Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
GEOMORPHOLOGICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE BROADER AREA OF THE MYCENAEAN DAM OF MEGALO REMA AND ANCIENT TIRYNS, SOUTHEASTERN ARGIVE PLAIN, PELOPONNESUS

Along the eastern margins of the Argive plain, in the torrent of Megalo Rema and at a distance of 4 kilometers east of ancient Tiryns, lies the “Mycenaean dam of ancient Tiryns” a unique technological work of 13 th century B.C. It is believed that it was constructed for the effective protection of the immediate environs of the Mycenaean acropolis of Tiryns from the great floods of Megalo Rema torrent which was flowing just south of the citadel in Mycenaean times. This technical feat is survived in very good condition, having an almost N-S direction, a length of 80-100 meters, a base of 10 meters and an extant height of 8 meters. Its external side is lined with Cyclopean walls. The stability of the dam is strengthened by the presence of flysch on its southern end. The diversion of the channel of Megalo Rema was accomplished by the digging of a 1.4 Km long artificial channel having a SSW direction and joining downstream with the natural channel of Agios Adrianos Rema which discharges in the Gulf of Argos farther south from ancient Tiryns. The course of this downstream part of the new Megalo Rema was again diverted by the Venetians around 1500 A.D. The presence of this dam comprises a fundamental reference point for the geomorphological evolution of this area in the last 3200 years, given that when it was constructed the drainage network of Megalo Rema had already incised in the Pleistocene sediments to a depth of about 10 meters as testified by its inactive channel behind the dam. The ensuing downcutting in the artificial channel during the last 3200 years is 2 meters below the depth of the inactive channel. The incision processes in this time period were not continuous resulting in the formation of a 3-4 meter inner alluvial terrace probably in post – Roman times. The construction of the Mycenaean dam for flood protective purposes seems to be valid, but the study of the evolution of the broader coastal environment of the Tiryns acropolis leads to an equally important hypothesis that the high sedimentation rates of Megalo Rema had been creating serious problems in the sediment filling of this Mycenaean port whose operation was vitally important for the broader area of the Mycenaean Argive plain.
The distribution of ion beams and conics below 8000 km

Measurements from electrostatic analyzers aboard the polar-orbiting S3-3 satellite have been tabulated to form a synoptic picture of the occurrence of upgoing 90eV to 3.9keV auroral ions. In this survey, a distinction is made between ion distributions having peak fluxes along B (beams) and those exhibiting flux maxima that are not field-aligned (conics). It is shown that both beams and conics are common auroral phenomena, whose frequencies of occurrence in latitude, local time, and altitude have a marked dependence on magnetic activity. During quiet conditions (Kp ≲3) conical ion distributions are observed with constant frequency in altitude above 1000 km and appear to be associated with the daytime polar cusp region. In contrast, quiet time ion beams have a maximum occurrence frequency in the premidnight sector. Ion beams are observed primarily above 5000 km, with a frequency increasing with altitude up to the satellite apogee at 8000 km. During disturbed times, ion beams are a persistent phenomenon, mainly confined to the dusk sector, while conical distributions are observed uniformly in local time with a frequency that increases steadily in altitude. The results of this study, which are shown to be consistent with previous surveys of upward flowing ions if no distinction is made between conical and field-aligned distributions, provide information relating to auroral ion acceleration processes.
Rapid dissolution of shells of weakly calcified Antarctic benthic macroorganisms indicates high vulnerability to ocean acidification

Abstract Antarctic calcified macroorganisms are particularly vulnerable to ocean acidification because many are weakly calcified, the dissolution rates of calcium carbonate are inversely related to temperature, and high latitude seas are predicted to become undersaturated in aragonite by the year 2100. We examined the post-mortem dissolution rates of aragonitic and calcitic shells from four species of Antarctic benthic marine invertebrates (two bivalves, one limpet, one brachiopod) and the thallus of a limpet shell-encrusting coralline alga exposed to acidified pH (7.4) or non-acidified pH (8.2) seawater at a constant temperature of 4°C. Within a period of only 14–35 days, shells of all four species held in pH 7.4 seawater had suffered significant dissolution. Despite calcite being 35% less soluble in seawater than aragonite, there was surprisingly, no consistent pattern of calcitic shells having slower dissolution rates than aragonitic shells. Outer surfaces of shells held in pH 7.4 seawater exhibited deterioration by day 35, and by day 56 there was exposure of aragonitic or calcitic prisms within the shell architecture of three of the macroinvertebrate species. Dissolution of coralline algae was confirmed by differences in weight loss in limpet shells with and without coralline algae. By day 56, thalli of the coralline alga held in pH 7.4 displayed a loss of definition of the conceptacle pores and cracking was evident at the zone of interface with limpet shells. Experimental studies are needed to evaluate whether there are adequate compensatory mechanisms in these and other calcified Antarctic benthic macroorganisms to cope with anticipated ocean acidification. In their absence, these organisms, and the communities they comprise, are likely to be among the first to experience the cascading impacts of ocean acidification.
Teaching and Learning Portfolio

" The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another. "-Marva Collins Since the biological science community is a highly dynamic and collaborative environment, learning biology should not be a passive endeavor. Yet historically, biology classes have mostly consisted of memorization of facts with little active involvement on the part of the students. As an educator, I intend to instead involve my students in their learning in a way that fosters relationships, promotes the sharing of ideas and allows them to practice creative problem solving. My most poignant learning experiences were inspired by a strong sense of community that encouraged me to take ownership of my learning. I intend to draw upon these experiences with my students as I use enthusiasm to engage students in lectures, challenge students to reach outside their comfort level, and create authentic learning experiences that will last long past the course's conclusion. Enthusiasm in teaching There is no better example of an educator with a contagious love for teaching a subject than my college Forest Ecology professor, Dr. Burt Barnes. Burt, who insisted that " Dr. Barnes " was too formal, was an entertainer as well as an educator: his lectures often consisted of props, costumes, and stories that kept his students in the packed lecture hall engaged. The theatrics acted to complement the clarity and thoroughness with which he presented the material in each lecture and the resulting emotional connection made learning the difficult course material seem nearly effortless. His pure enthusiasm and high lecture standard of lecture presentation are characteristics that I will carry with me in my career. My goal is to help foster a community in which students in my lecture classes can get caught up in the excitement of learning as I did in college. Learning through challenges As a spinning (group cycling) instructor, I often coached my student to work just outside of their comfort zone to reap the maximum benefits; if you go too easy, you'll forfeit improvement. Conversely, push too hard and you risk burnout and injury. In the classroom, this principle is known as scaffolding in which students are challenged with skills just beyond their current capabilities in order to reach a higher level of learning. Challenges, combined with a positive environment, often create community in the classroom as students come together to complete a foreign task and share ideas. …
Cymbopogon winterianus : An Important Species for Essential Java Citronella Oil and Medicinal Value

Citronella was first introduced in India in 1959 from Indonesia (Java Island, hence the name Java citronella) (Kaul et al. 1997). Citronella (Cymbopogon winterianus Jowitt) is an aromatic grass belonging to the Poaceae family which gives essential oils upon stem distillation. This is used extensively as a source of perfumery, soap, cosmetic and flavoring industry throughout the world. India has been a leading producer of essential oils including oil of citronella. However, it is now facing stiff competition from other developing countries, in several commodities both in quality and price.
Development of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the hermaphroditic freshwater snails Drepanotrema surinamense and Drepanotrema depressissimum

We characterized new variable microsatellites in two congeneric species of hermaphroditic freshwater snails (Drepanotrema depressissimum and D. surinamense), as well as conditions for multiplexing and simultaneously genotyping sets of loci. D. depressissimum had high mean gene diversity (> 0.8) and large number of alleles (= 10.9) per population. Most loci and populations were at Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. The FST estimates were low among lesser Antilles populations and larger with a Venezuelan population. Far less diversity was found in D. surinamense with mean number of alleles and gene diversity per population of 2.8 and 0.34, respectively. Very few heterozygous individuals were observed. The most likely explanation is a high selfing rate (> 0.825) in this species. Unsurprisingly, the FST estimates among populations were much higher than in D. depressissimum. Cross-species amplification in three congeneric species was on the whole unsuccessful.
Transcriptional Regulation of the Human 5-HT1A Receptor Gene by Lithium: Role of Deaf1 and GSK3β

Serotonin 1A (5-HT1A) autoreceptors located on serotonin neurons inhibit their activity, and their upregulation has been implicated in depression, suicide and resistance to antidepressant treatment. Conversely, post-synaptic 5-HT1A heteroreceptors are important for antidepressant response. The transcription factor deformed epidermal autoregulatory factor 1 (Deaf1) acts as a presynaptic repressor and postsynaptic enhancer of 5-HT1A transcription, but the mechanism is unclear. Because Deaf1 interacts with and is phosphorylated by glycogen synthase kinase 3β (GSK3β)—a constitutively active protein kinase that is inhibited by the mood stabilizer lithium at therapeutic concentrations—we investigated the role of GSK3β in Deaf1 regulation of human 5-HT1A transcription. In 5-HT1A promoter-reporter assays, human HEK293 kidney and 5-HT1A-expressing SKN-SH neuroblastoma cells, transfection of Deaf1 reduced 5-HT1A promoter activity by ~45%. To identify potential GSK3β site(s) on Deaf1, point mutations of known and predicted phosphorylation sites on Deaf1 were tested. Deaf1 repressor function was not affected by any of the mutants tested except the Y300F mutant, which augmented Deaf1 repression. Both lithium and the selective GSK3 inhibitors CHIR-99021 and AR-014418 attenuated and reversed Deaf1 repression compared to vector. This inhibition was at concentrations that maximally inhibit GSK3β activity as detected by the GSK3β-sensitive TCF/LEF reporter construct. Our results support the hypothesis that GSK3β regulates the activity of Deaf1 to repress 5-HT1A transcription and provide a potential mechanism for actions of GSK3 inhibitors on behavior.
A Preliminary Report on the Weeding Experiment of Glyphosate Weed Killers on Young Forest Lands

of glyphosate water agent is used to conduct the weeding experiment on Cunninghamia lanceolata and broadleaved tree mixed forest lands.The experiment shows that the weeding effect increases with the increase of glyphosate concentration on a certain degree.The weeding objective may be won by applying 1.5 kg of glyphosate per 667m 2 usually.
Measuring Organizational Performance in Strategic Human Resource Management : Problems and Prospects

This paper has not undergone formal review or approval of the faculty of the ILR school. It is intended to make results of the Center research available to others interested in preliminary form to encourage discussion and suggestions. ABSTRACT A major challenge for Strategic Human Resource Management research in the next decade will be to establish a clear, coherent and consistent construct for organizational performance. This paper describes the variety of measures used in current empirical research linking human resource management and organizational performance. Implications for future research are discussed amidst the challenges of construct definition, divergent stakeholder criteria and the temporal dynamics of performance. The concept of performance information markets that addresses these challenges is proposed as a framework for the application of multi-dimensional weighted performance measurement systems. "What are you doing? " inquired the policeman of the drunk crawling on the pavement under the glow of a lamppost. "I am looking for my quarter," came the reply. "Where did you lose it? " asked the officer helpfully. "I dropped it over there by that payphone," retorted the drunk. Incredulous, the officer asked, "Then why are you looking in the middle of street? " "Because there is more light over here," he replied with his nose nearly to the ground.
CO2 injectivity in saline aquifers: The impact of non‐Darcy flow, phase miscibility, and gas compressibility

A key aspect of CO2 storage is the injection rate into the subsurface, which is limited by the pressure at which formation starts to fracture. Hence, it is vital to assess all of the relevant processes that may contribute to the pressure increase in the aquifer during CO2 injection. Building on an existing analytical solution for immiscible and spatially varying non‐Darcy flow, this paper presents a mathematical model that accounts for combined effects of non‐Darcy flow, phase miscibility, and gas compressibility in radial two‐phase displacements. Results show that in low‐permeability formations when CO2 is injected at high rates, non‐Darcy simulations forecast better displacement efficiency compared to flow under Darcy conditions. This will have a positive effect on the formation CO2 storage capacity. This, however, comes at the cost of increased well pressures. More favorable estimations of the pressure buildup are obtained when CO2 compressibility is taken into account because reservoir pressures are reduced due to the change in the gas phase properties. Also, non‐Darcy flow results in a significant reduction in halite precipitation in the near‐well region, with a positive effect on CO2 injectivity. In the examples shown, non‐Darcy flow conditions may lead to significantly different pressure and saturation distributions in the near‐well region, with potentially important implications for CO2 injectivity.
NOTA CIENTÍFICA MÉTODO DE DILUIÇÃO DO SOLO PARA ESTIMAR O POTENCIAL DE INÓCULO DE Plasmodiophora brassicae SOIL DILUTION METHOD FOR THE ESTIMATION THE INOCULUM POTENTIAL OF Plasmodiophora brassicae

The producers of brassicas in the Metropolitan region of Curitiba-PR have identified severe damage in their crops due to the disease club root caused by P. brassicae. In that region, there is lack of data concerning the degree of soil infestation. Therefore, the objective of this paper was to design a comparative methodology to quantify the risk of infection of the disease in two soils contaminated from two areas in Colombo-PR, (Boicininga and Serrinha). The experiment was conducted under greenhouse conditions using ruccula (Eruca sativa Mill) as the host plant: it was sowed in pots with infested soil and diluted (mixed with sterile soil) in the following proportions: 1:1, 1:2, 1:4, 1:8, 1:16, 1:32. Forty-five days after planting, aerial fresh matter, incidence and disease severity were determined. The soil in Boicininga presented disease severity up to 1:32 dilution, whereas the soil in Serrinha presented a decrease in disease severity from 1:4 dilutions onwards. There was no significant difference at 5% level between the treatments for the incidence and severity in dilutions with Boicininga soil. From Serrinha soil the plants presented a decrease in the variables incidence and severity. The dilution method was revealed as an important tool in the assessment of the potential of development of the disease, and can be recommended to distinguish inoculum potential of P. brassicae in crucifer’s productions fields.
N ° 2008-28 Food price policies and the distribution of body mass index : Theory and empirical evidence from France

This paper uses French food-expenditure data to examine the e¤ect of the local prices of 23 food product categories on the distribution of Body Mass Index (BMI) in a sample of French adults. A dynamic choice model using standard assumptions in Physiology is developed. It is shown that the slope of the price-BMI relationship is a¤ected by the individuals Physical Activity Level (PAL). When the latter is unobserved, identi cation of price e¤ects at conditional quantiles of the BMI distribution requires quantile independence between PAL and the covariates, especially income. Using quantile regressions, unconditional BMI distributions can then be simulated for various price policies. In the preferred scenario, increasing the price of soft drinks, breaded proteins, deserts and pastries, snacks and ready-meals by 10%, and reducing the price of fruit and vegetables in brine by 10% would decrease the prevalence of overweight and obesity by 24% and 33% respectively. The fall in health care expenditures would represente up to 1.39% of total health care spendings in 2004. I am grateful to Christine Boizot-Szantai for research assistance, to Olivier Allais, Arnaud Basdevant, Andrew Clark, Pierre Dubois, Sébastien Lecocq, David Madden and AnneLaure Samson for discussions and suggestions, and to seminar participants at the 2005 EAAE Congress (Copenhagen), INRA-IDEI (Toulouse), INRA-GAEL (Grenoble), the York Seminar in Health Econometrics, INRA-EC (Blois), JESF 2007 (Lille), SFER conference 2007 (Paris), the Erasmus School of Economics (Rotterdam), AUHE seminar (Leeds), and the 17th European Workshop on Health Economics and Econometrics (Coimbra, 2008) for helpful comments on various versions of this paper. 1 ha ls hs -0 05 86 72 0, v er si on 1 18 A pr 2 01 1
ORCHESTRA Mimarisine Dayalı Bir Taşkın Tahmin Sisteminin Tasarlanması

The most destructive disaster after earthquake is flood. Both the development of flood forecasting and early warning systems and production of flood risk maps complex systems and models are needed. The realization of these applications requires large amounts of spatial and temporal data sets collected by different agencies. It is emphasized that the Spatial Data Infrastructures which allow spatial data and service sharing between all related agencies are vital to achieve real-time flood forecasting and risk management applications. Within the scope of this study, flood forecasting and early warning systems developed in the World and in Turkey have been analyzed; the information has been collected about the relevant projects through the interviews made by the government institutions. Then, the hydrologic, meteorological and physiological factors which are effective in the origination of the flood have been identified. These factors have been considered as necessary data layers for the flood risk management and the state institutions producing these data have been determined. Lastly, the ORCHESTRA (Open Architecture and Spatial Data Infrastructure for Risk Management) architecture has been taken as a basis to design a flood forecasting system based on ORCHESTRA web services.
Assessment of the size of large and great historical earthquakes in Peru

A critical reappraisal of great historical earthquakes in Peru is made in order to obtain quantitative estimates of rupture length, seismic moment, tsunami magnitude Mt , and moment magnitude Mw . Newly collected information concerning several historical earthquakes permits the evaluation of macroseismic zones and from the size of these zones, the estimation of length of rupture, seismic moment and magnitude Mw . It is found that local tsunami data provide good quantitative estimates of Mt , and therefore an independent way of verifying macroseismic estimates of rupture length and seismic moment. A space-time diagram of great historical earthquakes shows the existence of three zones roughly corresponding to the segmentation of the Nazca plate (Hasegawa and Sacks, 1981) subducting under Peru. The northern zone looks aseismic. The central one is very complex; it breaks either completely or in smaller segments, and it may go through long quiescence periods. The recurrence time for the southern segment, the more regular one, is of the order of one century.
Independent component analysis as a tool for ground deformation analysis

SUMMARY Independent component analysis (ICA) is a recent and well-known technique used to separate mixtures of signals. This technique has been applied to the ground deformation time-series recorded at the permanent GPS network of the Osservatorio Vesuviano—INGV in order to characterize the deformation background level in the Neapolitan volcanic area. The analysis revealed the presence of five independent periodic signals common at all the GPS stations; some of them are interpreted as effects of earth tides. The residual signal at each station represent the local ground deformation. Unfortunately the ICA cannot provide the absolute amplitude of the components, indeed we are not able to obtain a residual amplitude at each station. Then we used a stationarity analysis in order to investigate the eventual presence of local transient deformations. The ICA technique combined with the stationarity analysis has shown to be a very interesting tool for individuating ground deformation trends and could be very useful in volcanic areas monitoring.
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Common Correlated Effects Estimation of Heterogeneous Dynamic Panel Data Models with Weakly Exogenous Regressors Alexander Chudik Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Cafe and Cimf

This paper extends the Common Correlated Effects (CCE) approach developed by Pesaran (2006) to heterogeneous panel data models with lagged dependent variable and/or weakly exogenous regressors. We show that the CCE mean group estimator continues to be valid but the following two conditions must be satisfied to deal with the dynamics: a sufficient number of lags of cross section averages must be included in individual equations of the panel, and the number of cross section averages must be at least as large as the number of unobserved common factors. We establish consistency rates, derive the asymptotic distribution, suggest using co-variates to deal with the effects of multiple unobserved common factors, and consider jackknife and recursive demeaning bias correction procedures to mitigate the small sample time series bias. Theoretical findings are accompanied by extensive Monte Carlo experiments, which show that the proposed estimators perform well so long as the time series dimension of the panel is sufficiently large. helpful comments. In writing of this paper, Chudik benefited from the visit to the Center for Applied Financial Economics (CAFE). Pesaran acknowledges financial support from ESRC grant no. ES/I031626/1. The views in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas or the Federal Reserve System.