Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
AlertNet Webmap Initiative - New Media Approaches to Mapping Humanitarian Response

Reuters AlertNet provides a web-community environment for the access and sharing of information focused on global humanitarian response scenarios. AlertNet are currently developing ideas that exploit web mapping technology from ESRI in support of the response activities of the humanitarian relief community. A particular feature of the project is the dynamic linking of breaking news features with supporting map resources. The presentation will provide a brief history of the project, current activities to prove the concepts and future plans towards capacity mapping.
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON

This paper describes an approach to the use of genetic programming for object detection problems. In this approach, domain independent, local region pixel statistics are used to form three terminal sets. The function set is constructed by the four standard arithmetic operators and a conditional operator. A multiobjective fitness function is constructed based on detection rate, false alarm rate, false alram position and program size. This approach is applied to three object detection problems of increasing difficulty. The results suggest that the concentric circular pixel statistics are more effective than the square features for the these object detection problems. The fitness function with program size is more effective and more efficient for these object detection problems and the evolved genetic programs using this fitness function are much shorter and easier to interpret.
Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Abstract Abstract:Abstract: Recent regulatory changes in India require the firms to improve the appointment of female directors on corporate boards, and it is believed that such a regulation would prove to be a boon in terms of strategic decision making. The Board Capital Theory advocates that the appointment of women directors on board shall enhance various dimensions of the board capital breadth and help in better decision making. With growing consciousness for sustainable practices throughout the globe, it is pertinent to see whether the gender diverse boards can promote corporate social responsibility and create a business case for their upsurge, as it would give room for policy implications. This study investigates the impact of gender diverse boards on promoting corporate social responsibility, using multivariate regression with a sample of NIFTY 50 Index for the period 2014-2019. The study found insignificant positive relation among gender-diverse boards and sustainability. To check for the robustness of the study, we have used two diversity indices, Blau & Shannon index, to supplement our results.
Some Janowski Type Harmonic q-Starlike Functions Associated with Symmetrical Points

The motive behind this article is to apply the notions of q-derivative by introducing some new families of harmonic functions associated with the symmetric circular region. We develop a new criterion for sense preserving and hence the univalency in terms of q-differential operator. The necessary and sufficient conditions are established for univalency for this newly defined class. We also discuss some other interesting properties such as distortion limits, convolution preserving, and convexity conditions. Further, by using sufficient inequality, we establish sharp bounds of the real parts of the ratios of harmonic functions to its sequences of partial sums. Some known consequences of the main results are also obtained by varying the parameters.
Integration of focal vibration and intra-articular oxygen–ozone therapy in rehabilitation of painful knee osteoarthritis

Objective To examine the pain-reducing effects of intra-articular oxygen–ozone (O2O3) injections and mechanical focal vibration (mFV) versus O2O3 injections alone in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Methods Patients with chronic pain (>6 weeks) due to knee osteoarthritis (II–III on the Kellgren–Lawrence scale) were consecutively enrolled and divided into two groups: O2O3 (n = 25) and O2O3-mFV (n = 24). The visual analog scale (VAS), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS), and Medical Research Council (MRC) Manual Muscle Testing scale were administered at baseline (before treatment), after 3 weeks of treatment, and 1 month after the end of treatment. Patients received three once-weekly intra-articular injections of O2O3 into the knee (20 mL O3, 20 μg/mL). The O2O3-mFV group also underwent nine sessions of mFV (three sessions per week). Results The VAS score, KOOS, and MRC score were significantly better in the O2O3-mFV than O2O3 group. The within-group analysis showed that all scores improved over time compared with baseline and were maintained even 1 month after treatment. No adverse events occurred. Conclusion An integrated rehabilitation protocol involving O2O3 injections and mFV for 3 weeks reduces pain, increases autonomy in daily life activities, and strengthens the quadriceps femoris.
Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 2.2022 Featured Updates to the NCCN Guidelines

TheNCCNGuidelinesforCentralNervousSystem(CNS)Cancersfocusonman-agementofthefollowingadultCNScancers:glioma(WHOgrade1,WHOgrade 2 – 3 oligodendroglioma [1p19q codeleted, IDH-mutant], WHO grade 2 – 4 IDH-mutantastrocytoma,WHOgrade4glioblastoma),intracranialandspinalependy-momas,medulloblastoma,limitedandextensivebrainmetastases,leptomenin-geal metastases,
Comportement phénologique d’arbres plantés hors de leurs aires d'origine, et notamment de ceux changés d’hémisphères

Donnees sur la phenologie de quelques especes arborees fruitieres et horticoles croissant sous 24 latitudes differentes. Le comportement de chaque espece est resume dans les phenogrammes. Les resultats montrent que la repartition des especes considerees le long d'un gradient de latitudes est d'autant plus large que leur phenologie est labile. Le decalage de six mois dans le deroulement des cycles phenologiques souvent observe entre hemispheres Nord et Sud, est d'autant plus marque que la saisonnalite est forte a la latitude consideree
The Recent Increase in Atlantic Hurricane Activity: Causes and Implications

of the wind stress around the center dates of the new production data. The stresses were either averaged spatially over the same zonal intervals as the new production sections, or were computed at the longitude of new production data for values derived from a single location. The wind stresses were added to the regression of new production on thermocline depth in a stepwise fashion. The incremental improvement to the explained variance (4%) is not statistically different from zero. The reason for the relative lack of improvement when including local zonal wind stress is that large-scale, remotely wind-forced upwelling, as manifest through thermocline depth variations, is the principal physical process driving vertical fluxes of heat and nutrients into the surface layer, rather than local wind-forced upwelling. The primacy of non— local wind—forced dynamics in affecting large-scale thermocline depth variations and surface layer prop
Linear Models with Response Functions Based on the Laplace Distribution: Statistical Formulae and Their Application to Epigenomics

The statistical application considered here arose in epigenomics, linking the DNA methylation proportions measured at specific genomic sites to characteristics such as phenotype or birth order. It was found that the distribution of errors in the proportions of chemical modification (methylation) on DNA, measured at CpG sites, may be successfully modelled by a Laplace distribution which is perturbed by a Hermite polynomial. We use a linear model with such a response function. Hence, the response function is known, or assumed well estimated, but fails to be differentiable in the classical sense due to the modulus function. Our problem was to estimate coefficients for the linear model and the corresponding covariance matrix and to compare models with varying numbers of coefficients. The linear model coefficients may be found using the (derivative-free) simplex method, as in quantile regression. However, this theory does not yield a simple expression for the covariance matrix of the coefficients of the linear model. Assuming response functions which are except where the modulus function attains zero, we derive simple formulae for the covariance matrix and a log-likelihood ratio statistic, using generalized calculus. These original formulae enable a generalized analysis of variance and further model comparisons.
Land Cover and Vegetation Change in the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve Analyzed with Landsat Thematic Mapper Data

Abstract Coastal wetland is a major part of wetlands in the world. Land cover and vegetation mapping in a deltaic lowland environment is complicated by the rapid and significant changes of geomorphic forms. Remote sensing provides an important tool for coastal land cover classification and landscape analysis. The study site in this paper is the Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve (YRDNR) at the Yellow River mouth in Shangdong province, China. Yellow River Delta is one of the fastest growing deltas in the world. YRDNR was listed as a national level nature reserve in 1992. The objectives of this paper are two fold: to study the land cover status of YRDNR, and to examine the land cover change since it was declared as a nature reserve. Land cover and vegetation mapping in YRDNR was developed using multi‐spectral Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery acquired in 1995. Land cover and landscape characteristics were analyzed with the help of ancillary GIS. Land use investigation data in 1991 were used for comparison with Landsat classification map. Our results show that YRDNR has experienced significant landscape change and environmental improvement after 1992.
Placement and routing of Boolean functions in constrained FPGAs using a distributed genetic algorithm and local search

In this work we present a system for implementing the placement and routing stages in the FPGA cycle of design, into the physical design stage. We start with the ISCAS benchmarks, on EDIF format, of Boolean functions to be implemented. They are processed by a parser in order to obtain an internal representation which is able to be processed by a genetic algorithm (GA) tool. This tool develops the placement and routing tasks, considering possible restricted area into the FPGA. In order to help to the GA to make the routing stage we have added a local search procedure. That local search gets a path between two points without considering neither their placement nor the restricted areas among them. The GA is fully customizable, featuring the ability to work with one or several islands. The experiments have verified that using distributing execution improves the costs and speeds up the convergence towards better results in smaller slots of time
Spatial Cognition & Computation: an Interdisciplinary Journal Carving Categories in a Continuous World: Preverbal Infants Discriminate Categorical Changes before Distance Changes in Dynamic Events Carving Categories in a Continuous World: Preverbal Infants Discriminate Categorical Changes before Dis

The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae, and drug doses should be independently verified with primary sources. The publisher shall not be liable for any loss, actions, claims, proceedings, demand, or costs or damages whatsoever or howsoever caused arising directly or indirectly in connection with or arising out of the use of this material. Abstract: To learn motion verbs and prepositions, children must categorize event components such that jumping 1 meter over the puddle and jumping 3 meters over the puddle are both instances of jumping. Thus, children's categories must allow variability in coordinate properties, while preserving the relational component labeled by motion verbs and prepositions. The current study asks if preverbal infants notice within-category distance changes (e.g., height of a jump) more than across-category distance changes, (e.g., over versus under). Results suggest that categorical changes are most important, which has implications for how children carve a continuous world into categories that coincide with language.
OBSERVATIONS OF THE SEASONAL JET-LIKE CIRCULATION IN THE CELTIC SEA & ST. GEORGE'S CHANNEL

2 School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales Bangor, Menai Bridge, LL59 5EY. 3 Centre for Coastal & Marine Sciences, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Bidston Observatory, Birkenhead, Merseyside, L43 7RA. 4 Department of Oceanography, Martin Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway. OBSERVATIONS OF THE SEASONAL JET-LIKE CIRCULATION IN THE CELTIC SEA & ST. GEORGE’S CHANNEL by Brown, J., Fernand, L. , Carrillo, L. , Horsburgh, K.J., Hill, A.E. , Read, J.W. , Medler, K.J., Nolan, G.D. and Norris, S.W.
Microtubules in Dendritic Spine Development and Plasticity the Cytoskeletal Architecture of Den- Dritic Spines

Recent studies indicate that microtubules (MTs) may play an important role in spine development and dynamics. Several imaging studies have now documented the exploration of dendritic spines by dynamic MTs in an activity-dependent manner. Furthermore, it was found that alterations of MT dynamics by pharmacological and molecular approaches exert profound influence on the development and plasticity of spines associated with neuronal activity. It is reasonable to speculate that dynamic MTs may be responsible for targeted delivery of specific cargos to a selected number of spines and/or for interacting with the actin cytoskeleton to generate the structural changes of spines associated with synap-tic modifications. Dendritic spines are tiny membrane protrusions that serve as the postsynaptic terminals for most of the excitatory syn-apses in the vertebrate brain. The spine head contains the postsynaptic density (PSD) that features clustered neuro-transmitter receptors, scaffolding components, and signaling proteins, all of which are positioned on the immediate opposite side of presynaptic terminals for effective reception of neurotransmitters. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence to show that synapses are plastic and undergo short-and long-term modifications during developmental refinement of neural circuits, as well as in learning and memory [1-3]. Furthermore, many neurological disorders have been associated with alterations of synaptic connections [3, 4]. Therefore, a better understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying synaptic plasticity is of importance to our understanding of brain development and functions under both physiological and pathological conditions. Modulation of synaptic strength involves both pre-and post-synaptic terminals, of which the presynaptic changes are often associated with an adjustment in the probability of neurotransmitter release [5]. On the postsynaptic side, modifications of the number and activity of surface neurotrans-mitter receptors are considered to be a key event underlying synaptic modification. For example, the intracellular domain of
Caracterización de harina y almidón obtenidos a partir de plátano guineo AAAea (Musa sapientum L.)

En el estudio se caracterizaron las propiedades quimica, termica, funcional y morfologica de la harina y el almidon de guineo AAAea (Musa sapientum L.). Los resultados mostraron un rendimiento de 33.33% para harina y 3.61% para almidon. El porcentaje de proteina en la harina fue de 5.43% y en almidon de 2.17%. La fibra soluble en harina fue de 19.85% y de grasa en el almidon de 4.11 %. El analisis termico de la harina mostro que la etapa de descomposicion varia desde 141.33 °C hasta 388.30 °C con una perdida de peso de 55.85%. Para el almidon esta misma condicion ocurrio entre los 248 °C y 327 °C con una perdida de peso de 74.15%. Las temperaturas de gelatinizacion para harina y almidon fueron de 68 y 66.41 °C, respectivamente, con entalpias de gelatinizacion 2.38 J/g para harina y 6.06 J/g para almidon. En el analisis de RVA durante el periodo de enfriamiento, tanto la harina como el almidon presentaron buena viscosidad. La mayor parte de los granulos de almidon mostraron formas irregulares, aunque algunos tienen forma esferica u oval. Los tamanos varian desde 4.17 μm hasta 42.11 μm.
A Functional-logic Library for Wired

We develop a Haskell library for functional-logic programming and apply it to the implementation of Wired, a relational language for describing and analysing circuits at the VLSI-layout level. Compared to a previous library for logic programming by Claessen, our main contribution is to add support for residuation. Compared to the published paper on Wired, we implement a useful version of the language while demonstrating the use of relations rather than functions in the design of high-performance circuits. Finally, we evaluate the success of our library by comparing it with the dedicated functional-logic language Curry.
Interaction between predatory mites in control of two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (Koch) on tomato in greenhouseInterakcje pomiędzy drapieżnymi roztoczami stosowanymi do redukowania liczebności przędziorka chmielowca Tetranychus urticae (Koch) na pomidorze szklarniowym

Summary According to the Directive 2009/128/EC all member countries of the European Union are obligated to introduce, implement and use integrated plant protection programmes by 2014. The main purpose of these new plant protection systems which are based on the principles of sustainable agriculture is to combine good agriculture practice with environment protection. Therefore, biological control methods are considered as a priority and one of the most important elements of integrated plant protection, both in greenhouse grown and field crops. Tetranychus urticae is one of the most important pest in greenhouse crops. Successful control of this pest is very difficult. The results of the laboratory and greenhouse studies showed that the predator mites Phytoseiulus persimilis T and Amblyseius cucumeris were highly effective when used together against the two-spotted spider mites (82% mortality). When the predators were used separately they were less effective in reducing the pest populations (P. persimilis – 68%, A. cucumeris – 38% mortality). These predatory mites used in the experiments demonstrated a neutral interaction. The studies showed that Amblyseius swirskii was competitive to A. andersoni populations in controlling the two-spotted spider mite.
Earthquake Relocation Using Cross-Correlation Time Delay Estimates Verified with the Bispectrum Method

Cross-correlation (CC) determined relative time delays, or related differential travel times, between pairs of seismic events at the same station are often used as input data to improve earthquake relocation results. Researchers generally select those time delays with associated CC coefficients larger than a chosen threshold. When two similar time series are contaminated by correlated noise sources, the relative time delay between them calculated with the CC technique is sometimes not reliable. Noise sources at a station for different events can be partially correlated or just randomly correlated. In this work, we use the bispectrum (BS) method, which works in the third-order spectral domain, to check the reliability of the CC determined time delay. We calculate two time delays with the BS method, one using the bandpass-filtered waveforms and the other with the raw data, and use them to verify (select or reject) the CC estimate computed with the filtered waveforms. We apply this technique to obtain bispectrum-verified CC differential times for 822 New Zealand earthquakes in the Wellington area. Our work demonstrates that the CC time delays verified with the BS method provide improved (smaller root mean square residual and more clustered) earthquake relocation results compared to those selected with the standard threshold criterion.
On the evolution of random geometric graphs on spaces of negative curvature

We study a family of random geometric graphs on hyperbolic spaces. In this setting, N points are chosen randomly on the hyperbolic plane of curvature 2 and any two of them are joined by an edge with probability that depends on their hyperbolic distance, independently of every other pair. In particular, when the positions of the points have been xed, the distribution over the set of graphs on these points is the Boltzmann distribution,
Inclusive development? State-led land development model in New Town, Kolkata

Urban land development in India is changing under the auspices of economic liberalisation. Kolkata has been in the forefront of this transformation through development of new townships in the urban peripheries based on a distinctive state-led land development model. Within this context, New Town, Kolkata (also known as Rajarhat) provides a highly illuminative case to articulate the ways in which, the state is implementing its neo-liberal agenda in land development. It rides on political and ideological high ground by seeking to create a ‘model development’ of state-market partnership for a dual goal of fostering capitalist interest while fulfilling welfarist principles. Interesting insights have emerged that point to a policy paradox. On one hand, the process follows market principles of efficacy and efficiency; on the other, state’s keenness in extending control persists, thereby creating a highly uneven terrain for the state-market interaction. New Town reflects a typical quasi-market condition shaped by the monopolistic state, poorly-structured role of private sector, absence of civic bodies and minimal land and housing provision for the poor. In India, as internationally, with the economic liberalisation market ideology is increasingly construed as good governance. In this context, New Town is a step in the right direction but the progress is patchy, uneven and still evolving.
Lithoprobe’s impact on the Canadian diamond-exploration industryThis article is one of a series of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme Lithoprobe — parameters, processes, and the evolution of a continent.Earth Sciences Sector Contribution 20070261; Lithoprobe Contribution 1479.

Lithoprobe aided and will continue to guide diamond exploration in Canada via a number of diverse ways and at scales from cratons to individual ore bodies. Specific transects outlined the domainal nature, geometry, and age relations of crust, subjacent mantle, and diamond-bearing roots in unusually rich detail for cratonic settings such as those of the Superior and Slave cratons, as well as pericratonic (shield) settings such as those of the Sask craton and Buffalo Hills terrane. The Superior and Slave examples of craton construction by multiple underthrust layers, as inferred from structural geometries observed in Lithoprobe seismic and magnetotelluric surveys, remain the clearest resolved to date. The first definition of the Sask craton occurred 10–15 years ago and helped fuel the diamond industry’s ongoing revision of Clifford’s Rule for exploration so as to include targets in Proterozoic shield settings. Main Lithoprobe transect results and supporting geoscience studies have helped to demonstrate the .