Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Advanced Analysis of Electrodermal Activity Measures to Detect the Onset of ON State in Parkinson’s Disease

Background: Electrodermal activity (EDA) serves as a prominent biosignal for assessing sympathetic activation across various scenarios. Prior research has suggested a connection between EDA and fluctuations in Parkinson’s disease (PD), but its precise utility in reliably detecting these fluctuations has remained unexplored. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of both basic and advanced analyses of EDA changes in identifying the transition to the ON state following dopaminergic medication administration in individuals with PD. Methods: In this observational study, 19 individuals with PD were enrolled. EDA was continuously recorded using the Empatica E4 device, worn on the wrist, during the transition from the OFF state to the ON state following levodopa intake. The raw EDA signal underwent preprocessing and evaluation through three distinct approaches. A logistic regression model was constructed to assess the significance of variables predicting the ON/OFF state, and support vector machine (SVM) models along with various Neural Network (NN) configurations were developed for accurate state prediction. Results: Differences were identified between the ON and OFF states in both the time and frequency domains, as well as through the utilization of convex optimization techniques. SVM and NN models demonstrated highly promising results in effectively distinguishing between the OFF and ON states. Conclusions: Evaluating sympathetic activation changes via EDA measures holds substantial promise for detecting non-motor fluctuations in PD. The SVM algorithm, in particular, yields precise outcomes for predicting these non-motor fluctuation states.
Causal Analysis on Actual Water Flow Reduction in the Mainstream of the Yellow River

In recent 10 years, actual water flow in the mainstream of the Yellow River have been decreasing, ranging from 20% to 65% compared with the previous average inflow. THe cut-off of the lower Yellow River in successive years in the 1990s has attracted the world's attention. According to the previous studies and observational data, this paper analysed quantitatively actual water flow reduction and its root causes in the mainstream of the Yellow River based on the characteristics in climate change (eg. precipitation variation), impact of human activities (eg. constant increase in water use for national economy), and eco-environmental water demand. Results showed that actual water flow reduction was mainly caused by climate change (75%) in the upper Yellow River while it was affected by human activities (57%) in the middle reaches (Hekouzhen-Huayuankou section) especially since the late 1970s.
Prevalence of Azole-Resistant Aspergillus Section Fumigati Strains Isolated from Romanian Vineyard Soil Samples

The relationship between fungal species and their resistance patterns in vineyard soils has important implications for agriculture and medicine. This study explored the prevalence of Aspergillus section Fumigati species and their resistance to azole compounds in Romanian vineyard soils. Methods: A total of 265 soil samples from various Romanian vineyards were screened for fungi resistant to azoles. Results: Aspergillus section Fumigati isolates exhibited significant resistance to itraconazole and voriconazole, but no azole-resistant Aspergillus fumigatus strains were detected. Six percent of the samples were positive for Aspergillus section Fumigati strains, all of which were azole-resistant. The strains were mainly Aspergillus udagawae (93.75%) and Aspergillus lentulus (6.25%). The predominant azole-resistant Aspergillus species were Aspergillus section Nigri strains, which were found in 75 soil samples. Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of understanding fungal resistance in vineyard soils for both the agricultural and clinical sectors. The presence of resistant strains may affect vine health and wine production while also constituting a challenge in the selection of effective treatments against severe and potentially fatal fungal infections in humans, stressing the importance of species-specific antifungal resistance knowledge.
An Innovative Approach to Reduce Bursting and Spalling Stresses at Anchorage Zone of Post-Tensioned Member Incorporating Different Types of Reinforcement Configuration

The intricacies inherent in comprehending stress distribution within the proximity of the termination section of a post-tensioned member, specifically the anchorage zone, underscore the need for precise and viable assessment methods for regions susceptible to heightened stress levels. This study presents a meticulous approach for evaluating anchorage zone stresses, particularly bursting and spalling stresses, utilizing three-dimensional stress distribution using FE analysis employing the ABAQUS program. The effectiveness of the finite element model was verified through a mesh sensitivity analysis. In the evaluation of anchorage zone stresses, multiple anchorage zone reinforcement configurations were meticulously modeled, encompassing distribution ratios (the ratio of the depth of the anchor plate to that of the anchorage zone) spanning from 0.2 to 0.9. This comprehensive analysis facilitated the examination of stress variations, specifically bursting and spalling stresses, across the span of the anchorage zone. Various attempts were made to mitigate these stresses, employing innovative reinforcement configurations, which were systematically compared with conventional counterparts. The outcomes of this study distinctly illustrate that regions experiencing excessive stress levels are efficiently managed with the implementation of suitable reinforcement configurations. The results demonstrate that both bursting and spalling stresses can be effectively controlled in post-tensioned specimens' anchorage zones, achieving reductions of 62% and 33%, respectively, through the strategic deployment of proposed advanced reinforcement configurations.
Anti-GQ1b Antibody Syndrome Presented as Locked-In Syndrome: A Rare Case Report

Anti-GQ1b antibodies are considered a hallmark of Miller-Fisher syndrome (MFS), a rare variant of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). The typical clinical presentation of MFS includes ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and areflexia. Here, we present an unusual case of a 65-year-old man with acute-onset quadriplegia and bulbar weakness resembling locked-in syndrome. Imaging studies did not show structural lesions as a cause for his clinical symptoms. Nerve conduction studies showed severe axonal sensory-motor polyneuropathy. Serum studies were all negative except for a positive anti-GQ1b antibody. He was treated with plasmapheresis as MFS, with a quick improvement in muscle strength. Our case report provided further information on the clinical variation of anti-GQ1b syndrome. Physicians should pay more attention to unusual presentations of anti-GQ1b syndrome because, when it is recognized early with prompt treatment, patients are expected to have a good recovery.
Incidence of Preeclampsia and Cesarean Section Rate According to the Robson Classification

Objectives The objective of this study was to determine the incidence of preeclampsia and associated cesarean section (CS) rate according to the Robson classification. Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on a total of 670 women who delivered at a tertiary care hospital in Thailand during January to March 2023. All women were classified into 10 groups according to the Robson classification, and preeclampsia was identified. Overall and group-specific incidence of preeclampsia and CS rate were estimated. Comparison of CS rate was made between those with and without preeclampsia using the Chi-squared test. Relative risks (RR) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals were estimated. Results The majority of women were in group 1 (34%) and group 3 (30.7%). Overall CS rate was 40.6% with highest contribution from group 1, 5, and 10. Incidence of preeclampsia was 9.1%, and the majority were in groups 10 (29.5%) and 1 (23%). Preeclampsia significantly increased the rate of overall CS (RR 1.8, p<0.001). The risk of CS significantly increased in group 1 (RR 1.8, p=0.043), group 3 (RR 3.5, p=0.025), and group 10 (RR 1.9, p=0.006). Preeclampsia accounted for 15.4% of all CS, with the highest contribution in group 2 (37.5%), group 10 (31.1%), group 3 (16.7%), and group 1 (10.8%). Without preeclampsia, the overall CS rate was relatively reduced by 6.9%, with the largest relative reduction in group 10 (14.3%), group 3 (11.5%), group 2 (6.3%), and group 1 (5.2%). Conclusion The incidence of preeclampsia was 9.1%, and preeclampsia significantly increased the rate of overall CS. Without preeclampsia, overall CS rate relatively reduced by 6.9% but did not significantly change the relative contribution of CS according to the Robson classification.
The Mediating Role of Dynamic Leadership towards the Relationship between Knowledge-Sharing Behaviour and Innovation Performance in Higher Education

Knowledge sharing among academics is critical for innovation and growth in higher education institutions. However, introducing a knowledge-sharing culture can be challenging. This study investigates factors influencing lecturer knowledge sharing and innovation in Indonesian universities, which aims to improve their global competitiveness. Adopting the theory of planned behaviour, this research examines how attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioural control shape lecturers' knowledge-sharing intentions and behaviours. It also analyses how knowledge sharing and dynamic leadership drive innovative work behaviours. An online survey of 357 lecturers from 38 Indonesian universities revealed that while attitude did not significantly influence knowledge-sharing intention, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control did. Additionally, knowledge-sharing intention strongly predicted actual knowledge-sharing behaviour. Moreover, dynamic leadership mediated the relationship between knowledge-sharing behaviour and innovation. These results highlight the pivotal role of dynamic leadership in translating knowledge sharing into innovation. More empirical research should investigate potential interventions to foster lecturer knowledge sharing and innovation across educational systems and cultural contexts. This study provides theoretical insights and practical recommendations for higher education leaders seeking to leverage knowledge sharing and dynamic leadership for organisational improvement.
Geodynamic significance of the Cenozoic deposits in the southern Peruvian forearc (16°25’S to 17°15’S): constraints by facies analysis and sediment provenance.

Cenozoic sediments in southern Peru are responses of a complex interaction of active geodynamics and sedimentation, which is conspicuous of the Central Andes tectonics. By combining multimethodic analysis on single grain heavy minerals, it is possible to constraint uplift and exhumation history of the sedimentary basin borders in southern Peru and explain consistently sedimentation processes. The results reveal that Cenozoic sediments in southern Peru are coarse-grained deltas deposited since ~30 Ma as consequence of simultaneous uplift of the Coastal Cordillera and Western Cordillera.
The World Input-Output Database (WIOD): Contents, Sources and Methods

The World Input-Output Database has been developed to analyse the effects of globalization on trade patterns, environmental pressures and socio-economic development across a wide set of countries. The database covers 27 EU countries and 13 other major countries in the world for the period from 1995 to 2009. It is downloadable at http://www.wiod. org/database/index.htm. Length: 74 pages
The Mean and Near-Inertial Velocity Fields in a Warm-Core Ring

Abstract Velocity and temperature profiles collected in warm-core ring 82-I in January 1983 are used to describe the mean and fluctuating fields of the ring. The ring was relatively small, containing no Sargasso See water. Its signature vanished below 600 m and its velocity maximum was 50 cm s−1 at 35 km radius. The mean flow was in cyclogeostrophic balance and much of the core in solid body rotation with vorticity −0.5f. Potential vorticity was uniform along isopycnals below the depth of atmospheric influence. Horizontal Reynolds-stress forces did not contribute significantly to the mean momentum balance. Downward-propagating near-inertial waves account for the most energetic of the fluctuating velocities. Energy levels four times greater than typically observed were found inside the ring, consistent with the expectation of trapping and critical-layer amplification of near-inertial waves in regions of negative vorticity as a consequence of a depressed lower bound of the internal waveband, feff = f + ζ/2.
Fashion Library: Bridging Environmental Sustainability and Innovative Marketing for a Sustainable Future

The UN Environment Programme states that thefashion business is the additional largest user of water while emitting 8 to 10% of global carbon. Fashion Libraries, a novel idea in India as a form of pooling or renting are considered as possible paths to sustainable clothing. Research in foreign counties has associated the acceptance of fashion libraries with psychological, social, and financial risks among others. The rationale of this study is to find out the acceptance and perception of fashion libraries; identify the early adopters of fashion libraries, the risk associated, and the decision-making factors for becoming members of collaborative fashion consumption. Further, the exploratory study aims to obtain a psychographic valuation of Collaborative Fashion library users/potential users and comprehend their cause and factors for joining it.Data were collected through structured questionnaires administered to 410 respondents across various cities of Gujarat, India with respondents in the 18 to 60 age group. Statistical tools like Exploratory factor analysis, ANOVA testing, and correlation were used to corroborate the results.The effect of the exploratory study identified three early adopter segments –Early adopters of fashion, Fashion Influencers with environmental concerns, and Possible Green early adopters. The acceptance of these libraries was based on certain factors like sustainability, hygiene and cleanliness, store layout, easy accessibility to store location, product width and depth availability in all sizes, styles, designs, and good maintenance of the garments.
Pore-preserving mechanism of chlorite rims in tight sandstone——an example from the T_3x Formation of Baojie area in the transitional zone from the central to southern Sichuan Basin

The occurrence,forming conditions,and pore-preserving mechanism of chlorite rims in the Upper Triassic Xuejiahe Formation of Baojie area from central to southern Sichuan basin were studied in detail by means of thin section analysis and SEM analysis.The result shows that chlorite rims grew vertically on the grain surface and took the shape of isopachous grain-coating.This kind of cement was formed during the early diagenetic stage and was controlled mainly by depositional environment and provenance conditions.The presence of chlorite rims enhanced the compaction resistance of rock,inhibited quartz overgrowth on detrital-quartz grains,accelerated dissolution and formed excellent pore-throat configuration.Therefore,the chlorite rims played an important role in the preservation of residual primary pores in the tight sandstone reservoirs in the study area.
"Consumption Patterns: Empirical Analysis in Greece and the EU"

This paper analyses the structure of the consumption patterns in Greece and the European Union and examines the convergence hypothesis of these patterns during the last fifteen -year period. The convergence hypothesis is tested by using a statistical and econometrical framework. The analysis covers Greece and 14 other countries of the European Union, as well as 2 sub-groups of these countries (Euro zone and Mediterranean countries) for the time period 1993-2007. The estimated results become more robust when adding control variables to the analysis and tend to accept the convergence hypothesis.
Solar Observations by Angelo Secchi. I. Digitization of Original Documents and Analysis of Group Numbers over the Period of 1853–1878

Angelo Secchi, an Italian Jesuit and prominent scientist of the 19th century, and one of the founders of modern astrophysics, observed the Sun regularly at the Collegio Romano in Rome, Italy, for more than 25 yr. Results from his observations are reported in articles published in the scientific journals of the time, as well as in drawings and personal notebooks that are stored in the historical archive of the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma. The latter material, which reports solar observations performed from 1853–1878, includes original documents from Secchi and from a few of his close collaborators. The above unique material has recently been digitized for preservation purposes and for allowing the scientific exploitation of data not easily accessible so far. A total of more than 5400 digital images have been produced. Here we present the archival material and the new digital data derived from it. We also present results obtained from our primary analysis of the new digital data. In particular, we produced new measurements of the group number from 1853–1878, which will be available for future recalibration of the group number series.
Discovery and Timing of Millisecond Pulsars in the Globular Cluster M5 with FAST and Arecibo

We report on a comprehensive multiwavelength study of the pulsars in the globular cluster (GC) M5, including the discovery of M5G, a new compact noneclipsing “black widow” pulsar. Thanks to the analysis of 34 yr of radio data taken with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope and Arecibo telescopes, we obtained new phase-connected timing solutions for four pulsars and improved those of the other three. These have resulted in, among other things, (a) much improved proper motions for five pulsars, with transverse velocities (relative to the cluster) that are smaller than their respective escape velocities; (b) 3σ and 1. 5σ detections of Shapiro delays in M5F and M5D, respectively; and (c) greatly improved measurement of the periastron advance in M5B, whose value of ω̇=0. °01361(6) implies that M5B is still likely to be a heavy ( mp=1.981−0.088+0.038M⊙ ) neutron star. The binary pulsars M5D, M5E, and M5F are confirmed to be in low-eccentricity binary systems, the low-mass companions of which are newly identified to be He white dwarfs using Hubble Space Telescope data. Four pulsars are also found to be associated with X-ray sources. Similarly to the eclipsing pulsar M5C, M5G shows little or no nonthermal X-ray emission, indicative of weak synchrotron radiation produced by intrabinary shocks. All seven pulsars known in M5 have short spin periods (<8 ms), and five are in binary systems with low orbital eccentricities. These characteristics differ from the overall GC pulsar population but confirm the expectations for the pulsar population in a cluster with a small rate of stellar encounters per binary system.
Ethnicity and IgA nephropathy: worldwide differences in epidemiology, timing of diagnosis, clinical manifestations, management and prognosis

ABSTRACT Immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN), the most common primary glomerulonephritis, is one of the major causes of end-stage renal disease. Significant variances in epidemiology, clinical manifestation, timing of diagnosis, management and renal prognosis of IgAN have been reported worldwide. The incidence of IgAN is the most frequent in Asia, followed by Europe, and lower in Africa. Moreover, Asian patients show more frequent acute lesions in renal histology and present poorer renal outcomes compared with Caucasians. The comorbidities also show the difference between Asians and Caucasians. Although the frequency of gross hematuria with upper respiratory tract infection is not different, comorbidities with gastrointestinal diseases are reported to be higher in Europe. Recently, genetic studies for variant ethnic patients revealed widely ranging genetic risks in each ethnicity. A genetic risk score is most elevated in Asians, intermediate in Europeans and lowest in Africans, consistent with the disease prevalence of IgAN globally. Ethnic variance might be highly affected by the difference in genetic background. However, it is also essential to mention that the different timing of diagnosis due to variant urinary screening systems and the indication for renal biopsy in different countries may also contribute to these variances. The management of IgAN also varies internationally. Currently, several novel therapies based on the pathogenesis of IgAN are being assessed and are expected to become available soon. Further understanding the ethnic variance of IgAN might help establish individualized care for this disease. Here, we review the issues of ethnic heterogeneities of IgAN.
The contribution of a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) and other TNF superfamily members in pathogenesis and progression of IgA nephropathy

ABSTRACT Advances in our understanding of the pathogenesis of immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) have led to the identification of novel therapeutic targets and potential disease-specific treatments. Specifically, a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of IgAN, mediating B-cell dysregulation and overproduction of pathogenic galactose-deficient IgA1 (Gd-IgA1). Animal and clinical studies support the involvement of APRIL in the pathogenesis and progression of IgAN. An elevated level of APRIL is found in IgAN when compared with controls, which correlates with the level of Gd-IgA1 and associates with more severe disease presentation and worse outcomes. Conversely, anti-APRIL therapy reduces pathogenic Gd-IgA1 and IgA immune complex formation and ameliorates the severity of kidney inflammation and injury. Genome-wide association studies in IgAN have identified TNFSF13 and TNFRSF13B, a cytokine ligand-receptor gene pair encoding APRIL and its receptor, respectively, as risk susceptibility loci in IgAN, further supporting the causal role of the APRIL signalling pathway in IgAN. Several novel experimental agents targeting APRIL, including atacicept, telitacicept, zigakibart and sibeprenlimab, are currently under investigation as potential therapies in IgAN. Preliminary results suggest that these agents are well-tolerated, and reduce levels of Gd-IgA1, with corresponding improvement in proteinuria. Further studies are ongoing to confirm the safety and efficacy of anti-APRIL approaches as an effective therapeutic strategy in IgAN.
A Basinwide Estimate of Vertical Mixing in the Upper Pycnocline: Spreading of Bomb Tritium in the North Pacific Ocean

Abstract The vertical diffusivity KV in the upper half-kilometer of the North Pacific subtropical pycnocline is estimated from observations of the spreading rate of anthropogenic tritium. The calculation is based on approximately 300 ocean tritium profiles made since tritium was introduced to the atmosphere via bomb testing in the 1960s. The data coverage does not permit detailed mapping of tritium penetration, especially in the sparsely sampled western Pacific. For this reason, and to minimize advective effects, the spreading rate is averaged within the closed streamlines of the subtropical gyre spanning ∼5°N to ∼40°N. The result, KV = (1.5 ± 0.7) × 10−5 m2 s−1, is consistent with inferences from microstructure and purposefully released tracer measurements in the North Atlantic, confirming that the spatially averaged rate of mixing in the upper pycnocline is substantially lower than the canonical Munk estimate for the lower pycnocline.