Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Relationships Between Game Attributes and Learning Outcomes

Games are an effective and cost-saving method in education and training. Although much is known about games and learning in general, little is known about what components of these games (i.e., game attributes) influence learning outcomes. The purpose of this article is threefold. First, we review the literature to understand the “state of play” in the literature in regards to learning outcomes and game attributes—what is being studied. Second, we seek out what specific game attributes have an impact on learning outcomes. Finally, where gaps in the research exist, we develop a number of theoretically based proposals to guide further research in this area.
Integrating Outdoor Wind Simulation in Urban Design

Wind is presently not considered enough in urban planning projects, which can lead to uncomfortable or even dangerous outdoor conditions for pedestrians. This is at least partially caused by a lack of knowledge among urban planners about wind simulation. This paper examines how urban planners can better integrate wind simulation in the design process. Several wind simulation tools are compared to determine how accurate and usable they are for urban planners using a case study of the LTU campus. General-purpose CFD software (Autodesk CFD) is found to be both more accurate and user-friendly than a simple CFD program (Autodesk Flow Design) or a building energy simulation program (DesignBuilder). Finally, a demonstration is given of how a wind simulation carried out in Autodesk CFD can significantly improve the existing master plan for the LTU campus by making minor modifications to the proposed layout.
Comparative Study of Serum PRL , LH , FSH in Overt and Subclinical Hypothyroid Females in Reproductive Age Group

Hypothyroidism is associated with an increase in the levels of thyroid releasing hormone (TRH) which in turn stimulates secretion of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and prolactin (PRL). PRL inhibits the synthesis and secretion of gonadotropins (FSH & LH). Abnormal menstrual patterns are commonly observed in overt hypothyroidism. 1 Studies considering an association between overt hypothyroidism and female reproductive hormones are not adequate particularly in eastern India. Therefore, present study is aimed to evaluate the relationship between overt and subclinical hypothyroidism and female reproductive hormones. Subjects were randomly selected having high TSH level.They were categorized into subclinical and overt hypothyroid. Results were analysed by using Graph pad prism 5, comparison was done using independent group t test and correlation was determined by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Result showed that with overt hypothyroidism PRL increased and FSH & LH decreased significantly whereas in subclinical hypothyroidism PRL increased but FSH and LH are not significantly decreased. Most of the patients presented with oligomenorrhea .
CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC MATTER IN PROCESS WATER ORIGINATING FROM CRUDE DISTILLATION UNITS OF LUKOIL NEFTOHIM BURGAS REFINERY

The distribution of organic matter in process waters originating from crude distillation units of LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas refinery were determined. The organic matter was identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry as the oxygen-containing compounds (naphthenic acids and phenols) and the sulfur-containing species mainly cyclic polysulfides. The levels of phenol compounds and naphthenic acids species were ranged between 0.05 to 24.4 mg/L and 0.05 to 3000 mg/L, respectively. This study showed that the sulphur species were varied between <0.05 to 24.6 mg/L. The result of this research can be generalizable as the deeper understanding of the substance composition in process wastewater and a theoretical basis for their control and reused. The identification of corrosion substances in refinery effluent will be useful for the protection of the technological equipment.
A Critical Review on effect of Optimization on Variant parameters for FACTS Device

The demand of power system continuously increases day by day. So many problems are incurred also, like flow violation in transmission lines, voltage depression in busses, static/dynamic instabilities, voltage collapse and so on. The solution adopted by the maximum unity is the Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) devices. Most of the problem faces by us are minimized by the FACT devices but how we utilize the power of FACT devices is now a days a matter of concern. Because optimization is needed for control and efficient utilization of FACT devices. Therefore in this paper an analysis based on the previous research is being presented.
The non-specificity of prosopagnosia: Can prosopagnosics distinguish sheep?

The impact that prosopagnosia (face-blindness) has on the human visual system has long been hypothesized with regard to the specifics of the impairment. The leading hypothesis in the literature, the face-specificity hypothesis, proposes that prosopagnosia is specific only to human faces. Other hypotheses have offered alternative explanations for what sorts of identification tasks might be affected by damage to the fusiform face area resulting in prosopagnosia, including the biological recognition, expert recognition, and subordinate-level recognition hypotheses. An additional hypothesis, the coordinate relations hypothesis, offers a compelling explanation for the underlying process disrupted by prosopagnosia: that the brain’s ability to detect metric changes has been damaged resulting in a deficit to face recognition. This hypothesis was tested by looking for deficits in performance in a prosopagnosic when identifying non-faces, because such differences would not be explained by the face-specificity hypothesis. Therefore, sheep faces were used as a class of stimuli to explore whether prosopagnosia affects identification of sheep faces in much the same way that it affects identification of human faces. Results of two experiments showed that a prosopagnosic was impaired on identification of sheep faces, providing support for the coordinate relations hypothesis.
VLSS Editorial Board

In the last decade Recommender Systems have become useful tools helping users to find “what they need” from considerable amount of data. One of the more obvious applications of such systems in the Cultural Heritage domain is to assist users when visiting cultural environments (such as museums, archaeological sites, old town centers and so on), providing a multimedia guide that is able to dynamically suggest relevant information available in multiple web repositories (e.g. multimedia sharing systems and on-line social networks). In this paper, we propose a novel recommendation approach that combines several aspects of users i.e. their preferences (usually in the shape of items’ metadata) and interactions within a social community modeled using hypergraphs together with items’ multimedia features and context information within a general framework that can support different applications (touristic guiding services for museums, visiting paths recommendation for old town centers and archeological sites, etc.). Preliminary experiments on user satisfaction show how our approach provides very promising and interesting results.
The Effect of Labor Supply on Unemployment Fluctuation

In this paper, I investigate the role of operative labor supply margin in explaining the unemployment volatility puzzle. Whereas most search and matching models focus only on flows between employment and unemployment, I find that at least 20% of the volatility in unemployment is attributable to the change in flows between unemployment and non-labor force in U.S. data. In order to capture how and how much the operative labor supply margin contributes to unemployment fluctuation, I embed the non-labor force into the otherwise standard search model. This insertion makes the marginal cost and profit of posting a vacancy smaller than in a standard search model. Therefore, in posting vacancies, firms respond more sensitively to changes in the productivity shock. As vacancies and the probability of finding a job become more volatile, flows between employment and unemployment become more volatile, as do flows between non-labor force and unemployment; therefore, unemployment fluctuates more. In the model omitting the nonlabor force, the standard deviations of unemployment and vacancies – relative to the standard deviation of labor productivity – are 0.45 and 0.58. However, in the model including the non-labor force, they increase to 3.42 and 1.81. These results show that the operative labor supply margin integrated within a search model can explain the unemployment volatility puzzle better than the canonical search model.
Comparison of different scoring systems for non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the performance of various scoring systems (GlasgowBlatchford score (GBS), Rockall score (RS), AIMS65, and Progetto Nazionale Emorragia Digestiva (PNED)) in predicting clinical outcomes for clinical intervention, re-bleeding, and mortality in patients with non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) and to determine optimal cut-off points. Methods: A total of 233 patients with nonvariceal UGIB, admitted to Affiliated Hospital of Heze Medical College, from October 2015 to December 2017, were selected for this retrospective study. Medical records of these patients were collected and analyzed. Patients were scored by the four scoring systems, GBS, RS, AIMS65, and PNED. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was plotted and area under the curve (AUC) was calculated. The predictive accuracy of these systems was evaluated and compared. Results: Of the 233 patients, 102 patients had intervention (43.7%), 15 patients had re-bleeding (6.4%), and 6 patients died (2.5%). Risk scores of patients that had intervention, re-bleeding, or that had died were all higher than those in patients that didn’t (all P < 0.05). AUCs for predicting intervention were similar among GBS, RS, and AIMS65 (0.750 (95% CI: 0.688-0.811) vs. 0.760 (95% CI: 0.699-0.823) vs. 0.754 (95% CI: 0.692-0.815), all P > 0.05), whereas AUCs for predicting re-bleeding among these three systems were different (0.749 (95% CI: 0.643-0.856) vs. 0.748 (95% CI: 0.630-0.856) vs. 0.646 (95% CI: 0.545-0.747), all P < 0.05). In predicting mortality, AUCs calculated by GBS, RS, and AIMS65 showed no intergroup differences (0.830 (95% CI: 0.726-0.935) vs. 0.830 (95% CI: 0.753-0.908) vs. 0.826 (95% CI: 0.748-0.903), all P > 0.05), whereas AUC in PNED was significantly higher than the other three, indicating better predictive accuracy (0.921 (95% CI: 0.902-0.958), P < 0.05). Optimal cut-off points associated with the Youden index for predicting need for intervention, re-bleeding, and death were > 7, > 8, and > 9 in GBS, > 8, > 8, and > 5 in RS, and > 2, > 2, and > 1 in AIMS65. Optimal cut-off point for predicting death in PNED was > 3. Conclusion: Risk scores in patients that had intervention, re-bleeding, or that had died were all higher than scores in patients that didn’t. The ability to predict the need for intervention by GBS, RS, and AIMS65 was equivalent, while GBS and RS were superior to AIMS65 in predicting re-bleeding. All four scoring systems predicted mortality well. However, the performance of PNED, in this area, was greater compared to the other three. PNED is, therefore, recommended for clinical application.
Kinematic Modelling : How sensitive are aerosol-cloud interactions to microphysical representation

This work discusses how a simple kinematic model can be used to i) understand the behaviour of various warmrain parametrisations and ii) understand aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions within those warm-rain parametrisations. It will be demonstrated that the response of simulated precipitation to changes in aerosol is closely tied to the warm-rain parametrisation. It will also be shown how the results from simple kinematic simulations relate to large-scale models.
4 Thunderstorm and Lightning Climatology of Australia

Thunderstorms are spectacular but hazardous weather phenomena and the associated lightning and wind gusts can be very hazardous to people, buildings, and industry and utility assets. The thunderstorm hazards in Australia are in most respects similar to those in other countries, but some are worthy of special comment. In some instances, the effects of lightninginitiated bushfires are so extreme that they are classified as natural disasters. The wildfires started by lightning are known locally in Australia as bushfires and grass fires, and these can cause extensive damage and loss of life. The ignition is caused by the lightning current in ground flashes, and firing is associated with low moisture contents of (potential) fine fuels such as duff in trees and dense grass, and the occurrence of multiple stroke currents and continuing current. During dry periods, lightning initiated grass fires are a major problem in inland areas, as are lightning initiated bushfires in remote forest areas. Once ignited, grass fires spread quickly, whereas in bushfires, ignition often starts as a small localised fire in or near the crown of the tree, and it may take a few hours for the fire to spread to other trees and to become an uncontrollable wildfire. Given the potential hazards associated with lightning, knowledge about spatial and temporal distributions of thunderstorm and lightning activity is of great importance for developing comprehensive protective measures.
2-BFI inhibits hippocampal neuron apoptosis and NMDA receptor expression in chronic epileptic rats

This study is to investigate the effects of 2-BFI on rat models of chronic epilepsy and the possible mechanisms. Rat model of chronic epilepsy was established by the intraperitoneal injection of pentylenetetrazol. The 2-BFI was used for treatment. Seizure scores were obtained according to the Racine scale. Pathological changes in the hippocampus were detected by HE staining. The expressions of caspase-3, and NMDA2A and NMDA2B receptors were detected by immunohistochemistry. Epileptic seizure scores were significantly increased in the model group, and 1.5 mg/kg 2-BFI treatment significantly reduced seizure score. The treatments of 2-BFI significantly ameliorated the pathological manifestations, such as karyopyknosis. Furthermore, the expression levels of caspase-3, NMDA2A and NMDA2B receptors in the hippocampus were significantly reduced by 2-BFI. In summary, 2-BFI could ameliorate the chronic epileptic seizure, probably by inhibiting the expression of caspase-3, NMDA2A and NMDA2B receptors in the hippocampus. Therefore, these findings might provide evidence for the application of 2-BFI in the prevention and treatment of chronic epilepsy in future.
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A strong external do magnetic field introduces a basic anisotropy into incompressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. The modifications that this is likely to produce in the properties of the turbulence are explored for the high Reynolds number case. The conclusion is reached that th.e turbulent spectrum spli.ts into two parts: an essentially two-dimensional spectrum with both the velocity field and magnetic fluctuations perpendicular to the ec magnetic field, and a generally weaker and more nearl;r isotropic spectrum of Alfven waves. A minimal characterization of the spectral density tensors is given. Similarities to measurements from the Culham-Harwell Zeta pinch device and the U! CLh Macrotor tokamak are remarried upon, as are certain implications for the Belcher and Davis measurements of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the . solar wind. Permanent addiass: Physics Department, College of Gilliam and Peary, Willimmsburg, Virginia 23185
Influence of Plastic Waste Reinforcement on Compaction and Consolidation Behavior of Silty Soil

In recent decades, the amount of solid waste production has been rising. In the meantime, plastic waste is one of the major parts of urban solid waste, so, recycling plastic waste from water bottles has become a serious challenge in the whole world. The experimental program includes the study of the effect of waste plastic fibers on maximum dry density (MDD), optimum moisture content (OMC) with different sizes and contents. Also, one dimensional consolidation tests were carried out to evaluate the benefit of utilizing randomly distributed waste plastics fiber to improve the engineering behavior of a tested soils. Silty soil specimens were prepared and tested at five different percentages of plastic waste content (i.e. 0.25%, 0.50%, 0.75%, 1% and 1.25% by weight of the parent soil). The size of plastic chips used, are 4 mm, 8 mm and 12 mm long and 4 mm in width. The results show that with the addition of waste plastic fibers, the MDD and OMC and also the compressibility of soil decrease significantly. Keywords—Silty soil, waste plastic, compaction, consolidation, reinforcement.
FEASIBILITY STUDY OF BALANCED SCORECARD IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH , EDUCATION AND EXTENSION ORGANIZATION

Balanced scorecard (BSC) technique, which is considered as one of the modern performance evaluation methods in management accounting, studies the performance of organizations with four various indicators namely financial, customer orientation, internal business processes and learning, growth and innovation. The present survey is dealt with the feasibility study of balanced scorecard in Agricultural, Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO); so that four balanced scorecard criteria were considered as hypotheses of this research. Required data were collected using questionnaire. Non-parametric Test QP (Mean Test), T-Student Test and Friedman Test were used within the framework of SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) software. The results of study showed that possibility of indexing is possible in each of four perspectives of balanced scorecard in AREEO. According to the ranking results of test of hypotheses using Friedman Test, it was found out that financial indicator stands in first place and criteria of customer orientation, internal business processes and learning, growth and innovation stand in the subsequent ranks respectively.
Effects of flurbiprofen axetil combined with different doses of butorphanol on intravenous analgesia after resection of liver cancer

Objective: To study the effect of flurbiprofen axetil combined with different doses of butorphanol on intravenous analgesia after resection of liver cancer (LC). Methods: A retrospective analysis of 180 patients who underwent LC resection was performed. All patients were diagnosed with LC class I-II and classified into three groups A(57), B(62), and C(61) based on the use of drugs. All patients were administered midazolam 0.03-0.05 mg/kg, propofol 1-2 mg/kg, sufentanil 0.5-1 μg/kg, and atracurium 0.4-0.5 mg/kg, with continuous intravenous infusion of atracurium and propofol and sustained inhalational sevoflurane to maintain anesthesia during the operation. 6 mg, 8 mg, and 10 mg butorphanol combined with flurbiprofen axetil 100 mg + butorphanol 6 mg + 0.9% NaCl in 100 mL were administered for A, B and C respectively. Analgesia indicators were observed and the visual analog scale (VAS) scores, Ramsay sedation (RS) scores, and vital signs at 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, and 48 h after operation were recorded. Adverse reactions were observed. Results: VAS scores at each time point in group A were significantly higher than those in groups B and C (P<0.05). RS score in group C was significantly higher than that in groups A and B at each time point (P<0.01). The incidence rate of adverse reactions in group A was significantly lower than that in group C (P<0.05). Conclusion: Butorphanol 8 mg combined with flurbiprofen axetil 100 mg has good analgesic effect on LC patients with patient-controlled analgesia, and the incidence rate of adverse reactions is relatively lower. It is applicable to the clinic and can be widely promoted.
An Expanded Ribosomal Phylogeny of Cyanobacteria Supports a Deep Placement of Plastids

The phylum Cyanobacteria includes free-living bacteria and plastids, the descendants of cyanobacteria that were engulfed by the ancestral lineage of the major photosynthetic eukaryotic group Archaeplastida. Endosymbiotic events that followed this primary endosymbiosis spread plastids across diverse eukaryotic groups. The remnants of the ancestral cyanobacterial genome present in all modern plastids, enable the placement of plastids within Cyanobacteria using sequence-based phylogenetic analyses. To date, such phylogenetic studies have produced conflicting results and two competing hypotheses: (1) plastids diverge relatively recently in cyanobacterial evolution and are most closely related to nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, or (2) plastids diverge early in the evolutionary history of cyanobacteria, before the divergence of most cyanobacterial lineages. Here, we use phylogenetic analysis of ribosomal proteins from an expanded data set of cyanobacterial and representative plastid genomes to infer a deep placement for the divergence of the plastid ancestor lineage. We recover plastids as sister to Gloeomargarita and show that the group diverges from other cyanobacterial groups before Pseudanabaena, a previously unreported placement. The tree topologies and phylogenetic distances in our study have implications for future molecular clock studies that aim to model accurate divergence times, especially with respect to groups containing fossil calibrations. The newly sequenced cyanobacterial groups included here will also enable the use of novel cyanobacterial microfossil calibrations.