Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
European Conference on Information Systems ( ECIS ) 2003 Information Technology and Competitive Advantage : The Role of the Ownership Structure

This paper analyses the relationship between information technology use (IT) and competitive advantage. Previous empirical research shows that IT improves competitive advantage when it acts together with some human or managerial resources of an intangible nature. In this work we propose a new complementary resource to IT: democratic ownership structure. We empirically analyse whether ownership structure and IT have a positive, combined impact on competitive advantage. Results show that ownership structure is a key element in explaining competitive advantage differences. Nonetheless, we did not find any ITownership structure complementary effect.
European Conference on Information Systems ( ECIS ) 2007 Improving Information Systems by End User Development : A Case Study

This paper presents a case study in which we identified problems end users have with their software systems and how they try to solve these problems. The case study is part of a bigger research project, in which we develop appropriate end user development tools for enterprise resource planning systems of small and medium sized enterprises. During our study, we carried out several interviews with employees of such enterprises from different industries. The results allow a deep insight into the dynamics of adapting software to the users’ application domains and are valuable for improving the quality of information systems by making them more adaptable to users’ requirements. The aim of developing appropriate information systems for small and medium sized enterprises could be achieved by end user development techniques, allowing end users with little technical knowledge to adapt their systems during use time. Furthermore we make suggestions how end user development techniques could be instrumented for this purpose.
MONITORING ARTHROPOD DIVERSITY IN DOURO WINE REGION VINEYARDS AND EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF THE LANDSCAPE SUIVI DE LA DIVERSITE EN ARTHROPODES AUX VIGNOBLES DE LA REGION DU DOURO ET EVALUATION DE L'IMPACT DU PAYSAGE

On the second year of the European project LIFE+ "BioDiVine Demonstrating functional biodiversity in viticulture landscapes", ADVID, in charge for is implementation in Alto Douro Vinhateiro (UNESCO classified area in the Douro Valley, Portugal), make an assessment of the first results collected on the period 2011-2012. In 2011, two types of traps (Combi and Pitfall) have been set up in five main habitats: vineyard, scrubland, urban, olive groves and olive hedgerows. The arthropods caught during seven weeks of assessment (April-June) were sorted out using the Rapid Biodiversity Assessment (RBA) method. Biological indexes were calculated and correlated with landscape characteristics (Shannon's landscape index) to investigate the way habitats influence arthropods' biodiversity and, particularly functional groups, namely Coccinellidae and Staphylinidae (Class Insecta, Coleoptera), and Araneae and Opiliones (Class Arachnida). In 2012, the same methodology was used but, this time, with the goal of monitoring the biodiversity in the vineyards, taking into account composition of the surrounding landscape. The results indicates that the landscape of Alto Douro UNESCO classified area are complex, with more than 15% of the area occupied with natural or semi-natural vegetation (scrubland, woodland, riparian vegetation) which can have an impact on biodiversity. Some positive correlations have been established between landscape components and some groups of arthropods.
Regional Hydraulic Geometry Curve for the Upper Menominee River

Regional hydraulic geometry curves provide a better understanding of river morphology and help in the design of stream restoration projects by providing information to estimate bank-full discharge, mean depth, width, and cross-sectional area at ungaged sites within given drainage areas. Although regional curves have been developed for various United States drainage areas, a statewide effort to develop regional curves is only recently underway in Michigan. In July and August 2006, data were collected to develop regional curves for the Upper Menominee River drainage area based on bank-full characteristics of the Sturgeon River, Iron River, Brule River, Pine Creek, and Peshekee River. Data collected on each water body included surveys of longitudinal and cross-sectional profiles and measurement of channel materials. Analysis of the data determined bank-full channel dimensions and allowed for reaches to be classified according to Rosgen valley and stream types. Using the surveyed data, regional curves were developed from regression analyses of the relationship between bank-full channel dimensions and drainage area. Bank-full cross-sectional area and mean depth had the strongest relation to drainage area as evidenced by r 2 values of 0.78 and 0.74, respectively. Although the number of surveyed sites was small, these curves may be used as general guidelines to help ensure proper design and stability of future stream channel modifications and restoration efforts in the Upper Menominee River drainage area.
Scientific and biodiversity values of marine reserves: a review

New Zealand’s ‘Marine Protected Areas Policy’ is currently being implemented, and requires background information concerning the scientific and biodiversity values of marine reserves. This review determines the current state of knowledge, discusses the value of marine reserves for scientific research and biodiversity conservation, assesses trends in scientific productivity in marine reserves, places New Zealand work into an international context, and suggests future research priorities. Marine reserves in New Zealand have the primary function of protecting spatially delimited areas from the effects of fishing. Their success is generally measured by the recovery of exploited species within their boundaries, which is reliant on consistently conducted monitoring time series. Estimates of recovery have now been obtained from several reserves, showing that snapper (Pagrus auratus), blue cod (Parapercis colias), and rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) all respond positively to protection, although the speed and magnitude of recovery tends to be variable and site-specific. Recovery of these predators has been linked to changes in reef habitats through trophic cascades, effects on small cryptic reef fishes, and effects on assemblages in nearby soft-sediment habitats. New Zealand’s contribution to the study of marine reserves has slowed in recent years, reflecting reduced funding for marine ecological research nationwide, changes in composition and research emphasis in scientific personnel, but also reluctance in some regions to approve manipulative experimental work within marine reserves. Whilst direct effects of marine reserves on fisheries are uncertain and difficult to demonstrate, the use of unfished areas to act as controls for the effects of fishing on almost all aspects of marine ecological study is a potentially powerful, but as yet only partially realised, research tool. In addition to providing unfished areas for estimating population parameters of fished species, marine reserves could provide spatial references for the state of fished stocks, controls for effects-of-fishing studies, inform models of ecosystem structure, and provide the opportunity for detecting previously unrealised linkages between habitats and species. Continued progress in this area will benefit from a unified approach to research involving long-term partnerships between management, researchers, and funding agencies. The review concludes with recommendations on how this may be achieved, and suggests priorities for future research to further utilise marine reserves in understanding the marine environment.
Quantitative estimation of suspended sediment movements in coastal region using GOCI

ABSTRACT Choi, J. K. , Hyun Yang, H. J. Han, Ryu, J. H. and Park, Y.J., 2013. Quantitative estimation of the suspended sediment movements in the coastal region using GOCI The Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI), the world's first geostationary ocean color observation satellite, is useful for monitoring the temporal dynamics of coastal water turbidity because it can obtain satellite images every hour during the daytime. Temporal variation in turbidity is the key to understanding sediment dynamics in coastal regions. For example, a certain patch of suspended sediment in surface water can be traced every hour by generating a GOCI- derived map of suspended sediment concentration (SSC). By calculating the variations in the position of the patch every hour quantitatively, we can obtain information on the current movement in the region quantitatively. Here, we investigate the applicability of GOCI data to monitoring of the temporal movement of suspended sediment in coastal areas and to the development of algorithms for calculating the current speed and direction. Our study was performed in areas near Gyeonggi Bay on the mid-west coast of the Korean Peninsula. Field work was performed to obtain in situ measurements of SSC and optical properties of the water surface. These data could then be combined to derive an SSC algorithm based on the relationship between the SSC and remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) values. We calculated the suspended sediment movement from hourly SSC images. Current velocity and direction were also measured in the field to validate and identify the calculated movement. GOCI images acquired on the same day as the samples were used to generate a map of turbidity and to estimate the differences in SSC displayed in each image. We found that GOCI could be effectively used to monitor the temporal dynamics of the turbidity of coastal waters, i.e., sediment movements driven by currents along the west coast of the Korean Peninsula. Sediment movements can be applied to develop GOCI-based algorithms that calculate current velocities and generate maps of current vectors in this coastal area.
Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement.

DESCRIPTION Update of the 2005 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). METHODS The USPSTF commissioned a systematic review that assessed the evidence on the benefits and harms of screening for AAA and strategies for managing small (3.0 to 5.4 cm) screen-detected AAAs. POPULATION These recommendations apply to asymptomatic adults aged 50 years or older. RECOMMENDATION The USPSTF recommends 1-time screening for AAA with ultrasonography in men aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. (B recommendation). The USPSTF recommends that clinicians selectively offer screening for AAA in men aged 65 to 75 years who have never smoked. (C recommendation). The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for AAA in women aged 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked. (I statement). The USPSTF recommends against routine screening for AAA in women who have never smoked. (D recommendation).
THE RECORDING OF SOME PREHISTORIC CARVINGS AT STONEHENGE

Non-topographic photogrammetry is often of interest because of unusual fields of application. A recently designed Galileo-Santoni stereometric camera has been used to photograph carvings made approximately 3500 years ago. A contour plot has provided the archaeologist with a permanent and quantitative record. Resume On a utilise les photos prises par le nouvel appareil Galileo-Santoni pour mesurer des reliefs datant de 1500 av. J.-C. Un plan a courbes de niveaux de 0.5 mm. en 0.5 mm. a ete dresse et fournit a l'archeologie un document definitif.
Better late than never: sleep still supports memory consolidation after prolonged periods of wakefulness

While the benefits of sleep for associative memory are well established, it is unclear whether single-item memories profit from overnight consolidation to the same extent. We addressed this question in a preregistered, online study and also investigated how the temporal proximity between learning and sleep influences overnight retention. Sleep relative to wakefulness improved retention of item and associative memories to similar extents irrespective of whether sleep occurred soon after learning or following a prolonged waking interval. Our findings highlight the far-reaching influences of sleep on memory that can arise even after substantial periods of wakefulness.
Análisis y cartografía de peligrosidad geológica en el litoral de Ceuta

The coastal line of Ceuta is more than 25 km length, where a great amount of population is placed. Along this coast many geological processes have been described and imply a great threat for both human and infrastructure. The aim of this work is to analyse these processes by means of geological hazard mapping focused on flooding and flash flood, landslide and rock fall, storms, tsunamis and sea-level rise. These maps are valuable tools to predict and reduce the response-time with respect to catastrophic natural processes and territorial management. Although approximately only 15% of the Ceuta territory is exposed, more than 70% of its coastal area is exposed to geological hazards. Zones of higher hazard are located where several -high to very high degree- hazard processes could take place even simultaneously. This scenario is mainly found in relatively flat coastal sectors but attached to steep zones, where stream mouths and gorges are placed and display a strong seasonal behaviour.
Nature-based Outdoor Recreation Trends and Wilderness

Wilderness and other public land management agencies, both federal and state, have been feeling a pinch. It seems this pinch may partly be in response to a growing perception, or perhaps misperception,that nature-based, especially wildland recreation, is on the decline. This perception has been getting a lot of media attention of late. Some of us who have done research about nature-based recreation trends for years wonder what the reaction to such a perception might be.
Geomorphic – Biotic Interactions on Beach Foreshores In Estuaries

ABSTRACT This review of research on estuarine beaches in the USAexamines the linkages between geomorphology and biota and impacts of shore protection strategies. The effects of timing and frequency of storms, wave processes, and tidal range on morphologic response, sediment activation, infiltration and exfiltration of water through the foreshore, and litter distribution on the surface are evaluated along with the impacts of human adjustments, including bulkhead construction and beach nourishment. The effects of these factors on faunal activity are illustrated by evaluating the suitability of beaches as spawning areas for horseshoe crab egg production and the resulting effect on migratory shorebirds. Future research is recommended to: 1) time biological sampling to episodic storm events to evaluate impacts of habitat modification; 2) identify spatial differences in the dimensions of the low tide terrace that control the dynamics and biological functions on the foreshore above it; 3) design biological sampling plans according to geomorphic process regimes rather than static morphologic features on the beach; 4) standardize sampling locations to facilitate comparison among different sites; 5) conduct simultaneous studies of sediment activation by waves and by fauna; 6) determine the role of litter on faunal community structure and function; 7) conduct detailed physical and biological studies at bulkheads to determine the significance of position on the intertidal profile; and 8) determine the significance of nourishing a beach with fill material significantly different from native materials.
Two-dimensional Acoustic Anisotropic (VTI) Full Waveform Inversion: the Valhall Case Study

Anisotropy can have a significant footprint in seismic imaging from surface wide-aperture data, because of the difference between vertical and horizontal velocities in vertical transversely isotropic (VTI) media. A key issue in anisotropic full waveform inversion (FWI) is to define a suitable parametrization of the subsurface model, and the number of parameter classes that can be reliably reconstructed for the chosen parametrization. We address this issue with an application of frequency-domain acoustic isotropic/anisotropic FWI to real surface wide-aperture data recorded by an ocean bottom cable in the Valhall field. Isotropic FWI results show that the horizontal velocity is mainly reconstructed in the upper structure, dominantly constrained by diving waves and supercritical reflections. This can lead to depth stretching and/or overestimated velocity perturbations in the deep velocity structure, mainly controlled by short-aperture reflections. Monoparameter anisotropic FWI shows a reliable reconstruction of either the vertical, the horizontal or the NMO velocity, when the model is parametrized by one wave speed and the Thomsen’s parameters δ and e . For such mono-parameter FWI, the smooth δ and e background models are kept constant during FWI iterations. Alternatively, the vertical and the horizontal velocities can be jointly reconstructed by multiparameter FWI, when the subsurface model is parametrized by the two wave speeds and δ , this latter is kept fixed during FWI iterations.
Determination of antibiotic resistance pattern in Escherichia coli strains isolated from animal faeces in a farm house

Gomal Center of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (GCBB), Gomal University, D. I. Khan (KPK), Pakistan; M. Phil. Biotechnology, Gomal Center of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (GCBB), Gomal University, D. I. Khan (KPK), Pakistan; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid I Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan; Centre of Virology and Immunology, National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Pakistan
Uncovering the Neural Mechanisms of Inter-Hemispheric Balance Restoration in Chronic Stroke Through EMG-Driven Robot Hand Training: Insights From Dynamic Causal Modeling

EMG-driven robot hand training can facilitate motor recovery in chronic stroke patients by restoring the interhemispheric balance between motor networks. However, the underlying mechanisms of reorganization between interhemispheric regions remain unclear. This study investigated the effective connectivity (EC) between the ventral premotor cortex (PMv), supplementary motor area (SMA), and primary motor cortex (M1) using Dynamic Causal Modeling (DCM) during motor tasks with the paretic hand. Nineteen chronic stroke subjects underwent 20 sessions of EMG-driven robot hand training, and their Action Reach Arm Test (ARAT) showed significant improvement (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta $ </tex-math></inline-formula>=3.56, <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{p} < 0.001$ </tex-math></inline-formula>). The improvement was correlated with the reduction of inhibitory coupling from the contralesional M1 to the ipsilesional M1 (r=0.58, p=0.014). An increase in the laterality index was only observed in homotopic M1, but not in the premotor area. Additionally, we identified an increase in resting-state functional connectivity (FC) between bilateral M1 (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta $ </tex-math></inline-formula>=0.11, p=0.01). Inter-M1 FC demonstrated marginal positive relationships with ARAT scores (r=0.402, p=0.110), but its changes did not correlate with ARAT improvements. These findings suggest that the improvement of hand functions brought about by EMG-driven robot hand training was driven explicitly by task-specific reorganization of motor networks. Particularly, the restoration of interhemispheric balance was induced by a reduction in interhemispheric inhibition from the contralesional M1 during motor tasks of the paretic hand. This finding sheds light on the mechanistic understanding of interhemispheric balance and functional recovery induced by EMG-driven robot training.
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Gastric cancer (GC) remains among the most common cancers worldwide with a high mortality-to-incidence ratio. Accumulated evidence suggests that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in gastric carcinogenesis. These transcripts are longer than 200 nucleotides and modulate gene expression at multiple molecular levels, inducing or inhibiting biological processes and diseases. Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) is one of the best-studied lncRNAs with comprehensive actions contributing to cancer progression. This lncRNA regulates gene expression at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels through interactions with microRNAs and proteins. In the present review, we discussed the molecular mechanism of MALAT1 and summarized the current knowledge of its expression in GC. Moreover, we highlighted the potential use of MALAT1 as a biomarker, including liquid biopsy.
UvA-DARE (Digital Academic Repository) Aligning computer and human visual representations

The human visual system is assumed to transform low level visual features to object and scene representations via features of intermediate complexity. How the brain computationally represents intermediate features is still unclear. To further elucidate this, we compared the biologically plausible HMAX model and Bag of Words (BoW) model from computer vision against human brain responses. Both these computational models use visual dictionaries, candidate features of intermediate complexity, to represent visual scenes, and the models have been proven e ↵ ective in automatic object and scene recognition. These models however di ↵ er in the computation of visual dictionaries and pooling techniques. We investigated where in the brain and to what extent human fMRI responses to short video can be accounted for by multiple hierarchical levels of the HMAX and BoW models. Brain activity of 20 subjects obtained while viewing a short video clip was analyzed voxel-wise using a distance-based variation partitioning method. Results revealed that both HMAX and BoW explain a signiﬁcant amount of brain activity in early visual regions V1, V2 and V3. However BoW exhibits more consistency across subjects in accounting for brain activity compared to HMAX. Furthermore, visual dictionary representations by HMAX and BoW explain signiﬁcantly some brain activity in higher areas which are believed to process intermediate features. Overall our results indicate that, although both HMAX and BoW account for activity in the human visual system, the BoW seems to more faithfully represent neural responses in low and intermediate level visual areas of the brain. we tested how well CNN architectures with 7 (CNN-7) and 15 (CNN-15) layers predicted electro-encephalography (EEG) responses to several thousands of natural images. Our results show that both CNN architectures correspond to EEG responses in a hierarchical spatio-temporal manner, with lower layers explaining responses early in time at electrodes overlying early visual cortex, and higher layers explaining responses later in time at electrodes overlying lateral-occipital cortex. While the explained variance of neural responses by individual layers did not di ↵ er between CNN-7 and CNN-15, combining the representations across layers resulted in improved performance of CNN-15 compared to CNN-7, but only after 150 ms after stimulus-onset. This suggests that CNN representations reﬂect both early (feed-forward) and late (feedback) stages of visual processing. Overall, our results show that depth of indeed plays a role in explaining time-resolved EEG responses.