Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
End-Fire Radiation from Planar and Large Cylindrical Arrays

Abstract : Endfire radiation in planar finite arrays of circular apertures in apertures in triangular arrangement is investigated by using a technique consisting of using the results obtained via the usual infinite array model as a zeroth order approximation of a perturbation procedure. It is shown that finite arrays can be scanned up to 90 degrees from broadside, still retaining substantial radiation. The endfire radiation can be enhanced through an appropriate design of the element feed network. With minor modifications the method can be simply applied to the approximate investigation of the radiation of an array on a cylinder (having a large radius in terms of wave-lengths) in the axial direction.
Impact of an Educational Gymnastics Course on the Motor Skills and Health-Related Fitness Components of Physical Education Teacher Education Students

vi LIST OF TABLES x LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 6 CHAPTER 3: METHODS 47 CHAPTER 4: RESULTS 73 CHAPTER 5: DISCUSSION 93 REFERENCES 114 APPENDIX A: INDIVIDUAL SKILLS RUBRIC 119 APPENDIX B: SCPEAP EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS 2 ND GRADE ASSESSMENT TASK SCORING RUBRIC 121 APPENDIX C: SCPEAP EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS 5 TH GRADE ASSESSMENT TASK SCORING RUBRIC 122 APPENDIX D: MOTOR SKILLS TESTING WORKSHEET 123 APPENDIX E: FITNESS TESTING SCORE SHEET 126 APPENDIX F: INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE . 127 APPENDIX G: SURVEY 130 APPENDIX H: COURSE OUTLINE 131
Illness Perceptions, Beliefs about Medication and Blood Pressure Control Among Hypertensive Egyptian Cohort

Objectives : To assess medication adherence, illness perception, beliefs about medications, to examine their association with blood pressure control among patients in Zagazig University hospital. Method: A cross-sectional study was held on 259 hypertensive patients attending Internal Medicine outpatient clinic, Zagazig University hospital. They underwent complete history taking, comprehensive clinical examination comprising assessing of their blood pressure. Then the patients completed Modified Morisky scale-8 (MMS-8), brief illness perception (BIPQ) and belief about medication (BMQ) questionnaires. Results: About 55% and 58% reported poor blood pressure control and medication adherence respectively. There is statistically significant relation between blood pressure control and patients’ sex, education, occupation, medication number, IPR causal domain, family history of hypertension-induced mortality, BIPR score, general overuse, specific necessity, specific concern, and adherence. There were significant relations between adherence and patients’ sex, social class, marital status, education, occupation, duration, medications number, family history of hypertension-induced mortality, IPQ causal item, general overuse, specific concern, and necessity. Significant risk factors of both poor control and medication adherence included specific necessity ≤ 9, general overuse >15 and using 3 to 4 drugs. Male, not working/unskilled increased risk of poor control. Not working/unskilled workers and skilled worker/free business, disease duration >5 years, perceiving lifestyle and hereditary as hypertension causes, having secondary education or higher were significant protectors from poor adherence. Conclusion: Belief about medications and illness perception were among the predictors of poor medication adherence and blood pressure control as well. Both can affect blood pressure control directly or indirectly via influencing adherence.
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Modeling and experimental verification of proof mass effects on vibration energy harvester performance

An electromechanically coupled model for a cantilevered piezoelectric energy harvester with a proof mass is presented. Proof masses are essential in microscale devices to move device resonances towards optimal frequency points for harvesting. Such devices with proof masses have not been rigorously modeled previously; instead, lumped mass or concentrated point masses at arbitrary points on the beam have been used. Thus, this work focuses on the exact vibration analysis of cantilevered energy harvester devices including a tip proof mass. The model is based not only on a detailed modal analysis, but also on a thorough investigation of damping ratios that can significantly affect device performance. A model with multiple degrees of freedom is developed and then reduced to a single-mode model, yielding convenient closed-form normalized predictions of device performance. In order to verify the analytical model, experimental tests are undertaken on a macroscale, symmetric, bimorph, piezoelectric energy harvester with proof masses of different geometries. The model accurately captures all aspects of the measured response, including the location of peak-power operating points at resonance and anti-resonance, and trends such as the dependence of the maximal power harvested on the frequency. It is observed that even a small change in proof mass geometry results in a substantial change of device performance due not only to the frequency shift, but also to the effect on the strain distribution along the device length. Future work will include the optimal design of devices for various applications, and quantification of the importance of nonlinearities (structural and piezoelectric coupling) for device performance.
4P Model for Dynamic Prediction of Covid-19 with statistical and machine learning approach: Social Dynamics, Government Roles and Pathogen Behavior on Bangladesh Perspective

Introduction: Around the world, scientists are racing hard to understand how Covid-19 epidemic is spreading and growing, thus trying to find ways to prevent it before medications come to pass. Many different models have been proposed so far correlating different factors. Some of them are too localized to indicate a general trend of the pandemic while some others have established transient correlations only.Methods: Hence, in this study, a 4P model has been proposed based on four probabilities (4P) which has been found to be true for all affected countries taking Bangladesh as a case. Efficiency scores have been estimated from survey analysis not only for governing authorities on managing the situation (P(G)) but also for the compliance of the citizens ((P(P)). Since the immune responses of all the people are not uniform to a specific pathogen, the probability of a person getting infected ((P(I)) after being exposed has also been estimated. And the vital one is the probability of Test Positivity ((P(T)) which is a strong indicator of how effectively the infected people are diagnosed and isolated from the rest of the group that affects the rate of growth.Results and Conclusion: All the four parameters have been fitted in a non-linear exponential model that partly updates itself periodically with everyday facts. Along with the model, all the four probabilistic parameters are engaged to train a recurrent neural network using Long-Short Term Memory neural network and the followed trial confirmed a ruling functionality of the 4Ps.
Proposed Mechanisms of Blood Flow Restriction Exercise for the Improvement of Type 1 Diabetes Pathologies

Individuals with type 1 diabetes suffer from impaired angiogenesis, decreased capillarization, and higher fatigability that influence their muscular system beyond the detriments caused by decreased glycemic control. In order to combat exacerbations of these effects, the American Diabetes Association recommends that individuals with type 1 diabetes participate in regular resistance exercise. However, traditional resistance exercise only induces hypertrophy when loads of ≥65% of an individual’s one repetition maximum are used. Combining blood flow restriction with resistance exercise may serve as a more efficient means for stimulating anabolic pathways that result in increased protein synthesis and angiogenesis at lower loads, while also promoting better glycemic control. The purpose of this paper is to provide a review on the literature surrounding the benefits of resistance exercise, specifically for individuals with type 1 diabetes, and postulate potential effects of combining resistance exercise with blood flow restriction in this clinical population.
Spatial distribution of heavy metals in soil around municipal solid waste incinerators at coastal plain and inland mountainous region in China

Heavy metals released from incinerator stacks are considered as the potential sources in soils surrounding the MSWI plants. In this work, heavy metals in soils sampled at different sites around the two MSWI plants with different landforms and weather conditions, namely, windy coastal plain region in Eastern China and calm inland mountainous area in Western China, were investigated. The average concentrations of Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn and Pb in soils at the coastal plain region were 274.21, 1053.47, 58755.9, 37.38, 90.60 and 40.53 mg/kg, in comparison with those of 224.0, 658.99, 39960.3, 31.72, 33.91 and 70.98 mg/kg in soils at the inland mountain region, respectively. Principal component analysis showed that Mn and Fe were presentd as background origin in soils surrounding both the incinerators. Cu, Zn and Pb distributions in the two studied regions were influenced by human activities. The application of pesticides contributed to Cu and Zn contaminations in soils surrounding the coast plain incinerator. Furthermore, the application of pesticides and local traffic had impacts on Cu distributions in soils surrounding the inland mountain incineration plant. The study highlighted that Pb was an important environmental indicator of MSWI air contamination. The source identification and spatial distributions of Pb indicated that the extent of soil contamination by heavy metals in the vicinity of a MSWI was highly ascribed to the stack emission. Furthermore, the terrain and meteorological conditions had a significant effect on heavy metal pollution distributions.
Parent Rearing Practice, Sex, and Child’s Social Adjustment in Magelang, Indonesia

This article emphasizes studies to: (1) examine the effect of authoritarian, democratic, and permissive parenting on children's social adjustment, and (2) examine the ability of social adjustment from a gender perspective. The study subjects were 240, consisting of 120 boys and 120 girls. The method of collecting data on children's social adjustment used observation with time sampling techniques, while the data on parent rearing practice used a questionnaire. The analysis technique in this research used Structural Equation Modeling SEM) with the Partial Least Square (PLS) technique with the help of the SmartPLS 2.0 application program. The results showed that the children's social adjustment can be explained jointly by the parenting style of authoritarian, democratic, and permissive parents by 78.5%. Authoritarian parenting has an effect on children's social adjustment as indicated by the t value of 2.685 (p <0.05), democratic parenting of 8,043 (p <0.05), and permissive parenting of 1,990 (p <0.05). The effective contribution of democratic parenting to children's adjustment is the highest compared to authoritarian and democratic parenting (Effective contribution of democratic parenting: 48.6%, authoritarian parenting 16.1%, and permissive parenting 13.8%).
Telecommunications and Empire

As focus shifted from the creation and development of global communication markets to their intense regulation in the mid twentieth century, Jill Hills documents attempts by the United States and other governments to direct, replace, and bypass international telecommunications institutions. The historical framework behind this control--where the market was regulated, by what institution, controlled by what power, and to whose benefit--masterfully complements Hills\u2019s analysis of power relations within the global communications arena.
An inventory of the types of rodent spread in Houses with a study of external parasites of the most dominant species at Esna area, Luxor Governorate, Egypt

This study was conducted to identify of rodent species and the ectoparasites are widely recognized for the type prevalent in homes, at Esna District, Luxor Governorate, Egypt, during 2020 year. The results were revealed that the presence of three species of rats included gray-bellied rat, Rattus rattus alexandrinus the dominant species from, Rattus rattus frugivorus and the Nile grass rat, Arvicanthis niloticus. The results also indicated that the identification of two types of fleas, Xenopsylla cheopis & Pulex irritans, and one species of lice, Polyplax spinulosa, associated with the gray-bellied was identified. The study reports the interest in making integrated control programs for rodents to get rid of them and the risks of their external parasites. Keywords: Rattus r. alexandrinus, Rattus r. frugivorus, A. niloticus Xenopsylla cheopis,Pulex irritans, Polyplax spinulosa
Nuclear Factor I A Promotes Temozolomide Resistance in Glioblastoma via Transcriptional Regulation of Nuclear Factor κB Pathway

Background: Glioma is one of the most common primary brain tumors in human with severe mortality based on its therapy resistance and recurrence. Many molecular pathways and regulation factors have been proved to be required for GBM growth and therapy resistance, however, the underlying molecular mechanisms still remains unclear. Methods: Nuclear factor I-A (NFIA) was identified as a key candidate kinase encoding gene in chemoresistance regulation by using kinome-wide bioinformatic analysis. Afterwards, the potential biological functions of NFIA in oncogenesis and chemoresistance were clarified by qRT-PCR, western blotting and in vivo xenograft models followed by temozolomide (TMZ) resistant U87 cell induction. Additionally, immunohistochemistry (IHC) assays were performed to explore the clinical significance of AURKB in glioma patients. At last, lentiviral silencing of NFIA was used to explore the potential downstream targets for NFIA in acquired TMZ resistance in GBM. Results: We identified NFIA was the most correlated gene for TMZ resistance in GBM. Clinically, elevated NFIA expression was significantly correlated to adverse outcomes of glioma patients especially in GBM patients. Moreover, NFIA was functionally required for TMZ resistance of U87 cells while suppression of NFIA via lentivirus infection reduced cell proliferation, tumorigenesis as well as resistance to TMZ in GBM cells. Lastly, NFIA promoted acquired TMZ resistance in GBM via transcription activity thus regulated the expression of nuclear factor κB (NF-kB). Conclusions: Altogether, our study suggests that NFIA-dependent transcriptional regulation of NF-kB contributes to the acquired TMZ resistance in GBM, indicating that NFIA-NF-κB axis could be a new therapeutic target for TMZ resistant GBM.
A Model to Guide Development of Environmental Final Governing Standards for Overseas United States Department of Defense Installations

Abstract : The Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document (OEBGD) establishes the baseline environmental standards for United States (U.S.) forces operating overseas and is the template for the development of Environmental Final Governing Standards (FGS). FGS are required at any long-term U.S. installation and set the standard of environmental compliance for U.S. forces in each individual country. The purpose of this research is to analyze the FGS of different countries and compare their requirements to the OEBGD requirements. The individual FGS were scored according to if sections were more stringent, less stringent or the same as the OEBGD. The countries analyzed were then plotted in a model of environmental performance and governance called the Lester Model. The Lester Model categorizes the countries according to their environmental performance and governance scores. While the results did not indicate that a country's position in the Lester Model has a strong relationship with the overall strictness of the FGS, the analysis did identify a number of mistakes in the FGS. The mistakes found ranged from spelling errors to formatting mistakes to inconsistent references.
Integrated testing strategy for the study of the effects of the human pharmaceutical dutasteride on fish

x AKNOWLEDGMENT.xi PUBLICATIONS.xii LIST OF FIGURES.xiii LIST OF TABLES.xviii ABBREVIATIONS.xx CHAPTER 1 : GENERAL INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 HUMAN PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT . 2 1.2 SOURCES OF HUMAN PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE ENVIRONMENT . 3 1.3 DEGRADATION PROCESSES IN WWTPS . 4 1.4 DEGRADATION PROCESSES IN THE ENVIRONMENT . 6 1.5 PHARMACEUTICAL CONCENTRATIONS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT . 7 1.6 EFFECTS OF PHARMACEUTICALS IN THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT . 8 1.6. 1 Modes of action of pharmaceuticals . 8 1.6. 2 Effects of pharmaceuticals on fish . 10 1.7 5α-REDUCTASE AND DHT . 14 1.7. 1 History and clinical importance . 14 1.7. 2 Role of 5α-reductase in human physiology . 17 1.8 DUTASTERIDE, A DUAL INHIBITOR OF 5α-REDUCTASES . 21 1.8. 1 Biopharmaceutics . 22 1.8. 2 Metabolism . 23 1.8. 3 Efficacy biomarkers and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics relationship . 25 1.8. 4 Side effects and adverse reactions . 25 1.8. 5 Dutasteride toxicity Preclinical safety data . 26 1.8. 5.1 Effects on male fertility . 26 1.8. 5.2 Dutasteride in semen . 27 1.8. 5.3 Effect on testosterone and other endocrine endpoints . 27 1.8. 5.4 Feminization of the male fetus . 27 1.8. 5.5 Neurotoxicity . 28 1.8. 5.6 Genotoxicity . 29
Promotion of School Children Dietary Habits

Research studies show a growing concern about the diet of young people globally (Rugai and Hamilton-Ekeke, 2015). Data revealed for example, a movement away from regular meals, increase in snacking and low consumption of fruits and vegetables to a high consumption of fatty and sugary foods (Robert, Kingdom, Frith and Tudor-Smith, 1997; Umeh and Crabtree, 2006, Hamilton-Ekeke and Thomas, 2009 Hamilton-Ekeke, 2016). The level of evidence that a dietary factor could be involved in the promotion of or protection against the development of obesity has been put forward (Hamilton-Ekeke & Thomas, 2005). Research has revealed a relationship between diet (a high consumption of energy dense-food) and obesity (Jung, 1997). Most of the debate about fat and carbohydrate contents of diet in relation to obesity centres on the effects of altering the reciprocal proportions of carbohydrate and fat in the diet on energy density, total energy intake and body weight (Katan, Grundy and Willett, 1997). Most obesity interventions have taken place in clinical settings. However, schools, also provide an opportunity for preventing and treating obesity (Sahota, Rudolf, Dixey, Hill, Barth and Cade, 2001). However, the lapse of most of the school-based intervention Abstract:
Nonincandescent Source Aviation Signal Light Colors

Aviation signal lighting systems are increasingly replacing filtered and unfiltered incandescent lamps with light-emitting diode (LED) sources to create various signal light colors. As LED sources produce spectral distributions that can differ in color appearance from incandescent signal lights, it is important to understand how the characteristics of LEDs influence color identification. The objective of this research was to provide chromaticity regions for aviation signal lights that maximize the likelihood of correct identification while minimizing the potential for confusion with other colors. Three color identification studies of aviation signal lights were conducted to produce white, yellow, red, blue, and green colors using filtered and unfiltered incandescent lamps and LEDs. The objectives of these studies were to (1) identify chromaticity regions resulting in a high probability of correctly identifying aviation signal lights as white; (2) compare the color identification performance of color-normal and color-deficient observers in response to incandescent and LED signal lights of each nominal color (white, yellow, red, blue, and green); and (3) identify chromaticity regions resulting in a high probability of correctly identifying aviation signal lights as yellow, red, or blue. Based on the results of these studies, recommendations for each of the nominal signal colors are provided in the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage 1931 chromaticity space.
Investigation of turbulence models for two dimensional mean flows and implementation in OpenFOAM

With an intention of discovering the best RANS model for modeling impinging flows, linear epsilon - based models(`Chien's Low Reynolds' and ` -f') and non-linear( and ! - based) EARSM formulations were implemented on OpenFOAM-2.2. x and validated against two dimensional, developed channel flow geometries. The project arose from the need to capture flow arising from a flame impingement on the walls of an (internal combustion) engine cylinder. The objective desired from this project is to achieve directives regarding `optimal' turbulence models, defined as those which sufficiently reproduce the flow dynamics, and are applicable over a wide variety of meshes, while not being too costly on the computational front. A rating scheme for judging the quality of turbulence models, based on the aforementioned three characteristics, is discussed as part of the conclusions from this thesis project.
A numerical model of drop-on demand droplet formation from a vibrating nozzle and a rigid nozzle

Approved by: Droplet formation from a rigid and a vibration nozzle driven by a pulsing pressure is simulated. Droplet formation is simulated by using one-dimensional model. For the case of droplet formation from a vibration nozzle, the nozzle vibration is simulated by large deflection plate vibration equation. Droplet formation from a rigid nozzle is studied simply by setting the nozzle deflection always to be zero. The one-dimensional model is solved by MacCormack method. The large deflection plate vibration equation is solved by mode shape approximation and RungaKuta time integration method. Three different effect factors, the driving pressure thrust input effects, the fluid viscosity effects, and the nozzle vibration effects, on droplet formation are studied. The driving pressure thrust input effects and the fluid viscosity effects are studied based on a rigid nozzle. The nozzle vibration effects are studied by Redacted for Privacy comparing the results from a vibration nozzle with the results from a rigid nozzle. Results show: 1) the primary droplet break-off time is constant if the driving pressure magnitude is high, but the primary droplet volume and primary droplet velocity increase slightly as the driving pressure thrust input increase; 2) higher thrust input can possibly result in the occurrence of overturn phenomenon; 3) increasing the fluid viscosity cause the primary droplet break-off later, but the primary droplet volume and the primary droplet velocity does not change significantly by fluid viscosity; 4) the nozzle vibration effect on the primary droplet break-off time and the primary droplet size is small, but the nozzle vibration cause the primary droplet velocity to increase by an amount of the nozzle vibration velocity magnitude; 5) nozzle vibration cause longer liquid thread to form and the total satellite droplet volume to increase significantly which eventually break into multiple satellite droplet. © Copyright by Guozhong Yang December 4, 2003 All Rights Reserved A Numerical Model of Drop-on-Demand Droplet Formation from a Vibrating Nozzle and a Rigid Nozzle