The discussions on social media platforms reflect the views of masses on different ongoing long term events. The demand for different people-oriented services observes upsurge during the period of such long term events. Accurate forecasting of such time series data has a vital role in many business domains. In this project, we propose two deep learning based architectures for time series forecasting which incorporate exogenous information available from social media in both textual and numerical modalities. Our experiments show that compared to forecasting without exogenous information, adding numerical attributes yields approximately 1% increment in the forecasting accuracy while textual information causes a 6-9% reduction in the accuracy Our assumption on the result is that the collected exogenous data especially the textual information is insufficient in this problem context. Adding more related data from the same or multiple sources may improve the forecasting performance. / Diskussionerna på sociala medieplattformar återspeglar massornas åsikter om olika pågående långvariga händelser. Efterfrågan på olika människorinriktade tjänster observerar uppsving under perioden med sådana långsiktiga händelser. Noggrann prognos av sådana tidsseriedata har en viktig roll i många affärsområden. I detta projekt föreslår vi två djupa inlärningsbaserade arkitekturer för tidsserieprognoser som innehåller exogen information tillgänglig från sociala medier i både textuella och numeriska modaliteter. Våra experiment visar att jämförelse med prognoser utan exogen information, ger användandet av numeriska attribut ungefär 1% ökning i prognosprecisionen medan textinformation orsakar en 6-9% minskning i precision. Vårt antagande om resultatet är att den samlade exogena informationen, särskilt den textuella information är otillräcklig i detta problem. Att lägga till mer relaterade data från samma eller flera källor kan förbättra prognosprecisionen.

The visual processing of a stimulus is facilitated by attention when it is at an attended location compared to an unattended location. However, whether attentional selection operates on the basis of visual features (e.g., color) independently of spatial locations is less clear. Six experiments were designed to examine how color information as well as location information affected attentional selection. In Experiment 1, the color of the targets and the spatial distance between them were both manipulated. Stimuli were found to be grouped based on color similarity. Additionally, the evidence suggested direct selection on the basis of color groups, rather than selection that was mediated by location. By varying the probabilities of target location and color, Experiments 2, 3 and 4 demonstrated that the use of color in perceptual grouping and in biasing the priority of selection is not automatic, but is modulated by task demands. Experiments 5 and 6 further investigated the relationship between using color and using location as the selection basis under exogenous and endogenous orienting. The results suggest that the precise nature of the interaction between color and location varies according to the mode of attentional control. Collectively, these experiments contribute to an understanding of how different types of information are used in selection and suggest a greater degree of flexibility of attentional control than previously expected. The flexibility is likely to be determined by a number of factors, including task demands and the nature of attentional control.

Yes / Although literature on entrepreneurship has increasingly focused on intention-based models, not much emphasis has been laid on understanding the combined effect of contextual and situational factors along with support of university environment on the formation of entrepreneurial intention among students. In an effort to make up for this shortfall, by taking Theory of Planned Behavior as basic framework, the present study seeks to understand the influence of three of the most important factors, viz. (a) endogenous barriers, (b) exogenous environment, and (c) university environment and support on the entrepreneurial intention among management students. The study sample consisted of 1,097 students, wherein 526 students were from India, 252 from Singapore, and 319 were from Malaysia. The results indicates that along with positive attitude and perceived behavioral control that directly influences entrepreneurial intention, university environment and support and exogenous environment also have an indirect but significant impact on shaping of entrepreneurial intention among students. With this, it was found that exogenous environment was found to have a negative relationship with both attitude towards behavior and perceived behavioral control for all three countries. / The full-text of this article will be released for public view at the end of the publisher embargo on 2 Jun 2018.

Master of Science / Department of Animal Sciences and Industry / James S. Drouillard / Christopher D. Reinhardt / The effects of supplementing forms of flaxseed on plasma and longissimus muscle (LM) fatty acid (FA) composition, finishing performance, and carcass characteristics were evaluated in five studies. In study 1, steers were fed diets with soy oil (SO), ground flaxseed (Flaxseed), or urea formaldehyde condensation polymer treated flaxseed (UFCP). In study 2, steers were fed diets with SO, linseed oil (LO), or a combination of flaxseed and field peas that was extruded (LinPro). Feeding flaxseed products increased (P < 0.01) α-linolenic acid (ALA), omega-3 FA, and decreased (P < 0.01) n-6:n-3 in LM compared to cattle fed SO. Feeding LinPro increased (P < 0.01) ALA, omega-3 FA, and decreased (P < 0.01) n-6:n-3 in LM compared to steers fed SO or LO. In studies 3 and 4, steers were fed diets with and without Flaxseed and implanted or not. Implanting improved (P ≤ 0.05) DMI, ADG, feed efficiency, HCW, and LM area compared to cattle not implanted. In study 4, cattle fed Flaxseed had increased (P < 0.01) ALA and omega-3 FA, and decreased (P < 0.01) n-6:n-3 in LM compared to cattle fed SO. In study 5, heifers were fed diets with 0% or 5% linseed meal, and administered with or without exogenous hormones (NHTC). Administering exogenous hormones improved (P ≤ 0.02) DMI, ADG, G:F, and HCW compared to NHTC cattle. Omega-3 FA increased in LM when cattle were supplemented with flaxseed products. Cattle fed LinPro achieved the highest levels of ALA and omega-3 FA. Flaxseed products did not interact with implants as a natural growth promoter in finishing cattle.

Evolutionary Psychology (EP) tends to be associated with a Massively Modular (MM) cognitive architecture. I argue that EP favors a non-MM cognitive architecture. The main point of dispute is whether central cognition, such as abstract reasoning, exhibits domain-general properties. Partisans of EP argue that domain-specific modules govern central cognition, for it is unclear how the cognitive mind could have evolved domain-generality. In response, I defend a distinction between exogenous and endogenous selection pressures, according to which exogenous pressures tend to select for domain-specificity, whereas the latter, endogenous pressures, select in favor of domain-generality. I draw on models from brain network theory to motivate this distinction, and also to establish that a domain-general, non-MM cognitive architecture is the more parsimonious adaptive solution to endogenous pressures.

This article is a literature review about global catastrophic risks. Its contribution is to give an overview of the research field in general and highlight the main potential catastrophic areas linked with recent studies. In many movies and TV shows, we can see our civilization collapse in various ways: Gigantic asteroids hit the earth and obliterate all life, nuclear wars emerge, artificial intelligence evolves and starts wars with humans, pandemics spread, and other kinds of catastrophic events with mass death or extinction of all life happen. Thus, even if these are extreme events and fiction, we should raise the question how likely it is that one or more of these events can occur in the near and far future. Although calculated probabilities of impact are low for the future such as tomorrow, in 10, 100 or a million years from now, this could actually be reality. Nevertheless, why should we care about the risks of these global catastrophic events today and what could be done to prevent or reduce the risk of a global catastrophe? In this paper we will discuss core content, such as different risks and ways to reduce them internationally, as well as the scientific context of the field. In fact, there are events that can be catastrophic on a global scale and happen in the near future, even if we do not know exactly when. Hence, specific risk assessment and proper mitigation strategies are necessary in order to maintain the human population. This article states that serious research is a basis for decision makers in particular, who invest funds in countermeasures.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo verificar o efeito do uso de gonadotrofinas exógenas na indução do estro à puberdade em marrãs, e \"flushing\" alimentar no ciclo estral que antecede a primeira inseminação artificial na vida útil reprodutiva. O experimento foi realizado na Granja Barreiro (Suinocultura Rosetto) Cerqueira César/SP. Foram utilizadas 96 fêmeas da puberdade ao 1° parto, e 68 fêmeas selecionadas das 96 com ordem de parto do primeiro ao sexto para a avaliação associativa com a vida útil reprodutiva. O delineamento experimental foi inteiramente casualizado em um fatorial 2x2 sendo um fator a combinação hormonal H,( 600 UI de eCG e após 72 horas, 2,5 mg de LH porcino) (H) e o estímulo do macho (M). O fator \"flushing\" alimentar correspondeu ao esquema com restrição (R) e o adotado na granja (G). Os tratamentos foram: HR - hormônio e \"flushing\"; HG - hormônio e esquema alimentar da granja; MR - macho e \"flushing\" e MG - macho e esquema alimentar da granja. As informações foram obtidas a partir do banco de dados existente na propriedade onde o experimento foi realizado. As variáveis análisadas foram: número de estros pós-indução, total de nascidos (TN), nascidos vivos (NV), natimortos (NT), mumificados (MM) e intervalo entre partos (ITP). Cinco dias após a aplicação do tratamento hormonal, 31,37% (H) das fêmeas manifestaram características de estro quando comparado ao tratamento M, onde 11,62% apresentaram estro. O tratamento H mostrou maior sincronismo nas manifestações dos estros, diferente do tratamento M que apresentou maior dispersão ao longo dos ciclos. Não houve diferença estatística nas características de primeiro parto entre os tratamentos hormônio e \"flushing\", tanto quanto nas suas interações (P>0,05). Não houve influência dos tratamentos na produtividade dos animais nas diferentes parições (P>0,05). Portanto, apesar do maior sincronismo apresentado pela combinação hormonal em comparação com o estímulo natural somente pela presença do macho, não houve diferenças quanto à produtividade associativa do primeiro parto e demais partos nas características avaliadas. / The present study objective to verify the effect of the use of exogenous gonadotropins in oestrus induction of puberty in gilts, and \"flushing\" feed the estrous cycle before the first artificial insemination in lifetime reproductive. The experiment was conducted at the Granja Barreiro (Swine Rosetto) - Cerqueira César / SP. A total of 96 females from puberty to the 1st delivery, and 68 of the 96 selected females with birth order from first to sixth for assessing association with lifetime reproductive. The experimental design was completely randomized in a 2x2 factorial being a combination hormonal factor H (600 IU eCG and after 72 hours, 2.5 mg porcine LH) (H) and the stimulation of the male (M). The factor \"flushing\" food matched the schema constraint (R) and adopted on the farm (G). The treatments were: HR - hormone and \"flushing\"; HG - hormone regimen and feed the farm; MR - male and \"flushing\" and MG - male and feed the farm scheme. The information was obtained from the existing database on the property where the experiment was conducted. The variables analyzed were: number of post-estrus induction, total born (TN) live births (NV), stillbirths (NT), mummified (MM) and calving interval (ITP). Five days after application of the treatment, 31,37% (H) of estrus females showed characteristics when compared to treatment M, where 11,62% showed estrous. The H treatment showed greater synchronization of estrus in the demonstrations, unlike the M treatment with the highest dispersion along the cycles. There was no statistical difference in the characteristics of first birth among hormone treatments and \"flushing\" as well as their interactions (P>0.05). No influence of the treatments on the productivity of animals in different parities (P>0.05). Therefore, despite the higher timing presented by combination hormonal stimulation compared with only natural for the presence of males, there were no differences in yield associative first birth and other birth characteristics evaluated.

We explored the role that exogenous and endogenous competitors for attention play in infants’ abilities to encode and retain information over a 6‐month period. Sixty‐six children visited the laboratory at 15 months, and 32 returned for a second visit at 21 months. Children observed models of conventional‐ relation and enabling‐relation action sequences. Half the children were distracted by a “Mister Monkey” mechanical toy during the conventional‐relation sequence, while the other half was distracted during the enabling‐relation sequence. The Early Childhood Behavior Questionnaire indexed endogenous factors at both ages. Immediate postmodel production of target actions indexed encoding efficiency, and 6‐month production of target actions indexed long‐term recall. The exogenous distracter impacted encoding efficiency (i.e., immediate recall), but not long‐term recall. Endogenous factors (i.e., temperament) were primarily associated with long‐term recall. Of special interest was our finding that endogenous factors, especially surgency, moderated the effect of the exogenous distracter. It appears that when learning conventional‐relation sequences in the presence of exogenous distracters, surgency mobilizes attentional resources toward the learning objective; however, when learning enabling‐relation sequences under the same conditions, surgency either boosts the saliency of the distracters or boosts children’s susceptibility to them.

Submitted by Angela Maria de Oliveira (amolivei@uepg.br) on 2018-12-04T18:56:07Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Alberto Brandes.pdf: 1218593 bytes, checksum: 1b589ffb360fcb04e97f57d945af5132 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-12-04T18:56:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 811 bytes, checksum: e39d27027a6cc9cb039ad269a5db8e34 (MD5) Alberto Brandes.pdf: 1218593 bytes, checksum: 1b589ffb360fcb04e97f57d945af5132 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-09-28 / O presente estudo teve por objetivo avaliar os efeitos de Allzyme SSF®, um complexo multienzimático contendo pectinase, protease, fitase, β-glucanase, xilanase, celulase e amilase nos coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente de tilápias do Nilo, Oreochromis niloticus. Um total de 90 peixes sadios, machos com 100 dias de idade (150 ± 20 g) foram distribuídos aleatoriamente em seis aquários de digestibilidade de 200 litros, com 15 peixes por aquário. Foi utilizada como dieta basal uma formulação comercial para tilápias contendo 33,27% de proteína bruta (21,11% de origem animal + 12,17% de origem vegetal) e 20,18 MJ/kg de energia bruta. Os tratamentos utilizados foram: dieta controle (D1) sem complexo multienzimático, D2 e D3 suplementadas com 0,0225% e 0,045% de Allzyme SSF®, respectivamente. Óxido de cromo (0,1%) foi utilizado como marcador interno. Foi observado um maior coeficiente de digestibilidade aparente de matéria seca e energia bruta nos peixes alimentados com a dieta D3 comparado com aqueles que receberam a dieta controle (P = 0,05). Peixes alimentados com D3 apresentaram maior coeficiente de digestibilidade aparente de amido, cinza e zinco comparado com aqueles alimentados com a dieta controle e D2 (P < 0,05). Peixes alimentados com as dietas D2 e D3 demonstraram coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente maiores para cálcio e fósforo em relação aos que receberam a dieta controle (P < 0,05). Não foi observado efeito do complexo multienzimático nos coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente de lipídeos (P = 0,811). A suplementação com complexo multienzimático na dieta D3 melhorou os coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente de lisina, (P = 0,022), histidina (P = 0,001) comparado com os peixes alimentados com a dieta controle. Coeficientes de digestibilidade aparente maiores para leucina, treonina, triptofano e valina foram observados em peixes alimentados com dietas D2 e D3, comparado com aqueles que receberam a dieta controle (P = 0,05). Excreção menor de nitrogênio e fósforo foi observada nos peixes alimentados com dietas suplementadas com complexo multienzimático comparado com os que receberam a dieta controle. Como conclusão, a suplementação com 0,045% de Allzyme SSF® pode ser uma ferramenta útil para melhorar os valores nutricionais dos alimentos e dar suporte a uma criação mais sustentável de tilápia do Nilo. / The present study was aimed to evaluate the effects of Allzyme SSF®, a multienzyme complex with pectinase, protease, phytase, β-glucanase, xylanase, cellulase, and amylase, on the apparent digestibility coefficients for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. A total of 90 healthy, 100-day-old, all-male fish (150 ± 20 g) were randomly allotted into six-200-L digestibility aquaria at stocking density of 15 fish per aquarium. A typical commercial tilapia feed formulation containing 33.27% of crude protein (21.11% from animal protein source + 12.16% from plant protein source), and 20.18 MJ/kg of gross energy was used as basal diet. The dietary treatments assigned were: control diet (D1) without multienzyme supplementation, D2 and D3 supplemented with 0.0225% and with 0.045% of Allzyme SSF®, respectively. Chromic oxide at 0.1% was used as inert marker. Higher apparent digestibility coefficients of dry matter and gross energy were observed in fish fed diet D3 compared to those fed the control diet (P < 0.05). Fish fed diet D3 showed higher apparent digestibility coefficients of starch, ash and zinc compared to those observed in fish fed control and diet D2 (P < 0.05). Fish fed diet D2 and D3 demonstrated higher apparent digestibility coefficients of calcium and phosphorus than fish fed the control diet (P < 0.05). No effect of multienzyme complex supplementation on apparent digestibility coefficients of lipids was observed (P = 0.811). Dietary multienzyme complex supplementation in diet D3 improved apparent digestibility coefficients of lysine (P = 0.022), histidine (P = 0.001) compared to fish fed D1. Higher apparent digestibility coefficients of leucine, threonine, tryptophan and valine were observed in fish fed diet D2 and D3, compared to those fed the control diet (P < 0.05). Lower nitrogen and phosphorus excretions were observed in fish fed diets supplemented with the multienzyme complex compared to the control diet. In conclusion, a dietary supplementation of 0.045% of Allzyme SSF® may be used as useful tool to improve nutritive value of feeds and support the sustainability of Nile tilapia culture.

De acordo com a legislação brasileira o uísque cortado é produzido com a mistura de, no mínimo, 30% de destilado alcoólico simples de malte envelhecido, com destilados alcoólicos simples de cereais envelhecidos ou não, e neste trabalho foi utilizada a quirera de arroz preto IAC-600 para produzir uísque, pois tem alto valor nutricional, propriedades antioxidantes e baixo custo. A quirera de arroz preto IAC-600 foi inicialmente hidrolisada em escala de bancada de 500mL seguindo o planejamento fatorial 23 completo, com seis experimentos no ponto central, analisando os parâmetros tempo, adição da enzima ProteMax N600® ou Maltezyn W® e a concentração das enzimas Brautec alfa TF® e Maltezyn W®. De acordo com a análise estatística, a melhor condição obtida na região estudada foi com a utilização de 1000mg de Brautec alfa TF®/kg de amido em base seca e 750mg de Maltezyn W®/kg de quirera de arroz preto IAC-600 em base seca a 95ºC por 30min, sendo adicionado posteriormente 500mg de Maltezyn W®/kg de quirera de arroz preto IAC-600 em base seca a 60ºC até a hidrólise do amido resultar em teste de iodo negativo, sendo esta condição utilizada em escala de bancada de 15L e em escala piloto de 125L. Em todas as fermentações com quirera de arroz preto IAC-600 adicionou-se 10g da enzima Panzyn GA®/hL de meio fermentativo, após a inoculação com a levedura. A levedura Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pré-tratada ou não a 40ºC/1h, foi utilizada na concentração de 0,4g peso seco/L de meio fermentativo. Em escala de bancada de 15 L os resultados de produtividade volumétrica em etanol, dos ensaios fermentativos com quirera de arroz preto IAC-600 e malte de cevada, com levedura pré-tratada ou não, não apresentaram diferença significativa. Portanto, nas fermentações das matérias-primas em escala piloto de 125L utilizou-se levedura sem pré-tratamento, e os fermentados obtidos foram destilados separadamente em alambique de 160L. O destilado alcoólico simples de malte de cevada que foi envelhecido aceleradamente por nove dias e o de quirera de arroz preto IAC-600 que não foi envelhecido foram misturados na proporção de 30% e 70%, e também 50% e 50%, respectivamente, resultando em dois uísques cortados a 40ºGL com o teor de polifenois de 141 e 229mg/L equivalente em ácido gálico, respectivamente. Estes dois uísques cortados foram analisados sensorialmente em relação a um uísque puro malte envelhecido 12 anos e um bourbon, encontrados no mercado mundial, por 125 provadores voluntários não treinados da EEL-USP. Considerando que o uísque cortado produzido com 50% de destilado alcoólico simples de malte de cevada envelhecido e 50% destilado alcoólico simples de quirera de arroz preto IAC-600 não envelhecido foi avaliado positivamente nos parâmetros cor e sabor quando comparado aos outros três uísques, e que não houve diferença significativa na aceitação global entre os quatro uísques avaliados, este uísque cortado possui potencial mercadológico como um produto novo, apresentando sabor diferenciado em relação aos dois uísques comerciais. Por outro lado, a análise descritiva quantitativa realizada por dez provadores treinados da Pernod Ricard, nos dois uísques produzidos neste trabalho, demonstrou que o processo de envelhecimento acelerado não forneceu os atributos aromáticos desejados, sendo necessário o aperfeiçoamento ou a substituição desta metodologia. / According to Brazilian law, the blended whisky is produced by mixing at least 30% of aged single malt distilled alcohol with aged or not single alcoholic distillates from cereal, and this study used broken IAC-600 black rice to produce whisky, due to its high nutritional value, antioxidant properties and low cost. The broken IAC-600 black rice was initially hydrolyzed at bench scale (500mL) following the 23 full factorial design with six assays at central point, analyzing the parameters time, addition of ProteMax N600® or Maltezyn W® enzymes and the concentration of the Brautec alfa TF® and Maltezyn W® enzymes. According to statistical analysis, the best condition obtained at the studied region was with1000mg Brautec alfa TF®/kg starch (dry basis) and 750mg Maltezyn W®/kg of broken IAC-600 black rice (dry basis) at 95°C for 30min. Subsequently, 500mg Maltezyn W®/kg of broken IAC-600 black rice was added at 60°C until starch hydrolysis results in negative iodine test, and this condition was used at bench scale (15L) and at pilot scale (125L). In all the fermentations with broken IAC-600 black rice 10g Panzyn GA®/hL of fermentative medium was added after the inoculation with the yeast. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast, pretreated or not at 40°C/1h, was used at 0.4g dry weight/L of fermentative medium. At bench scale (15L), the results of ethanol volumetric productivity in the fermentation assays with broken IAC-600 black rice and barley malt with yeast, pre-treated or not, showed no significant difference. Therefore, in the raw materials fermentations at pilot-scale (125L), the yeast without pretreatment was used, and the obtained washes were separately distilled into 160L still. The single alcoholic distillate of barley malt that was rapidly aged for nine days and the broken IAC-600 black rice that was not aged were mixed at ratios of 30% and 70% and also 50% and 50%, respectively, obtaining two blended whiskies at 40ºGL with 141 and 229mg/L polyphenol contents equivalent to gallic acid, respectively. These two blended whiskies were sensory analyzed in relation to a 12 year-old pure malt whisky and to a bourbon found in the world market, by 125 volunteers untrained tasters of EEL-USP. Considering that the blended whisky produced with 50% of aged single alcoholic distillate of barley malt and 50% of not aged single alcoholic distillate of broken IAC-600 black rice was positively evaluated in color and taste parameters when compared to the other three whiskies, and that there was no significant difference in acceptability among the four whiskies evaluated, this blended whisky has marketing potential as a new product, presenting distinctive taste compared to the two commercial whiskies. In the other hand, the quantitative descriptive analysis made by ten trained tasters of Pernod Ricard about the two whiskies produced in this work showed that the process of rapid aging did not provide the desired aromatic attributes, requiring the improvement or substitution of this methodology.