Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Contributions of thermotolerant bacteria to organic matter degradation under a hyperthermophilic pretreatment process during chicken manure composting

Composting technology comprising hyperthermophilic pretreatment (at ≥85 °C for 2 to 4 h, HTPRT) and aerobic composting was adopted to accelerate organic matter transformation and enhance nitrogen retention in chicken manure composting. The differences in physio-chemical parameters, successions, and metabolism functions of the bacterial community between HTPRT (85 °C, 4 h) and conventional composting (CK) were compared. The HTPRT composting system reached maturity 18 days in advance of CK. The HTPRT piles showed a lower maximum N loss (27.1% vs. 39.0%). The bacterial structure in the HTPRT system differed remarkably from that in CK. Ureibacillus (22.7%) and Ammoniibacillus (14.1%) were the most predominant species in the thermophilic phase of HTPRT pile, while the curing phase was dominated by Thermobifida (12.8%) and Saccharomonospora (11.8%). The authors’ results suggest that HTPRT improved the physical properties of the feedstock by reducing the bulk density, which favored microbiological activity, and thus improving composting efficiency.
EFFECT OF RESIN MODIFIED GLASS IONOMER CEMENT ON MICROHARDNESS OF INITIAL CARIES LESIONS

Resin modified glass ionomer cement (GIC) can inhibit caries lesion formation directly adjacent to the application site but there are few studies examining the remineralization effects of resin modified GIC at other sites more remote from the application site. We conducted an in vitro study to evaluate the distance at which resin modified GIC is able to exert a remineralization effect on initial caries lesions from the application site. We immersed 60 bovine incisors for 24 hours in lactic acid to create artificial initial caries lesions. These teeth were then randomly divided into 2 groups of 30 teeth per group: Group 1 received no treatment (control group); in Group 2 resin-modified GIC was applied on the labial surface of the tooth. The teeth were then tested for microhardness at distances of 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 mm from where the resin modified GIC was applied. Microhardness was tested in all teeth at baseline, after initial caries lesion formation and after treatment. The mean microhardness at each site at each testing was compared using the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey comparison tests. Significance was set at p<0.05. After treatment, there was no significant change in microhardness value at any site tested in the control group (p=0.994). However, in the resin modified GIC group after treatment, all sites tester increased significantly in microhardness (p<0.05) and were significantly greater in microhardness than the control group (p<0.05). In the resin modified GIC group, the mean microhardness values at 0.5 and 1 mm from the resin modified application site higher than at 2 and 3 mm (p<0.05). The mean microhardness values were not significantly different in the treatment group between 0.5 mm and 1 mm and between 2 mm and 3 mm from the application site (p>0.05). In this in vitro study, resin-modified GIC provided a remineralization effect on initial caries lesions up to 3 mm from the application site but had its greatest benefit within 1 mm from the application site.
COMPARISON OF MODELS AND VOLUMETRIC DETERMINATION FOR CATUSA LAKE , GALATI

Nowadays the bathymetry is one of the most important techniques to measure the depth data, especially for surveying lakes, rivers, and other bathymetric projects. Catusa Lake has a strategic importance with its location in Galati city, especially for Sidex Galati, the country’s largest steel mill. In order to achieve the main purpose of this research, it was used different bathymetric models to calculate lake volumes. The study aims to present an efficient method of bathymetric measurements for creating bathymetric maps, using a singlebeam echo sounder combined with RTK GPS technique. The results of different models were compared to determine depth contours and location of maximum depth. The field measurement of water depth is unique for Catusa Lake and will be made later again (probably in next quarter of the year) to evaluate the accuracy of the various models created.
HUNGARIAN MILLENNIALS ’ ATTITUDES ON BEING ONLINE

Young people love being online. It is true for Hungarians as well, and communications technology plays a strong role in their lives. Young people (born in 1982-1996) were asked about their thoughts on the role of social network and being online in their lives. As a result, opinions of 662 respondents were collected through the method of online survey. The research results indicate that they are quite conscious social network users. The Generation Y’s life has been strongly determined by the existence of technological devices, and the communication through online sites. They especially like the social media applications, which basically determine their everyday life, friendships. The users pay just a slight attention to the access to their profile and set up restrictions despite the fact that they also spend most of their time in the cyberspace. The representatives of the generation clearly form a homogenous group, thus supporting the definition, which states that the members of Generation Y were born between 1982 and 1996. On the basis of our research, it can also be concluded that they form a homogenous group on the basis of their Internet usage patterns too.
Chapter 2 Can Parallel Programming Revolutionize EDA Tools ?

Until a decade ago, research in parallel programming was driven largely by the needs of computational science applications, which use techniques like the finite-difference and finite-element methods to find approximate solutions to partial differential equations. In finite differences, the key computational kernels are stencil computations on regular grids, and the solution of linear systems with structured sparsity such as banded systems. In finite-elements, the key computational kernel is the solution of sparse linear systems in which matrices have unstructured sparsity; these linear systems are usually solved using iterative methods like conjugate gradient in which the main computation is sparse matrix–vector multiplication. Parallel programming research therefore focused largely on language support, compilation techniques, and runtime systems for matrix computations. Languages like High Performance FORTRAN (HPF) [21] and Coarray FORTRAN [32] were developed to make it easier to write matrix applications. Sophisticated compiler technology based on polyhedral algebra was invented to optimize loop nests that arise in matrix computations [6, 13, 14]. Runtime systems and communication libraries like OpenMP and MPI provided support for communication and synchronization patterns found in these applications. While computational science applications and matrix computations continue to be important, our group at the University of Texas at Austin and several others across the world have shifted our focus to applications, such as the following ones, which compute on unstructured graphs.
Promoting Pre-service Language Teachers ’ Intelligibility in English : Focus on Acquisition of Lexical Stress Patterns

The present study aims to investigate Turkish pre-service English language teachers’ competence in using lexical stress patterns as part of intelligible pronunciation in English prior to their professional lives. The participants of the study were fifty senior pre-service students, nine of whom received special training on stress patterns in English.The study is of descriptive nature with a self-perception questionnaire distributed to fifty pre-service teachers and of quasi-experimental nature with the treatment of nine pre-service teachers about stress patterns in words in English for a period of four weeks. The results of the study reveal that pre-service English language teachers lacked substantial knowledge as to the placement of lexical stress in English and needed remedial training.The experimental study with a group of nine pre-service teachers of English showed that Turkish prospective teachers of English attained a high level of competency in stress placement in words having been provided with ample practice.
Analyzing student learning trajectories in an introductory programming MOOC

Understanding student learning and behavior in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can help us make online learning more beneficial for students. We investigate student learning trajectories on the individual problem level in an MITx MOOC teaching introductory programming in Python, considering simple features of the student and problem as well as more complex keyword occurrence trajectory features associated with student code submissions. Since code is so problem-specific, we develop gold standard solutions for comparison. Anecdotal observations on individual student trajectories reveal distinct behaviors which may correlate with prior experience level. We build models to correlate these trajectories with student characteristics and behaviors of interest, specifically prior experience level and video engagement. Generative modeling allows us to probe the space of submitted solutions and trajectories and explore these correlations. Thesis Supervisor: Una-May O’Reilly Title: Principal Research Scientist Thesis Supervisor: Erik Hemberg Title: Research Scientist
Climate Funding and the Governance of Climate Risks

Multilateral climate change funds have an expanding role in the funding and governance of climate change. Several of these funds, including the Adaptation Fund and Pilot Program for Climate Resilience are dedicated to reducing climate induced risks, through funding adaptation in developing countries. The article formulates three models that serve in depicting the possible roles played by the funds in risk governance: the “risk compensation,” “risk redistribution,” and “risk regulation” models. The assessment of both funds in light of these models suggests they are far closer to the risk regulation model than would be expected or is mandated by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The understanding that climate change funds are emerging as regulators, instead of compensators or redistributors, is looked at in the broader context of climate governance and implications are examined. This analysis may provide the basis for a possible reassessment of the design and function of multilateral climate funds in the future.
Auricular point acupressure improved nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and nutritional status in gastric cancer patients receiving oral S-1 therapy

Objective: This study explored the efficacy of auricular point acupressure (APA) on controlling gastrointestinal dysfunction and improving nutritional status in gastric cancer patients receiving oral S-1 treatments. Methods: One-hundred and ten gastric cancer patients who received oral S-1 therapy were enrolled and randomized into two sub-cohorts (1:1). In the experimental sub-cohort, specific auricular points were stimulated to control nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, including the shenmen, cardia, stomach, sympathetic, digestive subcortex, liver, and spleen. The auricular points that were stimulated in the control cohort included the eye, wrist, toe, and external genitals. Patients wore auricular seeds for 21 days and recorded instances of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea using the National Cancer Institute common toxicity criteria as benchmarks. Weight, height, total blood protein, and albumin levels were measured twice per patient at the start and end of the experimental course. Results: Incidence rates of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea were similar between the two sub-cohorts (p>0.05). Patients in the experimental sub-cohort experienced lower severities and shorter durations of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea when compared to controls (p<0.05). Additionally, patients in the experimental sub-cohort experienced less dramatic reductions in nutrition indices, including body weight, body mass index, total blood protein, and albumin levels (p<0.05). Conclusions: The data presented here indicate that APA treatment decreased the severity and duration of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea in gastric cancer patients receiving oral S-1 chemotherapy. This treatment may improve the nutritional status of treated patients. However, incidence rates of S-1 treatment-related side effects were unaltered by APA.
Aalborg Universitet Handgrip force steadiness in young and older adults a reproducibility

Background: Force steadiness is a quantitative measure of the ability to control muscle tonus. It is an independent predictor of functional performance and has shown to correlate well with different degrees of motor impairment following stroke. Despite being clinically relevant, few studies have assessed the validity of measuring force steadiness. The aim of this study was to explore the reproducibility of handgrip force steadiness, and to assess age difference in steadiness. Method: Intrarater reproducibility (the degree to which a rating gives consistent result on separate occasions) was investigated in a test-retest design with seven days between sessions. Ten young and thirty older adults were recruited and handgrip steadiness was tested at 5%, 10% and 25% of maximum voluntary contraction (MVC) using Nintendo Wii Balance Board (WBB). Coefficients of variation were calculated from the mean force produced (CVM) and the target force (CVT). Area between the force curve and the target force line (Area) was also calculated. For the older adults we explored reliability using intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and agreement using standard error of measurement (SEM), limits of agreement (LOA) and smallest real difference (SRD). Results: A systematic improvement in handgrip steadiness was found between sessions for all measures (CVM, CVT, Area). CVM and CVT at 5% of MVC showed good to high reliability, while Area had poor reliability for all percentages of MVC. Averaged ICC for CVM, CVT and Area was 0.815, 0.806 and 0.464, respectively. Averaged ICC on 5%, 10%, and 25% of MVC was 0.751, 0.667 and 0.668, respectively. Measures of agreement showed similar trends with better results for CVM and CVT than for Area. Young adults had better handgrip steadiness than older adults across all measures. Conclusion: The CVM and CVT measures demonstrated good reproducibility at lower percentages of MVC using the WBB, and could become relevant measures in the clinical setting. The Area measure had poor reproducibility. Young adults have better handgrip steadiness than old adults.
A Novel Approach for Performance Assessment of Human-Robotic Interaction

Many systems have been implemented to achieve intelligent functions that require high-level interaction with a human user. Therefore, presenting a quantitative measure of such performance is crucial. This work intends to identify common performance metrics for task-oriented human-robot interaction. We present a methodology to assess the system performance of a human-robot team in achievement of collective tasks. Toward this end, we determine the true time that an operator has to dedicate to a robot in action. We define the robot attention demand (RAD) as a function of both direct interaction time (DIT) and indirect interaction time (IIT), where the IIT is a direct consequence of the human trust in automation. Human reliability and ability to handle the increased task complexity and number of robots is also addressed. The model is then generalized to accommodate multi-robot scenarios. Sequential and parallel robot cooperation schemes with varying levels of task dependency are considered. considered.
Intervention of Toutongning on early neuralgia in rats by inhibiting P2X3 and CGRP expression

Objective: To investigate the effects of Toutongning on the expression level of purinergic receptor (P2X3) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) of hyperalgesia-related neurons in rat model of early neuralgia and to study the therapeutic effects of Toutongning on neuralgia. Methods: Forty male SD rats of clean grade were randomly divided into normal group, sham operation group, spinal nerve ligation model group (SNL group) and Toutongning group (SNL+TG group), 10 rats in each group. In the SNL group, a rat model of neuralgia was established through the spinal nerve ligation. The rats in the SNL+TG group were treated with Toutongning based on the operation of SNL group. On the 7th day after modeling, the levels of P2X3 and CGRP in the L5 dorsal root ganglion at the operation side of the rats in each group were analyzed in histology and protein level through immunohistochemical and Western blot methods respectively. Results: The positive expression rates of P2X3 and CGRP in the SNL+TG group were 30% and 20% respectively, which were lower than those in the SNL group with statistical difference (both P<0.05); in terms of the difference of them between the SNL+TG group and the normal group, sham operation group, there was no statistically significant difference (all P>0.05). The expression levels of P2X3 and CGRP protein in the SNL+TG group were lower than those in the SNL group, and this difference was statistically significant (both P<0.05); in terms of the difference of them between the SNL+TG group and the normal group, sham operation group, there was no statistically significant difference (all P>0.05). Conclusion: The experimental results suggest that early neuralgia is associated with elevated levels of P2X3 and CGRP, and Toutongning can lower the levels of P2X3 receptor and CGRP, thus effectively improving early neuralgia.
Gender differences in technical-tactical behaviour of La Liga Spanish football teams

We gratefully acknowledge the support of Generalitat Valenciana proyect: Analisis observacional de la accion de juego en el futbol de elite (Conselleria d´Educacio, Investigacio, Cultura i Esport) during the period: 2017-2019 (GV2017/044). We also acknowledge the support of Universidad Catolica de Valencia “San Vicente Martir” project: Estudios en el deporte de elite desde los Mixed Methods: tecnicas de analisis de estudios comparativos, during the period 2018 [Grant UCV2017/230-002].
BIOAVAILABILITY OF DIETARY OXALATE by MARY

Urolithiasis, or kidney stone disease, is a costly and painful health problem affecting about 8.8% of Americans with prevalence on the rise. Calcium oxalate stones account for about 80% of all stones. Increased urinary excretion of calcium and oxalate is a risk factor and central feature of such stones; dietary oxalate contributes up to 50% of urinary oxalate. The purpose of our research is to determine if physical manipulation such as chewing or blending prior to ingestion may render some oxalate more accessible for absorption in spinach, a high-oxalate food. In this crossover, controlled trial we enrolled six healthy, non-stone forming individuals who consumed three different oxalate loads and provided timed urine collections for 24 hours following. The oxalate loads provided 500mg of oxalate and were given via smoothie. One load was a smoothie with blended spinach, one contained spinach cut into 1 cm sq, and one contained soluble sodium oxalate. The results showed that for the six hours following each load, there were significant differences in the amount of oxalate excreted. The load with sodium oxalate had significantly higher oxalate excreted when relative to creatinine than the 1 cm sq spinach (P=0.009) and was trending toward significance when compared to the blended spinach (P=0.052). There were no significant differences between the blended spinach and 1 cm sq spinach or among the three groups for the entire 24-hr period. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT.ii. ii LIST OF TABLES.v LIST OF FIGURES.vi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . vi
Chemical composition and antioxidant activity of essential oils of six Lamiaceae plants growing in Southern Turkey

Plants of the Lamiaceae family are rich in polyphenolic compounds, and a large number are well known for their antioxidant properties. In the present study, the essential oils of six species were evaluated for their chemical composition and antioxidant activity. The species used in the present study were namely Origanum dubium, Origanum vulgare subsp . hirtum, Thymbra spicata, Thymus sipyleus, Satureja cilicica and Ziziphora clinopodioides, respectively . The essential oil contents for Origanum dubium was 4.6%, for Origanum vulgare subsp . hirtum 3.4%, Thymbra spicata 1.28%, Thymus sipyleus 1.78%, Satureja cilicica 1.64% and for Ziziphora clinopodioides was 0.35%. The essential oils compositions were determined by GC-MS. Major identified components were carvacrol for O. dubium, O. vulgare subsp . hirtum, and T. spicata; α -pinene for T. sipyleus; and borneol for Z. clinopodioides. Total phenolic contents of essential oils have a very high equivalent amount compared to gallic acid, however, low radical scavenging properties
JP 2 . 12 ANTARCTIC NET PRECIPITATION ESTIMATE FROM NCEP-DOE REANALYSIS-2

The importance of Antarctic precipitation to global climate change has long been recognized. Douglas (1991) demonstrated that rate of atmospheric precipitation over Antarctica may have important role to global sea level variation via impact on the surface snow and ice accumulation. In particular, Cullather et al (1996) recently found that there is relationship between net precipitation over West Antarctica and the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon based on the European Center for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) operational analyses. Generally, ENSO is recognized as the most prominent signal of global climate variability. However, due to large errors caused by small rainfall amounts and drifting snow, direct precipitation observation over the Antarctica is very difficult (Bromwich 1988). In general, three kinds of datasets are used to derive the Antarctic precipitation: radiosonde observations of wind and moisture profiles (e.g. Peixoto and Oort 1983; Bromwich 1988), analysis/reanalysis data (e.g., Bromwich et al. 1995; Cullather et al. 1996), and satellite data (Slonaker and Van Woert 1999; Zou and Woert 2001; Francis et al. 2002a and b). Although the Radiosonde data is much more reliable, the poor spatial observational network for large areas of Antarctic continent has hindered our understanding of the distribution and variability of precipitation. To avoid the impact of gap from radiosonde data, Slonaker and Woert (1999), Zou and Woert (2001, 2002) applied the Television and Infrared Observational satellite (TIROS) Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) data to estimate Antarctic Precipitation. In this method, atmospheric winds are derived from TOVS temperature sounding via the thermal wind relationship. Then, moisture flux and net precipitation are estimated from derived wind fields and TOVS moisture observations. However, net precipitation derived from TOVS Path A is found so
Recursive Estimation of Non gravitational Perturbations from Satellite Observations

Third-body and gravitational perturbations can be modeled with sufficient precision for most applications in low-Earth orbit. However, owing to severe uncertainty sources and modeling limitations, computational models of satellite aerodynamics and solar radiation pressure are bound to be biased. Aiming at orbital propagation consistent with observed satellite orbital dynamics, real-time estimation of these perturbations is desired. The particle evolution is carried out by means of an underlying orbital propagator, and the Bayes rule is used to recursively update weights by comparing propagated orbital elements with satellite observations. The proposed formulation uses mean orbital elements as the only available measurements. This feature makes the algorithm a potentially-valuable resource for space situational awareness applications, such as space debris trajectories prediction from two-line elements, or for on-board force estimation from GPS data. High-fidelity simulations show that non-gravitational perturbations can be estimated with 20% accuracy.