Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Analysis and Development of a Project Evaluation Process.

The Bonneville Power Administration has responsibility, assigned by the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-501; 16 USC 839), for implementing the Columbia River Basin Fish and Wildlife Program of the Northwest Power Planning Council. One aspect of this responsibility is evaluation of project proposals and ongoing and completed projects. This report recommends formalized procedures for conducting this work in an accurate, professional, and widely respected manner. Recommendations and justifications are based largely on interviews with federal and state agencies and Indian tribes in the Northwest and nationally. Organizations were selected that have evaluation systems of their own, interact with the Fish and Wildlife Program, or have similar objectives or obligations. Perspective on aspects to be considered were obtained from the social science of evaluation planning. Examples of procedures and quantitative criteria are proposed. 1 figure, 2 tables.
Received and Perceived Status of Health Management Information System (HMIS) Software: A Structural Equation Model (SEM) Approach

More thansupply the demand for health care usually determines the design of public health services. This is more so when technological developments, including that of information and communication technologies, pierce through the process of utilization of any service by the public. Although prior research papers have focused on the factors that impact on the adoptionof information technology, there are limited empirical research works that simultaneouslycapture technology factors (TAM, TAM2) and end-user development specific factors (perceived technology usage and intention to recommend) helping healthcare professionals to adopt Health Management Information System (HMIS) software in the healthcare environment. To fill this gap, the present paper used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the extended TAM model (TAM2) and identified the important determinants of user acceptance perceived risk and trust. This is specifically undertaken in order to describe ESIChealthcare professionals behavioral intention to adopt HMIS software services. The study was conducted in the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) main hospital and dispensaries in the Tirunelveli sub-region. The required data were collected from 171 ESIC healthcare professionals in the Tirunelveli sub-region. AStructural Equation Model (SEM) approach was used. Convergence anddivergence with earlier findings were found, confirming that Perceived Usefulness (PU), Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), social influence, facilitating conditions and training hadsignificant influence on the intention of healthcare professionals to adopt HMIS software. The study provideda basis for further refinement of technology adoption model.Improvingperceived usefulness factor (perceived long-term usefulness) may turn healthcare professionals towards adoption of HMIS.
Maturation Stage Does Not Affect Change of Direction Asymmetries in Young Soccer Players

Abstract Asimakidis, ND, Dalamitros, AA, Ribeiro, J, Lola, AC, and Manou, V. Μaturation stage does not affect change of direction asymmetries in young soccer players. J Strength Cond Res 36(12): 3440–3445, 2022—This study examined whether the stage of biological maturation can affect interlimb asymmetries during a change of direction (COD) test. Seventy-six young soccer players were divided into 2 different groups according to their peak height velocity stage (PHV): pre-PHV (n = 45, age = 11.8 ± 1.2 years, height = 149.8 ± 9.3 cm, body mass = 43.9 ± 11.2 kg) and post-PHV (n = 31, age = 14.4 ± 0.9 years, height = 170.0 ± 4.9 cm, body mass = 61.5 ± 8.9 kg). Subjects performed a 505 test to measure the completion time in both directions and a 20-m maximum sprint test. Change of direction deficit (CODD) was used as a measure for isolating COD ability. An independent sample t-test detected no significant differences between the asymmetry index values for the 505 test completion time when the pre-PHV group and the post-PHV group were compared (−3.49 ± 2.49% vs. −3.45 ± 2.47%, effect size [ES] = 0.02, p = 0.923). Similarly, the CODD asymmetry index indicated no differences between the 2 groups (−8.21 ± 5.95% vs. −7.37 ± 5.12%, ES = 0.15, p = 0.457). A paired sample t-test revealed that the values of the CODD asymmetry index were larger than those of the 505 asymmetry index (−7.88 ± 5.61% vs. −3.49 ± 2.46%, ES = 1.09, p < 0.001). According to these results, maturational status has no influence on the interlimb asymmetries of COD ability. Furthermore, subjects showed greater asymmetry values in CODD compared with the 505 test completion time, reinforcing that the evaluation of COD asymmetries should be based on CODD. As interlimb asymmetries are not altered during the maturation process, practitioners should address abnormal COD asymmetries early on during athletes' development processes.
European Beaver, Castor fiber, pinned by a felled tree

On the morning of 21 November 1987 we found the remains of an adult European Beaver (Castor fiber) in Southeast Norway (58°39'N, 7°58'E). The animal apparently died after being trapped by afelled tree. It is uncertain whether this beaver, or another, actually felled the tree, though beaver reportedly most aften fell trees alone (Wilsson 1971). Owesen (1979) reported that beaver run quickly to the side when a tree starts to fall. The felled aspen (Populus tremula) was about 40 cm in diameter at the base. The tronk had fallen across the Beaver's tail about 10 cm from the tip and 2 m from the stump of the tree. In an attempt to escape, the beaver had scraped a circular channel to the front and sides of where it lay. The carcass was frozen and still intact, suggesting that death had occurred recently. Beaver apparently ca.nnot prediet where a tree will fall. Wilsson (1971) observed that trees fall in all direetions, though more frequently towards shore simply because they often lean waterwards, or have better developed crowns on that side. North American Beaver (C. canadensis) have been reported trapped or killed by felled trees on four oeeasions (Table 1). Seotter and Scotter (1989) reported two, and Hitehcock (1954) reported one such death. These Beavers were dead when found. Ellarson and Hickey (1952) described the trapping
Accident characteristics in car-to-pedestrian impacts

Aim of this study was to show typical accident characteristics of car to pedestrian accidents. Data's origin were insurance records of the GDV, Munich, (German Insurance Association - Institute of Vehicle Safety). 1,200 car to pedestrian accidents were investigated by engineers and physicians. Evaluation was purely done in a descriptive way. The number of fatally injured pedestrians in car to pedestrian collisions has been reduced by 6.2% in 2000 compared to the year 1991 in Germany, but for there are about 9000 fatally injured and 200,000 severely injured pedestrians and bicyclists in the EU a year. The most severe accidents (MAIS 4 and 6) happened during frontal impacts (84% and 88%). The proportion of more serious and fatal injuries was higher in older victims (31 years and over). Half of all pedestrians killed on German roads were at least 60 years of age. Children at the age of up to 10 years are more often involved in side impacts than people at the age of 30 years and over (35% versus 25%). The most severe injuries in adults were seen in accidents where impact includes the windshield and/or the windshield frame. The body region mostly hit in children up to 10 years are head (44%) and upper leg (33%), in people over 10 years lower leg and knee (54%) followed by head (43%). This data show that older pedestrians carry higher risk of injury in general traffic occurrence. Children are more often involved in pedestrian side impacts than grown-ups. For the covering abstract see ITRD E121180.
In Search of Neighborhood: South End House and its Legacy for Sociology and Social Work

Using both primary and secondary sources, this historiography presents the little known history of the South End settlement house in Boston in order to establish its legitimacy in the development of both sociology and social work. Using specific examples from the settlement records, we show some of the contributions and consequences of the work of the South End House in shaping both disciplines in ways still visible today. We also probe substantive contributions that can be of use today as we continue the journey of studying, analyzing, and understanding social problems in order to ameliorate or solve them. The history narrative is told largely through the work of the South End House founder, Robert Woods, his work as sociologist and social worker as well as his associates, influences, and motivations.
Individual, team and organizational antecedents of explorative and exploitative innovation in manufacturing firms

Innovation is crucial for the long-term survival and growth of organizations. Many manufacturing companies face intense pressures to innovate and develop new products that meet customer requirements. A central component of success in new product development is the maintenance of a balance between exploration and exploitation. Exploration can be defined as the pursuit of new knowledge of things that might come to be known, exploitation as the use and development of things already known. Organizations encounter various challenges in balancing and organizing these activities as they entail inherent contradictions that need to be managed. This research provides new insights into the antecedents of exploration and exploitation on the individual, team and organizational level. It demonstrates that organizations pursuing both incremental and radical innovation should structure explorative and exploitative processes differently. Incremental innovation requires a functional structure, whereas radical innovation benefits from a cross-functional structure. Besides structural factors, this research stresses the relevance of cognitive factors in explaining innovation performance. In new product development teams, analytical processing of information has a positive impact on the performance of both explorative and exploitative innovation projects. Intuitive processing, however, only has a positive impact on performance of explorative innovation projects, where creativity and experimenting are important. In exploitative projects, where focus lies on efficiency and standardization, intuitive processing has a negative impact on project performance. Exploration and exploitation thus demand different organizational structures, but also different thinking styles. This research also shows how thinking styles of CEOs and investing in exploration and exploitation are linked. Finally, relationships between cognitive and structural factors and how they affect the evolution of exploration and exploitation within a firm are explored in a longitudinal study.
Airfoil lift with changing angle of attack

Tests have been made in the atmospheric wind tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to determine the effects of pitching oscillations upon the lift of an airfoil. It has been found that the lift of an airfoil, while pitching, is usually less than that which would exist at the same angle of attack in the stationary condition, although exceptions may occur when the lift is small or if the angle of attack is being rapidly reduced. It is also shown that the behavior of a pitching airfoil may be qualitatively explained on the basis of accepted aerodynamic theory.
Pilot Implementation of Optimized Aggregate Gradation for Concrete Paving

In an effort to identify the benefits of using optimized aggregate gradation (OAG) in paving concrete, three test sections were constructed; each in Wichita Falls (US287 northbound), Fort Worth (SH114B northbound), and Dallas (SH121 westbound) Districts. Both normal aggregate gradation (NAG) and OAG sections were placed side by side in Wichita Falls project. Only OAG sections were placed in Forth Worth and Dallas projects. Fresh and hardened concrete properties of NAG and OAG concretes in Wichita Falls project and OAG concrete in Fort Worth and Dallas projects were evaluated. For the evaluation of pavement performance as affected by the use of NAG and OAG concretes, efforts were made to measure early-age continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) performance indicators such as crack spacing and crack widths. Since the same cement contents and water-cement ratios were used in NAG and OAG concretes, there was little difference in strength-related hardened concrete properties. On the other hand, differences were observed in in-situ coefficient of thermal expansion (COTE) and drying shrinkage between NAG and OAG concretes, with lower values for OAG concrete. Even with lower in-situ COTE and drying shrinkage, more cracks formed in OAG concrete than in NAG concrete section, which signifies the effects of other factors such as setting temperatures on cracking behavior of CRCP. It is expected that better long-term performance will be achieved with OAG concrete due to the lower values of COTE and drying shrinkage.
Guidance manual for constructed wetlands.

This Guidance Manual was produced to provide up to date information on the design, costs, construction, operation and maintenance of constructed wetlands used for the treatment of highway runoff. Information is provided on the different types of wetlands and their mode of operation, the design and planting of a wetland system and the retrofitting of treatment structures, the performance and costs of wetlands and their operation and maintenance requirements. The benefits of wetlands in encouraging wildlife and improving the landscape are discussed. The implementation of Sustainable Drainage systems (SuDS) and the use of decision support approaches for selecting SuDS systems are considered. Recommendations are made for future research.
Fouling behaviours of two stages microalgae/membrane filtration system applied to palm oil mill effluent treatment

Fouling by solids and microorganisms is the major obstacle limiting the efficient use of membrane wastewater treatment. In our previous study, two stages microalgae/membrane filtration system was proposed to treat anaerobic digested palm oil mill effluent (AnPOME). This two stages microalgae/membrane filtration system had showed great potential for the treatment of AnPOME with high removal of COD, NH3-N, PO4 , TSS, turbidity, and colour. However, fouling behavior of the membrane in this two stages microalgae/membrane filtration system was still unknown. In this study, empirical models that describe permeate flux decline for dead-end filtration (pore blocking complete, intermediate, and standard; and cake layer formation) presented by Hermia were used to fit the experimental results in identifying the fouling mechanism under different experimental conditions. Both centrifuged and non-centrifuged samples were taken from the medium with 3 days RT intervals, from day 0 to day 12 to study their influence on fouling mechanisms described by Hermia for ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration (NF), and reverse osmosis (RO) filtration mode. Besides, a more detailed study on the use of resistance-in-series model for dead-end filtration was done to investigate the fouling mechanisms involved in membrane filtration of AnPOME collected after microalgae treatment. The results showed that fouling of UF and NF membrane was mainly caused by cake layer formation and it was also supported by the analysis for resistance-in-series model. Whereas, fouling of RO membrane was dominated by concentration polarization. 1) Senior Lecturer 2) Post Graduate Student 3), 4) Professor
Public Transport Subsidies In The UK: Evidence of Distributional Effects

In this study, a travel propensity analysis is applied to data from the United Kingdom (1995-1997) to determine how much different population groups benefit from public transport subsidies. The travel propensity approach determines to what degree different population groups depend on public transport and hence how much they benefit more from public transport subsidies. General bus subsidies were found to predominantly benefit lower income households, women, and those aged below 24 or above 60. Railway subsidies, on the other hand, benefit the rich, the working age commuter and business travelers and the young adults making shopping, social and other trips. The distributional effects of bus subsidies have become more progressive over time. The opposite is evident for rail.
Multi-centers clinicopathological prognosis study of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of urogenital system in China

Purpose: We aimed at investigate a series of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMTs) of urogenital system in multi-centers in China. Materials and methods: Within the pathologic databases at West China Hospital of Sichuan University and the Third People’s Hospital of Chengdu, we identified 33 individuals with IMTs from May 2009 to January 2019 Results: A total of 33 patients with IMTs of urogenital system were identified. The median age of all the individuals was 39.5 years (range 0-74 years). The most common presentations were hematuria (13patients), pain (12 patients), and mass (12 patients). In addition, other clinical symptoms included dysuria, urinary frequency, and fever. Fourteen individuals were diagnosed with anemia, including 10 mild anemia patients and 4 moderate anemia cases. Moreover, neutrophil was the dominant inflammatory cell type. The main positive markers of immunohistochemistry staining included SMA (22/25), MSA (8/9), CD34 (15/17), and CD68 (3/3). Surgery resection was the sole treatment for all the patients. Follow- up was available in 23 patients during a median follow-up period of 78.3 months (range 19.2-118.8 months), and either recurrence or metastasis was detected in any patients except one patients died from retroperitoneum IMTs. Conclusion: This study confirmed that urogenital system IMTs, with potential of recurrence or metastasis, are extremely rare. In summary, although favorable prognosis was observed in IMTs of urogenital system, closely follow-up is essential and needed.
The effect of temperature on the okra drying process: kinetic study and physical properties of powders

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of drying temperature (50, 60, 70 and 80 °C) on okra dehydration by comparing its powder’s physical properties obtained from a sample produced by a lyophilization process. Ten drying models were adjusted to the experimental data of the drying kinetics. As a result, effective diffusivity and activation energy were determined in addition to thermodynamic parameters: entropy, enthalpy and Gibbs free energy. A physical characterization, as well as the pigments and colorimetry analyses of the aforementioned powders were made, by comparing them with samples produced by lyophilization. The powders were characterized for hygroscopicity, solubility, wettability, apparent and compacted density, fluidity and cohesiveness, pigments, colorimetric, morphological analysis (SEM) and X-ray diffraction. Midilli model was the one that best adjusted to the drying kinetic curves. There was a booster in the effective diffusion coefficient with the increase of temperature. Enthalpy and entropy were reduced with the increase of both drying temperature and Gibbs free energy. The powders presented high luminosity, and the lyophilized powder had higher pigments retention and greater solubility. All powders presented poor fluidity and intermediate cohesiveness, with amorphous, irregular and asymmetric particles. Thus, from the present study it was possible to evaluate the best drying method, the one that should be applied for the drying of okra, considering the costs involved, its quality and the final application of the product, meeting the specific needs of each consumer
Contributions of Platform Motion to Simulator Training Effectiveness. Study 2. Aerobatics

Abstract : A transfer of training design was used to evaluate the contributions of simulator training with synergistic six-degrees-of-freedom platform motion to the acquisition of aerobatic skills in the novice pilot. Thirty-six undergraduate pilot trainees with no previous jet piloting experience were randomly assigned to one of three treatment group (n=12): (a) Motion, (b) No- Motion, and (c) Control. Those students assigned to the Control group received the standard syllabus of preflight and flightline instruction. The students in the two experimental conditions received five sorties, in the Advanced Simulator for Pilot Training (ASPT), covering instruction on basic and advanced aerobatic tasks. All students received the same amount of training on each task, that is, a fixed number of repetitions per task. Student performance in the ASPT was evaluated periodically throughout the pretraining phase by the use of Instructor Pilot ratings for overall task performance and of special data cards. Following three missions of instruction in the ASPT on the basic aerobatics tasks (Aileron Roll, Split 'S', Loop, Lazy 8), the student advanced to the flightline for T-37 instruction. Upon completion of the basic block, the students returned for 2 ASPT instructional sorties on the advanced aerobatic tasks (Barrel Roll, Immelmann, Cuban 8, and Clover Leaf). The ASPT training was followed by the corresponding aircraft instructional block. Airborne performance was evaluated by the flightline instructor pilot using the same data card format used during the ASPT phase.
Fabrication and Supercapacitor Applications of Multiwall Carbon Nanotube Thin Films

Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are a one-dimensional nanomaterial with several desirable material properties, including high mechanical tensile modulus and strength, high electrical conductivity, and good thermal conductivity. A wide variety of techniques have been optimized to synthesize MWCNTs and to fabricate thin films of MWCNTs. These synthesis and fabrication methods vary based on precursor materials, process parameters, and physical and chemical principals, and have a strong influence on the properties of the nanotubes and films. Thus, the fabrication methods determine the performance of devices that can exploit the advantageous material properties of MWCNTs. Techniques for the fabrication of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube thin films are reviewed, followed by a discussion of the use of MWCNTs as an electrode material for electrochemical double-layer supercapacitors (EDLCs). EDLCs feature high power density, excellent reversibility and lifetime, and improved energy density over electrolytic capacitors. Beyond surveying fabrication techniques previously explored for MWCNT electrodes, an alternative approach based on inkjet printing capable of depositing a small amount of active material is discussed. Such an approach allows for a high degree of control over electrode properties and can potentially reduce cost and active material waste, which are essential components to the gradual conversion to green energy.
Możliwości zdalnego wykrywania par alkoholu w kabinie pojazdu

Investigations of the developed model of the device for stand-off detection of alcohol vapours were carried out. To simulate the car cabins special glass tubes were used. Concentrations of the examined vapours in the tubes corresponded to the concentrations exhaled by a person under the influence of alcohol. To simulate appropriate concentration of the alcohol vapours a special device was built. (Possibilities of stand-off detection of alcohol in car cabins)