Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Is There an Earth-like Planet in the Distant Kuiper Belt?

The orbits of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) can indicate the existence of an undiscovered planet in the outer solar system. Here we used N-body computer simulations to investigate the effects of a hypothetical Kuiper Belt planet (KBP) on the orbital structure of TNOs in the distant Kuiper Belt beyond ∼50 au. We used observations to constrain model results, including the well-characterized Outer Solar System Origins Survey (OSSOS). We determined that an Earth-like planet (m ∼ 1.5–3 M ⊕) located on a distant (semimajor axis a ∼ 250–500 au, perihelion q ∼ 200 au) and inclined (i ∼ 30°) orbit can explain three fundamental properties of the distant Kuiper Belt: a prominent population of TNOs with orbits beyond Neptune’s gravitational influence (i.e., detached objects with q > 40 au), a significant population of high-i objects (i > 45°), and the existence of some extreme objects with peculiar orbits (e.g., Sedna). Furthermore, the proposed KBP is compatible with the existence of identified gigayear-stable TNOs in the 2:1, 5:2, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, and 6:1 Neptunian mean motion resonances. These stable populations are often neglected in other studies. We predict the existence of an Earth-like planet and several TNOs on peculiar orbits in the outer solar system, which can serve as observationally testable signatures of the putative planet’s perturbations.
Fan Rotation Speed Real-Time Optimizations of Continuous Annealing Line with Mechanism-Guided Multitask Classification and Regression Model

Fast cooling with gas jets in the rapid cooling section plays significant role in the process of steel strip galvanization. The large number of the cooling fans to generate the gas jets and the frequent change of the strip dimension, the strip velocity and the inlet strip temperature contribute to the great complexity of the fan rotation speed regulations. The experience-dominated regulation method does not work well in real production. This paper proposes a multitask classification and regression (MTCR) model to optimize the fan rotation speed in real time. A heat transfer model is firstly built in the form of partial differential equations (PDEs) and is used to construct the features of the MTCR model. The overall heat transfer coefficient is calculated and analysed. More than 575, 000 data records from the real production line are used to construct the features, and train and evaluate the MTCR model. In addition, the predictions of the MTCR model are compared with that of the multitask regression (MTR) model and the single task regression (STR) model. All the models perform well for the rotation speed predictions of the switched-on fans, while the MTCR model performs better in the whole test dataset.
Finite element analysis of compaction load to investigate the stress-deformation behavior of soil geosynthetic composite mass: A case study

When building Soil Geosynthetic Composite (SGC) walls, fill compaction is normally carried out by operating a compactor in a general direction parallel to the wall face. In other words, a moving point or area load is often used to apply a compaction load on a newly installed soil lift. Pham (2009) and Wu and Pham (2010) demonstrated that the compaction-induced stress (CIS) caused by multiple passes of a compactor moving toward or away from a section can be calculated by taking into account the compaction load applied directly above the section under consideration using a simplified stress path proposed by Duncan and Seed (1986). Additionally, by simulating the compaction, the CIS due to fill compaction may be correctly assessed. The CIS resulting from fill compaction can also be accurately assessed by simulating the compaction load, such as by applying a distribution load on top of each backfill layer or a distribution load at the top and bottom of each soil layer, or by applying various widths of strip load to the top of each backfill layer. The objective of this study was to validate the numerical simulation of the compaction load to stress deformation behavior of SGC mass under operating stress conditions. In order to conduct the numerical analysis, data from both a full-scale instrumented SGC mass based on large-scale soil geosynthetic composite (SGC) experiments and a 6 m-high SGC (Pham, 2009) were employed. This study will examine a few SGC behavior parameters, including reinforcement strains, lateral displacements, and reinforcement strains. The objective of the FE modeling is to demonstrate the effect, emphasize the significance of the compaction conditions to the stress-deformation behavior of SGC mass, and validate the findings from the field-scale experiments and proposed model by Pham (2009) and Wu and Pham (2010).
Pavement sustainability: a tripartite analysis of natural stone pavements in Hanoi, Vietnam

As a basic component of the city’s structure and, particularly, an integral part of the transportation infrastructure, pavements fundamentally contribute to the city’s achievement of sustainability goals. This paper examines the environmental, societal, and economic impacts of using natural stone for the pavement to pursue an ideal image of Green-Clean-Beautiful city by the government in the burgeoning city of Hanoi, Vietnam. It addresses the urgent question of whether natural stone is a sustainable paving material in a tropical climate under the impacts of climate change. By analysing the published contents of the official press, supported by data and information gathered from interviews with key experts, stakeholders, and urban residents, this paper argues that the actual impacts of natural stone use for pavements on the environment, economy, and society are strongly negative, compared to the positivity initially perceived in Hanoi’s scheme of changing the pavement facelift. It shows that by overemphasising appearance and imagined nationalism values when selecting natural stone, Hanoi government shows a slow progress in improving and balancing functional, social, environmental, and economic dimensions. The paper is significant in contributing to knowledge on pavement sustainability and sustainable materials while shedding light on the challenges of applying these theoretical perspectives into real-life practice.
Discriminative Transfer Joint Matching for Domain Adaptation in Hyperspectral Image Classification

Domain adaptation, which aims at learning an accurate classifier for a new domain (target domain) using labeled information from an old domain (source domain), has shown promising value in remote sensing fields yet still been a challenging problem. In this letter, we focus on knowledge transfer between hyperspectral remotely sensed images in the context of land-cover classification under unsupervised setting where labeled samples are available only for the source image. Specifically, a discriminative transfer joint matching (DTJM) method is proposed, which matches source and target features in the kernel principal component analysis space by minimizing the empirical maximum mean discrepancy, performs instance reweighting by imposing an $\ell _{2,1}$ -norm on the embedding matrix, and preserves the local manifold structure of data from different domains and meanwhile maximizes the dependence between the embedding and labels. The proposed approach is compared with some state-of-the-art feature extraction techniques with and without using label information of source data. Experimental results on two benchmark hypersepctral data sets show the effectiveness of the proposed DTJM.
EVELOPMENTAL CHANGES IN POINT-LIGHT WALKER PROCESSING URING CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE: AN EVENT-RELATED OTENTIAL STUDY

bstract—To investigate developmental changes in the neual responses to a biological motion stimulus, we measured vent-related potentials (ERPs) in 50 children aged from 7 to 4 years, and 10 adults. Two kinds of visual stimuli were resented: a point-light walker (PLW) stimulus and a scramled point-light walker (sPLW) stimulus as a control. The PLW stimulus had the same number of point-lights and the ame velocity vector of point-lights as the PLW stimulus, but he initial starting positions were randomized. Consistent ith previous ERP studies, one positive peak (P1) and two egative peaks (N1 and N2) were observed at around 130, 200 nd 330 ms, respectively, in bilateral occipitotemporal reions, in all age groups. The latency of the P1 component as significantly shorter for the PLW than sPLW stimulus in ll age groups, whereas the amplitude was significantly arger for the PLW than sPLW stimulus only for the 7-year-old roup. The P1 amplitude and N1 latency were linearly dereased with age. The negative amplitudes of both N1 and N2 omponents of the PLW stimulus were significantly larger than hose of the sPLW stimulus in all age groups. P1-N1 amplitude as changed by development, but not N2 amplitude. These esults suggest that the intensity (P1) and timing (N1) of early isual processing for the PLW stimulus changed linearly hroughout childhood and P1-N1 amplitude at occipitotemporal lectrodes and N1 latency in 10-year-olds, but not 11-year-olds, as significantly larger than that in adults. For the amplitudes f the N2 component in response to PLW and sPLW stimuli in –8-year-old subjects were not statistically different from those n adults at occipitotemporal electrodes. These results suggest hat the neural response to the PLW stimulus has developed by 0 years of age at the occipitotemporal electrode. © 2009 IBRO. ublished by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Desemprego: evidências da duração no Brasil metropolitano

This work has as its objective to estimate the expected unemployment duration and to verify the reason for which the individual has difficulty of finding a new job in metropolitan Brazil in the year of 1999. For this purpose, we use the micro data’s of the Monthly Employment Survey (PME). The results obtained through the estimador of Kaplan-Meier show that the probability of the unemployed individuals stay in the unemployment state for at least 6 months is 48.83% and 25.10% for at least 1 year. On average unemployment duration is, approximately, 10 months. The parametric and extended parametric duration models allow to conclude that the individuals with grade levels of elementary and junior high school, with larger time of not- work, in son's condition and those resident in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro have smaller probability of finding a new job, while those that never worked with remuneration, those that receive FGTS in the last job, residents in the metropolitan areas of Recife, Salvador and Belo Horizonte have larger probability of leaving the state unemployment.
Evolutionary metabolomics of specialized metabolism diversification in the genus Nicotiana highlights N-acylnornicotine innovations

Specialized metabolite (SM) diversification is a core process to plants’ adaptation to diverse ecological niches. Here, we implemented a computational mass spectrometry–based metabolomics approach to exploring SM diversification in tissues of 20 species covering Nicotiana phylogenetics sections. To markedly increase metabolite annotation, we created a large in silico fragmentation database, comprising >1 million structures, and scripts for connecting class prediction to consensus substructures. Together, the approach provides an unprecedented cartography of SM diversity and section-specific innovations in this genus. As a case study and in combination with nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry imaging, we explored the distribution of N-acylnornicotines, alkaloids predicted to be specific to Repandae allopolyploids, and revealed their prevalence in the genus, albeit at much lower magnitude, as well as a greater structural diversity than previously thought. Together, the data integration approaches provided here should act as a resource for future research in plant SM evolution.
Ethnic differences in respiratory disease for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders: Analysis of mediation processes in two community samples

Objective The prevalence of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) is elevated for Native Hawaiians but the basis for this differential is not well understood. We analyze data on asthma and COPD in two samples including Native Hawaiians Pacific Islanders, and Filipinos to determine how ethnicity is related to respiratory disease outcomes. Methods We analyzed the 2016 and 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS), a telephone survey of participants ages 18 and over in the State of Hawaii. Criterion variables were a diagnosis of asthma or COPD by a health professional. Structural equation modeling tested how five hypothesized risk factors (cigarette smoking, e-cigarette use, second-hand smoke exposure, obesity, and financial stress) mediated the ethnic differential in the likelihood of disease. Age, sex, and education were included as covariates. Results Structural modeling with 2016 data showed that Native Hawaiian ethnicity was related to higher levels of the five risk factors and each risk factor was related to a higher likelihood of respiratory disease. Indirect effects were statistically significant in almost all cases, with direct effects to asthma and COPD also observed. Mediation effects through comparable pathways were also noted for Pacific Islanders and Filipinos. These findings were replicated with data from the 2018 survey. Conclusions Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander ethnicity is associated with greater exposure to five risk factors and this accounts in part for the ethnic differential in respiratory disease outcomes. The results support a social-ecological model of health disparities in this population. Implications of the findings for preventive interventions are discussed.
Prognostic characteristics of T-cell mediated cell killing-related genes in lung adenocarcinoma

Abstract Constituted by various heterogeneous cells, the tumor microenvironment (TME) is capable of promoting tumor proliferation, invasion, and metastasis through extensive crosstalk. The pivotal factor influencing the survival time of patients and their response to immunotherapy lies in the intratumoral immune environment. We obtained 112 differential genes related to T cell-mediated tumor killing in LUAD by employing bioinformatics analysis on the basis of the TCGA and TISIDB databases. Then the 6-gene prognostic risk score model (CA9, OIP5, TIMP1, SEC11C, FURIN, and TLR10) was constructed by conducting univariate LASSO as well as multivariate Cox regression analyses. The median risk score was taken as the threshold to classify the samples into two groups. Survival analysis revealed that the low-risk group exhibited a more favorable prognosis. Subsequently, the Cox regression analysis combined with clinical information (age, gender, and pathological stage) and the risk score of LUAD patients demonstrated the potential of this model as an independent prognostic factor. The nomogram established based on clinical information and a risk score in combination with the calibration curve indicated that this model had good predictive ability. Notable enrichment of the differential genes from the high- and low-risk groups was discovered in immune-associated processes or pathways, as shown by the GO and KEGG enrichment analyses. The combined use of single-sample gene enrichment analysis (ssGSEA) and immunophenoscore (IPS) demonstrated heightened immune infiltration and IPS scores in the low-risk group, indicating that immunotherapy was likely to show good efficacy in patients from this group. To sum up, the prognostic model of LUAD constructed based on T-cell-mediated cell killing-related genes was not only capable of screening the prognosis of LUAD patients but was also used for screening those LUAD patients with high sensitivity to immunotherapy. Our study offered novel insights into the clinical treatment and prognostic prediction of LUAD patients. Graphical Abstract
Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Pain Management in Hemodialysis: A Narrative Review

This narrative review aims to summarize non-pharmacological interventions for pain management in hemodialysis patients, assessing their potential benefits and limitations in enhancing patient well-being and quality of life. We reviewed the current literature on five primary non-pharmacological interventions: acupuncture, cognitive behavioral therapy, relaxation techniques, virtual reality, and alternative methods such as transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, music therapy, and aromatherapy. We analyzed the evidence regarding their effectiveness, feasibility, and optimal implementation strategies. The existing evidence supports the potential benefits of these interventions in managing pain and improving the well-being of hemodialysis patients. However, further high-quality research is needed to confirm their effectiveness, establish implementation best practices, and assess their long-term impact on patient outcomes. Non-pharmacological interventions hold promise for pain management in hemodialysis patients. Additional research is required to optimize these interventions and validate their effectiveness, contributing to comprehensive pain management strategies for this vulnerable patient population.
Dynamic and static ultrasound features predictive of vesicoureteral reflux and renal damage in children and adolescents with neurogenic bladder

ABSTRACT Purpose: This study aimed to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of dynamic and static ultrasound (DSUS) in detecting vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) and renal scarring in a cohort of children with neurogenic bladder (NB). Materials and Methods: A retrospective, longitudinal, observational study was conducted using the Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies guideline. The DSUS (index test) data were compared with voiding cystourethrography (VCUG) and renal scintigraphy 99mTc-dimercaptosuccinic (reference tests). Overall performance for predicting VUR and renal scarring was assessed using renal pelvic diameter (RPD)/distal ureteral diameter and renal parenchymal thinning on DSUS, respectively. Results: A total of 107 patients (66 girls, median age 9.6 years) participated. Seventeen patients (15.9%) presented VUR, eight bilateral. For overall reflux grade, the AUC was 0.624 for RPD and 0.630 for distal ureteral diameter. The diagnostic performance for detecting high-grade VUR was slightly better for DSUS parameters. The AUC was 0.666 for RPD and 0.691 for distal ureteral diameter. The cut-offs of 5 mm for RPD and 6.5 mm for distal ureteral diameter presented the best diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) to identify high-grade VUR. The increase of RPD during detrusor contractions showed an accuracy of 89.2%. The thinness of renal parenchyma presented an accuracy of 88% for renal scarring. Conclusion: DSUS predicts VUR and renal scarring in children with NB with fair to good accuracy, and all measurements exhibited a high negative predictive value (NPV). The increase in RPD during voiding or detrusor contractions proved to be the most accurate parameter for indicating the presence of VUR in this study.
Large-area epitaxial growth of InAs nanowires and thin films on hexagonal boron nitride by metal organic chemical vapor deposition

Large-area epitaxial growth of III–V nanowires and thin films on van der Waals substrates is key to developing flexible optoelectronic devices. In our study, large-area InAs nanowires and planar structures are grown on hexagonal boron nitride templates using metal organic chemical vapor deposition method without any catalyst or pre-treatments. The effect of basic growth parameters on nanowire yield and thin film morphology is investigated. Under optimised growth conditions, a high nanowire density of 2.1 × 109 cm−2 is achieved. A novel growth strategy to achieve uniform InAs thin film on h-BN/SiO2/Si substrate is introduced. The approach involves controlling the growth process to suppress the nucleation and growth of InAs nanowires, while promoting the radial growth of nano-islands formed on the h-BN surface. A uniform polycrystalline InAs thin film is thus obtained over a large area with a dominant zinc-blende phase. The film exhibits near-band-edge emission at room temperature and a relatively high Hall mobility of 399 cm−2/(Vs). This work suggests a promising path for the direct growth of large-area, low-temperature III–V thin films on van der Waals substrates.
The Moderating Role of University Students’ Humor Styles on the Association between General Mental Health and Subjective Well-Being

Abstract This study investigated the associations among humor styles, general mental health (GMH), and subjective well-being (SWB) in a non-clinical sample of 662 university students (M age = 21.35, SD = 4.14; 66.3% females) attending Greek public universities, via an online survey. In addition, it investigated possible moderating effects of humor styles in the association between GMH and SWB as well as gender differences. Positive correlations emerged between GMH and SWB, as well as among GMH, SWB, and benign humor styles. Malignant humor styles had a negative correlation with both GMH and SWB. The use of aggressive and self-defeating humor moderated the association between GMH and SWB in that at low levels of these humor styles the link between GMH and SWB was stronger. Finally, males scored higher on self-enhancing and aggressive humor than females. The findings expand previous research and are discussed in terms of their implications.
Evaluation of hematological parameters alterations in different waves of COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

Background The occurrence of variations in routine hematological parameters is closely associated with disease progression, the development of severe illness, and the mortality rate among COVID-19 patients. This study aimed to investigate hematological parameters in COVID-19 hospitalized patients from the 1st to the 5th waves of the current pandemic. Methods This cross-sectional study included a total of 1501 hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 based on WHO criteria, who were admitted to Shahid Sadoughi Hospital (SSH) in Yazd, Iran, from February 2020 to September 2021. Throughout, we encountered five COVID-19 surge waves. In each wave, we randomly selected approximately 300 patients and categorized them based on infection severity during their hospitalization, including partial recovery, full recovery, and death. Finally, hematological parameters were compared based on age, gender, pandemic waves, and outcomes using the Mann-Whitney U and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Results The mean age of patients (n = 1501) was 61.1±21.88, with 816 (54.3%) of them being men. The highest mortality in this study was related to the third wave of COVID-19 with 21.3%. There was a significant difference in all of the hematological parameters, except PDW, PLT, and RDW-CV, among pandemic waves of COVID-19 in our population. The highest rise in the levels of MCV and RDW-CV occurred in the 1st wave, in the 2nd wave for lymphocyte count, MCHC, PLT count, and RDW-SD, in the 3rd wave for WBC, RBC, neutrophil count, MCH, and PDW, and in the 4th wave for Hb, Hct, and ESR (p < 0.01). The median level of Hct, Hb, RBC, and ESR parameters were significantly higher, while the mean level of lymphocyte and were lower in men than in women (p < 0.001). Also, the mean neutrophil in deceased patients significantly was higher than in those with full recovered or partial recovery (p < 0.001). Conclusion The findings of our study unveiled notable variations in hematological parameters across different pandemic waves, gender, and clinical outcomes. These findings indicate that the behavior of different strains of the COVID-19 may differ across various stages of the pandemic.