Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Simulation of Palladium Transmutation Products

The build-up procedure for the Palladium isotopes is known from the independent-particle model and implies specific 3D structures for these isotopes in the nuclear lattice model [1]. Using those lattice structures, the favorable modes of fission have been simulated and the fission fragments compared with the transmutation products, as reported by Mizuno [2]. It is shown that (i) the changes in relative abundance of the Pd isotopes, and (ii) the main transmutation products in Mizuno-style LENR studies are consistent with the idea that the bulk of the energy released in such experiments is due to the fission of Palladium isotopes.
Feeding of high protein premix to improve dairy production in smallholder dairy farms in the Northeastern region of Thailand

บทคัดย่อ: วัตถุประสงค์ของการศึกษาครั้งนี้คือ เพื่อศึกษาผลของการให้หัวอาหารสูตรโปรตีนสูงต่อการให้ผลผลิตน�้านม ของโคนมลูกผสมพันธุ์โฮสไตน์ฟรีเชี่ยนในฟาร์มเกษตรกรรายย่อย 15 ฟาร์ม จ� านวนโครีดนม 60 ตัว ใช้แผนการทดลอง แบบ Randomized complete block design (RCBD) โดยใช้ฟาร์มเป็นบล็อค และโคนม 4 ตัวในแต่ละฟาร์มถูกแบ่งเป็น 2 กลุ ม่ ซึ ง่กลุ ม่แรกก�าหนดให้ได้รบัอาหารข้นปกตทิี ใ่ช้ในฟาร์ม (กลุ ม่ควบคมุ) และกลุ ม่ที ส่องให้กนิหวัอาหารสตูรโปรตนีสงู ผสมกับแหล่งคาร์โบรไฮเดรตที่ใช้ในฟาร์มให้มีโปรตีนอยู่ที่ 18 เปอร์เซ็นต์โดยทั้งสองกลุ่มให้หญ้ารูซี่เป็นอาหารหยาบแบบ เต็มที่ ผลการศึกษาพบว่า โคนมที่ได้รับหัวอาหารโปรตีนมีความสามารถในการย่อยได้ของอินทรียวัตถุ และโปรตีนหยาบ สูงกว่ากลุ่มควบคุม (P < 0.05) ผลผลิตน�้านมและ 3.5% fat corrected milk ในกลุ่มโคนมที่ได้รับหัวอาหารโปรตีนก็มีค่า สูงกว่ากลุ่มควบคุมอย่างมีนัยส�าคัญทางสถิติ (P < 0.05) นอกจากนี้ ยังพบว่ารายได้และผลก�าไรจากการจ�าหน่ายนมใน กลุ่มโคนมที่ได้รับหัวอาหารโปรตีนก็มีค่าสูงกว่ากลุ่มควบคุม (P < 0.05) การให้หัวอาหารโปรตีนนั้น ให้ผลการศึกษาที่น่า สนใจเป็นอย่างยิ่งในการช่วยปรับปรุงประสิทธิภาพการใช้ประโยชน์ของอาหารและเพิ่มผลก� าไรให้แก่ฟาร์มเกษตรกร รายย่อย ดงันั น้จงึเหมาะอย่างยิ ง่ในการแนะน� าให้ใช้ประโยชน์ของหวัอาหารโปรตนีเพื อ่เพิ ม่ประสทิธภิาพระบบการให้อาหาร และการเลี้ยงโคนมในฟาร์มเกษตรกรรายย่อยในเขตภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือของประเทศไทย ค�ําส�ําคัญ: อาหารโปรตีน, ผลผลิตน�้านม, โคนมพันธุ์ผสม, ฟาร์มเกษตรกรรายย่อย
The Effect of Clearance upon Friction of Large Diameter Hip Resurfacing Prostheses using Blood and Combinations of Bovine Serum with Aqueous Solutions of Cmc and Hyaluronic Acid as Lubricants

Metal on metal bearings have the potential to produce far less wear than conventional metal on polyethylene bearings and when the current generation of metal on metal devices were developed they were thought to have the potential for lower failure rates than other designs in the market. This optimism was mainly due to a remarkable improvement in the prosthetic design of metal-on-metal resurfacing devices including improved sphericity, excellent tolerances, the use of large diameter components to lower the risk of dislocation, good lubrication between the articulating surfaces, and high carbon and carbide content to reduce wear. The major objectives in the design of joint prostheses are to achieve stable articulations, low friction and wear, solid fixation to the bone, and normal range of motion. However, the demands presented by highly active patients with longer life expectancy have challenged the orthopaedic companies to improve both design and materials of joint implants. To improve the stability and osteointegration, some prostheses were modified to use a cemented or non-cemented femoral component and with a hydroxyapatite coated cup. With the development of these metals on metal devices, there was a strong trend towards their use but following recent well publicized high failure rates and complications, particularly the development of ALVAL, with some particular designs the popularity of metal on metal bearing couples has dropped dramatically. Data from the National Joint Registry however does not show uniform failure rates amongst the various metals on metal designs.
Discovering acoustic structure of novel soundsa )

Natural sounds have substantial acoustic structure (predictability, nonrandomness) in their spectral and temporal compositions. Listeners are expected to exploit this structure to distinguish simultaneous sound sources; however, previous studies confounded acoustic structure and listening experience. Here, sensitivity to acoustic structure in novel sounds was measured in discrimination and identification tasks. Complementary signal-processing strategies independently varied relative acoustic entropy (the inverse of acoustic structure) across frequency or time. In one condition, instantaneous frequency of low-pass-filtered 300-ms random noise was rescaled to 5 kHz bandwidth and resynthesized. In another condition, the instantaneous frequency of a short gated 5-kHz noise was resampled up to 300 ms. In both cases, entropy relative to full bandwidth or full duration was a fraction of that in 300ms noise sampled at 10 kHz. Discrimination of sounds improved with less relative entropy. Listeners identified a probe sound as a target sound (1%, 3.2%, or 10% relative entropy) that repeated amidst distractor sounds (1%, 10%, or 100% relative entropy) at 0 dB SNR. Performance depended on differences in relative entropy between targets and background. Lower-relative-entropy targets were better identified against higher-relative-entropy distractors than lower-relative-entropy distractors; higherrelative-entropy targets were better identified amidst lower-relative-entropy distractors. Results were consistent across signal-processing strategies. VC 2018 Acoustical Society of America. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.5031018
Opportunistic screening versus mass screening for colorectal neoplasms in China : a cost-benefit analysis

Opportunistic screening has been recommended for colorectal cancer detection and early diagnosis in China. This study compared the cost-effectiveness of opportunistic screening and mass screening. One hundred thousand individuals, aged 50-80 years, undergoing opportunistic screening or mass screening, were simulated in a state-transition Markov model. Colorectal adenomas found during colonoscopies were removed and a colonoscopy was repeated every three years until no additional adenomas were found. For individuals with negative findings, colonoscopies were repeated within 10 years. Direct costs included screening tests and the treatment of cancer and complications. This study excluded indirect costs from the model and used an incremental cost-benefit ratio to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the two screening strategies. Incidence of colorectal cancer was reduced by opportunistic screening and mass screening by 56.79% and 74.85%, respectively. Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio for opportunistic screening (-730 Renminbi Yuan [RMB]) was lower than the ratio for mass screening (-594 RMB). Opportunistic screening was more cost-effective than mass screening in detecting and managing colorectal neoplasms. It was not sensitive to the cost of colonoscopies or treatment for advanced colorectal cancer. Therefore, it may be recommended in clinical practice.
The Study of Relationship between Kolb’s Learning Styles, Gender and Learning American Slang‎ by Iranian EFL Students

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between Kolb’s learning styles and learning slang among Iranian EFL students with a gender-based focus. To this end, 63 EFL students of Tehran University were selected as the participants of the study out of 70 through the proficiency test by simple random sampling. The participants were both genders—27 males and 36 females aged between 18 and 25 in 2017-2018. Using descriptive statistics, correlation, regression and t-test, the data were analyzed. The results of the study indicated a high, significant and positive regression of Kolb’s learning style. The highest correlation between Kolb’s learning styles and learning American slang was related to the Concrete Experience (CE) and the weakest one was related to the Abstract Conceptualization (AC). The results of the correlation demonstrated positive, significant and high correlation between the Kolb’s (2005) learning styles and slang learning. Likewise, the study showed the highest correlation between the experiential learning styles (Concrete Experience, CE) and the slang learning. Meanwhile, the study showed non-significant correlation either between gender and slang learning or between gender and learning styles. The implication is that the teacher trainers may include fostering the beneficial learning styles in their lesson plan in order to improve the teachers’ teaching.
Expression of interleukin-5 in different pathologic types of nasal polyp tissues

Interleukin-5 (IL-5) exhibits aberrantly high expression in nasal polyps (NP) tissues, which is closely associated with the formation and development of NP. Antagonizing IL-5 is recognized as a promising strategy for NP patients. However, the expression of IL-5 in different pathologic types of NP has not yet been completely understood. In order to explore immunohistochemical IL-5 expression in NP, compare the results in different NP types, 52 cases of NP tissues and 20 cases of inferior turbinate mucosa tissues as healthy control were collected. Hematoxylin-eosin staining was adopted to detect four NP types: inflammatory infiltrated (15.38%), adenocystic (11.54%), edematous (57.69%) and fibrous polyp (15.38%). Immunohistochemical analysis confirmed that the expression of IL-5 in NP patients (73.08%) were significantly increased compared with controls (χ2 = 19.871, p<0.001). IL-5 expression exhibited obvious difference in different pathological types of NP (χ2 = 47.333, p<0.001). We did not detect IL-5 expression in adenocystic polyp tissues. Among patients with IL-5 positive expression, the levels of IL-5 in inflammatory infiltrated, edematous and fibrous polyp were weak (+), moderate (+ for 2, ++ for 13, and +++ for 15 patients) and strong (+++) respectively. Collectively, IL-5 was overexpressed in NP tissues in general, but varied notably in different NP types, the stronger expression of IL-5 indicating the more severe NP condition. Our data support IL-5 as a potential target for the treatment of NP, but different types of polyps should be dependent on different approaches.
A region at the crossroads : Cross-border M & A by Gulf Council countries

This study investigates cross-border mergers and acquisitions emanating from Gulf Cooperation Council nations through a cultural, economic, and governance lens. We determine there are two main target nation groupings for acquirers from the Arab Gulf. Economic factors and good government efficiency form the basis for the selection of the first group of target nations, such as exemplified by the highly developed economies in the West. The more unique target group are nations with less democratically accountable governments or political instability, but which are close on one or more dimensions of religion, language, geography, or history of migration. Thus while economics, governance, and cultural factors are all shown to matter for target nation choice in overseas acquisitions, culture plays a particularly important role in smoothing the way in expanding to nations with problematic governance conditions. This is further evidence that companies from emerging economies may have an advantage operating in countries with weaker governance owing to their cultural closeness.
Effect of spatial and non-spatial changes on perceived self-location

Place cell activity is measured through single-cell recording in animals, though placeresponsive cells and related properties have been identified in the human hippocampus. Human behavioral studies would strengthen these findings, especially given the challenge of conducting neuroscientific research on human place-responsive cells. The current study was based on the finding (Lenck-Santini et al., 2005) that rodent place cells partially remap after spatial environmental changes (rotating objects relative to enclosure) but are unaffected by non-spatial changes (object substitution). In two completed studies, human perceived self-location was evaluated in response to spatial and non-spatial changes in a virtual environment (VE). Participants studied object locations in a learning VE with three orienting cues: two landmarks and a featural cue (blue stripe on the wall of the surrounding circular room). Participants then performed judgments of relative direction (JRD) in which they imagined various perspectives using the learned object locations. The JRD task was performed while standing in one of four test VEs which varied in spatial and non-spatial changes relative to the learning VE. Perceived selflocation was inferred from the presence/absence of a sensorimotor alignment effect (SAE), indicated by facilitation for imagined perspectives aligned with the body at retrieval. It was expected that the SAE would be present in non-spatial change VEs and absent in spatial change VEs. As predicted, results indicated that non-spatial changes did not disrupt perceived self-location (SAE present). Spatial changes did disrupt perceived self-location (SAE absent), but this effect appeared to depend on participant view at test.
The estimation of large social account matrices

Formalization and extension of a recent proposal for adjusting initial unbalanced estimates of components of a matrix allows them to satisfy accounting requirements imposed by tabular form in an optimal manner. The proposal, which is based on linear combinations of initial unbiased estimates, has many potential applications in national income accounting, input-output construction, and demography, among other fields. Given that the adjustment procedure simply represents the first-order conditions resulting from the minimization of a quadratic loss function, it is possible to develop alternative procedures for minimizing the constrained loss function. These procedures, based on the conjugate gradient algorithm, prove to be much more efficient than the traditional solution, both in terms of the time taken and storage requirements, and the optimal adjustment of very large social account matrices becomes quite feasible. Application of these techniques to a social account matrix constructed for the Muda River District in West Malaysia indicate the feasibility and usefulness of the method. Statistical data are included.
The Influence Of Human Movement On Transport Of Airborne Infectious Particles In Hospital Premises

In hospital premises, where the requirement of controlling cross infection is demanding, the impact of human movement on transport of airborne infectious particles (AIPs) is rarely investigated. In this study, the impacts of human movement on distribution of AIPs in two highly infectious hospital environments, i.e. airborne infection isolation room (AIIR) and operating theatre (OT) are investigated numerically. In the case of AIIR, the influence of different walking speeds on the distribution of respiratory droplets is investigated by adopting Lagrangian method for tracing the motion of droplets, dynamic mesh model for describing human walking, and Eulerian RANS model for solving airflow. In the case of OT, the impact of surgeon bending movement on distribution of bacteria-carrying particles (BCPs) is dynamically simulated by applying the similar numerical method as in the AIIR case, except that the drift-flux model is used for modelling BCPs distribution. The adopted models are first successfully validated against literature data. The results show that, in the case of AIIR walking speed could effectively change the overall numbers of suspended droplets and faster walking speed is more favorable to reduce the overall numbers of suspended droplets. In the case of OT, 45 o bending posture for performing operation and bending back movement of the surgeon can cause the concentration of BCPs within the surgical critical zone exceeding the recommended 10 cfu/m 3 , while for the 2-second bending over process as well as the 30-second standing upright posture for rest the concentration of BCPs within the surgical critical zone can be generally less than 10 cfu/m 3 . Therefore, lack of considering the influence of human movement in hospital premises may ignore some important phenomena related to nosocomial infection and consequently misinterpret the nosocomial infection risk. More in-depth studies in this area should be done in the future.
Jüri Allik Countries The Relationship Between Life Satisfaction and Emotional Experience in 21 European

In the current study, the relationship between life satisfaction (LS) and the affective components of subjective well-being (SWB) was examined in a sample of 40,487 people across 21 European countries using data from the European Social Survey. After running multilevel confirmatory factor analyses in order to establish the measurement invariance of the constructs across the countries, the individual-level dataset was linked to available country-level aggregate personality traits, cultural values, and human development index (HDI). Results from hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) analysis showed that LS is best predicted by positive and negative affect (PA and NA, respectively), but may also be predicted by the degree of mixed emotions (ME). At the country level, national mean scores of Extraversion and Neuroticism moderated the relationship between LS and ME in different directions, whereas neither of the two personality traits had a significant impact on the relationship of LS to PA and NA. Survival/self-expression and the HDI ranking influenced the LS-PA and LS-ME relationships, whereas individualism/collectivism did not. Our research indicates that in addition to analyzing separate effects of NA and PA, it is also important to consider emotional complexity in SWB research, whereas these analyses need to take into account the moderating effect of cultural aspects, such as survival/self-expression values and countries’ level of development. Our findings also emphasize the importance of employing representative samples, as the age variance of participants can have a profound impact on results.
Thymic mucoepidermoid carcinomas : a clinicopathologic case study and literature review

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma occurs frequently in the salivary glands but is rare in the thymus. In this paper we provide a literature review on this condition and discuss the clinical data of a case of thymic mucoepidermoid carcinoma (TMEC). Here, we report a case of TMEC in an elderly female patient who showed no obvious symptoms or positive signs for TMEC during her physical examination. However, a chest CT revealed a mass in the anterior mediastinum, which did not appear enhanced upon contrast-enhanced CT. After surgical excision, TMEC was confirmed by histopathologic and immunohistochemical examination. The clinical manifestation of the disease is not obvious, and physical examination is often not enough for diagnosis, hence diagnosis mainly relies on histopathology. Currently, surgery is still the only way to cure TMEC.
An Accurate Surface-Potential Based Large-Signal Model for HEMTs

An accurate surface-potential based large-signal model for compound semiconductor HEMTs is presented. A novel effective gate voltage model is introduced into the derivation of the model core. The method enables a directly application of the standard results from traditional surface-potential theory. As the symmetric linearization technique that used in surface-potential based MOSFET models is also inherited, the Gummel symmetry of an InGaAs/GaAs pHEMT is accurately characterized with the new model. The high-order derivatives of I-V/Q-V remain continuous, making the model suitable for RF large-signal applications. The method and modeling techniques have been verified through comparison with measured DC IV, CV and single-tone input power sweep at 29GHz for a 2×10μm×0. 1μm InGaAs/GaAs power pHEMT, fabricated at a commercial foundry. Keywordscompound semiconductor HEMTs; surface-potential based; large-signal model
OriginalClinicalScienceçGeneral MicroRNA 628-5 p as a Novel Biomarker for Cardiac Allograft Vasculopathy

Background.Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) remains the leading cause of morbidity and mortality after orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT). Because of its clinically silent progression and lack of symptoms, detection is often difficult and invasive coronary angiography is performed routinely. To date, there are no established noninvasive biomarkers available for prediction of CAV in transplanted patients. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are highly conserved, small noncoding RNA molecules that negatively regulate gene expression. As they are detectable in peripheral blood, recent studies have suggested miRNAs as biomarkers for various cardiovascular diseases. Thus, we hypothesized that circulating miRNAs may serve as noninvasive biomarkers for CAV. Methods. To determine the regulation of circulating miRNAs, we performed miRNA profiling studies in plasma samples of OHT patients with confirmed high-degree CAV and a matched control group consisting of patients without any signs of CAV at least 5 years after OHT. Candidate miRNAs were verified by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Results.Microarray analysis revealed 5 candidate miRNAs (miR-34a, miR-98, miR-155, miR-204, miR-628-5p) that were differentially regulated in plasma samples of patients with CAV and therefore were selected for verification by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. In CAV patients, plasma levels of miR-628-5p and miR-155 were significantly increased (P = 0.001 and P = 0.028, respectively). A miR628-5p value above 1.336 was able to predict CAV with a sensitivity of 72% and a specificity of 83%. Conclusions. For the first time, the present study identifies the circulating miRNA miR628-5p as a novel potential biomarker of CAV in patients after OHT.
Asymptotics of the Random Coding Union Bound ( Invited Paper )

Saddlepoint approximations and expansions of the random coding union bound are derived for the i.i. d. random coding ensemble. Using the inverse Laplace transform of lattice and strongly non-lattice distributions, our results recover the random coding error exponent and refine the pre-exponential coefficient of the error probability. Explicit characterization of the terms are given for the binary symmetric channel and for the binary input AWGN channel.
Why Left-handers / footers are overrepresented in some sports ?

Left-handers/footers are found with disproportionately more frequency in many interactive sports compared to the general population. In ıorder to point out this issue, we firstly mentioned about handedness in general and secondly the origin of handedness. Based on the studies in the literature, we then gave examples about the anatomical correlation of handedness. Finally, some explanations were provided to explain the higher rate of lefties in some sports compared to the general population. Regarding the last issue, researchers stated that there are mainly two possible hypotheses to explain this phenomenon; innate superiority and negative frequency hypothesis. Besides those hypotheses, we should also consider that there is a need to have left handed/footed players in some sports to get more tactical advantages. We tried to give some examples regarding those ideas. The studies in the literature state that left handed/footed players, in fact, have both tactical and perceptual advantages in some interactive sports and thus, overrepresented in those sports compared to the general population.