Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A Switching Asynchronous Control Approach for Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Markov Jump Systems With Time-Varying Delay

Till now, most of the results on Takagi–Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy Markov jump systems are synchronous and independent of the analysis of membership functions (MFs), which leads to conservatism. Therefore, it is significant to study the MFs-dependent Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) while considering asynchrony. This article investigates the <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${H_\infty }$</tex-math></inline-formula> control issue of T-S fuzzy Markov jump systems with time-varying delay. First, delay-product-type terms and MFs are introduced to design a new LKF, which fully utilizes the information of time-varying delay and MFs simultaneously. Moreover, based on a hidden Markov model, the controller mode is assumed to operate asynchronously with the system mode, and an asynchronous switching fuzzy controller is proposed by employing the switching approach. Thus, a more practical and less conservative stability criterion is obtained to ensure that the closed-loop system is stochastically stable with <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">${H_\infty }$</tex-math></inline-formula> performance. Finally, three examples are provided to illustrate the superiority and practicability of the presented method.
Model-free adaptive robust control based on TDE for robot with disturbance and input saturation

Abstract A model-free adaptive robust control based on time delay estimation (TDE) is proposed for robot in the presence of disturbance and input saturation. TDE is utilized to estimate the complicated nonlinear terms of the robot including unknown dynamics and disturbance, and a TDE error observer is developed to estimate the inevitable TDE error. When the input torque of the robot exceeds the upper or lower limit of the input saturation, an auxiliary system and a saturation deviation boundary adaptive law are employed to mitigate the negative impact of input saturation on the position tracking. Finally, the robust control law is obtained by backstepping. The stability of the closed-loop system is proved by Lyapunov functions, and the validity of the proposed method is demonstrated by comparative simulations and experiments. Compared with the model-based controllers and other model-free controllers, the proposed method does not necessitate the accurate dynamic model of the complicated system and with lower computation. Moreover, it can guarantee the desired position tracking performance of the robot even subject to disturbance and input saturation simultaneously.
Massive Retroperitoneal Hematoma After Inguinal Hernia Repair Using Prolene® Hernia System: A Case Report

Retroperitoneal hematoma is a possibly fatal condition that is frequently observed as a complication of procedures such as femoral artery catheterizations. We currently present a case of massive retroperitoneal hematoma after inguinal hernioplasty using Prolene® Hernia System mesh in a warfarin-treated patient. Especially in the case of inguinal hernioplasty in a patient receiving warfarin therapy, surgeons must pay close attention to prevent hemorrhage from the preperitoneal space, or they may opt for a different technique, such as the Lichtenstein method or laparoscopic approach.
Nature Photographs as Complementary Care in Chemotherapy: A Randomized Clinical Trial

The incidence of cancer cases is increasing worldwide, and chemotherapy is often necessary as part of the treatment for many of these cases. Nature-based interventions have been shown to offer potential benefits for human well-being. Objective: This study aims to investigate the outcome of nature images on clinical symptom management related to chemotherapy. Methods: A randomized clinical trial was conducted in an outpatient cancer unit of a private hospital in Brazil, with 173 participants over the age of 18 who were undergoing chemotherapy and had signed an informed consent form. The intervention consisted of the presentation of a 12-min video featuring nature images categorized under the themes of Tranquility, Beauty, Emotions Up, or Miscellany. Images were sourced from the e-Nature Positive Emotions Photography Database (e-NatPOEM), a publicly available collection of affectively rated images. Sociodemographic and clinical data, as well as the participants’ connection to nature, were investigated. The Positive Affect/Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (ESAS) were applied pre- and post-intervention. Results: Data showed very strong evidence of a reduction in negative affect for the intervention group (p < 0.001) and moderate evidence for the control group (p = 0.034). There was also a significant reduction in the intervention group for pain (p < 0.001), tiredness (p = 0.002), sadness (p < 0.001), anxiety (p < 0.001), and appetite (p = 0.001). The Beauty video had the best performance, while the Tranquility video showed no significant improvement in any of the symptoms evaluated. These findings suggest that images of nature may be a valuable tool to help control clinical and psychological symptoms in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
Persistence of triclopyr, dicamba, and picloram in the environment following aerial spraying for control of dense pine invasion

Abstract Aerial application of an herbicide mixture of triclopyr, dicamba, picloram, and aminopyralid is used to control dense infestations of exotic conifers, notably lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Douglas ex Loudon), in New Zealand. The rates of herbicide applied to control these tree weeds has the potential for off-target impacts through persistence in the forest floor, soil, and water. Persistence of three of these herbicides was investigated in cast needles, forest floor (litter, fermented humic layer [LFH]), and soil following their operational aerial application (triclopyr: 18 kg ai ha–1; dicamba: 5 kg ai ha–1; picloram: 2 kg ai ha–1) at three sites across New Zealand (KF, MD, GE) with dense invasions of P. contorta. Water was collected from a local stream at two sites (KF, MD) in the days/months after spraying. Active ingredients detected across all sites in cast needles, LFH, and mineral soil generally reflected their application rates, with total amounts comprising 81% triclopyr, 14% dicamba, and 5% picloram. Most of the active ingredients were detected in the LFH (59%), a heavy lignin-rich layer of dead needles overlaying the soil. All three herbicides persisted in this layer, at all sites, for up to 2 yr (at study termination). Only triclopyr was detected in mineral soil, where it declined to below detection levels (0.2 mg kg–1) within 1 yr. All three herbicides were detected in stream water on the day of spray application at KF, and during a rainfall event 1 mo later. However, amounts did not exceed New Zealand environmental and drinking water standards, an outcome attributed to a 30-m no-spray buffer zone used at this site. At MD, herbicides were detectable in water up to 4 mo after spraying, with amounts exceeding New Zealand drinking water standards on one occasion, 1 mo after spray application. No spray buffer zones were used at the MD site.
Optimum livestock holding for exit out of poverty: A comparative analysis in rural Tamil Nadu

An attempt was made to assess the income generating capacity of selected livestock species reared by resource poor rural farmers and to estimate minimum livestock holding required to be reared by the households to escape out of poverty in rural Tamil Nadu. The data were collected through personal interview using pre-tested interview schedule from 213 livestock farmers from the six districts covering four agro-climatic zones of Tamil Nadu. Economics of cattle, buffalo, sheep and goat farming were worked out in order to estimate and compare the income generated from various livestock enterprises. The monthly income earned by the sample respondents was calculated to be ` 941.52/cattle, ` 932.72/buffalo, ` 125.91/sheep and ` 140.52/goat. Further, the study revealed that a household could tide over the poverty line without any other income source, if they rear a minimum of about 6 cattle (5.32 cattle) or 6 buffaloes (5.37 buffaloes) or 40 sheep (39.79 sheep) or 36 goat (35.65 goat). The present findings might be considered while implementing any poverty alleviation programmes with livestock component. Depending upon the locality and resources availability, suitable livestock species might be recommended to lift the poor from poverty trap and to sustain them with stable income.
Mechanical Stability Analysis of the External Unilateral Fixation Device due to the Impact of Axial Pressure

This study performed a mechanical stability analysis for the impact of axial pressure on an Ultra X external unilateral fixation device applied to a tibia with an open fracture. The real construction of the fixation device was used to create a 3D geometric model using a Finite Element Method (FEM) model, which was made to perform structural analysis in the CATIA V5 (Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application) CAD/CAE system. Specific stresses and displacements were observed at points of interest using structural analysis. The focus was on the relative displacements of the proximal and distal bone segments in the fracture zone. These displacements were used to calculate the stiffnesses of the bone in the fracture zone and the fixation device itself. The results obtained provide the necessary information regarding the stability of the Ultra X fixation device.
Simulative investigation of microcylinder-assisted microscopy in reflection and transmission mode

Microsphere and microcylinder-assisted microscopy (MAM) has grown to an intensively studied optical far-field imaging technique over the last decade that overcomes the fundamental lateral resolution limit of a given microscope. However, the physical effects leading to resolution enhancement are still frequently debated. In addition, various configurations of MAMs operating in transmission as well as reflection mode are examined and results generalized. We present a rigorous simulation model of MAM and present a way to quantify the resolution simulatively. The lateral resolution is compared for microscope arrangements in reflection and transmission mode. Further, we discuss different physical effects with respect to their contribution to resolution enhancement. The results indicate that the effects affecting the resolution as well as the enhancement itself strongly depend on the arrangement of the microscope and the measurement object.
Insurance Penetration and Institutional Spillover on Economic Growth: A Dynamic Spatial Econometric Approach on the Asian and Europe Region

The contemporary environment is interrelated, and interactions between markets, countries, and international actors at different levels exist in every corner of the globe. Amid this, the failures of the free-market system have paved the way for institutionalism, which proposes minimising transaction costs, substantial property rights, and enabling proper contract enforcement. Studies on institutions and insurance development spillover concerning growth relationships are rare and a critical area needing exploration. This study explores the behaviour of economic development in terms of potential spatial dependencies and spatial institutional and insurance development spillover on economic growth. To measure insurance development by the life insurance and non-life insurance penetration, economic growth by per capita gross domestic product (GDP), and indicators of good governance for institutions in the nations. The study explored the spatial impact between countries using panel data of 56 countries between 2002 and 2020 representing the Asian and European regions. We did this by using dynamic spatial econometric modelling (DSEM) on institutional and insurance development and seeing the spatial implications and the spatial institutional impact moderated by insurance development on growth. Results indicate that developing the life insurance and non-life insurance of surrounding countries creates a spillover impact on the local countries’ economies. In contrast, institutions have created a reverse spatial spillover impact on local countries. However, life insurance development, moderated through accountability and government effectiveness, has created a spatial spillover between countries. Both life and non-life penetration moderated by the control of corruption and overall institutions have shown a reverse spillover on countries’ economies. This suggests that global governance is a positive-sum game, and monitoring and governance structures have failed at the international level concerning separate countries. Therefore, it is seen that to prevent institutional failure at the state level, good governance and links with the global governance structure could disrupt or energise local institutions.
Enhancement of Neutralization Responses through Sequential Immunization of Stable Env Trimers Based on Consensus Sequences from Select Time Points by Mimicking Natural Infection

HIV-1 vaccines have been challenging to develop, partly due to the high level of genetic variation in its genome. Thus, a vaccine that can induce cross-reactive neutralization activities will be needed. Studies on the co-evolution of antibodies and viruses indicate that mimicking the natural infection is likely to induce broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). We generated the consensus Env sequence for each time point in subject CH505, who developed broad neutralization activities, and selected five critical time points before broad neutralization was detected. These consensus sequences were designed to express stable Env trimers. Priming with the transmitted/founder Env timer and sequential boosting with these consensus Env trimers from different time points induced broader and more potent neutralizing activities than the BG505 Env trimer in guinea pigs. Analysis of the neutralization profiles showed that sequential immunization of Env trimers favored nAbs with gp120/gp41 interface specificity while the BG505 Env trimer favored nAbs with V2 specificity. The unique features such as consensus sequences, stable Env trimers and the sequential immunization to mimic natural infection likely has allowed the induction of improved neutralization responses.
Sub-minute phosphoregulation of cell-cycle systems during 1 Plasmodium gamete formation 2

6 Malaria parasites are protists of the genus Plasmodium, whose transmission to mosquitoes is initi7 ated by the production of gametes. Male gametogenesis is an extremely rapid process that is tightly 8 controlled to produce eight flagellated microgametes from a single haploid gametocyte within 10 9 minutes after ingestion by a mosquito. Regulation of the cell cycle is poorly understood in divergent 10 eukaryotes like Plasmodium, where the highly synchronous response of gametocytes to defined chem11 ical and physical stimuli from the mosquito has proved to be a powerful model to identify specific 12 phosphorylation events critical for cell-cycle progression. To reveal the wider network of phosphoryla13 tion signalling in a systematic and unbiased manner, we have measured a high-resolution time course 14 of the phosphoproteome of P. berghei gametocytes during the first minute of gametogenesis. The 15 data show an extremely broad response in which distinct cell-cycle events such as initiation of DNA 16 replication and mitosis are rapidly induced and simultaneously regulated. We identify several pro17 tein kinases and phosphatases that are likely central in the gametogenesis signalling pathway and 18 validate our analysis by investigating the phosphoproteomes of mutants in two of them, CDPK4 and 19 SRPK1. We show these protein kinases to have distinct influences over the phosphorylation of similar 20 downstream targets that are consistent with their distinct cellular functions, which is revealed by 21 a detailed phenotypic analysis of an SRPK1 mutant. Together, the results show that key cell-cycle 22 systems in Plasmodium undergo simultaneous and rapid phosphoregulation. We demonstrate how a 23 1: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Hinxton, United Kingdom 2: Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom 3: Department of Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland *: These authors contributed equally to this work. +: Corresponding authors — JC: jc4@sanger.ac. uk, PB: pbeltrao@ebi.ac. uk, OB: ob4@sanger.ac. uk $: Lead Contact 1 . CC-BY 4.0 International license not peer-reviewed) is the author/funder. It is made available under a The copyright holder for this preprint (which was . http://dx.doi. org/10.1101/126276 doi: bioRxiv preprint first posted online Apr. 10, 2017;
Adequate Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Radical Cystectomy in the Era of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Simple Summary Bladder cancer is the 10th most common cancer in the world, and its incidence is gradually rising worldwide. Currently, radical cystectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy and preoperative chemotherapy is the mainstay of treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer. The therapeutic role of lymphadenectomy and neoadjuvant chemotherapy is similar in terms of treatment of micrometastatic disease. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis on the impact of adequate lymphadenectomy on patient survival in the era of the multidisciplinary approach. Our results showed a lack of association between adequate lymphadenectomy and overall survival in patients exposed to neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Abstract Radical cystectomy (RC) with pelvic lymphadenectomy (PLND) serves as the gold-standard treatment for muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). Numerous studies have shown that the number of lymph nodes (LN) removed during RC could affect patient prognosis. However, these studies confirmed the association between PLND and survival outcomes prior to the widespread adoption of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC). Consequently, this study aimed to investigate the prognostic role of PLND in patients previously pretreated with NAC. A systematic review and meta-analysis were performed using PubMed, Web of Knowledge, and Scopus databases. The selected studies contained a total of 17,421 participants. The meta-analysis indicated a significant correlation between adequate PLND and overall survival in the non-NAC group. However, a survival benefit was not observed in patients undergoing RC with preoperative systemic therapy, regardless of the LN cut-off thresholds. The pooled HR for ≥10 and ≥15 LN were 0.87 (95% CI 0.75–1.01) and 0.87 (95% CI 0.76–1.00), respectively. The study results suggest that NAC mitigates the therapeutic significance of PLND, as patients pre-treated with NAC no longer gain oncological benefits from more extensive lymphadenectomy. This highlights the analogous roles of NAC and PLND in eradication of micrometastases and in prevention of distal recurrence post-RC.
Aflatoxins and Ochratoxin A in Tea Sold in Lebanon: Effects of Type, Packaging, and Origin

Tea is among the oldest and most-known beverages around the world, and it has many flavors and types. Tea can be easily contaminated in any of its production steps, especially with mycotoxins that are produced particularly in humid and warm environments. This study aims to examine the level of ochratoxin A (OTA) and total aflatoxin (AF) contamination in black and green tea sold in Lebanon, evaluate its safety compared to international standards, and assess the effect of different variables on the levels of OTA and AFs. For this, the Lebanese market was screened and all tea brands (n = 37; 24 black and 13 green) were collected twice. The Enzyme-Linked Immunoassay (ELISA) method was used to determine OTA and AFs in the samples. AFs and OTA were detected in 28 (75.7%) and 31 (88.6%) samples, respectively. The average of AFs in the positive (above detection limit: 1.75 μg/kg) samples was 2.66 ± 0.15 μg/kg, while the average of OTA in the positive (above detection limit: 1.6 μg/kg) samples was 3.74 ± 0.72 μg/kg. The mean AFs in black and green tea were 2.65 ± 0.55 and 2.54 ± 0.40 μg/kg, respectively, while for OTA, the mean levels were 3.67 ± 0.96 and 3.46 ± 1.09 μg/kg in black and green tea samples, respectively. Four brands (10.8%) contained total aflatoxin levels above the EU limit (4 μg/kg). As for OTA, all samples had OTA levels below the Chinese limit (5 μg/kg). No significant association (p > 0.05) was found between OTA and tea type, level of packaging, country of origin, country of packing, and country of distribution. However, AF contamination was significantly (p < 0.05) higher in unpacked tea, and in brands where the country of origin, packing, and distributor was in Asia. The results showed that the tea brands in Lebanon are relatively safe in terms of AFs and OTA.
Distress Coping Responses Among Teleworkers

Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the popularity of teleworking has risen. Telework seems poised to remain popular even after the pandemic fades away. As a result, it is important to understand the humanistic effects of telework such as distress, coping responses, and related effects. Literature review: Uncertainties related to telework can lead to distress. When this occurs, teleworkers may employ a variety of coping responses, which vary across several important dimensions. These coping responses vary in the extent to which they affect telework outcomes. Research questions: 1. What strategies do teleworkers use for dealing with telework distress? 2. How are various coping strategies related to humanistic telework outcomes? Methodology: Data from a survey of 504 American teleworkers were used to test a theoretical model. Results: Results suggest that teleworkers cope with telework distress through assistance seeking, technology experimentation, venting, and negative and positive emotions. Coping responses had differential effects on telework exhaustion and satisfaction, with negative and positive emotions and venting affecting exhaustion, and assistance seeking, task experimentation, emotions, and venting affecting satisfaction. Distress had a direct effect on exhaustion, but not on satisfaction. Conclusion: The effects of emotion-focused coping on telework satisfaction and exhaustion are notably stronger than those of problem-focused coping responses. Emotion-focused coping responses that are adaptive have beneficial effects, while those that are maladaptive have detrimental effects. Adaptive problem-focused responses have similar effects. The extent of communication focus does not seem to affect the impact of coping responses on outcomes.