Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Rule base reduction: some comments on the use of orthogonal transforms

Comments on recent publications about the use of orthogonal transforms to order and select rules in a fuzzy rule base. The techniques are well-known from linear algebra, and we comment on their usefulness in fuzzy modeling. The application of rank-revealing methods based on singular value decomposition (SVD) to rule reduction gives rather conservative results. They are essentially subset selection methods, and we show that such methods do not produce an "importance ordering", contrary to what has been stated in the literature. The orthogonal least-squares (OLS) method, which evaluates the contribution of the rules to the output, is more attractive for systems modeling. However, it has been shown to sometimes assign high importance to rules that are correlated in the premise. This hampers the generalization capabilities of the resulting model. We discuss the performance of rank-revealing reduction methods and advocate the use of a less complex method based on the pivoted QR decomposition. Further, we show how detection of redundant rules can be introduced in OLS by a simple extension of the algorithm. The methods are applied to a problem known from the literature and compared to results reported by other researchers.
Surfing the Revolutionary Wave 2010-12: A Social Theory of Agency, Resistance, and Orders of Dissent in Contemporary Social Movements

The theorisation and understanding of contemporary social movements, socio-technological phenomena, and the intersection of the two are limited by an incommensurability between the conceptualisations of individual agency and the disciplining powers of social structures. We introduce a theory of sociotechnological agency that bridges the individual and the social through a reconceptualization of the conventional notion of intentionality. Drawing from recent theories of affect and embodiment, posthuman-influenced materialisms and realisms, postmodern critical theory, and critiques of network theory, we introduce a model for understanding sociopolitical action and dissent that accounts for individual human agency as a nexus of overlapping and often competing subjectivities, as well as both nonhuman technological agencies and assemblages of the two. The theoretical framework presented avoids the tendency of much critical theory, new materialist theory and speculative realisms to discount or dismiss human agency altogether, and the predilection of situationist technosocial research to ignore the constraints of technological systems of production and reproduction. This theory of agents (as actants) and agencies (as force vectors of action) is situated within an ecological model of competing systemic social logics dominated by the global-hegemonic capitalist code, in order to conceptualise the intertwined possibility spaces of individual and social resistance. The article introduces a conceptual framework to theorise resistances against the present global order and national suborders based on the type of agency, the order of dissent, the mode of labor, the logic of action and the level against which resistance is directed at.
Catching drifting pebbles

Turbulence plays a key role in the transport of pebble-sized particles. It also affects the ability of pebbles to be accreted by protoplanets because it stirs pebbles out of the disk midplane. In addition, turbulence suppresses pebble accretion once the relative velocities become too high for the settling mechanism to be viable. Following Paper I, we aim to quantify these effects by calculating the pebble accretion efficiency ε using three-body simulations. To model the effect of turbulence on the pebbles, we derive a stochastic equation of motion (SEOM) applicable to stratified disk configurations. In the strong coupling limit (ignoring particle inertia) the limiting form of this equation agrees with previous works. We conduct a parameter study and calculate ε in 3D, varying pebble and gas turbulence properties and accounting for the planet inclination. We find that strong turbulence suppresses pebble accretion through turbulent diffusion, agreeing closely with previous works. Another reduction of ε occurs when the turbulent rms motions are high and the settling mechanism fails. In terms of efficiency, the outer disk regions are more affected by turbulence than the inner regions. At the location of the H2O iceline, planets around low-mass stars achieve much higher efficiencies. Including the results from Paper I, we present a framework to obtain ε under general circumstances.
Investigation on long-term durability of FRP-concrete bond interfaces under moisture conditions

The civil infrastructures around the world are deteriorating faster due to various external environmental exposures over the period of their service lives. In addition, increase in traffic loads, change in design codes and service requirements etc. have felt great necessity to strengthen or rehabilitate these structures to ensure safety and durability. Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have become a good option to strengthen or rehabilitate such civil infrastructures for past few decades due to various advantages such as high-strength and stiffness, light weight, high durability, ease for construction etc. Further, wide applications of these materials in strengthening of structural members; beams, slabs, bridge deck, column have resulted in extensive studies and thus development of numerous design codes and guidelines/recommendations. Despite all of these efforts, environmental degradation has been neglected or not properly addressed in these standards. The environmental deterioration factor currently being proposed by few of the guidelines does not extensively cover deteriorations in bond properties due to various environmental conditions under long-term due to insufficient research in the field. Therefore, the predicted performances of these structures does not match with their behavior in the real scenario. Realizing the importance of durability issues in the FRP composites, recently ACI committee has been developing a guide to accelerated conditioning protocols for durability assessment of internal and external fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement for concrete [9]. However, there are still necessities to identify all the severe environmental conditions which can potentially affect the FRP composites and its bond action, determine the deterioration mechanisms, evaluate the longterm durability of the material and bond properties by developing standardized durability testing methods and predict the service life of the structures strengthened or rehabilitated with FRPs. During the service life of the structures, some of the common severe environments which can affect the durability of the FRP bonded concrete structures are moisture, high temperature, freeze-thaw cycles, wet-dry cycles, UV radiation etc. and their synergies. In order to study the above mentioned durability related issues for the FRP bonded concrete structures, researchers around the world have been using accelerated laboratory ageing method with wide variety of testing methods, materials and exposure durations. Due to lack of guidelines to perform such tests and diversity in availability of materials used, there is no uniformity in the results and the degree of its effect. Therefore, understanding the bond mechanism and effects of all of those factors in the bond performance is essential to enhance the interfacial behavior to ensure safe, economic and durable design of the structures.
Performance of eventing horses fed high fat diet

Objetivou-se avaliar os parâmetros fisiologicos, hematologicos e bioquimicos de equinos de concurso completo de equitacao consumindo dieta contendo oleo de soja e submetidos a testes de esforco fisico. Foram utilizados 12 equinos em delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado, com duas dietas e seis repeticoes. As dietas utilizadas foram: dieta sem inclusao de oleo de soja (controle); dieta com inclusao de 10% de oleo de soja. O ensaio teve duracao de 82 dias e incluiu tres testes de esforco fisico: ao inicio, no 60o e no 82o dia. Em cada teste, foram realizadas cinco coletas de dados: antes do teste com os animais em repouso; imediatamente apos o teste; e 10, 20 e 120 minutos apos os testes. Foram avaliadas a temperatura corporal e a frequencia cardiaca e realizadas coletas de amostras de sangue para analises hematologicas e bioquimicas. Os valores medios dos parâmetros fisiologicos, hematologicos e bioquimicos foram submetidos a analise nao-parametrica. Somente ao longo do tempo de consumo das dietas, a inclusao do oleo de soja somente alterou a concentracao de γ-glutamil transferase (GGT) e creatinina. O tempo de treinamento fisico tem efeito no condicionamento dos equinos, que melhora com a reducao da concentracao de lactato, e na concentracao de glicose, que aumentou no teste de esforco fisico.
Discovery of eclogite facies carbonate rocks from the Lindås Nappe, Caledonides, Western Norway

Eclogite facies carbonate rocks have been discovered associated with the granulite–eclogite transitional rocks within Bergen Arc system, Caledonian Orogen of western Norway. The local occurrences of marbles and calc‐silicates are found subparallel to the mafic eclogite facies shear zones on Holsnøy Island. Marbles contain the assemblage calcite (Ca0.99Sr0.01CO3), calcian strontianite (Ca0.18−0.44Sr0.53−0.84CO3), clinopyroxene (Jd7−32), epidote/allanite (Ps0−33), titanite, garnet (Alm52−56Grs28−33Pyp11−16), barite (Ba0.90−0.99Sr0.01−0.10SO4), celestine (Sr0.67−0.98Ba0.01−0.23Ca0.01−0.11SO4), and one apparently homogeneous grain of intermediate composition (Ba0.49Ca0.01Sr0.50SO4). Adjacent eclogites have clinopyroxene with similar jadeite contents (Jd14−34) and similar garnet (Alm51−60Grs26−36Pyp8−14) compositions. The marbles have high contents of Sr (9500–11000 p.p.m) and Y (115–130 p.p.m). However, low concentrations of some key trace elements (110–160 p.p.m. Ba and <5 p.p.m. Nb) appear to indicate that the marble is not a metamorphosed carbonatite. The 87Sr/86Sr ratios range from 0.7051 to 0.7059. Field and petrological relationships suggest that metasomatic reactions and fluids played a significant role in producing and/or modifying the marbles. The breakdown of scapolite in the granulite into carbonates and sulphates during eclogite facies metamorphism may have contributed to the metasomatic formation of the marbles along shear zones.
Genetic Determinants of CYP2C19 Gene *2 and *3 Loss of Function Allelesand Response to Anti Platelet Therapy (Clopidogrel) and CardiovascularEvents. (A Study in Kashmir, North India)

Background: Studies have demonstrated that the mutant *2 and*3 allele of the CYP2C19 loss-of-function polymorphism is associated with diminished metabolization of clopidogrel and an attenuated platelet response to clopidogrel treatment. Since no such study has been conducted in this region, we examined CYP2C19 polymorphism in Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) patients on clopidogrel treatment, and its effect on the cardiovascular outcomes. Material and Methods: A total of 100 samples of ACS were included in this study and genotyping of CYP2C19 *2 and *3 gene polymorphisms was performed by a Polymerase chain reaction-Restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). Results: The distribution of CYP2C19*2 allele wild *1/*1, Heterozygous *1/*2 and homozygous mutant *2/*2 genotypes was 56%, 34% and 10% respectively while for CYP2C19*3 wild*1/*1 and heterozygous *1/*3 genotypes was 84% and 16% respectively. The frequency of compound heterozygotes (*2/*3) was found in 9% (9 of 100 patients). CYP2C19 *1/*2 allele was found in 03 of 34 (8.8%) patients who had CV events followed by 2 of 10 (20%) patients with mutant genotype CYP2C19*2 (*2/*2) on follow up. In the CYP2C19*3, 31.2% having heterozygous genotype (*1/*3) had CV events as compared to 11.9% with *1/*1 (31% v/s 11.9% p> 0 .05). In the poor-metabolizer group (*2/*2 or *2/*3), 20.1% of patients had CV events on follow up compared to 15.6% in the extensive metabolizer group (*1/*1), whereas in the intermediate group only 10% of patients had CV events (p>0.05). Conclusion: We conclude that patients carrying CYP2C19 loss-of-function alleles had a higher rate of subsequent cardiovascular events than as against those with normal allele. Lack of significant events even in presence of variant alleles justifies us to some extent to continue clopidogrel in our patients
Feasibility Study of Low-Cost Image-Based Heritage Documentation in Nepal

Abstract. Cultural heritage structural documentation is of great importance in terms of historical preservation, tourism, educational and spiritual values. Cultural heritage across the world, and in Nepal in particular, is at risk from various natural hazards (e.g. earthquakes, flooding, rainfall etc), poor maintenance and preservation, and even human destruction. This paper evaluates the feasibility of low-cost photogrammetric modelling cultural heritage sites, and explores the practicality of using photogrammetry in Nepal. The full pipeline of 3D modelling for heritage documentation and conservation, including visualisation, reconstruction, and structure analysis, is proposed. In addition, crowdsourcing is discussed as a method of data collection of growing prominence.
Parental and Adult Attachment and Eating Symptomology in Eating Disorder Patients and Sine Morbo Individuals

Attachment can contribute to eating disorder symptomology through various paths, including emotion regulation. However, the relationship between parental and adult attachment and emotional eating and other eating disorder symptoms have been barely investigated on comparative samples. This cross-sectional, questionnaire-based online survey aimed to assess the relationship between parental and adult attachment qualities with the eating behavior severity, emotional eating, and the level of depression in 67 female anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder patients, compared to 67 female sine morbo individuals. Eating disorder patients less frequently had secure attachment, and were more often fearful or preoccupied than sine morbo individuals. In sine morbo individuals lower adult attachment security, but in patients, lower parental care was related to eating disorder symptoms. In sine morbo individuals, higher preoccupation, but in patients, higher fearfulness and lower care was related to emotional eating. Lower attachment security (OR = 0.54), younger age (OR = 0.93) and higher depression (OR = 1.04) explained 36.6% of the variance of diagnosed eating disorders. A complex interplay could be highlighted between dysfunctional attachment dimensions and eating symptomology in both groups—but with different patterns. Perceived parental care may be influential for eating disorder patients, whilst the degree of adult attachment security can be influential for sine morbo individuals. Lower attachment security was a predictor of eating disorders, which suggests the protective value of enhancing attachment security. However, further attachment-based interventions are required.
The Moderating Effect of Self-Motivation on the Relationship between Parent's Socio-Economic Background and Children's Academic Performance at Nigerian Universities

The purpose of this study is to examine the moderating effect of self-motivation on the relationship between parent’s socio-economic backgrounds on their children’s academic performance at Nigerian Universities, which has received little attention. Issues concerning University undergraduate youths have become a cause for concern among stakeholders in the project called ‘education in Nigeria’. Such issues like expulsion from school due to examination malpractice or cultism, withdrawal due to poor academic performance and production of half-baked graduates have forced many concerned people to question the role of teachers as well as parent’s socio-economic background. The paper adopted a survey methodology to solicit responses from 150 final year University students (2012/2013) of Business Faculties in the north, east and west regions of Nigeria; using stratified proportionate random sampling. After data cleaning, 130 data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression. One of the results indicated that student’s self-motivation (hard work) and rich parental socio-economic background are needed to achieve academic success; though self-motivation appears to be a more critical success factor. The paper recommended that the government and the authorities of Nigerian universities should intensify effort at counselling the students on the need to study hard in order to achieve academic success rather than relying on their parents’ socio-economic background. This will improve teaching and learning in Nigerian Universities. The study is limited to University Business Faculties in Nigeria. Future studies can investigate other tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
Season of Birth and Marital Outcomes

This study analyzes the marriage-market aspects of season of birth in the United States, estimating whether and how marital status is related to quarter of birth by gender and race, also incorporating cohabitation as a separate relationship status. For couples, additional analysis considers who is matched with whom and the spousal (partner's) trade-offs of quarters of birth and socioeconomic attributes. Using the American Community Survey data 2010-2012, I show that white women born in the fourth quarter are more likely to be married than never married (marriage more likely than cohabitation), while never married white men from the second birth quarter are less likely to be cohabiting than single. Black men from the first birth quarter are less likely to be married rather than cohabiting but more likely to be cohabiting than single. White women from the third birth quarter and black women from the second are more likely to be divorced, always controlling for demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Among white married couples, men born in the first quarter have more educated and richer wives, and conversely women from the same first quarter have less educated husbands. In cohabiting couples, white men and women born in the third quarter have richer and less educated partners, respectively, and black women from the first quarter have poorer partners. Finally, in all types of couples, black women born in the fourth quarter have richer husbands.
The Construction and Evaluation of a Questionnaire Measuring Geekism

Despite a dominant focus on utilitarian product-features, contemporary usability research acknowledges more subjective, hedonistic values as joy or aesthetics. However, individual differences in users are a rare discussed topic, especially when it comes to their needs and drives to use a product. Results of Schmettow, Noordzij, & Mundt (2013) indicate the existence of a user-group, who is extremely interested in technical systems and who likes to modify and play with technology, calling them geeks. Until now, geeks don’t profit from usability research as they are not so much interested in utilitarian or hedonistic product values. If geeks could be identified successfully, usability in software or hardware could be improved for these users. Based on a qualitative interview study of Florian Passlick (2013), in which he gave insights of the construct geekism, a questionnaire measuring geekism was constructed and evaluated. Although many items showed low discriminant power, test-retest reliability was high (.93) as well as Cronbachs alpha (.96). Construct validity was examined through correlational measures with a scale measuring Material-Posession-Love MPL, a scale measuring the Need for Cognition NCS and with an implicit PES-test geekism on one of its subscales. The convergent validity was evaluated as acceptable with a significant correlation between the PES and the geekism scale of (r.=0.53). Unexpectedly, the Geekism questionnaire correlated with the scale of material possession love (r =.48). The geekism-scale correlated expectedly moderate with an r. =. 357 as the NFC is a similar construct but not the same. Overall, the geekism scale seems to measure geekism successfully, however, it needs to be optimized.
Antioxidant Activities of Different Spices on the Lipid Oxidation of Cooked and Uncooked Fillet of Two Fish Species Belonging to the Genus Puntius

Twenty spices were employed to preserve the cooked and uncooked fillet of Puntius sarana (Hamilton) and Puntius ticto (Hamilton). IC 50 values of 2,2 ’ -diphenyl-1picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) based free radical scavenging activity ranged from 0.1123 µg ml -1 in turmeric to 13.035 µg ml -1 in roman coriander. Phenol content ranged from 0.365 µg g -1 in onion to 5.67 µg g -1 in clove. The raw and cooked fillets of P. sarana , and the cooked fillet of P. ticto , treated with garlic recorded the highest rates of thiobarbituric acid (TBA) reactivity (P< 0.05). For raw P. ticto , both the control and garlic treated fillet recorded higher rates of TBA reactivity (P< 0.05). Fillet of both fish species recorded higher TBA reactivity under raw condition, compared to cooked fillet. This condition was similar for the spice treated fillet. The exceptions were garlic, green and black cardamom, roman coriander and onion for P. sarana and garlic, cumin, field mustard, black pepper and poppy seed for P. ticto , where TBA reactivity was higher in cooked condition. It is recommended that spices with active phenolic antioxidants be used to inhibit the lipid oxidation in P. sarana and P. ticto . However, application of garlic extract for fillet preservation should be avoided until further documentation.
Two-photon phosphorescence lifetime microscopy of retinal capillary plexus oxygenation in mice

Abstract. Impaired oxygen delivery and/or consumption in the retinal tissue underlies the pathophysiology of many retinal diseases. However, the essential tools for measuring oxygen concentration in retinal capillaries and studying oxygen transport to retinal tissue are still lacking. We show that two-photon phosphorescence lifetime microscopy can be used to map absolute partial pressures of oxygen (pO2) in the retinal capillary plexus. Measurements were performed at various retinal depths in anesthetized mice under systemic normoxic and hyperoxic conditions. We used a newly developed two-photon phosphorescent oxygen probe, based on a two-photon absorbing platinum tetraphthalimidoporphyrin, and commercially available optics without correction for optical aberrations of the eye. The transverse and axial distances within the tissue volume were calibrated using a model of the eye’s optical system. We believe this is the first demonstration of in vivo depth-resolved imaging of pO2 in retinal capillaries. Application of this method has the potential to advance our understanding of oxygen delivery on the microvascular scale and help elucidate mechanisms underlying various retinal diseases.