Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Inhabitant actions and summer overheating risk in London dwellings

ABSTRACT An indoor overheating assessment study of 101 London dwellings during summer 2009 is presented. The study included building surveys, indoor dry bulb temperature monitoring and a questionnaire survey on occupant behaviour, including the operation of passive and active ventilation, cooling and shading systems. A theoretical London housing stock comprising 3456 combinations of building geometry, orientations, urban patterns, fabric retrofit and external weather was simulated using the EnergyPlus thermal modelling software. A statistical meta-model of EnergyPlus was then built by regressing the independent variables (simulation input) against the dependent variables (overheating risk). The monitoring and questionnaire data were analysed to explore the relationship between self-reported behaviour and overheating, and to test the meta-model. The monitoring data indicated that London homes and, in particular, bedrooms are already at risk of overheating during hot spells under the current climate. Around 70% of respondents tended to open only one or no windows at night mainly due to security reasons. An improvement in the coefficient of determination (R2) values between measured temperature and meta-model predictions was obtained only for those dwellings where occupants reported actions that were in line with the modelling assumptions, thus highlighting the importance of occupant behaviour for overheating.
Mitochondrial phylogenomics provides insights into the phylogeny and evolution of spiders (Arthropoda: Araneae)

Spiders are among the most varied terrestrial predators, with highly diverse morphology, ecology, and behavior. Morphological and molecular data have greatly contributed to advances in the phylogeny and evolutionary dynamics of spiders. Here, we performed comprehensive mitochondrial phylogenomics analysis on 78 mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) representing 29 families; of these, 23 species from eight families were newly generated. Mesothelae retained the same gene arrangement as the arthropod ancestor (Limulus polyphemus), while Opisthothelae showed extensive rearrangement, with 12 rearrangement types in transfer RNAs (tRNAs) and control region. Most spider tRNAs were extremely truncated and lacked typical dihydrouridine or TΨC arms, showing high tRNA structural diversity; in particular, trnS1 exhibited anticodon diversity across the phylogeny. The evolutionary rates of mitochondrial genes were potentially associated with gene rearrangement or truncated tRNAs. Both mitogenomic sequences and rearrangements possessed phylogenetic characteristics, providing a robust backbone for spider phylogeny, as previously reported. The monophyly of suborder, infraorder, retrolateral tibial apophysis clade, and families (except for Pisauridae) was separately supported, and high-level relationships were resolved as (Mesothelae, (Mygalomorphae, (Entelegynae, (Synspermiata, Hypochilidae)))). The phylogenetic positions of several families were also resolved (e.g., Eresidae, Oecobiidae and Titanoecidae). Two reconstructions of ancestral web type obtained almost identical results, indicating that the common ancestor of spiders likely foraged using a silk-lined burrow. This study, the largest mitochondrial phylogenomics analysis of spiders to date, highlights the usefulness of mitogenomic data not only for providing efficient phylogenetic signals for spider phylogeny, but also for characterizing trait diversification in spider evolution.
Characterization of Harmonic Generation by Spring Contacts in Mobile Devices

Spring contacts are used in mobile communication devices to connect metal planes near the antennas. Inappropriate design of the spring contacts will cause harmonic generation at the contact which can deteriorate receiver sensitivity at the harmonic frequency. In this article, the passive radio frequency (RF) harmonic generation phenomenon on spring contacts is studied. A spring contact harmonic generation measurement system is developed. The measurement system comprises of spring contact test vehicle, force sensor, xyz-stage with step motors, and RF path. The factors that may have an impact on the spring contact harmonic generation, such as contact material, contact force, and contact resistance are investigated. It is found that the overall harmonics generated at the spring contact decreased as the contact force increased. The gold-to-gold contact is found to be superior to the stainless-steel contacts. Indications are found that the nonlinearity at the stainless-steel spring contact is the combination of metal-insulator-metal junctions and p-n junctions formed by the surface oxide layer on the stainless steel. Recommendations to reduce the harmonic generation are discussed.
A Phenomenological Analysis of the Experience of Analogical Thinking in Graphic Design Elaborations

: Analogical thinking is one of the thinking processes that is associated with creativity. This paper explores how it is experienced in Graphic Design elaborations using Computer Graphic Technology (CGT). Data are collected through concurrent and retrospective probing from three undergraduates and analysed through phenomenological reduction to identify the constituents and elements of the creative analogy's general psychological structure. The findings show that the general structure of the creative analogical experience is a relationship between three constituents namely 1) the experience of recalling knowledge or information, 2) the use of knowledge for ideation and 3) the use of knowledge to conclude ideas. The findings also show that the underlying elements of these constituents are conceptual(declarative) and technical(procedural) knowledge and its combinations that are consistent with the theories of analogical thinking. This article concludes with recommendations for future research and insights on its implementation in Design Education.
Measuring social tourism sustainability in Porto municipality: the views of residents

In the previous decade, tourism planning and destination management efforts have focused on sustainability, particularly in its environmental pillar. In the last years though (and especially in destinations with high growth rates and risks of over-tourism) the social dimension has gained importance, also as a consequence of increasing awareness about the need and relevance of governance for the sector. The aim of this paper is thus to address the phenomenon of (over)tourism in the Porto area, and more recently, the zero tourism: how is tourism affecting residents´ life from their own perspective? ETIS -European toolkit for sustainable destination management was the indicator system used to develop this exercise, once it has already been adapted to the country's reality by the national tourism authority (Turismo de Portugal). Results concerning residents´ and local authority representatives’ feelings about tourism and implications to the local community, both from an economic and cultural environment perspective, how these affect the quality of life in the historical centers, are described. The study exposes different perspectives both with regard to advantages and disadvantages, but overall there is evidence that tourist development is widely accepted, considering it does not penalize the well-being of the resident population. Finally, results are discussed considering existing literature focusing on tourism sustainability in Porto, from a pre-covid and post-covid perspective.
Modifications of Concentrations of Plant Macronutrient Ions in Digestate from Anaerobic Digestion during Nitrification Processes

The goal of this study was to establish a system for converting digestate from anaerobic digestion processes into liquid fertilizer for soilless culture. Modifications of concentrations of plant macronutrient ions during nitrification processes were investigated with digestate from a simulated municipal organic waste. Concentrations of phosphate and calcium ions in the nitrified digestate increased; the rates of increase were 15.3 mg L–1 d–1 and 17.6 mg L–1 d–1, respectively. Moreover, concentrations of macronutrient ions, except for magnesium, in the nitrified digestate were similar to those in a standard nutrient solution that is commonly applied to soilless culture.
Covert Confiscation: How Governments Differ in Their Strategies of Expropriation

A substantial literature concludes that democratic-type institutions curb governments’ propensity to expropriate foreign direct investment. However, little attention has been paid to the strategies of expropriation regimes employ. We theorize that more politically constrained regimes will utilize expropriation methods that help them overcome institutional impediments. Using data on expropriations in developing countries between 1960 and 2014, we show that rather than rely on the most direct and overt forms of expropriation, constrained regimes tend to use more indirect and covert methods, such as forced sale or contract renegotiation, tools which can be harder to identify, easier to justify, and frequently face lower legislative approval hurdles. Indeed, while more politically constrained regimes are less likely to overtly expropriate foreign investment than less constrained regimes, they are nearly as likely to do so covertly, introducing new questions about the extent to which institutional constraints really translate into improved protections for foreign investors.
Relation and Entropy Weight-Aware Knowledge Graph Embedding for Cloud Manufacturing

Cloud manufacturing has emerged as a service-oriented paradigm, in which knowledge graphs (KGs) play a crucial role in enabling modularization and on-demand servitization by converting unstructured resources into a structured graph representation and factual knowledge for manufacturing tasks. KG embedding converts entities and relations into a low-dimensional space while expressing rich semantics of high-dimensional KGs. Existing works just focus on translating relations surrounding the nodes of graphs, while ignoring the applicability for modeling and inferring multiple relation patterns in the manufacturing context. Furthermore, the relative importance of complex manufacturing relations among different dimensions in embedded procedures has been ignored, leading to unclear representation learning of complex relations and entities in KGs. To overcome this issue, in this article, a novel relation and entropy weight-aware embedding model is proposed, named TransCE. TransCE performs coordinated transformations in vector space by normalizing the distance to integrate coordination. An entropy-based weighting method is also proposed to represent complex relations and entities surrounding the edges of graph embedding and assign the weighted value of relations to support the score function. Extended experiments are performed on several datasets, and a manufacturing indicates that TransCE shows remarkable improvement relative to baseline models.
Work integrated language learning: Boundary crossing, connectivity, and L2 affordances

In contexts of transnational migration, language skills provide the key to employability and successful integration into host country societies. To enhance the learning process, and facilitate transitions into the workforce, integrated programs of L2 learning have been developed in several Nordic countries. In these undertakings, language learning, vocational education, and workplace practice are combined, the rationale being that each element is enhanced by the others. Drawing on interviews with L2 teachers, vocational educators, and workplace supervisors on five integrated programs in Sweden, this study explores the ways in which connections between program elements are created. Results indicate that when boundaries are crossed, learning affordances arise. Two categories of affordances are identified. While domain affordances facilitate the development of practice knowledge within a relevant occupational/linguistic sphere, communication affordances facilitate engagement in L2 interaction, and increase students’ willingness to communicate. Implications of the research are assessed, and proposals for the future study of work integrated language learning are made.
Impacts of Assimilating GOES‐16 ABI Channels 9 and 10 Clear Air and Cloudy Radiance Observations With Additive Inflation and Adaptive Observation Error in GSI‐EnKF for a Case of Rapidly Evolving Severe Supercells

The unprecedentedly high space and time resolution of infrared radiance observations from GOES‐16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) present an opportunity to improve analyses and short‐term forecasts of rapidly evolving convective‐scale processes such as the initiation and organization of severe supercell thunderstorms. Such a case is used for experiments aimed at better understanding the assimilation of ABI all‐sky radiance observations in GSI‐EnKF. Experiments assimilating ABI channel 10 are used to demonstrate and understand the impacts of implementing additive inflation and adaptive observation error for ABI radiance assimilation in GSI‐EnKF. The experiments using channel 10 are then compared to experiments using ABI channel 9 and both channels together. The impact of additive inflation is to increase lead time of one of the two supercells by about 20 min, and to enable improved prediction of the second supercell. The improvement occurs because the development of deepening cumulus is accelerated where ABI observes clouds to appear that are not present in the ensemble background forecast. The impact of the adaptive observation error is to increase the strength and persistence of the developing supercells in forecasts initialized from ensemble mean analyses. Compared to the ABI channel 10 radiance, ABI channel 9 provides 10 min of additional lead time for the second supercell, likely because it better constrains an upper‐level shortwave in clear air.
Fabrication of Microstructured Calcium Phosphate Ceramics Scaffolds by Material Extrusion-Based 3D Printing Approach

Natural materials such as bone and enamel have intricate microstructures with inorganic minerals oriented to perform multiple mechanical and biological functions. Current additive manufacturing methods for biominerals from the calcium phosphate (CaP) family enable fabrication of custom-shaped bioactive scaffolds with controlled pore structures for patient-specific bone repair. Yet, these scaffolds do not feature intricate microstructures similar to those found in natural materials. In this work, we used direct material extrusion to 3D print water-based inks containing CaP microplatelets, and obtained microstructured scaffolds with various designs. To be shear-thinning and printable, the ink incorporated a concentration of 21 – 24 vol% CaP microplatelets of high aspect ratio. Good shape retention, print fidelity and overhanging layers were achieved by simultaneous printing and drying. Combined with the 3D design, versatile CaP microstructured objects can be built, from porous scaffolds to bulk parts. Extruded filaments featured a core-shell microstructure with graded microplatelet orientations, which was not affected by the printing parameters and the print design. A simple model is proposed to predict the core-shell microstructure according to the ink rheology. Given the remaining open porosity after calcination, microstructured scaffolds could be infiltrated with an organic phase in future to yield CaP biocomposites for hard tissue engineering.
Incidence of Implant Removal in Surgically Treated Patella Fractures

Context: Patella fracture is frequently encountered in day to day practice of every orthopedic surgeon, yet conventional modalities of fixation that are associated with a high incidence of implant removal continue to be standard practice. Aim: To estimate the incidence of implant removal in surgically managed patella fractures. Settings and design: Retrospective study. Materials and methods: Data of surgically managed patella fractures in our institution from January 2017 to December 2019 was collected from the hospital management system and analyzed retrospectively. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) was used for the analysis of data. Nominal and categorical variables were analyzed using Chi-square, and continuous data were expressed as mean and standard deviation. A p-value ≤0.05 was considered significant. Results: The study group had a total of 106 patients, with 74 males and 32 females and an average age of 47.67 ± 17.85 years. Most commonly the fractures occurred following an accidental fall and road traffic accident. A comminuted pattern was most common. The mean length of stay was 7.34 ± 4.21 days. Osteosynthesis with Kirschner wire and tension band wires was done in 83 cases. The average follow-up was 13 months (range, three to 48 months). Twenty-two patients (one in five) required a second surgery for implant removal and the rate was higher in patients more than 60 years of age, females, and comminuted fractures. Cases managed with cannulated cancellous screws did not require any removal. The average timing of removal was 14 months (range, seven to 28 months). Relief of symptoms following removal was observed in 86% of cases. Conclusion: Conventional fixation techniques offer good union rates but at a cost of a high incidence of removal. Multi-centric trials are required to compare the rates of removal of conventional methods with new techniques being adopted.
A New Stock Price Forecasting Method Using Active Deep Learning Approach

Stock price prediction is a significant research field due to its importance in terms of benefits for individuals, corporations, and governments. This research explores the application of the new approach to predict the adjusted closing price of a specific corporation. A new set of features is used to enhance the possibility of giving more accurate results with fewer losses by creating a six-feature set (that includes High, Low, Volume, Open, HiLo, OpSe), rather than the traditional four-feature set (High, Low, Volume, Open). The study also investigates the effect of data size by using datasets (Apple, ExxonMobil, Tesla, Snapchat) of different sizes to boost open innovation dynamics. The effect of the business sector in terms of the loss result is also considered. Finally, the study included six deep learning models, MLP, GRU, LSTM, Bi-LSTM, CNN, and CNN-LSTM, to predict the adjusted closing price of the stocks. The six variables used (High, Low, Open, Volume, HiLo, and OpSe) are evaluated according to the model’s outcome, showing fewer losses than the original approach, which utilizes the original feature set. The results show that LSTM-based models improved using the new approach, even though all models showed a comparative result wherein no model showed better results or continuously outperformed other models. Finally, the added new features positively affected the prediction models’ performance.
Efficient Isolation of Lymphocytes and Myogenic Cells from the Tissue of Muscle Regeneration

Isolation of both lymphocytes and myogenic cells from muscle tissue is required for elucidating the cellular and molecular mechanisms of muscle regeneration. Here, we aimed to establish an optimal method obtaining a high yield of lymphocytes during muscle regeneration. After the muscle injury, we observed higher infiltration of lymphocytic cells in the muscle on day 3 after injury. Then, we compared two different white blood cell isolation methods, the Percoll gradient and CD45-magnetic bead methods, to assess the percentage and number of T and B cells. Flow cytometry analysis showed that the CD45-magnetic bead method has a better efficiency in isolating CD4+, CD8+ T cells, and B cells from injured muscle tissues of wild-type and mdx mice than that by the Percoll gradient method. Moreover, we found that the CD45-negative fraction from wild-type and mdx mice includes myogenic cells. In conclusion, we report that the CD45-magnetic bead method is suitable to isolate T and B cells during muscle regeneration with higher purity and yield and can also isolate myogenic cells within the same sample. This method provides a technical basis for further studies on muscle regeneration, involving lymphocytes and muscle cells, with a wide range of clinical applications.
Psychometric Properties of the Malay Translated and Adapted Multicultural Experience Inventory-Revised in the Malaysian Context

: Personal multicultural experience may contribute to an individual’s competency in working with multicultural clients. Individuals with higher multicultural exposure and interactions are expected to have greater cultural resources that are crucial when working with diversity. Thus, this study aims to examine the psychometric properties of the Malaysian version of the Multicultural Experience Inventory-Revised (MEI-R). The MEI-R is a self-rated questionnaire that measures individuals’ multicultural exposure and interactions during their formative years and current multicultural encounters. This study involved 205 counsellor trainees who were selected using cluster random sampling. Previously the Malay translated and adapted MEI-R had undergone the preliminary exploratory factor analysis. In this study, the focus is to examine and confirm the factor structure, reliability and validity of the translated and adapted MEI-R. This study also reported the value of external validity. In this study, the results confirm the factor structure, reliability, and validity of the translated and adapted MEI-R. All in all, the translated and adapted MEI-R has high reliability and sufficient validity values, indicating that it may be used successfully on counsellor trainees of all genders.
The Role of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate in the Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review

Currently, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world. Recently, glucosamine and chondroitin have gained popularity for their beneficial effects on cancer. They have already been recognized for their therapeutic role in osteoarthritis. This systematic review aims to analyze the relationship between the combined consumption of glucosamine and chondroitin and the prevention of colorectal cancer. Three databases: PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct, were searched to collect relevant articles. After screening full-text articles, seven studies were included in the systematic review. The review found a supportive association between glucosamine and chondroitin and the decreased incidence of colorectal cancer. Through an anti-inflammatory effect on the cell signaling pathway, the supplementation caused a reduction in colorectal cancer occurrence. The dose, frequency of usage of the supplement, and weight of individuals, along with the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, also affected the efficacy. To further assess this relationship, it is necessary to conduct double-blind, randomized controls trials for the supplements in cancer prevention and further explore their safety and efficacy with different ethnicities, drugs, doses, and weight individuals.