Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Euro-Mediterranean Tsunami Catalogue

A unified catalogue containing 290 tsunamis generated in the European and Mediterranean seas since 6150 B.C. to current days is presented. It is the result of a systematic and detailed review of all the regional catalogues available in literature covering the study area, each of them having their own format and level of accuracy. The realization of a single catalogue covering a so wide area and involving several countries was a complex task that posed a series of challenges, being the standardization and the quality of the data the most demanding. A “reliability” value was used to rate equally the quality of the data for each event and this parameter was assigned based on the trustworthiness of the information related to the generating cause, the tsunami description accuracy and also on the availability of coeval bibliographical sources. Following these criteria we included in the catalogue events whose reliability ranges from 0 (“very improbable tsunami”) to 4 (“definite tsunami”). About 900 documentary sources, including historical documents, books, scientific reports, newspapers and previous catalogues, support the tsunami data and descriptions gathered in this catalogue. As a result, in the present paper a list of the 290 tsunamis with their main parameters is reported. The online version of the catalogue, available at http://roma2.rm. ingv.it/en/faci lities/data_bases/52/catalogue_of_the_euro-mediterranean_tsunamis, provides additional information such as detailed descriptions, pictures, etc. and the complete list of bibliographical sources. Most of the included events have a high reliability value (3= “probable” and 4= “definite”) which makes the Euro-Mediterranean Tsunami Catalogue an essential tool for the implementation of tsunami hazard and risk assessment.
Common ravens (Corvus corax) nesting on Alaska's North Slope Oil Fields

ABSTRACT Resident populations of common ravens ( Corvus corax ) on the North Slope of Alaska appear to be increasing where anthropogenic resources are available. This includes numbers of ravens at the North Slope Borough’s Prudhoe Bay Landfill during winter, and breeding pairs dispersed throughout the oil fields and other human settlements. The oil fields provide abundant anthropogenic resources in terms of food sources and infrastructure for nesting. In this study, we documented nest locations, nest and nest site characteristics, movements of adult and juvenile ravens, and diet of ravens breeding in the North Slope oil fields of Kuparuk and Prudhoe Bay. In addition, we collected data on marked ravens throughout Alaska from the public. We located a total of 89 nests in the oil fields from 2004-2007. From 2004-2006 we monitored nests to determine nest success and productivity and collected data on nest site characteristics. We captured and radio-tagged adult ravens, and marked both adult and juveniles with leg bands and patagial wing tags to estimate home ranges during breeding and document movements. VHF and satellite transmitters failed due to a variety of reasons, therefore data derived from these sources were limited. Ravens placed their nests on oil field infrastructure; 46% were located on processing facilities, 35% on drill sites, and the remaining on other structures including bridges, radar towers, and inactive drill rigs. Nests were built from industrial materials, at an average height of 11 m. In general, nests at Prudhoe were closer to camps, rig activities during nest building, and the landfill than nests at Kuparuk. We found evidence of nest site fidelity; some sites were used in multiple years. Nests at Prudhoe were more productive than Kuparuk in two of the three years; the average number of fledglings produced per breeding pair was 2.0 ± 0.4 at Kuparuk and 3.7 ± 0.3 at Prudhoe. We found no relationship between nest success or initiation dates with nests placed on heated substrates. Breeding phenology was similar to ravens nesting in other regions of the world. In general, incubation of eggs was initiated from late March until early May. Most nestlings fledged in mid June, corresponding to the time when other tundra-nesting birds initiate their nests. Breeding adults maintained territories ranging on average from 5-10 km
Dispersion and attenuation relations in Flexoelectricity

The dispersion relations in flexoelectricity are examined for plane time-harmonic waves that propagate in the flexoelectric materials. In contrast to classic elastodynamics, dispersion is observed in the displacement field due to two micro-structural and two micro-inertial lengths that emerge from the electromechanical coupling. In the absence of such coupling we return to the classic elastodynamic results. The problem dissociates in longitudinal and transverse waves, as is the case in classic elastodynamics. The group velocity of the mechanical field is also the velocity of the energy transfer across the planes of the waves. An optical branch of the dispersion relation appears due to the polarization field that follows the mechanical field. The longitudinal and transverse velocities of the plane waves was found to depend on the corresponding microstructural lengths and are less than or equal to the classic plane wave velocities because the micro-inertial lengths are greater than or equal to the micro-structural length. The opposite effect is expected when we encounter flexoelectric metamaterials in which case the micro-inertial lengths are less than the micro-structural length.
Book review: review of “behavioral economics and healthy behaviors: key concepts and current research”, edited by

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Artery Atherosclerotic Plaques High-Resolution CT Imaging of Carotid

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Plaque morphologic features have been suggested as a complement to luminal narrowing measurements for assessing the risk of stroke associated with carotid atherosclerotic disease, giving rise to the concept of “vulnerable plaque. ” The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability of multidetector-row CT angiography (CTA) to assess the composition and characteristics of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques with use of histologic examination as the gold standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eight patients with transient ischemic attacks who underwent carotid CTA and “en bloc” endarterectomy were enrolled in a prospective study. An ex vivo micro-CT study of each endarterectomy specimen was obtained, followed by histologic examination. A systematic comparison of CTA images with histologic sections and micro-CT images was performed to determine the CT attenuation associated with each component of the atherosclerotic plaques. A computer algorithm was subsequently developed that automatically identifies the components of the carotid atherosclerotic plaques, based on the density of each pixel. A neuroradiologist’s reading of this computer analysis was compared with the interpretation of the histologic slides by a pathologist with respect to the types and characteristics of the carotid plaques. RESULTS: There was a 72.6% agreement between CTA and histologic examination in carotid plaque characterization. CTA showed perfect concordance for calcifications. A significant overlap between densities associated with lipid-rich necrotic core, connective tissue, and hemorrhage limited the reliability of individual pixel readings to identify these components. However, CTA showed good correlation with histologic examination for large lipid cores ( (cid:1) (cid:1) 0
CHANGING IDENTITIES OF THE BALTIC STATES: THREE MEMORIES IN STONE

This paper presents a comparative analysis of how Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania handled the process of nation-building, finding their self in their new reality which was no longer created and manipulated by the Soviets since their breakaway from the USSR. To do so, this paper suggests an ingenious method of the identity politics analysis which focuses on the importance of the so-called “lieux de memoire” or “meaning-full places” for people. Monuments and statues are good examples of such places and play an important role in identity construction due to their ability to evoke particular kinds of feelings in people. Undertaking an in-depth analysis of monuments in Baltic States provides a valuable insight on the possibilities and challenges of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to develop communities of shared values and to finally stop living in the shade of their “post-Sovietness”.
TOPICAL HAEMOSTATICS AND SEALANTS IN GYNAECOLOGICAL AND OBSTETRIC SURGERY: STATE OF THE ART Running title: Haemostatics and sealants in Obstetrics and Gynaecology surgery

Authors’ institutional affiliations: 1 Unit of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Woman, Mother and Neonate Buzzi Children’s Hospital University of Milan, Italy 2 S.C. Ginecologia e Ostetricia 4 A.O. U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino Presidio ospedaliero Ostetrico Ginecologico S. Anna, Italy 3 Department of Women and Child Health ASL Salerno, Battipaglia Hospital, Italy 4 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona [AOUI Verona], University of Verona, Verona, Italy 5 MeSVA Department, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy 6 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy 7 Division of Oncologic Gynecology IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria di Bologna, Bologna, Italy 8 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy 9 Dipartimento materno infantile e UOC di Ostetricia e Ginecologia Azienda ospedaliera Cannizzaro Catania, Università Kore Enna, Italy
Motif-Based Protein Sequence Classification Using Neural Networks

We present a system for multi-class protein classification based on neural networks. The basic issue concerning the construction of neural network systems for protein classification is the sequence encoding scheme that must be used in order to feed the neural network. To deal with this problem we propose a method that maps a protein sequence into a numerical feature space using the matching scores of the sequence to groups of conserved patterns (called motifs) into protein families. We consider two alternative ways for identifying the motifs to be used for feature generation and provide a comparative evaluation of the two schemes. We also evaluate the impact of the incorporation of background features (2-grams) on the performance of the neural system. Experimental results on real datasets indicate that the proposed method is highly efficient and is superior to other well-known methods for protein classification.
TRINITY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER 17-05 Capital as a Social Process: A Marxian Perspective.

This paper analyzes the very important notion of capital from a Marxian perspective as opposed to a neoclassical one. It is argued that when capital is viewed as a historically determined social process (relation), rather than as a thing or a collection of things, it tends to assume certain specific forms more often than others depending on the particular stage of economic history. Capital thus refers simultaneously to social relations and to things. Given this frame of reference, notions such as money and property capital are more easily accommodated and consequently are not written off as financial or fictitious capital—not real capital—because they “produce nothing. ” The paper also focuses on Marx’s important analysis of the time of production and the turnover of capital in terms of the production of surplus-value (profit). It then examines Marx’s equally important and prescient analysis of how the turnover speed of capital is affected by the time of circulation of commodities (the realization of surplus-value) and the growing use of credit (in its various forms) in the capitalist system. Finally, the paper turns its attention to the economic role of time as it relates to interest-bearing capital and Adam Smith’s important distinction between productive and unproductive labor—one whose clear comprehension rests on viewing capital as a social construct. JEL Codes : B10
Discrete availability models to rejuvenate a telecommunication billing application

Software rejuvenation is a proactive fault management technique that has been extensively studied in the recent literature. We focus on an example for a telecommunication billing application considered in Huang et al. (1995) and develop the discrete-time stochastic models to estimate the optimal software rejuvenation schedule. More precisely, two software availability models with rejuvenation are formulated via the discrete semi-Markov processes, and the optimal software rejuvenation schedules which maximize the steady-state availabilities are derived analytically. Further, we develop statistically nonparametric algorithms to estimate the optimal software rejuvenation schedules, provided that the complete sample data of failure times are given. Then, a new statistical device, called discrete total time on test statistics, is introduced. Finally, we examine asymptotic properties for the statistical estimation algorithms proposed in this paper through a simulation experiment.
Consequences of In Utero Exposure to Synthetic Estrogens and Progestogens for Children and Grandchildren

for Children and Grandchildren Marie Odile Soyer Gobillard1,2, Laura Gaspari3 and Charles Sultan4 1 PH.D., Director of Research Emeritus, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Observatoire Océanologique-Laboratoire Arago, Banyulssur-Mer, 66650, France. 2HHORAGES-France Association (Stop Artificial HORmones for Pregnancies), 78 Av. Guynemer Perpignan, 66100, France. 3M.D. , Paediatric endocrinologist, Unité d’Endocrinologie-Gynécologie Pédiatrique, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France. Ph Student, INSERM 1203, Développement Embryonnaire Fertilité Environnement, University of Montpellier, 34295 Montpellier, France. 4 M.D., PH.D. Professor Emeritus, Service de Pédiatrie, Unité d’Endocrinologie-Gynécologie Pédiatrique, CHU Montpellier, University Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France.
ESTIMATIVA DE FLUXO TÉRMICO BIDIMENSIONAL PERMANENTE COM O MÉTODO DE MONTE CARLO VIA CADEIAS DE MARKOV, TÉCNICAS DE REGULARIZAÇÃO E TERMOGRAFIA POR INFRAVERMELHO

O presente artigo aborda a estimativa de fluxos termicos permanentes com variacao bidimensional, aplicados a um dos contornos de uma amostra termicamente fina, utilizando o Metodo de Monte Carlo via Cadeias de Markov para a solucao do respectivo problema inverso, bem como as tecnicas de regularizacao baseadas na Total Variation (TV) empregada informacao a priori, e na substituicao dos dados experimentais por expansoes truncadas das autofuncoes associadas. Alem das metodoligias inversa e de regularizacao, utiliza-se o Metodo das Diferencas Finitas (MDF) para a solucao do problema direto associado, cujo modelo equivale a um problema de conducao de calor em regime permanente e com variacao espacial em duas direcoes. Os resultados apresentados para o problema inverso referem-se a dados experimentais reais obtidos via termografia por infravermelho para um caso estudado, enfatizando a influencia da regularizacao dos mesmos para a recuperacao do fluxo termico.
Redundancy in Gaussian random fields

In this paper, we introduce a notion of spatial redundancy in Gaussian random fields. This study is motivated by applications of the a contrario method in image processing. We define similarity functions on local windows in random fields over discrete or continuous domains. We derive explicit Gaussian asymptotics for the distribution of similarity functions when computed on Gaussian random fields. Moreover, for the special case of the squared L2 norm, we give non-asymptotic expressions in both discrete and continuous periodic settings. Finally, we present fast and accurate approximations of these non-asymptotic expressions using moment methods and matrix projections.
BEYOND THE BORDERS: GLOBAL COLLABORATION IN OPEN DISTANCE EDUCATION THROUGH VIRTUAL EXCHANGES

As a component of their educational programs and with the guidance of educators and/or facilitators, groups of students participate in virtual exchanges (VE), which are extended periods of online intercultural interaction and collaboration with peers from around the world. Experts in a scientific subject are linked up with others who want to participate for teaching and learning through virtual collaboration. In order to host material where both students and professors can share knowledge in a particular subject, many worldwide colleges and ODeL institutions use virtual platforms. Students can improve knowledge and abilities in a range of areas crucial to their personal, academic, and professional growth through virtual communication. Both synchronous and asynchronous digital tools were employed by students and teachers for virtual communication and collaboration. Students in South Africa can digitally interact with a professor in Canada and elsewhere. The difficulty is that some of the lecturers and students are not instructed on how to utilize the technology, let alone how to deal with network issues. Examining the literature was done with a focus on the virtual exchange in ODeL. The study's methodology is qualitative research. The study has used connectivism theory to examine the data collected from students participating in virtual interaction. According to the Connectivism theory, learning happens when peers connect and collaborate to exchange ideas, thoughts, and viewpoints. The study utilized five online learning groups. The participants' thoughts, experiences, and perspectives on the value of digital engagement were solicited. The gathered data were analyzed using thematic analysis, a technique for uncovering themes in qualitative data. The findings demonstrated that digital interaction and virtual exchange enhance communication, problem-solving abilities, and language development.
Nature of Five-Coordinated Al in γ-Al2O3 Revealed by Ultra-High-Field Solid-State NMR

Five-coordinated Als (Al(V)) on the surface of aluminas play important roles when they are used as catalysts or catalyst supports. However, the comprehensive characterization and understanding of the intrinsic structural properties of the Al(V) remain a challenge, due to the very small amount in commonly used aluminas. Herein, the surface structures of γ-Al2O3 and Al(V)-rich Al2O3 nanosheets (Al2O3–NS) have been investigated and compared in detail by multinuclear high-field solid-state NMR. Thanks to the high resolution and sensitivity of ultra-high-field (up to 35.2 T) NMR, the arrangements of surface Als were clearly demonstrated, which are substantially different from the bulk phase in γ-Al2O3 due to the structure reconstruction. It reveals for the first time that most of the commonly observed Al(V)s tend to exist as aggregated states on the surface of γ-Al2O3, like those in amorphous Al2O3–NS liable to structure reconstruction. Our new insights into surface Al(V) species may help in understanding the structure–function relationship of alumina.
Study of the Physiochemical and Microbial Properties of the Waters of the Seashore in the City of Tocra, Libya

The current study aimed to assess the state of water quality in Tocra beach (Libya). The physical, chemical, and bacterial properties of water were also studied. Water samples were collected from the sea and sediments for three consecutive months in the year (2020-2021) to study the following factors (water temperature, salinity, electrical conductivity, pH, total dissolved salts, chemical and biological requirements for oxygen, dissolved organic matter, and active nitrate). It was noted through these results that the proportions of these variables did not exceed the record numbers of seawater, in addition to the presence of contamination with the bacteria Escherichia coli (Negative gram) and it has proven its effectiveness for antibiotics, which indicates sewage pollution.
Classification of wine grape cultivars according to their susceptibility to Botrytis Cinerea : importance of fruit maturity

Botrytis cinerea causes one of the most serious diseases in grapevines namely Botrytis Bunch Rot (BBR). A classification of different grapevine cultivars (cvs.) according to their susceptibility to B. cinerea is an essential management indicator in Integrated Pest Management. Although such classifications are available, they are based mostly on professional experience rather than experimental results. The main aim of this study was to compare and classify the susceptibility of different wine-grape cvs to B. cinerea and its relation to fruit maturity within two contrasting climatic and cropping conditions. Between 2011 and 2015, three field trials were carried out in Chile and France, including 13 common cvs. Both, incidence and severity of the disease were evaluated at harvest and indices of susceptibility (SI) and maturity (FMat) were calculated on a per-site basis. The significant differences in disease incidence and severity observed among cvs. led to a similar susceptibility classification in both countries. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Grenache Noir and Petit Verdot were the most resistant cvs. , whereas Gewürztraminer and Sauvignon Blanc were the most susceptible ones. Moreover, an exponential and positive relationship was established between SI and maturity. The cultivar classification according to the susceptibility to B. cinerea was similar in both countries, despite the contrasting climatic conditions and cropping practices. These findings might be of interest for choosing cultivars more resistant to B. cinerea in order to reduce the number of specific anti-Botrytis fungicide applications.
Quantification and Reliability of hip internal rotation and the FADIR test in supine position using a smartphone application in an asymptomatic population

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to quantify and to report the intra-and inter-rater reliability of the hip IR ROM supine with hip and knee in 90° of flexion and for the Flexion-Adduction-Internal rotation (FADIR) test. Hip internal rotation measure in lying supine position with hip and knee in 90° of flexion revealed information on hip impairments. To date no simple quantification approach has been presented in this positioning. Therefore, the FADIR test has not been quantified yet.