Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Observation vidéo de la dynamique des méga-croissants de plage : plages d'Anglet (Pays Basque)

Resume : Les mega-croissants de plage (megacusps) sont couramment observes le long des hauts de plages sableuses assez pentues. Ils sont la signature erosive des courants d’arrachement au niveau du trait de cote. Dans ce papier nous presentons 8 mois de suivi par imagerie video des comportements des systemes barre subtidale/megacusp le long les plages Nord d’Anglet. Au Nord de la zone d’etude, dans la region la plus dynamique et fortement contrainte par une digue, ces systemes sont regulierement couples en phase, inferant que la dynamique des megacusps est en grande partie controlee par la barre sous-marine. Mots-cles : Mega-croissants de plage – Morphodynamique – Imagerie video – Barres en croissant – Trait de cote – Plage sableuse – Erosion – Couplage
Policy Research Working Paper 5569 Sudden Stops Are Global and Local Investors Alike ?

The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. The main goal of this paper is to characterize the determinants of sudden stops caused by domestic vis-à-vis foreign residents. Are the decisions of domestic investors to invest abroad or of foreign investors to cut off funds from the domestic economy governed by the same set of determinants? Given the distribution of different types of sudden stop episodes over time and its different macroeconomic consequences, the authors argue that the determinants may not be alike. Using an effective sample of 82 countries with annual information over the period 1970–2007, the analysis finds that global investors are less likely to stop bringing their capital when their This paper is a product of the Office of the Chief Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region. It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discussions around the world. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at economy is growing and the world interest rate is lower. Domestic agents are more willing to invest abroad if the macroeconomic performance of the domestic economy is poor (high inflation), the financial system is weak, and there are high external savings (current account surpluses). Increasing financial openness makes the domestic country more vulnerable to sudden stops caused by either local or global investors. Finally, countries with higher shares of foreign direct investment are less prone to inflow-driven sudden stops, whereas the opposite holds for outflow-driven sudden stops. was a consultant for the Office of the Chief Economist in the Latin America and the Caribbean region during the preparation of this paper. We are grateful to Augusto de la Torre and Eduardo Cavallo as well as participants at the 2010 INFINITI Conference …
Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica

INTRODUCCIÓN La revista Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica es el órgano de expresión de la Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (SEIMC) (Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology), tiene como objetivo dar respuesta a los retos que actualmente plantea todo lo relacionado con la patología infecciosa, desde el punto de vista clínico, microbiológico y de salud pública.
Effect of retention enema by caulis sargentodoxae enema combined with oral drugs on the immune inflammatory response and intestinal flora of UC patients

Effect of retention enema by caulis sargentodoxae enema combined with oral drugs on the immune inflammatory response and intestinal flora of UC patients Si-Hai Dong, Xiao-Ming Qian, Xiao-Bing Xu 1. Anorectal Department, Taizhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jiangsu Province, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, 225300 2. Department of Spleen and Stomach Diseases, Taizhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Jiangsu Province, Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, 225300 Journal of Hainan Medical University
Under-appreciated and Overlooked Modes of Exercises on Key Vascular Functions

Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death in most industrialized countries [1]. Cardiovascular disease is a cluster of various types of circulatory diseases affecting the heart and vasculatures. When breaking it down, the majority of cardiovascular diseases, commonly referred to as “heart diseases,” are diseases of arteries, as the pathogenesis of coronary “artery” disease, stroke or cerebrovascular accident, high blood pressure, and peripheral “artery” disease is attributed to arterial circulations. Despite this, none of the traditional risk factors for cardiovascular disease address arterial functions that precede the manifestation of cardiovascular disease [2]. The vascular system is critical for health and survival of all tissues and organs, as the vast network perfuses oxygen and nutrients and eliminates waste products. During exercise, marked increases in systemic blood flow (i. e. cardiac output) and redistribution of blood flow are supported by the cushioning or buffering functions of arteries that are characterized by arterial stiffness [3]. Endothelial function plays a critical role in regulating amounts of perfusion to various tissues and organs during exercise [4]. Regular physical exercise confers benefits on a number of different diseases and conditions and acts to reduce overall mortality [5]. One of the most striking conditions on which regular exercise is shown to exert its influence is cardiovascular disease [6]. The association of regular physical activity and cardiovascular mortality is well documented in both observational and longitudinal studies [5]. However, the exact mechanisms underlying the effects of habitual exercise on cardiovascular disease are currently unknown but have often been attributed to improvements in cardiovascular risk factors [7]. However, the proportion of the beneficial effects of regular exercise that can be explained by improvements in cardiovascular risk factors is fairly small [8]. In one study, > 60 % of the variance in coronary heart disease reduction by exercise was not Under-appreciated and Overlooked Modes of Exercises on Key Vascular Functions
Case Western Reserve University National Bureau of Economic Research and The

We study the effect of physician incentives in an HMO network. Physician incentives are controversial because they may induce doctors to make treatment decisions that differ from those they would chose in the absence of incentives. We set out a theoretical framework for assessing the degree to which incentive contracts do in fact induce physicians to deviate from a standard guided only by patient interests and professional medical judgement. Our empirical evaluation of the model relies on details of the HMO’s incentive contracts and access to the firm’s internal expenditure records. We estimate that the HMO’s incentive contract provides a typical physician an increase, at the margin, of $0.10 in income for each $1.00 reduction in medical utilization expenditures. The average response is a 5 percent reduction in medical expenditures. We also find suggestive evidence that financial incentives linked to commonly used “quality” measures may stimulate an improvement in measured quality.
Long Non-Coding RNA in Cancer

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are pervasively transcribed in the genome and are emerging as new players in tumorigenesis due to their various functions in transcriptional, posttranscriptional and epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation. LncRNAs are deregulated in a number of cancers, demonstrating both oncogenic and tumor suppressive roles, thus suggesting their aberrant expression may be a substantial contributor in cancer development. In this review, we will summarize their emerging role in human cancer and discuss their perspectives in diagnostics as potential biomarkers.
University of Birmingham Discrimination, Social Capital, and Financial Constraints

This paper examines the relationship among gender, social capital, and access to ﬁnance of micro, small, and medium enterprises in the manufacturing sector in Viet Nam. Our dataset is from the 2011, 2013, and 2015 results of the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Survey in Viet Nam. Using the Heckman tech- nique to control for sample selection bias, the estimates do not provide evidence for discrimination against female-owned enterprises in the formal lending market. Speciﬁcally, female entrepreneurs have a higher probability of getting a loan and they pay lower interest rates in comparison with male entrepreneurs. No discrimination in formal credit markets may arise from the preference for informal loans over formal loans as entrepreneurs tend to borrow informal loans before applying for formal ones. Further analysis shows that social capital could facilitate loan applications: ﬁrms that have a closer rela- tionship with government ofﬁcials and other business people can get loans of longer duration.
Vegetation as an Ecological Indicator of Surface Instability in Rock Glaciers

Abstract We studied relationships between vegetation, substrate texture, and surface movement velocity in two active rock glaciers in the Central Alps (northern Italy). We also compared the vegetation on the two active rock glaciers with that of adjacent stable areas and with that of an inactive rock glacier. The vegetation patterns on the two active rock glaciers differed sharply from those on the stable areas nearby and on the inactive rock glacier with respect to both total plant cover and floristic composition. Surface movement on the two active rock glaciers ranged from 0–5 to 35–40 cm yr−1 and was largely independent of slope inclination. The most unstable sites were almost free of mosses and lichens and were characterized by vascular species tolerating surface instability in virtue of varying morphological adaptations. However, the distributional pattern of vascular species could not be directly related to surface instability but depended on a combination of substrate texture and movement intensity.
Efficient and selective removal of radioactive iodine anions using engineered nanocomposite membranes

The efficient treatment of radioactive waste arising from nuclear accidents and overuse of radioisotopes has become an important issue, and much effort has been devoted to protecting the environment from such toxic radioactive materials. Among them, radioactive iodine in water is regarded as one of the most palpable threats to humans, as it is generated by post-use in medical and industrial applications. Although a few adsorbents and purification processes have been reported, the development of a better desalination method that is able to provide high removal efficiency, ion-selectivity, and reusability is still in demand. Herein, we report a hybrid composite membrane, composed of gold nanoparticles and cellulose acetate membranes, which has the potential to be used for efficient desalination of radioactive iodine. A single filtration process using this membrane provided high removal efficiency with more than two orders of magnitude iodide anion removal within a minute and excellent ion-selectivity. Moreover, the same operation can be applied several times without significant decrease of its performance. Therefore, it is anticipated that our work will be a new avenue for desalination of radioactive iodine in various aqueous media.
EFEKTIVITAS PRE-LECTURE QUIZ UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN BERPIKIR KREATIF SISWA

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan efektivitas Pre-Lecture Quiz (PLQ) dalam meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kreatif siswa pada materi asam basa Arrhenius. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas XI MIA SMA Negeri 3 Bandar Lampung tahun pelajaran 2018/2019 yang berjumlah enam kelas. Teknik pengambilan sampel yang digunakan adalah cluster random sampling, diperoleh sampel kelas XI MIA 3 sebagai kelas eksperimen dan XI MIA 6 sebagai kelas kontrol. Metode penelitian ini adalah quasi experiment dengan pretest-postest control group design. Efektivitas PLQ diukur berdasarkan rata-rata nilai n-Gain keterampilan berpikir kreatif, kemudian ukuran besar pengaruh pembelajaran PLQ tersebut diukur berdasarkan perhitungan effect size. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada kelas eksperimen rata-rata nilai n-Gain keterampilan berpikir kreatif siswa memiliki kriteria “tinggi”. Pembelajaran PLQ memiliki pengaruh “besar” terhadap peningkatan keterampilan berpikir kreatif siswa pada materi asam basa Arrhenius. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa pembelajaran PLQ efektif dalam meningkatkan keterampilan berpikir kreatif siswa pada materi asam basa Arrhenius. Kata Kunci: Pre-Lecture Quiz, keterampilan berpikir kreatif, asam basa Arrhenius
The effect of burning bush at different hours after slashing on selected soil chemical properties.

Bush burning in Africa and in fact major areas of the tropical world has been an age long practice for land clearing and preparation. Although the negative effects of bush burning has been recognised it still appears to be the cheapest means of land clearing to which an acceptable alternative has not been found. The study looked into burning the bush at different tune after slashing. The effects of the time difference on the soil chemical properties were then investigated. Burning the bush increased the soil Ph, available exchangeable cations and phosphorus. However, the amount of soil organic matter and total nitrogen content was significantly increased. The study suggests that if bush burning must be done at all, it should occur twenty-four hours afterr slashing. Keywords: Bush burning, Slashing, Soil Chemical Properties.
Stable stereo based EKF-SLAM in dynamic situation

Vision-based SLAM is steadily gaining importance in autonomous robot navigation, human-machine interface and mobile computing application. Typically, visual SLAM assumes that visual features in image sequence are static. However, SLAM system is difficult to keep stable scene reconstruction in dynamic situation with diverse moving objects. In this paper, we present a visual SLAM framework using the confidence map on the distance estimates of feature points. The confidence map is computed based on the correspondence between stereo image sequences. Then this confidence map provides probabili- ties on the depth estimates of feature points, and more stable and robust system tracking can be achieved.
What Determines the Amplitude of ENSO Events?

Abstract In this paper, the dynamic effect of oceanic upwelling on the intensity of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is studied using a simple coupled model (Zebiak-Cane Model). The term balance analysis in the temperature variability equation shows that the anomalous upwelling of the mean vertical temperature gradient and the mean advection of the anomalous meridional temperature gradient are the two of most important factors that determine the intensity of ENSO events, in which the “vertical oceanic heat flux” in the eastern equatorial Pacific (EEP) is the primary influencing factor. The lag cor-relation between “vertical heat flux (VHF)” and ENSO intensity shows that the highest correlation occurs when the former leads the latter by one to two weeks. The VHF is positively correlated with the background thermocline strength in the EEP, and an increase of both could result in strong ENSO variability. Comparison of the forced and coupled experiments suggests that the coupled process can affect both the intensity and frequency of ENSO.
The role of fire in the ecology and silviculture of Jack Pine.

OF the nine native Canadian pines, jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) is the most widely distributed. Although once scorned as a weed tree it is now regarded as an important commercial species and is currently utilized for a variety of products including pulpwood, rough construction timber, boxes and crates, mine timbers, railway ties, hydro and telephone poles, and posts. It has also been marketed for Christmas trees, but is not very well suited for this use. In Canada the range of jack pine extends from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, through Quebec, Ontario and the three Prairie Provinces to northern British Columbia and the Mackenzie River valley in the Northwest Territories (Sterrett 1920, Collingwood 1938, Rudolf 1958, Hosie 1969). In northwestern Alberta its range overlaps that of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm.); many of the trees in this area have hybrid characteristics (Moss 1953, Critchfield and Little 1966). In Canada the greatest concentration of jack pine is in the Kenora and Rainy River districts of western Ontario; secondary concentrations occur in the
Gradient responses of epilithic diatom communities along the Swedish coast of the Baltic Sea

524 quantitative samples of brackish-water epilithic diatoms were collected from submerged stones at 136 sites in thirteen areas along the Swedish coast line, between 56°00'N and 65°50'N and 12°26'E and 22°42'E (Fig. 1) in the spring and summer of 1990 and 1991. Environmental factors and biomass were determined (Tables 1 and 2). Our previous studies of epilithic and epiphytic diatom communities (for the Bothian Bay, for the Bothian Sea and for the Baltic Sea proper) showed that there could be a large difference in the results of community analysis with multivariate statistics depending on the distribution of large (with biovolume’s cell ≥ 1000 μm
MicroRNA Cluster miR199a/214 are Differentially Expressed in MicroRNA Cluster miR199a/214 are Differentially Expressed in Female and Male Rats Following Nicotine Self-Administration Female and Male Rats Following Nicotine Self-Administration

well-described sex differences in the bio-behavioral processes that contribute to drug addiction– learning and memory, drug efficacy and toxicity, neuroinflammation, etc. 13–16 . Concomitantly, sex differences in pre-clinical animal models have also been demonstrated. Females rats show greater nicotine-induced locomotor sensitization, more pronouced withdrawal following nicotine cessation, enhanced conditoned reinforcement
Interfacial area based variable tortuosity‐connectivity for unsaturated media: A comparison using Miller–Miller scaling and Arya–Paris model

The tortuosity and/or pore connectivity factor, τ, in unsaturated media is typically represented by Seɛ, where Se = effective saturation. The exponent ɛ is treated as an optimized parameter with typical values of 0.5 and 2, respectively, for Mualem and Burdine‐type models. In this study, the tortuosity and/or connectivity term in Mualem and Burdine models is replaced by a normalized ratio, τ(Se = 1) / τ(Se); τ(Se) is the ratio of air–water interfacial area for a soil sample to the interfacial area for the corresponding idealized capillary bundle. The interfacial area for a soil sample is based on Leverett's (1941) thermodynamic considerations and is obtained by integrating the area under the laboratory‐measured moisture retention curve. In addition to Miller–Miller scaling used in an earlier work, the idealized medium retention curve in this study is based on translation via the Arya–Paris (AP) model of the particle size distribution data for a soil sample into its pore size distribution. The saturation‐dependent, variable tortuosity concept is tested for 24 fine‐textured samples in addition to 22 coarse‐textured samples considered in the earlier study. For both fine‐ and coarse‐textured samples, the interfacial area based variable τ(Se) formulation provides at least as good a fit of the measured and predicted unsaturated hydraulic conductivities, K, as a function of moisture content, θ, as the standard Brooks–Corey–Burdine and van Genuchten–Mualem models. Specifically, for the fine‐textured samples, Brooks–Corey–Burdine K(θ) predictions based on the variable τ(Se) model compare well with K(θ) measurements, with an r2 of 0.86, a regression slope of 1.02, and a relatively low residual mean squared deviation of 1.13. Unlike the Burdine (Se2) and Mualem (Se0.5) empirical models, the τ(Se)‐based model parameters have explicit physical significance because the interfacial area in unsaturated media can be measured using interfacial tracers. The use of the AP model to represent the idealized medium retention data suggests its broader applicability for both fine‐ and coarse‐textured media.
Climate change and frequency–intensity–duration (FID) curves for Florya station, Istanbul

In recent decades, according to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports, the impact of climate change on hydro‐meteorological events has increased substantially. This point is obvious in many rainfall–runoff time series as a negative or positive trend. In this paper, first of all such trend possibilities are searched graphically according to Şen's 1:1 (45°) straight‐line method, which has been proposed instead of the classical methods including Mann–Kendall, Spearman's rho and linear regression approaches. Additionally, these trends are quantified by using frequency–intensity–duration (FID) curves, instead of intensity–duration–frequency (IDF) curves obtained from a set of single storm rainfall records. The FID curves provide practical, easy and clear representation of rainfall intensity variation through fitted exponential curves with coefficient of determination that is almost equal to 1 (R2 ≈ 1). FID curves are drawn on semilogarithmic paper with rainfall intensity estimations from the convenient Gamma probability distribution functions (PDFs) or cumulative distribution functions (CDFs). In this study 46‐year rainfall records are used from Florya station, which is located in Istanbul, Turkey. The comparisons generally indicated that a negative trend is valid at this station, and accordingly, representative FID curves are obtained on ordinary and semilogarithmic papers for this station.