Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Do the Various Indirect Bonding Techniques Provide the Same Accuracy for Orthodontic Bracket Placement? (Randomized Clinical Trial)

Background For orthodontic treatment to be effective, bracket placement must be precise to make the finishing stage easier, leading to an ideal occlusion with minimal intervention. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of manual and digital bracket positioning techniques utilizing computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) jigs, 3D-printed indirect bonding trays (IBT), and double-layer vacuum-formed thermoplastic IBT. Methods This study was done by scanning the dental arch of 30 orthodontic patients. The virtual setup and bracket positioning were performed with the Insignia™ system for ten patients, and 3D Maestro® software was used for the virtual setup of the remaining 20 patients. At the same time, the bracket positioning of 10 patients was done digitally by the 3D Maestro® software and the remaining 10 patients manually through the Ray Set® device. IBT were fabricated by CAD/CAM system, 3D printer, and vacuum-formed thermoplastic machine. A virtual bracket position was compared to the actual bracket position using the best-fit method of 3D digital superimposition in Geomagic® Control X™ (CX) software to determine how accurate it was in terms of linear and angular accuracy. Statistical analyses using SPSS 26.0 including Bland–Altman plots were used to assess the intra-examiner reproducibility. Shapiro–Wilk test was used to measure normality distribution. Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test was used to analyze the differences between bracket positions within each group. Results Although there were obvious positional discrepancies between several readings, they were still within clinically acceptable ranges. Conclusions All types of IBT would translate the planned position of the bracket from the digital and manual techniques to the teeth of patients with accepted precision in both linear and angular measurements; in addition, the error rate is about the same for all types of IBT. This trial is registered with NCT05549089.
The Influence of Islamic Banks and Sovereign Retail Sukuk on Economic Growth in Indonesia

This study aims to examine the short-term and long-term effects of Islamic banking financing and the development of sovereign Retail Sukuk (SR) on Indonesia's economic growth during the period 2009: Q1 to 2019: Q3. Islamic banking and Sukuk have the same essential role, namely in terms of financing or raising funds. Outstanding SR is used as an indicator of SR’s development in seeing its impact on Indonesia's economic growth. Through Dickey Fuller-Generalized Least Square (DF-GLS) analysis, Lag-Length Test, Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL), Cointegration Bound Testing, this study examines the effect of Islamic banking financing and the development of SR on economic growth. Total Sharia Bank financing and outstanding SR do not have long-term cointegration with Indonesia's economic growth. Meanwhile, in the short term, Indonesia's GDP is influenced positively by total Islamic Bank financing (TFIN) at lag 3 and negatively by the outstanding SR at lag 3 and 4. Researchers only examined the Islamic banking sector, specifically highlighting financing in Islamic banking and SR’s development through nominal outstanding on a quarterly scale. The limitations of the variables studied are becoming the limitations of this study. The government as a policymaker have to provide a support through cooperation between institutions and Medium and Small Enterprises (MSMEs) with Islamic banks in collecting and channeling financing, education, and outreach to the public. Consequently, the deepest layers need to be improved to make SR an individual investment instrument that can support Indonesia's economic growth. The research that examined SR with quantitative methods is still limited. Therefore, this study is expected to contribute to increasing liabilities in Islamic Finance, particularly in Retail Sukuk.
Evaluating Digital VHF Technology to Monitor Shorebird and Seabird Use of Offshore Wind Energy Areas in the Western North Atlantic

The use of digital VHF telemetry is expanding as a relatively light weight alternative to satellite-based technologies for tracking bird movements, though few studies have compared how they perform. During 2013, satellite telemetry and digital VHF telemetry were compared for estimating the length of stay, home ranges, and habitat characteristics of American Oystercatchers (Haematopus palliatus) on their breeding grounds in coastal Massachusetts, USA. American Oystercatchers (n = 5) were captured at their nest sites and tagged with both a 9.5 g solar-powered satellite transmitter, and a 1 g digitally coded VHF transmitter, and tracked using the Argos satellite system, an array of eight automated radio telemetry stations, and periodic land-based and aerial telemetry surveys. Estimates of mean minimum length of stay in the study area were slightly longer for satellite telemetry at 118 ± 12 days vs. digital VHF telemetry at 108 ± 11 days. Size estimates of mean (± SE) fixed kernel 95% utilization distributions were similar for satellite telemetry (22.53 ± 16.87 km) and VHF telemetry (27.27 ± 21.58 km), as were size estimates of 50% core-use areas (4.14 ± 2.99 km for satellite telemetry and 4.80 ± 4.05 km for VHF telemetry). Both satellite and VHF telemetry found tagged individuals most frequently occurring on coarse-grained sand beaches (mean proportion: 0.58 to 0.77), and salt to brackish marshes (mean proportion: 0.06 0.29). Despite a small sample size, digital VHF telemetry, when combined with automated radio telemetry stations and recurrent telemetry surveys, performed similarly to satellite telemetry for
Millerocaulis zamunerae sp. nov. (Osmundaceae) from Jurassic, geothermally influenced, wetland environments of Patagonia, Argentina

Sagasti, A.J., García Massini, J., Escapa, I.H. , Guido, D.M. & Channing, A. , August 2016. Millerocaulis zamunerae sp. nov. (Osmundaceae) from Jurassic geothermally influenced wetland environments of Patagonia, Argentina. Alcheringa 40, xxx–xxx. ISSN 0311-5518 A new species of Millerocaulis Erasmus ex. Tidwell emend. Vera is defined based on several permineralized stems recovered from geothermally influenced chert deposits in the Middle–Late Jurassic La Matilde Formation (Santa Cruz, Argentina). Millerocaulis zamunerae sp. nov. is characterized by the presence of an ectophloic dictyoxylic siphonostele, inner parenchymatic and outer sclerotic cortices, homogeneous sclerotic ring in the petiole bases, two masses of sclerenchyma lining the concavity of the petiolar vascular bundle, petiolar inner cortex with sclerenchyma strands in the outermost petiole cycles and stipular wings having one large and several smaller sclerenchyma bundles. Millerocaulis zamunerae inhabited geothermal wetlands and other hot-spring-related sedimentary facies associated with the La Bajada epithermal deposit. Reference to active geothermal wetlands, analogous living plants and other fossil hot spring ecosystems suggest the plant’s tolerance of physico-chemical stressors including elevated temperature, pH, salinity and phytotoxic metals/metalloids. Millerocaulis zamunerae thrived in wetlands preserved in the Jurassic geothermal systems of Santa Cruz Province, the same kind of environment in which Equisetum thermale Channing et al. was recorded previously. Ana Julia Sagasti [anajusagasti@gmail.com] División Paleobotánica, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Becaria Doctoral Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Paseo del Bosque S/N B1900FWA La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Juan García Massini [massini112@yahoo.com. ar] Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia Tecnológica de La Rioja (CRILAR), Provincia de La Rioja, UNLaR, SEGEMAR, UNCa, CONICET. Entre Ríos y Mendoza S/N, 5301 Anillaco, La Rioja Argentina. Ignacio H. Escapa [iescapa@mef.org. ar] Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Av. Fontana 140, U9100GYO, Trelew, Chubut, Argentina. Diego M. Guido [diegoguido@yahoo.com] Instituto de Recursos Minerales (INREMI), Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Calle 64 y 120, La Plata (1900), Argentina. Alan Channing [channinga@gmail.com] School of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.
Climate change projections for Australia

Atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases have increased over the past 200 years due to human activities. During the 20th century, the Earth warmed by about 0.6 degrees C and sea level rose by about 15 cm, Most of the warming observed over the last 50 years is due to human influences.
Personality traits and investment decision

This study aims at examining the relationship between personality traits and investment decision. The study used empirical research methodology using primary sources of information collected using structure questionnaire. Multiple linear regression was used to analyze the linear relationship between the personality dimensions and investment decision-making. The personality traits considered for the study are extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness. The study provided empirical evidence that the personality trait of conscientiousness and extroversion have a significant positive influence on the investment decision making process of retail investors. Similar, neuroticism has positive effect on investment decision of investor and statistically significant at 10 percent level of significance. The results of the study could help investors better understand their investment decision-making in terms of the influence of their personality. Financial advisors could also benefit from this study as it would allow them to correlate their clients’ personalities and decision-making tools and suggest the most appropriate investment strategies.
A Testing and Verification Approach to Tune Control Parameters of Cooperative Driving Automation Under False Data Injection Attacks

Control systems are used in safety-critical applications where tuning the system parameters is required to ensure safe and secure operation. The process of tuning these parameters can be arduous, time-consuming, and unreliable as they are dependent on the operating environment. In this paper, we discuss a testing and verification approach for tuning the control parameters of a secure cooperative adaptive cruise controller (CACC) while simultaneously testing the safety of the algorithm under false data injection (FDI) attacks. In our approach, we use particle swarm optimization (PSO) to tune the parameters of the controller and observer. The performance of the controller will be evaluated before and after the optimization of control and detection parameters. After employing several swarms, it was noticed that the global optimal solution is reached within 74 iterations, on average. In summary, the configurations found by each swarm ensured that a safe following distance was achieved throughout testing. In terms of FDI estimation, however, the more conservative configuration with the minimum optimal parameter values performed the best.
Improving sexual dysfunction through guided imagery music (GIM): A clinical trial study

BACKGROUND: Women with perfect health are strong foundations of a healthy and prosperous family life and suppressing the natural needs of women will have adverse effects on the intimacy and vitality of family members, especially in the field of sexual function. This study aimed to determine the effect of GIM on the level of sexual function in women with sexual dysfunction. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cluster randomized trial, which was conducted from 2018 to 2019 in the randomly selected comprehensive health centers of Isfahan, Iran, 72 women of reproductive age (two groups of 36 people) with sexual dysfunction were selected by convenience sampling method, and then, music-guided imagination was performed on the intervention group. No special intervention was performed in the control group. Data collection tools were demographic characteristics questionnaire and a standard questionnaire of the female sexual function index. RESULTS: There was no statistically significant difference in sexual function and demographic characteristics before the intervention between the two groups (P = 0/301). The results demonstrated that the overall score of sexual function in the intervention subjects was better than the control group (P = 0/003). Improvement of sexual function dimensions (desire, arousal, orgasm) was also significant in the intervention group compared to the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: GIM can be effective in improving women's sexual function. Providing this technique as a low-cost and affordable method is recommended to health experts in private and government clinics. This method can improve the mental health of the family and society.
Brain Tumour Detection Using Stacked Deep Learning Approaches

A brain tumour is a mass or uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the brain. tumours have different types and characteristics and have different treatments. Some tumours are noncancerous (benign tumours), some tumours are cancerous (malignant), and brain tumours can be of any type or size. Given the seriousness of this disease, it must be detected early in order to increase the chance of recovery for the patient. Early detection of the tumour plays a major role in the treatment of the patient, as early detection of the tumour would increase the chances of treatment for the patient. In this paper, we used a stacked scratch-built and transfer learning convolutional neural network model to detect brain tumour with high accuracy. The model was designed and implemented on two datasets. These datasets contain a set of images for brain tumour detection. For testing, we used our models, VGG16, VGG19, AlexNet, MobileNetV2 and InceptionResNetV2 individually and further improved the accuracy of the results by integrating all these models into one model and ultimately got better results than the previous models. Experimental results are excellent when compared with contemporary brain tumour detectors. Interestingly, we achieve between 99.5% to 100% success in detecting brain tumour based on recall, precision, and F1-Score,
What Information Does a ResNet Compress?

The information bottleneck principle (Shwartz-Ziv & Tishby, 2017) suggests that SGD-based training of deep neural networks results in optimally compressed hidden layers, from an information theoretic perspective. However, this claim was established on toy data. The goal of the work we present here is to test whether the information bottleneck principle is applicable to a realistic setting using a larger and deeper convolutional architecture, a ResNet model. We trained PixelCNN++ models as inverse representation decoders to measure the mutual information between hidden layers of a ResNet and input image data, when trained for (1) classification and (2) autoencoding. We find that two stages of learning happen for both training regimes, and that compression does occur, even for an autoencoder. Sampling images by conditioning on hidden layers' activations offers an intuitive visualisation to understand what a ResNets learns to forget.
Media Health Literacy on Preventive Health Behavior Among Indonesian Women

The understanding of media health literacy has been increasing for several decades, along with the basic concept of health literacy among women of the reproductive age group in Indonesia. Media health literacy has been advancing and becoming a strong concept based on the use of technology and the level of education in modern society. The perspective of media health literacy among women in Indonesia is distinguished by the depth of one’s educational background, which then influences their health decisions regarding preventive behaviors. Media health literacy has been significantly connected to health behavior. In contrast, this type of interaction creates a new meaning of media within the context of health literacy, which embodies the new definition of media health literacy. Meanwhile, health behaviors are dependent on the health literacy level, which is connected by the media, with a significant influence on public opinion and clinical procedure. As a result, it has a limitless ability to either reinforce or inhibit preventive health behaviors. As many as 12 Indonesian women with various educational backgrounds were involved in this study, which showed that perspective and preventive health behavior on cervical cancer are associated with media health literacy. The study also suggested the media health literacy pyramid, which stated that respondents’ educational background plays a vital role in influencing preventive health behaviors to make informed health decisions.
Urbanization progress influence upon regional desertification process in semi-arid zone

Relationship between urbanization progress and desertification process has been studied by using RS,GIS and GPS techniques and statistic method from 1987 to 2003 in typical area of Kubuqi desert.Results showed that urbanization levels of Dalate Banner gradually increased in this period that varied from 9.1% to 19.1%. There was highest increasing period of the urbanization progress after 1998,the urbanization level of yearly average increase ratio was 0.7% and higher than 0.53% of that before.Meantime,changing trend of desertification degree which was quantitative express of the desertification in whole view was decreased form 0.269 to 0.214 during this period.The changing trend was induced by area fluctuation of semi-mobile and semi-fixed dunes because 2.6% area of semi-mobile dunes and 12.3% area of semi-fixed dunes were unchangeable during 1987 to 1995.And,most changeable area of the semi-mobile and the semi-fixed dunes transferred to other sand-dune types and cropland.Analysis of relationship between the urbanization progress and the desertification process indicated that there was significant linear relation in 0.05 level[y=-0.0038x+0.3132(R = 0.6670.632=α0.05(8))]when the urbanization levels was less than 14%. Conversely,there was not significant relation while the urbanization levels were more than 14%. Therefore,the paper could confirm that urbanization progress impact on the desertification process has period characteristic in semi-arid zone of northern China.
Detraining and Retraining Effects from a Multicomponent Training Program on the Functional Capacity and Health Profile of Physically Active Prehypertensive Older Women

Background: Resuming a physical exercise program after a period of cessation is common in older women. Monitoring the responses during this detraining (DT) and retraining (RT) may allow us to analyze how the body reacts to an increase and a reduction in physical inactivity. Therefore, we conducted a follow-up training, DT, and RT in prehypertensive older women to analyze the response to these periods. Methods: Twenty-three prehypertensive older women (EG; 68.3 ± 2.8 years; 1.61 ± 0.44 m) performed 36 weeks of the multicomponent training program (MTP) followed by twelve weeks of DT plus eight weeks of RT. Fifteen prehypertensive older women (CG; 66.3 ± 3.2 years; 1.59 ± 0.37 m) maintained their normal routine. Functional capacity (FC), lipid, and hemodynamic profile were assessed before, during 24 and 36 weeks of the MTP, after 4 and 12 weeks of DT, and after 8 weeks of RT. Results: After 24 weeks of the MTP, only SBP did not improve. Four weeks of DT did not affect lower body strength (30-CS), TC, or GL. Eight weeks of RT improved BP (SBP: −2.52%; ES: 0.36; p < 0.00; DBP: −1.45%; ES: 0.44; p < 0.02), handgrip strength (3.77%; ES: 0.51; p < 0.00), and 30-CS (3.17%; ES: 0.38; p < 0.04) compared with 36 weeks of the MTP. Conclusions: Eight weeks of RT allowed patients to recover the benefits lost with detraining, which after only four weeks affected them negatively, and the systematic practice of exercise contributed to greater regulation of BP since 24 weeks of the MTP proved not to be enough to promote positive effects of SBP.
Anatomical and Functional Study of the Ostrich (Struthio camelus) Lung through Macroscopic Analysis in Combination with Optical and Electron Microscopy Techniques

Simple Summary Ostrich is increasingly becoming an important livestock due to its high-quality products, especially its healthy meat. We studied the morphology of the ostrich lung using various imaging techniques in order to understand how it functions. The major conducting intrapulmonary airways, the secondary bronchi, were superficially placed in close proximity to the intercostal muscles and had thin collapsible external walls, implying their plausible role in gas propulsion. Many attributes of the bronchi, including categories, numbers, and topographical arrangement, were comparable to those of the Chicken. The paleopulmonic region of the lung was better developed than the neopulmonic one, which appeared rudimentary. Adjacent parabronchi were not delineated by connective tissue septa as is the case in the archetypical avian lung, and the exchange tissue was only interrupted where conducting blood vessels occurred. The parabronchi were lined with shallow atria, and, in many cases, infundibulate were absent. Air capillaries formed the terminal gas exchange units in most cases, but occasionally atria were the terminal units. Air capillaries were associated with secretory cells, and blood capillaries were supported by epithelial plates. Abstract The Ostrich occupies a unique position as the largest bird on the planet. Like other ratites, it has been reputed to have a phylogenetically primitive lung. We used macroscopy, light microscopy, transmission and scanning electron microscopy as well as silicon rubber casting to elucidate the functional design of its lung and compare it with what is already documented for the avian species. The neopulmonic region was very small and poorly developed. The categories of the secondary bronchi (SB) present and their respective numbers included laterodorsal (8–10), lateroventral (4–5), medioventral (4–6) and posterior (16–24). The lateral aspects of the laterodorsals were covered with a transparent collapsible membrane internally lined with a squamous to cuboidal epithelium. The bulk of these SB were in close proximity to intercostal spaces and the intercostal muscles and were thought to be important in the propulsion of gases. The lung parenchyma was rigid, with the atria well supported by septa containing smooth muscles, connective tissue interparabronchial septa were absent, and blood capillaries were supported by epithelial bridges. There were two categories of epithelia bridges: the homogenous squamous type comprising two leaflets of type I cells and the heterogeneous type consisting of a type I pneumocyte and type II cell. Additional type two cells were found at the atrial openings as well as the walls of the infundibulae and the air capillaries. The atria were shallow and opened either directly into several air capillaries or into a few infundibulae. The presence of numerous type II cells and the absence of interparabronchial connective tissue septa may imply that the ostrich lung could be capable of some degree of compliance.