Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER ON ISOTHERMAL INCLINED POROUS PLATE IN THE PRESENCE OF CHEMICAL REACTION

IAnalytical solution of steady laminar flow of viscous electrically conducting incompressible fluid, over a semi-infinite inclined plate, which is at prescribed mass flux, in a porous medium with heat generation and chemical reaction is presented in the manuscript. The effects of various parameters like Schmidt number, chemical reaction, thermal Grashof number, solutal Grashof number, angle of inclination on the velocity, temperature and concentration are graphically presented are shown. The results obtained, show that these parameters are substantially influence. AMS Subject Classification: 76D10, 76R50, 80A20
Variation in the daily activity, movement and refugia of Critically Endangered geometric tortoises, Psammobates geometricus, in autumn and spring

Abstract To help assess habitat requirements of Critically Endangered geometric tortoises, we used thread-trailing to measure daily activity, movements and refugia of adult Psammobates geometricus in autumn and spring 2002. We found strong differences between seasons, and effects of weather, individuals and sex. The high activity was consistent with mild weather during autumn and spring. However, daily temperatures limited female movements on cool autumn days and male movements on warm spring days, a pattern consistent with sexual size dimorphism (large females and small males). The long movements in autumn probably helped tortoises find food plants that grow quickly after autumn rains; both sexes recover body condition from autumn lows, and females begin egg production in late-autumn and winter. These movements may also help males mate with females before they ovulate. The high activity of females in spring should help them forage and sustain their vitellogenesis, egg production and nesting in spring. Male paths tended to be more linear than female paths in both seasons, so this sexual difference is likely not linked to food consumption. Males may move long, linear paths to engage females and avoid other males. Males may have been thermally-challenged in spring. Their movements decreased with increased ground temperatures (in the sun), they used denser refugia in spring than in autumn, and in spring used denser refugia than females used. Geometric tortoises typically used different refugia on consecutive nights, a type of predator avoidance mechanism.
WEIGHTED NORM INEQUALITIES FOR ANISOTROPIC FRACTIONAL INTEGRAL OPERATORS

Let A be an expansive dilation, α ∈ (0, 1), p:=1/α and function v satisfy the anisotropic Muckenhoupt condition $\mathbb{A}_{p, \, \infty}(A)$ . In this paper, we study the boundedness of anisotropic fractional integral operators. By L(p, ∞) Holder's inequality and the σ-subaddictive property of ‖·‖p', 1, we obtain some weighted norm inequalities for anisotropic fractional integral operators associated with the weight vp, which are anisotropic extension of Muckenhoupt and Wheeden[ 6 ].
Intronic variation at the CHD1-Z gene in Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa limosa: correlations with fitness components revisited

Recently, Schroeder et al. (2010, Ibis 152: 368–377) suggested that intronic variation in the CHD1-Z gene of Black-tailed Godwits breeding in southwest Friesland, The Netherlands, correlated with fitness components. Here we re-examine this surprising result using an expanded dataset (2088 birds sampled from 2004 to 2010 vs. 284 birds from 2004 to 2007). We find that the presence of the Z* allele (9% of the birds) is not associated with breeding habitat type, egg size, adult survival, adult body mass or adult body condition. The results presented here, when used in synergy with the previously reported results by Schroeder et al., suggest that there might be a tendency towards female adults with the Z* allele laying earlier clutches than adult females without the Z* allele. The occurrence of the Z* allele was also associated with a higher chick body mass and return rate. Chicks with the Z* allele that had hatched early in the breeding season were heavier at birth than chicks without the Z* allele and chicks with the Z* allele that had hatched late. Collectively, the results suggest that variation in the CHD1-Z gene may indeed have arisen as a byproduct of selection acting on females during the egg fase and on chicks during the rearing stages of the reproductive cycle.
Effect of Biofield Energy Healing (The Trivedi Effect®) Based Novel Herbomineral Formulation on Immune Biomarkers After Oral Administration in Female Sprague Dawley Rats

The herbomineral formulations usage have been increased world-wide in health care sector due to their high safety and better therapeutic action. A new proprietary herbomineral formulation was formulated with a mixture of the minerals (zinc, magnesium, and selenium) and the herbal root extract ashwagandha. The aim of the study was to evaluate the immunomodulatory potential of Biofield Energy Healing (The Trivedi Effect®) on the herbomineral formulation in female Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. The test formulation was divided into two parts. One part was denoted as the control without any Biofield Energy Treatment, while the other part was defined as the Biofield Energy Treated sample, which received the Biofield Energy Healing Treatment remotely from eighteen renowned Biofield Energy Healers. The Biofield Energy Treated group (G3) showed 6.39% increased the CD4+ count compared with the disease control (G2) group. The level of IgM was significantly increased by 23.08% and 46.15% in the G3 group and Biofield Energy Treatment group per se at day -15 (G6), respectively compared with the G2 group. The total leucocyte count (TLC) and neutrophil were significantly increased by 16.15% and 26.69% (p≤0.05), respectively in the G3 group compared with the G2 group. Further, the levels of TLC, eosinophil, and monocyte were significantly increased by 70.57% (p≤0.01), 33.33%, and 8.50%, respectively in the G6 group compared with the G2 group. Low density lipoprotein (LDL) was reduced by 6.24% in the G3 group; while triglyceride (TG) and LDL were reduced by 12.12% and 16.99%, respectively in the G6 group compared with the G2 group. The levels of serum glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (SGPT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and total bilirubin were significantly decreased by 20.26%, 32.98%, and 25.00%, respectively in the G3 group compared with the G2 group. Further, SGPT and total bilirubin were reduced by 9.02% and 16.67%, respectively in the G6 group compared with the G2 group. Progesterone was significantly increased by 59.85% in the G3 group, compared with the G2 group. The data suggests that the Biofield Energy Treated test formulation and Biofield Energy Treatment group per se at day -15 have shown a significant immunomodulatory potential. The overall results demonstrated that the Biofield Energy Treated test formulation showed better immune response compared with the untreated test formulation. These data also suggest that the Biofield Energy Treated test formulation can be used for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, stress management and anti-aging by improving overall health.
Concurrent Synthesis of Zero- and One-Dimensional, Spherical, Rod-, Needle-, and Wire-Shaped CuO Nanoparticles by Proteus mirabilis 10B

Natural environment is a wealthy source of bionanofactories that invested in green approaches as the fabrication of biomimetic nanomaterials. The current study points out the importance of microbial activity in metal bioremediation, green synthesis of NPs, and global biogeochemical cycles of bioactive metals as well. It describes for the first time the synchronous biosynthesis of zero- (intracellular) and one-dimensional (extracellular) copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO-NPs) via Proteus mirabilis 10B. This bionanofactory represents key location of reduction and stabilization, and its exopolysaccharide additionally provides nucleation and growth site for CuO-NPs. The as-synthesized CuO-NPs were characterized; UV-Vis spectroscopy revealed surface plasmon resonance at 275 and 430 nm for intracellular and extracellular CuO-NPs, respectively. XRD reflected crystalline, pure phase monoclinic structure CuO-NPs. EDX illustrated strong copper signal with atomic percentages 32.3% (intracellular) and 14% (extracellular) CuO-NPs. However, ζ-potential recorded −62.5 and −43.8 mV with PDI 0.207 and 0.313 for intracellular and extracellular CuO-NPs, respectively, confirming the colloidal stability and monodispersity. Moreover, TEM micrographs depicted quasi-spherical intracellularly sequestered CuO-NPs (10 nm). Unexpectedly, extracellular CuO-NPs exhibited rod-, needle-, and wire-shaped with 17–37.5 nm in width and 112–615 nm in length. The antagonistic activity of both types of CuO-NPs was evaluated against Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria (aerobic and anaerobic), biofilm, yeast, mold, and algae. The potent antagonistic efficacy of CuO-NPs was displayed which encourages its utilization in controlling microbial contamination. Finally, the promising metabolic activity of Proteus mirabilis 10B can be exploited in simultaneous and beneficial applications for human and the surrounding ecosystem.
School time- Free time crossroads: Background music as a cognitive enhancer in a multitasking generation

This study aimed at searching for crossroads between teenagers’ enjoyment and learning, breaking the ancient taboo of bringing chart music in the classroom during classwork simulation. To do this, I decided to investigate the effects of background pop music listening on logical and mathematical performance. Participantsincluded a group of 50 Italian students with a mean age of 16,29 years old. These teenagers from a scientific high school of Rome (Italy) were exposed to 3 different conditions, being Silence-No music, happy-Major mode music and sad-Minor mode music, while completing a battery of tests that included a series of logical-mathematical and spatial tasks. The results showed important differences in performance among the different tests and background conditions.In particular, a sad attitude towards mathematics seems to be predictive of a better mathematics performance during Minor mode music listening.The study offers support to previous research about mood-dependent memory and cognitive-emotional induction, indicating that previously acquired mathematical notions and totally new logical solutions can be triggered or inhibited by different music listening choices through acoustic stimulation, with consequent effects on academic areas, and thus possible applications in the emerging field of neurocognitive pedagogy.
Healthy ageing in Australia's rural places: the contribution of older volunteers

Drawing on case studies of two ageing rural communities in north-east Victoria, Australia, this article explores how older volunteers both contribute to, and are supported by, third sector activities and services within rural environments. As such, volunteer activities build healthy ageing in rural settings, and contribute to community viability. However, further analyses suggest that reliance on third sector voluntarism also presents serious challenges for the future. This is particularly the case in relation to the sustainability of healthy ageing in rural settings where public sector resources are being rationalised. Our findings show that there are risks associated with an over-reliance on volunteers in rural communities and with the excessive regulation of volunteers unless appropriate infrastructure and support are provided.
PRINCIPLE AND APPLICABILITY OF COSMIC-RAY NEUTRON METHOD FOR MEASURING SOIL MOISTURE

Regional soil moisture monitoring has always been a difficult point in many researches. The traditional point measurement and the large scale remote sensing monitoring are always unable to obtain information of medium and small scale regional soil moisture. As a new type of mesoscale soil moisture condition monitoring method, the cosmic ray neutron method can obtain the soil moisture information within 300 m radius of the source region, which covers the shortage of the point measuring method and remote sensing method. This study utilized cosmic ray neutron instrument (CRS) to constantly monitor soil moisture, and conducted the applicability research of cosmic ray neutron method in soil moisture monitoring. Results show high consistency of CRS and time domain reflectometer (TDR) measurements, the fitting degree is 0.847, the root mean square error is 0.020 kg/kg. Also, CRS is sensitive to precipitation, it can clearly show the increase of soil moisture under different conditions, while the sensitivity of TDR is relatively poor. This research can provide a reference for dynamic change monitoring of regional mesoscale soil moisture.
Notational Analysis of Evasive Agility Skills Executed by Attacking Ball Carriers among Elite Rugby Players of The 2015 Rugby World Cup

The role of skill in task execution among elite rugby players has become the focus of numerous researchers. We aimed to analyse the frequency, the most highly utilized and successful as well as unsuccessful attempts of evasive agility skills executed by attacking ball carriers among elite rugby players. The analysis was based on 32 matches played during the 2015 Rugby World Cup matches with the sample being attacking ball carriers among the Top 3 and Bottom 3 Elite Rugby Teams. It was shown that attacking ball carriers among the Top 3 displayed a 59% (straight), 39% (side-step) and 2% (crossover-step) while the Bottom 3 exhibited a 45% (straight), 52% (side-step) and 3% (crossover-step) of these movement patterns. Alternatively, the independent sample t-test revealed that there was no significant difference in the frequency of the execution of the side-step and crossover-step (p>0.05) between the two team categories while a significant difference was observed for these teams for the straight evasive agility skill (p=0.012). The straight evasive agility skill was the most frequently executed and highly utilized by the Top 3 though portraying a high rate of being unsuccessful (29% successful rate). Conversely, the side-step evasive movement pattern was the most frequently executed and highly utilized by the Bottom 3 (21% successful rate). These results suggest that the successful rate of the evasive agility skills executed may not be the determining factor among elite rugby players and the reasons underlying this observation may need further clarification.
North Atlantic Oscillation and tropospheric ozone variability in Europe: model analysis and measurements intercomparison

Abstract. Ozone pollution represents a serious health and environmental problem. While ozone pollution is mostly produced by photochemistry in summer, elevated ozone concentrations can also be influenced by long range transport driven by the atmospheric circulation and stratospheric ozone intrusions. We analyze the role of large scale atmospheric circulation variability in the North Atlantic basin in determining surface ozone concentrations over Europe. Here, we show, using ground station measurements and a coupled atmosphere-chemistry model simulation for the period 1980–2005, that the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) does affect surface ozone concentrations – on a monthly timescale, over 10 ppbv in southwestern, central and northern Europe – during all seasons except fall. The commonly used NAO index is able to capture the link existing between atmospheric dynamics and surface ozone concentrations in winter and spring but it fails in summer. We find that the first Principal Component, computed from the time variation of the sea level pressure (SLP) field, detects the atmosphere circulation/ozone relationship not only in winter and spring but also during summer, when the atmospheric circulation weakens and regional photochemical processes peak. Given the NAO forecasting skill at intraseasonal time scale, the first Principal Component of the SLP field could be used as an indicator to identify areas more exposed to forthcoming ozone pollution events. Finally, our results suggest that the increasing baseline ozone in western and northern Europe during the 1990s could be related to the prevailing positive phase of the NAO in that period.
Inhibiting factors produced by lactic acid bacteria. 2. Bacteriocins and other antibacterial substances

Summary - Lactic acid bacteria can produce a variety of substances with antibacterial activity which are described in this article. Non-peptide antibacterial substances are distinguished from bacteriocins, which have a proteinaceous active site. Among the former, reuterin produced by Lactobacillus reuteri is a broad spectrum inhibitor active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, yeasts, molds and protozoas. It is a glycerol derivative, l3-hydroxypropionaldehyde. Bacteriocins can be produced by most lactic acid bacteria species and their spectrum of activity is generally restricted to organisms taxonomically close to the producer. The biochemical properties of bacteriocins, their structure and nature of their genetic determinants are highly variable. This literature review discusses the similarities and differences existing in this group of substances.
Simulation Wars: A Competition to Increase Participation in Emergency Manuals Simulation Training and a Novel Tool for Rating Simulation Competitions

Background: Emergency Manuals (EMs) are valuable tools to guide healthcare professionals during anesthesia-related emergencies that require prompt diagnosis and effective treatment. Its use has been shown to improve simulated and actual patient outcomes in various operating room (OR) critical scenarios. However, integration of EMs into the standard practice of OR crises has been particularly challenging. Methods: The Simulation Wars was a competition created in China to increase awareness of EMs, the use of EMs among multidisciplinary teams, and to promote health care professional participation in EM simulation training. Each participant completed a post-competi-tion questionnaire detailing their opinions about the event. A novel scoring system was created and tested for use in simulation competitions. Results: Ninety-three percent of participants agreed that this competition could enhance the participation of simulation training in multidisciplinary health professionals and that they would continue participating in their hospital simulation training. The novel scoring system exhibited high internal consistency and good reliability. There is a strong positive correlation between the judges ’ score and the participants ’ score as R = 0.862, P = 0.013. Conclusion: The Simulation Wars can increase participants ’ understanding of how and why to use EMs, and enhance participation of multidisciplinary teams. The scoring system created for the competition has shown good reliability and justifies further development and evaluation. ABSTRACT
Statistical forecasts and tests for small interplate repeating earthquakes along the Japan Trench

Earthquake predictability is a fundamental problem of seismology. Using a sophisticated model, a Bayesian approach with lognormal distribution on the renewal process, we theoretically formulated a method to calculate the conditional probability of a forthcoming recurrent event and forecast the probabilities of small interplate repeating earthquakes along the Japan Trench. The numbers of forecast sequences for 12 months were 93 for July 2006 to June 2007, 127 for 2008, 145 for 2009, and 163 for 2010. Forecasts except for 2006–07 were posted on a web site for impartial testing. Consistencies of the probabilities with catalog data of two early experiments were so good that they were statistically accepted. However, the 2009 forecasts were rejected by the statistical tests, mainly due to a large slow slip event on the plate boundary triggered by two events with M 7.0 and M 6.9. All 365 forecasts of the three experiments were statistically accepted by consistency tests. Comparison tests and the relative/receiver operating characteristic confirm that our model has significantly higher performance in probabilistic forecast than the exponential distribution model on the Poisson process. Therefore, we conclude that the occurrence of microrepeaters is statistically dependent on elapsed time since the last event and is not random in time.
BERRIES, THE ANTIOXIDANT SOURCES OF THE BOREAL COLD AND ARID REGIONS

a Department of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University, H-1085 Budapest, Üllői út 26. Hungary b Institute of Animal Breeding, Nutrition and Lab Animal Science, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, H-1078 Budapest, István út 2. Hungary c Institute of Materials and Environmental Chemistry Research Centre for Natural Sciences of the HAS, H-1025 Budapest, PO Box 17. Hungary d Riga Stradiņš University, RSU Dzirciema Str. 16, Riga, LV-1007. Latvia e Silvanols Ltd., Kurbada Str. 2a, Riga, LV-1009. Latvia
The Experiences of Women Fertilized through Egg Donation during Their Treatment Process

Background: There has been a dramatic increase over the past few decades in the use of modern fertility technologies and the demand by infertile couples for using these techniques have increased as well. Studies exploring the experiences of women fertilized with egg donation technique in their treatment process have been rare. Aim: This study aimed to explore and explain the treatment experiences of women fertilized with egg donation. Method: This is a Qualitative study. Data were analyzed simultaneously as they were being collected and according to the conventional content analysis method. The study began in July 2013 and continued until September 2014. Fourteen unstructured, in-depth interviews were carried out with 12 infertile women who had been fertilized or had given birth to children through egg donation. One of Tehran’s referral centers for infertility was used as the study setting. All participants submitted their written consent prior to the start of the study. Results: Analysis of the findings showed "difficult and stressful treatment" as the final theme with 6 subthemes, including: 1) religious barriers, 2) treatment difficulties, 3) treatment frustration (including the following subcategories: fatigue and despair, and the experience of frequent failures), 4) dissatisfaction with the services provided, 5) confusions in treatment, and 6) Perception of relative peace. Implications for Practice: Exposure to various assisted reproductive technologies, including egg donation, is a stressful process, and providing emotional support to patients is one of the most essential care services they require from treatment centers. The results of the present study can assist in planning future strategies for meeting the specific needs of these distinguished patients.
Altruistic bequests with inherited tastes

This paper examines the altruistic model of bequest when a child inherits life standard aspirations from his parents. We prove that the impact of the aspiration effect on transfers can be positive or negative, depending on both the strength of inherited tastes and the coefficients of risk aversion for the parent and the child. However, numerical illustrations indicate that the case for a negative effect is rather weak. Using a French data set on transfers within the family,we investigate how transmission habits affect the level of private assistance. We show that parents are more likely to help their children when they have themselves received money from their own parents. Hence, any public program that affects current transfers also influences family transfers in the future