores foi analisado quanto a dinâmica de uso de diferentes tipos de embarcacao, rede e areas de pesca ao longo do ano, com o objetivo de compreender o que mais influencia as escolhas de areas de pesca e os impactos destas escolhas. No Capitulo 4, a abordagem integrada do CC e CEL com informacoes comuns a dinâmica da pesca e distribuicao das tres principais especies capturadas com rede de emalhar de fundo, mostraram padroes semelhantes e complementares na distribuicao destas especies. As duas abordagens (CC e CEL) mostraram que a pesca empreendida com rede de emalhar de fundo concentra-se em areas rasas de ate 20m de profundidade, que apresenta baixa biomassa e diversidade de especies, principalmente em trechos proximos a regiao metropolitana do Estado, onde foi observado o maior esforco de pesca. As areas mais profundas e distantes da costa foram as mais produtivas e diversas. Entretanto, o acesso a estas areas e limitado por fatores ambientais a maior parte do ano, o que, consequentemente, gera maior impacto nos descartes e acidentes com tartarugas marinhas, em decorrencia do maior esforco em areas proximas a costa. A gestao ecossistemica da pesca para rede de emalhar de fundo deve observar tanto a distribuicao dos recursos pescados em funcao do esforco de pesca, como o que influencia as escolhas dos pescadores a pescar em areas reconhecidamente menos produtivas.
An automatic recording laser interferometer for verifying standard scales to 3 meters

A description is given of an automatic recording Laser interferometer for verifying inval leveling rod up to 3 meter. The interferometer adopts a novel optical system for Abbe's error compensation instead of the contraditional Eppenstein's system. The interferometer mainly consists of two parts: the dynamic photoelectric microscope and the parallel length measurement system. When the instrument operates, electric pulses which correspond to the central positions of lines are produced by the zero crossing method. By means of an interface unit, the electric pulses can control the interferometer to record the measuring length values correspondent to the control positions of the lines. And then the measuring length values are inputted the computer for processing and printing automatically. The experiments show that(1) the interval positioning accuracy of the microscope is better than Ã‚Â± 2p. m. (2) overall accuracy of the instrument is better than Ã‚Â± 7Ã‚Âµ m.
Microfósseis do Grupo das Beiras (Monfortinho-Salvaterra do Extremo, Beira Baixa, Portugal Central)

Following the discovery of several microfossils in the region of Coria (Spain) (Linan & Palacios, 1987; Palacios, 1989), a sampling campaign was made in the Monfortinho - Salvaterra do Extremo region (Central Portugal), during August of 1987, to verify their presence in the Portuguese territory, more exactly in the Beiras Group units of Durico - Beirao Supergroup (Complexo Xisto - Grauvaquico), "Schist- Greywacke Complex". In this region, a sequence of four geological units was defined (Sequeira, 1991; 1993), and is constituted, from the base to the top, by: the Malpica do Tejo Formation composed mainly of metagreywackes, the Ribeira de Arades Formation essentially metapelitic, the Carril das Travessas Formation also composed mainly of metagreywackes and the Cabeco das Popas Formation with a more variable lithology although displaying metaconglomerates and metapelitic predominance. Several considerations were taken into account to determine the age of the units that are here described. Six metapelites samples of Ribeira de Arades, Carril das Travessas and Cabeco das Popas Formations were collected and were analysed at the laboratory of Professor Teodoro Palacios Medrano in University of Extremadura (Badajoz, Spain), between January and February of 1988. Those samples provided a very rich and well preserved bacterial microfossils assemblage similar to those recognised in the region of Coria by Teodoro Palacios, and dated as upper Ediacaran age. The following species Bavlinella faveolata (Shepeleva), Vidal, 1976, and Palaeogomphosphaeria cauriensis, Palacios, 1989 were present, as well as A and B Types species (Palacios, 1989). The Carril das Travessas Formation provided the most complete planctonic association, which includes also P. cauriensis. Using that assemblage, we could correlate this unit with the Member II of Cijara Formation (Palacios, 1989). A few sparse references were written about the existence and age determinations of those microfossils (Sequeira, 1991; 1993; Sousa & Sequeira, 1993; Sequeira et al., 1996 - 1999). Outstanding their scientific interest, being the only fossils ever found in Beiras Group and the oldest fossils described in Portugal, a detail publication is deserved. This paper aims to present their description and illustration of this significant microfossils.
Avances en cardiología nuclear: fusión de imágenes SPECT/TC, PET/TC

Introducción La introducción de la angiografía coronaria no invasiva por tomografía computada multicorte (angioTC), ha cambiado el campo de las imágenes cardiovasculares no invasivas. La angioTC proporciona por primera vez una visión de la anatomía del árbol coronario con una modalidad no invasiva. Esto permite el diagnóstico de la enfermedad coronaria (EC) en etapas más tempranas que las imágenes funcionales (1), lo cual tiene importantes implicancias tanto diagnósticas como pronósticas. Se han publicado numerosos estudios que muestran una alta precisión diagnóstica de la angioTC en la EC (2,3), por consiguiente se está incrementado su aplicación como “portero” para la aplicación de otras técnicas diagnósticas. La asociación de la angioTC con las técnicas de perfusión miocárdica (PET, SPECT) surge naturalmente como la manera de evaluar la anatomía y su repercusión funcional, permitiendo un exhaustivo diagnóstico no invasivo de la EC. Aunque el objetivo de este artículo es revisar la experiencia actualmente disponible de estas múltiples modalidades de imágenes, cuando el denominador común es el uso de radioisótopos, el desarrollo de equipos híbridos PET/TC y SPECT/TC que admiten el registro simultáneo de imágenes anatómicas y funcionales, nos obliga a dedicar algunos párrafos a los aspectos básicos y aplicaciones clínicas del la angioTC. 1. Angiocoronariografía con tomografía de
Consensus tracking control with transient performance improvement for a group of unmanned aerial vehicles subject to faults and parameter uncertainty

ABSTRACT This paper considers the consensus tracking synthesised with transient performance improvement problem for a network of unmanned aerial vehicles with faults. In practical situations, the parameter variations, modelling errors and disturbances are of particular interest. Thus, it is assumed that the dynamics of vehicles are subject to parameter uncertainty. As the main contribution of this paper, a set of fault-estimator-based protocols is proposed to drive the overall network performance below the given H ∞ synthesised with transient performance index. Sufficient conditions for designing the protocols which utilise the relative output information among neighbouring vehicles are given by applying the robust control theory. Simulations are performed to validate the proposed results.
Competencias docentes para la inclusión del alumnado universitario en el marco del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior

The changes in the Spanish universities with the introduction of European Higher Education Area, the diversity of students and their diversity of sources in a plural and united Europe makes it necessary to encourage teachers attitudes of openness, flexibility, tolerance, acceptance and promotion of individual and group differences. This article includes those teaching skills necessary to respond effectively to the diversity of the students who populate the university classroom. ResUmen Los cambios acaecidos en las Universidades espanolas con la implantacion del Espacio Europeo de Educacion Superior, la heterogeneidad del alumnado y su diversidad de procedencia en una Europa plural y unida, hace necesario fomentar en los profesores actitudes de apertura, de flexibilidad, tolerancia, aceptacion y fomento de las diferencias individuales y grupales. En este articulo se recogen aquellas competencias docentes necesarias para responder de forma eficaz a la diversidad del alumnado que pueblan las aulas universitarias.