Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Dam break problem for the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation and the generation of rogue waves

We propose a novel, analytically tractable, scenario of the rogue wave formation in the framework of the small-dispersion focusing nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation with the initial condition in the form of a rectangular barrier (a ‘box’). We use the Whitham modulation theory combined with the nonlinear steepest descent for the semi-classical inverse scattering transform, to describe the evolution and interaction of two counter-propagating nonlinear wave trains—the dispersive dam break flows—generated in the NLS box problem. We show that the interaction dynamics results in the emergence of modulated large-amplitude quasi-periodic breather lattices whose amplitude profiles are closely approximated by the Akhmediev and Peregrine breathers within certain space-time domain. Our semi-classical analytical results are shown to be in excellent agreement with the results of direct numerical simulations of the small-dispersion focusing NLS equation.
Institute of Organic Training & Advice: Research Review: Strategies for enhancing organic food quality (This Review was undertaken by IOTA under the PACA Res project OFO347, funded by Defra)

This Research Topic Review aims to summarise the available knowledge on strategies for enhancing organic food quality. The Review will provide organic advisers with a better understanding of the differences between organic and conventional food quality so that they can support the development of organic farming systems and supply chains that deliver better quality organic food. The Review takes a broad definition of food quality and on the appropriate methods for determining food quality. However, the focus is on the factors that are more or less within the control of the farmer and the rest of the supply chain, and that directly impact on the appreciation or the intrinsic quality of the food as presented to, and eaten by the consumer.
Genetic parameters of direct and ratio traits from field and station tests of pigs

parameters of several growth and carcass traits were estimated for the Hungarian Large White (HLW) and Hungarian Landrace (HL) pig breeds. The objective of the analysis was to compare the direct (days on station test, consumed feed, valuable cuts and age) and ratio/composite (net daily gain, feed conversion, proportion of valuable cuts, lean meat percentage and average daily gain and meat quality score) traits, which were collected in the course of station and field tests. The analysis was based on the national database (1997- 2003) using univariate and bivariate animal models. Estimated heritabilities for station test traits ranged between 0.34-0.69 (except for meat quality score, where the heritability was low (0.10, 0.15 for HLW and HL, respectively) and exceeded that of the field test traits (0.18-0.23). Relative importance of random litter effects was low for the station test traits (0.01-0.29) but moderate for the field test traits (0.20-0.48). The unfavourable genetic correlation between lean meat percentage and meat quality score (-0.28, -0.44 for HLW and LW, respectively) is worth mentioning. In both performance tests the direct and ratio test counterparts showed similar heritabilities and their genetic correlation were close to unity (0.74-0.95). Based on these results selection on either the direct or on the ratio traits would possibly result similar selection response.
Insulin Glargine versus Insulin Detemir: Glycemic Control and Insulin Dose in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Using a Medical Record Linkage System in the Netherlands

Background: In randomized controlled trials, patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus required higher doses of insulin detemir than insulin glargine to obtain the same glycemic control. However, this may differ in daily clinical practice. Methods: We conducted a cohort study to compare glycemic control, daily basal insulin dose and persistence in The Netherlands. Data were obtained from the PHARMO record linkage system. Patients starting glargine or detemir in 2004 through 2007 were included if they had a follow-up and history of at least 1 year, including glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) measurements. Glycemic control and insulin dose were compared within 1 year after start of treatment. Average insulin dose was calculated based on the amount of insulin dispensed overtime. Results: A total of 708 patients on glargine and 298 on detemir were included. Patients starting glargine had less often used insulin in the previous year (19 versus31%, P<0.001) and less often used oral antihyperglycemic drugs concomitantly (61 versus67%, P<0.05) than those starting detemir. Despite a higher mean HbA1c at baseline in patients who started glargine (8.6% versus8.4%), the change from baseline in HbA1c at follow-up was greater with glargine (–0.9%) than with detemir (–0.4%, P<0.001). The proportion of patients with HbA1c < 7% was similar between the two cohorts. Mean insulin dose at follow-up was significantly lower with glargine than with detemir (31.3 IU versus 36.6 IU, P<0.01). Conclusions: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were treated with insulin glargine achieved better glycemic control with lower insulin doses than did patients who were treated with insulin detemir.
Examining the perceived risks of contactless card acceptance in the New Zealand market

complex and unobservable (latent) variables such as perception and trust can be difficult to measure. Thus, SEM uses reflective and formative indicators which act as proxies for each construct. In PLS-SEM, an inner-model refers to the constructs of interest and paths between them (Figure 6), whilst the outer-model refers to the indicators and their relationships with constructs. Indicators are directly measured observations or raw data taken from survey respondents. Hair et al. (2014a) provide guidelines for deciding between reflective and
Comparative Nest-Site Habitat of Painted Redstarts and Red-Faced Warblers in the Madrean Sky Islands of Southeastern Arizona

Abstract. Conservation of avian species requires understanding their nesting habitat requirements. We compared 3 aspects of habitat at nest sites (topographic characteristics of nest sites, nest placement within nest sites, and canopy stratification within nest sites) of 2 related species of ground-nesting warblers (Red-faced Warblers, Cardellina rubrifrons, n = 17 nests; Painted Redstarts, Myioborus pictus, n = 22 nests) in the Sky Island mountain ranges of southeastern Arizona. These species nested in several forest and woodland cover types that occurred along an elevational gradient. Red-faced Warblers nested primarily toward the upper end of that gradient, in pine (Pinus spp.)—oak (Quercus spp.) and mixed-conifer forests. Painted Redstarts nested primarily at lower elevations, in riparian forest, oak-pine woodlands, and pine-oak forest. The 2 species both nested in cover types that occurred at mid-elevations. Within these shared cover types, Red-faced Warblers nested at higher elevations and at nest sites with greater canopy cover >10 m aboveground than Painted Redstarts. Nest placement within nest sites was similar between species; both placed their nests in concealed locations. Our results suggest that managers should consider the entire elevational gradient surveyed here to best conserve habitat for both species, and should maintain at least some areas with relatively dense understory cover across that gradient to provide cover for nest sites. Managers should emphasize lower overstories in lower-elevation oak-pine woodlands, taller overstories in higher-elevation pine-oak and especially mixed-conifer forests, and a mixture of overstory heights in mid-elevation pine-oak forests. We recommend additional detailed studies of nesting habitat and the effects of disturbance processes on nesting habitat. Such studies will add to our understanding of the ecology of these 2 bird species and habitat conservation in this ecologically important area.
SIMBOLISME LITURGI EKARISTI DALAM GEREJA KATOLIK Sebuah Konsepsi dan Aplikasi Simbol

Liturgy represents the experience of believing in God as well as the aesthetic experience containing elements of emotional rituals. It also possesses a creative goal, that is the formation of symbols, and the content symbolized is heading no other than towards reality, that is the presence of Christ the saviour. The religious experience in the ceremony of Eucharistic liturgy does not only act as an intellectual or philosophic experience, but also includes human feelings and actions. On the other hand, the Catholic Church building as God's house represents the sacred building loading aesthetic experiences, signs and symbols of heavenly nature that reflects the mystery and supremacy of God. The church service space applies the symbolic and sacred values through the supply of various religious service facilities, the use of symbols, and the materialization of space atmosphere in its zoning, walls, floors, ceilings, windows, furniture, decorations, colour, and others, capable of bringing the church people to the experience the reality celebrated in liturgy. Abstract in Bahasa Indonesia : Liturgi merupakan pengalaman keimanan dan sekaligus pengalaman estetis yang mengandung unsur ritual emosional, dan memiliki tujuan kreatif yaitu pembentukan simbol, dan isi yang disimbolkan tidak lain menuju ke arah realitas, yakni kehadiran Kristus yang menyelamatkan. Pengalaman religiusitas dalam upacara liturgi ekaristi tidak hanya sebagai pengalaman filosofis atau intelektual, tetapi juga melibatkan perasaan dan tindakan manusia. Sedangkan bangunan gereja katolik sebagai rumah Tuhan merupakan bangunan sakral yang memuat pengalaman estetik, memuat tanda dan lambang alam surgawi yang mencerminkan misteri Allah dan sifat keagungan Tuhan. Ruang ibadah gereja menerapkan nilai-nilai simbolik yang sakral melalui penyediaan berbagai fasilitas ibadah, penggunaan tanda, dan perwujudan suasana ruang, baik pada zoning, dinding, lantai, plafon, jendela, perabot, dekorasi, warna, dan lain-lain. Yang mampu membawa umat pada pengalaman realitas yang dirayakan dalam liturgi. Kata kunci: simbol, interior, gereja katolik.
The Effectiveness of Faculty Members in Managing and Arranging Psycho-Social Environment at Al Ain University of Science and Technology

This paper investigated to what extent academic staffs at Al Ain University of Science and Technology implement psychosocial classroom environment elements from the perspective of the Professional Diploma Program students. To achieve the objective of the study the researcher, based on previous related studies, developed and used a questionnaire that has the necessary elements to sufficiently elicit the subject’s responses. All students enrolled in the professional diploma in teaching program at Al Ain University of Science and Technology formed the subjects of the study. The results showed that the scale items got positive perception from all the students and who believed that their instructors at the program displayed good implementation of the psychosocial classroom environment elements. While the student’s gender did not have a significant influence on their responses, the branch of study at high school affected students’ responses. By comparison, that literary branch showed more satisfaction with their teachers’ implementation. Findings may be useful to teacher educators in developing a self-judgment process in order to revise their practice to enhance the educational experience. This could create a better teaching atmosphere that, of course, could lead to a successful learner.
A locally adaptive ensemble approach for data-driven prognostics of heterogeneous fleets

In this work, we consider the problem of predicting the remaining useful life of a piece of equipment, based on data collected from a heterogeneous fleet working under different operating conditions. When the equipment experiences variable operating conditions, individual data-driven prognostic models are not able to accurately predict the remaining useful life during the entire equipment life. The objective of this work is to develop an ensemble approach of different prognostic models for aggregating their remaining useful life predictions in an adaptive way, for good performance throughout the degradation progression. Two data-driven prognostic models are considered, a homogeneous discrete-time finite-state semi-Markov model and a fuzzy similarity–based model. The ensemble approach is based on a locally weighted strategy that aggregates the outcomes of the two prognostic models of the ensemble by assigning to each model a weight and a bias related to its local performance, that is, the accuracy in predicting the remaining useful life of patterns of a validation set similar to the one under study. The proposed approach is applied to a case study regarding a heterogeneous fleet of aluminum electrolytic capacitors used in electric vehicle powertrains. The results have shown that the proposed ensemble approach is able to provide more accurate remaining useful life predictions throughout the entire life of the equipment compared to an alternative ensemble approach and to each individual homogeneous discrete-time finite-state semi-Markov model and fuzzy similarity–based models.
The effects of verb- and event-based knowledge on direct object prediction

Previous research suggests that comprehenders rapidly predict upcoming words on the basis of both language and event knowledge (e.g., Kamide et al, 2003), but we know little about how these kinds of knowledge interact in driving prediction. We report a visual-world eye-tracking study comparing prediction driven by the combination of event knowledge and a weakly constraining verb to prediction driven by event knowledge and a verb that places strong semantic constraints on its arguments. College-aged adults (n=36) viewed photographs of natural scenes while listening to sentences. Participants anticipated upcoming direct objects similarly regardless of the presence of a strongly constraining verb. We discuss these findings in light of literature on selectional restriction violations (Paczynski & Kuperberg, 2012; Warren & McConnell, 2007) and research suggesting that event-related knowledge is used very early in sentence comprehension (McRae & Matsuki, 2009), as well as the relationship between prediction and production.
Properties of polyvinyl alcohol/palm kernel shell powder biocomposites and their hybrid composites with halloysite nanotubes

Biocomposites composed from polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH)/palm kernel shell powder (PKSP) were prepared via a solution casting method. Halloysite nanotubes (HNTs) were used to gradually replace PKSP to study the effect of hybrid fillers and also to compare the properties of PVOH/PKSP biocomposites with a commercial filler, HNTs. The effect of HNTs’ addition on the biocomposites was investigated based on mechanical properties, physical properties, and its biodegradability. The incorporation of HNTs in the biocomposites enhanced the tensile properties. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) studies revealed that better filler and matrix interaction was achieved after the incorporation of HNTs. Moreover, the water absorption and water vapour transmissibility (WVT) of biocomposites decreased. The biodegradability of biocomposites filled with HNT was lower compared to the biocomposites filled with PKSP.
The effect of Lectora inspire-based interactive learning media in vocational high school

The objective of research was to reveal: (1) the learning outcome of students in experiment class, (2) the learning outcome of students in control class, (3) the effect of lectora inspire-based interactive learning media on the learning outcome of students. This study was a quasi-experiment research with Pretest-Posttest Control Design with students of SMK Negeri 6 Surakarta being the subject of research. The instruments used in this research were questionnaire and test. The result of research showed that: (1) the learning outcome for experiment class indicated mean posttest value of 84.53, (2) the learning outcome for control class indicated mean posttest value of 71.73, and (3) there was an effect of Lectora Inspire-based interactive learning media on the learning outcome of students, as can be seen from the result of t-test calculation with t statistic 0,000< t table 0.05. The conclusion of research was that there was a difference of effect of lectora inspire-based interactive learning media application on the learning outcome of students between control and experiment classes.
Localisation of Sound Sources on Aircraft in Flight

This paper presents beamforming techniques for source localization on aicraft in flight with a focus on the development at DLR in Germany. Fly-over tests with phased arrays are the only way to localize and analyze the different aerodynamic and engine sources of aircraft in flight. Many of these sources cannot be simulated numerically or in wind-tunnel tests because they they are either unknown or they cannot be resolved properly in model scale. The localization of sound sources on aircraft in flight is performed using large microphone arrays. For the data analysis, the source signals at emission time are reconstructed from the Doppler-shifted microphone data using the measured flight trajectory. Standard beamforming techniques in the frequency domain cannot be applied due transitory nature of the signals, so the data is usually analyzed using a classical beamforming algorithm in the time domain. The spatial resolution and the dynamic range of the source maps can be improved by calculating a deconvolution of the sound source maps with the point spread function of the microphone array. This compensates the imaging properties of the microphone array by eliminating side lobes and aliases. While classical beamfoming yields results that are more qualitative by nature, the deconvolution results can be used to integrate the acoustic power over the different source regions in order to obtain the powers of each source. ranking of the sources. These results can be used to rank the sources, for acoustic trouble shooting, and to assess the potential of noise abatement methods.Copyright © 2012 by ASME
Determination of Heating Value of Estonian Oil Shale by Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

The laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) combined with multivariate regression analysis of measured data were utilised for determination of the heating value and the chemical composition of pellets made from Estonian oil shale samples with different heating values. The study is the first where the oil shale heating value is determined on the basis of LIBS spectra. The method for selecting the optimal number of spectral lines for ordinary multivariate least squares regression model is presented. The correlation coefficient between the heating value predicted by the regression model, and that measured by calorimetric bomb, was . The standard deviation of prediction was 0.24 MJ/kg. Concentrations of oil shale components predicted by the regression model were compared with those measured by ordinary methods.
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTH BEHAVIORS AND QUALITY OF LIFE ON THE ONE HAND AND SATISFACTION WITH HEALTH CONDITION ON THE OTHER HAND IN PATIENTS WITH PSORIASIS

Introduction: Scientific research suggest that the more severe psoriasis symptoms are the poorer quality of life. Reviews show that appropriate health practices can reduce severity of symptoms of some diseases on the one hand and influence subjective assessment of quality of life on the other hand. The authors tried to assess the frequency of health behaviors in patients with psoriasis compared to the control group, as well as to analyze the relationship between health behavior and the quality of life. Methods and Methods: The study was conducted on 61 patients with psoriasis and 60 respondents as a control group. Two tools were used in the study: Behavioral Health Inventory and author’s questionnaire with questions concerning quality of life, satisfaction with health condition, number of medicines used and severity of psoriasis. Statistical analyzes were performed using Statistica SPPS 18. Results: Patients with psoriasis assessed as worse their quality of life compared to the control group. In case of intensity of healthy eating habits the similar differences were revealed. Inverse relation was observed in case of prevention behaviors. There were no differences between the groups in terms of positive mental attitude and health practices. Quality of life in patients with psoriasis correlated with a positive mental attitude. Conclusions: Our results suggest the need for comprehensive education in three areas: medical, nutritional and psychosocial.
Immigration and Firm Innovation in Western-Europe: Understanding the Channels of Influence

In most European countries, immigrants became more diversified by country of origin, gender and education levels. Especially the mobility of highly-skilled workers from various countries creates both challenges and opportunities from an economic perspective. This study focuses on the relationship between firm’s innovation performance and intra-firm diversity. It introduces a structured analysis of the mechanisms of influence at different spatial scales, namely from country to firm level, based on the evidence provided by the economics research in Europe.
The Cognitive Interview: A meta-analytic review and study space analysis of the past 25 years.

The Cognitive Interview (CI) is a well-established protocol for interviewing wit- nesses. The current article presents a study space analysis of laboratory studies of the CI together with an empirical meta-analysis summarizing the past 25 years of research. The study space comprises 57 published articles (65 experiments) on the CI, providing an assessment of the boundary conditions underlying the analysis and application of this interview protocol. The current meta-analysis includes 46 pub- lished articles, including 20 articles published since the last meta-analysis conducted a decade earlier (Kohnken, Milne, Memon, & Bull, 1999). Reassuringly for prac- titioners, the findings of the original meta-analysis were replicated with a large and significant increase in correct details and a small increase in errors. In addition we found that there were no differences in the rate at which details are confabulated. Importantly, the effect sizes were unaffected by the inclusion of recent studies using modified versions of the CI. The CI appeared to benefit older adult witnesses even more than younger adults. We highlight trends and gaps in research and discuss how our findings can inform policy and training decisions. The Cognitive Interview (or CI) is perhaps one of the most successful developments in psychology and law research in the last 25 years. It is a method that comprises a series of memory retrieval and communication techniques designed to increase the amount of information that can be obtained from an interviewee. The CI was initially developed 25 years ago by psychologists Ed Geiselman and Ron Fisher as a response to the many requests they received from police officers and legal professionals for a method of improving witness inter- views. It is based upon established psychological principles of remembering and retrieval of information from memory, and empirical laboratory research on the CI has documented its ability to dramatically improve the number of correct details while only slightly increasing the number of incorrect details (Schrieber & Fisher, 2006; Kohnken et al., 1999; Memon, 2006). Field tests of the CI have also indicated that police officers trained in its techniques gain more information and