Statistical analysis of emotions and opinions at Digg website

We performed statistical analysis on data from the Digg.com website, which enables its users to express their opinion on news stories by taking part in forum-like discussions as well as directly evaluate previous posts and stories by assigning so called "diggs". Owing to fact that the content of each post has been annotated with its emotional value, apart from the strictly structural properties, the study also includes an analysis of the average emotional response of the posts commenting the main story. While analysing correlations at the story level, an interesting relationship between the number of diggs and the number of comments received by a story was found. The correlation between the two quantities is high for data where small threads dominate and consistently decreases for longer threads. However, while the correlation of the number of diggs and the average emotional response tends to grow for longer threads, correlations between numbers of comments and the average emotional response are almost zero. We also show that the initial set of comments given to a story has a substantial impact on the further "life" of the discussion: high negative average emotions in the first 10 comments lead to longer threads while the opposite situation results in shorter discussions. We also suggest presence of two different mechanisms governing the evolution of the discussion and, consequently, its length.Comment: 26 pages, 16 figures, 6 table

Short communication: prevalence of Eimeria spp. infection in domestic rabbits of Polish farms

[EN] Coccidiosis caused by Eimeria spp. infection can be a serious problem and a significant cause of economic losses in rabbit farms. The aim of the study was to identify the coccidian species and evaluate the variability in prevalence and OPG (oocysts/gram of faeces) number of Eimeria infections in small meat rabbit farms in Poland. To this end, individual faecal samples were collected from animals from 14 different backyard farms and quali-quantitatively analysed by a flotation method (Willis-Schlaaf) and a McMaster technique to assess the presence and the number of Eimeria oocysts per gram of faeces, respectively. In addition, Eimeria oocysts were identified at species level following sporulation. Ten coccidian species were identified, including nine intestinal Eimeria species (E. exigua, E. perforans, E. media, E. magna, E. irresidua, E. coecicola, E. flavescens, E. piriformis, E. intestinalis) and one liver species (E. stiedai). The OPG number showed large fluctuations throughout the year. The highest Eimeria spp. OPG mean number (21100 OPG) was observed in mid-May. The result obtained revealed that the prevalence of rabbit coccidiosis in Poland backyard farms is high and may contribute to the development of effective control programmes.The financial support and facilities provided by Department of Biotechnology of Animal Reproduction and Environment Hygiene,West Pomerania University of Technology, Szczecin Poland, Pomeranian Medical University Szczecin, Poland.Balicka-Ramisz, A.; Laurans, Ł.; Pohorecki, K.; Batko, M.; Ramisz, A. (2020). Short communication: prevalence of Eimeria spp. infection in domestic rabbits of Polish farms. World Rabbit Science. 28(4):181-185. https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2020.10758OJS18118528

Extracellular calcium alters frequency modulation of [3H]acetylcholine release from rat hippocampal slices

The concentration of extracellular Ca2+ has been shown to enhance or attenuate [3H]acetylcholine (ACh) release subsequent to a conditioning stimulus in rat brain hippocampal slices. Slices were incubated in vitro in [3H]choline solution. Subsequently the slices were subjected to two consecutive electrical stimulations separated by 15 or 30 min at 0.25, 1, 4 and 16 Hz and [3H]ACh release was assessed. It was found that a conditioning stimulus may reduce [3H]ACh release during a second stimulation. This phenomenon is frequency related and disappears when the two stimulations are 30 min apart. High extracellular Ca2+ (4.0 mM) further attenuated [3H]ACh release during the second stimulation whereas low Ca2+ (0.32 mM) abolished the decrease in [3H]ACh release following the second stimulation in all frequencies tested.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/26578/1/0000117.pd

Coalescence and rising behavior of co-axial and lateral bubbles in viscous fluid: A CFD study

The coalescence and rising behavior of co-axial and lateral bubbles play a valuable role in industrial bubble column which operates at non-ambient conditions. The volume of fluid with the continuum surface force (VOF-CSF) model is used for the present study. Three main case studies, namely under ambient and aqueous condition, μ* = σ* = 1, under reduced viscosity, μ* = 0.1, and surface tension, σ* = 0.1, are investigated and compared using two co-axial bubbles and three lateral bubble rise configuration models. The latter two cases represent operating conditions at above the ambient temperature or pressure. Prior to investigating the main cases, the model is validated with the experimental data from the literature for a single bubble and two lateral bubble coalescence. It is found that reducing viscosity and surface tension has a significant effect on the co-axial bubbles (or a pair of bubbles rising in a vertical line) and three lateral bubble growth and coalescence characteristics, as compared to ambient condition. © 2017 Curtin University of Technology and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Direct air capture of CO2 with chemicals: optimization of a two-loop hydroxide carbonate system using a countercurrent air-liquid contactor

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