Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Lean Startup Practices: Operationalizing the Technological Business Planning Process in an Academic Environment

The generation of innovation in the academic environment involves the development of technology/product, technological transfer and business, which together make up the Technological Business Planning Process (TBPP). This process can be divided into three stages: world of technology (initial stage), world of transition from technology to product and business (intermediate stage), and world of business (final stage). In this context, there is the Lean Startup (LS) methodology, which comprises a set of potential practices to facilitate the operationalization of these stages of development. However, the existing literature is incipient and lacks guidance on the LS practices with the greatest potential to contribute to each of these stages, which constitutes a theoretical gap. Thus, this research aims to identify the LS practices most used by researchers-entrepreneurs in the different stages of the Technological Business Planning Process. The methodological approach used was the case study in an important Brazilian public university. In this context, nine innovation projects in the process of generating technological business were analyzed. The results show four main contributions: i) the practices contributed mainly to the intermediate phase of the TBPP; ii) BMC and MVP were considered the most important practices to operationalize TBPP; iii) the LS practices contributed significantly to the knowledge management between team projects; and iv) the combined implementation of the practices highlighted the benefits for TBPP. This study contributes to technology innovation management in the academic environment and provides some gaps that can be developed in future works in technological projects context.
An experimentally validated numerical analysis of UHP-FRC subjected to blast loading

This paper presents a new material constitutive model for simulating the uniaxial material behavior of ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHP-FRC). The model accounts for the contribution of the steel fiber content to the tensile behavior. The model variables are the fracture energy, the characteristic length, and the crack bandwidth. Thus, it guarantees a mesh size independent numerical modeling of UHP-FRC. The model is developed based on the reported results of a state-of-the-art and highly accurate experimental investigation for the uniaxial behavior of UHP-FRC. This paper also adopts the concrete damage plasticity model (CDP) as a multi-axial yield surface criterion and presents the applicability of the material constitutive model and CDP for modeling UHP-FRC under unconfined non-contact blast loading. The results of the numerical models are validated against the experimental data of shock tube testing conducted by the authors at the University of Ottawa shock tube in collaboration with Ryerson University. The results revealed that the developed material constitutive model accurately represented the uniaxial behavior of UHP-FRC. The CDP model combined with the material constitutive model developed in this study can accurately model UHP-FRC structures under unconfined non-contact blast loading.
Ocular Trauma during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Bali From March 2020 to March 2021

BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease characterized by severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by the coronavirus 2. The implementation of lockdown and social distancing is the efforts made by the government to prevent the spread of this virus. The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the incidence rate of ocular trauma in several means. AIM: This study aimed to evaluate the factors that can cause ocular trauma, from the patient’s characteristics, clinical presentation, etiology, and mechanism of ocular trauma of patients who came to the emergency unit of Sanglah Central General Hospital (RSUP) during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: This study is an observational analytic study with simple random sampling method to evaluate the characteristics of patients with ocular trauma from March 2020 to March 2021. The secondary data were obtained from the medical records including age, gender, address, examination data (visual acuity, duration between trauma and time of seeking medical care, diagnosis, trauma etiology, trauma mechanism, and surgery performed on the patient). RESULTS: In this study the most common was the presence of corpus alienum/foreign body in the cornea, chemical trauma, corneal erosion, canaliculi rupture, and keratitis which are usually caused by photoelectric injury. During the COVID-19 pandemic, new regulations were implemented including patient screening, COVID-19 test before undergoing surgery, patient treatment, and also the use of personal protective equipment for the examiners. Moreover, there were behavioral changes of the people caused by the enforcement of lockdown system and also people’s fear of going to the hospital, especially to a COVID-19 referral hospital such as Sanglah General Hospital; therefore, some patients delayed seeking medical treatment and refused to have surgery at Sanglah General Hospital. CONCLUSION: Our study concluded that the trend of ocular trauma in the COVID-19 era tends to occur in the male population and involves trauma to the cornea, with the most common etiology is caused by the presence of foreign bodies such as gram, wood, or metal. Our finding also showed that despite the implementation of social distancing policies in the COVID-19 pandemic situation, ocular trauma can still be found related to the implementation of the lockdown that has been relaxed during this research.
Scoping review of research practices in the investigation of bilingual effects on inhibition and attention in young people

Aims and objectives: The aim of this scoping review is to curate and summarize research methodologies used to assess the effects of bilingualism on inhibition and attention in young people. Methodology: The methodology of a scoping review was followed. Searches of the literature using inclusive search strings were conducted using PubMed, Scopus, Proquest, and PsyArXiv. Study selection followed the guidance of the PRISMA-ScR checklist with published and unpublished studies included. Data and analysis: Extracted data included study authors, year of publication, source format (e.g., journal article, thesis), country in which the study was conducted, sample size, average age of participants in the sample, language combination used by participants in the bilingual sample, task(s) used to assess inhibition, task(s) used to assess attention, and method used for data analysis. Findings and conclusions: Studies identified were disproportionately conducted in English-speaking (Western) language environments, based on bilingual samples who were proficient in English and a second language that was typically a related Indo-European language (e.g., English-Spanish). Tasks employed were most often aimed at measuring differences in inhibition compared with attention. Finally, almost all studies were limited to between group designs and fixed-effects analysis methods. Future research can be improved through inclusion of samples from a wider range of language backgrounds that is representative of more diverse language combinations, and underrepresented age groups. Furthermore, within participant mixed-effects analysis methods that account for the diversity of bilingual experience would strengthen the methodological rigor of future studies. Originality: This is the first scoping review focused on methods used to investigate bilingual effects in young people. Significance: We provide strong evidence that standard methods ignore nontrivial differences in bilingual experience. In addition, Westocentric sampling trends provide an incomplete and biased understanding of the true effects of bilingualism.
Relationships among Lower Extremity Muscle Circumference, Proprioception, ROM, Muscle Strength, and Balance Control Ability in Young Adults

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze the correlation between balance control ability and leg circumference, proprioception, range of motion (ROM), and muscle strength in young adults. Methods: The subjects of this study were 30 university students who were enrolled in D university in Gyeongbuk province. We measured the dynamic balance and static balance using the Biorescue. The muscular strengths of the hip, knee, and ankle joints were measured us-ing a muscle contraction dynamometer. The ROM and proprioception were measured using an inclinometer. Pearson correlation analysis was used to test the correlations between balance control ability and variables. Results: Sway length was significantly correlated with knee and hip joint muscle strength, ROM, and proprioception of hip and ankle joints (p<0.05). Sway speed was significantly correlated with ROM and proprioception in hip joints (p<0.05). Limit of stability was significantly correlated with muscle strength and ROM in ankle joints, and proprioception in hip, knee, and ankle joints (p<0.05). Conclusion: The sway length was most related to hip extension and ankle joint plantar flexion in the range of motion and ankle joint plantar flexion in proprioception. Overall, balance training for young adults will be of effective help if the treatment focuses on the knee and hip joints, range of motion and the ankle and hip joints' proprioception.
Second-sound studies of coflow and counterflow of superfluid 4He in channels

We report a comprehensive study of turbulent superfluid 4He flow through a channel of square cross section. We study for the first time two distinct flow configurations with the same apparatus: coflow (normal and superfluid components move in the same direction), and counterflow (normal and superfluid components move in opposite directions). We realise also a variation of counterflow with the same relative velocity, but where the superfluid component moves while there is no net flow of the normal component through the channel, i.e., pure superflow. We use the second-sound attenuation technique to measure the density of quantised vortex lines in the temperature range 1.2 K ≲ T ≲ Tλ ≈ 2.18 K and for flow velocities from about 1 mm/s up to almost 1 m/s in fully developed turbulence. We find that both the steady-state and temporal decay of the turbulence significantly differ in the three flow configurations, yielding an interesting insight into two-fluid hydrodynamics. In both pure superflow and counterflow, .
Predator Population Dynamics Involving Exponential Integral Function When Prey Follows Gompertz Model

The current study investigates the predator-prey problem with assumptions that interaction of predation has a little or no effect on prey population growth and the prey’s grow rate is time dependent. The prey is assumed to follow the Gompertz growth model and the respective predator growth function is constructed by solving ordinary differential equations. The results show that the predator population model is found to be a function of the well known exponential integral function. The solution is also given in Taylor’s series. Simulation study shows that the predator population size eventually converges either to a finite positive limit or zero or diverges to positive infinity. Under certain conditions, the predator population converges to the asymptotic limit of the prey model. More results are included in the paper.
Attuning smart home scripts to household and energy care

Past techno-feminist studies have shown that smart home technologies (SHTs) have inadvertently increased household demand for energy and reinforced gender disparities. This confirms the need to gauge any changes in smart home visions, given that the domestication of SHTs depends on accurate and reliable technology and messages to householders. To determine whether smart home visions are now supporting more gender-equitable household practices and energy efficiency, a content analysis of marketing materials ( n = 36) is presented. In the context of domestication and the concept of agency scripts, the results show that smart home visions continue to disregard diverse household types and fail to address either energy efficiency or the housework burdens placed on women. This triggers an enquiry into the negative implications for both women’s wellbeing and energy-saving goals. Feminist care ethics indicate how smart home visions can be attuned to promote gender-equitable household practices and energy reduction. By accenting the mutual interdependence between humans and technologies and developing a household care practice approach, a realignment of smart home visons towards a care ethic is proposed. Strategies for repurposing SHTs as technologies of care that care for householders and the environment are offered in conclusion. gender household and of SHTs. smart shape the in ways gender-equitable household
Controlled nucleosynthesis : breakthroughs in experiment and theory

Approach to the Problem. - Prehistory. - Self-Organizing Nucleosynthesis in Superdense Plasma. - Experimental Setup. - Some Experimental Results. - Optical Emission of a Hot Dot (HD). - Measurements of X-ray Emission of HD. - Registration of Fast Particles from the arget Explosion. - Experiments on the Neutralization of Radioactivity. - Isotope and Element Compositions of Target Explosion Products. - Synthesis of Superheavy Elements in the Explosive Experiments. - On the Detection of Superheavy Elements in Target Explosion Products. - Physical Model and Discovery of Superheavy Transuranium Elements Produced in the Process of Controlled Collapse. - Preliminary Resume of Obtained Results, Theories, and Physical Models. - Stability of Electron-Nucleus form of Matter and Methods of Controlled Collapse. - Nuclear Combustion and Collective Nucleosynthesis.
influence of career development, organizational support, commitment and flexible working space against employee performance case study in East Java Indonesia

The Ministry of Finance is a vital organization for a country, how this country can develop and compete with other countries. The main indicator seen is how economic conditions are closely related to the financial structure of a country. The importance of the position of the Ministry of Finance in a country makes it must always improve its performance. This study examines the effect of career development, organizational support, commitment and flexible working space on the performance of the Ministry of Finance. The study was conducted on employees of the Ministry of Finance who are in the area of ? East Java. Data analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with the help of Smart PLS software. The findings show that Career Development, Organizational Support, Commitment have a significant effect on Employee Performance while Flexible Working Space has no significant effect on performance. Organizations that pay attention to the career development of their employees, and provide support to employees are more likely to improve their performance compared to organizations that do not implement it. With this research, it is hoped that it can be used as a basis for formulating policies related to improving performance at the Ministry of Finance.
Microbiological Quality of Deer Meat Treated with Essential Oil Litsea cubeba

Simple Summary Consumers are increasingly turning to healthier and less environmentally harmful diet alternatives. Game is an ideal food from this point of view because it represents meat with a high protein content, low fat content, a favourable composition of fatty acids and minerals. Various types of packaging are often used to extend the shelf life of meats. Packaging can be combined with natural antimicrobials, such as various plant extracts and essential oils, for better effectiveness. Little is known about the microbial quality and preservation of deer meat. In the present study, deer meat was treated with essential oil from Litsea cubeba 0.5 and 1.0% concentration in rapeseed oil combined with aerobic and vacuum packaging. The meat was evaluated for microbiological quality (counts and microbiota identification) for 20 days under refrigerated storage. Our result show that Litsea cubeba essential oil is an effective natural agent against deer meat spoilage bacteria. Abstract The present study aimed to evaluate deer meat microbiological quality when treated with essential oil (EO) from Litsea cubeba (dissolved in rapeseed oil at concentrations 0.5 and 1%), in combination with vacuum packaging during 20 days of storage of meat at 4 °C. Total viable counts (TVC), coliforms bacteria (CB), lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and Pseudomonas spp. were analysed at day 0, 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20. MALDI-TOF MS Biotyper technology was applied to identify microorganisms isolated from meat. The highest number of TVC at the end of the experiment was 5.50 log CFU/g in the aerobically packaged control group and the lowest number of TVC was 5.17 log CFU/g in the samples treated with 1.0% Litsea cubeba EO. CB were not detected in the samples treated with 1.0% Litsea cubeba EO during the entire storage period. Bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas were detected only in the aerobically and vacuum packaged control group. The highest number of LAB was 2.06 log CFU/g in the aerobic control group, and the lowest number of LAB was 2.01 log CFU/g in the samples treated with 1.0% Litsea cubeba EO on day 20. The most frequently isolated bacteria from deer meat were Pseudomonas ludensis, Pseudomonas corrugata, Pseudomonas fragi, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Sphingomonas leidyi.
Boosting the Energetic Performance of Trinitromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole Moiety by Increasing Nitrogen-Oxygen in the Bridge

The trinitromethyl moiety is a useful group for the design and development of novel energetic compounds with high nitrogen and oxygen content. In this work, by using an improved nitration method, the dinitromethyl precursor was successfully nitrated to the trinitromethyl product (2), and its structure was thoroughly characterized by FTIR, NMR, elemental analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 2 has a high density (1.897 g cm−3), high heat of formation (984.8 kJ mmol−1), and a high detonation performance (D: 9351 m s−1, P: 37.46 GPa) that may find useful applications in the field of high energy density materials.
Humanitarianism, Egalitarianism, and Public Support for Political Compromise

Democratic policymaking requires compromise, but public support for it varies substantially. Scholars know relatively little about the psychology of such public attitudes. In this investigation, we consider the predictive capacities of humanitarianism (a commitment to helping those who are suffering) and egalitarianism (a commitment to treating people equally). Such altruistic values, we argue, foster concern for the common good and a cooperative vision of democratic policymaking — which, in turn, engender support for compromise. Moreover, we suggest that partisan differences in such values (with Democrats being more likely than Republicans to prioritize them, on average), help explain Democrats’ disproportionate support for compromise. Data from two nationally representative studies are consistent with this theoretical perspective, offering novel insights into the roots of political compromise, the reach of core values as political determinants, and the dynamics of partisan asymmetry.
The Prostacyclin Analogue Iloprost Modulates CXCL10 in Systemic Sclerosis

The prostacyclin analogue iloprost is used to treat vascular alterations and digital ulcers, the early derangements manifesting in systemic sclerosis (SSc), an autoimmune disease leading to skin and organ fibrosis. Bioindicator(s) of SSc onset and progress are still lacking and the therapeutic approach remains a challenge. The T helper 1 (Th1) chemokine interferon (IFN)γ-induced protein 10 (IP-10/CXCL10) associates with disease progression and worse prognosis. Endothelial cells and fibroblasts, under Th1-dominance, release CXCL10, further enhancing SSc’s detrimental status. We analyzed the effect of iloprost on CXCL10 in endothelial cells, dermal fibroblasts, and in the serum of SSc patients. Human endothelial cells and dermal fibroblasts activated with IFNγ/Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)α, with/without iloprost, were investigated for CXCL10 secretion/expression and for intracellular signaling cascade underlying chemokine release (Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 1, STAT1; Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells, NF-kB; c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase, JNK: Phosphatidyl-Inositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B, AKT; Extracellular signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2, ERK1/2). CXCL10 was quantified in sera from 25 patients taking iloprost, satisfying the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)/European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology (EULAR) 2013 classification criteria for SSc, and in sera from 20 SSc sex/age-matched subjects without therapy, previously collected. In human endothelial cells and fibroblasts, iloprost targeted CXCL10, almost preventing IFNγ/TNFα-dependent cascade activation in endothelial cells. In SSc subjects taking iloprost, serum CXCL10 was lower. These in vitro and in vivo data suggest a potential role of iloprost to limit CXCL10 at local vascular/dermal and systemic levels in SSc and warrant further translational research aimed to ameliorate SSc understanding/management.
The systematics of Tachymenini (Serpentes, Dipsadidae): An updated classification based on molecular and morphological evidence

Despite the recent advances in the systematics of snakes, the diversity of several Neotropical groups of species remains poorly understood. The lack of studies focused on the phylogenetic relationship within most of the 20 tribes of Dipsadidae precludes a better understanding of the evolution of this diverse family. Here, we present a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of Tachymenini, a heterogeneous tribe that comprises 36 viviparous species of dipsadids, grouped in seven genera based on morphological similarities. The tribe is widely distributed throughout South America presenting very distinctive phenotypes, habitats, and behaviours. The phylogenetic relationship among tachymenins is a well‐recognized challenge regarding the systematics of the South American dipsadids. The similar morphotype of some generalist species, combined with the very derived morphology of some strict specialists, creates a complexity of traits that has prevented the comprehension of the systematics of the group. To address such a challenge, we combine molecular (six loci) and morphological (70 characters) datasets in an integrative phylogenetic approach. The resultant phylogenetic trees indicate, with strong support, that three of the seven current recognized genera (Tachymenis, Tomodon, and Thamnodynastes) are non‐monophyletic and, consequently, we propose a new systematic arrangement for Tachymenini. We revalidate two genera, Dryophylax and Mesotes, and we describe three additional monotypic genera, Apographon gen. n. , Tachymenoides gen. n. , and Zonateres gen. n. to accommodate Tomodon orestes, Tachymenis affinis, and Thamnodynastes lanei, respectively. We also include Tomodon ocellatus and Pseudotomodon trigonatus in Tachymenis and describe a new genus, Galvarinus gen. n. , to accommodate the Tachymenis chilensis species group. Furthermore, we also provide an evolutionary scenario for the speciation events based on a time‐calibrated tree, commenting on the diversification and origin of the tribe, and on the probable existence of undescribed species of Mesotes and Dryophylax.