Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
TOXIC CONTAMINANTS IN MARINE AND ANADROMOUS FISHES FROM PUGET SOUND, WASHINGTON

This report is the first comprehensive data summary of the Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program’s (PSAMP) Fish Component. Its primary purpose is to provide a brief background of the PSAMP Fish Component, an overview of its sampling methods, a comprehensive summary of contaminant exposure data collected by the PSAMP, and a summary of key findings. In the period covering 1989 through 1999 we sampled tissues or other matrices from ten marine or anadromous fish species from over 100 stations. Our sampling covered the full geographic range of the Puget Sound and southern Georgia Basin, an area of marine and estuarine waters exceeding 2300 km, and with a shoreline length exceeding 2100 km. Data for toxic contaminants from 2,123 composite or individual samples are summarized here, including 1,446 muscle samples, 290 liver samples, 88 whole-body samples, and 299 bile samples. Fifty-six of the 126 individual compounds or elements monitored by the PSAMP Fish Component were measured above the method detection limit in at least one sample during this period. This group of detected compounds includes all four of the metals for which we analyzed (copper, arsenic, mercury and lead), four of seven PCB Aroclors, 14 of 15 PCB congeners, 13 of 23 pesticides, biliary metabolites (as fluorescing aromatic compounds, or FACs) of benzo(a)pyrene, phenanthrene, and naphthalene, three of four organotins, and 15 Other Organic Compounds (including aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates, phenols, halogens, ethers, etc.). Of these groups, the metals, PCBs, and FACs were the only compounds detected consistently. Data are summarized by frequency of detection in each matrix for all contaminants, followed by species-specific summary statistics for the most commonly detected compounds, and finally, an appendix of species-location-specific summary statistics. Pertinent biological data for these samples (e.g., fish age, size, and tissue lipid concentrations, are presented. Key findings from previously published reports are also summarized for PCBs, pesticides, mercury, lead, arsenic, copper, and FACs.
Harnessing the capacity of PGPR with or without AMF for improved plant use efficiency of chemical fertilizers and organic manure

The search for microorganisms that improve soil fertility and enhance plant nutrition has continued to attract attention due to the increasing cost of fertilizers and their negative environmental impacts. The objectives of this greenhouse study with tomato were to determine (i) if reduced rates of inorganic fertilizer coupled with microbial inoculants (PGPR or PGPR plus AMF) will produce plant growth, yield, and nutrient uptake equivalent to that obtained with full rates of the fertilizer and (ii) the minimum level that fertilizer could be reduced when inoculants were used. The microbial inoculants used in the study were a mixture of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) strains Bacillus amyloliquefaciens IN937a and Bacillus pumilus T4, a formulated PGPR product, and the arbuscular mycorrhiza fungus (AMF), Glomus intraradices. Results showed that supplementing 75% of the recommended fertilizer rate with inoculants produced plant growth, yield, and nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus) uptake that were statistically equivalent to full fertilizer rate without inoculants. When inoculants were used with lower rates of fertilizer, the beneficial effects were usually not noted; however, inoculation with the mixture of PGPR and AMF at 70% fertility consistently produced the same yield as the full fertility rate without inoculants. Without inoculants, use of fertilizer rates lower than the recommended resulted in significantly less plant growth, yield, and nutrient uptake or
The Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program on Mothers' Leave-Taking and Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes

This analysis uses March Current Population Survey data from 1999 to 2010 and a differences-in-differences approach to examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We obtain robust evidence that the California program doubled the overall use of maternity leave, increasing it from an average of three to six weeks for new mothers--with some evidence of particularly large growth for less advantaged groups. We also provide evidence that PFL increased the usual weekly work hours of employed mothers of 1- to 3-year-old children by 10 to 17 percent and that their wage incomes may have risen by a similar amount.
UvA-DARE ( Digital Academic Repository ) ( Un-) certainties in radiotherapy of rectal cancer

Purpose To investigate bowel exposure using prone, supine, or two different belly boards for rectal cancer intensity modulated RT plans using a full bladder protocol. Material and methods For 11 volunteers four MR scans were acquired, on a flat table in prone, supine, and on two different belly boards (IT-V Medizintechnik GmbH (BB1) and CIVCO (BB2)), using a full bladder protocol. On each scan a 25 x 2 Gy IMRT plan was calculated. Results BB2 led to an average bowel area volume reduction of 20–30% at any dose level compared to prone. BB1 showed a smaller dose reduction effect, while no differences between prone and supine were found. Differences between BB2 and prone, supine or BB1 were significant up to a level of respectively, 45, 35, and 30 Gy, respectively. The reducing effect varied among individuals, except for the 50 Gy regions, where no effect was found. An increase in bladder volume of 100 cc led to a significant bowel area V15 reduction of 16% independent of scan type. Conclusions In the low and intermediate dose region a belly board still attributes to a significant bowel dose reduction when using IMRT and a full bladder protocol. A larger bladder volume resulted in a significant decreased bowel area dose.
Determination of Water Requirements of Main crops in the Tank Irrigation Command area using CROPWAT 8.0.

A study was carried out to determine the water requirement of main crops in the perumal tank irrigation command area in Cuddalore district. The main crops include rice, groundnut, and sugarcane. The crop water requirements were determined using 15 year climatic data using CROPWAT 8.0. The seven crop growth stages (nursery,nursery/land preparation,land prepearation,initial,development,mid season,late season) and three decades (I,II,III) were considered for all crops. Crops were planted during 2012 kuruvai season and the crop coefficient was determined for each crop. Reference Crop Evapotranspiration (ETo) was determined using the FAO Penman Monteith method and the effective rainfall was calculated using USDA S.C. Method. The study shows that for the study area, reference evapotranspiration (ET o) varied from 3.67 to 6.42 mm/day and the effective rainfall varied from 12.8 to 166.8 mm. Crop evapotranspiration (ETo) and the crop water requirement for Rice varied from 0.74 mm/day to 6.23 mm/day and 0.0 mm/dec to 244 mm/dec, for groundnut 2.4 mm/day to 5.03 mm/day and 0.0 mm/dec to 29.2 mm/dec, for Rice (Navarai) 0.45 mm/day to 6.49 mm/day and 0.0 mm/dec to 152.5 mm/dec, for Groundnut (Navarai) 1.78 mm/day to 5.79 mm/day and 4.1 mm/dec to 54.8 mm/dec and for Sugarcane 2.07 mm/day to 6.57 mm/day and 0.0 mm/dec to 63.9 mm/dec respectively. The peak water requirement was 1.11 l/s/ha or 9.6 mm/day with an application efficiency of 70%.
Evidence for light-by-light scattering and searches for axion-like particles in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions at

Evidence for the light-by-light scattering process, γγ → γγ , in ultraperipheral PbPb collisions at a centre-of-mass energy per nucleon pair of 5 . 02 TeV is reported. The analysis is conducted using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 390 μb − 1 recorded by the CMS experiment at the LHC. Light-by-light scattering processes are selected in events with two photons exclusively produced, each with transverse energy E γ T > 2 GeV, pseudorapidity | η γ | < 2 . 4, diphoton invariant mass m γγ > 5 GeV, diphoton transverse momentum p γγ T < 1 GeV, and diphoton acoplanarity below 0.01. After all selection criteria are applied, 14 events are observed, compared to expectations of 9 . 0 ± 0 . 9 (theo) events for the signal and 4 . 0 ± 1 . 2 (stat) for the background processes. The excess observed in data relative to the background-only expectation corresponds to a signiﬁcance of 3.7 standard deviations, and has properties consistent with those expected for the light-by-light scattering signal. The measured ﬁducial light-by-light scattering cross section, σ ﬁd ( γγ → γγ ) = 120 ± 46 (stat) ± 28 (syst) ± 12 (theo) nb, is consistent with the standard model prediction. The m γγ distribution is used to set new exclusion limits on the production of pseudoscalar axion-like
Design of a Comprehensive Land Surface Model and Its Validation Part II. Model Validation

By using observational datasets collected by BOREAS, HEIFE, ARME, GAME-TIPEX representing different land cover conditions, comprehensive land surface model (CLSM) is validated against the observations to verify the capability to simulate different land processes. Results suggest that the model not only simulates the special land surface processes including seasonal dynamics of snow cover variation, soil heat and water transfer in arid / semi-arid regions, but also describes the interaction of vegetation-atmosphere in tropical rainforest, together with the exchanges between the land surface and atmosphere over the Tibetan Plateau accurately. It is concluded that CLSM can describe different physical processes accurately and exhibit it's comprehensive capability to represent processes related to various land surfaces.
Tensor Product And Linear Error Block Codes

—The codes generated using tensor product and called tensor codes have properties and composition similar to Linear Error Block codes (LEB codes). In this paper we study in depth the construction of new LEB codes using tensor product (TP). We also show that the TP code formed by two LEB codes is also an LEB code. We prove that the TP of two Hamming codes is not a Hamming code with minimum distance 3 , besides, it’s a non-perfect LEB code. We show that the TP code formed by two π -cyclic codes (resp. simplex LEB codes) is a π -cyclic code (resp. simplex LEB code).
The 2023 Summer Conference on Topology and Its Applications

while the reverse implication is open. We give a consistent example of a ﬁrst countable locally compact Dowker space that is not semi-proximal. We introduce a strengthening of the class of proximal spaces and semi-proximal spaces and we deﬁne the partition game on a set X which is equivalent to the Ulam game when the space is discrete. We show that an uncountable discrete space is proximal but not strongly proximal, and an uncountable discrete space of measurable cardinality is proximal but not even strongly semi-proximal.
MFCC Yöntemi ve Önerilen Derin Model ile Çevresel Seslerin Otomatik Olarak

: With the developing technology, the Internet of Things (IoT) is at the forefront of bringing different technologies together. The Internet of Things is also frequently used, especially in smart city applications. Smart city applications are becoming more common day by day. In this study, an application that will be used frequently in smart city applications has been realized. In this study, the UrbanSound8K dataset, which consists of environmental sounds and is one of the largest datasets in the literature, was used. A new deep one-dimensional (1D-CNN) model is proposed to classify environmental sounds to contribute to smart city applications. In the developed model, firstly, the feature maps of the environmental sounds in the data set were obtained by using the mel-frequency cepstrum (MFCC) method. A high accuracy value was obtained when the feature maps obtained later were classified in the developed 1D-CNN network. This accuracy value obtained shows that the proposed model can be used in the classification process of audio data.
MMSE Hybrid Beamforming for Multi-User Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems

Millimeter wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system has been recognized as a key technique for 5G communications. In terms of power consumption and hardware cost, it is hardly affordable to assign one radio frequency (RF) chain to each antenna in massive MIMO. Therefore, hybrid analog and digital beamforming is often adopted to reduce the number of RF chains. In this letter, we address the hybrid precoding and combining for multi-user mmWave MIMO systems. The goal is to minimize the bit error rate (BER) in downlink data transmission from the base station (BS) to multiple users. To fulfill this, we choose the sum of the users’ mean square errors (sum-MSE) as the optimization objective, and develop an iterative algorithm to design the BS precoding matrices and the combining matrices of each user by gradually minimizing the sum-MSE. Compared with the current hybrid beamforming schemes, the proposed scheme can achieve much better BER performance.
Nelumbo nucifera Leaf Extract Induces Cytotoxicity in Osteosarcoma Saos-2 Cells

Background Osteosarcoma is the eighth most common cancer and its prevalence in children makes it a global concern. Existing medications and treatments like high-dose methotrexate possess harmful side effects. Therefore, novel herbal drugs like Nelumbo nucifera are of utmost importance. Aim To analyze a novel anticancer herbal drug, Nelumbo nucifera leaf extract for its cytotoxic potential against osteosarcoma. Materials and method Nelumbo nucifera leaf extract was prepared. Saos-2 Cells (human osteosarcoma cell line) were treated with Nelumbo nucifera leaf extract (25, 50, 75, 100, 125, and 150 µg/ml) for 24 hours which were then subjected to MTT assay, morphological analysis and DAPI staining. Results The results suggested that Nelumbo nucifera leaf extract had a concentration-dependent cytotoxic effect on Saos-2 cell line. The extract significantly reduced the number of viable cells, inhibited proliferation and induced morphological changes in Saos-2 cells. Conclusion Nelumbo nucifera has the potential to induce cytotoxicity against osteosarcoma cell lines and hence, this study provides a novel therapeutic regimen for the treatment of osteosarcoma.
Numerical modeling of polarization properties of the return signals in ground-based LIDAR cloud sensing

The paper presents results of numerical statistical simulations of experiments of ground-based sensing of cloud layers by terahertz linearly polarized radiation for certain wavelengths from the atmospheric transparency windows. Summarized results of many years’ field measurements of liquid droplet size distributions in temperate latitudes of the Earth and the distributions obtained by aircraft experiments off Great Britain’s coast are used in the scattering layer models. The models of the scattering medium take into account the vertical stratification of water vapor concentration in the atmosphere and the differences in cloud layer microstructure at the top and the base.
: A novel analytical decoder of BOLD signals for dissociating latent 1 neurobehavioral processes

: 35 Brain, as a complex cognitive system, often processes multiple dimension 36 information synchronously and integrate them to adapt dynamic environments and 37 make effective decisions. 1-3 How to retrieve latent neurobehavioral processes from 38 complex human neurobiological signals is an important yet previously unresolved 39 challenge. 4,5 For instance, the previous literature has proposed two fundamental yet 40 mutually confounded processes during the decision making and affective processing, 41 i.e. valance and arousal. 6,7 Here, we develop a novel analytical approach, orthogonal-42 Decoding multi-Cognitive Processes (DeCoP), with which we dissociate neural 43 responses in processing valence and arousal information during tests of motivational 44 and emotional function. During reward/punishment anticipation, we decode brain-wide 45 responses into spatially overlapping, yet functionally independent, evaluation and 46 readiness networks, i.e., motivational valence and arousal processing, which are 47 modulated differentially by the meso-limbic vs nigro-striatal dopamine systems. 48 Similarly, during emotional reactivity, we decompose amygdala response into 49 independent emotional valence and facial arousal processing features. We demonstrate 50 that DeCoP can resolve paradoxically unexpected brain ‘inactivation’, and be applied 51 more generally to decode multiple latent neurobehavioral processes. Furthermore, we 52 anticipate our approach to advance both the design and hypothesis testing of cognitive 53 experimental task paradigms. 54
MIT Open Access Articles Multi-channel 180pJ/b 2.4GHz FBAR-based receiver

— A three-channel 2.4GHz OOK receiver is designed in 65nm CMOS and leverages MEMS to enable multiple sub-channels of operation within a band at a very low energy per received bit. The receive chain features an LNA/mixer architecture that efficiently multiplexes signal pathways without degrading the quality factor of the resonators. The single-balanced mixer and ultra-low power ring oscillator convert the signal to IF, where it is efficiently amplified to enable envelope detection. The receiver consumes a total of 180pJ/b from a 0.7V supply while achieving a BER=10 -3 sensitivity of − 67dBm at a 1Mb/s data rate.
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Souvlaki is a popular Greek meat product consisting of small chunks or cubes of pork threaded on a small wooden or metal skewer. In the present study, 105 samples of raw pork souvlaki obtained from retail shops in Thessaloniki (Northern Greece) were screened for the incidence of Salmonella, Listeria, and Campylobacter and their susceptibility to various antimicrobial agents; serotyping of the isolates was also performed. Of the samples tested, 1.9% were positive for Salmonella and yielded 3 serovars ( S. SaintPaul, S. Fyris and S . Typhimurium); 31.4% proved positive for Listeria spp. with 6.7% yielding L. monocyto-genes isolates belonged to molecular serogroups 2 (serotypes 1/2c and 3c) and 4 ( serotypes 4b, 4d, and 4e). Campylobacter spp. were not detected in any of the samples tested. The antimicrobial susceptibility to various antimicrobial agents of 11 Salmonella strains and 7 L. monocytogenes strains was also determined by disc diffusion method. Salmonella spp. were susceptible to a panel of 12 antibiotics but displayed intermediate resistance to tetracycline. L. monocytogenes isolates were resistant to nalidixic acid and ceftriaxone, partly resistant to clindamycin and cefotaxime, but sensitive to all antibiotics commonly used in veterinary and human listeriosis. Our findings indicate that souvlaki could be a potential vehicle of food borne infections due to strains of L. monocytogenes and Salmonella spp. in the case of inadequate thermal processing. In addition, good hygienic practices must be applied to avoid cross-contamination during preparation or handling of the product.
The syntax of manner quotative constructions in English and Dutch

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Complementary Syntactical Attributes of Wayfinding

The paper investigated the process of spatial cognition through wayfinding taking into account the distinction between visibility and permeability relations. The study analyzed the Pinacoteca Art Museum in Sao Paulo by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, whose interior presents several visible but not permeable relations. Whereas permeability relations have been described using axial and convex maps, visual relations have been described using visibility graphs and overlapped isovists. Syntactical attributes of the spatial configuration have been measured, and a new correlation has been proposed. Different paths departing from the entrance have been and analyzed combining syntactical attributes and the visual information for the understanding of the configuration. The study has shown some evidence about the influence of visual information to the intelligibility of spatial configurations, suggesting the need for a methodological differentiation between visibility and permeability relations in wayfinding and spatial cognition.
Strict Interfaces and three kinds of Multiple Grammar

Modern linguistic theory introduces the question of how interfaces are to be mechanically represented. It is argued that there are strict innate interfaces where semantics, pragmatics, and syntax must coincide. The Strong Minimalist Thesis (Chomsky 2005) is a prime example. We argue that so-called 3rd Factors, which are part of these interfaces, must be present in core aspects of grammar. It follows language variation cannot and should not, as suggested by Richards (2008) be abstracted out of core grammar as entirely due to 3rd Factor or Externalization processes. Several instances where variation is compatible because it can be represented are introduced.
Edinburgh Research Explorer Measurements of large optical rotary dispersion in the adipose eyelid of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Collagen is the most prevalent of Nature ’ s structural proteins, and is found in the extracellular matrices of animals. The structures of collagen molecules and aggregates are chiral, which leads to the rotation of transmitted, plane-polarized light. Here, it is shown that the concentrations of chiral molecules and aggregates in the optically transparent, adipose eyelid of Atlantic mack-erel ( Scomber scombrus ) can be so high, that plane-polarized light in the visible spectrum is rotated by tens to hundreds of degrees, depending on wavelength (the optical rotatory dispersion (ORD)). This gives rise to intensely coloured images of eyelid samples when illuminated with white light and viewed between crossed polarizers. The ORD in the visible spectrum is measured with monochromatic light sources, and using this dispersion, the variation of optical thickness within a sample (proportional to collagen concentration and path length) is determined. The agreement between observed and simulated white-light images is almost perfect. While collagen provides vital mechanical rigidity to animal tissue, it might also possess optical properties that are useful for vision and camouflage.
European Economic Review

This paper provides new evidence on the channels of monetary policy transmission combining 9 million observations on firm level investment and high-frequency identified monetary policy shocks. We show that the reaction of firms’ investment to a monetary policy shock is heterogeneous along dimensions that correspond to the two main channels of monetary policy transmission. First, we show that young firms are more sensitive to monetary policy shocks and that high leverage amplifies the effects, supporting the existence of a credit channel of monetary policy. Second, we document large cross-sectional heterogeneity related to the industry the firm operates in. We find that firms producing durable goods react more than others, which is consistent with traditional interest rate channel effects of monetary policy. Furthermore, this sectoral effect is longer lived. In line with the demand effects of the interest rate channel, we also provide evidence that sales growth of durables producing firms reacts stronger to a monetary policy shock.