Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Evolution of reservoir properties in the Lower Triassic aquifer sandstones of the Thuringian Syncline in Central Germany

The Buntsandstein (Lower Triassic) aquifer sandstones of the Thuringian Syncline are important for water supply, geothermal energy and storage wells. The aim of this study was to analyse the control factors of the diagenetic and petrophysical properties of the Buntsandstein, and particularly the influence of varying depositional parameters, thermal history, subsidence and exhumation. The Thuringian Buntsandstein records fluvial, sandflat, lacustrine and eolian environments. The dominant reason for porosity loss in the sandstones is mechanical compaction. The permeabilities depend on their predominant depositional facies: fine grained lacustrine sandstones in the Lower Buntsandstein have low permeabilities (about 4 mD); conversely, Middle Buntsandstein sandflat, fluvial and eolian sandstones are moderately to highly permeable (27 – 108 mD). Thermal maturity data of Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic sediments provide information about the maximum burial depth of the Buntsandstein rocks. Between 1800 m and 3800 m of overburden must have been eroded from the Thuringian Syncline. The thickness of the Zechstein to Lower Jurassic succession is insufficient to explain the level of thermal maturity. A substantial cover of strata younger than Lower Jurassic must have been present over most of the Thuringian Syncline. The erosion of this cover must have occurred near the end of the Cretaceous period during a widespread inversion event. The pore space and the mineral surfaces exposed to the pore space of the four main facies types were studied using digital image analysis on thin sections and BET measurements. The abundance of large pores influences the permeability of a rock, as well as pore density and porosity. As a result of different types of mineral surfaces exposed to the pore space, the sandstones of the four facies types will exhibit distinctly different reactions upon contact with fluids.
The Mediating Role of Employee Motivation in The Relationship Between Budget Participation and Budgetary Slack

Objectives: A budget is a plan expressed in the company's financial measures as a guideline for work in a certain period. Budgeting involves many parties starting from the top and bottom levels, making it vulnerable to budgetary slack. The purpose of this study is to examine employee motivation at the corporate offices of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) in order to ascertain the impact of budgetary participation on the occurrence of budgetary slack.Methodology: This study used quantitative research by conducting surveys through questionnaires. The respondents in this study were 211 employees of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) head office and were analyzed using path analysis.Finding: The findings indicated that when employees at PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) head office are directly involved in budgeting, it has a noteworthy and favorable impact on their motivation and the occurrence of budgetary slack. Employee motivation has a direct and significant positive effect on budgetary slacks at PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero). Additionally, employee motivation at the PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) headquarters can mediate the impact of budget participation on budgetary slack.Conclusion: This study highlights the significance of employee involvement in budgeting for enhancing motivation and reducing budgetary slacks. It underscores the need for balanced budget participation to maintain control and suggests that employee motivation acts as a vital mediator in this relationship, offering valuable insights for optimizing budget processes and fostering workforce efficiency.
An Early Silurian ‘Herefordshire’ myodocope ostracod from Greenland and its palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical significance

Abstract Here we record the occurrence of a new species of the Herefordshire Lagerstätte ostracod genus Pauline from the Lower Silurian (upper Telychian) of North Greenland. Pauline nivisis sp. nov. was recovered from a limestone boulder (Pentamerus Bjerge Formation) collected south of Kap Schuchert, Washington Land. It is reasonable to transpose the palaeobiology known from the Herefordshire Pauline avibella – body, limbs including swimming antennae, lateral eyes, gills and alimentary system – into the carapace of the Greenland species, which represents the oldest cylindroleberidid myodocopid and almost the oldest known myodocope, and is the first record of a Herefordshire Lagerstätte genus from outside the Welsh Borderland locality. Morphological, sedimentological and faunal evidence suggest that the Greenland species was nektobenthic. This is compatible with the notion that ostracods (specifically myodocopids) did not invade the water column until later in the Silurian, in the Wenlock and Ludlow epochs. Pauline is an Early Silurian link between ‘Baltic-British’ and North Laurentian ostracod faunas, endorsing the idea that the UK and Greenland were in close geographical proximity, near a remnant Iapetus Ocean, during late Llandovery time.
Prognostic value of a serum β-human chorionic gonadotropin cutoff, twelve days after fresh embryo transfer, on predicting live birth among Ugandan women

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of a serum β-hCG level cutoff, 12 days after embryo transfer, on predicting live births among Ugandan women. Methods: This is a retrospective cross-sectional study. Three hundred thirty-seven fresh IVF cycles with serum β-hCG ≥5 mIU/mL, at 12 days after embryo transfer, were eligible. We abstracted participant characteristics, IVF cycle characteristics, live birth, clinical pregnancy, and ongoing pregnancy data from each eligible cycle. We utilized the Youden Index metric and the maximize_boot_metric method to link serum β-hCG levels to outcome data and determine the optimal cutoff values. Results: The optimal serum β-hCG cutoff value for predicting live birth was 437.42 mIU/mL with a corresponding sensitivity and false positive rate of 72% and 31%, respectively. The cutoffs for clinical and ongoing pregnancy were 239.58 mIU/mL and 353.66 mIU/mL, respectively. These corresponded with a sensitivity of 83% and 77%, respectively, and a false positive rate of 27% and 33%, respectively. The serum β-hCG cutoff had poor discriminatory performance for predicting live births but moderate performance for predicting clinical and ongoing pregnancies. Conclusion: A single serum β-hCG 12 days after cleavage embryo transfer has poor discriminatory performance in predicting live birth, albeit performing modestly in predicting clinical pregnancy and ongoing pregnancy among Ugandan women.
The Stone Axe in Neolithic Britain

A new framework for the consideration of Neolithic axes is proposed, consisting of six rock classes defined by rock composition and working properties. The use of rock from these classes varied systematically in Britain, and reflected local geology. Flint exploitation, whose significance in the production of axes has been grossly underestimated, is considered in especial detail (with a full survey of flint mines and quarries). A major study of axe morphology is reported on. The paper includes gazetteers of caches of stone axes (many previously unpublished) and of axes found in burials.
TALUS FABRIC, CLAST MORPHOLOGY, AND BOTANICAL INDICATORS OF SLOPE PROCESSES ON THE CHAOS CRAGS (CALIFORNIA CASCADES), U.S.A.

The Chaos Crags, a group of dacite domes in the Cascades Mtns (California), were affected by volcanic debris avalanches ca. 1675 A.D.; these left a sizable deposit and a scar on the north mountain flank, now covered by talus. This report examines the fabric and morphology of talus debris, their spatial variation, and the geomorphic processes presently affecting the slope. The talus presents a bi-segmented profile with a steep upper rectilinear segment and a shorter concave, basal zone. Debris are sorted by size both along (larger clasts downslope) and across the talus (larger particles below the cliffs). Shape sorting is weaker, but clast sphericity increases, and elongation decreases, toward the footslope. Upper-talus fabrics (long axes parallel to talus plane and slope) show that clasts there move by sliding, while basal blocks are deposited by rockfall, which causes more iso- tropic fabrics. Field observations and botanical evidence indicate the overall significance of grain flows, which are prevalent duetoanabundantsupplyofrubbleonthe upper talus. Comparison with similar recent slopes and repeat photography suggest the Chaos talus formed swiftly following dome collapse, when much debris may have collected below the unstable rockwalls. The talus has experienced only modest sedimentation during the 20 th century, and is currently affected by 'normal' mass-wasting processes, which also include snow avalanches and debris flows.
Temporal and spatial variations in the discharge and dissolved organic carbon of drip waters in Beijing Shihua Cave, China

To detect the causal relationship between cave drip waters and stalagmite laminae, which have been used as a climate change proxy, three drip sites in Beijing Shihua Cave were monitored for discharge and dissolved organic carbon (DOC). Drip discharges and DOC were determined at 0 to 14‐day intervals over the period 2004–2006. Drip discharges show two types of response to surface precipitation variations: (1) a rapid response; and (2) a time‐lagged response. Intra‐annual variability in drip discharge is significantly higher than inter‐annual variability. The content of DOC in all drip waters varies inter‐ and intra‐annually and has good correlation with drip water discharge at the rapid response sites. High DOC was observed in July and August in the three years observed. The flushing of soil organic matter is dependent upon the intensity of rain events. The DOC content of drip water increases sharply above a threshold rainfall intensity (>50 mm d−1) and shows several pulses corresponding with intense rain events (>25 mm d−1). The DOC content was lower and less variable during the dry period than during the rainy period. The shape of DOC peak also varies from year to year as it is influenced by the intensity and frequency of rainfall. The different drip sites show marked differences in DOC response, which are dominated by hydrological behaviour linked to the recharge of the soil and karst micro‐fissure/porosity network. The results explain why not all stalagmite laminae are consistent with climate changes and suggest that the structure of the rainy season events could be preserved in speleothems. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Management impacts on three reptile species (Vipera ursinii, Lacerta agilis, Lacerta viridis) in sandy grasslands in Hungary: Mowing should be avoided

Understanding the factors that determine the abundance of populations is of key importance in conservation biology, ecology, and biogeography. For grassland‐associated species, such as the Hungarian meadow viper (Vipera ursinii rakosiensis), habitat management is particularly important. We aimed to study the effects of the three most common types of grassland management (grazing, mowing, and mowing + grazing) on the abundance of reptile species in meadow viper habitats in Kiskunság National Park, in Hungary. We surveyed grasslands repeatedly (n = 15 occasions) for reptiles in one autumn and one spring season in three 1‐ha quadrates per grassland management type. We recorded all reptiles and their activity related to operative temperatures and analyzed data by n‐mixture models. All reptile species known to occur in the habitats were observed during the surveys, but only the green lizard, sand lizard, and Hungarian meadow viper reached the minimum number of observations required for detailed analyses. Grazing had a strong positive effect on the abundance of Hungarian meadow vipers and sand lizards, while both mowing and mowing + grazing rotation had a negative effect. None of the grassland management types affected green lizard abundance. Our results suggest that grazing is the ideal type of grassland management for the endangered Hungarian meadow viper and the sand lizard. Mowing and mowing + grazing should be replaced by grazing to ensure the effectiveness of habitat management for conservation and to maintain healthy populations of grassland‐associated reptile species.
Generation of Plasma-Activated Fluids for Successful Disinfection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Liquid Environments and Determination of Microbial Damage

The application of the non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma technology is a promising tool for microbial inactivation. During the activation process, many reactive substances and radicals arise associated with physicochemical changes in the fluid and massive pH drop. In this study, we analyzed and optimized plasma activation settings and conditions of water and liquids to obtain inactivation of the waterborne microorganism Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a liquid environment. The minimal electrical output was 60 Watt with 20 min activation time followed by 30 min contact time with 108 cells/mL. Using higher electrical power (>90 W) with a Lab Unit generating plasma-activated water, a shorter activation time (<10 min) was sufficient for bacterial inactivation. The organic and inorganic composition of the activated liquid with different mineral salt concentrations is of utmost importance for the yield of reactive species during the plasma activation process and consequently for the antimicrobial effect. Plasma-activated fluids with high organic and inorganic contents demonstrated lower inactivation efficiencies than low loaded fluids; yet antimicrobial efficacy could be achieved by increasing the electrical power and activation time. For sufficient inactivation of bacterial suspensions, at least half a volume unit of plasma-activated water had to be added after appropriately optimized activation. Further dilutions reduced the antimicrobial effect. PAW lost activity after being left standing for a prolonged time after activation, so for maximizing the antimicrobial effect a direct use after activation is recommendable. Bacterial inactivation was shown by the absence of colony forming units on culture media and, at the molecular level, damage to the membrane and inactivation of enzymes were observed. Plasma-activated fluids demonstrated a high potential in applications as microbiological disinfectant in liquids.
Bio-Master: Design and Validation of a High-Throughput Biochemical Profiling Platform for Crop Canopies

Accurate assessment of crop biochemical profiles plays a crucial role in diagnosing their physiological status. The conventional destructive methods, although reliable, demand extensive laboratory work for measuring various traits. On the other hand, nondestructive techniques, while efficient and adaptable, often suffer from reduced precision due to the intricate interplay of the field environment and canopy structure. Striking a delicate balance between efficiency and accuracy, we have developed the Bio-Master phenotyping system. This system is capable of simultaneously measuring four vital biochemical components of the canopy profile: dry matter, water, chlorophyll, and nitrogen content. Bio-Master initiates the process by addressing structural influences, through segmenting the fresh plant and then further chopping the segment into uniform small pieces. Subsequently, the system quantifies hyperspectral reflectance and fresh weight over the sample within a controlled dark chamber, utilizing an independent light source. The final step involves employing an embedded estimation model to provide synchronous estimates for the four biochemical components of the measured sample. In this study, we established a comprehensive training dataset encompassing a wide range of rice varieties, nitrogen levels, and growth stages. Gaussian process regression model was used to estimate biochemical contents utilizing reflectance data obtained by Bio-Master. Leave-one-out validation revealed the model’s capacity to accurately estimate these contents at both leaf and plant scales. With Bio-Master, measuring a single rice plant takes approximately only 5 min, yielding around 10 values for each of the four biochemical components across the vertical profile. Furthermore, the Bio-Master system allows for immediate measurements near the field, mitigating potential alterations in plant status during transportation and processing. As a result, our measurements are more likely to faithfully represent in situ values. To summarize, the Bio-Master phenotyping system offers an efficient tool for comprehensive crop biochemical profiling. It harnesses the benefits of remote sensing techniques, providing significantly greater efficiency than conventional destructive methods while maintaining superior accuracy when compared to nondestructive approaches.
Stiff, Smooth, and Solid? Complex Fracture Hydraulics' Imprint on Oscillatory Hydraulic Testing

Fractured bedrock aquifers, especially deep aquifers, represent increasingly common targets for waste storage and alternative energy development, necessitating detailed quantitative descriptions of fracture hydraulic properties, geometry, and connectivity. Yet, multi‐scale characterization of the physical properties that govern fluid flow through and storage in fractured bedrock remains a fundamental hydrogeologic challenge. Oscillatory hydraulic testing, a novel hydraulic characterization technique, has been showing promise in field experiments to characterize the effective hydraulic properties of bedrock fractures. To date, these characterization efforts utilize simplified diffusive analytical models that conceptualize a non‐deforming, parallel‐plate fracture embedded within impermeable host rock, and have found that the returned fracture hydraulic parameter estimates exhibit an apparent period‐dependence. We conduct synthetic experiments using three different numerical models to examine proposed mechanisms that might contribute to the observed period‐dependence including heterogeneous flow and storage within the fracture (i.e., aperture heterogeneity), fracture‐host rock fluid exchange, and fracture hydromechanics. This work represents the first systematic analysis that seeks to understand the process(es) occurring within a bedrock fracture that might be contributing to this apparent period‐dependence. Our analysis demonstrates that all investigated mechanisms generate period‐dependent effective hydraulic parameter estimates, each with their own potentially diagnostic trends; however, fracture hydromechanics is the only explored mechanism that consistently reproduces period‐dependent trends in parameter estimates that are consistent with existing field investigations. These results highlight the need to develop more complex numerical modeling approaches that account for this hydromechanical behavior when characterizing fractured bedrock aquifers.
Temporal and spatial distribution of chlorophyll-a concentration and the relationships with TN, TP concentrations in Lake Ulansuhai, Inner Mongolia

This paper based on the conventional monitoring data from in 2005–2007, and studied the distributing of chlorophyll-a with temporal and spatial distribution, and the relationship between the chlorophyll-a and TN, TP concentrations. The results showed that chlorophyll-a concentration appeared obvious temporal and spatial changes, and the values were arranged according to MayJuly, AugustOctoberSeptemberJune. Chlorophyll-a concentration of May and October higher than others. The supply water of Lake Ulansuhai occurred form drainage of Hetao in May and October, and there is a lot of nutrition was bring into Lake Ulansuhai, which induced growth of algae. By analyzing, the relationships between chlorophyll-a concentration and TN and TP concentration appeared evidently in May and October of 2006, and the relationships in August were not remarkable, and no relationship in other months.
Nano-Fertilization of Phosphorous and Potassium, Spraying Sepehr 4 Nano-Fertilizer and Carbon Nanotubes on some Qualitative Traits and Active Substances in the Grains of Rice (Oryza sativa L.)

The study aimed to investigate the response of rice crop (Oryza satival L.), local variety Anbar 33, to nano-phosphorus and nano-potassium, spraying with carbon nanotubes and synthetic nano fertilizer Sepehr 4 (K+Fe+Zn+Mn). Some indicators of rice grains traits were used to evaluate the response. The field experiment was conducted in Al-Taliaah district 41-Al-Husseiniyah in the southern pater of Babylon Governorate - Iraq. The experiment was carried out according to the Randomized Complete Blocks Design (RCBD), and the treatments were randomly distributed according to a straightforward one-way experiment. Phosphorus nano fertilizer at two levels 0 and 10 kg ha-1 and potassium nano fertilizer at two levels 0 and 10 kg ha-1, and the treatments of nanomaterials of carbon nanotubes 50 mg L-1 and Sepehr 4 fertilizer (K+Fe)+Zn+Mn, 2.5 ml L-1 it was sprayed on the shoots of plants. The applications were conducted four times of nanomaterials with combinations of foliar sprays and ground additives to the soil, so that the number of treatments is sixteen, with three repetitions. The results of the gas chromatograph coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) presented that the treatment of N-K + (CNT) + Nano(K + Fe + Zn + Mn) potassium nano fertilizer, carbon nanotubes spraying and Sepehr 4 fertilizer K + Fe + Zn + Mn resulted in the highest percentage of the saturated fatty acid content of rice grains 2.16% and volatile oils 6.82%. The treatment of N-(P+K)+N-(K+Fe+Zn+Mn) phosphorus and potassium nano fertilizer and Sepehr 4 fertilizer resulted in the highest value in the content of palmitic acid, 26.41% in rice grains. The treatment of N-(P+K)+(CNT) +N-(IIII) phosphorus and potassium nano fertilizer and spraying carbon nanotubes fertilizer and Sepehr 4 fertilizer resulted in the highest content of rice grains of unsaturated oleic acid, 3.95%. N-K+ (CNT) Potassium nano fertilizer and carbon nanotube fertilizer spraying resulted in the highest value of rice grains’ unsaturated linoleic acid content, 6.94%.
Shiyang River streamflow since AD 1765, reconstructed by tree rings, contains far‐reaching hydro‐climatic signals over and beyond the mid‐latitude Asian continent

In this study, the regional tree‐ring chronology of Picea crassifolia was used to estimate annual (September to August) streamflow of the Shiyang River for the period from AD 1765 to 2010. The linear regression model was stable and could explain 41.5% of the variance for the calibration period of 1955–2005. According to the streamflow reconstruction, dry periods with below average streamflow occurred in AD 1775–1804, 1814–1823, 1831–1856, 1862–1867, 1877–1885, 1905–1910, 1926–1932, 1948–1951, 1960–1963 and 1989–2002. Periods of relatively wet years are identified for AD 1765–1774, 1805–1813, 1824–1830, 1857–1861, 1868–1876, 1886–1904, 1911–1925, 1933–1947, 1952–1959, 1964–1988 and 2003–2010. Comparisons with the precipitation reconstructions from surrounding areas supplied a high degree of confidence in our reconstruction. Our reconstructed streamflow is significantly correlated with sea surface temperature in the eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic Ocean. The Multitaper spectral and correlation analyses also suggested that the reconstructed streamflow variation in the Shiyang River could be associated with large‐scale atmospheric‐oceanic variability, such as El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The linkages among the streamflow reconstruction, NAO and ENSO suggest the connection of regional streamflow variations to the Asian monsoon and westerlies circulations. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.